How AC Origins' Bayek and AC's Altair Influenced the Assassins

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Assassin's Creed as a franchise is known for the depth and intrigue fostered by its numerous protagonists. Spanning across different continents and centuries, most of the main characters throughout the games are intrinsically linked by a shared ethos and outlook on the world.

That being said, there are some Assassin's Creed protagonists that are undeniably more influential to the creed that they collectively serve when compared to others. When considering the most influential assassins, none are quite as important as AC1's Altair and AC Origins' Bayek.

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With the game in which he stars outlining the initial origins of the organization that would go on to become the Assassin Brotherhood, it is inherently clear as to why Bayek of Siwa is so important and influential to the assassin movement. Operating within Ancient Egypt, Bayek would be shaped by intense loss and suffering, from which the core tenets of the assassin movement would be born and consolidated.

Bayek was one of Egypt's last Medjay, a peacekeeping organization designed to protect the civil liberties of the people. These altruistic values were only exacerbated within Bayek's character upon the untimely death of his son at the hands of a sinister group known as the Order of the Ancients. Fueled by grief and a disdain for corruption, Bayek and his wife Aya dedicated their lives to hunting down and eliminating the Order, who would later go on to become the series' main antagonist force, the Templar Order.

Attracting more people to their cause, Bayek and Aya would establish the Hidden Ones, the organization that would eventually become the Assassin Brotherhood as it became more global