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	In May 1794, Robespierre founded the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]], a deist religion in which the Supreme Being was meant to represent the patriotic spirit of nature, and was described as being capable of uniting people with "pure and feeling hearts".<ref name=":2">''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#God by any other name\|God by any other name]]</ref> The themes of civic duty were supposedly a loose interpretation of Templar doctrine,<ref name=":3">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Supreme Being]]</ref> and the Cult was meant to counter the influence of the atheistic [[Cult of Reason]], its ultimate purpose being to eliminate political dissenters.<ref name="AE"/> Due to the {{Wiki\|Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution\|dechristianization}} that had taken place during the revolution, Robespierre was able to use the new religion to promote himself and the Jacobins.<ref name=":0" /> The Cult was made the official religion of France and festivals were set to be held across the country on 8 June. Robespierre nominated himself the president of the Festival of the Supreme Being in Paris.<ref name=":4">''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#The Festival of the Supreme Being\|The Festival of the Supreme Being]]</ref><ref name=":2" />		In May 1794, Robespierre founded the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]], a deist religion in which the Supreme Being was meant to represent the patriotic spirit of nature, and was described as being capable of uniting people with "pure and feeling hearts".<ref name=":2">''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#God by any other name\|God by any other name]]</ref> The themes of civic duty were supposedly a loose interpretation of Templar doctrine,<ref name=":3">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Supreme Being]]</ref> and the Cult was meant to counter the influence of the atheistic [[Cult of Reason]], its ultimate purpose being to eliminate political dissenters.<ref name="AE"/> Due to the {{Wiki\|Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution\|dechristianization}} that had taken place during the revolution, Robespierre was able to use the new religion to promote himself and the Jacobins.<ref name=":0" /> The Cult was made the official religion of France and festivals were set to be held across the country on 8 June. Robespierre nominated himself the president of the Festival of the Supreme Being in Paris.<ref name=":4">''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#The Festival of the Supreme Being\|The Festival of the Supreme Being]]</ref><ref name=":2" />

	The event was held at the [[Champ de Mars]] and was staged by David. The artist constructed a plaster and cardboard mountain, topped with a 50-foot column bearing a statue of [[Hercules]]. A procession of girls carried fruit baskets along an avenue lined with roses below the mountain, while Robespierre lead the singing of a hymn dedicated to the Supreme Being from the mountain,<ref name="Cult">[~~http~~:/~~/assassinscreed~~.~~ubi~~.~~com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm~~:~~154-177119-16&ct=tcm~~:~~148-76770-32 ''~~Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries reinvent God~~''] – {{Cite\|27 July 2022. Content obsolete}}~~</ref> accompanied by 2400 singers. The hymn was written by the opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], brother of André Chénier.<ref name=":4" /> Marie-Joseph had written the "''Hymne à la Liberté''", which Robespierre had praised as "magnificent poetry" and renamed "''Le Chant du Départ''".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Le Chant du Départ]]</ref> This time however, Robespierre was dissatisfied with Chénier's lyrics and replaced him with {{Wiki\|Théodore Désorgues}},<ref name=":4" /> and the resulting song was named "''Hymne à l'Être Suprème''".<ref name="Cult"/> At this time, Marie-Joseph wrote a letter to Robespierre, begging that André be spared from execution, although this was to no avail. Germain also wrote to Robespierre, reminding him not to let personal ambitions overshadow his service to the Templars and their plans for the revolution.<ref name=":3" />		The event was held at the [[Champ de Mars]] and was staged by David. The artist constructed a plaster and cardboard mountain, topped with a 50-foot column bearing a statue of [[Hercules]]. A procession of girls carried fruit baskets along an avenue lined with roses below the mountain, while Robespierre lead the singing of a hymn dedicated to the Supreme Being from the mountain,<ref name="Cult">[[User_blog:Nygma_PI/Ubisoft_News_—_Assassin's_Creed:_Unity#[13.10.14]_Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being:_Revolutionaries_reinvent_God\|Ubisoft News — Assassin's Creed: Unity]]: "Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries reinvent God"</ref> accompanied by 2400 singers. The hymn was written by the opera composer {{Wiki\|François-Joseph Gossec}} and the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], brother of André Chénier.<ref name=":4" /> Marie-Joseph had written the "''Hymne à la Liberté''", which Robespierre had praised as "magnificent poetry" and renamed "''Le Chant du Départ''".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Le Chant du Départ]]</ref> This time however, Robespierre was dissatisfied with Chénier's lyrics and replaced him with {{Wiki\|fr:Théodore Désorgues\|Théodore Désorgues}},<ref name=":4" /> and the resulting song was named "''Hymne à l'Être Suprème''".<ref name="Cult"/> At this time, Marie-Joseph wrote a letter to Robespierre, begging that André be spared from execution, although this was to no avail. Germain also wrote to Robespierre, reminding him not to let personal ambitions overshadow his service to the Templars and their plans for the revolution.<ref name=":3" />

