Templar Rite - Revision history

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	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 11.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

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	A Grand Master controls a specific geographic region and their Rite is named after it.<ref name="TEG"/> They have the authority to promote any Templar serving under them through the Order's ranks, up to and including the position of [[Master Templar]].<ref name="ACT"/> In the absence of a Grand Master, a Master Templar holds the authority to oversee a Rite as its ''de facto'' leader on behalf of another Rite's Grand Master.<ref name="TEG"/>		A Grand Master controls a specific geographic region and their Rite is named after it.<ref name="TEG"/> They have the authority to promote any Templar serving under them through the Order's ranks, up to and including the position of [[Master Templar]].<ref name="ACT"/> In the absence of a Grand Master, a Master Templar holds the authority to oversee a Rite as its ''de facto'' leader on behalf of another Rite's Grand Master.<ref name="TEG"/>

	Despite holding the highest attainable rank within their Rite, a Grand Master is not all-powerful and is dependent on the support of their fellow Templars and other Rites around the world. Nevertheless, their duties are essential to the proper functioning of the Templar Order as a whole, so Grand Masters may elect to have bodyguards to protect them at all times, as were the cases with [[Frederick Weatherall]] for the [[de la Serre family]],<ref name="Unity novel"/> and [[El Tiburón]] for [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="AC4BF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> With the Grand Master themselves being the ruling authority for their own Rite's plans, all members required their superior's approval to enact any changes.<ref name="Birds of a Feather">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Birds of a Feather]]</ref><ref name="The Braddock Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)]]</ref><ref name="Mister Walpole"/>		Despite holding the highest attainable rank within their Rite, a Grand Master is not all-powerful and is dependent on the support of their fellow Templars and other Rites around the world. Nevertheless, their duties are essential to the proper functioning of the Templar Order as a whole, so Grand Masters may elect to have bodyguards to protect them at all times, as were the cases with [[Frederick Weatherall]] for the [[de la Serre family]],<ref name="Unity novel"/> and [[El Tiburón]] for [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="AC4BF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> With the Grand Master themselves being the ruling authority for their own Rite's plans, all members required their superior's approval to enact any changes.<ref name="Birds of a Feather">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Birds of a Feather]]</ref><ref name="The Braddock Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)\|The Braddock Expedition]]</ref><ref name="Mister Walpole"/>

	===Districts===		===Districts===
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	In the [[Ottoman Empire]], the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Templars]] that returned to [[Constantinople]] fought the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by 1511, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref> The Templars controlled all business in the districts they dominated, closing down shops that refused to submit to their rule, while their troops patrolled the streets.<ref name="ACR"/>		In the [[Ottoman Empire]], the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Templars]] that returned to [[Constantinople]] fought the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by 1511, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref> The Templars controlled all business in the districts they dominated, closing down shops that refused to submit to their rule, while their troops patrolled the streets.<ref name="ACR"/>

	During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] had established [[~~Gang\|~~gang]] [[Gang headquarters\|headquarters]] that also functioned as [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]]. Once these were taken over by the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]], they became the local headquarters of the Colonial Templars and were managed by the Assassin-turned-Templar, [[Shay Cormac]], using taxes to [[Renovation\|renovate]] neglected infrastructure.<ref name="The Color of Right">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[The Color of Right]]</ref>		During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] had established [[gang]] [[Gang headquarters\|headquarters]] that also functioned as [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]]. Once these were taken over by the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]], they became the local headquarters of the Colonial Templars and were managed by the Assassin-turned-Templar, [[Shay Cormac]], using taxes to [[Renovation\|renovate]] neglected infrastructure.<ref name="The Color of Right">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[The Color of Right]]</ref>

	[[File:Circumstances 13.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Shay Cormac managing his fleet]]		[[File:Circumstances 13.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Shay Cormac managing his fleet]]
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	By the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Colonial Rite had reorganised the local management of the regions they controlled. In the case of [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]], both cities were divided into three districts, each one overseen by a local Templar leader, thereby abandoning the six New York headquarters that had been used during the Seven Years' War.<ref name="Hoarding Provisions">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Hoarding Provisions]]</ref><ref name="Protect the Clinic">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Gangs of Boston]]</ref> [[Fort Arsenal]], Shay's personal home and base of operations, was also nowhere to be found, having been presumably destroyed during the [[Great Fire of New York]] and replaced by [[Fort Washington]].<ref name="AC3"/>		By the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Colonial Rite had reorganised the local management of the regions they controlled. In the case of [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]], both cities were divided into three districts, each one overseen by a local Templar leader, thereby abandoning the six New York headquarters that had been used during the Seven Years' War.<ref name="Hoarding Provisions">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Hoarding Provisions]]</ref><ref name="Protect the Clinic">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Gangs of Boston]]</ref> [[Fort Arsenal]], Shay's personal home and base of operations, was also nowhere to be found, having been presumably destroyed during the [[Great Fire of New York]] and replaced by [[Fort Washington]].<ref name="AC3"/>

