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Title: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 27, 2017, 03:59:56 pm

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               History

  According to legend, the organization that would later be known as the Templar Order was founded by Cain, a son of Eve and Adam, who murdered his brother Abel for an Apple of Eden. the Templars' crest is rumored to have been the mark of Cain. Despite their aims being aligned, a conflict in ideology quickly led to the Templars becoming an archenemy of the Assassins, who, as opposed to the Templars, sought to allow the people to retain free will.

Ancient world
Aiding the Achaemenid Empire
During the Achaemenid Dynasty of Iran, the Proto-Templars aided King Darius I when he overthrew the usurper of the Empire and became the king of Persia.

The Templars continued to aid his son, Xerxes I, during his invasions of Greece.

Assisting Alexander the Great
The Proto-Templars' influence reached out to Macedonia, where they succeeded in allying themselves with Alexander the Great. As a symbol of their alliance, the Proto-Templars entrusted Alexander with one of the Staves of Eden, which helped Alexander to create one of the largest empires in history and become one of the most successful military commanders. However, Proto-Assassin interference resulted in Alexander's poisoning in 323 BCE, by the Babylonian Proto-Assassin Iltani.

Qin Dynasty
The Proto-Templars also became strong allies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China and also the founder of several of China's most famous landmarks. Qin Shi Huang was killed by the Chinese Proto-Assassin Wei Yu in 210 BCE.

Ancient Egypt
In 51 BCE, as the young Ptolemy XIII ascended to the throne as co-ruler of Egypt alongside his sister-wife Cleopatra. The Proto-Templars, then called the Order of the Ancients, quickly became the true power behind the throne and used all their powers to influence, through Ptolemy, the organization of Egyptian society and to push forward their own plans for the realm.

Discovering that the Queen was not as easy to handle as her brother, the Order instigated the expulsion of Cleopatra from Egypt in 48 BCE. They chose Ptolemy, knowing that Cleopatra was a much more cunning ruler and a better strategist than her younger brother, who was more interested in the superficiality of power and was easily swayed by them.

After he discovered their existence, the Medjay Bayek began a quest to thwart their plans for domination and as a result later founded the Brotherhood that was the precursor to the Assassins: the Hidden Ones, an organization which would eventually fight against the next iteration of the Order of the Ancients in the following millennia, the Templar Order.

Ancient Rome
During the later days of the Roman Republic, the Templars heavily influenced its ruling body, the Senate. Their intervention in Roman politics was continuously thwarted by the Assassins, however. A notable example of this was the plot against the Templar-backed general Gaius Julius Caesar, who was appointed dictator for life. Forty Assassins, most notably Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, planned to assassinate Caesar, a plan which they successfully executed on 15 March 44 BCE. In 30 BCE, the Templar-allied Queen of Egypt and former Caesar's lover, Cleopatra, was killed by the Assassin Amunet by use of a venomous snake.

Additionally, the Templar-influenced Emperor Caligula was stabbed with a dagger by the Assassin Leonius on 24 January 41 CE.

Crucifixion of Jesus
During the 1st century, they found out that one of the Pieces of Eden, the Shroud, was in the hands of Jesus Christ. Wanting the Piece for their own purposes, the Templars crucified Jesus in order to gain it.

Retrieving of the Ankh
By 259, the Templars still had positions within the Roman Empire. However, during the same year, the Assassin Aquilus, guided by his father Lucius, had begun taking down a number of Templars, until he got to his third target: the Roman general Gracchus. Being given entrance to Gracchus' military tent, he confronted Aquilus with the information he had gathered on the Assassin's activities. Trying to prevent Aquilus from killing him, Gracchus stabbed Aquilus in the chest; however, the wound was not fatal, and the Romans were quickly attacked by Alamanni.

Around this time, the Roman senator Caïus Fulvus Vultur - a secret Templar - traveled to Lugdunum to meet with his old contact Lucius; at the same time, Aquilus was traveling home to Lugdunum, carrying with him the Ankh, an ancient artifact capable of reviving the dead which Aquilus retrieved from his Alaman cousin Accipiter. Lucius and Aquilus, both unaware of Vultur's affiliations, had Vultur stay in their home temporarily. The same night, Aquilus interrogated the Templar priest Faustin, whom Lucius suspected on having informed Gracchus. Simultaneously, Vultur betrayed Lucius, killing him and taking possession of the Ankh. Faustin revealed Vultur's ties to Aquilus, who rushed back home, only to find his father dead and the Ankh gone.

