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The '''Japanese Rite of the Templar Order''' is the Rite of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] based in [[Japan]], in operation since the [[Sengoku period]]. | The '''Japanese Rite of the Templar Order''' is the [[Templar Rite|Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] based in [[Japan]], in operation since the [[Sengoku period]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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During the first half of the 16th century, the Templars had suffered numerous defeats at the hands of the [[Assassins]] in [[Europe]]. Around 1549, the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templar]] [[Francis Xavier]] set his sights on [[Japan]], seeing an opportunity to spread both Christianity and Templar influence on the island.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref> | During the first half of the 16th century, the Templars had suffered numerous defeats at the hands of the [[Assassins]] in [[Europe]]. Around 1549, the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templar]] [[Francis Xavier]] set his sights on [[Japan]], seeing an opportunity to spread both Christianity and Templar influence on the island.<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref> | ||
Another Templar, the Portuguese Jesuit missionary [[Gaspar Vilela]], would later continue Xavier's mission of spreading the Templar ideology through the Christian mission. In 1558, Vilela's right-hand man, [[João Machado]], departed from Owari Province with a [[Piece of Eden]] as well as a supply of arquebuses sought after by Owari's daimyo, [[Oda Nobunaga]],<ref name="TTRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''</ref> who had formed an alliance with the newly-established [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Assassins]].<ref name="ACM" /> The Brotherhood sent [[Mochizuki Chiyome]] and [[Akira]] to retrieve Machado's cargo, resulting in the Templar's death and the loss of their Piece of Eden.<ref name="TTRPG" /> | Another Templar, the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] Jesuit missionary [[Gaspar Vilela]], would later continue Xavier's mission of spreading the Templar ideology through the Christian mission. In 1558, Vilela's right-hand man, [[João Machado]], departed from Owari Province with a [[Piece of Eden]] as well as a supply of arquebuses sought after by Owari's daimyo, [[Oda Nobunaga]],<ref name="TTRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''</ref> who had formed an alliance with the newly-established [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Assassins]].<ref name="ACM" /> The Brotherhood sent [[Mochizuki Chiyome]] and [[Akira]] to retrieve Machado's cargo, resulting in the Templar's death and the loss of their Piece of Eden.<ref name="TTRPG" /> | ||
The Templars' attempts to find new recruits were frequently hindered by the constant wars between clans, as well as their hostility toward outsiders. The Templars were also heavily opposed by the Japanese Assassins, who worked to prevent the spread of their influence in Japan and recruited individuals from the ranks of the [[ninja]] and [[samurai]], such as [[Hattori Hanzō]] and [[Yamauchi Taka]]. The Assassins supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], one of the many warlords of the period, who similarly opposed the Templars' influence and, as such, tasked his former squire [[Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu]] with reporting any Templar activity in the land.<ref name="ACM" /> | The Templars' attempts to find new recruits were frequently hindered by the constant wars between clans, as well as their hostility toward outsiders. The Templars were also heavily opposed by the Japanese Assassins, who worked to prevent the spread of their influence in Japan and recruited individuals from the ranks of the [[ninja]] and [[samurai]], such as [[Hattori Hanzō]] and [[Yamauchi Taka]]. The Assassins supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], one of the many warlords of the period, who similarly opposed the Templars' influence and, as such, tasked his former squire [[Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu]] with reporting any Templar activity in the land.<ref name="ACM" /> | ||
Despite the opposition they faced, the Templars eventually managed to recruit, among others, [[Uesugi Kenshin]], head of the {{Wiki|Uesugi clan}}. Kenshin fought various battles with his rival [[Takeda Shingen]], the owner of a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]]. Their rivalry ended when Shingen was assassinated in 1573 by the Tokugawa and the Assassins, and Kenshin himself was killed by the Assassin Hattori Hanzō in 1578.<ref name="ACM" /> | Despite the opposition they faced, the Templars eventually managed to recruit, among others, [[Uesugi Kenshin]], head of the {{Wiki|Uesugi clan}}. Kenshin fought various battles with his rival [[Takeda Shingen]], the owner of a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]]. Their rivalry ended when Shingen was assassinated in 1573 by the Tokugawa and the Assassins, and Kenshin himself was killed by the Assassin Hattori Hanzō in 1578.<ref name="ACM" /> | ||
