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Mexican Rite of the Templar Order

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{{Era|ACU|ACS|CS|Templars}}
{{Conjecture}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image =
|founder =
|leader = [[Grand Master]]
|headquarters = [[Mexico City]]
|locations = [[Mexico]]
|related = [[Templars]] [[Spanish Empire]] Counter-revolutionary forces [[Abstergo Industries]]
|religion =
|notable = [[Mexican Grand Master]] [[Álvaro Gramática]] [[Ortega Sanchez]]
|hidea = yes}}
The '''Mexican Rite of the Templar Order''' comprises the members of the autonomous faction of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] operating in [[Mexico]].

==History==
===Colonial Era===
====Chichen Itza excavation====
In 1751, the Templar [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]], working for [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Grand Master]] [[Reginald Birch]], discovered two [[Isu|First Civilization]] [[Chichen Itza Temples|Temples]] under the [[Mayans|Mayan]] city of [[Chichen Itza]], following which he contacted Birch via letter requesting to create a work site to excavate the city and attempt to locate the [[Prophecy Disks]]. Birch complied with de Ferrer's request and created an operation to acquire slaves to send to Chichen Itza to dig for the disk and other Precursor relics.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War letters]]</ref>

Afterward, de Ferrer became the second-in-command of [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], the [[Master Templar]] of the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order|Louisiana Rite]]. Madeleine and de Ferrer subsequently established a work camp in Chichen Itza and organized a large-scale slave-trafficking operation to gather workers from many different locations.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

In 1769, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]] visited the colony and recovered one half of the Prophecy Disk from the ruins, while also assassinating the colony's overseer and de Ferrer. Aveline returned in 1772, when she recovered the second half of the Prophecy Disk from another First Civilization ruin.<ref name="AC3L"/>

===Modern times===
====Recruiting Gramática====
In 2008, [[Abstergo Industries]], the primary public front of the modern-day Templar Order, recruited [[Álvaro Gramática]] to work on the [[Akashic Satellite Plexus]]. In 2009, he created the [[Animus#Data Dump Scanner|Data Dump Scanner]], a proprietary technology that would eventually lead to the creation of [[Helix]], when combined with the [[Animus]] interface.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Álvaro Gramática]]</ref> Sometime afterward, Gramática was inducted into the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]] of the Templar Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

====Work on the Phoenix Project====
By 2011, [[Future Technology]], a subsidiary of Abstergo Industries, had a branch located in [[Mexico City]], where Gramática worked as the head of Research. That year, Gramática received an offer from fellow Inner Sanctum member [[Isabelle Ardant]]. She gave Álvaro the opportunity to hand [[Alan Rikkin]] a new working [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] after the [[DIA satellite accident]] by giving him an apparently broken [[Shroud of Eden 1|Shroud of Eden]] for him to fix. Álvaro accepted her offer since it would kill Vidic's [[Animus Project]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' - [[Database: Reconstructed Data 001]]</ref>

By 2014, there was a Grand Master operating in Mexico. That year, Alan Rikkin sent a memo to Gramática informing him that, if they proceeded with his plan to excavate the [[Observatory]] located in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]] and retrieve the missing [[Blood vials|blood vials]], which Gramática considered to be of critical importance to the [[Phoenix Project]], he would contact the Grand Masters in [[Cuba]], Mexico, and the [[United States]] to get a read on the situation.<ref name="ACU database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 10. Reconnaissance Memo]]</ref>

====Hunt for the Assassins====
In 2016, a team of Assassins led by [[Galina Voronina]] in Mexico City intended to kidnap the Templar [[Garcia-Lopez]], a high-ranking key member of the Order's propaganda division, to find the Assassin turncoat [[Joseph Laurier]]. Garcia-Lopez was tailed while walking in {{Wiki|Chapultepec|Chapultepec Park}}, after noticing [[Charlotte de la Cruz]] and suspecting she was tailed, she verified it and began running towards the park's north west exit. The Assassin [[Kody Adams]] attempted to intercepts her, but Garcia-Lopez punched him in the face. Then, she pepper-sprayed Charlotte and fled the park, leaving the Assassins to retreat before the authorities arrived.<ref name="Setting Sun">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)]]'' - ''[[Assassin's Creed Volume 2: Setting Sun|Volume 2: Setting Sun]]''</ref>

Later on, the Templar [[Ortega Sanchez]] summoned the Cartel kingpin [[Arturo Viera]] to meet in a restaurant after he learned that Viera was looking for Charlotte's Assassin team after they had unknowingly hurt his girlfriend. The Templar ordered Viera to stop searching for the Assassins because they were Templar matters. Later, the Templars lead by Sanchez arrived in a helicopter in an empty Stadium in Mexico City after having learned that Viera disobeyed and captured Kody to lure the rest of the Assassin team into his trap. The Templar strike team, led by [[Whittaker]], killed the two last Cartel members, Viera and his girlfriend, and surrounded the injured Assassins. <ref name="Setting Sun"/>

