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** Though a note found during The Hidden Ones DLC indicates it to be non-canon, it is also possible to end up killing Kensa, Bayek's old friend from Siwa, alongside Benerike/the Crocodile, as she had just been hired as a bodyguard.

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** Though a note found during The ''The Hidden Ones Ones'' DLC indicates it to be non-canon, it is also possible to end up killing Kensa, Bayek's old friend from Siwa, alongside Benerike/the Crocodile, as she had just been hired as a bodyguard.
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** Though a note found during The Hidden Ones DLC indicates it to be non-canon, it is also possible to end up killing Kensa, Bayek's old friend from Siwa, alongside Benerike/the Crocodile, as she had just been hired as a bodyguard.
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** Also the fact that later in-game Septimius pretty much brainwashes both Caesar and Cleopatra into becoming their new PuppetKing who turn on Bayek and Aya weeks later. ForWantOfANail indeed...

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** Also the fact that later in-game Septimius pretty much brainwashes both Caesar and Cleopatra into becoming their new PuppetKing who turn on Bayek and Aya weeks later. ForWantOfANail indeed...
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* The game really makes it clear how much Bayek loves his son Khemu in your brief father-bonding time. The fact the Order of the Ancients [[WouldHurtAChild not only threaten to kill him]] but actually make sure they redirect Bayek's blade to be the one to kill him show these particular Templars are scumbags on a tier with Rodrigo and Cesare.

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* The game really makes it clear how much Bayek loves his son Khemu in your brief father-bonding time. The fact the Order of the Ancients [[WouldHurtAChild not only threaten to kill him]] but actually make sure they redirect Bayek's blade to be the one to kill him show shows these particular Templars are scumbags on a tier with Rodrigo and Cesare.
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** For anybody who has played Assassins Creed II and read Amunet's file, you know how their story ends.

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** For anybody who has played Assassins ''Assassin's Creed II II'' and read Amunet's file, you know how their story ends.



** Yet despite this, it is clear from their correspondence at the end of the game, their meeting in ''The Hidden Ones'' and the letter Bayek wrote in Valhalla that they still have feelings for each other. Word of God has confirmed that despite this, they remained separated for the rest of their lives, meaning that they were only truly reunited after they died.

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** Yet despite this, it is clear from their correspondence at the end of the them main game, their meeting in ''The Hidden Ones'' Ones'', and the letter Bayek wrote in Valhalla ''Valhalla'' that they still have feelings for each other. Word of God has confirmed that despite this, they remained separated for the rest of their lives, meaning that they were only truly reunited after they died.

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** To add to Bayek's grief, in Ancient Egypt, the Egyptians believed that for anybody to stand a chance of an afterlife, their body (in particular their heart) needed to be intact. In addition to killing his son, Bayek is haunted by the belief that he has denied his son an afterlife, subjecting him to a fate worse than death.



** There's also the fact Bayek and Aya believed they could defeat the Order of the Ancients but their conflict will literally span another ''two thousand years'' without interruption and no sign of ending any time soon. The fact it begins as a simple RoaringRampageOfRevenge also means it's not nearly the ideological crusade many assassins believe it to be.

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** After the said betrayal happens, Bayek and Aya are simply cast aside. This, in combination with other things makes them turn upon the very Queen they once supported. When Aya reunites with Cleopatra following Caesar's assassination, it is clear that any friendship and loyalty that once existed between them is now gone. The proof? Cleopatra attempts to strike her former follower, who pulls out her hidden blade and threatens to end her life if she does not do the right thing.
** For anybody who has played Assassins Creed II and read Amunet's file, you know how their story ends.
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There's also the fact Bayek and Aya believed they could defeat the Order of the Ancients but their conflict will literally span another ''two thousand years'' without interruption and no sign of ending any time soon. The fact it begins as a simple RoaringRampageOfRevenge also means it's not nearly the ideological crusade many assassins believe it to be.