	Local control of the coastal areas was handed to the Templar [[Nicholas Biddle]], a [[captain]] in the [[Continental Navy]], using his flagship, the ''[[USS Randolph]]''.<ref name="Biddle's Hideout">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Biddle's Hideout]]</ref> Other Templar agents were also assigned to various campaigns across the colonies,<ref name="AC3 Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Contracts (Colonial Brotherhood)\|Contracts]]</ref> including the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Templar]], Officer [[George Davidson\|Davidson]], who was sent to assist operations in New York.<ref name="A Fool's Errand">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[A Fool's Errand]]</ref>		Local control of the coastal areas was handed to the Templar [[Nicholas Biddle]], a [[captain]] in the [[Continental Navy]], using his flagship, the [[USS Randolph\|USS ''Randolph'']].<ref name="Biddle's Hideout">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Biddle's Hideout]]</ref> Other Templar agents were also assigned to various campaigns across the colonies,<ref name="AC3 Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Contracts (Colonial Brotherhood)\|Contracts]]</ref> including the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Templar]], Officer [[George Davidson\|Davidson]], who was sent to assist operations in New York.<ref name="A Fool's Errand">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[A Fool's Errand]]</ref>

	[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]		[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]

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	{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}		{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}
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	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to ~~travel to Japan and~~ continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
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	*[[Greek Rite of the Templar Order\|Greek]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense" />		*[[Greek Rite of the Templar Order\|Greek]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense" />
	*[[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese]] Rite<ref name="ACM"/>		*[[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese]] Rite<ref name="ACM"/>
	*[[Knights Templar\|Levantine]] Rite ''(also known as the Knights Templar)''<ref name="AC"/>
	*[[Libyan Rite of the Templar Order\|Libyian]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>		*[[Libyan Rite of the Templar Order\|Libyian]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>
	*[[Mexican Rite of the Templar Order\|Mexican]] Rite<ref name="Assassins">[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)\|''Assassin's Creed'' comic]]</ref>		*[[Mexican Rite of the Templar Order\|Mexican]] Rite<ref name="Assassins">[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)\|''Assassin's Creed'' comic]]</ref>
	*[[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian]] Rite<ref name="Tomb of the Khan"/>
	*[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian]] Rite<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>		*[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian]] Rite<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>
	*[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>		*[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>
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	===Former Rites===		===Former Rites===
	*[[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine]] Rite<ref name="ACR"/>		*[[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine]] Rite<ref name="ACR"/>
			*[[Knights Templar\|Levantine]] Rite ''(also known as the Knights Templar)''<ref name="AC"/>
	*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>		*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>
			*[[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian]] Rite<ref name="Tomb of the Khan"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}		{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}
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	*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>		*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>

	==~~Trivia~~==		==Behind the scenes==
	*Although the Templars' predecessors, the [[Order of the Ancients]], also maintained multiple regional branches, it is unknown if these branches were called Rites or if another term was used.		Although the Templars' predecessors, the [[Order of the Ancients]], also maintained multiple regional branches, it is unknown if these branches were called Rites or if another term was used.

	==References==		==References==

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	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to ~~maintain~~ a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's ~~high-ranking~~ members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

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	A '''Templar Rite''', otherwise known as a '''Rite of the Templar Order''' and collectively known as the '''Outer Temple of the Templar Order''', is a regional, usually country-specific branch of the [[Templars]] and collectively a separate governing structure from the Inner Temple, consisting of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]], the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians]] and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]]. As the Order spread across the globe, Rites were established in virtually every country. All Rites are led by a single [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] or, in the absence of one, a [[Master Templar]].<ref name="TEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5 </ref>		A '''Templar Rite''', otherwise known as a '''Rite of the Templar Order''' and collectively known as the '''Outer Temple of the Templar Order''', is a regional, usually country-specific branch of the [[Templars]] and collectively a separate governing structure from the Inner Temple, consisting of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]], the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians]] and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]]. As the Order spread across the globe, Rites were established in virtually every country. All Rites are led by a single [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] or, in the absence of one, a [[Master Templar]].<ref name="TEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5 </ref>
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	[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]		[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]
	During the mid-19th century in [[London]], the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] had established gang headquarters in all seven of the city's major boroughs, each led by a Templar gang leader. The gang, known as the [[Blighters]], was used to protect Templar businesses such as [[Starrick Industries]] and its subsidiary corporations,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> and engaged in [[gang war]]s to maintain control of the underworld, eliminating all rival syndicates.<ref name="Whitechapel Gang War">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref>		During the mid-19th century in [[London]], the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] had established gang headquarters in all seven of the city's major boroughs, each led by a Templar gang leader personally handpicked by Grand Master [[Crawford Starrick]]. The gang, known as the [[Blighters]], was used to protect Templar businesses such as [[Starrick Industries]] and its subsidiary corporations,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> and engaged in [[gang war]]s to maintain control of the underworld, eliminating all rival syndicates.<ref name="Whitechapel Gang War">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref>