Suspecting that the Templars believed her to be very important to come after her, Charlotte pointed a gun at her head. She then cut a deal with Sanchez, in exchange for Galina and Kody's safety, she would provide them with the location of Erudito's meeting three days from now. Sanchez gave her a day to find out the password to the location before striking her injured foot with his cane, saying it was insurance against a doublecross and threatening to harm her friends and family if she did not hold up her end of the bargain.<ref name="Setting Sun"/>

She agreed to meet the Templars as requested after obtained the information through the [[Animus]], leaving Galina and Kody to escape. However, as the Templars arrived, the Cartel, with whom Galina had brokered a deal, then attacked Ortega and his men, blowing up their cars with a bazooka and avenging Viera.<ref name="Setting Sun"/>

Having survived the attack and placed a tracker on Charlotte, Sanchez followed her and attacked Erudito's hideout with a Templar strike-team on an remote island in [[Argentina]]. Sanchez almost managed to capture Charlotte, but was ultimately killed when an Assassin rescue team riddled him with bullets from a helicopter.<ref name="Homecoming">''Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)'' - ''[[Assassin's Creed Volume 3: Homecoming|Volume 3: Homecoming]]''</ref>

==Members==
*[[Álvaro Gramática]]
*[[Garcia-Lopez]]
*[[Mexican Grand Master]] (Grand Master; c. 2014)
*[[Ortega Sanchez]]

===Allies===
'''Colonial Era'''
*[[Madeleine de L'Isle]] {{c|[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order|Louisiana Rite]]}}
*[[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]] {{c|Louisiana Rite}}

'''Modern times'''
*[[Arturo Viera]]
*[[Whittaker]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Templars nav}}
{{ACComic}}
[[Category:Templar Rites]]

Canadian Rite of the Templar Order

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{{Era|AC4|ACRG|PL|DYL|Templars}}
{{Conjecture}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image =
|founder =
|leader = [[Grand Master]]
|headquarters = Abstergo Entertainment HQ, [[Montreal]]
|locations = [[Canada]]
|related = [[Templars]] [[British Empire]] [[Château Clique]] [[Abstergo Industries]]
|religion =
|founded =
|reorganized = 1937, 2010
|collapsed =
|notable = [[Victoria Bibeau]] 
[[Violet da Costa]] 
[[Melanie Lemay]] 
[[Journeyman]]}}
The '''Canadian Rite of the Templar Order''' is the branch of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] that operates in [[Canada]].

==History==
===American Revolution===
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Templars operated in [[Quebec]] and [[Montreal]]. However, their activities were investigated by the [[Canadian Brotherhood of Assassins|Canadian Assassins]] as well as the [[Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassins]] sent by [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]. Upon discovering that Templar agents had seized the port of Montreal, the Assassins made sure that the designers of the Templar plans were dealt with.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[Contracts (Colonial Assassins)|Contracts]]''</ref>

===Post-American Revolution===
====Rule over Lower Canada====
During the early 19th century, the Templars had integrated themselves into the [[Château Clique]], a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada, and attempted to eradicate French culture. At the time, they were the leading faction of the Templar Order.<ref name="ACDYL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref>

In 1832, the journalist and secret [[Canadian Assassins|Canadian Assassin]] [[Ludger Duvernay]], financed by the Assassins, posted several articles accusing the Canadian administration of serving the Château Clique, hoping to expose the government's connections to the Templars.<ref name="ACDYL"/>

A few weeks later, the Clique had Duvernay arrested and imprisoned on charges of spreading false information, and even rallied the public against him. However, the Assassins quickly freed Duvernay from jail. After his release, Duvernay founded the {{Wiki|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society}}, hoping to spiritually unify [[Quebec]] and gain independence from Canada.<ref name="ACDYL"/>

On 24 June 1834, the Templars sent an agent to Duvernay's soirée. The Templar agent infiltrated the party posing as a violist and subsequently killed one of Duvernay's allies, only to be knocked out by [[Larose]], one of Duvernay's associates.<ref name="DATA-DUMP S00.S02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - ''[[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]''</ref>

===Modern times===
====Founding of Abstergo Entertainment====
In 2010, [[Abstergo Industries]], the primary public front of the modern-day Templar Order, founded a subsidiary company, [[Abstergo Entertainment]], in [[Montreal]], which was tasked with producing multimedia consumer goods. Through its initial basis, it enabled the company to influence the general public through pre-packaged [[genetic memories]] and wide, social gaming constructs.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