Middle Ages
"Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam"
"(Not to us God, not to us, but to Your Name Give Glory)"
―The motto of the monastic Templar Order
Formation as a Knightly Order
As Christian European lords tried to retake the Holy Land from its Muslim rulers during the Crusades, Bernard de Clairvaux decided the Templars needed the Church as an ally. He sent nine men to Solomon's Temple: upon their return nine years later, Grand Master Hugues de Payens and Bernard created the Latin Rule, and reorganized the Templars into a public Order of Knights, whose apparent sole purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land. In the 1129 Council of Troyes, the Order was officially recognized by the church.

As the Assassins had also been made a public organization and as they were primarily based in the Levant at the time, the two factions often clashed.

Quest for the Chalice
In 1190, the Templars were searching for a fabled artifact known as the Chalice thought to grant the power to unite all factions of the war. To that end, they hunted down an Assassin with intel on the relic to the outskirts of Alep. Learning that it was hidden in the Temple of Sand, whose location remained lost in the desert, and that they needed three keys for entry, they launched a furious campaign to acquire these keys. Despite their efforts, all three keys, alongside the map to the Temple, were eventually lost to the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in his quest for the same relic. This proved to be an inconsequential setback as even without the keys, Basilisk managed to lead an expedition to force their way into the Temple ahead of Altaïr.

Even still, they did not find the treasure that they had hoped for within its premises, discovering instead that the Chalice was a woman named Adha. The Templars acted swiftly in tracking Adha to Don Carvaggio's villa in Jerusalem, but Basilisk was forced to divulge her location to Altaïr in exchange for mercy after the Assassin infiltrated the Templar's Hold in Tyre and defeated him in single combat. As a bonus, Basilisk shared with Altaïr the Templar plot to poison the entire populace of Acre, ending the long siege at last. While he had hoped that this would force Altaïr to delay his rescue of Adha to save the people of Acre, the Assassin countered by burning down Basilisk's fleet.

On the same day that the Templars seized Adha captive, Altaïr arrived in Jerusalem and liberated her. Because Adha was aware that Harash, the lieutenant of the Assassin leader Al Mualim, was a Templar spy, she did not dare to return with Altaïr to the Brotherhood. As a result, Basilik's agents recaptured her at the Tyre harbor while she was awaiting alone for Altaïr to return from assassinating Harash. Just as they prepared to set sail, Altaïr arrived and fought his way through the Templar ranks until he slew Basilisk himself.

Using a fireship as a diversion, the Templars were able to escape with Adha despite the loss of their commander. Their enemy did not relent and pursued them across the Mediterranean Sea. In the end, the Templars had Adha murdered after she failed to live up to their expectations, an act that incited the fury of Altaïr who was in love with her. By the following year, every Templar involved in Adha's demise had been hunted down by the vengeful Assassin and killed.

Third Crusade
By 1191, the Templars had come under the leadership of Robert de Sable. The Templars joined in the Third Crusade that was waging in the Holy Land, and De Sable started secretly recruiting men on both sides of the war. Among these were Garnier de Naplouse, William of Montferrat and Sibrand on the Crusader side, and Tamir, Talal, Abu'l Nuqoud, Majd Addin and Jubair al Hakim on the Saracen side. Unknown to the Assassins however, was that Al Mualim, the Mentor himself had joined with the Templar cause, though only as a means to obtain the Apple for himself. These ten men found an Apple of Eden together in Solomon's Temple, and made a few discoveries with it.

Siege of Masyaf Templars
Robert de Sable leading the Templars to Masyaf
When Robert de Sable and a few of his men went to retrieve it from the temple, though, their progress was delayed by a small group of Assassins consisting of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and the brothers Malik and Kadar Al-Sayf, who were sent by Al Mualim to retrieve the treasure. Despite Altaïr being routed, Kadar's death, and Malik losing his arm, the artifact was brought into Assassin possession. This event prompted Robert to lead his men to an attack on the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf, but as soon as they arrived at the fortress gates, they were routed by a wave of falling tree logs.