	==Establishment==		==Establishment==
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	[[File:Siege of Masyaf Templars.png\|thumb\|250px\|Grand Master [[Robert de Sablé]] leading the Knights Templar]]		[[File:Siege of Masyaf Templars.png\|thumb\|250px\|Grand Master [[Robert de Sablé]] leading the Knights Templar]]
	Posing as a knightly order with headquarters in both [[Jerusalem]]<ref name="AC"/> and on [[Cyprus]],<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the Levantine Rite secretly comprised both [[Crusaders]] and [[Saracens]] and was led by a Grand Master, whose primary goal was acquiring an [[Apple of Eden 2\|Apple of Eden]] that would allow the Templars to realize their vision of a New World Order by brainwashing all of humanity. However, their efforts were opposed by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins\|Levantine Assassins]],<ref name="AC"/> eventually resulting in the Order losing their influence in the Levant by the early 13th century.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>		Posing as a knightly order with headquarters in both the city of [[Jerusalem]]<ref name="AC"/> and on the island of [[Cyprus]],<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the Levantine Rite secretly comprised both [[Crusaders]] and [[Saracens]] and was led by a Grand Master, whose primary goal was acquiring an [[Apple of Eden 2\|Apple of Eden]] that would allow the Templars to realize their vision of a New World Order by brainwashing all of humanity. However, their efforts were opposed by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins\|Levantine Assassins]],<ref name="AC"/> eventually resulting in the Order losing their influence in the Levant by the early 13th century.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

	In 1241, the [[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian Rite]] was established by [[Möngke Khan]], future ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]], after he learned about and came to embrace the Templar ideals thanks to a knight captured during the [[Battle of Legnica]]. After Möngke became Great Khan of the Mongol Empire a decade later, he began recruiting members of the imperial guard, the ~~Kheshigs~~, into the Mongolian Rite.<ref name="Tomb of the Khan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref>		In 1241, the [[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian Rite]] was established by [[Möngke Khan]], future ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]], after he learned about and came to embrace the Templar ideals thanks to a knight captured during the [[Battle of Legnica]]. After Möngke became Great Khan of the Mongol Empire a decade later, he began recruiting members of the imperial guard, the [[Kheshig]], into the Mongolian Rite.<ref name="Tomb of the Khan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref>

	When the Templars were driven underground following their [[Persecution of the Templars\|public persecution]] in the early 14th century,<ref name="Tragedy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Rites became the main organizational form of the Order as it continued to conduct its operations in secret. The [[Renaissance]] period saw the rise of numerous country-specific Rites, most prominently the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in [[Italy]] led by the [[House of Borgia]],<ref name="AC2"/> and the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="ACR"/> However, in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the Roman Rite became corrupted by the actions of two of its Grand Masters, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], who were more interested in accumulating power than furthering the Templar cause. This caused future generations of Templars to look down on the Borgia's rule over the Roman Rite, regarding it as the "Dark Age of the Order".<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>		When the Templars were driven underground following their [[Persecution of the Templars\|public persecution]] in the early 14th century,<ref name="Tragedy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Rites became the main organizational form of the Order as it continued to conduct its operations in secret. The [[Renaissance]] period saw the rise of numerous country-specific Rites, most prominently the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in [[Italy]] led by the [[House of Borgia]],<ref name="AC2"/> and the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="ACR"/> However, in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the Roman Rite became corrupted by the actions of two of its Grand Masters, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], who were more interested in accumulating power than furthering the Templar cause. This caused future generations of Templars to look down on the Borgia's rule over the Roman Rite, regarding it as the "Dark Age of the Order".<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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	Meanwhile, the Byzantine Rite was met with a streak of defeats, beginning with the 1453 [[Fall of Constantinople\|conquest]] of [[Constantinople]] by the Ottomans, which forced the Templars to abandon the city and establish a secret base of operations in [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]]. Following the Roman Rite's defeat by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassins]] in the early 16th century, the Byzantine Templars became the foremost Rite in Europe and plotted to restore their former power, but faced opposition from both the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood, culminating in the Byzantine Rite's destruction by 1512.<ref name="ACR"/>		Meanwhile, the Byzantine Rite was met with a streak of defeats, beginning with the 1453 [[Fall of Constantinople\|conquest]] of [[Constantinople]] by the Ottomans, which forced the Templars to abandon the city and establish a secret base of operations in [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]]. Following the Roman Rite's defeat by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassins]] in the early 16th century, the Byzantine Templars became the foremost Rite in Europe and plotted to restore their former power, but faced opposition from both the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood, culminating in the Byzantine Rite's destruction by 1512.<ref name="ACR"/>

	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], [[Gaspar Vilela]] ~~and others~~, took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

			Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to maintain a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
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	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

