Editing Assassin-Templar War

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The '''Assassin–Templar War''' is an ideological, sometime military, conflict between the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] and the [[Templars|Templar Order]], that has spanned across the entirety of known [[Humans|human]] history. The two factions often took part in, or even precipitated, military conflict between nations to further their own agendas within their war, largely in the shadows of conventional politics.

==History==
===Mythical origins===
The origin of the conflict is believed to stem from the killing of [[Abel]] by his brother [[Cain]], to obtain his brother's [[Apples of Eden|Apple]] of [[Eden]]. However, more plausible explanations for the start of the war can be found in the aftermath of the [[Human-Isu War]].<ref name="AC2" /> 

During [[Isu Era]], the [[Isu Authority in Eden]] launched the [[Project Anthropos]], whose aim to create the human race as a docile [[slavery|slave]] workforce. The [[Isu]] [[Phanes]] was the first in succeeding to create humans, but as they weren't subservient, the Isu used Apples of Eden and implanted [[neurotransmitter]]s into human brains to control them. However, Phanes fell in love with a female human, removing her neurotransmitter, and fled with her to [[Atlantis]]. Together, they had a daughter, [[Eve]], the first of the [[hybrid]]s, a subspecies of humans immune to [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]] and having access to the [[Eagle Vision|Sixth sense]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]''</ref>

Some Isu interbred with humans, leading to a generation of hybrids. Other Isu, like [[Juno]] and [[Aita]], feared that the human could be the doom of their civilization. In 75 010 BCE, with the hybrid [[Adam]], Eve stole an Apple of Eden and led a war against the Isu.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' — [[The Truth]]</ref> Ten years later, the war ended with the [[Great Catastrophe]], destroying [[Earth]] and leaving only few survivors. Isu, hybrids and humans worked together to rebuild the world. The hybrids and humans perpetuated while the last living Isu disappeared on Earth. <ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' — [[The Message]]</ref>

Some data linked the hybrids as the ancestors of the Assassin Brotherhood, due to their capacity to resist Pieces of Eden and their Eagle Vision.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' — [[Glyphs]]</ref>

===Classical antiquity===
Circa 1334 BCE, the Pharaoh of [[Egypt]] [[Smenkhkare]] founded the [[Order of the Ancients]], a group dedicated to imposing order and peace on society, as they saw humans as inherently predisposed to chaos and violence. As the Order tried to emulate the Isu civilization, who were seen as gods from different pantheons, the Pieces of Eden were a key part of their [[New World Order]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' — [[Database: The Order of the Ancients]]</ref> The Ancients saw the hybrids as a heresy and a source of chaos, referencing them as [[Tainted One]]s, and tried to eliminate them.<ref name="Shadow of a Legend">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' — [[Shadow of a Legend]]</ref>

For decades, the Order of Ancients had a firm grip on the [[Achaemenid Empire]], influencing its kings. In 464 BCE, a [[Artabanus' group|group]] composed of [[Darius|Artabanus]], [[Amorges]] and [[Pactyas (Ancients)|Pactyas]] planned to assassinate the king [[Xerxes I of Persia]] to protect [[Iran|Persia]] from the Order.<ref name="Protector of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' — [[Protector of Persia]]</ref> Feigning a massive attack, Artabanus stealthly approached Xerxes and assassinated the king with a weapon of his creation, the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="Shadow of a Legend"/>

As Xerxes' son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes]] became the new king, Artabanus feared that the Order manipulated him and decided to assassinate him. Amorges and Pactyas were against his plan and joined the Ancients to impeach this. Amorges prevented his former friend to kill the king. Artabanus fled with his family as he was tracked by the Order. This led to the deaths of his wife and children. With his last son [[Natakas]], Artabanus hid for many years, taking the name of Darius.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>

