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[[File:Templar Ring.png|thumb|150px|A Templar ring]]
[[File:AC4 Templar Ring.png|thumb|200px|A Templar ring]]
The '''Templar ring''' was an adornment worn by members of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] since at least the 16th century, that signified the membership in the Order. Typically, the rings bore a simple design: a red {{Wiki|cross pattée}}.
A '''Templar ring''' is an adornment worn by members of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] since at least the mid-12th century that signifies membership in the Order. Typically, the rings bear a simple design of a red {{Wiki|cross pattée}}, the [[Templar insignia]].


==History==
==History==
In the early 16th century, the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order|Chinese Templar]] [[Qiu Ju]], a member of the [[Eight Tigers]], wore a Templar ring.<ref name="Shao Jun">[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun|''Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun'']]</ref>
===Middle Ages===
The use of Templar rings dates back to the [[Middle Ages]]. After King [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] restructured the [[Order of the Ancients]]' [[Isu]]-worshipping broken remnants in [[England]] into the more [[Christianity|Christian]]-focused [[Knights Templar]] in the late 9th century, they could no longer use the Ancients' [[Order of the Ancients medallion|medallions]] embossed with [[Yggdrasil]] to signify group membership.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Poor Fellow-Soldier]]</ref> It is unclear what iconography they used over the next 300 years, if any, but when they received [[Papacy|Pope]] {{Wiki|Pope Eugene III|Eugene III}}'s blessing to use the cross, the Templars began adorning the cross pattée onto their {{Wiki|tabard}}s and other accessories from the 1160s onwards.<ref>''[[Echoes of History]] – Assassins vs Templars'' – Episode 3: The Knights Templar</ref>


In 1712, the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templar]] [[Wilson]] wore a ring that left a cross-shaped scar on [[Edward Kenway]]'s face after Wilson punched Edward while escaping the burning Kenway farmstead. Edward later encountered another Templar ring, this time worn by [[Benjamin Pritchard]], when the latter was captured by the crew of the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[ship]], the ''[[Emperor]]''. Edward's rival and fellow pirate [[Blaney]] stole the ring from Pritchard soon after.<ref name="BF novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref>
Within 30 years, they were forging rings bearing the cross on them; the Templars' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sablé]] gifted one such ring to [[Maria Thorpe]] when she joined the group and trained under him.<ref name="Intercept">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' – [[Intercept (Kyrenia Harbor)]]</ref> Despite the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] having [[Assassination|assassinated]] Robert at the [[Battle of Arsuf]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Robert de Sablé)]]</reF> an act that removed Robert's safeguarding of Maria's standing in the Order,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' – [[Assault (Maria Thorpe)]]</ref> she still wore the ring in 1192,<ref name="Intercept"/> but would eventually discard or store it elsewhere in the years after marrying Altaïr and joining the Assassins.


In 1715, the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order|Caribbean Rite]], [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], gave three rings to the new recruits, [[Julien du Casse]], [[Woodes Rogers]], and Edward Kenway—the latter having impersonated the former [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Duncan Walpole]]—during their [[Initiation into the Templar Order|induction ceremony]] into the Order.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]] </ref> After Edward was revealed as an imposter, his ring was taken back by Torres.<ref name="BF novel" />
[[File:Investigate Crusader Outpost 6.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr finding a ring in Kyrenia, Cyprus]]
Maria's ring was not the only one made, as Altaïr would see another that same year. After a [[Armand Bouchart's agent|mysterious figure]] dropped a lift with [[stone]] blocks on a [[Kyrenia]]n [[monk]] who was about to tell Altaïr about the [[Templar Archive]] on [[Cyprus]], Altaïr gave chase, but the figure escaped and all he found was a ring that had slipped off the man's finger.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' – [[Investigate (Crusader Outpost)]]</ref> A third ring uncovered in [[Constantinople]] still had wax on it, indicating that members could also utilize them as {{Wiki|Seal (emblem)|signet rings}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Path to Revelations]]''</ref>