	~~[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]~~
	Meanwhile, the Colonial Rite was established over the course of multiple years, beginning in 1738, when [[Lawrence Washington]] was sent to the [[United States\|Thirteen Colonies]] by [[Reginald Birch]], Grand Master of the British Rite, to locate the fabled [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="LW">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref> By the 1750s, Washington had recruited numerous allies, many of whom were inducted into the Templar Order, including [[Christopher Gist]], [[William Johnson]], [[Samuel Smith]], and [[James Wardrop]], and laid the foundations of a Templar network in the New World, though he came no closer to his main objective of finding the Grand Temple.<ref name="Monro">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Monro"</ref>		Meanwhile, the Colonial Rite was established over the course of multiple years, beginning in 1738, when [[Lawrence Washington]] was sent to the [[United States\|Thirteen Colonies]] by [[Reginald Birch]], Grand Master of the British Rite, to locate the fabled [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="LW">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref> By the 1750s, Washington had recruited numerous allies, many of whom were inducted into the Templar Order, including [[Christopher Gist]], [[William Johnson]], [[Samuel Smith]], and [[James Wardrop]], and laid the foundations of a Templar network in the New World, though he came no closer to his main objective of finding the Grand Temple.<ref name="Monro">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Monro"</ref>

			[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]
	Following Washington's assassination by the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] in 1752, Wardrop replaced him as ''de facto'' leader of the Templars in the Thirteen Colonies<ref name="We the People">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[We the People]]</ref> while Birch assigned the task of the Grand Temple's discovery to [[Haytham Kenway]].<ref name="A Deadly Performance">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Deadly Performance]]</ref> Arriving in the colonies in 1754, Haytham continued Washington and Wardrop's work and officially founded the Colonial Rite as its first Grand Master,<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> leading it for almost three decades, until his death in 1781 at the hands of his Assassin son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].<ref name="Lee's Last Stand">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref> Shortly after Haytham's death, the Colonial Rite collapsed due to Ratonhnhaké:ton's actions,<ref name="AC3"/> though it would reform itself several years later as the American Rite, continuing to operate in the newly-established [[United States]].<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)\|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref>		Following Washington's assassination by the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] in 1752, Wardrop replaced him as ''de facto'' leader of the Templars in the Thirteen Colonies<ref name="We the People">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[We the People]]</ref> while Birch assigned the task of the Grand Temple's discovery to [[Haytham Kenway]].<ref name="A Deadly Performance">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Deadly Performance]]</ref> Arriving in the colonies in 1754, Haytham continued Washington and Wardrop's work and officially founded the Colonial Rite as its first Grand Master,<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> leading it for almost three decades, until his death in 1781 at the hands of his Assassin son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].<ref name="Lee's Last Stand">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref> Shortly after Haytham's death, the Colonial Rite collapsed due to Ratonhnhaké:ton's actions,<ref name="AC3"/> though it would reform itself several years later as the American Rite, continuing to operate in the newly-established [[United States]].<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)\|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref>

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	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's high-ranking members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's high-ranking members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

	[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]		[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]

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	{{Dialogue\|Gist\|The Grand Master is pleased, Shay. What you did in New York... Well, it's only a matter of time now before order is restored.\|Shay\|New York was never "orderly", Gist... With Hope gone, perhaps...\|Gist and Shay discussing the collapse of the Assassin gangs, 1759.\|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}}		{{Dialogue\|Gist\|The Grand Master is pleased, Shay. What you did in New York... Well, it's only a matter of time now before order is restored.\|Shay\|New York was never "orderly", Gist... With Hope gone, perhaps...\|Gist and Shay discussing the collapse of the Assassin gangs, 1759.\|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}}
	[[File:ACB Borgia Tower.png\|thumb\|250px\|right\|A Borgia Tower in the Campagna district]]		[[File:ACB Borgia Tower.png\|thumb\|250px\|right\|A Borgia Tower in the Campagna district]]
	During the Renaissance, the local influence of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in the {{Wiki\|Italian city-states}} were mainly through the noble families, such as [[House of Pazzi]] in [[Florence]] and [[House of Barbarigo]] in [[Venice]], the latter house being charge of Venice's [[San Polo District\|San Polo]] district, and later ruling with a {{Wiki\|Doge of Venice\|Doge}} of [[Venice]] with access to the [[Arsenale di Venezia\|Arsenal]] and the Rite had several [[Secret location\|Templar lairs]] with their [[Treasure chest\|wealth]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> The [[House of Borgia]], in the city of [[Rome]], having taken control of the [[Vaticano District\|Vatican]] [[Papacy\|Papal]] {{Wiki\|Papal States\|State}}, the Rite established [[Borgia tower]]s that were [[Fort\|fortified]] [[Guard tower]]s and overseen by a [[Borgia captain]], who effectively ruled over the surrounding district. Within the districts of Rome, there were [[Lair of Romulus]] used by the [[Followers of Romulus]],<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> a [[Crows\|Crow]] headquarters with their own Borgia captain,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''</ref> several operating Templar agents,<ref name="ACB"/><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> and areas where various [[war machine]]s were developed.<ref name="ACB"/>		During the Renaissance, the local influence of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in the {{Wiki\|Italian city-states}} were mainly through the noble families, such as [[House of Pazzi]] in [[Florence]] and [[House of Barbarigo]] in [[Venice]], the latter house being charge of Venice's [[San Polo District\|San Polo]] district, and later ruling with a {{Wiki\|Doge of Venice\|Doge}} of [[Venice]] with access to the [[Arsenale di Venezia\|Arsenal]] and the Rite had several [[Secret location\|Templar lairs]] with their [[Treasure chest\|wealth]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> The [[House of Borgia]], in the city of [[Rome]], having taken control of the [[Vaticano District\|Vatican]] [[Papacy\|Papal]] {{Wiki\|Papal States\|State}}, the Rite established [[Borgia tower]]s that were [[Fort\|fortified]] [[Guard tower]]s and overseen by a [[Borgia captain]], who effectively ruled over the surrounding district. Within the districts of Rome, there were [[Lair of Romulus\|lairs]] used by the [[Followers of Romulus]],<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> a [[Crows\|Crow]] headquarters with their own Borgia captain,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''</ref> several operating Templar agents,<ref name="ACB"/><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> and areas where various [[war machine]]s were developed.<ref name="ACB"/>