Al Mualim sent Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad on a quest to take down nine Templars . One by one, the Templars spread throughout the cities of Damascus, Acre and Jerusalem, fell to Altaïr's blade, until he was assigned to take down Robert de Sable. De Sable had foreseen when his time would come, and assigned Maria Thorpe to impersonate him at Majd Addin's funeral, while Robert himself would ride for Arsuf in an attempt to have the Crusaders and Saracens unite in the face of the “Assassin threat”. The Assassin fell for the trap, but quickly found out about Robert's true location. Robert and Altaïr engaged in a battle at Arsuf before Robert was successful in his plan, and Robert was defeated. Before dying, he revealed to Altaïr that the last Templar was his own master, and the Assassin rode off to his final target. After Altaïr killed Al Mualim, the Apple was ultimately lost to the Assassins.

Relocating to Cyprus
Altair Acre Ship
The Templars sailing to Cyprus
Control of the Order fell to De Sable's successor, Armand Bouchart. Not too soon afterwards, Bouchart bought the island of Cyprus from King Richard I, which was formerly ruled by the secret Templar Isaac Comnenus. Planning to retrieve all the artifacts that were hidden in the Templar Archive underneath Limassol, the Templars set sail from Acre to Cyprus in the fall of 1191.

The Templars quickly expanded their reach, starting with building strongholds in Limassol but rapidly taking control of Kyrenia as well. As the Templars used brute force to stay in control, the people formed a Resistance force that aimed to route the Templars from Cyprus. Additionally, the Templars were followed by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, who had taken Maria Thorpe as a captive. Due to Altaïr's efforts, all of Bouchart's generals in Limassol and Kyrenia were assassinated, and the Templars began to lose grip of Cyprus.

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Altaïr killing Bouchart
Despite the loss of many men, the Templars were successful in their objective, because while Altaïr was busy with removing Templar control in Kyrenia, the Templars had shipped out all of the artifacts in the Templar Archive underneath Limassol. After all the artifacts were shipped out, Bouchart found himself confronted by Altaïr in the Archive. The two faced off in a duel, but Bouchart too fell to Altaïr's blade.

Returning underground
By 1307, the French King Philip IV was manipulated by the French Assassin Mentor Guillaume de Nogaret into accusing the Templars of heresy, forcing Pope Clement V to disband them. The Grand Master Jacques de Molay allowed himself to be burned at the stake to fool his enemies into believing the Templars were destroyed. However, Jacques passed his knowledge of the Ancients to nine of his subordinates, whom he sent into the world to continue his work, so the Templars would fade from public awareness and operate underground.

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De Molay burned at the stake
In 1321, the Templars killed the Italian Assassin Dante Alighieri, making their existence known to the Assassins. Three years later, they also killed the Assassins Marco Polo and the father of Domenico Auditore.

Hundred Years' War
In 1337, England's House of Plantagenet, which held a strong claim on the French crown, attacked the Kingdom of France, ruled by the House of Valois. Around 1428, a young French women named Jeanne d'Arc, who had somehow obtained one of the Swords of Eden, joined the French forces and lead them French to a series of victories. However, this caught the attention of the Templars, who had set their sights on the Piece of Eden she had in her possession. In 1430, Jeanne was captured and interrogated by the English, before being executed by burning by the Templars, who subsequently gained possession of the Sword.

Renaissance
In the second half of the 15th century, the Brotherhood had regained a stronger position of strength on the world stage, spreading deep into the Church and nobility of Italy, which served as the primary headquarters of Templars and Assassins alike during this era. Under the command of Rodrigo Borgia, the Templars sought to unify Italy under their command, and regain the Apple of Eden which they knew to be buried in Cyprus.