====Raid in Whistler====
On 12 September 2012, [[Daniel Cross]] lead a team of Templar agents during the attack of an [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Assassin cell|cell]] in [[Whistler]]. At the same time as the Assassin [[Janice]] requested reinforcements from [[Gavin Banks]], the Templars launched their attack on the Assassins' hideout, killing an Assassin outside the safehouse. However, Janice was killed when she headed to investigate after having heard a scream. Despite this, at least one of the Assassins survived.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – The Desmond Files: "Gunfight"</ref>

====Search for the Observatory====
By 2013, [[Olivier Garneau]], the Chief Creative Officer, was the only person at Abstergo Entertainment that was aware of Abstergo Industries being a front for the Templars.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/access-the-animus/initiates-qa-with-darby-mcdevitt-part-i/445999618834286 ''Initiates Q&A with Darby McDevitt - Part 1'']</ref> That year, Olivier oversaw the [[Sample 17 Project]], an Abstergo initiative aiming to explore the genetic memory of the ancestors of the late [[Desmond Miles]], formerly Subject 17 of the [[Animus Project]].<ref name="AC4"/>

On 14 October,<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref> Olivier was contacted by Abstergo Industries administrator [[Laetitia England]] to give a report of their progress in locating the [[Observatory]] through the [[Abstergo Entertainment research analyst|research analyst]]'s exploration of [[Edward Kenway]]'s memories, promising to work harder despite low funding and a lack of solid leads. Some time later, he communicated with project lead [[Melanie Lemay]] about the importance of meeting Laetitia's demands.<ref name="AC4"/>

Shortly thereafter, Olivier left for a shareholder's meeting in [[Chicago]], but never arrived. Concurrently, a hacker inside Abstergo Entertainment compromised various computers and security cameras in the facility, prompting a security lockdown. Lemay took charge in Olivier's stead and managed the breach, which she later concluded had been caused by the head of the technology department, an employee named [[John Standish]].<ref name="AC4"/>

After the death of John Standish, Lemay reported to Laetitia England. She told Laetitia how Standish was killed and asked if Laetitia had heard anything from Olivier since he disappeared.<ref name="AC4" /> Afterwards, Lemay took over as Chief Creative Officer of Abstergo Entertainment office in Montreal, and was [[Initiation into the Templar Order|inducted]] into the Templar Order.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

====Investigating the Koh-i-Noor====
In November 2013, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] used the [[Helix]] in the Abstergo Entertainment HQ in Montreal to relive the memories of the last known [[Black Cross]]. Intel gathered from their raids in [[India]] suggested that [[Albert Bolden]] was the last known individual to be in possession of [[Koh-i-Noor]]. Berg and [[Violet da Costa]] hoped the box carried by [[Darius Gift]] contained it. As the box did not contain it and the trail had gone cold. Berg put the investigation on stand-by to save resources until new evidence presented itself, something the Templar Order could afford. Berg expressed that locating any descendants of Bolden would take time and that they should work on other matters in the mean time. Perhaps even resurrect the Black Cross title.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]] - [[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross|Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref>

====Search for Germain's remains====
On June 2014, Abstergo Entertainment focused on creating new games, especially about different Assassins and Templars through history. On 19 June 2014, newly employed research analyst [[Robert Fraser]] was tasked with the exploration of [[Arno Dorian]]'s genetic memories so a blockbuster product could be made out of them. After each [[Animus]] session, Fraser was to write up reports detailing his thoughts, which would be evaluated by Project Manager and Fraser's personal supervisor, [[Aidan St. Claire]].<ref name="EH">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook]]''</ref>

However, after Fraser became more immersed in Arno's memories and started forming a personal attachment to him, St. Clair appointed Fraser into a session with Abstergo Entertainment's chief psychiatrist, [[Victoria Bibeau]], to make sure he was not suffering from the [[Bleeding Effect]]. Bibeau determined that Fraser was not suffering from the Bleeding Effect yet, and she suggested to monitor Fraser's session and to curtail any extracurricular activity related with his project to keep it that way.<ref name="EH"/>

In spite of this, the symptoms continued and Fraser even began to hallucinate; once this came to light, he was made to take a medical leave of absence. He subsquently spent a week in the recovery center with Bibeau, during which she instructed him to destroy all documentation on Arno's life and leak the unsequenced memories to the Assassins. Although Fraser succeeded in this task, he was caught and terminated shortly thereafter.<ref name="EH"/>

However, Bibeau pleaded misguided ignorance and, thanks to her numerous friends in Abstergo who vouched for her, successfully convinced the Templars that she did what she did because she truly believed it was the right thing to do at the time. She was subsequently offered to join their cause and became a loyal member of the Templar Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref> Following her induction into the Order, Bibeau was appointed as a senior researcher for the [[Lineage Discovery and Acquisition]] division at [[The Aerie]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref>

