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Conflicts of Interest was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description[]

Sefetu is hunting Zervos, the harbormaster. Rumours say the local merchants are sheltering him.

Dialogue[]

Bayek visited the market.

  • Bayek: I should find this Zervos, and see what he knows about Sefetu. See if he is connected to the Scarab. I will ask among the merchants. See which are friendly to him.
ACO Conflicts of Interest - Bayek speaking to merchant

Bayek speaking to a merchant at the market

He spoke to a merchant who yawns while he speaks.

  • Merchant 1: You look like a strapping sort. Looking to improve your armor?
  • Bayek: Long night?
  • Merchant 1: Very. Sorry. What are you interested in?
  • Bayek: At the moment, I'm looking for Zervos.
  • Merchant 1: The harbormaster? Of course. Zervos is... uh... away.
  • Bayek: Away?
  • Merchant 1: Yes. Uh, he's gone to Letopolis. Attracted by the promise of a new life.
  • Bayek: Then he's not dead.
  • Merchant 1: Dead? Why would you think he was dead?

Bayek spoke to another merchant.

  • Merchant 2: Finest metal work in Sais!
    Good day to you, neb. Any metal work I can do for you this day?
  • Bayek: I am just looking. You know about a man named Zervos?
  • Merchant 2: The harbormaster? Ahh... Why are you asking about him?
  • Bayek: I've heard he's missing. In hiding? Perhaps dead?
  • Merchant 2: What would you do if Sefetu put a price on your head?
  • Bayek: I see. I am not one of Sefetu's men.
  • Merchant 2: I don't know anything about it. I don't stick my neck out. I have nothing to tell you.

Bayek spoke to another merchant.

  • Merchant 3: What are you looking for today?
  • Bayek: The harbor master. Zervos.
  • Merchant 3: Do not ask about him! The guards killed him!

Bayek spoke to another merchant.

  • Merchant 4: Care for some dates? Finest in the area. Same ones the brewery uses for its famous beer.
  • Bayek: I'm just looking. You know about a man named Zervos?
  • Merchant 4: Zervos? The harbormaster is dead.

Bayek spoke to another merchant.

  • Bayek: Good day for business?
  • Merchant 5: Not half bad! What are you looking for today?
  • Bayek: For Zervos, the harbormaster. Do you know where to find him?
  • Merchant 5: You are looking for who? Why? I don't know him! I heard he was dead! Why are you bothering about him? He was a good man!
  • Bayek: A good man? So you do know him.
  • Merchant 5: I don't! I just heard others say it. Leave me be!

Bayek spoke to another merchant.

  • Merchant 6: You want some fish, or what?
  • Bayek: I am looking for Zervos, the harbor master.
  • Merchant 6: Oh! I heard Sefetu gutted him.

The merchant turned away from Bayek, and he thought.

  • Bayek: Everyone has a different story about Zervos. I wonder if one of them knows more than they are telling me.
ACO Conflicts of Interest - Merchants entering warehouse

Bayek spotting the merchants as they entered a warehouse

When night fell, Bayek followed the merchants he'd questioned earlier during the day. While shadowing the merchants, he overheard guards reminding people of a curfew.

  • Soldier: No one on the streets after dark! By order of Sefetu!
    By order of Sefetu, a curfew is imposed in town after dusk!

The merchants gathered in a small warehouse. Bayek followed and eavesdropped on their conversation outside.

  • Man: How are you keeping?
  • Zervos: As best I can. I'm tired of hiding.
  • Man: There is a stranger in the market asking about you.
  • Zervos: What? Who is he? Is he one of Sefetu's curs?
  • Man: I do not know. I do not think so. He wears an old-fashioned badge. But he does look dangerous.
  • Zervos: Badge? What kind of badge?
  • Man: A Medjay badge, I think.
  • Zervos: A protector? Hmm. Keep a watch on that one.
ACO Conflicts of Interest - Bayek meets Zervos and merchants

Bayek meeting Zervos and the merchants

Bayek entered the warehouse and was spotted by the merchants. As one of them took out a knife, Zervos stopped her and knelt in front of Bayek as he lowered his head.