Sforza assassination
Galeazzo and the Assassin
Lampugnani kissing Sforza's hand
Under Rodrigo, the Templars sought to remove the Sforza family from power in Milan, thus destabilizing the city's relations with Florence. Their plan was to assassinate the Duke, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, on the Feast of Santo Stefano. Rodrigo, having made plans in Florence, left the city with a couple of henchmen, but was followed by Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, an Assassin. Rodrigo, frightened, left his henchmen to fight Giovanni while he made his escape. Giovanni managed to kill the henchmen, and take one captive. Giovanni brought this man to the Medici, where he was tortured by Lorenzo de' Medici and Uberto Alberti, who was secretly a Templar.

Having gathered enough information on their plans from Rodrigo's henchman, Giovanni hurried to Milan to prevent the Duke's assassination. However, the Templars Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani, Carlo Visconti and Gerolamo Olgiati killed the Duke when the church bell rang for the twelfth time. Visconti and Olgiati managed to escape, while Lampugnani was killed by a Sforza guard.

Auditore execution
Having been successful in their plan for Milan, the Templars switched their attention to the city of Florence. However, Florence's de facto ruler, Lorenzo de' Medici, was an ally of the Assassin Giovanni Auditore, and his family was a strong enemy of the Pazzi family; the Templars' main stronghold in Florence. In order to avoid further interventions from the Assassins, Giovanni Auditore and his two sons Federico and Petruccio were imprisoned in the Palazzo della Signoria, and they would be trialed by their former ally Uberto Alberti, who was corrupted by the Borgia.

Uberto Alberti and Rodrigo Borgia watching over the Auditore execution
However, the Pazzi guards were unable to capture Giovanni's remaining son; Ezio. Nonetheless, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were hanged in front of the Palazzo della Signoria. Ezio, who had attended the execution, realized that his family had been betrayed by Alberti, and after escaping, began making preparations for his revenge. Not too soon afterwards, Ezio, using his father's equipment, killed Alberti during an exhibition of Verrocchio's latest work.

However, the Borgia, believing their problems with the Assassins were solved, continued with their plans to take down the Medici.

Pazzi Conspiracy
Over the next two years, the Templars, (or more specifically, the Pazzi family), continued their schemes for control over Florence. In 1478, Rodrigo met with Jacopo, Francesco and Vieri de' Pazzi in San Gimignano, discussing everyone's tasks in the conspiracy. However, Vieri was killed right after the meeting ended by Ezio, who had attacked the town alongside his uncle Mario and his mercenaries.


Francesco attacking Giuliano, with Bernardo in the back
Nonetheless, the Templars continued their plans, again arranging a meeting underneath Santa Maria Novella not too long after the former meeting. Rodrigo, who had received Pope Sixtus IV's blessing on the conspiracy on the condition that nobody was killed, was again present, and made the final preparations. The following Sunday, the Pazzi attacked the Medici when they arrived at the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore for High Mass; causing the event that would be known as the Pazzi Conspiracy. Francesco successfully killed Giuliano de' Medici, stabbing him in the chest nineteen times, but the Pazzi Conspirators were only able to wound Lorenzo de' Medici, who was joined by Ezio Auditore in fighting off the Medici. With Ezio's help, Lorenzo managed to escape, but the Pazzi did not cease to cause trouble in the city. On Lorenzo's request, Ezio hunted Francesco de' Pazzi down and killed him.

Jacopo trying to reason with Rodrigo
With the Templars routed from Florence, Jacopo and the other conspirators fled to San Gimignano in Tuscany, where they had once again arranged to meet with Rodrigo in 1480. However, all four remaining Pazzi Conspirators - Bernardo Baroncelli, Antonio Maffei, Stefano da Bagnone and Francesco Salviati - all fell to Ezio's blade over the course of two years. Jacopo went to the meeting alone, where his failure and words angered Rodrigo; in the process, Jacopo was stabbed in the chest, nearly killing him. Sensing Ezio's presence at the meeting, Rodrigo sent his guards after the Assassin; nonetheless, Ezio was once again able to fend the guards off and put Jacopo out of his misery. With their plans for Florence thwarted by the lone Assassin, the Templars turned their attention to Venice.