In 429 BCE, Pactyas led the [[Order of Hunters]] in [[Makedonia]] to kill the [[Mercenary|misthios]] [[Kassandra]] of [[Sparta]], a descendant of the hybrids through her father [[Pythagoras]] and her grandfather [[Leonidas I of Sparta]]. Burning the village of [[Potidaia]] to attract her attention, the Order was confronted by Kassandra but also Darius and his son who were hiding in the region.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' — [[The Horsemen Cometh]]</ref> The three joined their forces and eliminated the Order of Hunters, killing Pactyas. After that Darius and Natakas left Makedonia.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>

Later, the [[Order of the Storm]] led by the hybrid [[Phila]] located Darius and Natakas in [[Achaia]] and organized a blockade. Kassandra helped them once again, destroying the fleet of the Storm and killing Phila.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage]]'' — [[Leviathan's Maw]]</ref> Together, they decided to live in the village of [[Dyme]]. Natakas and Kassandra had a son [[Elpidios]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage]]'' — [[Home]]</ref> As Amorges discovered that, he led an attack on Dyme, killing Natakas and abducting Elpidios.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]'' — [[A Flight in Fire]]</ref>

In [[Messenia]], the Order gave Elpidios to the Prince [[Darius II of Persia|Darius]]. Kassandra and Artabanus went into Messenia and confronted the [[Order of Dominion]]. In their assault, Darius killed Amorges who revealed the location of Elpidios but warning them that he wasn't in security with Kassandra. Recovering the child, Kassandra agreed with Darius to be separate from Elpidios to protect him. Darius went in Egypt with his grandson to investigate the Order of the Ancients while Kassandra stayed in [[Greece]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' — ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]'' — [[Legacy of the First Blade (memory)|Legacy of the First Blade]]</ref>

===Contestation of the Order===
By 333 BCE, the Order of the Ancients allied with the Macedonian king [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] and gave him a [[Scepter of Alexander the Great|Staff of Eden]] with the [[Trident of Eden]], permitting his conquest of Achaemenid Empire.<ref name="Last Descendant">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref> A secret [[Babylonia]]n [[Iltani's Order|organization]] saw Alexander as a great danger. One of its member [[Iltani]] poisoned Alexander, killing him in 323 BCE. She also tried to recover the Staff but it was buried with Alexander in his [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]] in [[Alexandria]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' — [[Database: Iltani's Story 5]]</ref>

By 221 BCE, the Order of the Ancients reached [[China]] and helped the king [[Qin Shi Huang]] to reform the first Empire of China. In 210 BCE, the individual known as [[Wei Yu]] assassinated the emperor with his spear to end his tyrannical rule.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>

===Ptolemaic Egypt===
In 70 BCE, the Ancient [[Raia]] hired the mercenary [[Bion]] to exterminate the three last bloodlines of the [[Medjay]], an elite group who protected the pharaohs and people of Ancient Egypt. After he killed the Medjay [[Emsaf]] and [[Hemon]] and their families, the last Medjay [[Sabu]] of [[Siwa]] trained his son [[Bayek]] to become a Medjay. He taught him every technic of the group, even the [[Leap of Faith]]. Bayek passed his knowledge onto his lover [[Amunet|Aya]], a descendant of Elpidios. In 56 BCE, Bion killed Sabu and kidnapped Aya, as she was pregnant of Bayek. Bayek killed Bion and Raia, protecting for a time his family from the Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Desert Oath]]''</ref>

In 51 BCE, after [[Ptolemy XII Auletes]]' death, the Order of the Ancients controlled Egypt via their puppet Pharaoh, [[Ptolemy XIII]]. Led by the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] Proconsul of [[Cyrenaica]] [[Flavius Metellus]], the Order had control on the royal court, the [[Saqqara Nome]], the [[Faiyum Oasis]] and used the [[Gabiniani]] as their military force. In 49 BCE, the Order uncovered an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]]. Metellus and four other masked Ancients went in Siwa to open the [[Siwa Vault|Isu vault]] under the [[Temple of Amun]]. They abducted Bayek and his son [[Khemu]] to force the Medjay to open the vault. As he resisted and freed himself, a fight occurred between Bayek and Metellus, resulting in the accidental death of Khemu.<ref name="The False Oracle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The False Oracle]]</ref>

