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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki~~\|Heterochromia iridum~~\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>		*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>
	*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].		*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].
	*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end less than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.		*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end less than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.

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	[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 13.png\|thumb\|250px\|De Molay cursing King Philip in his final moments]]		[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 13.png\|thumb\|250px\|De Molay cursing King Philip in his final moments]]
	On 18 March 1314, de Molay allowed himself to be burned at the stake alongside Geoffroi de Charney. As he burned to death, he cursed Philip to the "thirteenth generation of [his] blood".<ref name="TheTragedy"/> By allowing himself to be executed, de Molay saved the lives of his remaining brethren and made their enemies believe that the Order had died along with him.<ref name="ACR"/>~~{{-}}~~		On 18 March 1314, de Molay allowed himself to be burned at the stake alongside Geoffroi de Charney. As he burned to death, he cursed Philip to the "thirteenth generation of [his] blood".<ref name="TheTragedy"/> By allowing himself to be executed, de Molay saved the lives of his remaining brethren and made their enemies believe that the Order had died along with him.<ref name="ACR"/>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==

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	ACM Jacques de Molay.jpg\|''~~[[Assassin's Creed:~~ Memories]]'' art of de Molay		ACM Jacques de Molay.jpg\|''Memories'' art of de Molay
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
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	*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki\|Heterochromia iridum\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>		*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki\|Heterochromia iridum\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>
	*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].		*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].
	*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.		*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end less than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.
	*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{Fact\|9 June 2021}}</ref>		*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{Fact\|9 June 2021}}</ref>
	*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.		*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.

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	\|birth=1244<br>{{Wiki\|Molay, Haute-Saône\|Molay}}, {{Wiki\|County of Burgundy}}, [[Holy Roman Empire]]		\|birth=1244<br>{{Wiki\|Molay, Haute-Saône\|Molay}}, {{Wiki\|County of Burgundy}}, [[Holy Roman Empire]]
	\|death=18 March 1314 {{c\|aged c. 70}}<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]		\|death=18 March 1314 {{C\|aged c. 70}}<br>[[Paris]], [[France\|Kingdom of France]]
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	'''Jacques Bernard de Molay''' (1244 – 1314) was the 23rd and last [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], and a [[Sage]]. As a consequence of his deliberate sacrifice during the [[Persecution of the Templars\|disbandment of the Knights Templar]], the Order was forced into hiding in order to survive.		'''Jacques Bernard de Molay''' (1244 – 1314) was the 23rd and last [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], and a [[Sage]]. As a consequence of his deliberate sacrifice during the [[Persecution of the Templars\|disbandment of the Knights Templar]], the Order was forced into hiding in order to survive.
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Jacques de Molay was born a Sage in 1244 in {{Wiki\|Molay, Haute-Saône\|Molay}} in the {{~~wiki~~\|County of Burgundy\|Free County of Burgundy}}. In 1265, de Molay was [[Initiation into the Templar Order\|inducted]] into the Templar Order in {{Wiki\|Beaune}}. After the {{Wiki\|Siege of Acre (1291)\|fall}} of [[Acre]], the Order met in [[Cyprus]] in September 1291. On 20 April 1292, de Molay was elected Grand Master, leading the Templars to the height of their power.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Around this time, he possessed the original [[Shroud of Eden 1\|Shroud of Eden]], which later wound up in the hands of a fellow French Templar, [[Geoffroy de Charny]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>		Jacques de Molay was born a Sage in 1244 in {{Wiki\|Molay, Haute-Saône\|Molay}} in the {{Wiki\|County of Burgundy\|Free County of Burgundy}}. In 1265, de Molay was [[Initiation into the Templar Order\|inducted]] into the Templar Order in {{Wiki\|Beaune}}. After the {{Wiki\|Siege of Acre (1291)\|fall}} of [[Acre]], the Order met in [[Cyprus]] in September 1291. On 20 April 1292, de Molay was elected Grand Master, leading the Templars to the height of their power.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Around this time, he possessed the original [[Shroud of Eden 1\|Shroud of Eden]], which later wound up in the hands of a fellow French Templar, [[Geoffroy de Charny]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>

	In 1305, [[Papacy\|Pope]] [[Clement V]] asked the leaders of various military orders in Europe for their opinions on a {{Wiki\|Crusade of the Poor\|new crusade}} and the merging of three main knightly orders of the [[Knights Hospitalier]]. While de Molay opposed the merge, King [[Philip IV of France]] favored it, specifically wishing to merge the orders into a force under his command.<ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: Jacques de Molay</ref>		In 1305, [[Papacy\|Pope]] [[Clement V]] asked the leaders of various military orders in Europe for their opinions on a {{Wiki\|Crusade of the Poor\|new crusade}} and the merging of three main knightly orders of the [[Knights Hospitalier]]. While de Molay opposed the merge, King [[Philip IV of France]] favored it, specifically wishing to merge the orders into a force under his command.<ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: Jacques de Molay</ref>
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	{{Quote\|The Assassins are far older than Masyaf, my friend. Their anarchic delusions are virulent as the plague, and less easily eradicated. We will not prevail this night. But if you make haste, we may yet save our Order.\|De Molay to his advisor, 1307.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay}}		{{Quote\|The Assassins are far older than Masyaf, my friend. Their anarchic delusions are virulent as the plague, and less easily eradicated. We will not prevail this night. But if you make haste, we may yet save our Order.\|De Molay to his advisor, 1307.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay}}
	On 13 October 1307, Templars across France were arrested in a series of coordinated [[~~raid~~]]s. Led by [[Esquieu de Floyrac]] and the [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]], Assassins disguised as [[Belgium\|Flemish]] [[Mercenary\|mercenaries]] also attacked the Templar headquarters at the [[Temple, Paris\|Temple]]. As the attack commenced, de Molay spoke with his [[Jacques de Molay's advisor\|advisor]] and deduced that the Assassins were responsible.<ref name="TheTragedy">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref>		On 13 October 1307, Templars across France were arrested in a series of coordinated [[Persecution of the Templars\|raids]]. Led by [[Esquieu de Floyrac]] and the [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]], Assassins disguised as [[Belgium\|Flemish]] [[Mercenary\|mercenaries]] also attacked the Templar headquarters at the [[Temple, Paris\|Temple]]. As the attack commenced, de Molay spoke with his [[Jacques de Molay's advisor\|advisor]] and deduced that the Assassins were responsible.<ref name="TheTragedy">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref>

