Assassin S Creed

"Why have you broken my plans?' [Bayek: The Hidden Ones will never allow the Order of Ancients room to breathe.] So it is true, the Hidden Ones exist. [Bayek: We thrive.] Strange that you want the same things we want: peace, order. And yet our ideas will survive. You can kill me but you cannot kill us. Caesar built a strong order before he was stabbed in the back by your cowardly wife. [Bayek: Our power burns in the shadows.] And we create those shadows. [Bayek: May the Hidden Ones bury you. Anubis awaits.]"

"[Bayek: There is freedom, and there is the life of innocents. Both must be balanced on the scale.] It is now my heart that will lie upon the scale of Anubis. [Bayek: Your heart beat too strongly in favor of its cause. The innocent must always be protected.] My ardor shone like sun in my eyes, blinding me. You have done right by me. I accept this death. [Bayek: From this day, no Hidden One will raise a sword against an innocent. So it shall be written. May you find peace in the duat.] May the Hidden Ones last until the end of time."

"Amun chose you. I do not understand. This was my birthright, my revenge. Why did he hear my cry? Why did he give me the power to finish what she started, only for me to fail? [Bayek: Amun never gave you power. He gave you a choice.] (A white feather floats down in front of Isidora.) The feather of Ma'at. No... my heart is too heavy. Do you... believe Amun will protect me? [Bayek: As easy as it is to do wrong, it's easy for Amun to be merciful.] His wrath passes in a moment. His breath comes back in mercy... [Bayek: May the Hidden One walk with you. The lord of the Duat awaits.]"

"So you are the champion who won the day. Tell me your name, hero, so that I may greet you as a true warrior. [Kassandra: Chaire, pater. It's been a long time.] Impossible. I saw you fall. [Kassandra: I didn't fall, you fucking threw me to my death.] I did what was required of me as a Spartan. I've made my peace with that. You need to as well. [Kassandra: You were my father. You were supposed to protect me.] You were reckless. You forced my hand. [Kassandra: I was protecting my brother because you wouldn't.] The Oracle decreed that Alexios had to die. Her word is absolute. You know that. [Kassandra: You can't cower behind your sense of duty anymore...] Enough! I can't change the past Kassandra... I will live and die a Spartan. [Kassandra: There's a large reward for the mercenary that can collect the Wolf's head.] Is that why you're here? [Kassandra: Duty won't save you from the ghosts of our past. Now you will answer to me. I'm going to watch the light fade from your eyes as you die by my hand.] I loved you and your brother... You were never truly mine... [Kassandra: What do you mean?] This is something you need to ask your mother. Kassandra... Kassandra... Beware the snakes in the grass..."

"Killing me is a mistake. [Kassandra: Trusting you on Kephallonia was a mistake.] I'm the reason you left that island alive. The Cult wanted you dead. [Kassandra: What cult? Where are they?] (Laughs)"

"Who: Chrysis"

"Deimos. I knew you'd come. Dog. Dog of Kosmos, have you come to bite?! [Kassandra: I have nothing to do with the Cultists.] Think I believe you? You're mad. [Kassandra: I'm here for the -] I WON'T GO BACK. I won't go back in there. I don't care if I owe the Cult! I want out. You want that artifact - Go fetch it. [Kassandra: Once a Cultist, always a Cultist.] What do you want from me then, Deimos?! [Kassandra: Answers. And you will give them to me. How do you get into the labyrinth?] Nikios had a key - he put it into the stele. But you can't go in there! It'll kill you. It'll get out and kill us all. [Kassandra: You underestimate me.] That's what Nikios said. Raaaaa!"

"What I did, I did for the glory of Delos. [Kassandra: You acted alone, and you will die alone.]"

"You've proven your point, now finish this. I welcome death if it means I don't have to see you again. [Kassandra: Go with the Ferryman, brother]."

"I knew you'd come find me sooner or later. [Kassandra: What tipped you off?] I know it was you who freed my family. They're safe thanks to you. [Kassandra: I did what I had to - even with everyone in Arkadia trying to kill me.] The world is so chaotic know. [Kassandra: The Cult made it that way.] We're living in divided times. Sparta against Athens. Old against new. [Kassandra: And you think the cultists aren't stoking the flames on both sides?] I've seen what they can do. What they're willing to do. I want what's best for Arkadia... I'll consider what you have to say. [Kassandra: It's not too late. Leave the Cult of Kosmos and join Brasidas.] You expect me to trust you? After how you slaughtered the Monger? I know what you do to Cultists. I won't bow my head just for you to cut it off. [Kassandra: That wasn't my plan.] Then I should thank you for letting me face death as Spartans do."

