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• Templar's Badge of Office(New).

- Name: Templar's Badge of Office(Unity)
- Practices: Templar rings, Templar pins, Ancients medallions ect...
- History

• The Templar Pledge(New).

- Name: The Templar Pledge(Essential Guide)
- Practices: The Templar Pledges(Inner Sanctum and Templar Rites)
- Ritual Garbs: Current text, picture if available.
- Interpretations: Templars(main), Moderates and Corrupt.
- Updates: Find any missing history of inductions(Templars comic, Unity side missions, ?)

• Initiation into the Templar Order(Revamp & Update).

- Rename: The Induction Ceremony(Essential Guide)
- Updates: Find any missing inductions(Templars comic, Unity side missions, ?)
- Practices: The Templar Pledges(Inner Sanctum and Templar Rites)

• Council of Elders(Update).

- Authority: From advisory influence over Rites and the Black Cross to becoming the Board of Directors(type?) of Abstergo and its subsidiaries.(Black flag novel/Essential Guide etc...)
- History

• Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order(Revamp & update)

- The Inner Sanctum(Generals, Guardians, Elders, Grand Master/Master Templars, Black Cross) as an organization separated from the Outer Temple/Templar Rites(Grand Master & subordinates).(Essential Guide)
- Ceremony & Pledge paragraphs with link to main.
- Authority
- History

• Master Templar(Revamp & update)

- Templar Rite
- Inner Sanctum paragraph with link to main

• Lieutenant of the Templar Order(New: Finished)

- Structure
- History

• Advisor of the Templar Order(New)

- Structure
- History

Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order(Revamp & update)

"The human body has its heart. The Earth has its core. All things have a center, whence comes their deepest strength. The Templar Order, too, has its Inner Sanctum. Nine there must be, three times three."

―Alan Rikkin during Simon Hathaway's induction, 2016.

The Inner Sanctum

Induction

The Induction Ceremony

Main article: Initiation into the Templar Order

Inner Sanctum Pledge

The Ritual Garbs

During Simon Hathaway's initiation into the Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order, he noted that the ritual garb had been made by hand and not machines, ranging from the sheep being hand-sheared and the wool carded, spun and dyed by human labor.

This showed the Templar's ritual garbs were much like those worn by Templars across the centuries, which Simon, as a historian, valued and admired, due to the Templars putting in effort towards genuine authenticity.

Known members

Current members

• 
  Agneta Reider
  Chief Executive Officer, Abstergo Financial Group
• 
  Laetitia England
  Head of Operations, Abstergo
• 
  David Kilkerman
  Research, Animus Project
• 
  Dr. Mitsuko Nakamura
  Research, Director of Lineage Research and Acquisition
• 
  Juhani Otso Berg
  Operations, Director of Abstergo Medical
• 
  Pr. Simon Hathaway
  Historical Research Division, Abstergo
• 
  Alfred Stearns
  Retired Head of Operations, Abstergo
• 
  Vacant
  December 2016 –
• 
  Vacant
  2018 –

Former members

• 
  Dr. Álvaro Gramática
  Research, Future Technology Division
  ? – 2018
• 
  Alan Rikkin
  Abstergo Industries Chief Executive Officer
  ? – 2016
• 
  Isabelle Ardant
  Operations, Historical Research Division
  ? – 2015
• 
  Daniel Cross
  Operations, Abstergo
  ? – 2012
• 
  Warren Vidic
  Research, Animus Project
  ? – 2012
• 
  Otto Schmidt
  Operations, Lineage Research and Acquisition
  ? – 2012

Trivia

• The number nine occurs multiple times throughout Templar history: the number of men that Bernard de Clairvaux sent to Solomon's Temple, Altaïr's Hunt for the Nine, the nine agents sent out into the world by Jacques de Molay during the Persecution of the Templars, etc.

Gallery

• 
  Juhani Otso Berg accessing the Inner Sanctum office
• 
  Laetitia England meeting with Berg
• 
  Warren Vidic and Laetitia meeting with the Master Templars
• 

Master Templar(Update)

Master Templar, also known as Maegester, is a leadership rank of mid to high authority within the Templar Order and Second-in-Command within the Anglo-Saxon Order of the Ancients.

Their highest rank is in the Inner Sanctum were they served under three Guardians, while also being seated among the of various [Abstergo Industries Divisions|Divisions]]. With its lowest ranking being alongside a Lieutenant under a Grand Master of the Order within a Templar Rite as a Templar leader. Its predecessor, The Maegester of the Order of the Ancients was also alongside a Lieutenant under their Grand Maegester.

Structure

Templar Rites

Their Grand Master have the authority of their Rite, that Rite is named after a specific geographic region.

