#khemu

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Bayek & Khemu

[pampampa]

Day 7: Ghost

"I have come to visit,son. Just for a moment"

[peridot-tears]

One detail that gets left out:

Did Khemu's killers flee the scene after Bayek passed out?

How long were they there by the time Aya realized that they hadn't come home?

How long did it take for Siwa to send out a search party?

What did Aya see when they finally found them? Her husband, with the knife still in his hand?

Aya avoided staying with Bayek for too long while they were hunting Khemu's killers. He insisted that they reunite for good, but she always kept her eyes on something else. Cleopatra, the throne, Rome.

Is it because she couldn't take the image of him having stabbed their son out of her mind?

[alastorqueen]

So a few weeks ago I finished the entire Discovery Mode Tour for Assassin’s Creed Origins after completing the game a couple months before. You know what I love about the Discovery Mode? Taking lots of pictures!! So here’s a few of my favorites that I was able to capture. Might do another set with more pictures afterwards.

First set: Meet the family

[bonesxbows]

Apep's Vengeance

My Masterlist

Bayek tells Khemu of his battle with Apep in the form of a bedtime story

something I had to write for school, I know its really far from the canonical events of the game but oh well

(WARNINGS) - descriptions of in-game fighting - descriptions of a giant snake (it's not too different from what actually happens in-game so if you were okay during those scenes you should be okay reading this)

if you decided to read this I hope you like it! even though it was for school I honestly had a lot of fun writing this, Bayek interacting with kids in-game are some of my favorite scenes!

reblogs and comments are much appreciated!

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“Papo! Papo! One more story before you go?” Khemu asked. Bayek let out a low soft chuckle. 

“Of course my son. One more story, and then you need rest. Which one would you like to hear?”

Khemu pondered for a moment, his face lighting up when he had made his decision.

“What about the time you fought back the god of chaos, Apep? What was that like, Papo? Was it scary?”

Bayek let out a soft sigh. “It was. Cuddle close and I will tell you of the tale.”

Khemu scooted closer against his father, cuddling underneath his arm. 

“But it isn’t a tale, right Papo? You really did fight the snake beast.”

“Yes, yes of course. You are right. It begins when I decided to trek through the mountains…”

The afternoon sun beat down on the sand relentlessly, baking everything within its path. Bayek walked on through the sand and rocks, determined to reach his intended location no matter what mother nature wanted to throw at him. But as he continued to walk on, the winds started to pick up, and a blinding sandstorm spun up around him. It was hard to see, hard to move, and hard to stay on his feet. Luckily though, he saw a temple carved into the side of a mountain nearby. An old temple, from centuries past, it now lay abandoned, but it still provided cover from the desert’s merciless sand-filled winds. 

Bayek headed inside, passing by the giant marble columns that lined the entrance. Huge granite statues of the god Horus, towering over Bayek with their falcon faces, lined the walkway down deeper into the mountain. Bayek continued onward, curious to explore the rest of the expansive tunnel system that made up the temple. As he took a step, however, a stone fell from the ceiling and clunk to the floor in front of him. Bayek looked up at where the stone had fallen from, a massive black shadow encased in the ceiling where limestone bricks should have been. He took a step backward, and the giant black shadow began to move. 

“Was that Apep?!” Khemu interrupted out of excitement. 

“Be patient little one, the story won’t finish itself,” Bayek told him.

“Sorry, Papo. Please continue.” 

Bayek continued through the temple, although a little more cautious this time. He came to a large room, filled with a giant golden scale, complete with an even larger statue of Anubis behind it. As Bayek walked towards the scale another black shadow started to move next to the cobblestone walkway. The whole temple began to shake as if a terrible earthquake had erupted outside, and the marble pillars behind the Anubis statue began to crumble and fall apart. Around the pieces of fallen stone slithered out a giant black cobra with green eyes, larger than any normal snake, larger than even a house, it towered over Bayek, threatening to swallow him whole like a tiny mouse. 

But Bayek was quick and rolled out of the way as the snake god leaped towards him, crashing the both of them through the floor of the temple, falling down into a black pit of water. Bayek fell into the Black sea with Apep, but instead of landing in the water like Apep had Bayek landed on a wooden boat that was floating aimlessly in the sea. On the boat lay a golden bow and golden arrows, both that glowed with the power of the sun. 

“Ra, the god of the sun, had gifted me the bow and set of arrows, you see, to banish Apep into the Chaos sea forever,” Bayek explained to Khemu before continuing on with the story. 

