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Sometime before 1746, the Templar [[Duarte Jorge Correia Pinto]] started looking for an [[Isu]] site around Lisbon, under [[John Harrison]]'s specific suggestion. By 1746, his research had been a failure, and he decided to go back to his commercial activities.<ref name="Dead End">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Dead End"</ref>
Sometime before 1746, the Templar [[Duarte Jorge Correia Pinto]] started looking for an [[Isu]] site around Lisbon, under [[John Harrison]]'s specific suggestion. By 1746, his research had been a failure, and he decided to go back to his commercial activities.<ref name="Dead End">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Dead End"</ref>


During this period, the Templars also maintained a presence in the Portuguese Empire's colony of [[Mozambique]], where the Templar [[Lourenço de Noronha]] served as governor and collaborated with the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] under [[Reginald Birch]] to search for Isu sites in [[Africa]].<ref name="Omani Arabs">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Omani Arabs"</ref> In [[Malta]], the [[Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier|Grand Master]] of the [[Knights Hospitalier]], [[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca]], joined the Templars struggled to defend the island against the [[Ottoman Empire]], the [[France|Kingdom of France]], and the Assassins.<ref name="Hospitaller's Plea">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Hospitaller's Plea"</ref>
During this period, the Templars also maintained a presence in the Portuguese Empire's colony of [[Mozambique]], where the Templar [[Lourenço de Noronha]] served as governor and collaborated with the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] under [[Reginald Birch]] to search for Isu sites in [[Africa]].<ref name="Omani Arabs">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Omani Arabs"</ref> In [[Malta]], the [[Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier|Grand Master]] of the [[Knights Hospitalier]], [[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca]], joined the Templars and struggled to defend the island against the [[Ottoman Empire]], the [[France|Kingdom of France]], and the Assassins.<ref name="Hospitaller's Plea">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Hospitaller's Plea"</ref>


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The Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order is the branch of the Templar Order operating in Portugal. During the Renaissance, it became one of the Order's foremost rites following the defeat of both the Italian and Byzantine Templars and, mirroring the Portuguese Empire's colonial expansion, it was responsible for spreading the Templars' influence to new territories, such as India and Japan.

History

Renaissance

Expeditions to India

In the early 16th century, emboldened by Portuguese colonization efforts, the Templars started sending "missionaries" as far east as India,[1] paying for the expeditions by diverting money sent by King Manuel I.[2] The Templar sea captain Francisco was placed in charge of the Order's proselytizing in Portugal's colonies. However, he was eliminated by the Assassins in 1511, who boarded one of his ships in Lisbon and killed him at sea.[3]

That same year, the Templars paid large sums of money to explorers for information of their discoveries. However, the Assassins, although lacking the Templars' wealth, used other means of acquiring the same information.[4]

Prior to the House of Borgia's downfall in Italy, the Templars held influence over King Manuel, who sent a fleet led by Pedro Álvares Cabral to Calicut, India, to eliminate the local Assassin Guild. With the help of the Italian Assassins, the Indian Brotherhood was able to foil Cabral's attempt,[5] leading Manuel to send his prized explorer Vasco da Gama to complete the task.[6][7] However, the Assassins' continued opposition eventually caused the Portuguese to lose their grip over Calicut.[8]

Expansion to Japan

By 1552, the Templar and Jesuit missionary Gaspar Vilela had arrived in Japan to influence Portuguese and Christian presence on the island. He was accompanied by João Machado, a priest and commander of the Knights of Aviz, who was ordered by Vilela to retrieve the Precursor box held by fellow missionary and Spanish Templar Francis Xavier. Machado and his men killed Xavier on the Chinese island of Shangchuan, but before their ship could depart the island, it was attacked by either pirates or the Ming military, granting a group of Chinese Assassins the opportunity to steal the box.[9]

Circa 1560,[10] the Inner Sanctum tasked the Portuguese Templar Nuno Caro with traveling to Japan in search of Pieces of Eden. Accompanied by Duarte de Melo, Caro worked to establish a foothold for the Templars in the country and learned about the Imperial Regalia of Japan. Despite the artifacts holding no advanced abilities, Caro believed that their religious and cultural significance would allow the Order to rule over the people of Japan by influencing their beliefs. He thus endeavored to retrieve them and lied to the Inner Sanctum about the regalia's true nature so that they could continue to fund his mission.[11]