Inner Sanctum

Main article: Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order

Within the various [Abstergo Industries Divisions|Divisions]] of Abstergo Industries, Master Templars within the Inner sanctum that have been and are seated among there are currently active in these divisions: Operations Division lead by Head of Operations Laetitia England, her operatives are leading Operations Specialist Juhani Otso Berg of Sigma Team and former leader Operations Daniel Cross of Delta Team. And the last two is former researcher of the Animus Project Warren Vidic and current Head of Historical Research Division Simon Hathaway.

Notable Maegesters

Wardens of the Ancients

• 
  Gorm Kjotvesson
  Wardens of War
  (870s - 873)
• 
  Fulke
  Wardens of Relics
  (? - c.875)
• 
  Tatfrid
  Wardens of Wealth
  (? - c.878)
• 
  Derby
  Wardens of Law
  (? - c.878)
• 
  Blaeswith
  Wardens of Faith
  (? - c.878)

Notable Master Templars

Templar Rites

• 
  Tomás de Torquemada
  Spanish Rite
  (c. 1491 – 1498)
• 
  Lawrence Washington
  British Rite
  (c. 1738 – 1752)
• 
  Shay Cormac
  Colonial/American Rite
  (c. 1758 – ?)
• 
  Madeleine de L'Isle
  Louisiana Rite
  (1764 – 1777)
• 
  William Sleeman
  British Rite
  (c. 1839 – 1856)
• 
  Crawford Starrick
  British Rite
  (? – 1868)
• 
  Coxworth
  Shanghai Rite
  (c. 1927)
• 
  Joffre
  Shanghai Rite
  (c. 1927)
• 
  Tatsumi
  Shanghai Rite
  (c. 1927)

Inner Sanctum

• 
  Daniel Cross
  Operations Division, Operations
  (c. 2002 – 2012)
• 
  Warren Vidic
  Research Division, Animus Project
  (? – 2012)
• 
  Laetitia England
  Operations Division, Head of Operations
  (? – present)
• 
  Juhani Otso Berg
  Operations Division, Operations Specialist
  (2012 – present)
• 
  Simon Hathaway
  Historical Research Division, Head of Research
  (2016 – present)

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Identified as Master Templar)
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed: Initiates
• Assassin's Creed: Rogue
• Assassin's Creed: Heresy
• Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
• Assassin's Creed (film)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
• Assassin's Creed: Templars
• Assassin's Creed: Uprising
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (As an Ancients rank)

Trivia

Maegester becoming Master Templar, makes it one of tree known Order of the Ancients ranks that continued into the Templar Order, with the other two being Lieutenant and their superior, the Grand Master/Grand Maegester.

The Persian Order of the Ancients rank of Magus, was also a secondary rank of the Order of the Ancients leader, being five individuals under that branch leader. Its unknown if its an ancient Master Templar rank, like Maegester.

Master Templar Robes

• 
  Louisiana Master Templar Robes
• 
  Colonial Templar Master Robes

Advisors of the Templar Order(New)

"On that issue I shouldn't like to say, but be assured your journey has not been in vain. My respect for your branch of the Order remains as steadfast as I hope it does in return. For me you can rely on two things: firstly, that I will abide by my own principles; and, secondly, that I will not allow my husband to be swayed by his advisors."

―Julie de la Serre to Mrs. Carroll, using her influence as Lieutenant, 1778.

Advisor is an advisory and subordinative rank of mid to hight authority within the Templar Order, being bellow their Templar leaders that is the Grand Master of a Templar Rite, alongside Master Templars and Lieutenants. Within the Inner Sanctum, becoming the Council of Elders and having an advisory role to the governing structure of the Order itself.

As the Advisor of their Order, they ensured the Grand Master of a Rite and Inner Sanctum adhere to the Templars principles to guide their plans on to create peace.

Structure

Authority

Julie de la Serre: "I'm sorry if you don't feel our goals are aligned, Mrs. Carroll. My apologies if that makes me a somewhat unreliable confidante."

Mrs. Carroll: "I see. Well, if I were you, Madame de la Serre, I would use my influence on both sides in order to propose your middle line."

—Julie de la Serre and Mrs. Carroll, discussing the future of France, 1778.

Their Grand Master have the authority of their Rite, that Rite is named after a specific geographic region.

Inner Sanctum

"You all know as well as I do why the Black Cross was created -- What it means."

―The Black Cross to the Inner Sanctum, lecturing them on its origins, 2017.