In the early 18th century, certain members of the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]] in [[Japan]] wore Templar rings.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'']] – Episode 37</ref> In 1725, a Templar who met with the [[Macau]]-based businesswoman [[Lee Huiyin]] to demand a sea log in her possession in exchange for ceasing all hostilities against her company wore a ring, which allowed Lee to recognize him as a member of the Order.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'']] – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref>
===Renaissance===
In 1482, a corrupt [[merchant]] in Constantinople wore a Templar ring, which [[Yusuf Tazim]] took notice of while he and his friend [[Davud bin Hassan]] broke into the man's home to rob him. However, Yusuf did not yet understand the meaning of the red cross displayed on the ring, and was forced to escape after Davud sacrificed himself to stall the merchant and allow Yusuf to flee with their loot.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]'' – Regressions: Emir</ref>  


Templar rings had their greatest usage in the [[United States]] before and during the [[American Revolution]]. During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[United Kingdom|British]] General [[Edward Braddock]] wore one of these rings to signify his membership in the Order. Braddock was killed by fellow Templar [[Haytham Kenway]] during the [[Braddock Expedition]] in 1755 for his ruthlessness, following which Kenway took the ring from Braddock and awarded it to [[Charles Lee]] upon his induction into the Order.<ref name="BraddockExpedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)|The Braddock Expedition]]</ref> Before his death in 1757, [[George Monro]] gave his Templar ring to [[Shay Cormac]], and Shay was later inducted into the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Rite]].<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> Finally, a [[British Templar naval captain]] in the [[Royal Navy]] possessed a Templar ring until he was killed by the Assassin [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in 1776.<ref name="FrenchInvolvement">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[French Involvement]]</ref>
In the early 16th century, the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order|Chinese Templar]] [[Qiu Ju]], a member of the [[Eight Tigers]], wore a ring.<ref name="Blade of Shao Jun">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Homecoming (manga)|Homecoming]]</ref>


Towards the end of the 18th century, the wearing of Templar rings was discontinued by the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Rite]]. In their place, [[Templar pin|silver pins]] crafted by the Templar and [[Sage]] [[François-Thomas Germain]] became the main symbol of recognition for the Order.<ref name="Unity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>
===Age of Imperialism===
In 1712, the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templar]] [[Wilson]] wore a ring that left a cross-shaped scar on [[Edward Kenway]]'s face when Wilson punched him while escaping the [[Kenway family|Kenways]]' burning farmstead.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 13</ref>


During the early 20th century, Templar rings were worn by the Secret Chiefs of the [[Hermeticists|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], though the Hermeticists were unaware of the Templar Order's existence or its influence in their organization.<ref name="Frater V.O.V.">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 4 – Frater V.O.V.]]</ref>
Edward later saw another Templar ring worn by [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Pritchard]] of the [[East India Company]]'s merchant [[ship]] ''[[Amazon Galley]]''.<ref name="AC4Book18">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 18</ref> With Edward's fellow crewmen from the [[privateer]] ship ''[[Emperor]]'' having turned to [[piracy]] following the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]'s conclusion,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 16</ref> they captured Pritchard and tortured him in the ''Amazon''{{'}}s captain's cabin for the location of rumored treasure. While the ''Emperor{{'}}s'' captain [[Alexander Dolzell]] led his crew in looting the ''Amazon'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 17</ref> Edward noticed Pritchard's ring, only for Edward's rival [[Blaney]] to steal it for himself.<ref name="AC4Book18"/>


General [[Erich Albert]] of the [[Germany|German]] Army wore a Templar ring during the [[World War I|First World War]]. During the [[Christmas truce]] of 1914, Albert enlisted the aid of an enemy medic to perform surgery on a German soldier. After the surgery, Albert noticed the medic's interest in his Templar ring, and offered to trade it with him until he noticed the medic's Assassin burn mark around his finger, and was assassinated.<ref name="Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>
[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png|thumb|250px|Du Casse, Rogers, and Edward wearing their rings after their initiation]]
In 1715, [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], the Grand Master of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order|Caribbean Templars]], bestowed three rings upon the new recruits [[Julien du Casse]], [[Woodes Rogers]], and Edward Kenway—the latter having impersonated the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] turncoat [[Duncan Walpole]]—during their [[Initiation into the Templar Order|induction ceremony]] into the Order.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]] </ref> After Edward was revealed as an imposter and was captured by the Templars not long after, Torres reclaimed the ring while [[Interrogation|interrogating]] the pirate.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 31</ref>