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* In your final mission as Bayek, he manages to defeat the Lion, Flavius, the man who really killed Khemu. After a long and drawn-out battle, Flavius orders him to [[GetItOverWith just get it over with]], but Bayek falls to his knees and screams that he can't do it. It's not due to guilt or a lack of willpower, but something much more personal. For the last few years, his whole life has been driven by revenge, a desire to avenge his son. Bayek knows that once he kills Flavius his mission will be complete, meaning that he will lose the last remaining tie to his son. It takes reassurance from Khemu's spirit for him to finally carry it out.
* As the title of the game suggests, we witness the origins of what will one day become the Assassin Order and see how the conflict between them and the Templars began. Yet the Order's birth had nothing to do with honour or glory. It is nothing like the folk tales we all knew and grew up with, nor some great legend about some unstoppable warrior. The order was built upon the blood of an innocent child and a broken marriage. Speaking of which ...
* It is made very clear throughout the game that Bayek and Aya ''really'' love each other. Yet the death of their son and the campaign of vengeance that followed changed them. It opened their eyes to the big picture and as a result of what they saw, their bond began to lessen. During one final meeting on the shores of Alexandria, Aya tells her husband that they simply cannot be together anymore, they both have a bigger calling. Bayek is reluctant to accept this at first, but after listening to Aya, he realizes that she is right.
** As the pair lay down the tenants that will one day guide their order, Bayek removes the eagle skull necklace that once belonged to his son. What he says next, undoubtedly made a few people cry ...
---> '''Bayek''': I am fine with this. I am not a father anymore. I am not a husband. I am not a medjay. I am a Hidden One.
** Aya, clearly hurt, but trying to act proud compliments him on this. Then, as if to solidify what they are doing, she calls him "Bayek of Siwa" almost as if he is a stranger ...
** When she then asks him what he believes in now, Bayek, in a determined but broken voice, tells her before leaving: -
---> '''Bayek''': A new creed. Ours is finished.
** Yet despite this, it is clear from their correspondence at the end of the game, their meeting in ''The Hidden Ones'' and the letter Bayek wrote in Valhalla that they still have feelings for each other. Word of God has confirmed that despite this, they remained separated for the rest of their lives, meaning that they were only truly reunited after they died.
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** It can cross into NightmareFuel territory if you find Shadya by swimming to it, seeing her [[AdultFear lifeless body]] still tied to the rock looming out of the murky depths of the Nile...along with other bodies tied to rocks, all victims of the Crocodile.

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** It can cross into NightmareFuel territory if you find Shadya by swimming to it, seeing her [[AdultFear lifeless body]] body still tied to the rock looming out of the murky depths of the Nile...along with other bodies tied to rocks, all victims of the Crocodile.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[OutlivingOnesOffspring It has been too long, son.]]"'']]



** One of the constellations has Bayek and Khemu talking about the kid having a crush on a girl he knows. Bayek comments that his son is growing up too fast for him.

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** One of the constellations has Bayek and Khemu talking about the kid having a crush on a girl he knows. Bayek comments that his son is growing up too fast for him. Another constellation has Khemu wishing to marry and start a great family when he grows up, which his father happily encourages. Considering what happens to Khemu later on...
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** During The Hidden Ones, set in 39 BCE, nearly ten years after the events of the main game, while exploring under Rufio's octoreme, you can find more people drowned in the same way, which Bayek compares to Shadya's death. Nearly a decade, and he still remembers and grieves for her.

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** During The Hidden Ones, set in 39 38 BCE, nearly ten years after the events of the main game, while exploring under Rufio's octoreme, you can find more people drowned in the same way, which Bayek compares to Shadya's death. Nearly a decade, and he still remembers and grieves for her.
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* One of the main quests involves a seer giving Bayek a dream/nightmare where he, after some trials and tribulations, ends up finding his son in the Field of Reeds. Afterwards you can go back to the seer for a quest in which Bayek asks the man to rid him of this apparently recurring nightmare. During this quest the seer asks Bayek to recount the story of the dream, and he does. When he reaches the part where he encounters his son, Bayeks's voice utterly ''breaks'' on the words, and he's ultimately unable to finish...

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* One of the main quests involves a seer giving Bayek a dream/nightmare where he, after some trials and tribulations, ends up finding his son in the Field of Reeds. Afterwards you can go back to the seer for a quest in which Bayek asks the man to rid him of this apparently recurring nightmare. During this quest quest, the seer asks Bayek to recount the story of the dream, and he does. When he reaches the part where he encounters his son, Bayeks's voice utterly ''breaks'' on the words, and he's ultimately unable to finish...
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* The death of the Scorpion as well. He pretty much admits the Order went too [[EveryoneHasStandards far in persuading Bayek in Siwa]] and actually apologized to Bayek, and still has hopes that [[WellIntentionedExtremist the Order is just for Egypt and the world]].
* Taharqa's wife [[ThisCannotBe horrified, heartbroken]] reaction to learning that her husband was the Scarab, and thus responsible for so much death and destruction, including the torture and mutilation of her father. When she tearfully begs her father to assure her its not true, all he can do is solemnly confirm that it is indeed true.

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* The death of the Scorpion as well. He pretty much admits the Order went too [[EveryoneHasStandards [[EvenEvilHasStandards far in persuading Bayek in Siwa]] and actually apologized to Bayek, and still has hopes that [[WellIntentionedExtremist the Order is just for Egypt and the world]].
* Taharqa's wife [[ThisCannotBe horrified, heartbroken]] reaction to learning that her husband was the Scarab, and thus responsible for so much death and destruction, including the torture and mutilation of her father. When she tearfully begs her father to assure her its it's not true, all he can do is solemnly confirm that it is indeed true.
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* In one mission almost all of Siwa travels to the Mountain of the Dead for Hepzefa’s funeral, and Aya can be found in front of Khemu’s grave. The look on her face [[PlayerPunch is just…]]

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* In one mission almost all of Siwa travels to the Mountain of the Dead for Hepzefa’s Hepzefa's funeral, and Aya can be found in front of Khemu’s Khemu's grave. The look on her face [[PlayerPunch is just…]] just...]]

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