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==Ideals and Goals==
==Ideals and Goals==
The Knights Templar originally sought lasting peace the Christian way. However, with their discovery of the [[Pieces of Eden]], they changed. As powerful religious and political figures spread their lies, they realized that there is no God or Great Power out there, only men with power and those without. They became Atheists, while maintaining the pretense and tradition of Roman Catholics and retaining friends in the Vatican to avoid suspicion and for personal habit. With no afterlife or ultimate punishment or reward after death, there was no real reason to oblige by such morality. It also made them perceive that only this life was important, rather than preparing for a non-existent next life. With this new view, the corruption of the world shone to them like an ugly light. With so many lower class people kept in line with the promise of a next life and so many upper class men blissfully ignoring such ideals, the Templars vowed to make a better world, one of lasting peace, no matter the cost. This lasting peace, as they thought, would be brought about by the Pieces of Eden, where they intend to use it to make everyone usher in a world of forced but lasting peace.
The Knights Templar originally sought lasting peace the Christian way. However, with their discovery of the [[Pieces of Eden]], they changed. As powerful religious and political figures spread their lies, they realized that there is no God or Great Power out there, only men with power and those without. They became Atheists, while maintaining the pretense and tradition of Roman Catholics and retaining friends in the Vatican to avoid suspicion and for personal habit. With no afterlife or ultimate punishment or reward after death, there was no real reason to oblige by such morality. It also made them perceive that only this life was important, rather than preparing for a non-existent next life. With this new view, the corruption of the world shone to them like an ugly light. With so many lower class people kept in line with the promise of a next life and so many upper class men blissfully ignoring such ideals, the Templars vowed to make a better world, one of lasting peace, no matter the cost. This lasting peace, as they thought, would be brought about by the Pieces of Eden, where they intend to use it to make everyone usher in a world of forced but lasting peace.
As time progressed, however, the Templars more or less sought and used the Pieces of Eden, not for peace, but for the power and knowledge it brings, knowing that only this life was important. Their goals changed as they sought to control and unify the entire world under their grasp using the Pieces of Eden in a way similar to a "New World Order".


==History==
==History==
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==Members==
==Members==
Originally crusaders of unprecedented skill, as time progressed, they began to act secretly, utilizing powerful and influential people to further their cause. Often, these people are lured to being Templars by the promise of power and glory.
===Third Crusade===
===Third Crusade===
* [[Basilisk]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
* [[Basilisk]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
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===Renaissance===
===Renaissance===
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar and His Holiness, Pope Alexander VI)
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar and Pope Alexander VI)
*[[Marco Barbarigo]] (Corrupt Doge of Venice)
*[[Marco Barbarigo]] (Corrupt Doge of Venice)
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]] (Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Venice)
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]] (Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Venice)
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*[[Girolamo Savonarola]] (Dominican priest)
*[[Girolamo Savonarola]] (Dominican priest)


===Modern times===
===Modern Times===
*[[Alan Rikkin]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] CEO)
*[[Alan Rikkin]] ([[Abstergo Industries]] CEO)
*[[Warren Vidic]] (Scientist of Abstergo Industries)
*[[Warren Vidic]] (Scientist of Abstergo Industries)

Revision as of 11:27, 13 January 2010


"May the Father of Understanding guide us"
―One of the mottos of the Templars

The Knights Templar is a military religious order created during the First Crusade and are the sworn enemies of the Assassins. The order survives through the Third Crusade and exists through the Renaissance even until Modern Times (2012).

Ideals and Goals

The Knights Templar originally sought lasting peace the Christian way. However, with their discovery of the Pieces of Eden, they changed. As powerful religious and political figures spread their lies, they realized that there is no God or Great Power out there, only men with power and those without. They became Atheists, while maintaining the pretense and tradition of Roman Catholics and retaining friends in the Vatican to avoid suspicion and for personal habit. With no afterlife or ultimate punishment or reward after death, there was no real reason to oblige by such morality. It also made them perceive that only this life was important, rather than preparing for a non-existent next life. With this new view, the corruption of the world shone to them like an ugly light. With so many lower class people kept in line with the promise of a next life and so many upper class men blissfully ignoring such ideals, the Templars vowed to make a better world, one of lasting peace, no matter the cost. This lasting peace, as they thought, would be brought about by the Pieces of Eden, where they intend to use it to make everyone usher in a world of forced but lasting peace.

As time progressed, however, the Templars more or less sought and used the Pieces of Eden, not for peace, but for the power and knowledge it brings, knowing that only this life was important. Their goals changed as they sought to control and unify the entire world under their grasp using the Pieces of Eden in a way similar to a "New World Order".

History

Assassin's Creed

Their main goal during the Crusades was to bring peace to the Holy Land by usurping the rule of Saladin and undermining the efforts of Richard the Lionheart while both were more concerned with fighting each other, but the ways they do it are both ruthless and barbaric. They try to control peoples' free will and will ruthlessly kill anyone who is against them, especially the Assassins. They are good at manipulation, as they have members in both the Crusader and Saracen armies, allowing themselves to manipulate both Richard the Lionheart and Saladin for their own gain and even manipulated the other knight orders like the Knights Hospitalier, Knights Teutonic and even the Assassins, whose leader, Al Mualim, was a member of the Templars, but later chose to betray them by stealing the Piece of Eden for his own purposes.

Later on, the Templars use the assassinations of Altaïr of those who are secretly Templars on both sides of the Holy War to bring both the Saracen and the Crusaders to fight against the common enemy, the Assassins. This failed, however, with the death of Robert de Sable at the hands of Altaïr. Altaïr then went back to Masyaf to kill the last Templar, his grandmaster, Al Mualim. However, even with the death of all the Templar leaders, they still persist.

They tend to attack more skilfully and take more hits than normal guards. Templars should be dealt with while expressing extreme caution and solid battle skills. These soldiers are usually stationary, and on the lookout for the Assassins, their sworn enemies, who they are engaged with in a low-scale war.

Assassin's Creed II

According to Subject 16, the Templar Seal is the Mark of Cain. This indicates that the principle ideas of the Templars seems to have existed for much longer.

Members

Originally crusaders of unprecedented skill, as time progressed, they began to act secretly, utilizing powerful and influential people to further their cause. Often, these people are lured to being Templars by the promise of power and glory.

Third Crusade

Renaissance

Modern Times

Others

Templar Groups

There are groups who act as unofficial divisions of the Templars, unrelated to them publicly but in fact commanded by Templars (some of them through the membership of their leaders and others are part of the Templar Order itself).

The Historical Templars

Ordre du Temple in French, the Knights Templar are amongst the most famous of the Western Christian military orders involved in the war. They are well known by the distinctive white mantles with a red cross. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favored charity throughout Christianity, and grew rapidly in membership. Because the Templars' existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost, support for the Order faded.

They were among the most skilled fighters at the time, which is reflected in the game. Their ruthlessness against non-Catholics was also infamous; this also is reflected in the game.


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