	Élise de la Serre, the daughter of the deceased Grand Master, was present at the festival along with her lover, Arno Dorian. Having learned of Robespierre's Templar affiliations, they sought to bring about his downfall, knowing that he would be weak and more likely to give up information about Germain's whereabouts. To tarnish Robespierre's already damaged image, Dorian stole lists of political enemies that the former planned to execute, including [[Jean-Lambert Tallien]], {{Wiki\|François Louis Bourdon}} and {{Wiki\|Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai}}, and distributed them among prominent people opposed to the revolutionary leader.<ref name=":3" /> As he gave a speech to the audience dressed in a "republican costume" consisting of a blue coat, tricolor sash and plumed hat,<ref name="Cult"/> Élise spiked Robespierre's drink with powdered {{Wiki\|ergot}}, causing him to experience random hallucinations and give the audience the belief that he was insane and unstable.<ref name=":3" /> After the speech, an effigy representing atheism was burned to reveal a statue representing wisdom.<ref name="Cult"/>		Élise de la Serre, the daughter of the deceased Grand Master, was present at the festival along with her lover, Arno Dorian. Having learned of Robespierre's Templar affiliations, they sought to bring about his downfall, knowing that he would be weak and more likely to give up information about Germain's whereabouts. To tarnish Robespierre's already damaged image, Dorian stole lists of political enemies that the former planned to execute, including [[Jean-Lambert Tallien]], {{Wiki\|François Louis Bourdon}} and {{Wiki\|Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai}}, and distributed them among prominent people opposed to the revolutionary leader.<ref name=":3" /> As he gave a speech to the audience dressed in a "republican costume" consisting of a blue coat, tricolor sash and plumed hat,<ref name="Cult"/> Élise spiked Robespierre's drink with powdered {{Wiki\|ergot}}, causing him to experience random hallucinations and give the audience the belief that he was insane and unstable.<ref name=":3" /> After the speech, an effigy representing atheism was burned to reveal a statue representing wisdom.<ref name="Cult"/>
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	{{Quote\|You follow us shortly, Robespierre! Your house shall be beaten down and sowed with salt!\|Danton to Robespierre on the way to the guillotine, 1794.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}Although Robespierre had grown highly powerful and even abolished [[slavery]] in France and its colonies in February 1794,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Eseosa's Codex\|Letters to the Dead]]</ref> he faced growing opposition. Danton and his allies, whom Robespierre and Saint-Just accused of excessive moderatism,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Georges Jacques Danton]]</ref> had begun opposing the Terror by early 1794, and prints were published depicting Robespierre as a Roman dictator. The Committee decided to take action against Danton, [[Camille Desmoulins]], [[Fabre d'Églantine]] and several other "indulgents" opposed to the Terror, and had them arrested and tried before the {{Wiki\|Revolutionary Tribunal}}.<ref name=":1">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Danton's Sacrifice]]</ref> Robespierre used the previous corruption of Danton and d'Églantine to his advantage. He had already accused d'Églantine of fiddling with army supplies and said of him, "Talented, but with no soul. Skilled in the art of depicting men, even more skillful in deceiving them". Danton was accused of implication in d'Églantine's previous fraudulent affairs with the {{Wiki\|French East India Company}}, and he and his allies were sentenced to death.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Fabre d'Églantine]]</ref>		{{Quote\|You follow us shortly, Robespierre! Your house shall be beaten down and sowed with salt!\|Danton to Robespierre on the way to the guillotine, 1794.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}Although Robespierre had grown highly powerful and even abolished [[slavery]] in France and its colonies in February 1794,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Eseosa's Codex\|Letters to the Dead]]</ref> he faced growing opposition. Danton and his allies, whom Robespierre and Saint-Just accused of excessive moderatism,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Georges Jacques Danton]]</ref> had begun opposing the Terror by early 1794, and prints were published depicting Robespierre as a Roman dictator. The Committee decided to take action against Danton, [[Camille Desmoulins]], [[Fabre d'Églantine]] and several other "indulgents" opposed to the Terror, and had them arrested and tried before the {{Wiki\|Revolutionary Tribunal}}.<ref name=":1">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Danton's Sacrifice]]</ref> Robespierre used the previous corruption of Danton and d'Églantine to his advantage. He had already accused d'Églantine of fiddling with army supplies and said of him, "Talented, but with no soul. Skilled in the art of depicting men, even more skillful in deceiving them". Danton was accused of implication in d'Églantine's previous fraudulent affairs with the {{Wiki\|Louis XIV's East India Company\|French East India Company}}, and he and his allies were sentenced to death.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Fabre d'Églantine]]</ref>

