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Demons in the Desert was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2017 through the Portable Animus HR-8.[1]

Description[]

Rumors of demons and missing villagers lead Bayek into the desert in search of a lost boy.

Dialogue[]

Bayek saw a note on Hotephres' trireme.

The missing people of Dionysias

Entire villages of people in the Dionysias area have disappeared. There are rumours of gods and demons. Someone at the Dionysias Caravanserai could know more.
  • Bayek: Entire villages of people have disappeared in Psenhyris. There are rumors at the caravanserai that Demons have invaded. Demons? I've never seen one. I should check this out.

Bayek made his way towards Dionysias. Near the town, Bayek saw a man walking along the road, seeming mad and ranting.

  • Addaya: I escaped Anubis. I looked the demons in their black and burning eyes. Then the gods danced me from my shackles! Ha-ha! I saw the beasts with my own eyes! Demons! Twenty hands tall, with cruel forked tongues and black skin. Their eyes... burned me...
ACO Demons in the Desert 2

Bayek listening to the man's ramblings

Bayek halted the man.

  • Addaya: Everyone is gone! The monsters took them while we farmed. Gods! Save us!
  • Bayek: What happened to you?
  • Addaya: We were all attacked by demons. They took the boy.
  • Bayek: What boy? Why didn't anyone stop them?
  • Addaya: I tried... I'm just a farmer, not a warrior. The boy was mad! He thought he could fight the demons. He's just a boy, at the broken tower. I ran away. I'm... (sobbing)

The man walked away from Bayek, continuing his rant.

  • Bayek: A ruined tower? I cannot leave a boy alone in the desert. I must find him.

With Senu's help, Bayek located the ruined tower and the boy. Approaching the tower, he mused.

  • Bayek: This must be the ruined tower the madman spoke about. Not all of his story was insanity, then.

The tower was surrounded by hyenas and Bayek slew them. Then he climbed the tower and addressed the young man there.

  • Bayek: Boy, what are you doing out here alone?
  • Rahotep: My business is my own. Why is a protector coming here?
  • Bayek: There are rumors of disappearing villagers, demons, and a missing boy.
ACO Demons in the Desert 3

Bayek lending his aid to help Rahotep rescue his father

  • Rahotep: Our village did not disappear! We were taken by bandits. I'm the only one left. But I am going back to save my father.
  • Bayek: If you go into the desert alone, you will die.
  • Rahotep: Then I die. I can do nothing else.
  • Bayek: You are brave, but foolish. A son's duty to his father is to live. I cannot let you go alone.

As they were leaving the tower, hyenas surrounded them anew, but they killed the animals.

  • Rahotep: Okay, where were we? Come if you want to. My duty is to save my father.
  • Bayek: You are just a boy, but you have the conviction of a man. Your father would be proud.
  • Rahotep: We have to hurry. The desert will take us if the hyenas do not find us first. Follow me!
ACO Demons in the Desert 4

Bayek and Rahotep riding out to the desert

They mounted camels and Rahotep took the lead. A sandstorm rose.

  • Bayek: Sandstorm. We must face it straight on.
  • Rahotep: I don't have the time to wait.

They headed out into the desert.

  • Bayek: Your father... are you certain he lives?
  • Rahotep: No, but I have to try. My mother passed many floods ago. I do not remember her. My father raised me alone. I have to return his horse to him. Alive or dead, he will need it in the afterlife. If he lives, I will save him. If he does not, I will honor him with my death. And we will ride through the Field of Reeds together.

They reached the White Desert Oasis, dismounted by the lake, then boarded a reed boat.

  • Bayek: Boy, you must stay here. The way forward is dangerous. I will do everything in my power to rescue your father.
  • Rahotep: Saving my father is my duty, not yours. I am not a boy. I am Rahotep of Dionysias, and I am going.
  • Bayek: I am Bayek of Siwa and I will not take you into danger.
  • Rahotep: You are not taking me. I am taking myself.
ACO Demons in the Desert 6

Bayek failed to dissuade Rahotep from his rescue attempt

  • Bayek: Ah, damn you, Rahotep. I should have tied you to a tree.
  • Rahotep: You have only just met me. Yet I have answered all your questions truthfully. I am going to save my father. You have no duty here. You cannot forbid me anything. I am not your son.
  • Bayek: You are not the only one with a duty. I am a Medjay, and my duty is to protect.
  • Rahotep: Medjay? There are none of you left. Just Phylakes who sack our villages and kill our mothers. Protectors are corrupt. We need new Medjay. New protectors.
  • Bayek: We need people and Medjay to be as one, Rahotep.