After their son's death, Bayek and Aya decided to avenge him. For a year, Bayek tracked the masked men of Siwa. His first victim was [[Rudjek]], the nomarch of Saqqara.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Heron Assassination]]</ref> Returning in Siwa, Bayek discovered that the Ancient [[Medunamun]] took the control of the city as the [[Oracle of Amun]]. Bayek killed him, smashing his skull with the Apple of Eden.<ref name="The False Oracle"/> Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Aya entered in the service of the Queen [[Cleopatra]], who was fighting against her brother Ptolemy, and so the Order. Aya received from the Queen her ancestor's Hidden Blade and worked with her trusty follower, [[Apollodorus]], who had a network of informants in all Egypt. Aya killed the Ancients [[Actaeon]] and [[Ktesos]] but she was forced to hide as the [[Phylakitai]] [[Gennadios]], who worked for the Order, tracked her.<ref name="Aya">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Aya (memory)|Aya]]</ref>

Joining his wife in Alexandria, Bayek received the Hidden Blade from Aya, who tasked him to kill Gennadios and to investigate an Ancient who was at the royal court.<ref name="Aya"/> Bayek discovered that it was the Royal Scribe [[Eudoros]]. During the Scribe assassination, Bayek accidentally cut his left ring-finger with the Hidden Blade.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[End of the Snake]]</ref> Believing they killed all the Ancients responsible of Khemu's death, Cleopatra revealed to the couple the real purpose of the Order. Making Bayek Medjay of all Egypt, she tasked him to kill the Ancients in the region of the [[Nile]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Egypt's Medjay]]</ref>

During his journey, Bayek killed [[Taharqa]] who tried to rebuild the ancient city of [[Letopolis]], inspiring fear and terror on those who oppose him as the Scarab.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Scarab's Lies]]</ref> The Medjay also killed [[Khaliset]] who performed human sacrifices in the [[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb|Isu complex]] under the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] to ressucite her daughter.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Hyena (memory)|The Hyena]]</ref> Bayek stopped the plots of the priest [[Hetepi]] who poisoned the city of [[Memphis]] to create the illusion of a curse and killed him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Lizard's Face]]</ref> In the [[Faiyum]], Bayek killed the nomarch [[Berenike]] who controlled the region through violence.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Crocodile's Jaws]]</ref> On sea, Aya and the Captain [[Phoxidas]] sank a fleet of the Gabiniani<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Ambush At Sea]]</ref> and later secured an alliance between Cleopatra and the Roman Consul [[Pompey]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Pompeius Magnus]]</ref>

After their heavy loss, the Ancients planned to assassinate Cleopatra and executed Pompey in September 48 BCE. Bayek and Aya protected the Queen against [[Venator]] and killed him. As they discovered the death of Pompey, they went to Alexandria with the Queen to secure an alliance with the Roman Consul [[Gaius Julius Caesar]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Way of the Gabiniani]]</ref> On the sea, they were attacked by Ptolemy fleet but escaped during the battle. In the [[Ptolemaic Royal Palace]], Cleopatra became Caesar's lover, rallying him to their cause. In February 47 BCE, Aya and Bayek opened the sealed tomb of Alexander the Great for Cleopatra and Caesar. The Ancients took the Staff of Eden in Alexander's sarcophagus. Later, the Ancients with Ptolemy army [[Siege of Alexandria|besieged Alexandria]]. Bayek and Aya helped the Romans and fought during the [[Battle of the Nile]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref> Bayek confronted the Ancient and regent [[Pothinus]] on his [[Elephant]] and killed him. Aya was tasked by Cleopatra to kill her brother, but she stopped her mission when she saw a crocodile attacked the pharaoh's boat, drowning him. As Bayek defeated the Ancient and Gabiniani leader [[Lucius Septimius]] in a duel, he was stopped by Caesar on the advice of Metellus, who secured an alliance between the Order, Caesar, and Cleopatra, giving them for a time the Staff of Eden. Bayek and Aya were dismissed by the two leaders.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref>