Taking over Venice
The Barbarigos meeting with Rodrigo Borgia
By 1480 in Venice, Emilio Barbarigo was attempting to unite all the merchants in Venice's commercial district under his banner. Despite failed attempts from the city's Thieves Guild, Emilio was assassinated in 1486 by Ezio Auditore. A meeting between Carlo Grimaldi, Silvio Barbarigo, Marco Barbarigo, Dante Moro and Rodrigo Borgia took place soon afterwards, discussing their plans for Venice. They decided that they would kill the Doge, Giovanni Mocenigo, that same night and that Marco Barbarigo would take his place. In fact, the plan to take the Doge's seat was a plan to distract the Assassin from the Templars' real objective: retrieving the Apple of Eden from Cyprus.

Ezio Auditore, who had eavesdropped on the meeting, quickly devised a strategy to prevent the killing of Mocenigo and used Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine to infiltrate the Doge's residence, the Palazzo Ducale. However, Ezio was too late to prevent the Doge from being poisoned, but he managed to kill Carlo Grimaldi, who was responsible for the Doge's death.

Marco had taken the position of Doge and had decided to never come out in order to prevent the Assassin from having an opportunity to kill him. However, during Carnevale, Marco was obliged to show himself to the people at his personal party. Ezio had managed to obtain entry to the party, and as soon as Marco showed himself, the Assassin struck.

The Templar boats setting sail from the Arsenal
Due to the Assassin's efforts, the Venetian Templars had to rely on Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro. They had hired a group of mercenaries to strengthen their forces, and positioned themselves in the Arsenal of Venice, fighting with Venice's Mercenaries Guild led by Bartolomeo d'Alviano. Ezio Auditore joined forces with Bartolomeo, and together they managed to draw Silvio and Dante away from their troops. Without any protection, the two attempted to flee to their boat inside the Arsenal to sail to Cyprus, but they were killed by Ezio before they could set sail. Other boats had already managed to set sail, though, and were on their way to Cyprus.

Quest for the Apple
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The Apple being given to the courier
Despite the Templars facing "complications" on Cyprus, the Templar boat returned to Venice in 1488. A Templar courier was assigned to bring the Apple to a Templar guard post, from where the Apple would be escorted to Rodrigo Borgia. However, Ezio killed the guard assigned to carry the Apple, and put on his uniform; impersonating him. After the escort had reached Rodrigo, its members were killed by Ezio and the latter faced off in a fight with Rodrigo. Ezio was later joined by other members of the Assassin Order, and Rodrigo made his escape, leaving the Apple behind.

With the Apple in the hands of the Assassins, the Templars approached the Orsi brothers – Ludovico and Checco – to obtain a map detailing the location of the Codex pages from the wife of the Templar Girolamo Riario – Caterina Sforza. Invading Forlì, the Orsi brothers demanded the map, and the Apple in exchange for the lives of Sforza's children. The brothers were rebuked, and assaulted the Rocca di Ravaldino. Together with the city guards, the Assassins Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli held off the assault, although a second succeeded in claiming the Apple briefly when Ezio Auditore left to kill Ludovico. After Ezio had returned successfully, he chased after Checco and assassinated the latter, taking the Apple with him.

Control over the Papacy
Despite the loss of the Apple, Rodrigo was ultimately unfazed. In 1491, he became a candidate in the Papal conclave and fooled the Spanish Inquisitor General Tomás de Torquemada into following his orders. Much of these orders involved annihilating the Assassins Guild in Barcelona, Spain, with Rodrigo claiming they were heretics. Rodrigo also made attempts to thwart Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World, and planning to make the Templars journey there. However, all of these plans were thwarted again by Ezio Auditore, who had sailed to Spain.

On 11 August 1492, Rodrigo had become Pope Alexander VI after having bribed most of the cardinals. Being the head of the Christian church, the Templars became the most powerful force in Europe and based their headquarters in Rome. As the Pope, Rodrigo had access to the Papal Staff, which was in reality one of the Staves of Eden.

In the late 1490s, Rodrigo learned that the Apple had come into the possession of the monk Girolamo Savonarola, who had just become the ruler of Florence. Aiming to get the Apple back in their possession, the Borgia sent continuous waves of soldiers to Florence. However, the bodies kept being sent back, and the Borgia were disappointed when Savonarola was executed without them having the Apple in their possession.