	Robespierre also wished to eliminate Danton's friends, however. After Hanriot recovered personal correspondence from the latter's possessions, Robespierre tauntingly showed the letters to him while he was in his cell. As Danton and his allies were driven to the guillotine on 5 April, they passed by Robespierre outside the latter's residence, where Danton said that "his house [would] be beaten down and sowed with salt". Although Danton and his supporters were guillotined, Dorian and a group of Assassins were able to rescue Danton's friends and also recovered the letters from Robespierre's house. At the same time, Robespierre had retired to his rooms, and his guards noted that he seemed tired and ill, possibly showing regret at having executed his old friend. He had also scattered the letters across the house. Even though Robespierre had eliminated one of his key opponents with the execution of Danton, his own popularity suffered greatly as a result.<ref name=":1" />		Robespierre also wished to eliminate Danton's friends, however. After Hanriot recovered personal correspondence from the latter's possessions, Robespierre tauntingly showed the letters to him while he was in his cell. As Danton and his allies were driven to the guillotine on 5 April, they passed by Robespierre outside the latter's residence, where Danton said that "his house [would] be beaten down and sowed with salt". Although Danton and his supporters were guillotined, Dorian and a group of Assassins were able to rescue Danton's friends and also recovered the letters from Robespierre's house. At the same time, Robespierre had retired to his rooms, and his guards noted that he seemed tired and ill, possibly showing regret at having executed his old friend. He had also scattered the letters across the house. Even though Robespierre had eliminated one of his key opponents with the execution of Danton, his own popularity suffered greatly as a result.<ref name=":1" />

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	\| birth = 6 May 1758<br>{{Wiki\|Arras}}, [[Kingdom of France]]		\| birth = 6 May 1758<br>{{Wiki\|Arras}}, [[Kingdom of France]]
	\| death = 28 July 1794 (aged 36)<br>[[Paris]], [[First French Republic\|French Republic]]		\| death = 28 July 1794 {{c\|aged 36}}<br>[[Paris]], [[First French Republic\|French Republic]]
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	'''Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre''' (1758 – 1794) was a [[France\|French]] lawyer, orator, politician and notable figure of the [[French Revolution]], that launched one of the modern dictatorial systems.		'''Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre''' (1758 – 1794) was a [[France\|French]] lawyer, orator, politician and notable figure of the [[French Revolution]], that launched one of the modern dictatorial systems.

