Talk:Japanese Rite of the Templar Order

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Seta River Killers

So I have been going over the mission and revisiting the letters given and the dialogue. I believe most of them, excluding Ermigo and Gaspar, were just hired killers like the prompt said. Maybe it is similar like the Templars using the Shinbakufu do to their dirty work. I want to hear what everyone else thinks about it. Lmk. Thanks Batfan13 (talk) 19:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

I could see the lower ranked members (Builder, Contractor, Collector, Stalker, Tormentor) being moved to puppets but if you you look at the objective board before unveiling the targets the Exterminator and the Trader are described as being the same rank as the Scholar (Ermigo). So I would take that to mean they are also Templars. And the fact that Gaspar calls Rufino a traitor implies to me he was more than just a hired killer himself. But as I said it is hard to parse, especially with such a lackluster database. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 01:56, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

I agree. After more times with the videos and the documents throughout these missions, I see Rufino more of an ally to Ermigo, whose last words resonated to wanting him to be part of the Order. For the Exterminator and the Trader, I see that now from the objective board and map info. It looks similar to the Odyssey in a way. So, we will wait to see if there is any more clarification. Batfan13 (talk) 04:30, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Initials

Also, another theory is, from what I believe it may have been hinted from one of the earlier edits, is that last letter to Gaspar, the initials are close to João Machado. ("Letter from J. to Gaspar" and the last initial M in the end). Food for thought Batfan13 (talk) 04:30, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Technically we don't know which, if either, initial is meant to be first or last. One of them could even be the initial to a cryptonym. But yes prevailing theory is Joao Machado for lack of any other candidate. I wonder if it's J and then M (or the equivalents) across all language versions, otherwise we just got to wait for more Story Drops. Lacrossedeamon (talk)