Ezio confronting Rodrigo in the Vatican
In 1499, the leading Assassins in Italy traveled to Rome to distract the Borgia guards, while Ezio traveled along the Passetto di Borgo to St. Peter's Cathedral. Once inside, the Assassin lunged at Rodrigo Borgia while he was proclaiming the Nicene Creed in Latin to the congregation. Rodrigo shoved the Assassin away, then used the Staff to subdue his entire congregation. A fight ensued with Rodrigo using the Staff and Ezio using the Apple. The power of the Staff was able to overpower Ezio, and after Rodrigo stabbed Ezio in the abdomen, he entered the Vault underneath the Sistine Chapel. Rodrigo wasn't able to enter the Vault, though, as only the "Prophet" could do it. Rodrigo was soon faced by Ezio again, and after one final fight in hand-to-hand combat, Ezio informed Rodrigo that he was not the Prophet and had never been. Broken by this revelation and accepting defeat, Rodrigo told Ezio to kill him and put an end to it, but unlike Ezio's other targets, Rodrigo was not killed as Ezio could not find a reason to do so, stating that killing him wouldn't bring his family back. As Ezio entered the Vault, Rodrigo fled back to safety.

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Cesare Borgia in Monteriggioni
Five days afterwards, Rodrigo's son Cesare, who served as the Captain General of the Papal Army, had slowly begun to take control over the Templar Order and laid siege to the Assassins' and Auditore's headquarters of Monteriggioni. In the process, the Templars captured Caterina Sforza, executed Mario Auditore, shot Ezio Auditore and obtained the Apple of Eden. After Monteriggioni lay in ruins, the Borgia returned to Rome victorious.

As control over the Templars slowly shifted to Cesare, he became the new Grand Master and strived to take over all of Italy, and later Europe. As the Templars were ruling the church, individuals such as King Louis XII of France, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and King Manuel I of Portugal all answered to the Borgia. Meanwhile, Cesare planned to strengthen his army with war machines created by Leonardo da Vinci, who had been forced into serving the Borgia. With his army, Cesare quickly conquered various states in Italy.

However, Ezio Auditore had moved to Rome and started rebuilding the Assassin Brotherhood there. In Cesare's absence, Ezio destroyed the war machines and the Assassins killed most of Cesare's high-ranking generals, including his personal banker Juan Borgia and the French general Octavian de Valois. Control over Rome became lost to the Templars, and their plans couldn't be executed. Returning home from war, Cesare found all his support gone and his funds cut off.

Routing from Italy
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Cesare Borgia killing his father
On 18 August 1503, Rodrigo, who had begun to see Cesare as a threat, met with his son in the papal apartments of the Castel Sant'Angelo. There, he placed a platter with poisoned apples on the table, and as planned Cesare took a bite from one of them. However, Cesare's sister Lucrezia had found out about Rodrigo's intentions and entered the room to warn her brother. Furious, Cesare shoved the remaining apple down Rodrigo's throat, asking him where the Apple was simultaneously. However, Rodrigo died and Cesare obtained the Apple's location after threatening his sister. Ezio Auditore entered the room after Cesare left, and also got the Apple's location from Lucrezia. Both Cesare and Ezio raced to the Apple, though the latter got to it faster. With the Apple, Ezio exterminated most of Cesare's remaining followers and Cesare himself was arrested on orders of Pope Julius II.

Cesare, who had become the sole ruler of the Templars, was able to escape his imprisonment in the Castel Sant'Angelo. He tried to escape by boat, but was captured by Ezio once again. The Pope had Cesare transferred to Castillo de la Mota, Aragon in Spain in 1504; a location that only the Pope was aware of.

In 1506, Cesare was freed from La Mota by Micheletto Corella, and together they rode to Valencia. There, Cesare started to raise an army, operating from the Lone Wolf Inn. Ezio, who had used the Apple to track Cesare, destroyed Cesare's encampment and twelve ships together with Niccolò Machiavelli. Cesare blamed Micheletto for the attack, and the latter attempted to strangle Cesare. Cesare gained the upper hand during the struggle, though, and shot Micheletto. Without any men, Cesare made his escape to the Kingdom of Navarre, ruled by his brother-in-law John III.

