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

Description[]

Bayek investigated a number of murders in a small fishing village.

Dialogue[]

Bayek visited a small fishing village in the Faiyum Oasis. He encountered a fisherman talking to his son.

  • Man: I don't want you playing with him. The Man-Beast lives there! Do you want to be cut in pieces? Now come away!
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A man throwing suspicion on his eccentric neighbor.

Bayek approached the fisherman.

  • Bayek: Seni (friend), forgive me, I overheard you just now. You said something about a Man-Beast.
  • Man: The Man-Beast has been taking people from here for months.
  • Bayek: People have gone missing? Have you told the Phylakitai?
  • Man: The Phylakitai are useless. Just last week, three fishermen disappeared. Bits of them floated in a few days later. They did nothing. Anyway, we know who it is — that raving old maniac over there. We're watching him.
  • Bayek: Things are often not what they appear. I should talk to this Man Beast.

Bayek approached the area near the Man-Beast, hearing the villagers talking.

  • Man 1: He might be possessed by Sobek himself.
  • Man 2: He's too crazy to be the Man Beast. He never does anything but pray.
  • Man 1: He is eating the victims of Sobek!
  • Man 2: No-one goes missing on his land. They just show up in the water near his house. We should leave him alone. His poor child.

Bayek found the Man Beast praying in front of a statue of Sobek, a household shrine.

  • The Man Beast: Sobek eats with his mouth... He with the pointed teeth... Sobek eats while he mates... He rends whom he will...

Bayek addressed the Man Beast.

  • Bayek: My friend. Could I speak with you? Do you know anything about the missing people?
  • The Man Beast: I. Am. Not. Your. Friend. Go away from here!
    Sobek eats with his mouth... He with the pointed teeth... Sobek eats while he mates... He rends whom he will...

The Man Beast left the area.

  • Bayek: I will not get anything useful out of him.

Bayek investigated several baskets.

  • Bayek: There is meat in the baskets for feeding the fish. Gods, that could be human.

Bayek investigated a series of broken jars by the shore.

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Bayek deducing where the body parts came from.

  • Bayek: Anything taken by the current ends up here.

He investigated parts of flesh beside the broken jars.

  • Bayek: Flesh. it is rotting and waterlogged, and hard to identify. It's come here from upstream.

Bayek completed his investigation.

  • Bayek: This place is a damn slaughter yard! But I can't tell if the flesh is human. In all my years as a Medjay, I have never seen anything like this. It is floating here from somewhere further upstream.

Bayek spoke to a boy sitting by the docks.

  • Bayek: Hi. What's your name?
  • Child: This is my toy Sobek. See? He carries his babies in his mouth. Father made it for me.
  • Bayek: That is... a nice toy.
  • Child: Can you tell my friends to come back and play? Sobek didn't really eat the people in the river. It's just a game.

Bayek discovered a trail of blood in the water. He followed the trails and discovered more body parts.

  • Bayek: Nek! (Shit!) More body parts! Where are they all coming from?

He examined a rock with blood and more body parts on it next to a stranded boat.

  • Bayek: This ruined felucca has been here a long time. The body parts are more recent.
    I should continue upstream and find the source.

Bayek followed the trails to a small cave by the waters.

  • Bayek: More blood in the water. It seems to be coming from that cave. By Amun, what is going on?

Bayek dove, swimming into the cave, discovering a passage. Along the way, he encountered more body parts. A while later, he resurfaced in a dimly lit chamber, with a pale crocodile and multiple corpses.

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The underwater passage to the cave filled with human body parts.

  • Bayek: What is this place? It stinks of death. This must be where all the body parts are coming from.

After killing the crocodile, Bayek investigated the space and found several mauled corpses.

  • Bayek: Amun! So many corpses, all half eaten. Argh, the stench!

He climbed out of the pit and heard a cry for help.

  • Man: Hello! Who's there? Please! Help me!

Beyond a fence, Bayek found a terrace with several cushions lying around.

  • Bayek: Cushions and luxury. These look like seats for some kind of theater.

He investigated baskets of fruits and jars of wine on a table.

  • Bayek: Good wine, and refreshments. Whoever sat here was well pampered.

Nearby, Bayek discovered a man locked in a cage and freed him.

  • Man: Thank the gods! Hurry, we have to leave before he comes back.
  • Bayek: Who? What is happening here?
  • Man: The Embalmer. He's throwing people to crocodiles. His guests watch as they're ripped apart.
  • Bayek: Be calm. You are safe. Where is he now?
  • Man: Safe? No one is safe here! He kidnapped me at the market where I was selling fish. I'm getting out of here! I never imagined anyone could do something like this!

The man left the place.

  • Bayek: I will find a way to the market. This Embalmer has given his last show.

Before Bayek left the place, he read a papyrus on the sofa.

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The embalmer's office.

Sobek's Secret Feast!

Feeding of the crocodiles. Next new moon. After sunset. See the Embalmer.
  • Bayek: Nek! (Shit!) This embalmer is sick!

He investigated a scroll on a table in a small room.

Letter from Sehetep

Embalmer

I have been informed of your little show. The sacrilegious use of Sobek's children for entertainment is, you must know, a serious offense. You are also operating on temple grounds, and risk bringing trouble to the temple and tarnishing the name of the cult.
As abhorrent as your enterprise is to me, we might be able to come to an arrangement that is beneficial to us both. My consort will visit you soon with details of an agreement. I suggest you treat it with the gravity it merits.

Sehetep

He investigated a fruit stand and jars of wine on a table.

  • Bayek: Such extravagance. This Embalmer is making a lot of money.

Bayek exited the chamber through a ladder. He made his way to the market. He found the Embalmer talking to several merchants, escorted by a guard.

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The embalmer, with his Greek bodyguard, talking to his clients.

  • Embalmer: Friends! I trust you enjoyed the show? Unfortunately, the next show may be delayed. I've only found one... participant. It may take time to find more.
  • Woman 1: I don't know if I should say this, I wouldn't want you to think me odd.
  • Woman 2: You're among friends, dear.
  • Woman 1: Well, have you considered using people from the slums? The Faiyum has no lack of them. They're of no real use.
  • Embalmer: (Make it so!) I'll talk to my associate.

Bayek continued tracking the embalmer and found him explaining his ideology to a man.

  • Embalmer: I don't want to hear it! Another show is filling up, and we're low on bait. Find me some more! The work we do is more important than you realize.
  • Man: What do you mean?
  • Embalmer: When the crocodile disfigured me I wanted to die. I wished I had. As I worked in the temple, I began to understand. I had been marked by the god himself. Our little show, it's much more than entertainment. It's a sacrament. An offering. In a way, you're playing the role of a priest. Remember that.
  • Man: That is a wonderful interpretation of things.

The Embalmer sat down to watch the show on the stage.

  • Embalmer: Do people really enjoy this? Boring. Unoriginal. Bland.
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Bayek killing the embalmer

Bayek attacked the embalmer and his guard.

  • Bayek: Now I embalm you with death.

He killed them.

  • Bayek: A sick man. That's an end to his evil. May the gods deal with those who watched his shows.

Outcome[]

Bayek discovered the source behind the murders and assassinated the culprit.

Trivia[]

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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