*[[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] (c.873 - Present)
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*[[Master Templar]] (? - Present)
*[[Templar Rite|Templar Rites]](? - Present)
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'''Lieutenant''' is a rank that is Second-in-Command to the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], alongside [[Master Templar|Master Templars]] as [[Templar leader|Templar leaders]] of [[Templar Rite|Templar Rites]].
'''Lieutenant''' is a rank that is Second-in-Command to the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], alongside [[Master Templar|Master Templars]] as [[Templar leader|Templar leaders]] of [[Templar Rite|Templar Rites]].
The only known Lieutenants was during the Age of Enlightenment, as the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]] had three different individuals that served as Lieutenant to the [[De la Serre family]].
Being part of a Rite leadership, their role under their Grand Master is to uphold the Templar principles while they assist in leading the Rite to guide humanity for the betterment of society in their aim for [[New World Order|peace]].
The only known Lieutenants was during the [[Age of Enlightenment]], as the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]] had three different individuals that served as Lieutenant to the [[De la Serre family|House of Serre]], a Templar family who had held the rank of Grand Master for several decades.
==Authority==
==Authority==
===Rite Management===
===Rite Administration===
{{Dialogue|Élise de la Serre|[[Arno Dorian|Arno]]... François Germain was my father's lieutenant.|Arno Dorian|What?|Élise de la Serre and Arno Dorian, discussing her father's lieutenant, 1791.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}
{{Dialogue|Élise de la Serre|[[Arno Dorian|Arno]]... François Germain was my father's lieutenant.|Arno Dorian|What?|Élise de la Serre and Arno Dorian, discussing her father's lieutenant, 1791.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}
Their Grand Master have the authority of their [[Templar Rite|Rite]], that Rite is named after a specific geographic region.<ref name="ACEG">[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]</ref> A Lieutenant would participate in their meetings with other Rites to discuss the politics of their nation, domestic and global, and conditions of the Order itself. Ensuring their brother Templars that whatever direction their Rite would take, it would benefit the Order, therefor maintained their {{Wiki|international relations}}.<ref name="Novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)]]''</ref>
Their Grand Master have the authority of their [[Templar Rite|Rite]], that Rite is named after a specific geographic region.<ref name="ACEG">[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]</ref> A Lieutenant would participate in their meetings with other Rites to discuss the politics of their nation, domestic and global, and conditions of the Order itself. Ensuring their brother Templars that whatever direction their Rite would take, it would benefit the Order and adhere to their principles, therefor maintained their {{Wiki|international relations}}.<ref name="Novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)]]''</ref>
In terms of internal policies, a Lieutenant is also part of the Grand Master's Rite meetings to plan the direction of their own nation, were they would discuss their plans with their subordinates.<ref name="Novel"/> They are Seneschals, Advisors, Commanders, Preceptors, Knights, Warriors, Clerics, and finally, the Disciples.<ref name="ACBH m/p">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Multiplayer]]</ref> Being themselves a subordinate of a Grand Master, a Lieutenant would also <ref name="Novel"/>
In terms of internal policies, a Lieutenant is also part of the Grand Master's Rite meetings to plan the direction of their own nation, were they would discuss their plans with their subordinates.<ref name="Novel"/> They are Seneschals, [[Advisors of the Templar Order|Advisors]], [[Commanders of the Templar Order|Commanders]], Preceptors, [[Knights of the Templar Order|Knights]], Warriors, Clerics, and finally, the Disciples.<ref name="ACBH m/p">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Multiplayer]]</ref>
Being themselves a subordinate of a Grand Master, they could also be given other duties, such as organizing the training of the next Grand Master, the extent of that training would be sett by the Grand Master. For example, François de la Serre, who approved that [[Julie de la Serre]] and the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templar]] [[Frederick Weatherall]] could conduct the training of swordsmanship to their daughter, [[Élise de la Serre]]. While François herself gave her the education of the Templars and their principles.<ref name="Novel"/>