In 1927, [[Thaddeus Gift]], the Grand Master of the British Rite, wore a Templar ring. After he was killed by the [[Black Cross]] [[Albert Bolden]] for betraying the Order's principles, his ring finger was cut off and placed in a box, along with the ring, which was to be delivered to [[Chiang Kai-shek]], whom the Chinese Templars hoped to recruit into their ranks. Gift's son [[Darius Gift|Darius]] was tasked to deliver the box to [[Shanghai]], but it was stolen shortly after his arrival in the city, while Chiang Kai-shek ultimately declined joining the Order.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Templars|''Assassin's Creed: Templars'']]</ref>
In the early 18th century, certain members of the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]] wore rings displaying the Order's insignia.<ref name="FT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> In January 1725, a British Templar in command of an East India Company ship wore a ring until he was killed by the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|Caribbean Assassin]] [[Adéwalé]].<ref name="FT 93">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 93|Episode 93]]</ref> Grand Master [[Alan Jacob]] also wore a Templar ring, albeit only in private, to keep his affiliations secret.<ref name="FT 106">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 106|Episode 106]]</ref>


[[John Roberts]] wore a Templar ring during the 21st century.<ref name="Rifts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Rifts]] </ref>
In February 1725, a Templar wore a ring to his meeting with the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] businesswoman [[Lee Huiyin|Madam Lee]]. He demanded the late [[Netherlands|Dutch]] explorer [[Hendrik]]'s [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]] that Lee had in exchange for the Templars ceasing all hostilities against her company, but unbeknownst to the man, Lee already knew of the Order's existence and correctly identified him as a member upon seeing the ring that most [[civilian]]s would have overlooked.<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref>


In 2014, after uploading Shay Cormac's file to the Assassin network, [[Melanie Lemay]] presented a Templar ring to the [[Helix]] research analyst "[[Numbskull]]", offering them a place in the Order.<ref name="ACRG" />
During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[British Army]] general [[Edward Braddock]] wore a Templar ring to signify his membership in the Order. Braddock was [[Assassination|assassinated]] by his fellow Templar [[Haytham Kenway]] during the [[Braddock Expedition]] in 1755 for his ruthlessness, following which Haytham took his ring and awarded it to [[Charles Lee]] upon his induction into the Order's recently-established [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Rite]].<ref name="Braddock Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)|The Braddock Expedition]]</ref>


In 2019, the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Templar]] [[Kaori Kagami]] wore a Templar ring while she worked as a doctor at the [[Abstergo Industries]] [[Abstergo Industries Yokohama facility|facility]] in [[Yokohama]].<ref name="Shao Jun" />  
[[File:Scars 10.png|thumb|250px|left|Monro passing his Templar ring to Shay]]
Upon being fatally wounded in an attack on [[Fort Frederick]] in 1757, the British Colonel [[George Monro]] gave his Templar ring to [[Shay Cormac]], who shortly after was inducted into the Colonial Rite.<ref name="Scars">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Scars]]</ref> The last known ring in [[North America]] was seen nearly 20 years later, when a [[British Templar naval captain]] in the [[Royal Navy]] bore one until he was killed by the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in 1776.<ref name="French Involvement">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[French Involvement]]</ref>
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===Early modern era===
By the early modern era, the wearing of Templar rings was largely discontinued by the Rites, though it did not stop their sporadic appearances in later decades. In a new tradition started by the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Rite]] just before the [[French Revolution]], [[Templar pin|silver pins]] originally crafted by the Templar [[silver]]smith and [[Sage]] [[François-Thomas Germain]] briefly became the new symbol of recognition for the wider Order,<ref name="Unity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Meeting with Mirabeau]]</ref> and later for their internal enforcers, the [[Black Cross]]es.<ref name="Templars 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 1|Issue #1]]</ref>
 
In 1868, an assassin tasked to eliminate Maharaja [[Duleep Singh]] of the [[Sikh Empire]] in [[London]] carried a Templar ring in his pocket. After his assassination attempt failed and he was killed by the British Assassins [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] and [[Evie Frye]], the twins found the ring in his pocket, informing them of his affiliations.<ref name="Good Shot">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[A Good Shot]]</ref>
 