[[File:ACM Alessandro Valignano.png|thumb| | |||
Meanwhile, [[Alessandro Valignano]], an [[Italy|Italian]] Jesuit missionary and | [[File:ACM Alessandro Valignano.png|thumb|220px|Alessandro Valignano]] | ||
Meanwhile, [[Alessandro Valignano]], an [[Italy|Italian]] Jesuit missionary and member of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]], was sent to aid fellow missionary [[Francisco Cabral]], who was already doing missionary work in Japan. However, the two men despised one another almost instantly. Valignano used his Jesuit connections to scour Japan for Templar recruits, and upon Francisco Cabral confronting Valignano regarding this, Alessandro used his influence to force Cabral to resign from his post as Superior of the Jesuit Mission.<ref name="ACM" /> | |||
By the 1590s, the Templars had managed to recruit the ''{{Wiki|kunoichi}}'' Mochizuki Chiyome,<ref name="ACM" /> a noblewoman and former Assassin<ref name="TTRPG" /> who had created an all-female group of ninja agents in her service as the spymaster of her uncle-in-law, Takeda Shingen. Through Chiyome, the Templars gained a vast information network that helped spread their philosophy throughout Japan. However, Chiyome was eventually assassinated by Hanzō after he tracked her down to her residence in Shinano,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Mochizuki Chiyome (memory)|Mochizuki Chiyome]]</ref> shortly before his own death in 1596 at the hand of [[Fūma Kotarō]].<ref name="ACM" /> | By the 1590s, the Templars had managed to recruit the ''{{Wiki|kunoichi}}'' Mochizuki Chiyome,<ref name="ACM" /> a noblewoman and former Assassin<ref name="TTRPG" /> who had created an all-female group of ninja agents in her service as the spymaster of her uncle-in-law, Takeda Shingen. Through Chiyome, the Templars gained a vast information network that helped spread their philosophy throughout Japan. However, Chiyome was eventually assassinated by Hanzō after he tracked her down to her residence in Shinano,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Mochizuki Chiyome (memory)|Mochizuki Chiyome]]</ref> shortly before his own death in 1596 at the hand of [[Fūma Kotarō]].<ref name="ACM" /> | ||
===Edo period=== | ===Edo period=== | ||
After the | After the country was united under the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu, an ally of the Assassins, in 1600, the Japanese Templars would subsequently fade into obscurity.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]'' – {{Cite|23 Apr 2021}}</ref> However, some Templars continued to operate in secrecy as part of the wealthy [[Shimazu clan]] under Tokugawa rule.<ref name="ACFT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''</ref> | ||
====Search for Angkor==== | ====Search for Angkor==== | ||
[[File:ACFT - Shimazu Clan.png|left|thumb| | [[File:ACFT - Shimazu Clan.png|left|thumb|250px|Shimazu Saito with her ninja followers]] | ||
In the early 18th century, [[Shimazu Saito]], an illegitimate daughter of the Shimazu clan's leader, was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways. After becoming an efficient assassin for the clan, Saito was inducted into the Templar Order and was sent, alongside her subordinates, to search for the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]], believed by the Templars to be an [[Isu]] site. In exchange for retrieving the lost city's treasure, Saito was promised that she and her men, all of whom were of mixed heritage and thus looked down upon by the clan's Japanese members, would become full-fledged members of the clan.<ref name="ACFT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> | In the early 18th century, [[Shimazu Saito]], an illegitimate daughter of the Shimazu clan's leader, was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways. After becoming an efficient assassin for the clan, Saito was inducted into the Templar Order and was sent, alongside her subordinates, to search for the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]], believed by the Templars to be an [[Isu]] site. In exchange for retrieving the lost city's treasure, Saito was promised that she and her men, all of whom were of mixed heritage and thus looked down upon by the clan's Japanese members, would become full-fledged members of the clan.<ref name="ACFT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> | ||