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	Robespierre and his followers were guillotined without trial on 28 July. The executioner, [[Charles-Henri Sanson]], tore off the bandage that held Robespierre's jaw together, causing the latter to scream in the moments before his death.<ref name="Execution"/> The sculptor [[Marie Tussaud]] later made a death mask of him.<ref>''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#?\|?]]</ref>		Robespierre and his followers were guillotined without trial on 28 July 1794. The executioner, [[Charles-Henri Sanson]], tore off the bandage that held Robespierre's jaw together, causing the latter to scream in the moments before his death.<ref name="Execution"/> The sculptor [[Marie Tussaud]] later made a death mask of him.<ref>''Project Widow'' – [[Project Widow#?\|?]]</ref>
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			===Legacy===


	==Legacy==
	During the Reign of Terror, which lasted less than a year, Robespierre was directly or indirectly responsible for the arrest of around 300,000 people, 40,000 of whom were executed. He became associated with extremism,<ref name="AE"/> the Terror having been planned by the Templars as a way to demonstrate the chaos of a revolution and as such deter the populace from starting another one.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>		During the Reign of Terror, which lasted less than a year, Robespierre was directly or indirectly responsible for the arrest of around 300,000 people, 40,000 of whom were executed. He became associated with extremism,<ref name="AE"/> the Terror having been planned by the Templars as a way to demonstrate the chaos of a revolution and as such deter the populace from starting another one.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>

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	{{Quote\|Take care that you do not allow your personal ambitions to come before the Great Work. That which we do, we do not for our own glory, but to remake the world in de Molay's image.\|Germain in a letter to Robespierre, 1794.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Supreme Being}}Charismatic, yet reclusive, and disinterested in popularity, Robespierre commanded a great deal of respect from other revolutionaries.<ref name="Database" /> However, he could also be arrogant, snobbish and cruel, taunting and threatening Georges Danton when the latter was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Robespierre could also be extremely petty, ordering the executions of Danton's friends merely because of their association with him and labelling the Girondists as enemies of the state because they didn't agree with him.<ref name=":1" /> At one point, Germain even wrote to Robespierre and reminded him to place the interests and visions of the Templars above personal ambitions.<ref name=":3" /> Robespierre often acted solely on Germain's orders and was something of a puppet to him. During the Thermidorian Reaction, he relied on Germain to rescue him, and was left weakened when the Grand Master abandoned him.<ref name=":5" />		{{Quote\|Take care that you do not allow your personal ambitions to come before the Great Work. That which we do, we do not for our own glory, but to remake the world in de Molay's image.\|Germain in a letter to Robespierre, 1794.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|The Supreme Being}}Charismatic, yet reclusive, and disinterested in popularity, Robespierre commanded a great deal of respect from other revolutionaries.<ref name="Database" /> However, he could also be arrogant, snobbish and cruel, taunting and threatening Georges Danton when the latter was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Robespierre could also be extremely petty, ordering the executions of Danton's friends merely because of their association with him and labelling the Girondists as enemies of the state because they didn't agree with him.<ref name=":1" /> At one point, Germain even wrote to Robespierre and reminded him to place the interests and visions of the Templars above personal ambitions.<ref name=":3" /> Robespierre often acted solely on Germain's orders and was something of a puppet to him. During the Thermidorian Reaction, he relied on Germain to rescue him, and was left weakened when the Grand Master abandoned him.<ref name=":5" />

	==Behind the ~~Scenes~~==		==Behind the scenes==
	Historically, Maximilien de Robespierre's wound to his jaw on the night of his arrest was caused either by an attempted suicide or from being shot by French soldier {{wiki\|Charles-André Merda}}.		Historically, Maximilien de Robespierre's wound to his jaw on the night of his arrest was caused either by an attempted suicide or from being shot by French soldier {{wiki\|Charles-André Merda}}.

