Rise of Shaqilat

Rise of Shaqilat was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2017 through the Porable Animus HR-8.
==Description==
A recruit in charge of the Hidden Ones bureau informs Bayek of the disappearance of Osorkon, a Hidden One.
==Dialogue==
Bayek spoke to Paanchi in the bureau.
*Paanchi: Osorkon has been missing for two weeks. He is the shadow tasked with surveying the Quarry.
*Bayek: Yet the shadow became lost.
*Paanchi: It may be too late for Osorkon, he went to a merchant ship at the docks several days ago and that place is crawling with Romans. Would be a shame to lose him, his passion for the people and the Hidden Ones knew no bounds. I would die for him.
*Bayek: I will find this Osorkon.
Bayek travelled to the docks, where he discovered several ships. He boarded one of them.
*Bayek: These cages are small... were they for children? This boat has been ransacked.
Bayek discovered a broken shield, bearing the Hidden Ones insignia.
*Bayek: A broken shield of the Hidden Ones. Osorkon was here.
Bayek boarded another boat.
*Bayek: Osorkon? Where are you?
He discovered a broken cage.
*Bayek: Poor child.
He discovered another cage.
*Bayek: These cages for children are atrocious.
Bayek boarded another boat, where he discovered several bodies of soldiers and a merchant.
*Bayek: A merchant killed, and dead Romans? Someone who disposed of these Romans did so with great skill. It must have been a Hidden One.
He discovered an open chest.
*Bayek: The merchant was robbed. Curious.
He discovered a papyrus on the table.
Bayek commented on the note's contents
*Bayek: Dear gods! children sold into the quarry as slaves. These innocent souls are kept in an underground holding pen in the Quarry. I should go there.
Bayek travelled to the underground outpost, the entrance to which was guarded by a lone soldier.
*Bayek: Osorkon must be held here.
Bayek eliminated the guard and infiltrated the outpost. There, he discovered Osorkon being interrogated by soldiers.
*Osorkon: My lips are sealed.
*Roman Soldier: We will rip your lips off. Your eyes... your everything.
*Osorkon: Unlike you myrmidons, the oath I take means something. Send me to the Duat! I will have Osiris rip me limb from limb before I tell you an iota of anything. Nothing works within me except the fire to destroy those who take food from workers, those neket iadets (pieces of shit) like you.
*Roman Soldier: Enough! He obviously has important information, torture him for as long as it takes. Keep him alive.
*Osorkon: My wife Zagura will avenge my death, she is a great warrior too.
Bayek eliminated the guards.
*Osorkon: I knew you would come!The mentor has come to save me!
He investigated the outpost. He looked at a opened chest.
*Bayek: Someone has robbed this Roman warehouse. A brave thief.
He discovered chains on the floor.
*Bayek: Chains used on these poor children. Gods!
He found a letter discussing the actions of the thief.
Bayek freed Osorkon.
*Osorkon: Let's get out of here.
He escorted the Hidden One out of the outpost.
*Osorkon: You must be the great Bayek. Understand this: I investigated the docks, and found a woman liberating the children on a slaver's barge.
*Bayek: A liberator is behind the pillaging?
*Osorkon: A Nabatean warrior known as Shaqilat. She hands out the spoils to the people—and strikes with incredible swiftness. I was following her but was captured by Romans. She has found safety with the children in a courtyard between the bureau and the quarry.
Bayek travelled to the courtyard to look for Shaqilat, finding her with a group of children.
*Shaqilat: Let your hearts be still children. I am your protector. The Sinai is your home.
*Child 1: You are so brave Shaqilat.
*Child 2: O great warrior, you are Iset!
*Shaqilat: By Amun-Ra I will not let these centurions take you to be sold off like bags of grain.
*Child 3: Please do not let them take us again!
*Child 4: I cannot wait to eat a good meal.
*Shaqilat: Soon my darlings. Soon.
Bayek approached Shaqilat.
*Bayek: You are stealing for the workers in the quarry?
*Shaqilat: If you wish to arrest me you will have to rip my heart out before I take chains on.
*Bayek Do not worry. But your ways may lead to Roman reprisal. You are trying to defend yet harm could come of your actions.
*Shaqilat: Nek! (Shit!) I am not to blame for their oppression! I am a liberator!
*Bayek You beget oppression! Liberation is a subtle work of art, not simple petty theft! You cannot take freedom, you must create it.
*Shaqilat: I know the shape of freedom. I lived it with my husband here in the Nabatea before he was crucified like a fly by Tacito.
While they were conversing, a group of Roman soldiers arrived.
*Shaqilat: There they are.
Bayek and Shaqilat defend themselves against the soldiers.
*Bayek: Now earn your reputation.
*Shaqilat: I will show you how nothing stops me.
*Roman Soldier 1: There is the so-called liberator!
*Roman Soldier 1: She robbed our outpost, get her!
*Shaqilat: For Nabatea!
*Bayek: Well-struck, Shaqilat!
*Shaqilat: Defend these children with me! You will not regret it! Curse you, Roman jackals!
They defeated the soldiers. Shaqilat left the courtyard. Bayek followed her.
*Bayek: Where are you going?
*Shaqilat: I'll stay no longer. I will draw the other Romans away from these innocents!
*Bayek: There are no more.
*Shaqilat: There will always be more...
*Bayek: Not if you join us.
*Shaqilat: I do not understand what you ask of me.
*Bayek: You fight well, a warrior of your kind is rare. Follow our path and you will not regret it.
*Shaqilat: I do not join cults.
*Bayek: We are liberators, and do not abide by the rules of false oracles and tyrants. You are a chosen one.
Bayek followed her to the edge of a cliff.
*Shaqilat: I work for good, I want to help heal our lands.
*Bayek: Shaqilat, I am sure you have the ka of a Hidden One.
*Shaqilat: But... How can I trust a stranger? I work alone to save my people, I only trust myself.
*Bayek: We have the same values. You must only decide whether you apply your skills for the benefit of few, or all.
*Shaqilat: Look me in the eyes and tell me there will be no more hate, no more war, no more men in chains.
*Bayek: These are all broken by our creed.
*Bayek: Your creed. And if I do chose to give myself to it, to believe it, what must I do?
*Bayek: Jump.
Bayek moved to the end of a wooden plank sticking from the platform. 
*Shaqilat: (Sighs) How do we proceed?I do not understand what you ask of me.I work for good, I want to help heal our lands.I will show you how nothing stops me.
Bayek performed a Leap of Faith and dove into a haystack below the cliff. Shaqilat looked down in amazement and inched herself to the end of the wooden plank. She took a deep breath and performed the leap into the haystack, then emerged from it.
*Shaqilat: That was incredible, I thought I was going to die.
*Bayek: You are reborn, as a Hidden One.
*Shaqilat: (Sighs) How do we proceed?
*Bayek: We have a bureau, and a ceremony celebrating your pledge.
*Shaqilat: I will enter the shadows.
*Bayek: Welcome to the brotherhood.
==Outcome==
Bayek managed to rescue Osorkon from the Roman soldiers. Through him, he discovered a liberator by the name of Shaqilat and recruited her as a Hidden One.
==Gallery==
ACO Rise of Shaqilat 1.jpg|Paanchi tells Bayek about the missing Hidden One, Osorkon
ACO Rise of Shaqilat 3.jpg|Bayek on board the ship to investigate
ACO Rise of Shaqilat 6.jpg|Bayek escorting Osorkon to safety
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones
Category:Memories of Bayek
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8