Caro formed an alliance with the Shinbakufu, a secret organization founded by the deposed shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, promising him the Templars' support to regain his title and power in exchange for the Imperial Regalia.[12] He also influenced Akechi Mitsuhide to betray his lord, Oda Nobunaga, whose ambitions to unify Japan threatened to undermine the Templars' plans, and recruited the daimyō Kimura Kei and Mitsuhide's daughter Hosokawa Tama into the Order.[13][14] By 1582, thanks to Caro's efforts, the Templars had successfully established a fledgling rite in Japan, with Caro at its head.[15]

However, the rite's operations were eventually sabotaged by the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke, the latter of whom sought revenge against the Templars for murdering his mother when they suspected her of being an Assassin spy.[16] Tracking down Caro and his subordinates, Yasuke eliminated Duarte de Melo,[17] Kimura Kei,[13] and Caro himself,[16] and helped Hosokawa Tama escape from the Order's influence,[18] bringing a temporary end to the Templars' activities in Japan.[16]

Following Caro's death, another Portuguese Templar, Gaspar, was ordered by the Inner Sanctum to secure the area around the Seta River in anticipation of the arrival of the Black Cross, who would continue the Order's work in Japan. To accomplish this, Gaspar and his fellow Templar Ermigo commissioned a band of hired killers known as the Seta River Killers to assassinate various influential people, which would allow the Templars to take over their respective communities. They also employed Ermigo's friend Rufino as a translator to help them issue out their contracts, and kept him in the dark about their true agenda.[19]

Once Rufino discovered the truth, he enlisted Naoe and Yasuke's help to eliminate the Seta River Killers and save their targets.[20] After the pair were successful,[21] Rufino went to confront Ermigo while the latter met with Gaspar, and tried to convince his friend to abandon the Templars. As Naoe and Yasuke also arrived, all four were surrounded by Gaspar's men, who were ordered to kill Rufino for his betrayal. Ermigo tried to save his friend but was shot, whereupon Naoe and Yasuke eliminated Gaspar and his guards and invited Rufino to join their league.[19]

Seven Years' War

Sometime before 1746, the Templar Duarte Jorge Correia Pinto started looking for an Isu site around Lisbon, under John Harrison's specific suggestion. By 1746, his research had been a failure, and he decided to go back to his commercial activities.[22]

During this period, the Templars also maintained a presence in the Portuguese Empire's colony of Mozambique, where the Templar Lourenço de Noronha served as governor and collaborated with the British Rite under Reginald Birch to search for Isu sites in Africa.[23] In Malta, the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier, Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, joined the Templars and struggled to defend the island against the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of France, and the Assassins.[24]

Members

Renaissance
Seven Years' War

Allies and puppets

Renaissance
Seven Years' War

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Colonies, Part I"
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Colonies, Part II"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Colonies, Part III"
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Rage Of Exploration"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: "Hunted"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: "A Fleeting Chance"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: "Vanishing Act"
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: "Insidious"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Legacy of the Brotherhood – The Lost Box
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari – Chapter 2
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Man Behind the Mask
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Fighting for the Cause
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Silver Queen
  15. ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 Assassin's Creed: Shadows
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – End of the Line
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – My Name is Yasuke
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – A Promise
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Story Drops – Man Behind the Curtain
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Story Drops – A Critical Encounter
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Story Drops – Hunting the Hunters
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "Dead End"
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "The Omani Arabs"
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "The Hospitaller's Plea"

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Modern times | World War II (Operation Barbarossa • Operation Sealion) | World War I (Battle of Mons • Russian Revolution) • Curse of the Pharaohs | Industrial Revolution (Whitechapel murders) | French Revolution (Storming of the Bastille • Thermidorian Reaction) | Seven Years' War • American Revolutionary War (Battle of Bunker Hill • Boston Tea Party • Rebellion against King Washington) • Great Fire of New Orleans • St. Clair's Defeat | Golden Age of Piracy | Ming dynasty (Prince of Ning rebellion) | Renaissance (Pazzi Conspiracy) | Crusades (Siege of Acre) • Mongol conquest of China (Assassination of Genghis Khan) | Viking expansion (Siege of Paris • Battle of Chippenham) | Islamic Golden Age (Zanj Rebellion) | Alexandrine war (Battle of the Nile) • Assassination of Julius Caesar • Battle of Actium | Peloponnesian War (Plague of Athens • Olympic Games • Peace of Nicias)
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