"Who: Kleon"

"Who: Skoura"

"So you've seen it too, then? It's beautiful isn't it? [Kassandra: What are you doing here?] You killed the last member of the Cult. Well, just about. [Kassandra: What?] It's true. I was their leader, but only for a moment it seemed. When your brother came along, it changed everything we were aiming for. [Kassandra: Malaka. So you were after us.] Not you, your bloodline. People like Leonidas, like you, have always posed a threat. Then we met, and you surprised me. You were nothing like Deimos. [Kassandra: Why not just use me? I was in the palm of your hand.] You made me optimistic, that you could help me bring down the Cult that had become so corrupt. And you did, albeit unknowingly. [Kassandra: You're all the same. Selfish, and fucking destructive.] It was different in the beginning. It wasn't about destruction, it was about redirection. [Kassandra: I just don't understand. What about this... pyramid? How does it work? Why does the Cult have it?] I've been trying to figure out all of the myself. It's as much of a mystery to you as it is to me. This pyramid has been worshipped by the Cult for decades, and we have used it to replace the Oracle of Delphi, the most trusted person in all the Greek world. Using the people's reliance on a pantheon of dead gods would help to reshape humanity in our favor. The pyramid holds a mysterious power to see into time. But only certain people can activate it. People like Deimos, and the ones in your bloodline. [Kassandra: But you've seen something, too.] I don't know how or why, but it did show me something. [Kassandra: What did you see?] I saw you. In the vision, you destroyed the pyramid and you destroyed the Cult... I saw what would come after. [Kassandra: After the Cult?] We will be replaced by a new kind of order - control under the reign of a philosopher king. There would be a movement away from the old gods towards rational society, built in a kingdom by the people, for the people. And I must find someone to lead them. But I couldn't achieve any of this with the Cult and their chaotic regime. So I let them carry out their plans, and let the time of the Cult of Kosmos come to an end on its own. [Kassandra: Wait. Did Perikles know?] I wanted to protect him, so I kept him in the dark. He would have had his own opinions. But he was never supposed to die. That is the truth. [Kassandra: He trusted you. And in the end, you didn't protect him. Maybe he would be alive if you'd stopped them.] Gods know I would have if I could. When Deimos killed him, I knew the original cause was lost. I had to retreat. [Kassandra: So. What happens now?] We shift focus. We steer towards a new republic under one supreme rule. A dream I'll make reality. [Kassandra: But it is still a dream. One that isn't realistic.] Abandon what you know and just imagine! Forget democracy. No more blue and red, just citizens working for a greater good. [Kassandra: This is crazy. It won't work, Aspasia. It didn't work.] It's not crazy, it's enlightened. Once people in Athens get wind of this, they'll come to know they've wanted it all along. Even you. [Kassandra: I'm not sure.] You've spent your whole life thinking for yourself. Let go. What I plan will require you to trust me. Come with me. This future's not a dream. [Kassandra: I can't let you do this. You've caused so much damage. You destroyed the Greek world.] You've proven you have no understanding of what we're doing. I misjudged you. [Kassandra: So did I.]"

"Who: Pythagoras"

"I have fought in too many wars. I have seen too many people die. I have walked from one end of the Earth to the other... This belongs to you now. Promise me one thing. [Layla Hassan: Anything.] When you are done. Destroy it. Destroy them all. (Ancient Greek) Earth, mother of all, I greet you."

"[Jacob: It is done.] Oh? What did you accomplish, boy? A bolt loosened in Starrick's machine, a large bolt... but not enough! [Jacob: Your Grand Master will fall.] You Assassins can circle London to your heart's content. The mechanism we have built has been going strong for a hundred years and will run a thousand more. It is the very city itself. [Jacob: We will take London from your hands.] From Croydon? You lurk in the shadows like a coward. I doubt it."