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	ACU Maximilien de Robespierre - Concept Art.jpg\|Concept art of Robespierre		ACU Maximilien de Robespierre - Concept Art.jpg\|Concept art of Robespierre
	Robespierre - Renders.jpg\|Renders of Robespierre		Robespierre - Renders.jpg\|Renders of Robespierre
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	==References==		==References==
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	{{Quote\|The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.\|Robespierre.\|Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook}}Robespierre was born in {{Wiki\|Arras}} in 1758 as the eldest of four children. His mother died when he was six, and his father abandoned the family afterwards, forcing Robespierre to take on the responsibility of raising his siblings.<ref name="AE">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – ~~{{Cite\|27 July 2022. Pages/sections needed}}~~</ref> In the meantime, he himself was raised in large part by the teachers at the Oratorian College of Arras which he attended. A hard-working pupil, he acquired a passion for [[Rome\|Roman]] history, to which he would refer almost obsessively in his later speeches.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Maximilien François Isidore de Robespierre]]</ref> At the age of 11, he was given a scholarship at the {{Wiki\|Lycée Louis-le-Grand}}, the most prestigious university in France.<ref name="AE"/> He would become influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Denis Diderot]].<ref name="Quotes">[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-183745-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''The French Revolution in Quotes''] – {{Cite\|27 July 2022. Content obsolete}}</ref>		{{Quote\|The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.\|Robespierre.\|Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook}}Robespierre was born in {{Wiki\|Arras}} in 1758 as the eldest of four children. His mother died when he was six, and his father abandoned the family afterwards, forcing Robespierre to take on the responsibility of raising his siblings.<ref name="AE">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: Robespierre</ref> In the meantime, he himself was raised in large part by the teachers at the Oratorian College of Arras which he attended. A hard-working pupil, he acquired a passion for [[Rome\|Roman]] history, to which he would refer almost obsessively in his later speeches.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Maximilien François Isidore de Robespierre]]</ref> At the age of 11, he was given a scholarship at the {{Wiki\|Lycée Louis-le-Grand}}, the most prestigious university in France.<ref name="AE"/> He would become influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Denis Diderot]].<ref name="Quotes">[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-183745-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''The French Revolution in Quotes''] – {{Cite\|27 July 2022. Content obsolete}}</ref>

	===Revolutionary beginnings===		===Revolutionary beginnings===

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	Tensions grew in the Convention, and Robespierre became obsessed with conspiracies against the revolution, particularly among political opponents such as the Girondists, whose power diminished as they suffered numerous political defeats. His faction in the Convention, consisting of radicals such as [[Georges Danton]], [[Jean-Paul Marat]] and [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], was named "[[the Mountain]]" due to their position in the upper galleries of the meeting hall. The Girondist {{Wiki\|Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai}} accused Robespierre and Danton of plotting to form a dictatorship, an accusation that was strongly denied by the Jacobins.<ref name="ACU"/>		Tensions grew in the Convention, and Robespierre became obsessed with conspiracies against the revolution, particularly among political opponents such as the Girondists, whose power diminished as they suffered numerous political defeats. His faction in the Convention, consisting of radicals such as [[Georges Danton]], [[Jean-Paul Marat]] and [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], was named "[[the Mountain]]" due to their position in the upper galleries of the meeting hall. The Girondist {{Wiki\|Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai}} accused Robespierre and Danton of plotting to form a dictatorship, an accusation that was strongly denied by the Jacobins.<ref name="ACU"/>

	In March 1793, the Convention founded the [[Committee of Public Safety]] to protect the republic from both internal and external threats. As the Committee began executing people on increasingly dubious charges, the Girondists spoke out against Robespierre and the Committee. In response, Robespierre ordered the arrest of all Girondists, alienating his ally and friend Danton. Under the command of [[François Hanriot]], the National Guard and the Paris Commune brought about the downfall of the Girondists, whose leaders were executed a few months later, serving as one of starting points of the Reign of Terror.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Political Persecution]]</ref> Following the restructuring of the Committee in July 1793, Robespierre became a leading member along with Saint-Just, {{Wiki\|Georges Couthon}} and {{Wiki\|Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois}}. Around this period, Robespierre also read le Peletier's draft on education before the Convention and denounced the radical priest [[Jacques Roux]], whom he had thrown out of the Cordeliers Club.<ref ~~name="ACU"~~ /> When the drummer boy [[Joseph Bara]] was killed by royalists, Robespierre said of him, "Only the French have thirteen-year-old heroes".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Bara's Funeral]]</ref>		In March 1793, the Convention founded the [[Committee of Public Safety]] to protect the republic from both internal and external threats. As the Committee began executing people on increasingly dubious charges, the Girondists spoke out against Robespierre and the Committee. In response, Robespierre ordered the arrest of all Girondists, alienating his ally and friend Danton. Under the command of [[François Hanriot]], the National Guard and the Paris Commune brought about the downfall of the Girondists, whose leaders were executed a few months later, serving as one of starting points of the Reign of Terror.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Political Persecution]]</ref> Following the restructuring of the Committee in July 1793, Robespierre became a leading member along with Saint-Just, {{Wiki\|Georges Couthon}} and {{Wiki\|Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois}}.<ref name="ACU" /> Around this period, Robespierre also read le Peletier's draft on education before the Convention<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Louis-Michel Le Peletier]]</ref> and denounced the radical priest [[Jacques Roux]], whom he had thrown out of the Cordeliers Club.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Jacques Roux]]</ref> When the drummer boy [[Joseph Bara]] was killed by royalists, Robespierre said of him, "Only the French have thirteen-year-old heroes".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Bara's Funeral]]</ref>