[[File:PL-Deus Lux Solis.png|thumb|250px|A Secret Chief of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn wearing a Templar ring]]
In the early 20th century, the [[Hermeticists|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]'s leading Secret Chiefs wore Templar rings, though the Hermetic Order was unaware of the Templars' existence or influence in their organization.<ref name="Frater V.O.V.">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 4 – Frater V.O.V.]]</ref>
 
General [[Erich Albert]] of the [[German Army]] wore a Templar ring during [[World War I]]. During the [[Christmas truce]] of 1914, Albert enlisted the aid of a [[British Assassin medic|British medic]] to perform surgery on a [[Germany|German]] [[soldier]]. After the surgery, Albert noticed the [[doctor]]'s interest in his ring and offered to trade it with him until he recognized the man's Assassin burn mark around his finger and was assassinated.<ref name="Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>
 
In 1927, the British Rite's Grand Master [[Thaddeus Gift]] wore a Templar ring. After the Black Cross [[Albert Bolden]] killed him for his corruption, he severed Gift's ring-bearing finger and placed it in a box,<ref name="Templars 1"/> which the Templars intended to present to the [[Kuomintang]]'s leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]] as an invitation for him to join the Order, and also as a warning about the consequences of betraying the Templars.<ref name="Templars 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4|Issue #4]]</ref>  Gift's son [[Darius Gift|Darius]] was tasked to deliver the box to [[Shanghai]], but the actress [[Ruan Lingyu]] stole it shortly after his arrival in the city,<ref name="Templars 1"/> having been hired to do so by [[Soong Ching-ling]].<ref name="Templars 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 4|Issue #4]]</ref>
 
Soong, the widow of the [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order|Shanghai Rite]]'s late Grand Master [[Sun Yat-sen]], was aware that Chiang had no loyalty to the Templar cause and would double-cross the Order as soon as he seized power, so she wanted to preserve the box's contents. However, Ruan had secretly removed the Templar ring and the finger it was attached to from the box before the package reached Soong.<ref name="Templars 4"/> Ruan later showed the box's contents to Darius, leading him to realize that the Black Cross had killed his father.<ref name="Templars 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 5|Issue #5]]</ref>
 
===Modern times===
[[File:ACB Cluster 7 2.png|thumb|250px|left|John Roberts wearing a Templar ring]]
[[John Roberts]], the head of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and a secret Templar, wore a ring during the early 21st century.<ref name="Rifts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Rifts]] </ref>
 
In 2014, after uploading Shay Cormac's file to the Assassin network, [[Melanie Lemay]] presented a Templar ring to the [[Helix]] research analyst "[[Numbskull]]", offering them a place in the Order.<ref name="ACRG MD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>
 
In 2019, the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Templar]] [[Kaori Kagami]] wore a ring while she worked as a doctor at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Abstergo Industries Yokohama facility|facility]] in [[Yokohama]].<ref name="Blade of Shao Jun"/>
 
In 2023, an unidentified Templar supervising [[Shimazu Sei]]'s mission to find a [[Piece of Eden]] in [[Southeast Asia]] wore a ring.<ref name="FT 74">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 74|Episode 74]]</ref>  


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
The Templar rings in the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' franchise can be seen as a counterpart to the marks Assassins used, beginning in the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] with finger amputations up until the [[Middle Ages]], then burn marks during the [[Renaissance]], and eventually [[Assassin ring]]s in the [[Victorian era]]. However, in contrast to the left ring finger favored by the Assassins, Templar rings are typically worn on the right ring finger, further solidifying the differences between the two orders.   
The Templar rings in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' franchise]] can be seen as counterparts to the various marks used by the Assassins, beginning in the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] with finger amputations up until the [[Middle Ages]], then burn marks during the [[Renaissance]]. In contrast to the left ring finger favored by the Assassins, Templar rings are typically worn on the right ring finger, marking a physical difference between the two orders.   