  • Zervos: We are not fighting men. You can take the bounty off my head.
  • Bayek: I'm not one of Sefetu's men. I'm searching for Zervos, on behalf of Harkhuf.

Zervos got up.

  • Zervos: Good. I am Zervos, mighty harbormaster of Sais. Heh. Forced to hide on my own docks.
  • Bayek: Why is Sefetu after you?
  • Zervos: That dog. He is strangling the whole town!
  • Woman: Taxes us to death!
  • Man 1: He burned my cousin's farm!
  • Man 2: That's right!

Zervos sat down.

  • Zervos: I've been doing what I can. Helping people hide their imports and exports. What Sefetu does not see, he cannot tax.
  • Bayek: And he figured it out.
  • Zervos: His men raided my business and my house, but I hid my records on my felucca. If they haven't found my boat yet, they soon will.
  • Bayek: I'll see what I can do.
  • Zervos: My felucca is tied up at the Sais docks. I would prefer to have it back in one piece, but if you must destroy it... Go carefully. Sefetu's men watch the harbor like hawks!

Bayek left the house and made his way to Zervos's warehouse, finding it full of Sefetu's men. Bayek sneaked into the warehouse.

  • Greek Soldier 1: You find anything yet?
  • Greek Soldier 2: No, that blasted Zervos hid his papers as well as he hid himself.
  • Greek Soldier 1: Keep looking. If we find something to hang him on, Sefetu will reward us!
  • Greek Soldier 2: And if we don't find anything?
  • Greek Soldier 1: Then you get to tell Sefetu. He won't be pleased, Serapis knows.
  • Greek Soldier 2: I'll keep looking.

Bayek eliminated the soldiers and boarded Zervos' felucca. He rode the boat to the dock in front of the warehouse that Zervos hid in. He then returned to Zervos outside the warehouse.

  • Bayek: You needn't hide any longer. I secured your felucca. Your documents are safe.
  • Zervos: You saved my felucca! Here, take this as a small token of thanks.
ACO Conflicts of Interest - Bayek given Sefetu's location

Bayek given Sefetu's whereabouts by Zervos

Zervos rewarded Bayek, and they entered the warehouse.

  • Zervos: You have made things better here.
  • Bayek: You clearly have people who are willing to help you out, Zervos. Why don't you take on Sefetu?
  • Zervos: Sefetu is too powerful, too greedy. He knows there is no one strong enough to stop him. We are not fighting men. Sefetu surrounds himself with soldiers. His base at Fort Nikiou is guarded with ballistae. Fool that I am, I helped him import them.
  • Bayek: May Amun watch over you.

Outcome[]

Bayek discovered the whereabouts of Zervos. He helped secure Zervos' felucca containing his records, preventing Sefetu from gaining a reason to hang Zervos for.

Gallery[]

References[]