	===The Reign of Terror===		===The Reign of Terror===

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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	During the Reign of Terror, which lasted less than a year, Robespierre was directly or indirectly responsible for the arrest of around 300,000 people, 40,000 of whom were executed. He became associated with extremism,<ref name="AE"/> the Terror having been planned by the Templars as a way to demonstrate the chaos of a revolution and as such deter the populace from starting another one.<ref ~~name="ACU"~~/>		During the Reign of Terror, which lasted less than a year, Robespierre was directly or indirectly responsible for the arrest of around 300,000 people, 40,000 of whom were executed. He became associated with extremism,<ref name="AE"/> the Terror having been planned by the Templars as a way to demonstrate the chaos of a revolution and as such deter the populace from starting another one.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>

	==Personality and traits==		==Personality and traits==

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	{{Quote\|We are being watched by all nations; we are debating in the presence of the universe.\|Robespierre on the revolution.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}In April 1792, the revolutionary government of France, dominated by the Jacobins' chief rivals, the [[Girondists]], declared war on the kingdoms of [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]]. Robespierre was one of the first politicians to criticize the war, which the French appeared to be losing.<ref name="PW"/> The war also led to increasing distrust towards King Louis and the royal family, and Robespierre called for the abolition of the monarchy.<ref name="AE"/> On 10 August 1792, revolutionaries and forces of the insurrectionary [[Paris Commune]] stormed the royal residence at the [[Tuileries Palace]], ending the monarchy and marking the birth of the French Republic. Robespierre celebrated the Republic's proclamation at the Café Février.<ref name="ACU"/>		{{Quote\|We are being watched by all nations; we are debating in the presence of the universe.\|Robespierre on the revolution.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}In April 1792, the revolutionary government of France, dominated by the Jacobins' chief rivals, the [[Girondists]], declared war on the kingdoms of [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]]. Robespierre was one of the first politicians to criticize the war, which the French appeared to be losing.<ref name="PW"/> The war also led to increasing distrust towards King Louis and the royal family, and Robespierre called for the abolition of the monarchy.<ref name="AE"/> On 10 August 1792, revolutionaries and forces of the insurrectionary [[Paris Commune (1789–1795)\|Paris Commune]] stormed the royal residence at the [[Tuileries Palace]], ending the monarchy and marking the birth of the French Republic. Robespierre celebrated the Republic's proclamation at the Café Février.<ref name="ACU"/>

	The new republic was governed by the [[National Convention]], in which Robespierre served as a deputy and represented Paris. He continued agitating revolutionaries to rise up against aristocrats and reversed his stance on capital punishment, now calling for the execution of the deposed King Louis.<ref name="AE"/> When the Convention tried Louis for a number of offenses, Robespierre and his fellow Templar [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] voted for execution, and the King was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793.<ref name="ACU"/>		The new republic was governed by the [[National Convention]], in which Robespierre served as a deputy and represented Paris. He continued agitating revolutionaries to rise up against aristocrats and reversed his stance on capital punishment, now calling for the execution of the deposed King Louis.<ref name="AE"/> When the Convention tried Louis for a number of offenses, Robespierre and his fellow Templar [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] voted for execution, and the King was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793.<ref name="ACU"/>