"[Altaïr : Be at peace.] You'll pay for this. You, and all your kind. [Altaïr : It seems you're the one who pays now, my friend. You'll not profit from suffering any longer.] You think me some petty death-dealer, suckling at the breast of war? A strange target, don't you think? Why me, when so many others do the same? [Altaïr : You believe yourself different, then?] Oh, but I am! For I serve a far nobler cause than mere profit. Just like my brothers. [Altaïr : Brothers?] Ah, but he thinks I act alone. I am but a piece. A man with a part to play. You'll come to know the others soon enough. They won't take kindly to what you've done. [Altaïr : Good. I look forward to ending their lives as well.] Such pride. It will destroy you, child."

"[Altaïr : Let go your burden.] Ah, I'll rest now, yes. The endless dream calls to me. But before I close my eyes, I must know - what will become of my children? [Altaïr : You mean the people made to suffer your cruel experiments!? They'll be free now to return to their homes!] Homes!? What homes!? The sewers? The brothels? The prisons that we dragged them from? [Altaïr : You took these people against their will!] Yes, what little will there was for them to have. Are you really so naïve? Do you appease a crying child, simply because he wails? "But I want to play with fire, father." What would you say? "As you wish"? Ah, but then you'd answer for his burns. [Altaïr : These are not children, but men and women, full grown.] In body, perhaps, but not in mind; which is the very damage I sought to repair. I admit, without the Piece of Eden, which you stole from us, my progress was slowed. But there are herbs, mixtures and extracts. My guards are proof of this. They were madmen before I found and freed them from the prisons of their own minds. Ahh, and with my death, madmen they will be again. [Altaïr : You truly believe you were helping them?] It's not what I believe, it's what I know."

"[Altaïr : You've nowhere to run now. Share your secrets with me.] My part is played. The Brotherhood is not so weak that my death will stop its work. [Altaïr : What Brotherhood?] Al Mualim is not the only one with designs upon the Holy Land. And that's all you'll have from me. [Altair: Then we are finished. Beg forgiveness from your God.] He's long abandoned us. Long abandoned the men and women I took into my arms. [Altaïr: What do you mean?] Beggars, whores, addicts, lepers. Do they strike you as proper slaves? Unfit for even the most menial tasks? No. I took them not to sell, but to save! And yet you'd kill us all, for no other reason than it was asked of you. [Altaïr: No, you profit from the war, from lives lost and broken.] Yes, you would think that, ignorant as you are. Wall off your mind, eh? They say it's what your kind do best. Do you see the irony in all this? No, not yet it seems. But you will."

"[Altaïr: Be at peace now. Their words can no longer do harm.] Why have you done this? [Altaïr: You stole money from those you claim to lead. Sent it away for some unknown purpose. I want to know where it's gone and why.] Look at me! My very nature is an affront to the people I ruled. And these noble robes did little more than to muffle their shouts of hate. [Altaïr: So this is about vengeance then.] No, not vengeance, but my conscience. How could I finance a war in service to the same God that calls me an abomination? [Altaïr: If you do not serve Salāḥ ad-Dīn's cause then whose?] In time you'll come to know them. I think perhaps, you already do. [Altaïr: Then why hide? And why these dark deeds?] Is it so different than your own work? You take the lives of men and women, strong in the conviction that their deaths will improve the lots of those left behind. A minor evil, for a greater good? We are the same. [Altaïr: No, we are nothing alike.] Ah, but I see it in your eyes. You doubt. You cannot stop us. We will have our new world."

"[Altaïr: Rest now. Your schemes are at an end.] What do you know of my work? [Altaïr: I know that you are going to murder Richard, and claim Acre for your son, Conrad.] (Laughs) For Conrad? My son is an arse, unfit to lead his host, let alone a kingdom! And Richard, the all-see-know is no better, blinded as he is by faith in the insubstantial. Acre does not belong to either of them. [Altaïr: Then who?] The city belongs to its people. [Altaïr: How can you claim to speak for the citizens? You stole their food, disciplined them without mercy, forced them into service under you.] Everything I did, I did to prepare them for the New World. Stole their food? No. I took possession, so that when the lean times came, it might be rationed properly. (Coughs) Look around, my district is without crime, save those committed by you and your ilk. And as for the conscription, they were not being trained to fight. They were being taught the merits of order and discipline. These things are hardly evil. [Altaïr: No matter how noble you believe your intentions, these acts are cruel and cannot continue.] (Laughs) We'll see how sweet they are, the fruits of your labors. You do not free the cities as you believe, but rather damn them. And in the end, you'll have only yourself to blame. You, who speak of good intentions."