Furious of their misjudgment, the couple met the allies they made on their journey: Phoxidas, Aya's cousin and poet [[Phanos the Younger]], the High-Priest [[Pasherenptah]] and the huntress [[Tahira]]. Together they decided to form a brotherhood to fight the influence of the Ancients. As Apollodorus protected the Apple of Eden, the Ancients killed him and took the artifact.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Aftermath]]</ref> With the Staff and the Apple, Metellus and Septimius went in Siwa, attacking the villagers and opening the vault. This activated the powers of the Apple that Metellus kept while Septimius secreted the Staff to the Order. Following the Ancients, Bayek decided to go to [[Cyrene]] to confront Metellus while Aya went to Alexandria to track Septimius. In the [[Temple of Mars]], Bayek fought Metellus who used the powers of the Apple, but he succeeded to kill the Ancient and took the artifact.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>

In Alexandria, Aya met the Roman senators [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]] and allied with them to fight the Order in [[Rome]] as Septimius and Caesar went there. When Bayek hid the Apple of Eden in the [[The Den|den]] under the [[Library of Alexandria]], he discussed with his wife trying to convince her to stay in Egypt. Understanding that their cause was more valuable than their love, they broke up and officially formed the [[Hidden Ones]], dedicated to killing the tyrants of the world to protect human liberty.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref>

===Assassination of Caesar===
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In 46 BCE, Aya and Phoxidas were attacked by a fleet of the Ancients but were helped by the fleet of Brutus and Longinus. Arriving in Rome, the three Hidden Ones rallied other senators in their ranks. As Caesar became the dictator of the Roman Republic and the leader of the Ancients, they planned to [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassinate him]]. On 15 March 44 BCE, Aya killed Septimius in a fight  and gave the first stab at Caesar before being followed by the other senators and Brutus gave the final blow. Three days later, Aya warned Cleopatra to leave Rome and to become a good Queen for Egypt, or otherway she will kill her. Cleopatra followed her warning and dissociated with the Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — [[Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another]]</ref>

After Caesar's death, the Order was led by his adopted son [[Augustus|Octavianus]]. Allying with [[Marcus Antonius]], he tracked the Hidden Ones responsible of Caesar's death, especially Brutus and Longinus. This led on 3 October 42 BCE to the [[Battle of Philippi]], where Augustus and Antonius defeated the troops of Brutus and Longinus, who committed suicide.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' — [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>

===Confrontation in Sinai===
By 38 BCE, the Order of the Ancients led by the Roman General [[Gaius Julius Rufio]] took control of the region of [[Sinai]], pillaging the monuments, temples and inspiring fear in the population. Tahira installed a [[Hidden Ones Klysma bureau|bureau]] in [[Klysma Nome]] and helped the Nabatean revolt led by [[Gamilat]] against the Romans. After the Order killed two Hidden Ones, Bayek, then [[Mentor]], arrived in Sinai and helped the bureau and the Nabateans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Land of Turquoise]]</ref>
Bayek assassinated the Ancients [[Tacito]], who executed the population,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[Where the Slaves Die]]</ref> [[Ampelius]], who blocked the economic roads,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Walls of the Ruler]]</ref> and [[Ptahmose]], who organized the pillaging of the temples.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Setting Sun]]</ref> After this, the Order burnt the bureau and captured the Hidden Ones. Bayek was saved from crucifixion by Aya, who renamed herself Amunet. Together they liberated the other Hidden Ones but Tahira died due to her burnings.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[No Chains Too Thick]]</ref> Bayek and Amunet led an attack on the Roman soldiers to reach their fleet. Bayek infiltrated Rufio ship and killed him, liberating the Sinai from the Order for a time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' — ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[Sic Semper Tyrannis]]</ref>