After the foundation of the Inner Sanctum, promotions of Grand Masters came under their control. Followed by the foundation of the Black Cross to prevent corruption. Their investigations was notified to the specific Rite investigated to a Grand Master, with instructions that their operations are not to be interfered with, all information in regards to encounters with the Black Cross must be kept silent and the Rites are instructed to assist with anything requested by the Black Cross. As a Black Cross have the authority to do whatever is necessary to find anyone breaking Templar principles within the governing structures of a Rite, including killing any corrupt Templars.

History

Middle Ages

Jacques de Molay: "Not you, brother – I have a different task for you. Come with me."

Advisor: "King Philip's moving faster than we expected."

—Jacques de Molay and his Advisor, being given one last task, 1307.

The Advisor using the Sword of Eden against Thomas de Carneillon

On 13 October 1307, during a session with the Council, there was a raid of the Templar Headquarter in Paris. While also being carried out across France with the intent of arresting all Templars, the attack of the Temple was lead by Esquieu de Floyrac, along with Assassins disguised as Flemish mercenaries.

Grand Master Jacques de Molay ordered a defense of the Temple and tasked his Advisor to hide a Sword of Eden and the Codex Pater Intellectus. The Advisor ran though the battlefield and entered the tower, where he discovered the Master Assassin Thomas de Carneillon, whom he chased and fought to reclaim the artifacts. Succeeding in his mission to hide them in the vault of the Templar and was killed shorty after by the same Assassin.

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.

By 1768, the Grand Master of the Parisian Rite had become François de la Serre and had François-Thomas Germain as his Lieutenant.

Their Advisors was Chrétien Lafrenière, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Marie Levesque and Louis-Michel le Peletier.

In 1779, Louis-Michel le Peletier became a councillor of the Paris Parliament with the intervention of the Order to secure the position.

Notable Advisors

Order of the Knights Templar

• 
  Jacques de Molay's advisor
  Parisian Rite
  ? - 1307
• 
  Chrétien Lafrenière
  Parisian Rite
  c.1768 - 1791
• 
  Charles Gabriel Sivert
  Parisian Rite
  c.1768 - 1791
• 
  Marie Levesque
  Parisian Rite
  c.1770s - 1792
• 
  Louis-Michel le Peletier
  Parisian Rite
  c.1770s - 1793
• Frederick Weatherall Parisian Rite c.1789 - ?
  Frederick Weatherall
  Parisian Rite
  c.1789 - ?

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Unity (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)

Lieutenants of the Templar Order(New: Finished)

"On that issue I shouldn't like to say, but be assured your journey has not been in vain. My respect for your branch of the Order remains as steadfast as I hope it does in return. For me you can rely on two things: firstly, that I will abide by my own principles; and, secondly, that I will not allow my husband to be swayed by his advisors."

―Julie de la Serre to Mrs. Carroll, using her influence as Lieutenant, 1778.

Lieutenant is a leadership rank of mid authority that is Second-in-Command to the Grand Master of the Templar Order, alongside Master Templars as Templar leaders of Templar Rites. Its predecessor was Second-in-Command to the Grand Maegester of the Ancients, being one of five Maegesters.

Being part of a Rite leadership, their role under their Grand Master is to uphold the Templar principles while they assisted in leading the Rite to guide humanity for the betterment of society in their aim for peace.

The earliest known individual with the rank of Lieutenant was held by the Ancients Fulke of the Wardens of Relics sect, under Grand Maegester Alfred of Wessex during the Viking expansion of England.

The only known Templars that had the rank of Lieutenant 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.

Structure

Rite Administration

Julie de la Serre: "I'm sorry if you don't feel our goals are aligned, Mrs. Carroll. My apologies if that makes me a somewhat unreliable confidante."

Mrs. Carroll: "I see. Well, if I were you, Madame de la Serre, I would use my influence on both sides in order to propose your middle line."

—Julie de la Serre and Mrs. Carroll, discussing the future of France, 1778.

Their Grand Master have the authority of their Rite, that Rite is named after a specific geographic region. 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.

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. They are Seneschals, Advisors, Commanders, Preceptors, Knights, Warriors, Clerics, and finally, the Disciples.

Being themselves a direct 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 Lieutenant Julie de la Serre and the British Templar Frederick Weatherall could conduct the training of swordsmanship to their daughter, Élise de la Serre. While François himself gave her the education of the Templars and their principles.

A Lieutenant can also be punished for breaking their principles, such as Germain that wanted reforms based on the Codex of de Molay, that resulted in exile unless he renounced his views. Another Lieutenant can be appointed by the Grand Master afterwards, but not guaranteed as Grand Master de la Serre never appointed a new one following her death from illness.

Inner Sanctum

"You all know as well as I do why the Black Cross was created -- What it means."

―The Black Cross to the Inner Sanctum, lecturing them on its origins, 2017.

