Knights Hospitalier

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = Hospitalier Crest.svg
|imgdesc = The Knights Hospitalier used many variations on this cross as their crest.
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|religion = Roman Catholic
|nationality = Franks
|location = [[Acre]] Poor district
|targets = [[Garnier de Naplouse]]
}}

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]]; the [[Knights Templar]] being another. Their emblem was a white cross, often on a black background. The Knights Hospitalier were founded in the city of [[Jerusalem]] to provide care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land, but became a much more militaristic organization with the onset of the Crusades.

==Members==
[[File:Hospitalknight.jpg|thumb|left|A Knight Hospitalier.]]
In 1191 the Knights Hospitalier held a significant presence in the poor district of the recently conquered city of [[Acre]]. The Grand Master of the Order, [[Garnier de Naplouse]], personally oversaw the district's hospital, and it was here that he experimented on his "patients" with varying concoctions of herbs and drugs.

As well as the military aspect of the Order, the Knights Hospitalier continued to function in a non-combatant role. Numerous Hospitalier monks could be found in the city, preaching and aiding to the local population.

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==Flags==
The Knights have spread 33 Hospitalier [[flags]] throughout the poor district of [[Acre]]. Collecting them all (in the Xbox 360 version of the game) will grant the player an [[Assassin's Creed Achievements|Achievement]]:

{|border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="2"
!width="64"|Icon
!width="300"|Name
!width="200"|Description
!width="64"|Points
!width="64"|Secret?
|-
|[[File:AssassinsCreed KeeperOfThe8Virtues.jpg]]
|'''Keeper of the 8 Virtues'''
|Find all Hospitalier [[Flags]] in Acre.
|10
|No
|}
==Trivia==
*The Knights Hospitalier are the only faction of Crusaders without high-ranking soldiers, aside from informant targets.
*In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the exclusive Templar lairs are marked on the map with the same cross that Garnier de Naplouse wears (which, in real life, is the hospitalier's cross).
*The Knights Hospitalier's name comes from hospital, which is probably why Garnier's headquarters is the Acre hospital.

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