===Activities in Roman Empire===
In 30 BCE, Octavianus was the ''de facto'' leader of the Roman Republic and led a military campaign against Antonius and Cleopatra. The leader of the Ancients wanted to capture the Queen and kill [[Caesarion]], the son she had with Caesar. Amunet infiltrated the palace and gave to her former ally poison to commit suicide and promised to protect her son, inducting Caesarion as a Hidden Ones. The Queen accepted her fate, ruining the plan of Octavius.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)]]''</ref>

By 41 CE, decades after Octavianius founded [[Roman Empire]], the Order of the Ancients influenced the emperor [[Caligula]], who was a bloodthirsty tyrant. The Hidden Ones [[Leonius]] and other members stabbed the emperor to death, liberating for a time the Empire from the influence of the Ancients.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>

===Viking Age===
In 975 CE, the Scandinavian iteration of the Hidden Ones poisoned the harsh King of [[Sweden|Svealand]] [[Olof Björnsson]]. Their Mentor [[Torgny the Lawspeaker]] elected on the throne Olof's brother, [[Eric the Victorious]], instead of Olof's son [[Styrbjörn the Strong]], who was too much like his father. Taking refuge in the Kingdom of [[Denmark]], Styrbjörn allied with the King [[Harald Bluetooth]] who was a member of the Order of the Ancients. Understanding that Styrbjörn was a descendant of the hybrids, Harald gave him the prong of Devotion to lead his army against his uncle.<ref name="Fate of the Gods">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''</ref>

Styrbjörn defeated [[Palnatoke]], the founder of the [[Jomsvikings]], taking the control of the faction with their former leader as his second-in-command. Circa 984 CE, the armies of Styrbjörn and Eric fought at the Battle of Fýrisvellir. The Hidden Ones [[Thorvald Hjaltason]] killed Palnatoke and recovered the prong of Devotion after Styrblörn died during the battle. To protect the artifact, Thorvald gave it to the farmer and warrior [[Östen Jorundsson]] who hid it near his house.<ref name="Fate of the Gods"/>

===Futher conflicts ===
It was rare for the conflict to ever become particularly conspicuous, although there were occasions, such as the [[Third Crusade]], where the Assassins and Templars openly fought alongside those they were manipulating.<ref name="AC" /> Another example was during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], where many Assassins attempted to apprehend the [[Sage]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]] from a Templar convoy, ending in a giant battle in the streets of [[Havana]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

By the 20th century, the conflict had largely removed itself from the public view, with the Templars operating principally through their front companies, like [[Abstergo Industries]] and the [[Abstergo Foundation Rehabilitation Center]], while the Assassins struggled to survive on the fringes of society, living in secluded communes.<ref name="AC" />

The length and devastation of the war had a significant effect on the plans of the [[Capitoline Triad]] to avert the [[Second Disaster]]. In the [[Grand Temple]] in 2012, Juno commented to [[Desmond Miles]] that the two factions had wasted centuries by squabbling over Isu artifacts; time which could have been spent on locating the Temple and continuing the work meant to save the world from the solar flare.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

==Alliances ==
===Assassins and Templars===
Historically, the Assassins and Templars were not above working when confronted with a common obstacle or purpose. An early example of such an alliance involved the [[Levantine Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the [[England|English]] Templar [[Maria Thorpe]], who worked together to bring down [[Armand Bouchart]], although their motives were initially vastly different.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>

During a [[Maroon rebellion]] in [[Port-au-Prince]], the Assassin [[Adéwalé]] was led to helping the [[brothel]] owner and Templar ally [[Bastienne Josèphe]] defeat the murderous and merciless [[Pierre, Marquis de Fayet|Marquis de Fayet]], an infamous slave trader that had ordered a French ship to destroy an approaching [[slave ship]] during the rebellion. Following de Fayet's death, Adéwalé left Port-au-Prince, but relinquised [[Precursor boxes|Precursor box]] that Bastienne sought into her care.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - [[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> Sometime later the two met once more and had a son. Their grandson, [[Eseosa]], became an influential part of the final Maroon rebellion, the [[Haitian Revolution]] and later joined forces with the Colonial Assassin, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - [[Eseosa's Codex]]</ref>