Equipping the bow and arrows as fast as he could, Apep began to slither and swim around the boat Bayek was on, knocking into the wood and sending the boat rocking violently back and forth. But Bayek was a good hunter and quick with a bow, and Apep was soon weakening from the arrows of light.

With each light arrow that pierced his scaly skin, however, the snake god became angrier. He screeched and shouted and screamed at Bayek as he slithered in the water around the boat. 

Suddenly Apep rose out of the water, pitching himself onto the boat’s deck, the wood splintering under the weight of the god-sized creature. Black water gushed upwards, the Chaos sea beneath Bayek threatening to swallow the boat whole. 

“Nek that sounds scary! What did you do, Papo?” Khemu chimed up. 

“Well, luckily Apep had unknowingly decided to destroy the boat next to where some temple ruins lie. So I jumped to the rumble, avoiding falling into the Chaos sea while Apep was distracted with destroying what was left of the boat.” Bayek explained. 

“Did he notice that you weren’t on the boat anymore?” 

“Once the boat was nothing but a few planks drifting in the water, yes. Then the real fight began.” 

Apep, now far more angrier than before, spat and slithered at Bayek, destroying pieces of the rumble platform every time he charged at him. The god tried over and over again to push Bayek into the water, where the snake had a far bigger advantage than fighting on land. 

But Bayek was quick, and every time Apep made a move to rush the platform he jumped out of the way, onto another piece of rumble, far away from the snake. Bayek got in whatever shots he could with his bow. The snake became quicker to attack, but it was still no match for Bayek, who was an excellent warrior, skills he had picked up from being the last protector of Egypt. 

Bayek took one last shot, piercing the snake god’s face between his eyes with an arrow, rays of sunlight pouring from the wound as Ra’s power destroyed Apep from the inside out. 

“And that, my son, is why the land of Egypt is now at peace. All children sleep better at night now that the lord of chaos is destroyed.” Bayek finished up the story, kissed Khemu on the top of his head, and lowered him into his bed as Bayek stood up. 

“Out of all your adventures, Papo, that one’s my favorite. But what if Apep comes back?” Khemu asked in between yawns. 

“If that ever happens then another warrior shall take my place, and battle Apep the same way I have. But that won’t happen for a very long time. Now get some sleep.”

And with that Bayek pinched out the candle that rested nearby, leaving Khemu’s room in almost complete darkness, the moon and stars bleeding through the window to cast off any shadows that lingered nearby.

[auditoreum]

Shared Grief.

[darktempleofkhemu]

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[sirathurheit]

Also, I made this.

For fun mostly.

[demigoddessqueens]

oh 💔❤️‍🩹

Day 5: Myth

A’Aru, the Field of Reeds

In the Egyptian afterlife, A’Aru represents an idyllic afterlife for those with clear conscience.

They continue to live on as they did on Earth, without the risk of pain or loss as they carry on under the presence of Gods.

Everything they have loved or lost in life is returned here.

[fanworldbuildingfun]

“Winds of Cyrene” play on repeat

I come bearing yet another time travel idea (to surprise of absolutely no one). This time, the premise is thus: after the Temple, Desmond awakens in a sealed tomb. At first, he doesn’t realize he is not simply… Gone. Not till he has to get up because something particularly hard has been digging into his back while he ruminated. It’s a trial all on its own – wherever he was, it was cramped, and full of things

Definitely not the Temple. All it had in abundance was, well, space

In the end, he tries to resort to Eagle Vision. It takes a few tries – I’m thinking, because suddenly it feels/acts closer to Layla Trilogy’s version of the vision? And it’s downright odd and headache inducing. But after a few tries, Desmond begins to realize that it’s not just random things surrounding him. Just in hand’s reach, he can make out jars and vases by touch alone. And a few meters to the side? His Vision keeps insisting there’s a chariot, of all things

And the thing he is leaning against?

A stone sarcophagus

Que a mounting sense of dread as the above convalesces into a single picture. Of a tomb

And at this point? Desmond has no idea if it’s just some random tomb, or a tomb made for him, or…

Whatever place it is, he just knows he has to get out of there. All Desmond has is his clothes, his blade, and nothing more. He has no food, no water, and who knows what’s in this place – the air is stale. Musky. And if he managed to somehow survive the Flare? He was not about to waste it by using the tomb for its intended purpose. So he starts exploring. Trying to figure out how to use the new version of the vision. Trying to ignore how it feeds extra information to him that he should not known (what the heck is a khopesh?)

