New World Order

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{{Quote|Peace. Stability. A world where men live without fear. People desire the truth, yes, but even when they have it, they refuse to look. How do we fight this kind of ignorance?|Prince [[Ahmet]] describing the Templar's goal.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:A new jerusalem.jpg|thumb|200px|A new Jerusalem]]
The '''New World Order''' was the ultimate goal for the [[Templars|Templar Order]], a concept of worldwide peace for [[Humans|humanity]] under the control and supervision of the Templars. For centuries, the Templars engaged in a secret war with the [[Assassins]] – who believed that humanity could attain peace using free will – in order to achieve the New World Order. When the Templars founded [[Abstergo Industries]] in 1937, the company managed to manipulate and puppeteer many important political figures to pursue their own goals.

==Ideology==
[[File:A utopian society.jpg|thumb|left|220px|A utopian society]]
Governed by the belief that humankind needed order, discipline, and control in order to mask its barbaric nature, the Templars planned to create a new world in which they possessed absolute control.

The proclaimed new world seemed to be based on a utopian ideal, a world completely free of bigotry. However, the Templars also emphasized the establishment of a small ruling elite, who would control all aspects of civilization; from education, to military force and food distribution.

The Templars' rule would be one of so-called "benign tyranny," as although they would eliminate racism and the petty machinations of the warlords and princes of the time, they would simply replace that disordered chaos with their own arbitrary orders.

At its core, the Templars' goal of order was very similar to [[the Creed]] of their enemies, the Assassins. However, the latter sought peace through the education of the people, rather than through their control.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

==History==
===Ancient world===
Since the dawn of the Templar Order, the concept of a New World Order had been heavily pursued. The Templars played roles in the establishments and expansions of many great kingdoms and empires, hoping to unite the world under the Templar banner.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Among these were notably the {{Wiki|Achaemenid Empire}} under King [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]], the {{Wiki|Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian Empire}} under [[Alexander the Great]], the {{Wiki|Qin Dynasty}} of [[China]] under [[Qin Shi Huang]], the {{Wiki|Roman Republic}} under [[Gaius Julius Caesar]],<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> {{Wiki|Ancient Egypt}} under [[Cleopatra|Cleopatra VII]],<ref name="ACRV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> and the {{Wiki|Roman Empire}} under [[Caligula]].<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> Ultimately, all of these Templar interferences were thwarted by the Assassin Order, who assassinated each of these individuals.<ref name="AC2"/><ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===Middle Ages===
By the early 12th century, the Templars had established themselves as a knightly order, known as the Order of the Knights Templar, and pursued their goals from a public face. The Knights Templar joined the [[Crusaders|Crusader]] army under King [[Richard I of England]] as part of the [[Third Crusade]] in the late 12th century, and from 1189 onwards, they continued their work in the {{Wiki|Levant}}, where the seat of the Assassin Brotherhood was also located.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>

When [[Robert de Sable]] became [[Grand Master]] of the Knights Templar in 1191, he began secretly recruiting Templar lieutenants on both the Crusader and [[Saracens|Saracen]] sides of the war, who began to plot in defiance of their superiors to conquer the Holy Land, namely [[Jerusalem]], under the Templar banner. Their plans were eventually thwarted by a lone Assassin by the name of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], on the orders of his [[Mentor]] [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]], who was secretly a Templar as well.<ref name="AC"/>

Under the new Grand Master [[Armand Bouchart]], the Templars purchased [[Cyprus]] from King Richard to continue their work in the Holy Land, but were ultimately routed and forced to return to {{Wiki|Europe}} due to Altaïr's interference, after he killed Bouchart in 1193.<ref name="ACBL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>

Shortly before his death in 1312, the last publicly recognized Grand Master of the Knights Templar, [[Jacques de Molay]], understood that the Templars could not survive as a public order and sent nine of his most trusted men throughout the world, armed with the knowledge of the [[First Civilization|Ancients]] to pursue their goals globally, instead of under the command of one man.<ref name="ACRV"/>

===Renaissance===
By the time of the [[Renaissance]], the Templar Order had spread throughout at least Europe and Asia.<ref name="ACBH"/><ref name="Encyclopedia"/> In Europe, the Templars were primarily centered in [[Italy]], under the leadership of Grand Master [[Rodrigo Borgia]], a [[Cardinals|cardinal]] who conspired to conquer all of Italy under the Templar banner. Though these conspiracies were thwarted by the Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], Rodrigo managed to become Pope Alexander VI in 1492, giving the Templars full control over the Papal States.<ref name="AC2"/>

