Initiation into the Templar Order

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{{Quote|We welcome you into our fold, brother. You... are a Templar. May the Father of understanding guide us.|Haytham Kenway concluding Charles Lee's initiation ceremony, 1755.|Assassin's Creed III}}
[[File:ACIII-BraddockExpedition 18.png|thumb|250px|Charles Lee being inducted into the Templar Order]]
The '''initiation''' into the [[Templars|Templar Order]] was a ceremonial tradition observed by Templars to mark the induction of an individual into the ranks of their Order. For several hundred years, these ceremonies consisted of the affirmation of the Templars' goals and a vow of silence and, in some cases, the symbolic bestowal of a [[Templar ring]] upon the new recruit.

==History==
Early details of the practice of initiation are unknown, but a common theme throughout the ceremony was the part that the [[Grand Master]] played in the proceedings, usually leading or commencing the initiation. After swearing the new initiate to uphold the values and principles of the Order, the prized Templar ring was given to the new member of the Order.

Aside from the bestowal of the ring, however, the ceremony has been known to change from age to age and even from one region to another, to fit the needs of the assembled group.

===Golden Age of Piracy===
{{Quote|Mark and remember our purpose. To guide all wayward souls 'til they reach a quiet road. To guide all wayward desire 'til impassioned hearts are cooled. To guide all wayward minds to safe and sober thought. By the Father of Understanding's Light, let our work now begin.|Laureano Torres inducting the new Templar recruits, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png|thumb|left|250px|Torres bestowing the Templar rings on the new recruits]]
In 1715, when the Grand Master of the [[Caribbean Templars]], [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], inducted [[Woodes Rogers]], [[Julien du Casse]] and [[Edward Kenway]], mistaken for the [[Assassins|Assassin]] turncoat [[Duncan Walpole]], into the ranks of the Order, he handed out Templar rings to the three men, reminding them of the Templars' hidden nature, their role as the secret leaders of the world and primary goal of the Order: to tame all of the flaws of the human nature, so that [[Humans|humanity]] could be led into a [[New World Order]]. The ceremony was brief, but solemn all the same, and after the men had received their rings, Torres asked for the [[Father of Understanding]]'s blessing, before shifting the group's attention to the task of locating the [[Observatory]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

===American Colonies===
{{Quote|Together, we will usher in the dawn of a New World. One defined by purpose and order. Give me your hand.|Haytham Kenway during Charles Lee's initiation, 1755.|Assassin's Creed III}}
[[File:ACIII-BraddockExpedition 19.png|thumb|250px|Charles Lee at the conclusion of his initiation]]
Several years later, after [[Haytham Kenway]] led the burgeoning [[Colonial Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templars]] on a mission to sabotage the [[Braddock Expedition]], the men regrouped in the [[Green Dragon Tavern]] in [[Boston]] to celebrate their success. Before determining their next moves, Haytham noted that [[Charles Lee]], who had been assisting the group over the last year, had shown exceptional promise and suggested that he be welcomed into the Order's ranks.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

The group, consisting of [[William Johnson]], [[Thomas Hickey]], [[Benjamin Church]] and [[John Pitcairn]], agreed and stood, and, after Lee promised to protect the Order and its principles, Haytham gave him a Templar ring, one that had previously belonged to [[Edward Braddock]]. Haytham then concluded the ceremony as Torres had, with a request that the Father of Understanding guide them.<ref name="AC3"/> Sometime in 1758 Shay Cormac was initiated into the Order after serving the order for a few years, assisting them reclaim power and territory from the assassins.

===Spanish Louisiana===
{{Quote|Then I welcome you into our arms, sister. Together we shall usher in the dawn of a New World. One in which our hands will ensure that all things find their proper place.|Madeleine de L'Isle swearing in Aveline de Grandpré, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
[[File:Reconciliation_3.png|thumb|250px|left|Madeleine inducting Aveline]]
In 1777, [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], the head Templar in [[Louisiana]], organized a small ceremony in the [[Saint Louis Cathedral]], where her stepdaughter [[Aveline de Grandpré]], a former [[Assassins|Assassin]], would be inducted into the Order. Being shown proof of Aveline's loyalty via the necklace of her dead [[Mentor]] [[Agaté]], Madeleine was then given the [[Prophecy Disks|Prophecy Disk]], a [[First Civilization]] artifact she had been searching for for many years.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

Placing the relic on the altar, she then commenced the induction, her stepdaughter promising to protect the Order and adhere to its principles. After asking the Father of Understanding to guide them, Madeleine turned her attention to the Prophecy Disk and became frustrated upon her discovery that the artifact did not work as she had intended. She and her allies were subsequently struck down by Aveline, who had merely pretended to join the Templars so she could eliminate them from within.<ref name="AC3L"/>

==References==
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Abigail Davenport

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[[File:Davenport family painting.png|250px|thumb|Painting of Abigail with her family]]
'''Abigail Davenport''' (1721 – 1754) was the wife of [[Master Assassin]] [[Achilles Davenport]] and the mother of their son, [[Connor Davenport]].

Born a slave she was freed by the Assassin Achilles Davenport, and choose the name Abigail, they soon feel in love and married. Sometime after the [[French and Indian War]] had begun, she and her son died of typhoid fever, and the pair were later buried on a hill next to the [[Davenport Homestead]]. Following this, Abigail was eventually joined in death by her husband, in 1781.

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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Initiation into the Templar Order

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