His salvation comes when, having moved one of the heavy crates, he sees a fain, nearly not-there, golden outline of a footprint. Not unlike the ones his ancestor’s targets would sometimes leave. It gives him a direction to search in

For the above, I was very much thinking about the Golden Tomb in Isolated Desert. Why? For the sheer opportunity of Desmond then first stumbling down instead of up, to the manmade entrance. And so, he finds Oun Maa Niye Ressoot. Touching the monolith, even without silica, causes it to activate and his pain to light up in pain. That makes Desmond miss the beginning of the message. A stroke of luck, because, frankly, what he does catch through the bouts of pain, leaves him deeply questioning whether he is even alive or not. Whether this is all some trick of Juno’s or not. At least, until his name is mentioned – but he is not addressed

That… Is a relief

It still leaves Desmond pondering a great many things. For a time. Because whether it’s a simulation or not, the thirst and hunger he feels appear very, very real to him. And he was not risking deciding it was a simulation – and dying for it

He ends up figuring out the teleport

But what he finds once he is no longer blinded by light? This… Appears entirely too empty to be anywhere he knows. And entirely too sandy and hot. So Desmond finds a cover, waits for sunset, and then picks the direction which appears the shiniest to his Eagle Vision

…The Giza plateau he finds is entirely too different for him to even entertain the thought that he is anywhere near his time

From there I’d have Desmond try and find a way back. Perhaps look for more Temples like Oun Maa Niye Ressoot, in hopes that one may help him in it. And on the go, he just – settles into rhythm of doing small favors for people. Or what feels like those, to him, because if there is one thing Desmond doesn’t understand, it’s demotic. And his Greek is pretty shaky too, with Ezio being mostly knowledgeable about Latin. So a lot of it? Is down to charades. But it’s not a big issue to take down a group of bandits, or to find documents that help prove that this one merchant asshole is, in fact, NOT doing his work legally

Somehow, though, Desmond keeps returning to Giza

And one of those times? His vision pings him that something is Off with Sphinx (and Ha! Isn’t that a novel idea? It still had its nose, even)

He ends up following the anomaly and – ends up finding the entrance to the chambers under sphinx

And then, he finds the now-open Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo

(Here, I ask you to assume Bayek finished the stone circles after the vanilla story line, but has not yet visited Giza, after)

This time, the reaction is… Much, much stronger. And for a moment? Desmond can practically see Calculations. Or the Reader, whichever you prefer. Except, they are not the only ones in that space. There is a voice calling for someone, in the distance, and it sounds so young - Between an odd glowing silhouette and what sounds like a child, Desmond chose to follow the child’s voice

And that’s how Desmond finds Khemu. Khemu, who is trying to find his father but can’t. And while Desmond realizes this may be a huge ass mess and more than likely just a simulation, not a real person –

He tries to calm the kid the best he can. There is no questioning how he can understand him – Desmond is just relieved he can. After managing to get the kid – Khemu – to calm down, Desmond tentatively offers to get him to his parents. This time, when he walks off in the vague direction of the golden tree, he has a scrawny passenger in his arms. And when he wakes up on the floor of Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo? There is the same scrawny body laying on top of him

Loose ideas:

This is set after the Hidden Ones have been created, so the origin story for them remains the same

The understanding Khemu and Desmond shared in Calculations… Didn’t really carry over. But they do their best to try and understand each other – or to teach each other their language. Khemu proved to outstubborn Desmond in that

Khemu also has no idea what Assassins are, or that Hidden Ones even *exist*, so his ideas on what Desmond’s work is… Is a bit wonky

And that is totally how Desmond spends all too long thinking that “medjay” is demotic for “assassin”

This may or may not get the two of them into equal amounts of trouble and good luck. Depends on where they are, really

Desmond totally stole the Isu armor from under the Sphinx, and it definitely looks like the concept art version and not the in-game glowy version

It takes them several months to track Bayek down. Or rather, to accidentally stumble across the Bureau in Memphis.  

[b-plot-butch]

ubisoft was so sick for having me play as a grieving father right from the get-go….

[ithinkthiswasabadidea]

I TAKE IT BACK KHEMU'S DEATH WASN'T THE WORST ONE 😭😭😭

SHADYA BABY GIRL I'M HEARTBROKEN 💔😭😭😭😭😭

And here I was thinking that Phoibe's death was rough, but Khemu........ fuck

Also holy FUCK is Bayek's actor fantastic 👏 🔥

[drunk-on-starlight]

man if Abstergo had just. Not killed Deanna they could have just recruited Layla and avoided her wiping out/incapacitating their assassin hunters.

[leofrith]

this game features a truly awe inspiring number of dead children. huh.

[auditoreum]

Khemu's Tomb.