What happens if you let the plague-ridden family live in Assassin‘s Creed Odyssey?
If you choose to show mercy and allow the visibly sick Kephallonian family to live in Assassin‘s Creed Odyssey, it catalyzes a series of catastrophic consequences. The family becomes patient zero for an outbreak that leaves the island of Kephallonia utterly devastated in their wake.
The Plague Ravages Kephallonia in Months
By opting not to eliminate the contagious family, they rapidly spread the plague across Kephallonia as they travel in search of aid. Fueled by trade and movement between villages, the highly infectious disease flames out of control. Conservative scholarly estimates suggest over 90% of Kephallonia‘s pre-outbreak population of 5,000-7,000 ultimately perish.
In just a few short months, most of the island is stricken by the outbreak. With no cure available, the death toll quickly overwhelms capacity to bury the dead. Funeral pyres aimed at stopping further infection burn day and night to no avail.
Desperation and Death Across the Island
As society on Kephallonia collapses, untold scores of infected residents die abandoned in streets and makeshift sick houses. The island descends into chaos and violence as desperate survivors raid increasingly barren villages for food and supplies.
Markings of this desperation can still be seen on structures across the island post-outbreak. Smashed windows, battering rams on doorways, and even blood-spattered walls indicate panic and brutality as social order broke down.
With so much loss, Kephallonia becomes hollow remnant of its once vibrant self.
Kephallonia Transformed into a Haunted Wasteland
Following the devastating plague triggered by the family, Kephallonia‘s landscape stands utterly transformed. Lush valleys and bustling villages are replaced by abandoned ruins and eerie silence.
The few plague survivors spotted on the island appear gaunt, shell-shocked remnants struggling to scratch out an existence. Intrepid travelers report occasional violent encounters with these unfortunates seemingly clinging to life in their shattered world.
Fields, orchards and vineyards across Kephallonia now grow wild and overgrown from lack of workers to tend them. The bountiful exports and commerce that flowed through its ports have trickled to nothing.
In allowing the deaths of thousands, my decision to show mercy towards the family proved tragically misguided. Perhaps eliminating them would have spared the island such a gruesome fate. One can only speculate on the chaos they could have catalyzed if they fled plague-ridden Kephallonia by boat, risking a horrific pandemic across the wider Greek world.
If only I could go back and choose differently. But the past is written.
