Where It All Began

Where It All Began was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
==Description==
The Battle of Amphipolis fresh on her mind, Kassandra brought news of all that had occurred to her mother Myrrine.
==Dialogue==
Following the Battle of Amphipolis, Kassandra met with Myrrine in the Spartan countryside.
*Myrrine: My lamb! You’ve been gone so long.
*Kassandra: Brasidas is dead.
*Myrrine: No.
*Kassandra: Deimos killed him in battle.
*Myrrine: And what of my son?
<tabber>
|-|Deimos might be dead=
*Kassandra: Kleon shot him in the back with an arrow. He fell. I don't think he survived.
|-|Deimos might be alive.=
*Kassandra: Kleon fired an arrow into Deimos' back. The wound didn't look fatal—he could still be alive.
</tabber>
*Myrrine: Malákas Kleon! I'll kill him with my bare hands.
*Kassandra: It's done, mater. I already sent that snake to the Styx.
*Myrrine: My family...
*Myrrine: You're all I have left.
*Kassandra: Mater, there's something I need to do.
*Kassandra: I need to go to Mount Taygetos, where it all began.
*Kassandra: My whole life's been spent fighting and running. Running from my past, fighting to forget. I can't do this anymore.
*Myrrine: My heart was shattered on that mountain.
*Kassandra: I need to put that night behind me, once and for all.
*Myrrine: I'm coming with you.
The two headed up the road up to the cliffside, the very same place where Kassandra and Alexios were dropped from many years ago.
*Kassandra: This is where everything changed. It's like I never left.
Upon reaching the edge of the cliff, Myrrine and Kassandra found Deimos standing near the edge, looking out over Lakonia.
*Myrrine: Alexios!
Myrrine tried running up to her youngest son, but Kassandra grabbed her to keep her from potential harm.
*Deimos: On the edge of the world, a mother calls out to her child. Touching.
*Myrrine: Alexios, please.
Deimos turned around to address his family.
*Deimos: You use that name as if it means something to me.
*Myrrine: It's the name your father and I gave you.
*Deimos: Was that before, or after, you brought me to this mountain to die?
*Myrrine: It was the Cult. I tried to save you. I did everything! The priests told me you were dead.
*Deimos: And they told me you abandoned your son!
*Myrrine: Alexios, come to me. We are your family. We can go home.
*Deimos: Family? Home?
Deimos laughed.
*Deimos: My sword is my family. The battlefield is my home.
*Kassandra: I promised to bring him back, mater. But the Cult has poisoned his mind.
*Deimos: Promised to bring me back to mater did you? You didn't bring me here. Why don't you tell our mater the truth?
*Kassandra: And what truth is that?
*Deimos: That I'm the chosen one. I'm the one with a destiny. I will bring order to this world. You're nothing but a mercenary with a broken spear.
<tabber>
|-|The Cult is using you.=
*Kassandra: You don't have a destiny. You're just a tool used by the Cult.
*Deimos: I'm glad you said that. Since we first met, I've been trying to figure out what you are to me. You're a weed. Trying to choke and destroy everything I've planted. And you know the best way to kill a weed...
He looked at Myrrine.
*Deimos: Is at the root.
*Kassandra: Alexios...
|-|You don't need the Cult.=
*Kassandra: The Cult controls your destiny, but you don't need them. Together, we can destroy them and bring peace back to this world.
*Deimos: Peace? And what under Helios would you do with yourself if there was peace? Milk the goats? Look at you, oh mighty misthios. Your profit from this war as much as I do. You don't want peace—you just don't want to deal with me.
*Kassandra: What I want—what I've always wanted—is my family.
</tabber>
Deimos sighed.
*Deimos: When I was little, I found a lion cub trapped in a snare. My friend tried to free it. That's when I heard the deadly growl of its mother. I watched as the lioness tore my friend to bloody shreds. Even in the world of beasts, a family protects its young.
*Myrrine: I loved you. I still love you.
*Deimos: The one you love is dead. My destiny is clear. And I won't let you get in my way.
Deimos then drew and pointed his sword at his family.
<tabber>
|-|You won't leave this mountain alive.=
Kassandra drew her spear, giving up on seeing any possible redemption for her fallen brother. 
*Kassandra: I tried saving you once, and it cost me everything. But you, you are beyond saving. You will not survive the mountain this time.
As Myrrine fell on her knees, the two siblings then fought their final fight.
*Kassandra: I tried to save you.
*Deimos: Stop living in the past, sister. Your death is now.
*Kassandra: You've hurt this family for the last time.
*Deimos: Oh, but that's where you're wrong. The hurting has only just begun.
*Kassandra: Stay on your guard.
*Deimos: So disapointing.The spear of Leonidas was wasted on you.Who trained you? Mater? Pater?You should have trained with the Cult. Would have made this fight more interesting.
*Kassandra: Soon you'll be dead, and so will your precious Cult. This is for the lives you've destroyed! This is for Brasidas! And this is for Phoibe!
As the fight reached its climax, Deimos was beaten and grew weary. He slowly staggered up to Kassandra to attempt to continue fighting. This proved futile, as Kassandra dodged his attack and stabbed her brother in the neck with her spear. She then forced Deimos over to the ledge.
*Kassandra: No one will save you this time—
She looked at her brother one last time, with a pained expression on her face.
*Kassandra: —brother.
She then kicked Deimos off the the edge, sending him down the cliffs of Mount Taygetos for the second and final time to his demise.
*Myrrine: Alexios!
She ran up to the edge of the cliff. Kassandra had to catch her to prevent her from falling off.
*Kassandra: Mater.
She then embraced her mother.
|-|I don't want to fight you.=
Kassandra tried to calmly reason to her younger brother one more time.
*Kassandra: Alexios, listen to me. You are my brother. I tried to protect you once, and I failed. I will not fail again.
Deimos angrily walked around, contemplating. He then yelled and tried to stab his older sister, only to stay his blade inches from her neck when he saw Kassandra holding her spear outstretched in her hands. Deimos looked at her, confused.
*Kassandra: This belonged to our grandfather.
</tabber>
==Outcome==
For once and for all, Kassandra met with Deimos right where it began.
== Trivia ==
* Because of the capabilities of seeing alternate events in a memory of Layla's Animus HR-8.5 and low accuracy percentage in Kassandra's simulation, this memory has different outcomes depending on another paths chosen by the player. The canon path for this memory was that she would kill Deimos and then, having said that she wasn't sure if she could save her brother, Myrrine stays with her and they have dinner in Sparta along with Nikolaos and Stentor.
*In the cutscene with Alexios, Kassandra's Spear of Leonidas will appear as the original (broken-wood handle) version, not the upgraded version the player carries. 
==Gallery==
ACOD Where It All Began 1.png|Myrrine mourning Brasidas' death
ACOD Where It All Began 4.png|Alexios standing at the spot he was thrown off
ACOD Where It All Began 6.png
ACOD Where It All Began 8.png|Alexios heavily wounded
ACOD Where It All Began 10.png|Kassandra pushing Deimos off the cliff
ACOD Where It All Began 11.png|Deimos falling off the mountain
ACOD Where It All Began 13.png|Kassandra embracing her mother
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Category:Memories of Kassandra
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5
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