	[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 12.png\|thumb\|250px~~\|left~~\|King Philip's men arresting de Molay]]		[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 12.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|King Philip's men arresting de Molay]]
	The advisor expressed his belief that the Brotherhood had collapsed following the [[fall of Masyaf]] to the [[Mongol Empire]] decades earlier, but de Molay told him that the Assassins had not been destroyed, only driven to the shadows. Subsequently instructing the advisor to hide his Codex and the Templars' [[Swords of Eden\|Sword of Eden]], de Molay led his men into battle. While the advisor successfully hid the Codex and Sword, de Carneillon assassinated him before the man could rescue the Grand Master from being captured.<ref name="TheTragedy" />		The advisor expressed his belief that the Brotherhood had collapsed following the [[fall of Masyaf]] to the [[Mongol Empire]] decades earlier, but de Molay told him that the Assassins had not been destroyed, only driven to the shadows. Subsequently instructing the advisor to hide his Codex and the Templars' [[Swords of Eden\|Sword of Eden]], de Molay led his men into battle. While the advisor successfully hid the Codex and Sword, de Carneillon assassinated him before the man could rescue the Grand Master from being captured.<ref name="TheTragedy" />

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	Following the Templars' arrest, de Nogaret levelled charges against them, including heresy, blasphemy, and the worship of a deity known as [[Father of Understanding\|Baphomet]]. During his imprisonment, de Molay was tortured by de Nogaret, [[Philippe de Marigny]], and [[William of Paris]], and was forced to confess to these charges. As their Grand Master, de Molay understood that the Templars could no longer survive in a public image and decided to make the ultimate sacrifice. Before his death, he sent nine of his most trusted men—each of whom possessed vital knowledge of the Templars, the Isu, and the Assassins—out into the [[Earth\|world]] to continue the [[New World Order\|Templars' work]] in secret.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files]]: "File.0.06\Hst_VoxInExcelso"</ref>		Following the Templars' arrest, de Nogaret levelled charges against them, including heresy, blasphemy, and the worship of a deity known as [[Father of Understanding\|Baphomet]]. During his imprisonment, de Molay was tortured by de Nogaret, [[Philippe de Marigny]], and [[William of Paris]], and was forced to confess to these charges. As their Grand Master, de Molay understood that the Templars could no longer survive in a public image and decided to make the ultimate sacrifice. Before his death, he sent nine of his most trusted men—each of whom possessed vital knowledge of the Templars, the Isu, and the Assassins—out into the [[Earth\|world]] to continue the [[New World Order\|Templars' work]] in secret.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files]]: "File.0.06\Hst_VoxInExcelso"</ref>

	[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 13.png\|thumb~~\|right~~\|250px\|De Molay cursing King Philip in his final moments]]		[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 13.png\|thumb\|250px\|De Molay cursing King Philip in his final moments]]
	On 18 March 1314, de Molay allowed himself to be burned at the stake alongside Geoffroi de Charney. As he burned to death, he cursed Philip to the "thirteenth generation of [his] blood".<ref name="TheTragedy"/> By allowing himself to be executed, de Molay saved the lives of his remaining brethren and made their enemies believe that the Order had died along with him.<ref name="ACR"/>		On 18 March 1314, de Molay allowed himself to be burned at the stake alongside Geoffroi de Charney. As he burned to death, he cursed Philip to the "thirteenth generation of [his] blood".<ref name="TheTragedy"/> By allowing himself to be executed, de Molay saved the lives of his remaining brethren and made their enemies believe that the Order had died along with him.<ref name="ACR"/>{{-}}
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	*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].		*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].
	*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.		*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.
	*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{~~Cite~~\|9 June 2021}}</ref>		*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{Fact\|9 June 2021}}</ref>
	*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.		*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.

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	*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki\|Heterochromia iridum\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>		*Contrary to other known Sages, Jacques de Molay did not appear to be affected with {{Wiki\|Heterochromia iridum\|heterochromia}}, though this was an oversight by the development team.<ref name="McDevitt">{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/538398632706584576\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@Assassins_M Probably just an oversight. (See what I did there?) At one point there was a "DeMolay Relic" collectible planned but... alas.\|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>
	*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].		*One of de Molay's real-life portraits showed his cape having a black cross though this was actually the symbol of the [[Knights Teutonic\|Teutonic Order]].
	*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.		*According to some myths, de Molay cursed both Philip IV and Clement V. The former died when he suffered a stroke while hunting, with his family's, the {{Wiki\|House of Capet}}, rule over France coming to an end less than 30 years later, while Clement succumbed to a longtime illness the same year that de Molay was executed.
	*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{Fact\|9 June 2021}}</ref>		*[[Alan Rikkin]] was of the opinion that de Molay's view of the Templars' role was idealistic and misguided, seeing his failure as proof that the Order was meant to follow a different path in the 21st century.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – {{Fact\|9 June 2021}}</ref>
	*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.		*Jacques de Molay, along with [[Robert de Sablé]] and [[Armand Bouchart]], is one of the only three characters in the games that historically were Templars.