In February 1725, Saito and her followers, including a faction of Japanese ninja led by [[Fuma Sukuna]], arrived in the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] colony of [[Macau]] to search for clues to Angkor's location. While attempting to silence those who knew about the lost city's existence in order to maintain its secrecy, Saito and her men clashed several times with the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who was also on Angkor's trail.<ref name="ACFT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 4|Episode 4]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 8|Episode 8]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> | In February 1725, Saito and her followers, including a faction of Japanese ninja led by [[Fuma Sukuna]], arrived in the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] colony of [[Macau]] to search for clues to Angkor's location. While attempting to silence those who knew about the lost city's existence in order to maintain its secrecy, Saito and her men clashed several times with the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who was also on Angkor's trail.<ref name="ACFT 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 4|Episode 4]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 8|Episode 8]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> | ||
Around this time, the Templars began influencing the power struggle in Macau between its various merchants and trade companies, aiding the businessmen [[Sun (Hualien Trading Company)|Sun]] of the [[Hualien Trading Company]], [[Alan Jacob]] of the [[Far East Company]], and [[Jan van Aert]] of the [[Dutch East India Company]] with their plans to sabotage their mutual rival, [[Lee Huiyin]].<ref name="ACFT 13">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 13|Episode 13]]</ref> However, most of these schemes were thwarted by Kenway.<ref name="ACFT 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 15|Episode 15]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 17|Episode 17]]</ref> Saito later ended up striking an alliance with Sun, who offered his protection to the Templar and her subordinates in exchange for a [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]] she had stolen from Kenway, which contained | Around this time, the Templars began influencing the power struggle in Macau between its various merchants and trade companies, aiding the businessmen [[Sun (Hualien Trading Company)|Sun]] of the [[Hualien Trading Company]], [[Alan Jacob]] of the [[Far East Company]], and [[Jan van Aert]] of the [[Dutch East India Company]] with their plans to sabotage their mutual rival, [[Lee Huiyin]].<ref name="ACFT 13">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 13|Episode 13]]</ref> However, most of these schemes were thwarted by Kenway.<ref name="ACFT 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 15|Episode 15]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 17|Episode 17]]</ref> Saito later ended up striking an alliance with Sun, who offered his protection to the Templar and her subordinates in exchange for a [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]] she had stolen from Kenway, which contained information on Angkor's location.<ref name="ACFT 34">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34|Episode 34]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACFT - Edward and Saito fighting ninja.png|thumb| | [[File:ACFT - Edward and Saito fighting ninja.png|thumb|250px|Shimazu Saito and Edward Kenway working together to fight Fuma Sukuna's ninja]] | ||
In time, tensions between Saito's mixed blood followers and the Japanese ninja in her service grew, eventually resulting in the latter abandoning Saito and branding her a traitor to the Shimazu clan.<ref name="ACFT 20">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 20|Episode 20]]</ref> During the subsequent [[Shimazu clan civil war|civil war]] between the two ninja factions, Fuma Sukuna enlisted Kenway's help to | In time, tensions between Saito's mixed-blood followers and the Japanese ninja in her service grew, eventually resulting in the latter abandoning Saito and branding her a traitor to the Shimazu clan.<ref name="ACFT 20">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 20|Episode 20]]</ref> During the subsequent [[Shimazu clan civil war|civil war]] between the two ninja factions, Fuma Sukuna enlisted Kenway's help to assassinate Saito aboard Sun's [[Sun's floating gambling hall|floating gambling hall]].<ref name="ACFT 31">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 31|Episode 31]]</ref> However, the Assassin ended up striking an alliance with Saito instead, and together they attempted to recover the sea log from Sun, fighting against both Sukuna's ninja and members of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins]], who also sought the log.<ref name="ACFT 34" /> | ||