After the foundation of the Inner Sanctum, promotions of Grand Masters came under their control. Followed by the foundation of the Black Cross to prevent corruption. Their investigations was notified to the specific Rite investigated to a Grand Master, with instructions that their operations are not to be interfered with, all information in regards to encounters with the Black Cross must be kept silent and the Rites are instructed to assist with anything requested by the Black Cross. As a Black Cross have the authority to do whatever is necessary to find anyone breaking Templar principles within the governing structures of a Rite, including killing any corrupt Templars.

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.

Germain being taken away after his expulsion

Since 1768, under the leadership of the Grand Master of the Parisian Rite François de la Serre, François-Thomas Germain became his Lieutenant. As Lieutenant, Germain used his craftsmanship as silversmith and made the Templar pin that replaced the Templar ring as the Templar's Badge of Office, while it also functioned as a weapon.

Lieutenant Germain being a Sage, started getting visions of Great towers of gold, cities shining white as silver, these lead him to discover the vault of Jacques de Molay in the Temple in Paris and were he found the Codex Pater Intellectus. Germain came to view the Order as corrupted by wealth and power, then attempted to convince Grand Master de la Serre of the same ideals and was exiled for not renouncing his views under an expulsion ceremony, his only defender was Advisor Marie Lévesque.

File:Elise sword training.jpg

Julie watching her daughter's sword training

By 1774, wife and Templar Julie de la Serre, had become the next Lieutenant of Grand Master de la Serre and secretly started the training of combat for Élise de la Serre and with the British Templar Frederick Weatherall as her teacher. The same year, the influential Carrol Family of the British Rite visited due to their concerns of François' plans for keeping France in order, having been tasked to entertain Mrs. Carroll and her daughter, May. Mrs. Carroll and Julie discussed change and loyalties, with Julie being clear that she had a moderate position between the talks of overthrowing or maintaining the Kingdom of France, and wouldn't allow too much influence from his Advisors.

In 1776, Julie and Élise went shopping in Paris and was followed a stalker and became blocked on her way by a lamplighter, who doused the candle and reached for a dagger. Finding that their stalker was an Assassin, she cut him with her knife and killed the lamplighter with a footblade. The assassination attempt of Julie resulted in a meeting with with their Advisors, were both Julie and her Grand Master argued against it being Assassins. Unable to hide the Assassin-Templar war from Élise after the incident, Julie and François revealed her birthright to become Grand Master, her training with Weatherall became approved upon discovery and François began the eduction of the Templars and their principles. Soon after, Julie arranged a meeting with Weatherall, revealing to him that their stalker was a British Assassin through the doctor's bag. The same year, the de la Serres adopted Arno Dorian who became Élise's playmate. François and Julie discussed Arno's past and nature as an Assassin with Élise while disagreeing on indoctrination despite insistence by François. Julie managed to get it delayed and fell ill soon after their discussion, becoming confined to her room and died in 1778.

By 1789, during the French Revolution and with the Parisian Rite under the leadership of Grand Master Germain after a Coup d'état against the Grand Master de la Serre. Jean Burnel was inducted into the Templars by the Advisor Weatherall, and became the Lieutenant of Élise in the fight to reclaim her birthright as Grand Master. Having summoned her allies for an ceremony to pledge allegiance, Burnel escorted Élise to the meeting place at their host, ally and Templar Marquis de Pimôdan. They soon discovered it as a trap to kill them by threatening Pimôdan, who also revealed their allies had either been systemically purged or turned by Germain and following their escape, Burnel was caught by catgut ligatures dropped by assassins.

Notable Lieutenants

Order of the Ancients

• 
  Fulke
  Wardens of Relics
  ? - c.875

Order of the Knights Templar

• 
  François-Thomas Germain
  Parisian Rite
  c.1768 - c.1774
• Julie de la Serre[2] Parisian Rite c.1774 – 1778
  Julie de la Serre
  Parisian Rite
  c.1774 – 1778
• 
  Jean Burnel
  Parisian Rite
  1789

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Unity (first appearance)(flashback only)
• Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (As an Ancients rank)

Behind the Scenes

Lieutenant is one of tree known Order of the Ancients ranks that continued into the Templar Order, with the other two being Master Templar/Maegester and their superior, the Grand Master/Grand Maegester.

• Lieutenant is the only known one without a linguistic name change.
• Lieutenant is the only Templar leader in Templar Rites that isn't of mid to hight authority as it isn't in the Inner Sanctum, unlike Grand Masters and Master Templars that are ranks associated with it.

The term Second-in-Command and Lieutenant is used interchangeably in the Assassin's Creed: Unity novel.

It is unknown if Julie de la Serre was present at the exile of François-Thomas Germain, as she isn't seen in the flashback of the event.