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Father of Understanding
- "May the Father of Understanding guide us."
- ―A Templar blessing.[src]
The Father of Understanding was an entity to whom the Templars pledged allegiance, and asked for guidance.
In the Third Crusade, the Templars would usually sign his name before theirs in letters they wrote.[1] During the Renaissance, Templars would often ask him for guidance as a greeting, or at the end of a meeting.[2]
During the American Revolutionary War it was used once by Haytham Kenway. He uses the blessing right after introducing Charles Lee to the Templar Order, and after he puts the ring on his hand.
The use of the blessing continued into the early 21st Century, and Abstergo Industries CEO Alan Rikkin once e-mailed Warren Vidic, and placed the blessing at the end of his message.[1]