"[Altaïr: Your work here is finished.] No, no! It had only just begun! [Altaïr: Tell me, what's your part in all of this? Do you intend to defend yourself as the others have and explain away your evil deeds?] The Brotherhood wanted the city. I wanted power. There was... an opportunity. [Altaïr: An opportunity to murder innocents.] Not so innocent. Dissident voices cut deep as steel. They disrupt order. In this, I do agree with the Brotherhood. [Altaïr: You'd kill people simply for believing differently than you.] Of course not! I killed them because I could, because it was fun! Do you know what it feels like, to determine another man's fate? And did you see the way the people cheered? The way they feared me? I was like a God! You'd have done the same if you could. Such power! [Altaïr: Once perhaps. But then I learned what becomes of those who lift themselves above others.] And what is that? [Altaïr: Here, let me show you.]"

"Please, don't do this. [Altaïr: You are afraid.] Of course I am afraid! [Altaïr: But you'll be safe now. Held in the arms of your God.] Have my brothers taught you nothing? I know what waits for me, for all of us. [Altaïr: If not your God, then what?] Nothing. Nothing waits. And that is what I fear. [Altaïr: You don't believe.] How could I given what I know? What I've seen? Our treasure was the proof. [Altaïr: Proof of what?] That this life is all we have! [Altaïr: Linger a while longer then, and tell me of the part you were to play.] A blockade by sea, to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements. Once we... once we... [Altaïr: Conquered the Holy Land?] Freed it, you fool! From the tyranny of faith. [Altaïr: Freedom?! You worked to overthrow cities, control men's minds, murdered any who spoke against you!] I followed my orders, believing in my cause. Same as you."

"Why? Why have you done this? [Altaïr: Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree.] Then what? [Altaïr: You of all people should know the answer. Educate them. Teach them right from wrong. It must be knowledge that frees them, not force.] They do not learn, fixed in their ways as they are. You are naïve to think otherwise. It's an illness, for which there is but one cure. [Altaïr: You're wrong. And that's why you must be put to rest.] Am I not unlike those precious books you seek to save? A source of knowledge with which you disagree? Yet you're rather quick to steal my life. [Altaïr: A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.] Is it not ancient scrolls that inspire the Crusaders? That fill Salāḥ ad-Dīn and his men with a sense of righteous fury? Their texts endanger others, bring death in their wake. I too, was making a small sacrifice. It matters little now. Your deed is done, and so am I."

"[Altaïr: It's done then. Your schemes, like you, are put to rest.] (Laughs) You know nothing of schemes. You're but a puppet. He betrayed you, boy, just as he betrayed me. [Altaïr: Speak sense Templar, or not at all!] Nine men he sent you to kill, yes? The nine who guarded the treasure's secret. [Altaïr: What of it?] It wasn't nine who found the treasure, Assassin. Not nine, but ten. [Altaïr: A tenth?! None may live who carry the secret. Give me his name!] Oh, but you know him well. And I doubt very much you'd take his life as willingly as you've taken mine. [Altaïr: Who?!] It is your Master, Al Mualim. [Altaïr: But he is not a Templar!] Did you never wonder how it is that he knew so much? Where to find us, how many we numbered, what we aspire to attain? [Altaïr: He is the Master of the Assassins!] Oui. Master of lies. You and I just two more pawns in his grand game. And now, with my death, only you remain. Do you think he'll let you live, knowing what you do? [Altaïr: I've no interest in the treasure.] Ah, but he does! The only difference between your master and I, is that he did not want to share. [Altaïr: No...] Ironic, isn't it? That I, your greatest enemy, kept you safe from harm. But now you've taken my life, and in the process, ended your own."

"Impossible! The student does not defeat the teacher... [Altaïr: Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine.] So it seems. You have won then. Go, and claim your prize. [Altaïr: You held fire in your hand, old man. It should have been destroyed.] Destroy the only thing capable of ending the Crusades and creating true peace? Never. [Altaïr: Then I will.] We'll see about that. (postmortem) I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing at the wind. For in much wisdom is much grief. And he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Destroy it! Destroy it as you said you would! [Altaïr: I... I can't...] Yes, you can, Altaïr. But you won't."