	In the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Templars that returned to Constantinople fought the Ottoman Assassins for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by the 1510s, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref>		In the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Templars that returned to Constantinople fought the Ottoman Assassins for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by the 1510s, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref>

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	{{Dialogue\|Gist\|The Grand Master is pleased, Shay. What you did in New York... Well, it's only a matter of time now before order is restored.\|Shay\|New York was never "orderly", Gist... With Hope gone, perhaps...\|Gist and Shay discussing the collapse of the Assassin gangs, 1759.\|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}}		{{Dialogue\|Gist\|The Grand Master is pleased, Shay. What you did in New York... Well, it's only a matter of time now before order is restored.\|Shay\|New York was never "orderly", Gist... With Hope gone, perhaps...\|Gist and Shay discussing the collapse of the Assassin gangs, 1759.\|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}}
	[[File:ACB Borgia Tower.png\|thumb\|250px\|right\|A Borgia Tower in the Campagna district]]		[[File:ACB Borgia Tower.png\|thumb\|250px\|right\|A Borgia Tower in the Campagna district]]
	During the Renaissance, the local influence of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in the {{Wiki\|Italian city-states}} were mainly through the ~~Houses of Nobility~~, such as [[House of Pazzi]] in [[Florence]] and [[House of Barbarigo]] in [[Venice]], the latter ~~House~~ being charge of Venice's [[San Polo District\|San Polo]] district, and later ruling with a {{Wiki\|Doge of Venice\|Doge}} of [[Venice]] with access to the [[Arsenale di Venezia\|Arsenal]] and the Rite had several [[Secret location\|Templar lairs]] with their [[Treasure chest\|wealth]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> The [[House of Borgia]], in the city of [[Rome]], having taken control of the [[Vaticano District\|Vatican]] [[Papacy\|Papal]] {{Wiki\|Papal States\|State}}, the Rite established [[Borgia tower]]s that were [[Fort\|fortified]] [[Guard tower]]s and overseen by a [[Borgia captain]], who effectively ruled over the surrounding district. Within the districts of Rome, there were [[Lair of Romulus]] ~~lead~~ by [[Followers of Romulus]]~~, more Lairs with wealth~~,<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> a [[Crows]] ~~headquarter~~ with their own Borgia captain,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''</ref> several Templar agents ~~operating~~<ref name="ACB"/><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> and areas ~~were~~ various war ~~machines~~ were developed.<ref name="ACB"/>		During the Renaissance, the local influence of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in the {{Wiki\|Italian city-states}} were mainly through the noble families, such as [[House of Pazzi]] in [[Florence]] and [[House of Barbarigo]] in [[Venice]], the latter house being charge of Venice's [[San Polo District\|San Polo]] district, and later ruling with a {{Wiki\|Doge of Venice\|Doge}} of [[Venice]] with access to the [[Arsenale di Venezia\|Arsenal]] and the Rite had several [[Secret location\|Templar lairs]] with their [[Treasure chest\|wealth]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> The [[House of Borgia]], in the city of [[Rome]], having taken control of the [[Vaticano District\|Vatican]] [[Papacy\|Papal]] {{Wiki\|Papal States\|State}}, the Rite established [[Borgia tower]]s that were [[Fort\|fortified]] [[Guard tower]]s and overseen by a [[Borgia captain]], who effectively ruled over the surrounding district. Within the districts of Rome, there were [[Lair of Romulus]] used by the [[Followers of Romulus]],<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> a [[Crows\|Crow]] headquarters with their own Borgia captain,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''</ref> several operating Templar agents,<ref name="ACB"/><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> and areas where various [[war machine]]s were developed.<ref name="ACB"/>

