Albert Bolden

The Black Cross

The "Black Cross" was a Templar agent active during the early 20th century, who traveled around the world under the guise of a trumpeter, member of a jazz band playing in night clubs.

The Black Cross was not the first Templar to carry the title, which was bestowed upon the members of a branch within the Templar Order tasked with keeping the Grand Masters of the various Rites in line with the Templar Code and to eradicate any corruption of the Templar value. The agent was known for his signature weapon, which was a bladed pin shaped as a black Templar cross.

Biography

In February 1927, while in London, the Black Cross executed Thaddeus Gift for stealing money from his fellow Templars and for using the good name of the Order to embezzle money. Tracking him across the streets of the city, the Black Cross eventually slit his throat and cut out his Templar ring finger.

Two month later, as China was marked by a growing conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and the government of the Nationalists, the Black Cross was playing with his band in Shanghai. He witnessed the arrival of Darius Gift in the club where he was playing, and followed him outside when the package he was supposed to deliver to the Shanghai Rite was stolen by a prostitute named Roo. From a nearby roof, the Black Cross witnessed two frenchmen approaching Gift,believing that the young man was the Black Cross, before deciding to intervene.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Templars #001