They sailed in silence for a while.

  • Rahotep: I don't see it. Is the goddess the answer? Cleopatra?
  • Bayek: I cannot say for certain. But someone has to do what the Medjay did. Honour and Egypt are both dying.
  • Rahotep: I will have children and teach them. So that honour will live on in them.

They reached Desert Waterfalls Hideout.

  • Rahotep: Over here! Stay low! We're near the bandit camp. Their guards can see us.

They left the boat and snuck closer.

ACO Demons in the Desert 7

Rahotep convinced to let Bayek go in alone

  • Bayek: Rahotep, my son was like you. He also fought a man's battle, and died doing it. Would you stay hidden?
  • Rahotep: All right, Bayek. I will listen to you in this. But if you fall, I will take your place.
    See the lookout tower there? The guards, from time to time, abandon their post to piss. We can pass through then.
  • Bayek: You have an eye for strategy. Your father should be proud. Now keep to the shadows, and wait.

Rahotep remained behind while Bayek infiltrated the camp. After dealing with the bandits, Bayek found villagers locked up in a cage.

  • Bayek: Villagers! Let's go.

He freed them.

  • Turo: We need to leave this area. Quickly, this way. They left horses over here. Hurry! Let's go!
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Rahotep inquiring his fellow villagers about his father

Bayek escorted the farmers out of the hideout. Rahotep approached them.

  • Turo: Rahotep! You are alive!
  • Rahotep: Is everyone ok? Where is my father?
  • Turo: Rahotep, I'm sorry. The demons took him to their crocodile pit. How can anyone fight them?
  • Rahotep: Demons do not bleed as these do. Listen to me. Each of you owes your life to my father. Turo! Remember he took a lashing to protect your daughter's honor? And you! Remember he crossed the desert to get your sick father a healer? Now my father needs you. If he lives, we save him. If not, we avenge him. Either way we fight!

Rahotep drew his sword to make his point and the men cheered.

  • Turo: Truly you are your father's son. You are right, Rahotep. Demons or not we will follow you!

They mounted the horses.

  • Bayek: Are we ready?
  • Rahotep: We have been ready since the day the demon bandits attacked. We ride to save my father. And may Amun ride with us! Hyah!
  • Man 1: You have my spear! Death to Son of Ra's bandits!
  • Man 2: Death to those who profit from The Crocodile's stench!
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Bayek and the farmers attacking the camp

Together, they charged at the hideout. After killing all the bandits, they found Rahotep's father. Bayek carried him out of the hideout.

  • Rahotep's father: Who's there? What is happening? No more please! Who are you? Why are you here?
  • Bayek: A friend. Can you walk? We need to get you out of here.
  • Rahotep's father: I don't think so. I can't see. They... tortured and blinded me. There is a dock outside of the camp that is safe.

They left the hideout and headed to a stretch of sand, where a boat waited. Bayek laid the man down, and Rahotep embraced him.

  • Rahotep: Father! You live! ...What's wrong?
  • Rahotep's father: The demons... have taken my eyes, but they could not take my son. You saved me, Rahotep.
  • Turo: He saved us all! He slew five of the demons alone! I saw it!
  • Rahotep's father: Rahotep, you are a man today. You have earned your horse. I can no longer lead. You must lead us now.
  • Rahotep: Father, Bayek of Siwa is also here. He fought with us.
ACO Demons in the Desert 18

Bayek bid the farmers farewell, commending Rahotep's efforts

  • Rahotep's father: You will always be honored at our village. We will make a feast tonight. Will you join us?
  • Bayek: Your son is brave. I am glad to have helped him... though I doubt he will need help in the future. He will lead you well.
    Now I must go to hunt my own demons.

With that, Bayek left the farmers.

Outcome[]

Bayek saved the farmers taken by the bandits.

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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