Talk:Templar leader

Not an actual title

I don't think this is an actual title. :/ Yes there are leaders of the Templars, or Templar leaders, but that's just more of a description, not the name of a rank in itself. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 20:28, March 30, 2017 (UTC)

"The position of Templar leader was given to any member of the Templar Order who had received leadership over a Templar Rite." Even just looking at this line, this is the exact description given to the rank of Grand Master in Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide. It is sourced to Assassin's Creed: Encyclopedia, can someone confirm if this is true? Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 20:40, March 30, 2017 (UTC)

And most of the Templar leaders we know of are either a Grand Master or Master Templar. So there's a 50/50 chance regarding their rank should they ever be brought up again. Like Ahmet, a Templar leader until he was confirmed to be the Grand Master of the Byzantine Rite.--ACsenior (talk) 20:44, March 30, 2017 (UTC)

Can you clarify what you mean, like your overall point? Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 20:47, March 30, 2017 (UTC)

The thing is that not all Templar leaders were explicitly identified as Grand Master or Master Templar. Sylvester II and James Wardrop, for example, were never identified as anything other than leaders. Similarly, Basilisk was basically the de facto Grand Master of the Levantine Rite, even though he never officially held the actual title. This article, along with Assassin leader, mostly exists to fill in that gray area in which we're never told whether a leader held any other rank. All Grand Masters are leaders, but not all leaders are Grand Masters. The Wikia Editor (talk) 00:23, March 31, 2017 (UTC)