===Corruption===
===Corruption===
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[[File:Hoarders 10.png|thumb|250px|Germain being taken away after his expulsion]]
[[File:Hoarders 10.png|thumb|250px|Germain being taken away after his expulsion]]
In the 1760s, under the leadership of the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]] [[François de la Serre]], [[François-Thomas Germain]] was his Lieutenant.<ref name="Rank">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[A Cautious Alliance]]</ref><ref name="Novel"/> As Lieutenant, Germain started getting visions of ''[[Isu|Great towers of gold, cities shining white as silver]],'' these lead him to discover the vault of [[Jacques de Molay]] in the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] in [[Paris]] and found the ''[[Codex Pater Intellectus]].''<ref name="Temple">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>
In the 1760s, under the leadership of the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]] [[François de la Serre]], [[François-Thomas Germain]] was his Lieutenant.<ref name="Rank">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[A Cautious Alliance]]</ref><ref name="Novel"/> As Lieutenant, Germain started getting visions of ''[[Isu|Great towers of gold, cities shining white as silver]],'' these lead him to discover the vault of [[Jacques de Molay]] in the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] in [[Paris]] and found the ''[[Codex Pater Intellectus]].''<ref name="Temple">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>
Afterwards, Germain came to view the Templar Order as corrupted by wealth and power of the nobility, church and state. first attempted to convince Grand Master de la Serre of <ref name="Temple"/>
Afterwards, Germain came to view the Templar Order as corrupted by wealth and power of the nobility, church and state. first attempted to convince Grand Master de la Serre of <ref name="Temple"/>
Being part of a Rite leadership, their role under their Grand Master is to uphold the Templar principles while they assist in leading the Rite to guide humanity for the betterment of society in their aim for peace.
The only known Lieutenants was during the Age of Enlightenment, as the Parisian Rite had three different individuals that served as Lieutenant to the House of Serre, a Templar family who had held the rank of Grand Master for several decades.
Authority
Rite Administration
Élise de la Serre: "Arno... François Germain was my father's lieutenant."
Arno Dorian: "What?"
—Élise de la Serre and Arno Dorian, discussing her father's lieutenant, 1791.[src]
Their Grand Master have the authority of their Rite, that Rite is named after a specific geographic region.[1] A Lieutenant would participate in their meetings with other Rites to discuss the politics of their nation, domestic and global, and conditions of the Order itself. Ensuring their brother Templars that whatever direction their Rite would take, it would benefit the Order and adhere to their principles, therefor maintained their international relations.[2]
In terms of internal policies, a Lieutenant is also part of the Grand Master's Rite meetings to plan the direction of their own nation, were they would discuss their plans with their subordinates.[2] They are Seneschals, Advisors, Commanders, Preceptors, Knights, Warriors, Clerics, and finally, the Disciples.[3]
Being themselves a subordinate of a Grand Master, they could also be given other duties, such as organizing the training of the next Grand Master, the extent of that training would be sett by the Grand Master. For example, François de la Serre, who approved that Julie de la Serre and the British TemplarFrederick Weatherall could conduct the training of swordsmanship to their daughter, Élise de la Serre. While François herself gave her the education of the Templars and their principles.[2]
Corruption
Élise de la Serre: "Arno... François Germain was my father's lieutenant."
Arno Dorian: "What?"
—Élise de la Serre and Arno Dorian, discussing her father's lieutenant, 1791.[src]
History
Age of Enlightenment
Élise de la Serre: "Arno... François Germain was my father's lieutenant."
Arno Dorian: "What?"
—Élise de la Serre and Arno Dorian, discussing her father's lieutenant, 1791.[src]
Afterwards, Germain came to view the Templar Order as corrupted by wealth and power of the nobility, church and state. first attempted to convince Grand Master de la Serre of [5]
![François-Thomas Germain[4][2] Parisian Rite(c.1760s - c.1770s)](/wiki/File:ACU_Fran%C3%A7ois-Thomas_Germain_Render.png)
![Jean Burnel[2] Parisian Rite(1789)](/wiki/File:Wiki_noimage.jpg)
![Julie de la Serre[2] Parisian Rite(c.1770s – 1778)](/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Julie_Elise_assassination.jpg){kind=link}