Amunet

Aya of Alexandria (79 or 78 BCE – unknown) was a Greco-Egyptian agent to Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt, as well as the wife of Bayek, who trained her in the arts of the Medjay during their youth.

After she joined the Hidden Ones and founded a new bureau in Rome, Aya casted away her former identity and took a new name, becoming Amunet.

Life in Siwa
Half-Greek and half-Egyptian, Aya was born in Alexandria, but moved to Siwa at an early age to live with her aunt Herit, while her scholar parents stayed in the capital. In Siwa, she became close to the son of the town's protector, Bayek, and by their fifteen birthday, they were a couple. Bayek's father, Sabu, did not approve of their relationship as he knew that Aya's dream was to settle in Alexandria, and he feared that her mixed heritage would corrupt his teachings.

Later, after Bayek left Siwa and Aya to look after his father, Aya followed him and joined his quest for answers. Eventually, the two lovers discovered that Sabu was secretly one of the fabled Medjay and that he was investigating a lethal killer trying to crush the last remnants of the Bloodline. After they escaped the killer sent by the Order of the Ancients, the three of them settled in the desert, where Sabu pushed forward the basic training of his son over the course of several years, as they were now the last two Medjay. In the mornings Bayek would train with his father while for the rest of the day, he would train with Aya, sharing his new knowledge with the agreement of his father.

Eventually, Bion, tracked them down again and killed Sabu but they later successfully killed the psychopath in Siwa. After she discovered her pregnancy, Aya renounced her dream to go back to Alexandria to become a scholar, also pushing away her doubts about the Medjay ways, and married Bayek. She later gave birth to their son, Khemu.

Fighting the Ancients
She eventually became an agent for Queen Cleopatra VII. Her loyalty to Cleopatra strained her marriage with Bayek, but their union would prove instrumental in the formal birth of the Assassin Brotherhood.

Becoming Amunet
On 12 August 30 BCE, Amunet infiltrated Cleopatra's palace. There, she killed Cleopatra using a venomous asp.

Legacy
By the time of the Renaissance, Amunet was respected as a great Assassin, and a statue of her had been placed in the Assassin Sanctuary of Monteriggioni.

A tomb dedicated to Amunet was located in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy. The Assassin Ezio Auditore explored her tomb and took the seal from the tomb's sarcophagus, which helped him to acquire the armor of the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.

In 2017, her sarcophagus was found in Egypt by Layla Hassan, who hooked her mummy up to her portable Animus to relive her memories.

Personality and traits
Aya was a strong believer in Cleopatra while her husband was more circumspect.

Trivia

 * Historically, Cleopatra died by purportedly committing suicide with either a venomous asp or poison.
 * In, is the goddess of invisibility and the consort of the god  in the , a group of eight primordial deities responsible for the creation of the world according to the  tradition. She and Amun symbolize the hidden depths and incomprehensibility of the primeval world. Her name means "the female hidden one, one who is hidden."

Appearance

 * Assassin's Creed II
 * Assassin's Creed: Desert Oath
 * Assassin's Creed: Origins
 * Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)