Editing British Templar admiral

{{Era|Individuals|Templars}}
{{Spoilerhd|15 October 2025|[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]}}
{{Conjecture}}
{{Quote|God forbid, has British seamanship fallen so low, we cannot sink one blasted pirate ship?!|The Templar admiral, after his fleet failed to sink the ''Fenghuang'', 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 116}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Templar Admiral
|image = ACFT - Templar admiral.png
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = *[[Royal Navy]]
*[[East India Company]]
*[[Templars]]
**[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]]
}}
An unidentified '''British Templar admiral''' was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] who commanded an [[East India Company]] fleet during the early 18th century.

==Biography==
===Battle of the Strait of Malacca===
{{Dialogue|Admiral|They may have caught us off guard somewhat, but I assure you, we'll soon get the better of them yet! We shall have payback for the two of our ships they sank! Hard to port! Steer clear of the enemy ship!|John|Listen to me, you pompous dullard! You're walking head first into their trap!|The admiral and John arguing after being attacked by the ''Fenghuang'', 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 108}}
In 1725, the admiral served under [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Alan Jacob]] and assisted him in his search for a [[Southeast Asian Pieces of Eden|set]] of three [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]] in [[Southeast Asia]]. After their spy [[John Young]] tipped them off to the location of one of the [[Lantern (Piece of Eden)|artifacts]] in [[Myanmar|Burma]], the admiral led three East India Company [[ship]]s to retrieve it and John.<ref name="EP 106">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 106|Episode 106]]</ref>

Arriving at the [[Yangon River]], the admiral ordered his men to fire on the [[Zhawang Corporation|Zhang Wei Union]]'s flagship, the ''[[Fenghuang]]''. While the Company ships battled the ''Fenghuang'', a rowboat was sent to pick up John, who had fallen into the river after the destruction of the ship carrying him, [[Edward Kenway]], [[Shimazu Saito]], and [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]]. Once John boarded his ship, he informed the admiral that he had successfully acquired the Piece of Eden, as well as information on the whereabouts of [[Lotus disk|another artifact]].<ref name="EP 106" />

[[File:ACFT - Templar admiral giving orders.png|thumb|220px|left|The admiral ordering his men to return fire]]
The admiral eagerly attempted to take custody of the notebook containing said information, only to be rebuffed by John, who insisted on delivering it and the artifact to the Grand Master in person. The admiral acquiesced to his request and ordered his crew to set sail towards the [[Strait of Malacca]], leaving the other two ships behind to deal with the ''Fenghuang''.<ref name="EP 106" />

However, the ''Fenghuang'' sank the attacking vessels and chased the East India Company flagship, intercepting it before it could rendezvous with the rest of the fleet. After the ''Fenghuang'' opened fire on their vessel, the admiral ordered his crew to stop the ship and return fire, ignoring John's warnings that they were falling straight into the Zhang Wei Union members' trap. Sure enough, the vessel was soon flanked by more enemy ships, which immobilized it with their harpoons before their crews boarded it.<ref name="EP 108">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 108|Episode 108]]</ref>

During the resulting chaos, the admiral watched in horror as his men began to be slaughtered by [[Japan]]ese and [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthayan]] [[Piracy|pirates]] while a furious Saito ran straight in his and John's direction. Panicking, John pushed the admiral aside and ran away after declaring that it was every man for himself. The admiral was thus left defenseless in the face of a rapidly approaching Saito, though fortunately for him, he was not the [[samurai]]'s intended target. As a result, the admiral survived the [[Battle of the Strait of Malacca|onslaught]] by sheer luck,<ref name="EP 108" /> and was later rescued when Alan Jacob's fleet arrived to chase away the Zhang Wei Union members.<ref name="EP 109">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 109|Episode 109]]</ref><ref name="EP 110">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 110|Episode 110]]</ref>

===Blockade of Indochina===
{{Quote|We shall not cede primacy over these waters to pirate scum! The Grand Master is making his way to the Indochinese Peninsula as we speak. Every obstacle in his path shall be sunk to the depths!|The admiral to his men ahead of the battle, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 115}}
After the information acquired by John Young revealed the location of the [[Forgotten Temple (Isu)|Forgotten Temple]] in [[Angkor]], Alan personally led an expedition to the jungles of [[Cambodia]] to find the temple and retrieve its treasure. Meanwhile, the East India Company's fleet formed a blockade around the {{Wiki|Indochina|Indochinese Peninsula}}, as the Templar admiral was ordered to eliminate anyone attempting to interfere with the Grand Master's search for the temple.<ref name="EP 115">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 115|Episode 115]]</ref>

