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Follower or Leader was a visual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description[]

Following in his father's footsteps is no mean feat for Setna. Especially when the boy poet lives by the adage that the stylus is mightier than the sword.

Dialogue[]

Near the Valley of the Scorpions in Heb Sed, Bayek came across a young man standing near the edge of a cliff.

  • Setna: Only my oblivion will please him! Can I ever be a man in his great eyes?

Bayek approached the young man.

  • Setna: How can I hope to best those beasts? Father can command all he wants, but I'm no warrior.
  • Bayek: Your father has you hunting scorpions, boy?
  • Setna: Boy? Another come to patronize me.
    Forgive me, I am tired of trying to make him understand. Him and his damned trails. I do not want to walk his path, neb.
  • Bayek: Bayek. You wish to choose for yourself.
    Tell me of this ceremony you risk your life for.
  • Setna: He thinks it will make me a man, accept my responsibilities. Recover the symbols, strength, protection, power. Folklore and fallacies.
ACO Follower or Leader 2

Bayek speaking with Setna.

  • Bayek: But you don't want to defy him. Even if that means oblivion.
    Perhaps I could be your champion.
  • Setna: And what would that make me? A coward? A failure...
  • Bayek: Smart. Such trials are not the only thing that makes a man. I would teach my son this.
  • Setna: By Ra's light you are right, Bayek. I will wait for you north of here.

Bayek descended the cliff to the valley where the scorpions were located. After killing one of them, he approached and took a sample of blood from it's body.

  • Bayek: A scorpion's blood. A vigorous symbol of strength.

He made his way back to Setna.

  • Bayek: Setna will want to know he does not have to face Serqet's child.
ACO Follower or Leader 3

Bayek fighting the scorpion.

He returned to Setna, giving the blood to him.

  • Setna: You did it? You got the blood? Was it terrifying? Pitted against a fearsome foe, not knowing if you would live or die?
  • Bayek: You have a way with words.
  • Setna: Do you think? My dearest wish is to be a scribe.
  • Bayek: Does your father know this?
  • Setna: The mighty warrior? It would shame him to have a writer for an heir?
  • Bayek: He will want his legacy to be a good son.
    What is our next trial?
  • Setna: The symbol of protection. We must steal an Ankh from the Caverns of the Valiant. Can it be desecration, in the realm of the dead?
  • Bayek: I will return to you when I have it.
  • Setna: For the final trial... Come find me at the end to the caverns.
ACO Follower or Leader 4

Bayek retrieving an Ankh.

Bayek made his way to the Caverns of the Valiant, a heavily guarded location. After defeating the warriors of Anubis who protected the place, he recovered the ankh in a chamber.

  • Bayek: An ancient token of life and protection.

Bayek departed the tomb.

  • Bayek: Setna's father means to show him a tenet of manhood. Protect those in your care.

He returned to Setna near the entrance to the cavern.

  • Setna: Such a small thing, was it very hard to get? Did the spirits of the fallen scream and shriek? Wrap their icy fingers around your throat?

Bayek laughed.

  • Bayek: You have a vivid imagination.
  • Setna: It is both a blessing and a curse.
  • Bayek: What happens when the trials are done?
  • Setna: I will confront my father. Do you think he will hear me?
  • Bayek: Stand strong and proud. He will hear you.
ACO Follower or Leader 5

Bayek fighting for the postiche.

  • Setna: The last trial is to take the Pharaoh's postiche from the great sand sea. It will be spewed forth from the desert.
  • Bayek: The symbol of power is the beard?
  • Setna: A boy is a boy no longer with hair on his chin. I will meet you at the Sanctum of Har-si-ese.

Bayek headed near the Battlefield of Kadesh, where he spotted a number of warrior of Anubis. He eliminated them.

  • Bayek: Can the Jackal's guardian have the postiche?

He recovered the postiche from one of the bodies.

  • Bayek: They say a man's strength lies in his beard, and yet I let Aya shave mine off.

With the postiche in hand, Bayek made his way to the sanctum.

  • Bayek: What will Setna's father do with such a trinket?
ACO Follower or Leader 6

Bayek and Setna at the Sanctum of Har-si-ese.

Bayek reunited with Setna at the sanctum, handing over the third item.

  • Setna: (Setna) Great Ramesses, keeper of harmony and balance. My father, your trials are completed, your will done. But I will not follow you.

Setna turned the items over in his hand, spilling them to the ground.

  • Setna: My path is my own to walk.

An apparition of Ramesses II on his throne appeared. The pharaoh stood up and approached Setna, speaking to him with Bayek's voice.

  • Bayek: Then go with Ra, my son.

Setna faded away as the apparation took on Bayek's appearance.

  • Bayek: You are not the lion leading an army of sheep, Bayek. But their destinies are forged in the flames you lit. Let that bring you peace.
ACO Follower or Leader

Bayek facing his own apparition.

Following his adventure Bayek found several scrolls in the sanctum and commented on them.
Upon reading The Eagle Soaring:

  • Bayek: Ha! The story of our quest, he has cast me as the conquering hero. I almost blush.

Upon reading Father:

  • Bayek: Would Khemu have followed my footsteps? Or carved his own path?

Upon reading The Instruction of Amen-em-apt:

  • Bayek: The Instruction of Amenemope, a father's advice to his son on living a pious life.

Outcome[]

Bayek helped Setna with his trials in order to pursue his path with his father's approval, receiving a shield in return.

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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