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Hi.
My name is Matt Zagurak.
I'm the Associate Narrative Director
on Assassin's Creed Origins.
And today, I'll be answering some questions
from the community.
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What is the Order of the Ancients?
So the Order of the Ancients is a powerful group
of men and women in high echelons of Egyptian society
who are manipulating the affairs of state,
the affairs of religion, economics,
and military from behind the scenes.
They're using Ptolemy XIII, the boy king ruler of Egypt
as their puppet in order to exert this influence
over the people of Egypt.
A major part of Bayek and Aya's journey
will be uncovering who the members are
of this Order of Ancient's, what their goals are,
and unraveling this conspiracy that
goes to the very top of Egyptian power.
Are the Order of Ancient's proto-Templars?
So the answer is yes and no.
The order of ancient's are not Templars per se,
the group that we've seen in other iterations
of the Assassin's franchise that we know.
The ideology that they're fighting for,
notions of control, notions of going
against free will, notions of manipulating power
from the shadows closely resemble that of the Templars
that we know from the rest for the series.
And these ideologies are going to transform and sort
of coalesce and become something different
that will end up being the foundation of the Templars
in the future.
Are they a secret society or are they known to the public?
So as a secret society, it says it in the name,
of course the existence of the Order of Ancient's itself
is unknown to the public.
That being said, the members that comprise this order
are, in many cases, people who occupy high stations of power
and high stations of influence.
So the individual numbers might be
known to people of the public, but they
wouldn't know that behind the scenes
they have a secondary agenda as participating
to this conspiracy and to this Order.
Is there a leader of the Order?
So the exact membership of the Order and the exact power
structure that exists within it is
something that is one of the key things we
want players to discover as they play the game.
A big part of Bayek and Aya's journey
throughout the game is going to be
uncovering the fact that this Order exists,
what its power structure is, and who its members are,
and unraveling this conspiracy throughout the course
of the entire game's story.
So I don't want to say--
if there's a leader, I don't want
to get into the exact details, but suffice
it to say that answering that question
is going to be a major part of the story of Assassin's Creed
Origins.
Is the Order the only enemy faction in the game?
So the Order of the Ancients is a faction that's
operating behind the scenes.
It's something that's not public facing to the people of Egypt.
The things that are public facing to the people of Egypt
is all of the different power struggles
going on between the various political factions that
are happening in the country.
So you have the army of Cleopatra.
You have the army of Ptolemy XIII, who's
being supported by the Order.
You have the influence of Caesar and the Romans
who are coming in to Egypt at this very time.
So from Bayek's perspective, and from the perspective
of the player, there will be many different people
across many different factions who comes into conflict with.
So it's not simply about there being
one enemy faction as such.
There are many different factions
at play in the power struggle at this time in Egypt.
And as in life, a lot of these factions are not black
or white, but grey, where some people will be allies,
other peoples will be enemies.
And it's kind of up to Bayek to discover where his allegiances
lie in these factions.
Are there just male members in the Order?
So absolutely not.
There are both male and female members
of the Order of Ancients.
At this time in Egyptian society,
women actually had a very high role
to play in the positions of power,
Cleopatra being a perfect example,
and the Order of Ancients is no different.
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