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 13.png|Haytham Kenway taking Edward Braddock's Templar ring
ACRo Artifact Templar Ring.png|A medieval Templar ring
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 19.png|Charles Lee being awarded with Braddock's Templar ring
OldRing icon.png|A Templar ring from Constantinople
Scars 10.png|George Monro passing his Templar ring to Shay Cormac
AC-BladeofShaoJun-TemplarRing1.png|Qiu Ju's Templar ring
ACIII-Frenchinvolvement 7.png|Connor examining a Templar ring of the British captain
ACFT - Shimazu Templar ring.png|A Shimazu clan member's Templar ring
PL-Deus Lux Solis.png|A Secret Chief of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn wearing a Templar ring
ACFT - British Templar ring.png|An 18th-century British Templar's ring
ACFT - Templar ring.png|The ring worn by the Templar who met with Madam Lee
ACFT - Alan Jacob.jpg|Alan Jacob wearing a Templar ring
AC3 Templar Ring.png|Edward Braddock's Templar ring
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 13.png|Haytham Kenway taking Braddock's ring
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 19.png|Charles Lee being awarded with Braddock's ring
ACIII-Frenchinvolvement 7.png|Connor examining the British Templar naval captain's ring
Swap.png|Erich Albert holding his Templar ring
ACTemplars - Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring.png|Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring
ACTemplars - Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring.png|Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring
Swap.png|Erich Albert showing his Templar ring to an Assassin medic
ACRg TemplarRing.png|The Templar ring presented to "Numbskull"
ACB Cluster 7 2.png|John Roberts wearing a Templar ring
AC-BladeofShaoJun-TemplarRing1.png|Qiu Ju's Templar ring
AC-BladeofShaoJun-TemplarRingKaoriKagami.png|Kaori Kagami's Templar ring
AC-BladeofShaoJun-TemplarRingKaoriKagami.png|Kaori Kagami's Templar ring
ACFT - Templar boss ring.png|A Japanese Templar wearing a ring
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==  
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[The Last Maharaja]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[The Last Maharaja]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''


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"A ring with a red cross pattée in a white circle. The Order of the Knights Templar!"
―William Robert Woodman[src]-[m]
A Templar ring

A Templar ring is an adornment worn by members of the Templar Order since at least the mid-12th century that signifies membership in the Order. Typically, the rings bear a simple design of a red cross pattée, the Templar insignia.

History[edit | edit source]

Middle Ages[edit | edit source]

The use of Templar rings dates back to the Middle Ages. After King Alfred restructured the Order of the Ancients' Isu-worshipping broken remnants in England into the more Christian-focused Knights Templar in the late 9th century, they could no longer use the Ancients' medallions embossed with Yggdrasil to signify group membership.[1] It is unclear what iconography they used over the next 300 years, if any, but when they received Pope Eugene III's blessing to use the cross, the Templars began adorning the cross pattée onto their tabards and other accessories from the 1160s onwards.[2]

Within 30 years, they were forging rings bearing the cross on them; the Templars' Grand Master Robert de Sablé gifted one such ring to Maria Thorpe when she joined the group and trained under him.[3] Despite the Levantine Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad having assassinated Robert at the Battle of Arsuf,[4] an act that removed Robert's safeguarding of Maria's standing in the Order,[5] she still wore the ring in 1192,[3] but would eventually discard or store it elsewhere in the years after marrying Altaïr and joining the Assassins.

Altaïr finding a ring in Kyrenia, Cyprus

Maria's ring was not the only one made, as Altaïr would see another that same year. After a mysterious figure dropped a lift with stone blocks on a Kyrenian monk who was about to tell Altaïr about the Templar Archive on Cyprus, Altaïr gave chase, but the figure escaped and all he found was a ring that had slipped off the man's finger.[6] A third ring uncovered in Constantinople still had wax on it, indicating that members could also utilize them as signet rings.[7]

Renaissance[edit | edit source]

In 1482, a corrupt merchant in Constantinople wore a Templar ring, which Yusuf Tazim took notice of while he and his friend Davud bin Hassan broke into the man's home to rob him. However, Yusuf did not yet understand the meaning of the red cross displayed on the ring, and was forced to escape after Davud sacrificed himself to stall the merchant and allow Yusuf to flee with their loot.[8]