Ultimately, Saito and Kenway lost the log to the Chinese Assassins, who killed Sun<ref name="ACFT 38">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 38|Episode 38]]</ref> and later joined forces with Lee Huiyin and Sukuna to find Angkor. The conflict also resulted in the deaths of all of Saito's remaining followers, prompting Kenway to recruit Saito into his organization, the [[Zhang Wei Union]], whereupon she worked alongside them to search for Angkor and its treasure.<ref name="ACFT 40">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 40|Episode 40]]</ref> | Ultimately, Saito and Kenway lost the log to the Chinese Assassins, who killed Sun<ref name="ACFT 38">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 38|Episode 38]]</ref> and later joined forces with Lee Huiyin and Sukuna to find Angkor. The conflict also resulted in the deaths of all of Saito's remaining followers, prompting Kenway to recruit Saito into his organization, the [[Zhang Wei Union]], whereupon she worked alongside them to search for Angkor and its treasure.<ref name="ACFT 40">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 40|Episode 40]]</ref> | ||
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====Search for the Precursor box==== | ====Search for the Precursor box==== | ||
By 2019, the Templar [[Kaori Kagami]] was employed in the Abstergo [[Abstergo Industries Yokohama facility|facility]] in Yokohama, where the doctor worked to unlock the secrets of [[Shao Jun]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] by using her descendant, a teenager named [[Kō Risa]], as an Animus test subject.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Homecoming (manga)|Homecoming]]</ref> At first, she manipulated the young lady by reassuring her that these sessions would help her control her outbursts and mental health but gave no concern of the Animus' [[Bleeding Effect|effects]] on her patient.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Assassin Brotherhood and The Templar Order]]</ref> With correspondence and a warning from [[Ellen Kaye]], Kagami continued her treatment despite any precautions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Consequences (manga)|Consequences]]</ref> | By 2019, the Templar [[Kaori Kagami]] was employed in the Abstergo [[Abstergo Industries Yokohama facility|facility]] in Yokohama, where the doctor worked to unlock the secrets of [[Shao Jun]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] by using her descendant, a teenager named [[Kō Risa]], as an Animus test subject.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Homecoming (manga)|Homecoming]]</ref> At first, she manipulated the young lady by reassuring her that these sessions would help her control her outbursts and mental health but gave no concern of the Animus' [[Bleeding Effect|effects]] on her patient.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Assassin Brotherhood and The Templar Order]]</ref> With correspondence and a warning from [[Ellen Kaye]], Kagami continued her treatment despite any precautions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Consequences (manga)|Consequences]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACBoSJ Yokohama Facility 2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Kaori Kagami and an Abstergo colleague]] | |||
While Kagami continued the sessions,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Shao Jun and Qixie]]</ref> she took little notice when Risa had been forgoing longer time for their sessions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Eagle Vision (manga)|Eagle Vision]]</ref> After one of their sessions ended, Kagami was confronted by Risa about the Animus' effects on her psyche but the doctor retorted that she was close to Shao Jun's secrets. Locking the door and holding Risa at gunpoint,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[To Each Her Own Arena]]</ref> Kagami ordered guards to force Risa back into the Animus.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Great Wall]]</ref> | While Kagami continued the sessions,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Shao Jun and Qixie]]</ref> she took little notice when Risa had been forgoing longer time for their sessions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Eagle Vision (manga)|Eagle Vision]]</ref> After one of their sessions ended, Kagami was confronted by Risa about the Animus' effects on her psyche but the doctor retorted that she was close to Shao Jun's secrets. Locking the door and holding Risa at gunpoint,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[To Each Her Own Arena]]</ref> Kagami ordered guards to force Risa back into the Animus.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Great Wall]]</ref> | ||
