Bakhit

Bakhit
Biographical information
Born	Late 8th century Sudan
Species	Human

Bakhit was an engineer and inventor from Sudan who became Roshan's first employer during the early 9th century.

Biography

Meeting Roshan

By 819, Bakhit had practiced as an inventor and engineer for his dangerous projects, which proved to be fatal for his numerous assistants. At one point, he used to be a king's beloved favourite, but after the king's death and every subesequent murder, Bakhit left to save himself.

Bakhit's work eventually led him to the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, where he preferred to conduct his experiments alone. One day, he took notice of a teenage girl who had been watching him from afar for several months. After introducing himself to the girl, who revealed her name to be Roshan, Bakhit began to mentor and teach her about reading, writing, and mathematics. With his help, Roshan was able to take free classes at House of Wisdom. Within the next months, he saw her grow smarter, fuller, and sharper. He eventually offered her a job as his assistant, to which Roshan cautionally accepted.

Working in Thatta

Not long after hiring Roshan, she and Bakhit left the House of Wisdom and embarked on a long journey to Pakistan, as Bakhit had been invited to work for the prince of Thatta. The prince provided them with an escort for the journey, led by a soldier named Advi. Whilst traveling, Bakhit noticed and was irked over Roshan learning how to fight under Advi. After a month, they finally arrived at their new quarters in Thatta. Readying his workplace, Bakhit unpacked his wares and started to work on his client's orders.

For the next three years, Bakhit and Roshan worked exclusively for the prince of Thatta, creating explosive devices meant for his opponents. Stressing out his assistant, Bakhit became more passive with her training under Advi. However, he secretly reneged on his contract with the prince and began to take on more clients illegally, including the madame Maryam, who ran a mobile brothel. Despite Roshan warning him to stop his side hustles, Bakhit reprimanded her before promising to be careful. However, one evening, Bakhit was arrested by the prince's guards alongside his servants except Roshan, who escaped with Advi and Maryam's help.

Later activities

Bakhit was ultimately spared by the prince, though he effectively became his prisoner, being forced to end all his side hustles and create more explosive devices than before. These devices were then delivered to various buyers by the thief and peddler Dervis, though before they would reach their intended clients, the explosives would typically be dismantled by Roshan, who had found work as Dervis' assistant. Within a year, Bakhit's devices were in transit across Fustat, but most of them were still deactivated by Roshan, who became disappointed over how her former mentor's inventions were being used.

In 824, one of Bakhit's inventions was enclosed in a case, which contained a precious artifact guarded by the Martyrs of Agaunum. The Martyrs, despite some delays, arrived at the House of Wisdom to deliver the case to their customer, an agent of the Order of the Ancients. However, the meeting was ambushed by a group of mercenaries, including Roshan, hired by the Hidden One Fuladh Al Haami. Following the Martyrs' defeat, one of the mercenaries, Dias, tried to take the artifact from the case, but activated the explosive component and was killed. Fuladh then took the case and recruited Roshan into the Hidden Ones, before the latter reached out to a former assistant of Bakhit to deactivate the case's remaining explosive components.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One