	In the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Templars that returned to Constantinople fought the Ottoman Assassins for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by the 1510s, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref>		In the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Templars that returned to Constantinople fought the Ottoman Assassins for control of the latter's [[Assassin Den\|dens]] and, by the 1510s, managed to capture most of them, allowing them to rule over the districts each den was situated in.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome (Revelations)\|A Warm Welcome]]</ref>

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	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 11.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

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	~~{{Spoilerhd\|25 September 2025\|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]}}~~
	{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}		{{Quote\|The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.\|Manuel Palaiologos explaining the universality of the Templars, 1512.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Last of the Palaiologi}}
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	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to ~~travel to Japan and~~ continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to continue the Order's work in Japan.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
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	*[[Greek Rite of the Templar Order\|Greek]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense" />		*[[Greek Rite of the Templar Order\|Greek]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense" />
	*[[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese]] Rite<ref name="ACM"/>		*[[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese]] Rite<ref name="ACM"/>
	*[[Knights Templar\|Levantine]] Rite ''(also known as the Knights Templar)''<ref name="AC"/>
	*[[Libyan Rite of the Templar Order\|Libyian]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>		*[[Libyan Rite of the Templar Order\|Libyian]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>
	*[[Mexican Rite of the Templar Order\|Mexican]] Rite<ref name="Assassins">[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)\|''Assassin's Creed'' comic]]</ref>		*[[Mexican Rite of the Templar Order\|Mexican]] Rite<ref name="Assassins">[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)\|''Assassin's Creed'' comic]]</ref>
	*[[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian]] Rite<ref name="Tomb of the Khan"/>
	*[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian]] Rite<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>		*[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian]] Rite<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>
	*[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>		*[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order\|Portuguese]] Rite<ref name="Mediterranean Defense"/>
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	===Former Rites===		===Former Rites===
	*[[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine]] Rite<ref name="ACR"/>		*[[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine]] Rite<ref name="ACR"/>
			*[[Knights Templar\|Levantine]] Rite ''(also known as the Knights Templar)''<ref name="AC"/>
	*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>		*[[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana]] Rite ''(also known as the Templar Order of New Orleans)''<ref name="AC3L"/>
			*[[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian]] Rite<ref name="Tomb of the Khan"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

	Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to ~~maintain~~ a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>		Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to keep a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's ~~high-ranking~~ members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

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	A '''Templar Rite''', otherwise known as a '''Rite of the Templar Order''' and collectively known as the '''Outer Temple of the Templar Order''', is a regional, usually country-specific branch of the [[Templars]] and collectively a separate governing structure from the Inner Temple, consisting of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]], the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians]] and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]]. As the Order spread across the globe, Rites were established in virtually every country. All Rites are led by a single [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] or, in the absence of one, a [[Master Templar]].<ref name="TEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5 </ref>		A '''Templar Rite''', otherwise known as a '''Rite of the Templar Order''' and collectively known as the '''Outer Temple of the Templar Order''', is a regional, usually country-specific branch of the [[Templars]] and collectively a separate governing structure from the Inner Temple, consisting of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]], the [[Council of Elders]], the [[Guardians]] and the [[Generals of the Cross\|General of the Cross]]. As the Order spread across the globe, Rites were established in virtually every country. All Rites are led by a single [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] or, in the absence of one, a [[Master Templar]].<ref name="TEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' – Chapter 5 </ref>
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	[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]		[[File:ACS Gang War (Whitechapel) 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|Templar gang leader [[Rexford Kaylock]] atop his train]]
	During the mid-19th century in [[London]], the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] had established gang headquarters in all seven of the city's major boroughs, each led by a Templar gang leader. The gang, known as the [[Blighters]], was used to protect Templar businesses such as [[Starrick Industries]] and its subsidiary corporations,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> and engaged in [[gang war]]s to maintain control of the underworld, eliminating all rival syndicates.<ref name="Whitechapel Gang War">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref>		During the mid-19th century in [[London]], the [[British Rite of the Templar Order\|British Rite]] had established gang headquarters in all seven of the city's major boroughs, each led by a Templar gang leader personally handpicked by Grand Master [[Crawford Starrick]]. The gang, known as the [[Blighters]], was used to protect Templar businesses such as [[Starrick Industries]] and its subsidiary corporations,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> and engaged in [[gang war]]s to maintain control of the underworld, eliminating all rival syndicates.<ref name="Whitechapel Gang War">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref>