In the early 16th century, the Chinese Templar Qiu Ju, a member of the Eight Tigers, wore a ring.[9]

Age of Imperialism[edit | edit source]

In 1712, the British Templar Wilson wore a ring that left a cross-shaped scar on Edward Kenway's face when Wilson punched him while escaping the Kenways' burning farmstead.[10]

Edward later saw another Templar ring worn by Captain Benjamin Pritchard of the East India Company's merchant ship Amazon Galley.[11] With Edward's fellow crewmen from the privateer ship Emperor having turned to piracy following the War of the Spanish Succession's conclusion,[12] they captured Pritchard and tortured him in the Amazon's captain's cabin for the location of rumored treasure. While the Emperor's captain Alexander Dolzell led his crew in looting the Amazon,[13] Edward noticed Pritchard's ring, only for Edward's rival Blaney to steal it for himself.[11]

Du Casse, Rogers, and Edward wearing their rings after their initiation

In 1715, Laureano de Torres y Ayala, the Grand Master of the Caribbean Templars, bestowed three rings upon the new recruits Julien du Casse, Woodes Rogers, and Edward Kenway—the latter having impersonated the British Assassin turncoat Duncan Walpole—during their induction ceremony into the Order.[14] After Edward was revealed as an imposter and was captured by the Templars not long after, Torres reclaimed the ring while interrogating the pirate.[15]

In the early 18th century, certain members of the Templar-affiliated Shimazu clan wore rings displaying the Order's insignia.[16] In January 1725, a British Templar in command of an East India Company ship wore a ring until he was killed by the Caribbean Assassin Adéwalé.[17] Grand Master Alan Jacob also wore a Templar ring, albeit only in private, to keep his affiliations secret.[18]

In February 1725, a Templar wore a ring to his meeting with the Qing businesswoman Madam Lee. He demanded the late Dutch explorer Hendrik's sea log that Lee had in exchange for the Templars ceasing all hostilities against her company, but unbeknownst to the man, Lee already knew of the Order's existence and correctly identified him as a member upon seeing the ring that most civilians would have overlooked.[19]

During the Seven Years' War, the British Army general Edward Braddock wore a Templar ring to signify his membership in the Order. Braddock was assassinated by his fellow Templar Haytham Kenway during the Braddock Expedition in 1755 for his ruthlessness, following which Haytham took his ring and awarded it to Charles Lee upon his induction into the Order's recently-established Colonial Rite.[20]

Monro passing his Templar ring to Shay

Upon being fatally wounded in an attack on Fort Frederick in 1757, the British Colonel George Monro gave his Templar ring to Shay Cormac, who shortly after was inducted into the Colonial Rite.[21] The last known ring in North America was seen nearly 20 years later, when a British Templar naval captain in the Royal Navy bore one until he was killed by the Colonial Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton in 1776.[22]

Early modern era[edit | edit source]

By the early modern era, the wearing of Templar rings was largely discontinued by the Rites, though it did not stop their sporadic appearances in later decades. In a new tradition started by the French Rite just before the French Revolution, silver pins originally crafted by the Templar silversmith and Sage François-Thomas Germain briefly became the new symbol of recognition for the wider Order,[23] and later for their internal enforcers, the Black Crosses.[24]

In 1868, an assassin tasked to eliminate Maharaja Duleep Singh of the Sikh Empire in London carried a Templar ring in his pocket. After his assassination attempt failed and he was killed by the British Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye, the twins found the ring in his pocket, informing them of his affiliations.[25]

A Secret Chief of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn wearing a Templar ring

In the early 20th century, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's leading Secret Chiefs wore Templar rings, though the Hermetic Order was unaware of the Templars' existence or influence in their organization.[26]

General Erich Albert of the German Army wore a Templar ring during World War I. During the Christmas truce of 1914, Albert enlisted the aid of a British medic to perform surgery on a German soldier. After the surgery, Albert noticed the doctor's interest in his ring and offered to trade it with him until he recognized the man's Assassin burn mark around his finger and was assassinated.[27]