Following Fraser's death, Lemay ordered St. Clair to recover what was left from the files to give it to a Templar initiate who would later be known as the [[Journeyman]] for them to review and to help them finish Arno's memories. During their assignment, the agent had special permission to handle some artifacts in the Abstergo Entertainment archives because of their ability to use [[Eagle Vision]], like Arno Dorian's watch, the chalice from the [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|Assassin Order initiation]] and a [[Templar pin|Templar badge of office]] made by [[Sages|Sage]] and [[Grand Master]] [[François-Thomas Germain]].<ref name="EH"/>

Due to their exceptional work with Arno Dorian's memories and the artifacts, the agent was provided a trip on an Abstergo Entertainment private jet to explore the French Assassins' hideout, the [[Sainte-Chapelle]]. Melanie Lemay hoped that their Eagle Vision would allow them to discover some secrets that others might have missed.<ref name="EH"/>

After reliving Arno's memories up to his encounter with Germain on 21 January 1793 at [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]'s execution, the agent received a promotion within the Templar ranks and received the title of Journeyman, being granted the privilege to confidential information, including information on the [[Isu]], [[Sages]], the [[Pieces of Eden]] and the [[Phoenix Project]]. After the agent had finished reading the information, Lemay revealed to them the true purpose of their project, finding Germain's remains before the Assassins.<ref name="EH" />

Sometime later, the agent was able to sequence a great deal of Arno's memories, and was assigned to investigate Fraser's apartment using Eagle Vision. This led them to discover a set of fingerprints belonging to the Assassin [[Bishop]], which helped narrow down what data had been leaked to the Assassins.<ref name="EH"/>

After their work on Arno Dorian's memories had been complete, the agent's efforts were recognized by [[Alan Rikkin]], and after a unanimous vote, the agent was formally inducted into the Templar Order. After the termination of St. Claire, they were also assigned to the position of Project Manager at Abstergo Entertainment.<ref name="EH"/>

====Security breaches====
Due to periodic attempts from outsiders to access the [[Helix]] servers, Lemay had a proprietary detection system implemented in early August, with Violet da Costa handling the logistics. Over the next few weeks, da Costa and her security team discovered a number of unauthorized data packets that were entering and leaving the servers. They subsequently decrypted and decoded them, revealing a number of audio, video, and text files of sinister [[Instruments of the First Will|origins]]. On 21 August, da Costa alerted Lemay to the threat and promised to keep her updated as they learned more.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG"/>

Sometime later, da Costa observed a security breach unlike the ones she had seen before; seventeen servers were compromised simultaneously in perfect unison, each via completely separate backdoor programs. While the [[Juno|perpetrator]] did not take anything, they scanned almost everything, from [[genetic memory]] archives to raw [[Animus#Data Dump Scanner|DDS]] data, leading da Costa to conclude they were looking for something.<ref name="ACU" />

In October, 2014, Juhani Otso Berg, a member of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]], received permission from Laetitia England to permanently reform [[Sigma Team]]. However, Berg decided to join da Costa at Abstergo Entertainment instead in order to ensure her safety, as the building was a target for various groups. Berg subsequently took over security in Abstergo Entertainment's Montreal facilities by posing as an independent contractor working for Abstergo.<ref name="ACRG" />

====Cormac's memories====
In November, 2014, a [[Helix research analyst|research analyst]] triggered a virus embedded in the memories of [[Shay Cormac]] stored in the Helix, causing the entire facility to become compromised. In response, Lemay ordered an evacuation of the building, leaving da Costa and Berg in charge of restoring the systems and security. Lemay later called the research analyst to her office, telling them of Olivier's disappearance, and granting the analyst necessary security clearance to continue exploring Shay's genetic memories. After the research analyst finished analyzing Cormac's memories, they were informed that Lemay, da Costa and Berg were all members of the Templar Order. From there, the analyst was given a choice to join the Templars, or refuse and be killed by Berg. According to the analyst's diary, they then gave the analyst some time to think it over.<ref name="ACRG"/>

Berg also used Shay's memories as a fait to flush out the Assassins' man in Montreal while the video caused the Assassins to empty a few safehouses, shut down a few servers and put up some new firewalls. Berg located the Assassins' man almost instantly and monitored his communications with other Initiates, Berg watched them run and where they ran. Resulting in the death of their man in Montreal despite having kept a low profile during the "incident".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

==Members==
*[[Victoria Bibeau]]
*[[Violet da Costa]]
*[[Melanie Lemay]]
*[[Journeyman]]

===Allies===
'''Colonial Era'''
*[[Shay Cormac]] {{c|[[Colonial Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Rite]]}}
*[[Charles Gabriel Sivert]] {{c|[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]]}}

'''21st Century'''
*[[Daniel Cross]] {{c|American Rite}}
*[[Olivier Garneau]]
*[[Juhani Otso Berg]]
*[[Helix research analyst]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Templars nav}}
{{ACDYL}}
[[Category:Templar Rites]]