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{{Quote|Family. Honor. These things are nothing next to the Templar Order. The one source of light in a midnight world.|The Black Cross to Darius Gift, 1927.|Assassin's Creed: Templars}}<br />
[[File:AC Templars Black Cross Render.png|thumb|250px|The Black Cross]]<br />
The '''"Black Cross"''' was a [[Templars|Templar]] agent active during the early 20th century, who traveled around the world under the guise of a trumpeter in ''Albie Bolden and the Harlem Hotsteppers'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed FCBD 2016 Edition]]''</ref> a touring night club jazz band.<br />
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The Black Cross was not the first Templar to carry [[Black Crosses|the title]], which was bestowed upon the members of a branch within the Templar Order tasked with keeping the Grand Masters of the various Rites in line with the Templar Code and to eradicate any corruption of the Templar value. The agent was known for his signature weapon, which was a [[Templar pin|bladed pin]] shaped as a black Templar cross.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
In February 1927, while in London, the Black Cross executed [[Thaddeus Gift]] for stealing money from his fellow Templars and for using the good name of the Order to embezzle money. Tracking him across the streets of the city, the Black Cross eventually slit his throat and cut out his Templar ring finger.<ref name="T1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''</ref><br />
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Two month later, as [[China]] was marked by a growing conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and the government of the Nationalists, the Black Cross was playing with his band in [[Shanghai]]. He witnessed the arrival of [[Darius Gift]] in the club where he was playing, and followed him outside when the package he was supposed to deliver to the Shanghai Rite was stolen by a prostitute named [[Roo]]. From a nearby roof, the Black Cross witnessed two frenchmen approaching Gift, believing that the newly arrived young man was the Black Cross, before deciding to intervene.<ref name="T1"/><br />
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== Equipment and skills ==<br />
Black cross was a capable freerunner and climber capable of scaling buildings in London and China. He was also a skilled tactician allowing Thaddeus Gift to get to a phone to reveal his collaborators. He was also a skilled swordsman fighting master duelist Yuri Dolinsky for a time yet was unable to best him and instead relied on his plan to cut the tracks of the train causing Dolinsky to fall. In terms of equipment Black Cross carried a bladed pin as his primary weapon he also carried a sword on occasion, and possessed what appeared to be a kind of rope dart. <br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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ACTemp Black Cross civilian.jpg|The trumpeter<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Unidentified individuals]]<br />
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