	==Establishment==		==Establishment==
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	[[File:Siege of Masyaf Templars.png\|thumb\|250px\|Grand Master [[Robert de Sablé]] leading the Knights Templar]]		[[File:Siege of Masyaf Templars.png\|thumb\|250px\|Grand Master [[Robert de Sablé]] leading the Knights Templar]]
	Posing as a knightly order with headquarters in both [[Jerusalem]]<ref name="AC"/> and on [[Cyprus]],<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the Levantine Rite secretly comprised both [[Crusaders]] and [[Saracens]] and was led by a Grand Master, whose primary goal was acquiring an [[Apple of Eden 2\|Apple of Eden]] that would allow the Templars to realize their vision of a New World Order by brainwashing all of humanity. However, their efforts were opposed by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins\|Levantine Assassins]],<ref name="AC"/> eventually resulting in the Order losing their influence in the Levant by the early 13th century.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>		Posing as a knightly order with headquarters in both the city of [[Jerusalem]]<ref name="AC"/> and on the island of [[Cyprus]],<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> the Levantine Rite secretly comprised both [[Crusaders]] and [[Saracens]] and was led by a Grand Master, whose primary goal was acquiring an [[Apple of Eden 2\|Apple of Eden]] that would allow the Templars to realize their vision of a New World Order by brainwashing all of humanity. However, their efforts were opposed by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins\|Levantine Assassins]],<ref name="AC"/> eventually resulting in the Order losing their influence in the Levant by the early 13th century.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

	In 1241, the [[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian Rite]] was established by [[Möngke Khan]], future ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]], after he learned about and came to embrace the Templar ideals thanks to a knight captured during the [[Battle of Legnica]]. After Möngke became Great Khan of the Mongol Empire a decade later, he began recruiting members of the imperial guard, the ~~Kheshigs~~, into the Mongolian Rite.<ref name="Tomb of the Khan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref>		In 1241, the [[Mongolian Rite of the Templar Order\|Mongolian Rite]] was established by [[Möngke Khan]], future ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]], after he learned about and came to embrace the Templar ideals thanks to a knight captured during the [[Battle of Legnica]]. After Möngke became Great Khan of the Mongol Empire a decade later, he began recruiting members of the imperial guard, the [[Kheshig]], into the Mongolian Rite.<ref name="Tomb of the Khan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref>

	When the Templars were driven underground following their [[Persecution of the Templars\|public persecution]] in the early 14th century,<ref name="Tragedy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Rites became the main organizational form of the Order as it continued to conduct its operations in secret. The [[Renaissance]] period saw the rise of numerous country-specific Rites, most prominently the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in [[Italy]] led by the [[House of Borgia]],<ref name="AC2"/> and the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="ACR"/> However, in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the Roman Rite became corrupted by the actions of two of its Grand Masters, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], who were more interested in accumulating power than furthering the Templar cause. This caused future generations of Templars to look down on the Borgia's rule over the Roman Rite, regarding it as the "Dark Age of the Order".<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>		When the Templars were driven underground following their [[Persecution of the Templars\|public persecution]] in the early 14th century,<ref name="Tragedy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref> Rites became the main organizational form of the Order as it continued to conduct its operations in secret. The [[Renaissance]] period saw the rise of numerous country-specific Rites, most prominently the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order\|Roman Rite]] in [[Italy]] led by the [[House of Borgia]],<ref name="AC2"/> and the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order\|Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="ACR"/> However, in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the Roman Rite became corrupted by the actions of two of its Grand Masters, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his son [[Cesare Borgia\|Cesare]], who were more interested in accumulating power than furthering the Templar cause. This caused future generations of Templars to look down on the Borgia's rule over the Roman Rite, regarding it as the "Dark Age of the Order".<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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	Meanwhile, the Byzantine Rite was met with a streak of defeats, beginning with the 1453 [[Fall of Constantinople\|conquest]] of [[Constantinople]] by the Ottomans, which forced the Templars to abandon the city and establish a secret base of operations in [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]]. Following the Roman Rite's defeat by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassins]] in the early 16th century, the Byzantine Templars became the foremost Rite in Europe and plotted to restore their former power, but faced opposition from both the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood, culminating in the Byzantine Rite's destruction by 1512.<ref name="ACR"/>		Meanwhile, the Byzantine Rite was met with a streak of defeats, beginning with the 1453 [[Fall of Constantinople\|conquest]] of [[Constantinople]] by the Ottomans, which forced the Templars to abandon the city and establish a secret base of operations in [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]]. Following the Roman Rite's defeat by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Italian Assassins]] in the early 16th century, the Byzantine Templars became the foremost Rite in Europe and plotted to restore their former power, but faced opposition from both the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood, culminating in the Byzantine Rite's destruction by 1512.<ref name="ACR"/>

	In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], [[Gaspar Vilela]] ~~and others~~, took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>		In the mid-16th century, a number of European Templars, including [[Francis Xavier]], [[Alessandro Valignano]], and [[Gaspar Vilela]], took an interest in the largely unexplored regions of the world, primarily [[Japan]]. Posing as [[Jesuits\|Jesuit]] missionaries, these Templars cultivated alliances with the local warlords and clans and used them to spread the Templar ideology in the country, laying the foundations of the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order\|Japanese Rite]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

