Who they are
Layla begins as an Abstergo researcher working outside the company's control. Her access to ancient memories makes her a successor to Desmond and part of Basim's later present-day story.
Their story belongs to Egypt and the Hidden Ones and also touches Ancient worlds and the Isu and Baghdad and the modern story. Bayek and Aya turn grief into an order built to oppose rulers who believe the world belongs to them.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
Work inside Abstergo's shadow
Layla begins as a researcher whose curiosity and impatience make her willing to test the boundaries of institutional control.
- Step 2
Find a wider conflict
Her Animus work draws her into questions of Isu memory, global catastrophe and the cost of using dangerous knowledge.
- Step 3
What their choices leave behind
Layla's arc keeps the present-day story alive by showing that access to history is power that must be handled with care.
Turning points
- Developing her own Animus research.
- Leaving Abstergo's narrow control.
- Taking responsibility for a world-scale crisis.
Where their story stands now
Layla's arc keeps the present-day story alive by showing that access to history is power that must be handled with care.
Who they are tied to
Games they appear in
- Assassin's Creed Origins →Bayek and Aya pursue the masked group responsible for their son Khemu's death and discover a wider Order shaping Egypt.
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey →Kassandra searches for her fractured Spartan family while dismantling the Cult of Kosmos during the war between Athens and Sparta.
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla →Eivor leads the Raven Clan from Norway to England and builds alliances needed to sustain a new settlement.
Where this fits in the story
- Egypt and the Hidden Ones · step 1
Lose a child
Bayek's grief begins as a private hunt.
- Egypt and the Hidden Ones · step 2
Find the Order
The targets reveal a structure of political control.
- Egypt and the Hidden Ones · step 3
Choose a legacy
Aya and Bayek create a cause that cannot belong to either alone.
- Egypt and the Hidden Ones · step 4
Connect to Layla
The memory becomes a new modern conflict.