However, by this time, the Templars had become too obsessed with power and greed that they forgot the true purpose of their Order.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> [[Cesare Borgia]], Rodrigo's son, also sought to conquer all of Italy, but in his name only. During a heated argument, Rodrigo was killed by Cesare in 1503, and Cesare himself was killed by Ezio himself during the [[Siege of Viana]] in 1507,<ref name="ACBH"/> marking the end of what the Templars call the "Dark Age of the Order."<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>

Elsewhere in the world, the Templars did not forget their true purpose, including in the {{Wiki|Ottoman Empire}} and China.<ref name="ACRV"/><ref name="Encyclopedia"/> In the Ottoman Empire, Prince [[Ahmet]], heir to the Ottoman throne, and [[Manuel Palaiologos]], titular heir to the fallen {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}}, sought to bring peace and stability to the Ottoman Empire under the Templar banner.<ref name="ACRV"/>

In China, the Templars aided the ascendance of Emperor [[Jiajing]].<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> The Templars also began spreading towards the [[United States|New World]] in the early 16th century on orders of Rodrigo Borgia.<ref name="Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]</ref>

===Golden Age of Piracy===
At the beginning of the 18th century, the Templars located in the [[Caribbean]] sought the [[Observatory]], a First Civilization site which had the ability to spy on any person of the planet, provided a sample of the person's blood was available.

The [[Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] and his fellow Templars attempted to use the [[Blood Vials|blood vial]] provided by traitor Assassin [[Duncan Walpole]], and the knowledge of a [[Sages|Sage]], [[Bartholomew Roberts]], to locate the Observatory.

===American Revolution===
While the Templars in London continued scheming, [[Haytham Kenway]] was tasked with making his way to Boston to meet up with an associate who later turned out to be [[Charles Lee]]. It was there that Haytham founded the American Templars and soon spread Templar influence throughout Colonial America. With most of his obstacles gone and his associates gathered, Haytham became the Grand Master of the Templar Order in America. Eventually the Templars exterminated most of the Colonial Assassins, allowing the order to expand exponentially.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

[[William Johnson]] worked with the natives to gather support for the British, [[Thomas Hickey]] aimed to assassinate [[George Washington]], [[John Pitcairn]] lead British attacks, [[Nicholas Biddle]] patrolled the East Coast, while [[Charles Lee]] moved up through the ranks of the Patriots. [[Benjamin Church]] however, betrayed the order for profit. With Templar agents positioned on both sides of the war, America stood little chance to avoid Templar control.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> Even though the original members of the Colonial Templars were eventually killed by the Assassin [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], their work had everlasting consequences on the United States.

===Modern times===
In the late 19th century, the Templars developed the practice of {{Wiki|capitalism}}, and [[Henry Ford]] and [[Ransom Eli Olds]] created the {{Wiki|assembly line}}. Both of these were invented to keep the population manageable, as they gave the Templars easy control over both capitalists and workers.<ref name="ACBH"/> By manipulating individuals such as [[Joseph Stalin]], the Templars also used [[Communism]] as a means to achieve their goals.<ref name="AC2"/>

In 1937, the Templars founded [[Abstergo Industries]], a multinational corporation that held control over nearly every company and organization in the world.<ref name="ACBH"/> While only the highest ranking employees of Abstergo were part of the Templar Order,<ref name="ACRV"/> many employees shared the same goal. Abstergo managed to manipulate many political figures into supporting the New World Order,<ref name="ACBH"/> namely [[Winston Churchill]],<ref name="AC2"/> [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]].<ref name="ACBH"/> Other individuals such as [[Adolf Hitler]], Joseph Stalin,<ref name="AC2"/> and [[George W. Bush]] were also unknowingly manipulated by the Templars, but did not necessarily support their goals.<ref name="ACBH"/>

By 2011,<ref name="TLA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - ''[[The Lost Archive]]''</ref> Abstergo Industries had begun making preparations for a project called "[[Eye-Abstergo]]," a satellite enhanced with an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]] that could keep a close eye on humanity from orbit, by projecting it into Abstergo's already-launched [[Akashic Satellite Plexus]]. The Templars believed that {{Wiki|Utopia}} could be achieved if the project were to be successful, and prepared the satellite for launch on 21 December 2012.<ref name="ACRV"/> Ultimately, Abstergo scrapped the launch of the satellite as they were unable to obtain the required Piece of Eden in time.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

==References==
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