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Clay Kaczmarek

2010-11-22T07:51:04Z

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|image = BrotherhoodSubject16.png
|period = [[Modern Times]] (21st Century)
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (voice) ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|voice = [[Cam Clarke]]
}}{{Quote|Why do we have these gifts, these abilities? Because it's in our blood! […] The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Subject 16''' was an individual who was kidnapped by [[Abstergo Industries]] and forced into the [[Animus]] before [[Desmond Miles]]. A descendant of both [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], he was also related to Desmond Miles. It is also revealed that he had an ancestor at the Battle of Gettysburg, in the Roman forum and connected with a Queen Isabella.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Life at Abstergo===
The individual known only as Subject 16 was an [[Assassin]] captured by the [[Knights Templar|Templar]]-fronted organization Abstergo Industries at some point in 2012 for use in the genetic memory recall program<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Held within the [[Abstergo Laboratory]] at all times by [[Warren Vidic]], 16 was kept connected to the Animus for dangerously long periods, sometimes even days at a time.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> This led to 16 suffering from a severe condition known as the "[[Bleeding effect|Bleeding Effect]]."<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />

Suffering the bleeding effect, 16 began to explore the memories of his ancestors without the use of the Animus <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, however his inability to actually control these visions forced Subject 16 into a downward spiral of insanity, eventually culminating in his suicide.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Before his death, Subject 16 was forced by Abstergo to explore the memories of an ancestor named Ezio Auditore da Firenze,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> who the Templars knew had located [[the Vault]] during his lifetime.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> 16 never relived the memories of his ancestor visiting the Vault. Draining his body of its blood to paint several [[cryptic messages]] upon the floor and walls of the Abstergo Laboratory,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> 16 committed suicide to prevent the Templars reaching their goals.

===Legacy===
Following his death, the Templars were left without the location of the Vault, but the knowledge that an ancestor of Ezio’s - Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad - had once held a [[Piece of Eden]]. Knowing this, Abstergo kidnapped yet another descendant of Ezio and Altaïr, Desmond Miles. During his incarceration, Desmond spoke often with Dr. Vidic’s assistant [[Lucy Stillman]] about many things, including his predecessor, then accessing private e-mails in-between Animus sessions, he learned even more.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> Later still, following Desmond’s escape from Abstergo and the beginning of his journeys through the memories of Ezio, the Assassins learned that Subject 16 had managed to hack the Abstergo Animus before his death, and placed twenty encrypted files, called [[glyphs]], throughout the Animus' rendering of the memories. These hacks were saved onto the Abstergo Animus' memory core, which Lucy had taken in order to gain details and memory sequences on Ezio, and from there, onto [[Rebecca Crane]]'s [[Animus 2.0]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After decrypting all twenty files, the Assassins were rewarded with a genetic memory dated "[[The Truth|date classified BCE]]." The video, shows two [[free-running|free-runners]] climbing a large glass structure, Piece of Eden in hand; before referring to one another as [[Adam and Eve]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> The video also shows humans working for [[Those Who Came Before]].

Subject 16's puzzles return in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]].'' Hidden similarly to the glyphs, ten Cluster puzzles are hidden in notable landmarks of [[Rome]]. Once completing the puzzles the video says "The miracle is in the execution". Desmond will then be uploaded to an unknown area within the animus where he will run through a somewhat long virtual maze. At the end of the maze, Desmond finds a hologram Subject 16 who tells Desmond that all hope is lost, reveals that he will have a son, go to Eden to find a woman named Eve. Before leaving he tells Desmond how to find him again.

==Dialogue==
After completing all Cluster puzzles, and climbing through the digital file obstacle course, Desmond discovers and approaches a digitalized version of Subject 16.