During the forced sessions, Kagami informed her assistant that they would dispose of Risa after gaining the information they wanted. However, it led to a dead end of the [[Precursor box]] remaining lost from Shao Jun's hands and Kagami throwing a fit of rage until she noticed Risa awake from the Animus.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Culmination]]</ref> While Risa confronted the doctor on her mistreatment, the Assassin [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] and Risa's cousin [[Mari]] infiltrated the facility to rescue her. Risa, however, disarmed Kagami and knocked out her guards. With Kiyoshi and Mari arriving on the scene, Kagami was met with defeat as Risa thanked her for helping her unlock her own secret memories before shooting and destroying the Animus. After Kiyoshi and the cousins left, Kagami was left in complete disarray.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Creed]]</ref> | During the forced sessions, Kagami informed her assistant that they would dispose of Risa after gaining the information they wanted. However, it led to a dead end of the [[Precursor box]] remaining lost from Shao Jun's hands and Kagami throwing a fit of rage until she noticed Risa awake from the Animus.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Culmination]]</ref> | ||
While Risa confronted the doctor on her mistreatment, the Assassin [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] and Risa's cousin [[Mari]] infiltrated the facility to rescue her. Risa, however, disarmed Kagami and knocked out her guards. With Kiyoshi and Mari arriving on the scene, Kagami was met with defeat as Risa thanked her for helping her unlock her own secret memories before shooting and destroying the Animus. After Kiyoshi and the cousins left, Kagami was left in complete disarray.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Creed]]</ref> | |||
====Shimazu Sei's mission==== | ====Shimazu Sei's mission==== | ||
By 2023, relations between the Shimazu clan and the rest of the Templar Order had soured.<ref name="ACFT 42">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 42|Episode 42]]</ref> In order to prove her family's loyalty and worth to the Templars, [[Shimazu Sei]], a descendant of Shimazu Saito,<ref name="ACFT 20" /> was tasked with leading the search for a Piece of Eden found by Edward Kenway in {{Wiki|Indochina}}. Operating out of the ''[[Exitus]]'' research vessel in Macau, [[China]],<ref name="ACFT 42" /> Sei abducted one of Kenway's descendants, the [[Korea|Korean]]-[[United States|American]] student [[Noa Kim]], and placed him in the Animus to relive Kenway's memories.<ref name="ACFT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 1|Episode 1]]</ref> | By 2023, relations between the Shimazu clan and the rest of the Templar Order had soured.<ref name="ACFT 42">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 42|Episode 42]]</ref> In order to prove her family's loyalty and worth to the Templars, [[Shimazu Sei]], a descendant of Shimazu Saito,<ref name="ACFT 20" /> was tasked with leading the search for a Piece of Eden found by Edward Kenway in {{Wiki|Indochina}}. Operating out of the ''[[Exitus]]'' research vessel in Macau, [[China]],<ref name="ACFT 42" /> Sei abducted one of Kenway's descendants, the [[Korea|Korean]]-[[United States|American]] student [[Noa Kim]], and placed him in the Animus to relive Kenway's memories.<ref name="ACFT 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 1|Episode 1]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACFT - Noa in the Animus.png|thumb| | [[File:ACFT - Noa in the Animus.png|thumb|250px|Shimazu Sei and her team observing Noa Kim in the Animus]] | ||
After Noa caused several [[synchronization]] errors, Sei had him removed from the Animus and explained the nature of her mission to him in the hopes of getting him to become more cooperative.<ref name="ACFT 6">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 6|Episode 6]]</ref> Noa ultimately agreed to help Sei in exchange for his freedom and the two began to bond over the course of their Animus sessions.<ref name="ACFT 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 7|Episode 7]]</ref> | After Noa caused several [[synchronization]] errors, Sei had him removed from the Animus and explained the nature of her mission to him in the hopes of getting him to become more cooperative.<ref name="ACFT 6">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 6|Episode 6]]</ref> Noa ultimately agreed to help Sei in exchange for his freedom and the two began to bond over the course of their Animus sessions.<ref name="ACFT 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 7|Episode 7]]</ref> | ||