Assassin's Creed: Origins memories
Main Quests
The Heron Assassination - Homecoming - The Oasis - The False Oracle - May Amun Walk Beside You - Aya - Gennadios the Phylakitai - End of the Snake - Egypt's Medjay - The Scarab's Sting - The Scarab's Lies - Pompeius Magnus - The Hyena - The Lizard's Mask - The Lizard's Face - The Crocodile's Scales - The Crocodile's Jaws - Way of the Gabiniani - Aya: Blade of the Goddess - The Battle of the Nile - The Aftermath - The Final Weighing - Last of the Medjay - Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another - Birth of the Creed
Side Quests
Special
A Gift from the Gods - Incoming Threat - Here Comes a New Challenger - Phylakes' Prey - Lights Among the Dunes - Secrets of the First Pyramids
Siwa
Gear Up - Family Reunion - Water Rats - Hideaway - Striking the Anvil - The Healer - Prisoners in the Temple - Bayek's Promise
Lake Mareotis
Hidden Tax - The Book of the Dead - Ambush in the Temple - Ulterior Votive - Lady of Slaughter - Birthright - Taste of her Sting
Alexandria
The Accidental Philosopher - The Last Bodyguard - Higher Education - Serapis Unites - A Tithe By Any Other Name - The Shifty Scribe - The Odyssey - Wrath of the Poets - Symposiasts - Phylakitai in the Eye - Cat's Cradle
Kanopos
Old Times - Wild Ride - Blue Hooligans - The Weasel - The Hungry River
Sap-Meh Nome
In Protest - Thick Skin - Fair Trade
Sapi-Res Nome
Conflicts of Interest - Smoke Over Water - All Eyes on Us - Lost Happiness - Abuse of Power - The Tax Master - The Ostrich - New Kid in Town - Worker's Lament - The Old Library
Giza
The Planetarium - Precious Bonds - What's Yours Is Mine - A Gift from the Gods
Memphis
A Dream of Ashes - Blood in the Water - Odor Most Foul - Children of the Streets - Taimhotep's Song - The Baker's Dilemma - Mortem Romanum
Saqqara Nome
Rites of Anubis - First Blood - When Night Falls - A Rebel Alliance
Faiyum
Murder in the Temple - Feeding Faiyum - Curse of Wadjet - Rebel Strike - The Bride - Sobek's Gold - Forging Siwa - The Sickness - Fires of Dionysias - Demons in the Desert
Faiyum Oasis
The Champion - The Man Beast - Sobek's Tears - The Jaws of Sobek - Bad Faith - Shadya's Rest - Fighting for Faiyum
Herakleion Nome
Recon Work - Loose Cargo - Reunion - Predator to Prey
Uab Nome
Seven Farmers
Atef-Pehu Nome
The Matriarch
Green Mountains
Unseeing Eyes - One Bad Apple - The Good Roman - Playing with Fire - Taking Liberty - Halo of the Huntress - Carpe Diem - Shadows of Apollo
Marmarica
His Secret Service
Kyrenaika
The Flea of Cyrene - The Lure of Glory - The Mousetrap - Founding Father - Pax Romana - Cat and Mouse - Absolute Power - Are You Not Entertained? - The Smugglers of Cyrene - Dead in the Water - My Brother for a Horse - Here Comes a New Challenger
Isolated Desert
Plight of the Rebels
Event Quests
Antique Trafficking - Bandit Raid - Control Nuisance - Gather Materials - Lost and Found - Missing Worker - Stolen Goods - Recover the Merchandise
DLC
Ambush At Sea - Secrets of the First Pyramids
The Hidden Ones
Main Quests
The Hidden Ones - The Land of Turquoise - Where the Slaves Die - The Walls of the Ruler - The Setting Sun - No Chains Too Thick - Sic Semper Tyrannis - The Greater Good
Side Quests
Klysma Nome
Rise of Shaqilat - Howls of the Dead - The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha - The Killer Shadow - Shadows of the Scarab
Madiama Nome
Respect Thy Brother
Arsinoe Nome
Shards from a Star
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Main Quests
The Curse of the Pharaohs - No Honor Amongst Thebes - The Lady of Grace - Cleansing Rite - Something Rotten - Soured Libations - Aten Rising - The Heretic - Blood in the Water - The King of Kings - A Pharaoh's Shadow - A Pharaoh's Heart and Name - A Pharaoh's Hemset - A Pharaoh's Ka
Side Quests
Thebes
The Theban Triad - Master of the Secret Things - Perchance to Dream
Theban Necropolis
Burnt Offerings - A Sister's Vow - Idol Hands - Drowned Tools - A Motherless Child - Unfair Trade
Thebes Nome
Crocodile Tears - National Treasures
Yebu Nome
Losers Weepers - Fish Out Of Water - Laid to Rest
Aaru
Love or Duty
Aten
Gods or Creed - The Cat - The Ibis - The Hawk
Heb Sed
Follower or Leader
Duat
Shield or Blade - A Necessary Evil - Khepri's Amulet - The God's Spark
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