'''Desmond''': ''Subject 16?'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''Yes, yes, Subject 17.'' 
'''Desmond''': ''You’re dead. I saw your blood.'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''No time. It is far later than you know. Too late to save them.'' 
'''Desmond''': ''Who?'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''She is not who you think she is. Everything you hope to become, everything you hold dear, it’s already gone.'' 
'''Desmond''': ''Explain. Please.'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''Eden. She... in Eden. Find Eve. The Key. Her DNA.'' 
'''Desmond''': ''Tell me!'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''I cannot... The sun... Your son... Too weak... Must replenish energy...'' 
'''Desmond''': ''Don’t go.'' 
'''Subject 16''': ''I am with you 'til the end. Find me in the darkness.''

==Trivia==
*In the non-canon [[Assassin’s Creed - French Graphic Novel]], Subject 16 is shown to be alive, and is referred to as "Michael."
*Many of the Glyphs have hidden messages in them. All of the decoded ones are stated in the [[Glyphs]] page.
*The [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood achievements|achievement]]/trophy for ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' titled ".. .- -- .- .-.. .. ...- ." translates to "I AM ALIVE." This achievement/trophy is earned by solving all of Subject 16's puzzles.

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Templars

2010-05-14T13:39:00Z

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|image = Knights.png
|imgdesc = The Templars used many variations on this red cross pattée as their symbol.
"Behold the mark of [[Cain]]." -Subject 16
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|religion = Atheist (pretend to be Roman Catholic)
|location = Throughout the world.
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{{quote|May the [[Father of Understanding]] guide us|One of the mottos of the Templars}}

The '''Knights Templar''', or '''Brotherhood''' as they called themselves, was a religious military order-turned corporate giant during the second and third millennium C.E. (Common Era). Founded during the First Crusade, the Knights Templar sought to create a perfect world, although the means by which they sought to do so were questionable. Sworn enemies of the [[Order of Assassins]], the Templar's suffered a crippling blow during the [[Third Crusade]], but survived.

Adopting a less public position, the Knights Templar retreated into the shadows and thrived, continuing their war against the Assassins throughout the Renaissance, and into the [[Modern Times|Modern era]].

==Ideals and goals==
The military order of the Knights Templar was founded publicly in 1129 to counter the increasing threat against the Holy Land by the [[Saracens]], and protect the city of [[Jerusalem]].<ref name=HC>The History Channel, ''Decoding the Past: The Templar Code'', 7 November 2005, video documentary written by Marcy Marzuni</ref>. Over time, the Templars, or Brotherhood as they called themselves, began to believe it within their power to unite the world in peace, although their militaristic ways had a great influence on the means to used to procure an end<ref name="Assassin's Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>.
Their systems of belief changed greatly upon the discovery of the [[Pieces of Eden]]; the realization of the non-existence of God, and that man had only itself to blame for its misdeeds forced the Order to become atheistic, although the publicly maintained the pretence of following the Christian ways so as to not lose the support of the Church<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>.

Realizing the power over man that the Pieces of Eden held, the Knights Templar began to seek out the artifacts, and in 1191 [[Robert de Sable]], then-Grand Master of the Order, personally sought the fabled ''Apple of Eden'', buried deep in the catacombs beneath [[Solomon's Temple|Solomon's Temple]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. The theft of the piece of Eden by the Order of Assassins brought the two great powers into a sustained conflict with one another, which ended with death of [[Armand Bouchart]] in [[Limassol]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. Despite this setback however, the Order maintained their belief in creating a world of peace, through manipulation of the Pieces of Eden.

To their reasoning, with no afterlife or ultimate punishment or reward after death, there was no real reason to oblige by notions of morality and ethics; the end always justified the means, no matter how heinous the means. They thought that only this life was important, rather than preparing for a non-existent next life. With so many lower class people kept in line with the promise of a next life and so many upper class men blissfully ignoring such ideals, the Templars vowed to make a better world, one of lasting peace, no matter the cost<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.