[[File:ACFT - Outraged admiral.png|thumb|200px|The admiral being outraged by his men's incompetence]]
Before long, the admiral was alerted to the arrival of two fleets of pirate ships, one commanded by Edward Kenway and the other by Admiral [[Zheng]]. As Zheng's fleet did not show any signs of aggression, the Templar admiral deduced that it also sought to prevent the Zhang Wei Union members' passage, and ordered his men to focus their efforts on sinking the Union's armada. The East India Company's fleet engaged the enemy ships, but despite vastly outnumbering them, the Union members' superior firepower allowed them to easily sink most of the attacking vessels.<ref name="EP 115" />

Outraged, the admiral ordered his men to target the ''Fenghuang'' and dispatched two [[Man O' War|Men O' War]] to sink the Union's flagship.<ref name="EP 115" /> However, their efforts proved futile, and the ''Fenghunag'' continued its voyage towards the mainland. Baffled by his own men's incompetence and inability to stop the advance of a single pirate ship, the admiral decided to take matters into his own hands and prepared to ram the ''Fenghuang'' with his flagship.<ref name="EP 116">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 116|Episode 116]]</ref>

However, before it could engage the ''Fenghuang'', the flagship was boarded by Shimazu Saito and a group of Japanese pirates, who began killing the crew. The Templar admiral ordered his men to form a firing line to halt the enemy's advance, but Saito loosed an [[arrow]] that narrowly missed the admiral's head and hit a rope holding a weight. This caused the rope to snap back and trip the British sailors, breaking the firing line.<ref name="EP 116" />

After the pirates shot the ship's helm with their ''{{Wiki|ōdzutsu}}'', destroying it, they returned to the ''Fenghuang''. Meanwhile, one of the surviving sailors informed the admiral that, without their helm, they had lost control of the vessel, which was now veering off course. With their ship adrift, the admiral and his men were left stranded at sea and were thus powerless to prevent the ''Fenghuang'' from resuming its voyage towards Indochina.<ref name="EP 116" />

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|Give them a taste of British lead and steel. For Queen and country!|The admiral giving order to his men, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 116}}
[[File:ACFT - Saito chasing John.png|thumb|190px|left|The admiral cowering in fear]]
The Templar admiral was a patriotic man who took great pride in his position within the Royal Navy, which he regarded as the greatest maritime power in the world.<ref name="EP 116" /> He was also honored to serve the Templar Order and the interests of Grand Master Alan Jacob, and sought to ensure that the Templars' "[[New World Order|grand cause]]" was achieved by any means necessary.<ref name="EP 115" />

However, the admiral's patriotism and unwavering loyalty to the Templar cause often manifested in the form of extreme arrogance. He refused to allow the Zhang Wei Union, whom he regarded as little more than a band of pirates, to interfere with the Templars' mission, and was baffled when the Union prevailed over his fleet time and time again.<ref name="EP 108" /><ref name="EP 115" /><ref name="EP 116" /> Because he constantly underestimated his adversaries, the admiral failed to realize that his own incompetence and lack of tactical prowess were to blame for his defeats as much as his crew's ineptitude.<ref name="EP 116" /> Even when warned by John Young about the Union trying to bait him into a trap, the admiral ignored him, refusing to acknowledge any scenario where his enemies could outsmart him.<ref name="EP 108" />

==Behind the scenes==
The unnamed Templar admiral is a character introduced in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''. His exact rank in the Royal Navy is slightly ambiguous, as his subordinates address him as "Captain", but his command over an entire fleet suggests that he held the position of Admiral instead.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACFT - Templar admiral closeup.png|Close-up of the admiral
ACFT - Templar admiral talking to John.png|The admiral talking to John Young
ACFT - Firing line.png|The admiral ordering his men to form a firing line
ACFT - Arrow missing the Templar admiral.png|An arrow narrowly missing the admiral's head
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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