Another notable alliance occurred during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When [[Benjamin Church]] turned on the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templars]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] pursued him with the help of his son, the Assassin Connor, whose aim was to recover the supplies stolen by Church, meant for [[George Washington]]'s forces stationed at [[Valley Forge]]. After Church's death, the pair continued to work together, in order to allow the colonies to gain independence from the British Empire. However, when Haytham revealed Washington's intent to attack Connor's village of [[Kanatahséton]] for a second time, the Assassin severed ties with both of them.<ref name="AC3" />

During the [[French Revolution]], the Assassin [[Arno Dorian]] and his adoptive Templar sister [[Élise de la Serre]] hunted Grand Master [[François-Thomas Germain]], heir to [[François de la Serre]], whom he replaced after his predecessors' assassination during the former's ''coup d'etat''. François de la Serre had sought to maintain a truce between the Templars and Assassins, which was one of the reasons for his death. Such truces, however, were short-lived, since the leaders that succeeded those who brokered them, rarely honored the truce. [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassins]], was poisoned by [[Pierre Bellec]], who held a fanatical belief that peace between the two factions was impossible.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

In 1868, the Assassin [[Jacob Frye]] temporarily aligned himself with the Templar [[Pearl Attaway]], against [[Malcolm Millner]] and her cousin [[Crawford Starrick]], Grand Master of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]. Jacob was unaware of Pearl's true allegiance however, and immediately resolved to assassinate her upon his discovery.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In 2016, Templar Victoria Bibeau and Assassin Griffin agreed to a ceasefire so they could stop Templar turncoat [[Isaiah]] from acquiring the third prong.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref>

===Other factions ===
Besides working with Templar defectors, the Assassins also caught the attention of other organizations. During the Renaissance period, [[Mario Auditore]] led a band of [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] during various assignments for the benefit of the Brotherhood, such as the attack on [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] in [[San Gimignano]].<ref name="AC2" />

In [[Venice]], and later [[Rome]], [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] led a company of mercenaries allied with the Assassins. Several [[brothels]] in Italy were led by Assassins, including [[Paola]], [[Teodora Contanto]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]], operating in [[Florence]], Venice and Rome, respectively. Some of the [[Thief|thieves]] groups were led by Assassins, such as [[La Volpe]] and [[Antonio de Magianis]]. However others, such as the [[Cento Occhi]] in Rome, opted to stand with the Templars.<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> Centuries later, some of the [[Piracy|pirates]] of [[Nassau]], such as [[Benjamin Hornigold]], [[Josiah Burgess]], and [[John Cockram]] also sided with the Templars.<ref name="AC4" /> Another pirate, known as [[Le Chasseur]], helped the Colonial Brotherhood during the Seven Years' War, but was killed by the Assassin-turned-Templar [[Shay Cormac]] before he could be inducted into the Assassin Order as a member.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

In modern times, other organizations have taken notice of the conflict between the Assassins and Templars, such as the [[Initiates]], a group of unidentified individuals with vast resources and connections, who eventually allied themselves with the Brotherhood. The hacker collective, [[Erudito]], worked to uncover Abstergo Industries' plots to control humanity; one of their notable activities was hacking the ''[[Liberation]]'' video game developed by [[Abstergo Entertainment]] using edited versions of [[Aveline de Grandpré]]'s genetic memories. While Abstergo planned to omit all references to the Templars and discredit the Assassins, the Erudito hacks allowed the user to see the original footage and learn the truth.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

The Templars also came into contact with the [[Instruments of the First Will]], a group who wish to grant control over humanity to Juno, who was now freed from her imprisonment in the Grand Temple following Desmond Miles' sacrifice in 2012. The [[Master Templar]] [[Juhani Otso Berg]] suggested using the Instruments to acquire Pieces of Eden, while the other group siphons Templar resources to achieve their own plan. However, the Templars do not consider the Instruments of the First Will to be a threat, and do not prioritize eliminating Juno, either.<ref name="ACRG" /><ref name="ACU" />

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