As time progressed however, the Templars' interest in the Pieces of Eden became more and more about seeking the power and domination that the artifacts offered. Their goals changed as they sought to control and unify the entire world under their grasp using the Pieces of Eden in a way similar to a "New World Order"<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

==History==
===Third Crusade===
[[File:Assassins-creed-altair-1.jpg|thumb|A Knight Templar battles with Altaïr.]]
Founded in Jerusalem in 1129, the Knights Templar sought a world at peace with itself. By 1191 though, they had come to the realization that such peace could only be maintained through use of the [[Pieces of Eden]], and as such made it their quest to gather as many as they could<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. That same year, after the theft of the ''Apple of Eden'' by the assassins [[Malik A-Sayf]] and [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] from [[File:Maria-Templar-Robert-de-Sable.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Maria Thorpe, a Templar posing as Robert de Sable.]]the Templars, the Brotherhood entered into a brief period of sustained conflict with their Assassin enemies. Over the course of the year, ten Templar leaders from both [[Crusader]] and [[Saracen]] background fell to the blades of the assassin Altaïr, who was serving penance for crimes comitted during the theft; the deaths included not only the Grand Master of the Order, but also [[Al Mualim]], leader of the Order of Assassins in Syria and the only Templar not willing to share the power of the Apple with his nine brothers<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.

With their leadership effectively wiped out by just one assassin, the Brotherhood retreated to the island of [[Cyprus]] under the command of the new Grand Master, [[Armand Bouchart]]. Pursued by Altaïr, the Templars were wiped out once again, although the treasures of the [[Templar Archive]] in Limassol were spirited away before they could be found<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />. The death of Armand forced the Order to consider it's position carefully, and by 1312 the Order had officially disbanded. In reality however, the Order continued to thrive, adopting a much more secretive position in world affairs.

===Renaissance===
By the late 15th Century, the Brotherhood had regained a position of strength on the world stage, spreading deep into the Church and nobility of [[Italy]]. Under the command of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the Knights Templar sought to unify northern Italy under their command, and regain the Apple of Eden which they knew to be buried in Cyprus<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Targeting [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], Duke of [[Florence]], the Templars found themselves confronted by the assassin [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], who whilst not knowing of their Templar allegiances, was rapidly piecing together the clues. Following a near fatal encounter with Giovanni himself, Borgia arranged for the trial and execution of Giovanni and his three sons – [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] – for the crimes of High Treason against the city of Florence. Corrupting the city official [[Uberto Alberti]], the city guards arrested Giovanni and two of his sons, narrowly missing their chance to capture the third, Ezio, who had been delivering and collecting letters for his father<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

Realizing too late, the treachery of Uberto Alberti, whom his father had considered a friend<ref name="Assassin's Creed:Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>, Ezio appeared at the execution of his family, watching in horror as his father and brothers were hung; he narrowly escaped such a fate himself. Unconcerned with the remaining Auditore, the Templars continued in their mission to assume control of the cities of northern Italy. In 1478, the Templar affiliated [[House of Pazzi]] made their push for control. In what would become known as the [[Pazzi conspiracy]], the family struck against the Medici during Mass, killing [[Giuliano de' Medici]] and fatally wounding Lorenzo, who was saved only by the timely intervention of Ezio Auditore, the son who had been allowed to escape. Lorenzo's survival and the arrival of Ezio spelt doom for the Pazzi family, who were left to their fate by Rodrigo Borgia. [[Vieri de' Pazzi|Vieri]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi|Francesco]] and [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] were all slain by the lone assassin whilst[[File:Renaissance_Templar_Carlo_Grimaldi.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Ezio strikes at Carlo Grimaldi, a Renaissance Templar Leader.]] the Templars acknowledged their defeat in Florence, instead turning the attention to the city of [[Venice]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

