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The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Porable Animus HR-8.

Description[]

Bayek tracks down Si-Mut's lost treasure.

Dialogue[]

Outside Operum Tuorum Gemmam Castra, Bayek came across a man digging in the ground.

  • Si-Mut: I remember, I remember, I can't remember! It's gone, lost, misplaced, hidden, sleeping, distraught, submerged. Gertha you have failed me.

The man travelled to another area to dig.

  • Si-Mut: It's gone! Can you find it? It must be found, found, found... smiling like a hyena, great yellow teeth, then, snap! That's what I remember...

The man began digging the ground.

  • Si-Mut: Nut, blue goddess of the sky and night, where is my treasure? Give it back, relinquish, unhand, bestow, bemoan, bemoan, bemoan...

Bayek approached the man.

  • Bayek: I do not mean to bother you.
  • Si-Mut: Be off with you! It's none of your business! Gertha has it well in hand. And I never spoke of treasure! Certainly not! But can you find it for me? I left it, I'm almost certain, somewhere. It must be here in my writings. I discard my writings as I travel, leaving scrolls as a trail of woe wherever I go. Read this one!

The man gave Bayek a scroll.

Si-Mut's Scroll 1: Obtained from Si-Mut:
"Woe! Oh. woe! I've been chased from my home! A band of bandits, unhappy about some previous incident, came in search of me. Gertha and I had to flee! Gertha slowed us down to a crawl. Wherefore have I encumbered myself with such a lugubrious companion? We arrived here safely, however, but Gertha has gone off to sulk, and I must lament my lost treasure alone."
  • Bayek: Where is this place you lived?
  • Si-Mut: Where I lived! Yes, I remember now. A marvelous place near the coast, just south of here. My collection of art and pottery I've found is housed there. How could I have forgotten? Gertha decorated the library!
  • Bayek: I will go take a look there for your treasure.
ACO The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha 2

Bayek investigating cave of Ur'in.

Bayek travelled to Si-Mut's home in Madiama Nome, situated near a coast. He found it to be overrun by a group of bandits.

  • Bayek: This must be where Si-Mut lived.

Bayek sneaked into the bandit camp outside the cave and overheard a conversation between the bandits.

  • Bandit 1: We've found a treasure trove here!
  • Bandit 2: The crazy coot collected all this!
  • Bandit 1: What if he comes back?
  • Bandit 2: He ran off like his pants were aflame. We've seen the last of him.

Bayek eliminated the bandits and entered the cave. He found it to be full of treasures.

  • Bayek: Si-Mut collected all these treasures? What could he have lost that compares to this? Surely there must be a clue here somewhere.

Bayek read a scroll on the ground.

Si-Mut's Scroll 2: Found in the Ruins:
"I'm back in my home at last! The place where I collect all the ancient objects I have found across the peninsula. But alackaday! I seem to have lost my most precious treasure! I've been so addled ever since the adventure in the den of rabid dogs. I must have been a madman to go there. Could I have carelessly left my treasure there?"
  • Bayek: "Rabid dogs?" He must mean hyenas.

Bayek left the cave and travelled to the hyena den situated southeast of the ruins.

  • Bayek: I hate these cursed beasts.

He eliminated hyenas in the area. He came upon a sight of various corpses and a cart. He read a note on the ground.

  • Mountain Trade:
    We've established with a tribe up in the mountains. It's good trade, but risky. There are wild animals up there...
  • Bayek: Many did not survive these hyenas.
ACO The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha 3

Bayek investigating the hyena cave with the painting of Nut.

Bayek entered a cave and with a distinctive cave painting. He inspected it.

  • Bayek: The goddess Nut. Goddess of sky and night.

He read a scroll on the ground nearby.

  • Bayek: More writings of Si-Mut?
Si-Mut's Scroll 3: "I fell in with some nomads. After a few miles, we were set upon by a pack of rabid dogs! Gertha craftily escaped, but the dogs killed the nomads and dragged me to their den. Curiously, the dog den has a beautiful painting of the goddess Nut. Is it possible the dogs can paint? That would be crazy. Almost as crazy as hiding in that little cave near the foul-smelling pissing place back in the bandit hideout!"
  • Bayek: Si-Mut had quite an adventure. I will search for this bandit hideout.

Bayek travelled to the bandit hideout in Klysma Nome.

  • Bayek: Ugh! What a foul odor! This must be the bog. He hid nearby.

Bayek sneaked into the camp and overheard a conversation between the bandits.

  • Bandit 1: A knowledgeable man. His conversation jumped from topic to topic like a beautiful butterfly.
  • Bandit 2: What was all that about a woman named Gertha?
  • Bandit 1: Some sort of goddess by my understanding.
  • Bandit 2: Yes. Yes. I believe you are right.
  • Bandit 1: And then he hid in the cave of the ancient creatures! Astounding.
  • Bandit 2: An extraordinary nomad.

Bayek eliminated the bandits and entered a small entrance in the wooden fences. he came upon a sight of a giant skeleton on the ground.

  • Bayek: Bones of the ancient creatures. I have heard of such things, but did not believe the tales.

He found a scroll on the ground.

  • Bayek: Of course. Si-Mut was here and left a scroll.
Si-Mut's Scroll 4: Found in the Cave:
"The gods have shorn me of luck! While searching the desert for ancient objects, I ate a delicious, odd-looking plant. I immediately passed out and awoke in the midst of bandits celebrating my initiation into their despicable ring! After drinking much honey-beer, I announced I needed to relieve myself and made my way to a foul-smelling bog to pee. I discovered this hidden cave nearby! I have hopes of slipping away soon. Clever Gertha is hiding in the desert, waiting with her characteristic patience. Thank Amun I had the wits to leave my treasure in the flooded part of the quarry!"
  • Bayek: The flooded quarry? I will soon have visited all of Sinai.

Bayek travelled to the sunken quarry situated at the coast of Klysma Nome. He found Si-Mut at the quarry.

  • Bayek: Si-Mut? What is he doing there?

Bayek approached Si-Mut.

  • Si-Mut: About time! Gertha and I were worried you got lost!
  • Bayek: I have been scrambling across the desert following a trail of your writings.
  • Si-Mut: I know how to write?! That's wonderful, praise Amun!
  • Si-Mut: I remembered I clearly hid my treasure in a jar and sunk it here, in the Red Sea. In fact, I sank several, only one has the treasure. You'll have to find the right one.
  • Bayek: Very well.

Bayek dove into the water and investigated the jars in the sunken quarry. He found nothing but empty jars at first.

  • Bayek: Empty!

He searched further out and retrieved a necklace from one of the jars.

  • Bayek: What is this? The treasure?

Bayek resurfaced and talked to Si-Mut.

  • Si-Mut: You found it! My flamingo foot, it brings me good fortune!
  • Bayek: A flamingo foot? This is your treasure?
  • Si-Mut: Come along with me. You are due a reward!

Bayek followed Si-Mut out of the quarry.

  • Si-Mut: I must show this to Gertha. She has been singularly unhelpful. I'm not certain she even believes in the power of the foot.

They camp upon the sight of a camel.

  • Si-Mut: Gertha! This kind neb (sir) has found my lucky talisman! You have been such a disappointment to me! Pretending to care about my treasure and all the while worrying only about your hump! Our friendship is over! I award you to this man. Perhaps you can be a better friend to him!
  • Bayek: Uh. Thank you.

Outcome[]

Bayek helped Si-Mut to retrieve his lucky charm in the Underwater Quarry. He was gifted Gertha, an armored camel as a reward.

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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