At one point, Noa and Sei had to travel together to the [[A-Ma Cultural Village]] to follow up on a lead that would allow them to continue exploring Kenway's memories.<ref name="ACFT 22">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 22|Episode 22]]</ref> While there, Sei and her Abstergo guards were attacked by [[Doom Eagle]] thugs employed by the [[Zhawang Corporation]], who sought to rescue Noa. Wishing to uncover his family roots through Kenway's memories, however, Noa refused the Corporation agents' help and went to protect Sei from the thugs before returning with her to the ''Exitus''.<ref name="ACFT 23">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 23|Episode 23]]</ref> | At one point, Noa and Sei had to travel together to the [[A-Ma Cultural Village]] to follow up on a lead that would allow them to continue exploring Kenway's memories.<ref name="ACFT 22">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 22|Episode 22]]</ref> While there, Sei and her Abstergo guards were attacked by [[Doom Eagle]] thugs employed by the [[Zhawang Corporation]], who sought to rescue Noa. Wishing to uncover his family roots through Kenway's memories, however, Noa refused the Corporation agents' help and went to protect Sei from the thugs before returning with her to the ''Exitus''.<ref name="ACFT 23">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 23|Episode 23]]</ref> | ||
After more Animus sessions, Sei and Noa had to relocate to the [[Philippines]] in order to physically trace Kenway's footsteps.<ref name="ACFT 42" /> Sailing to [[Cebu]], the two were joined by the former's bodyguard [[Yuki]], but during their investigation, they were again attacked by Doom Eagle<ref name="ACFT 43">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 43|Episode 43]]</ref> and forced to head to a shopping mall. After Yuki was injured, Sei and Noa fled into the mall,<ref name="ACFT 44">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 44|Episode 44]]</ref> where the latter protected Sei from the Doom Eagle thugs pursuing them. Noa then engaged in a fight Doom Eagle's leader, the Assassin [[Nathan Zhang]],<ref name="ACFT 45">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 45|Episode 45]]</ref> who ultimately retreated when Abstego's [[Sigma Team]] arrived on the scene.<ref name="ACFT 46">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 46|Episode 46]]</ref> | After more Animus sessions, Sei and Noa had to relocate to the [[Philippines]] in order to physically trace Kenway's footsteps.<ref name="ACFT 42" /> Sailing to [[Cebu]], the two were joined by the former's bodyguard [[Yuki]], but during their investigation, they were again attacked by Doom Eagle<ref name="ACFT 43">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 43|Episode 43]]</ref> and forced to head to a shopping mall. After Yuki was injured, Sei and Noa fled into the mall,<ref name="ACFT 44">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 44|Episode 44]]</ref> where the latter protected Sei from the Doom Eagle thugs pursuing them. Noa then engaged in a fight with Doom Eagle's leader, the Assassin [[Nathan Zhang]],<ref name="ACFT 45">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 45|Episode 45]]</ref> who ultimately retreated when Abstego's [[Sigma Team]] arrived on the scene.<ref name="ACFT 46">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 46|Episode 46]]</ref> | ||
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The Japanese Rite of the Templar Order is the Rite of the Templar Order based in Japan, in operation since the Sengoku period.
History
Sengoku period
During the first half of the 16th century, the Templars had suffered numerous defeats at the hands of the Assassins in Europe. Around 1549, the Spanish Templar Francis Xavier set his sights on Japan, seeing an opportunity to spread both Christianity and Templar influence on the island.[1]
Another Templar, the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Gaspar Vilela, would later continue Xavier's mission of spreading the Templar ideology through the Christian mission. In 1558, Vilela's right-hand man, João Machado, departed from Owari Province with a Piece of Eden as well as a supply of arquebuses sought after by Owari's daimyo, Oda Nobunaga,[2] who had formed an alliance with the newly-established Japanese Assassins.[1] The Brotherhood sent Mochizuki Chiyome and Akira to retrieve Machado's cargo, resulting in the Templar's death and the loss of their Piece of Eden.[2]
The Templars' attempts to find new recruits were frequently hindered by the constant wars between clans, as well as their hostility toward outsiders. The Templars were also heavily opposed by the Japanese Assassins, who worked to prevent the spread of their influence in Japan and recruited individuals from the ranks of the ninja and samurai, such as Hattori Hanzō and Yamauchi Taka. The Assassins supported Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the many warlords of the period, who similarly opposed the Templars' influence and, as such, tasked his former squire Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu with reporting any Templar activity in the land.[1]
Despite the opposition they faced, the Templars eventually managed to recruit, among others, Uesugi Kenshin, head of the Uesugi clan. Kenshin fought various battles with his rival Takeda Shingen, the owner of a Sword of Eden. Their rivalry ended when Shingen was assassinated in 1573 by the Tokugawa and the Assassins, and Kenshin himself was killed by the Assassin Hattori Hanzō in 1578.[1]