Utilising the [[House of Barbarigo]], the Brotherhood assumed control of Venice briefly in 1485, before they were once again overthrown by the lone Assassin. The distraction of controlling the city had been beneficial to the Templars however, as it had distracted the Assassins from noticing the preparations being made for the retrieval of the piece of Eden from Cyprus. Two years later, in 1487, the Templar expedition returned to Venice with ''the Apple'' in hand. Bringing it to Borgia, an undercover Ezio engaged the Templar Grand Master and, with the assistance of his fellow Assassins, forced the Templars out of the city once more<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. With the Apple in the hands of the Assassins, the Brotherhood approached the [[House of Orsi|brothers Orsi]] – [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]] and [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] – to obtain a map detailing the location of the Codex pages from the wife of the Templar [[Girolamo Riario]] – [[Caterina Sforza]]. Invading [[Forlì]], the Orsi brothers demanded the map, and ''the Apple'' in exchange for the lives of Sforza's children. The brothers were rebuked, and assaulted the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]]. Together with the city guards, the Assassins Ezio Auditore and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] held off the assault, although a second succeeded in claiming ''the Apple'' briefly<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>.

Despite the loss of ''the Apple'', Rodrigo Borgia was ultimately unfazed, and in 1492 became Pope [[w:Alexander VI|Alexander VI]] in order to gain access to the Papal staff, another of the Pieces of Eden. In 1499 Borgia was once again confronted by the assassin Ezio, this time within the [[Sistine Chapel]] itself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

===Modern era===
Despite their defeat at the hands of the assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Templar order continued to exist within the shadow. Infiltrating or starting up countless corporate entities, the Templars positioned its members in several world-defining positions, improving the planets technological level significantly. The Templars also worked to stiffle world progress however; [[Adolf Hitler]] used a Piece of Eden to rise to power in Germany, and subsequently started a [[w:World War II|world-wide conflict]]. He was "fought" by his Templar counterparts Winston Churchill and [[Joseph Stalin]], who ultimately won the conflict though it appears that FDR was an assassin<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

[[File:Abstergo_Desmond_Captivity.png|thumb|left|220px|Desmond held captive by Abstergo Industries.]]By the early 21st Century, the Templar fronted [[Abstergo Industries]] had expanded into a global entity, far larger and more powerful than most companies that had come before it<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. For the most part this was not treated as suspicious, although there were those within the general population who viewed the company with suspicion<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.

At this time, Abstergo Industries seemingly lacked a Piece of Eden capable of controlling the minds of humanity, and as such authorised the [[Animus]]-project in order to gain access to the memories of those who might know the location of one. By September of 2012, sixteen test subjects had been "retired" before the company succeeded with the seventeenth – [[Desmond Miles]], the descendant of both Altaïr, and Ezio Auditore<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. With the location of all the Pieces of Eden now theirs, the Templars

Captured, for seven days Miles was forced to relieve the memories of his ancestor [[Altaïr]] in order to reach one specific memory the Templars were seeking. The memory registered the moment his ancestor found a holographic map containing the locations of all [[Pieces of Eden]] scattered across the world. With the info in hand, the Templars started gathering the remaining intact pieces for use in their ancient purpose of "absolute peace". Their plan of sending ''the Apple'' into orbit and use the device to control the minds of all citizens of Earth is still in progress, with the satellite launch scheduled to December 21, 2012. <ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. It should also be noted that they altered public records of history numerous times, which can explain inconsistencies with historical dates and in-game events.