In 1927, the British Rite's Grand Master Thaddeus Gift wore a Templar ring. After the Black Cross Albert Bolden killed him for his corruption, he severed Gift's ring-bearing finger and placed it in a box,[24] which the Templars intended to present to the Kuomintang's leader Chiang Kai-shek as an invitation for him to join the Order, and also as a warning about the consequences of betraying the Templars.[28] Gift's son Darius was tasked to deliver the box to Shanghai, but the actress Ruan Lingyu stole it shortly after his arrival in the city,[24] having been hired to do so by Soong Ching-ling.[28]

Soong, the widow of the Shanghai Rite's late Grand Master Sun Yat-sen, was aware that Chiang had no loyalty to the Templar cause and would double-cross the Order as soon as he seized power, so she wanted to preserve the box's contents. However, Ruan had secretly removed the Templar ring and the finger it was attached to from the box before the package reached Soong.[28] Ruan later showed the box's contents to Darius, leading him to realize that the Black Cross had killed his father.[29]

Modern times[edit | edit source]

John Roberts wearing a Templar ring

John Roberts, the head of the Supreme Court of the United States and a secret Templar, wore a ring during the early 21st century.[30]

In 2014, after uploading Shay Cormac's file to the Assassin network, Melanie Lemay presented a Templar ring to the Helix research analyst "Numbskull", offering them a place in the Order.[31]

In 2019, the Japanese Templar Kaori Kagami wore a ring while she worked as a doctor at Abstergo Industries' facility in Yokohama.[9]

In 2023, an unidentified Templar supervising Shimazu Sei's mission to find a Piece of Eden in Southeast Asia wore a ring.[32]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The Templar rings in the Assassin's Creed franchise can be seen as counterparts to the various marks used by the Assassins, beginning in the Ptolemaic Kingdom with finger amputations up until the Middle Ages, then burn marks during the Renaissance. In contrast to the left ring finger favored by the Assassins, Templar rings are typically worn on the right ring finger, marking a physical difference between the two orders.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • A medieval Templar ring
    A medieval Templar ring
  • A Templar ring from Constantinople
    A Templar ring from Constantinople
  • Qiu Ju's Templar ring
    Qiu Ju's Templar ring
  • A Shimazu clan member's Templar ring
    A Shimazu clan member's Templar ring
  • An 18th-century British Templar's ring
    An 18th-century British Templar's ring
  • The ring worn by the Templar who met with Madam Lee
    The ring worn by the Templar who met with Madam Lee
  • Alan Jacob wearing a Templar ring
    Alan Jacob wearing a Templar ring
  • Edward Braddock's Templar ring
    Edward Braddock's Templar ring
  • Haytham Kenway taking Braddock's ring
    Haytham Kenway taking Braddock's ring
  • Charles Lee being awarded with Braddock's ring
    Charles Lee being awarded with Braddock's ring
  • Connor examining the British Templar naval captain's ring
    Connor examining the British Templar naval captain's ring
  • Erich Albert holding his Templar ring
    Erich Albert holding his Templar ring
  • Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring
    Thaddeus Gift's Templar ring
  • The Templar ring presented to "Numbskull"
    The Templar ring presented to "Numbskull"
  • Kaori Kagami's Templar ring
    Kaori Kagami's Templar ring
  • A Japanese Templar wearing a ring
    A Japanese Templar wearing a ring

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Poor Fellow-Soldier
  2. ↑ Echoes of History – Assassins vs Templars – Episode 3: The Knights Templar
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines – Intercept (Kyrenia Harbor)
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Robert de Sablé)
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines – Assault (Maria Thorpe)
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines – Investigate (Crusader Outpost)
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Path to Revelations
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization – Regressions: Emir
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – Homecoming
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 13
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 18
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 16
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 17
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Mister Walpole, I Presume?
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 31
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 37
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 93
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 106
  19. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 12
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – The Braddock Expedition
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Scars
  22. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – French Involvement
  23. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Meeting with Mirabeau
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Assassin's Creed: Templars – Issue #1
  25. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Last Maharaja – A Good Shot
  26. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 4 – Frater V.O.V.
  27. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Assassin's Creed: Templars – Issue #4
  29. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Templars – Issue #5
  30. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Rifts
  31. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Modern day
  32. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 74

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