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	In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #4]]</ref>		In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #4]]</ref>

	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #5]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

	As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #9]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>		As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #9]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>

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	===Modern times===		===Modern times===
	In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #04]]</ref>		In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #4]]</ref>

	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

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	In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #02]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #04]]</ref>		In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #04]]</ref>

	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

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	===Modern times===		===Modern times===
	In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #01]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #02]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #04]]</ref>		In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #02]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #04]]</ref>

	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

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	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

	As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #09]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>		As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #9]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>

	==Known members==		==Known members==

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	The '''Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order''', also known as '''The Nine''',<ref name="ACT Vol1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross\|Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> is a council consisting of nine of the best and brightest members of the [[Modern times\|modern-day]] [[Templars\|Templar Order]]. Alongside the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians (Templars)\|Guardians]], and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]], it forms the central governing body of the entire Templar Order, holding authority over the [[Templar Rite\|Outer Temple]]. During the modern era, its members typically hold key positions in [[Abstergo Industries]], the Templars' front company, heading different branches of the organization.<ref name="ACEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5</ref>		The '''Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order''', also known as '''The Nine''',<ref name="ACT Vol1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars – Volume 1: Black Cross\|Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> is a council consisting of nine of the best and brightest members of the [[Modern times\|modern-day]] [[Templars\|Templar Order]]. Alongside the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians (Templars)\|Guardians]], and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]], it forms the central governing body of the entire Templar Order, holding authority over the [[Templar Rite\|Outer Temple]]. During the modern era, its members typically hold key positions in [[Abstergo Industries]], the Templars' front company, heading different branches of the organization.<ref name="ACEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5</ref>

	==Structure==		==Structure==

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{Mdat}}
			**''[[Featured Events]]'' {{Mo}}
	**''[[Story Drops]]'' {{Mo}}		**''[[Story Drops]]'' {{Mo}}
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	~~[pt-br:Inner Sanctum da Ordem dos Templários]~~
	~~[ru:Внутреннее Святилище]~~
	~~[zh:圣殿骑士组织内殿团]-->~~
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	[[Category:Abstergo Industries]]		[[Category:Abstergo Industries]]
	[[Category:Templar ranks]]		[[Category:Templar ranks]]

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	[zh:圣殿骑士组织内殿团]		[zh:圣殿骑士组织内殿团]-->
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	In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #4]]</ref>		In 1927, after the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] executed the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]]'s Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] for his corruption, the Inner Sanctum sent him to [[Shanghai]], [[China]], to assist the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order\|local Rite]],<ref name="ACT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1\|Issue #1]]</ref> which was struggling to maintain order in the country amidst the [[Warlord Era\|constant conflicts]] between warlords and gangsters.<ref name="ACT 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 2\|Issue #2]]</ref> The Sanctum also ordered Gift's son [[Darius Gift\|Darius]] to deliver a box to the Shanghai Rite, with strict instructions to never open it, as a way of redeeming his family's name.<ref name="ACT 1"/> The package's contents were the severed finger of Darius' father and his [[Templar ring]], which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order.<ref name="ACT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4\|Issue #4]]</ref>

	However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #05]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>		However, due to the machinations of [[Soong Ching-ling]], the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], the package never reached Chiang, who ultimately double-crossed the Templars and revealed he had no intention of joining them, having only used them to increase his own power.<ref name="ACT 4"/> Meanwhile, after Darius discovered that the Black Cross had killed his father, he shot Bolden, who fell off a rooftop to his apparent death.<ref name="ACT 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5\|Issue #5]]</ref> Suspecting the Black Cross might still be alive, the Inner Sanctum later tasked the Templar [[Rufus Grosvenor]] to find and bring him back to the Order, unaware that Grosvenor was a turncoat following his own [[Instruments of the First Will\|agenda]].<ref name="ACUp 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 7\|Issue #07]]</ref>

	As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #9]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>		As Bolden never reported back after his disappearance in 1927, the Inner Sanctum did not appoint a new Black Cross for nearly a century, and the position gradually fell into obscurity. It was not until 2016 that the [[Master Templar]] and Inner Sanctum member [[Juhani Otso Berg]], recognizing the growing threat of a fifth column that had infiltrated the Order, saw the necessity to revive the rank and assumed the mantle.<ref name="ACT 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 9\|Issue #9]]</ref> This marked the first time a Sanctum member became the Black Cross, though because of his investigation, Berg chose to keep his double role secret. He went so far as to have [[André Bolden]] pose as the Black Cross during a Sanctum meeting in March 2017, in order to draw suspicion away from himself.<ref name="ACUp 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2\|Issue #02]]</ref>