==Members==
Originally crusaders of unprecedented skill, as time progressed, they began to act secretly, utilizing powerful and influential people to further their cause. Often, these people are lured to being Templars by the promise of power and glory.
===Third Crusade===
* [[Basilisk]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
* [[Robert de Sable]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar, after Basilisk)
* [[Armand Bouchart]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar, after Robert)
* [[Tamir the Merchant]] (Black marketeer in [[Damascus]])
* [[Garnier de Naplouse]] (Grand Master of the [[Knights Hospitalier]])
* [[Talal the Slave Trader]] (Slave master in [[Jerusalem]])
* [[Abul Nuqoud]] (Merchant king of Damascus)
* [[William of Montferrat]] (Regent lord of [[Acre]])
* [[Majd Addin]] (Regent lord of Jerusalem)
* [[Jubair al Hakim]] (Head of the Illuminated and the chief [[scholar]] of Damascus)
* [[Sibrand]] (Grand Master of the [[Knights Teutonic]])
* [[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of the [[Assassin]]s, and a former Templar)
* [[Maria Thorpe]] (Robert de Sable's steward and his own personal assassin; became ally to the Assassins)
* [[Roland Napule]] (Head of a Templar hospital in [[Tyre]])
* [[Masun]] (Traitorous assassin who is a double agent to the Templar)
* [[Alaat]] (Templar knight)
* [[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)]] (A rich merchant allied to Basilisk)
* [[Master of the Tower]] (Basilisk's second-in-command, master of the art of killing)
* [[The Master's Student]] (Templar killer)
* [[Harash]] (Al Mualim's second-in-command, traitor who joined Templars)
* [[Frederick The Red]] (Templar regent of Limassol)
* [[Pirate Captain]] (Leader of Cypriot pirates who joined the Order)
* [[Osman]] (Templar knight, secretly a member of Cypriot resistance)
* [[Moloch]] (Templar regent of Kyrenia)
* [[Shalim]] (Armand Bouchart's second-in-command, son of Moloch)
* [[Shahar]] (Shalim's twin brother)
* [[Templar Agent]] (Armand Bouchart's highly trained, stealthy killer)
* [[Isaac Comnenus]] (Former ruler of [[Cyprus]] and keeper of the [[Templar Archive]])

===Renaissance===
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar and Pope Alexander VI)
*[[Marco Barbarigo]] (Corrupt Doge of Venice)
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]] (Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Venice)
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]] (Corrupt Merchant of Venice)
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]] (Member of the Council of Ten of Venice)
*[[Uberto Alberti]] (The Gonfaloniere of Firenze)
*[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] (Patriarch of the Pazzi Family)
*[[Francesco de' Pazzi]] (Head of the Pazzi Conspiracy)
*[[Vieri de' Pazzi]] (Francesco's son - Ezio's rival)
*[[Stefano da Bagnone]] (Advisor to Jacopo de' Pazzi - Pazzi Conspirator)
*[[Bernardo Baroncelli]] (Banker - Pazzi Conspirator)
*[[Francesco Salviati]] (Archbishop of Pisa - Pazzi Conspirator)
*[[Antonio Maffei]] (Priest - Pazzi Conspirator)
*[[Dante Moro]] (Personal Guard of Marco Barbarigo)
*[[Francisco Pizzaro]] (Spanish Conquistador)

===Modern Times===
*[[Alan Rikkin]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] CEO)
*[[Warren Vidic]] (Scientist of Abstergo Industries)
*[[Nancy Nilop]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] employee)
*[[Jane Birkam]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] employee)
*[[Audrey Jacobs]] (Alan Rikkin's assistant)
*[[Richard (Abstergo)|Richard]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] employee)

===Others===
*[[Cain]]
*[[Xerxes]]
*[[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Qin Shi Huang]]
*[[Atilla the Hun]]
*[[Genghis Khan]]
*[[Cleopatra]]
*[[Caligula]]
*[[François Duvalier]]
*[[John Wilkes Booth]]
*[[Lee Harvey Oswald]]
*[[Rasputin]]
*[[Josef Stalin]]
*[[Mary I of England]]
*[[Thomas Edison]]
*[[Henry Ford]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
*[[J. P. Morgan]]