			Another Templar, the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] merchant [[Nuno Caro]], was ordered by the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order]] to scour Japan for [[Piece of Eden\|Pieces of Eden]], but chose to focus on building up Templar influence in the country, primarily through trade and his alliance with the secret cabal known as the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Shadows Without Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> By 1582, Caro had become the ''de facto'' Templar leader in Japan, but following his death at the hands of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]], the Japanese Rite began to decline.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)\|End of the Line]]</ref> In response, the Inner Sanctum authorized the [[Black Cross]] to travel to Japan and continue the Order's work.<ref name="Man Behind the Curtain">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Man Behind the Curtain]]</ref> By the 19th century, the Japanese Templars had successfully managed to rebuild their strength after being forced to maintain a low profile under the rule of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''</ref>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|Laureano Torres with his fellow Caribbean Templars]]
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	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

	~~[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]~~
	Meanwhile, the Colonial Rite was established over the course of multiple years, beginning in 1738, when [[Lawrence Washington]] was sent to the [[United States\|Thirteen Colonies]] by [[Reginald Birch]], Grand Master of the British Rite, to locate the fabled [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="LW">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref> By the 1750s, Washington had recruited numerous allies, many of whom were inducted into the Templar Order, including [[Christopher Gist]], [[William Johnson]], [[Samuel Smith]], and [[James Wardrop]], and laid the foundations of a Templar network in the New World, though he came no closer to his main objective of finding the Grand Temple.<ref name="Monro">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Monro"</ref>		Meanwhile, the Colonial Rite was established over the course of multiple years, beginning in 1738, when [[Lawrence Washington]] was sent to the [[United States\|Thirteen Colonies]] by [[Reginald Birch]], Grand Master of the British Rite, to locate the fabled [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="LW">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref> By the 1750s, Washington had recruited numerous allies, many of whom were inducted into the Templar Order, including [[Christopher Gist]], [[William Johnson]], [[Samuel Smith]], and [[James Wardrop]], and laid the foundations of a Templar network in the New World, though he came no closer to his main objective of finding the Grand Temple.<ref name="Monro">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Monro"</ref>

			[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]
	Following Washington's assassination by the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] in 1752, Wardrop replaced him as ''de facto'' leader of the Templars in the Thirteen Colonies<ref name="We the People">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[We the People]]</ref> while Birch assigned the task of the Grand Temple's discovery to [[Haytham Kenway]].<ref name="A Deadly Performance">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Deadly Performance]]</ref> Arriving in the colonies in 1754, Haytham continued Washington and Wardrop's work and officially founded the Colonial Rite as its first Grand Master,<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> leading it for almost three decades, until his death in 1781 at the hands of his Assassin son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].<ref name="Lee's Last Stand">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref> Shortly after Haytham's death, the Colonial Rite collapsed due to Ratonhnhaké:ton's actions,<ref name="AC3"/> though it would reform itself several years later as the American Rite, continuing to operate in the newly-established [[United States]].<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)\|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref>		Following Washington's assassination by the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]] in 1752, Wardrop replaced him as ''de facto'' leader of the Templars in the Thirteen Colonies<ref name="We the People">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[We the People]]</ref> while Birch assigned the task of the Grand Temple's discovery to [[Haytham Kenway]].<ref name="A Deadly Performance">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Deadly Performance]]</ref> Arriving in the colonies in 1754, Haytham continued Washington and Wardrop's work and officially founded the Colonial Rite as its first Grand Master,<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> leading it for almost three decades, until his death in 1781 at the hands of his Assassin son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].<ref name="Lee's Last Stand">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref> Shortly after Haytham's death, the Colonial Rite collapsed due to Ratonhnhaké:ton's actions,<ref name="AC3"/> though it would reform itself several years later as the American Rite, continuing to operate in the newly-established [[United States]].<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)\|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref>

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	In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's high-ranking members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>		In the late 17th century, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Rite]] was established by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], a [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order\|Spanish Templar]] and Governor of [[Cuba]], who had been tasked to locate the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility hidden in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Over the course of nearly 50 years, Torres recruited numerous allies to help him in his search, as well as restore order to the Caribbean amidst the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. However, their efforts were undone in the early 18th century by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]], in particular [[Edward Kenway]], who eliminated most of the West Indies Rite's high-ranking members,<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> leading to the branch's collapse by 1722.<ref name="Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref>

	The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>		The mid-18th century saw the formation of two new Templar Rites: the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order\|Colonial Rite]]. The former was established in the 1750s by [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] at the behest of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order\|Parisian Rite]],<ref name="Audition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Audition"</ref> and was the main Templar branch operating in southern [[North America]], primarily in [[New Orleans]] and [[Chichen Itza]], where Madeleine had set up an excavation site to locate an Isu artifact known as the [[Prophecy Disk]]. However, this Rite would be completely dismantled by 1777 through the actions of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]], Madeleine's stepdaughter.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

	[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]		[[File:By Invitation Only 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Lawrence Washington meeting with his associates at [[Mount Vernon]]]]