Swedish Rite of the Templar Order
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The Swedish Rite of the Templar Order is the branch of the Templar Order that operates in Sweden.
History[edit | edit source]
Viking Age[edit | edit source]
By the second half of the 10th century, an early incarnation of the Templar Order had established a presence in Scandinavia. Among their ranks was the King of Denmark and Norway, Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, who was in possession of the Devotion Prong of the Trident of Eden, which he had received as a gift from Bishop Poppa and the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. Modern Templars speculated that Harald had used the prong's powers of persuasion to unify Denmark under his rule.[1]
Circa 985, Harald reluctantly allied with the Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong, who sought to overthrow his uncle, King Eric. He married Styrbjörn's sister Gyrid and accompanied Styrbjörn's fleet on the voyage to Uppsala after the prince and his Jomsviking allies defeated his army.[2] With the Devotion Prong in his possession, Harald secretly tried to use its powers to influence Styrbjörn, but the prince was unaffected.[1] After explaining the prong's significance to Styrbjörn, Harald was forced to hand it over as a guarantee that he would not betray the prince. Despite this, while camping near Uppsala, Harald and his army retreated in the middle of the night, abandoning Styrbjörn and leaving the prong behind.[3]
On the other side of the conflict, the Hidden Ones Torgny the Lawspeaker and Thorvald Hjaltason, who were allied with King Eric, suspected that the Templars were using Styrbjörn to try and spread their influence to Sweden. Thorvald was thus tasked to help Eric's forces keep the invading army at bay and eliminate the Order agents within its ranks.[4] Styrbjörn and his army were eventually defeated at the decisive Battle of Fýrisvellir, keeping Sweden free of Templar influence.[5]
Age of Liberty[edit | edit source]
In 1748, King Frederick I of Sweden was building his navy with the funding of George II of England in Stockholm's dockyard. The Templars were suspected by the Swedish Assassins of having an increased presence in Stockholm's shipyard, due to the possibility of King George's court being influenced by the British Templars. With the threat of Templar activity in the shipyards and their own limited resources, the Assassins could not accept Achilles Davenport's request to build a brig and instead recommended that the French Assassins construct the ship.[6]
During the Seven Years' War, the Kingdom of Sweden had lost much of its influence in the Baltic, but the Templar Order was still interested in using it as a strategic location to spy on the Kingdom of Russia.[7] The Colonial Templar Shay Cormac provided fifteen spies from his fleet to the Templars in Stockholm, to keep Russia's plans under control.[8]
Members[edit | edit source]
- Viking Age
Allies and puppets[edit | edit source]
- Viking Age
- Age of Liberty
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants - Fate of the Gods (first appearance)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter Seven
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter One
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter Thirteen
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter Four
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter Twenty-Two
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "The Swedish Levant Company"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – The Naval Campaign: "A Sleeping Bear?"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – The Naval Campaign: "Northern Lights"
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