"[Uberto: Giovanni Auditore, you and your accomplices stand accused of the crime of treason. Have you any evidence to counter this charge?] Yes. The documents that were delivered to you last night! [Uberto: I'm afraid I know nothing of these documents.] [Ezio: He's lying. I need to get closer!] [Uberto: In the absence of any compelling evidence to the contrary, I am bound to pronounce you GUILTY. You and your collaborators are hereby sentenced to DEATH.] YOU are the traitor, Uberto- And one of THEM! You may take our lives this day - but WE WILL have yours in return! I swear! we wil-"

"You would have done the same. To save the ones you love. [Ezio: Yes. I would. And I have.]"

"[Ezio: What are you and your allies planning? Is this what my father discovered? Is this why he was killed?] I'm sorry, were you hoping for a confession?"

"[Ezio: Now Firenze will judge you for what you've done.] It's over... It's all over... [Ezio: Meglio essere felici in questa vita che aspirare e esserlo nella prossima. Requiescat in Pace.]"

"Away with you, demon! [Ezio: Have some respect for death, my friend.] I'll show you respect! - [Ezio: No, I will. Che tu possa alfine trovare riposo nel corpo e nella mente. Requiescat in Pace.]"

"[Ezio: Where is Jacopo?] He knows you come for him... emerging only in darkness to meet with the others... [Ezio: That answers when... Now tell me where? La fede dovrebbe dare conforto, non pena. Requiescat in Pace.]"

"I knew you would come... [Ezio: Where is Jacopo?] So you can do to him what you've done to me? [Ezio: There is still time for you to clear your conscience.] We gather at the church when a meeting is called... [Ezio: Mi duole dover giungere a tanto. Requiescat in Pace.]"

"Now I will see who was right... [Ezio: Where is Jacopo?] Nothing to fear I suppose... They meet in the shadows of the Roman Gods... [Ezio: Ora sei libero dalla paura. Requiescat in pace.]"

"I am sorry, Maestro. I did all I could, but the Assassin proved too strong. [Rodrigo: Clearly. Else the others would be here with you. To say nothing of that fact that Firenze remains in Medici hands...] It's Francesco's fault! His impatience made him reckless! I tried to be the voice of reason... [Emilio: More like the voice of cowardice.] You're one to talk, Signor Barbarigo. Had you sent us quality weapons instead of this garbage you Venetians call ar– [Rodrigo: Enough! We put our faith in your family and you repay us with inaction and incompetence?! Then when asked to account for your failures, you make excuses and insult us?! How do you expect me to respond?] I don't know... [Rodrigo: It's alright. I do...] No... please... don't... [Emilio: (Laughs) Please don't what?] I can... fix this. Only... spare me... [Rodrigo: No.]"

"Ezio: Do not be afraid.] I feel no fear, assassin. Only regret. I sought unity... stability... order. [Ezio: At too great a cost.] Progress demands sacrifice. [Ezio: Non trovo alcuna gioia in questo, ma non c'e altro modo. Requiescat in pace.]"

"[Ezio: It takes one Assassin to kill another, it seems.] We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer Ezio? [Ezio: I do this not for myself. Compio questo sacrificio per il bene superiore. Requiescat in Pace.]"

"No... it's too soon... I'm not ready. [Ezio: We rarely are. Che la morte non sia crudele. Requiescat in pace.]"

"[Ezio: What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat?] (Silvio) Just a distraction. We were meant to sail... [Ezio: Sail where?] (Silvio) I'll never tell. (Dante) Cyprus is their destination. They want... they want... [Ezio: Non temete l'oscurità, accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescant in pace.]"

"Caterina was a fool to send you. [Ezio: Or are you the fool, dying for a handful of change? Was it worth it?] More than you know... the Maestro gains his prize, because of me. [Ezio: Muori col tuo orgoglio, per quanto vale... Requiescat in pace.]"

"Silencio! Silencio! Twenty-two years ago, I stood where I stand now... and watched my loved ones die, betrayed by those I called friends. Vengeance clouded my mind, and it would have consumed me, were it not for the wisdom of a few strangers, who taught me to look past my instincts. They never preached answers but guided me to learn for myself. We don't need anyone to tell us what to do. Not Savonarola, nor the Medici. We are free to follow our own path. There are those who would take that freedom from us, and too many of you gladly give it up. But it is our ability to choose - whatever you think is true - that makes us human. There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the path. Choose your own way. Do not follow me, or anyone else."

"Requiescat in Pace, you bastard."