Meanwhile, Alessandro Valignano, an Italian Jesuit missionary and member of the Roman Rite, was sent to aid fellow missionary Francisco Cabral, who was already doing missionary work in Japan. However, the two men despised one another almost instantly. Valignano used his Jesuit connections to scour Japan for Templar recruits, and upon Francisco Cabral confronting Valignano regarding this, Alessandro used his influence to force Cabral to resign from his post as Superior of the Jesuit Mission.[1]
By the 1590s, the Templars had managed to recruit the kunoichi Mochizuki Chiyome,[1] a noblewoman and former Assassin[2] who had created an all-female group of ninja agents in her service as the spymaster of her uncle-in-law, Takeda Shingen. Through Chiyome, the Templars gained a vast information network that helped spread their philosophy throughout Japan. However, Chiyome was eventually assassinated by Hanzō after he tracked her down to her residence in Shinano,[3] shortly before his own death in 1596 at the hand of Fūma Kotarō.[1]
Edo period
After the country was united under the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu, an ally of the Assassins, in 1600, the Japanese Templars would subsequently fade into obscurity.[4] However, some Templars continued to operate in secrecy as part of the wealthy Shimazu clan under Tokugawa rule.[5]
Search for Angkor
In the early 18th century, Shimazu Saito, an illegitimate daughter of the Shimazu clan's leader, was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways. After becoming an efficient assassin for the clan, Saito was inducted into the Templar Order and was sent, alongside her subordinates, to search for the lost Khmer city of Angkor, believed by the Templars to be an Isu site. In exchange for retrieving the lost city's treasure, Saito was promised that she and her men, all of whom were of mixed heritage and thus looked down upon by the clan's Japanese members, would become full-fledged members of the clan.[6]
In February 1725, Saito and her followers, including a faction of Japanese ninja led by Fuma Sukuna, arrived in the Portuguese colony of Macau to search for clues to Angkor's location. While attempting to silence those who knew about the lost city's existence in order to maintain its secrecy, Saito and her men clashed several times with the British Assassin Edward Kenway, who was also on Angkor's trail.[7][8][9]
Around this time, the Templars began influencing the power struggle in Macau between its various merchants and trade companies, aiding the businessmen Sun of the Hualien Trading Company, Alan Jacob of the Far East Company, and Jan van Aert of the Dutch East India Company with their plans to sabotage their mutual rival, Lee Huiyin.[10] However, most of these schemes were thwarted by Kenway.[11][12] Saito later ended up striking an alliance with Sun, who offered his protection to the Templar and her subordinates in exchange for a sea log she had stolen from Kenway, which contained information on Angkor's location.[13]
In time, tensions between Saito's mixed-blood followers and the Japanese ninja in her service grew, eventually resulting in the latter abandoning Saito and branding her a traitor to the Shimazu clan.[14] During the subsequent civil war between the two ninja factions, Fuma Sukuna enlisted Kenway's help to assassinate Saito aboard Sun's floating gambling hall.[15] However, the Assassin ended up striking an alliance with Saito instead, and together they attempted to recover the sea log from Sun, fighting against both Sukuna's ninja and members of the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins, who also sought the log.[13]
Ultimately, Saito and Kenway lost the log to the Chinese Assassins, who killed Sun[16] and later joined forces with Lee Huiyin and Sukuna to find Angkor. The conflict also resulted in the deaths of all of Saito's remaining followers, prompting Kenway to recruit Saito into his organization, the Zhang Wei Union, whereupon she worked alongside them to search for Angkor and its treasure.[17]
Boshin War
By 1868, the Japanese Templars had fallen into oblivion after more than two centuries of Tokugawa rule under the watchful eye of the Assassins. The British Templars tasked their agent William Lloyd, to use his position and influence as right-hand man to Harry Parkes, the British consul to Japan, to bring an end to the Tokugawa shogunate. The Templars believed that with the restoration of a strong Imperial power in Japan, their ideology would once again spread on the island.[4]
Eventually, Lloyd's mission was successful, as the political landscape was so deteriorated that the young Emperor Meiji and his allies took up arms against Tokugawa Yoshinobu and the shogunate of Edo. Despite his failure to recover the Musashi Masamune and his death during the Battle of Aizu, Lloyd's mission was a success as the Tokugawa shogunate was ended and the Assassins were defeated. Furthermore, the Imperial Court became the undisputed rulers of Japan and this allowed the Templars to spread their influence across the country.[4]