== Templar Groups ==
There are groups who act as unofficial divisions of the Templars, unrelated to them publicly, but in fact commanded by Templars (some of them through the membership of their leaders and others are part of the Templar Order itself).
*Third Crusade
**[[File:Knights Teutonic Cross.svg|30px]] [[Teutonic|Teutonic  /]] Being a part the Crusaders, Knight Teutonic are basically trusted with the task of guarding the city of Acre. The Knights Teutonic, also known as ''Order of the German House of St.Mary in Jerusalem'', was formed at the end of the 12th century in Acre itself.
**[[File:Hospitalier Crest.svg|30px]] [[Hospitalier|Hospitalier / The Knights Hospitalier also known as ''Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Order of St. John, Knights of Malta, and Chevaliers of Malta'', was one of the Christian orders with the ]][[Third Crusade]]
*Renaissance
**[[File:Pazziingame.png|30px]] [[Pazzi|Pazzi / The '''Pazzi family''' were ]][[Tuscany|Tuscan]] nobles who were bankers in [[Florence]] during the 15th century. They are most famous for the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazzi_conspiracy Pazzi Conspiracy]". They are also part of the [[Knights Templar]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.
**[[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|30px]] Gouverment of Venice / '''La Serenissima''' is a collective title for the governing body of ''The Most Serene Republic of Venice'', taken from its name in Italian (Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia). The term can also be used to refer to the Republic of [[Venice]] itself.[[La Serenissima| ]]

**[[File:442px-Emblem of the Papacy SE svg.png|30px]] [[Papacy|Papacy / The '''Papacy''' is the office of the ]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pope pope]. Besides its religious role as the official catholic order, it acted as a government ruling over a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States large part] of Italy.
**[[File:Blason famille it Borgia01 svg.png|30px]] [[Rodrigo Borgia|Borgia / all the personal guards of Rodrigo Borgia have this sighn. ]]
*20th century
**[[File:Ford Motor Company Logo.svg|30px]] [[wikipedia:Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company / The '''Ford Motor Company''' is]] an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation multinational corporation] based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan Dearborn, Michigan], a suburb of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit Detroit].
**[[wikipedia:Edison Studios|Edison Studios / '''Edison Studios''' was an ]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture motion picture] production company owned by the Edison Company of inventor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison Thomas Edison.]
**[[File:Flag of Nazi Germany (1933-1945).svg|30px]] [[wikipedia:Nazi Party|Nazi Party / the '''Nazi Party''', was a ]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party political party] in Germany between 1919 and 1945 .
**[[File:Animuslogowhite.svg|30px]] [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo Industries / modern company that works in secret to create the New World. ]]
**[[File:NASA logo svg.png|30px]] NASA / a guvernamental company that created the Apollo missions to colonize other worlds for templar purposes.
*21st century
**[[File:Animuslogowhite.svg|30px]] [[Abstergo Industries]]
**[[File:NASA logo svg.png|30px]] [[wikipedia:NASA|NASA]]

== The Historical Templars ==
[[File:Templar4.jpg|thumb|Depiction of Templars]]
{{quote|Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam (''Latin for "Not to us God, not to us, but to Your Name Give Glory"'')|Historical motto of the Templars
}}
''Ordre du Temple'' in French, the Knights Templar are amongst the most famous of the Western Christian military orders involved in the war. They are well known by the distinctive white mantles with a red cross. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favored charity throughout Christianity, and grew rapidly in membership. Despite losing their interests in Outremer, they still had financial holdings in Europe, but King Philip the 4th of France deceived Pope Clement the 5th into disbanding the Knights Templar. The Order`s Knights either fled, were executed, or absorbed into other orders like the Knights Hospitalier. The Portuguese branch changed their names to Knights of Christ.

They were among the most skilled fighters at the time, which is reflected in the game. Their ruthlessness against non-Catholics was also infamous; this also is reflected in the game.
==Trivia==

*The Knights Templar started as a campain on knight that pretended to help Europe regain The Holy Land from the muslims and they evolved to continue 'helping' people .

== See Also ==
*[[List of Templar Locations|List of Templar Locations in ''Assassin's Creed'']]

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