British Rite of the Templar Order

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"You have not encountered cunning or danger until you have faced a British Templar."

―Miko, 1751.

The British Rite of the Templar Order was one of the autonomous factions comprising the Templar Order.

By the mid-18th century, under the leadership of Reginald Birch, it held a leading position among the various Templar Rites. Birch became acquainted with the Assassin, Edward Kenway, in 1723. Knowing of Edward's research on First Civilization sites, Birch intended to steal the man's journal. Two years later, Birch orchestrated an attack on the Kenway household, hiring several mercenaries to kill Edward and obtain the journal.

With the journal in his hand, Birch began scouring the globe, investigating several leads to the Precursor artifacts and sites. In 1738, Birch inducted Lawrence Washington into the Templar Order; Washington later rose in the ranks and became a Master Templar. Reginald tasked Washington with locating the precursor sites, but to no avail. Unimpressed with his progress, along with the newly established Colonial Brotherhood, Reginald sent another of his agents, Colonel George Monro, to further their efforts.

In 1750, Monro recruited Christopher Gist, a frontiersman who was tasked with exploring the west colonies, as well as strengthening the Templars' relations with the indigenous tribes in order to secure alliances and commercial lanes. At some point, Gist encountered a young thief named Jack Weeks who attempted to pickpocket the explorer. Despite Weeks being caught in the act, Gist was impressed by his skill and audacious attitude, and took him on as an errand boy; Gist later began tutoring him upon the suggestion of Monro. A year later, Gist and Jack were inducted into the Templar Order.

The same year Washington learned that François Mackandal Mentor of the Haitian Brotherhood had obtained two powerful precursor artefacts the Precursor box and the Voynich manuscript, which aided the brotherhood in locating several Precursor sites with one located in Port-au-Prince. Lawrence travelled to Haiti where he tracked down Vendredi one of Mackadnal's students who had indirectly triggered a massive earthquake.

When Vendredi attempted to escape the site his legs were caught near a crevasse under a falling debris. Washington promised to aid him if he in turn revealed Mackandal's location to which he reluctantly agreed but Lawrence then slit Vendredi's throat. He then travelled to Mackandal's camp and managed to steal the Precursor box and manuscript, Washington then travelled by sea though he was pursued by Adéwalé, Washington was able to evade him upon reaching New York.

Members

• Reginald Birch
• Edward Braddock
• May Carroll
• Mr. Carroll
• Mrs. Carroll
• Francis Cotton
• Hilary Flint
• James Gunn
• Aubrey Hague
• John Harrison
• Haytham Kenway

• George Monro
• Benjamin Pritchard
• Emmett Scott
• Samuel Smith
• Perkin Warbeck
• James Wardrop
• Lawrence Washington
• Frederick Weatherall
• Jack Weeks
• Wilson

Allies

• Tom Cobleigh
• Jim Holden
• Julian
• Tom Smith
• Duncan Walpole