Modern times
By 2012, Abstergo Industries, the primary public front of the modern-day Templar Order, had facilities located in Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama and Kobe.[18] In September of that year, Abstergo agents pursued an Assassin cell located in Osaka, forcing the Assassins to cut contact with the other cells in order to lose them.[19]
In December 2013, the Abstergo facility in Osaka was infiltrated by the Assassins, who, by then, had taken over a yakuza faction known as the Onmoraki-Gumi. The Assassins managed to steal a new type of Animus headset, which they later gave to the Assassin team led by Gavin Banks.[20]
Search for the Precursor box
By 2019, the Templar Kaori Kagami was employed in the Abstergo facility in Yokohama, where the doctor worked to unlock the secrets of Shao Jun's genetic memories by using her descendant, a teenager named Kō Risa, as an Animus test subject.[21] At first, she manipulated the young lady by reassuring her that these sessions would help her control her outbursts and mental health but gave no concern of the Animus' effects on her patient.[22] With correspondence and a warning from Ellen Kaye, Kagami continued her treatment despite any precautions.[23]
While Kagami continued the sessions,[24] she took little notice when Risa had been forgoing longer time for their sessions.[25] After one of their sessions ended, Kagami was confronted by Risa about the Animus' effects on her psyche but the doctor retorted that she was close to Shao Jun's secrets. Locking the door and holding Risa at gunpoint,[26] Kagami ordered guards to force Risa back into the Animus.[27]
During the forced sessions, Kagami informed her assistant that they would dispose of Risa after gaining the information they wanted. However, it led to a dead end of the Precursor box remaining lost from Shao Jun's hands and Kagami throwing a fit of rage until she noticed Risa awake from the Animus.[28]
While Risa confronted the doctor on her mistreatment, the Assassin Kiyoshi Takakura and Risa's cousin Mari infiltrated the facility to rescue her. Risa, however, disarmed Kagami and knocked out her guards. With Kiyoshi and Mari arriving on the scene, Kagami was met with defeat as Risa thanked her for helping her unlock her own secret memories before shooting and destroying the Animus. After Kiyoshi and the cousins left, Kagami was left in complete disarray.[29]
Shimazu Sei's mission
By 2023, relations between the Shimazu clan and the rest of the Templar Order had soured.[30] In order to prove her family's loyalty and worth to the Templars, Shimazu Sei, a descendant of Shimazu Saito,[14] was tasked with leading the search for a Piece of Eden found by Edward Kenway in Indochina. Operating out of the Exitus research vessel in Macau, China,[30] Sei abducted one of Kenway's descendants, the Korean-American student Noa Kim, and placed him in the Animus to relive Kenway's memories.[31]
After Noa caused several synchronization errors, Sei had him removed from the Animus and explained the nature of her mission to him in the hopes of getting him to become more cooperative.[32] Noa ultimately agreed to help Sei in exchange for his freedom and the two began to bond over the course of their Animus sessions.[33]
At one point, Noa and Sei had to travel together to the A-Ma Cultural Village to follow up on a lead that would allow them to continue exploring Kenway's memories.[34] While there, Sei and her Abstergo guards were attacked by Doom Eagle thugs employed by the Zhawang Corporation, who sought to rescue Noa. Wishing to uncover his family roots through Kenway's memories, however, Noa refused the Corporation agents' help and went to protect Sei from the thugs before returning with her to the Exitus.[35]
After more Animus sessions, Sei and Noa had to relocate to the Philippines in order to physically trace Kenway's footsteps.[30] Sailing to Cebu, the two were joined by the former's bodyguard Yuki, but during their investigation, they were again attacked by Doom Eagle[36] and forced to head to a shopping mall. After Yuki was injured, Sei and Noa fled into the mall,[37] where the latter protected Sei from the Doom Eagle thugs pursuing them. Noa then engaged in a fight with Doom Eagle's leader, the Assassin Nathan Zhang,[38] who ultimately retreated when Abstego's Sigma Team arrived on the scene.[39]
Members
- Sengoku period
- Mochizuki Chiyome
- Uesugi Kenshin
- João Machado (Portuguese Rite)
- Alessandro Valignano (Roman Rite)
- Gaspar Vilela (Portuguese Rite)
- Francis Xavier (Spanish Rite)
- Edo period
- Modern times
Allies and puppets
- Edo period
- Modern times
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Memories (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
- Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
- Assassin's Creed: Shadows
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