Ezio letting Cesare fall to his death
In March 1507, John III appointed Cesare to lead his forces during the Siege of Viana. During the battle, Cesare was once again faced by Ezio, who used the Apple to locate Cesare. Cesare made his escape towards the castle, but was ultimately confronted by Ezio atop the walls of Viana Castle. After being defeated, Cesare got thrown off the castle walls by Ezio. With Cesare's death, the Templars were no longer led by the Borgia and their quest to conquer Italy and the rest of Europe was at an end.

Search for the Masyaf Keys
Following the earthquake in Constantinople in 1509, Templars reappeared in the city under the Byzantine banner. Due to Sultan Bayezid II's disappearance from the city following the earthquake, the Byzantine Templars could easily integrate into the city and start their plans for taking over the Ottoman Empire, while operating from their headquarters in the underground city of Derinkuyu in the region of Cappadocia.[5] Initially led by Manuel Palaiologos, the Byzantine Templars quickly caught the eye of Prince Ahmet, Bayezid's son and supposed successor. Ahmet joined the Templar Order, and his youth and charisma allowed him to slip into the position of leader while Manuel was forced to become a second-in-command.

The Templars somehow recovered "The Secret Crusade", the journal of the Italian explorer and secret Assassin Niccolò Polo, from which they found out about the existence of the library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in Masyaf and the keys needed to open it. Ahmet placed Manuel Palaiologos in charge of the Masyaf expedition to find the Masyaf Keys throughout Constantinople, while Ahmet himself continued his plans to secure the Templars' power in the Empire.

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Leandros giving instructions to the Templars
By 1511, the Templars had managed to obtain one of the Masyaf Keys from underneath Topkapı Palace, and had taken full occupation of Masyaf. Without the other Keys in their possession, the Templars had resorted to digging their way into the library, with no success. In the winter of 1511, Ezio Auditore da Firenze arrived in Masyaf, also wanting to access the library. He was ambushed by Byzantine Templars led by Leandros, and was overpowered and captured. The Templars subsequently led him to Masyaf's watchtower, where he was to be hanged. At the very last moment, he fought back against Leandros, who was tying the noose around Ezio's neck. Ezio threw the noose around Leandros' neck instead, and Ezio jumped down to a scaffolding below. With no sign left of Ezio in the thick snowstorm that was brewing, Leandros instead decided to focus on other matters and was about to leave on a horse cart. Ezio gave chase, and jumped to a rope hanging on Leandros' cart, eventually procuring his own cart and chasing Leandros.

Leandros crashed Ezio's cart near Atlas Village in the mountains, and made his way into the village while sending the other Templars to deal with Ezio. However, the wounded Ezio made his way through the guards and into the village's center with some difficulty, coming to the area where Leandros had taken refuge. Leandros, sending more of his men at Ezio, was ultimately confronted and killed by Ezio on top of the village's watchtower, where Ezio took "The Secret Crusade" from him.

Struggle in Constantinople
In Constantinople, the Templars were still ever present, engaging in heavy combat with the Turkish Assassins, occupying numerous Assassin Dens throughout the city and searching for the secret locations in the city leading to the Masyaf Keys. The Templars discovered that two of the Masyaf Keys were located in the Yerebatan Cistern and the Forum of the Ox, but Ezio Auditore recovered the artifacts before the Templars could.

Ahmet personally devised a plan to have his nephew Prince Suleiman kidnapped at a feast in the Topkapı Palace, allowing Ahmet to "rescue" him and gain the Ottoman citizens' favor over his brother Selim for the Ottoman throne. However, Yusuf Tazim and the Turkish Assassins found out about the Templars' plan and plotted to stop their plan. With the help of Ezio Auditore, the Turkish Assassins - dressed as Italian minstrels - found and killed all of the Templars hidden amongst the party goers. Ahmet, of whom no one was aware of his Templars affiliations, instead accused Tarik Barleti, the captain of the Janissaries, from being unable to stop the 'attack' of the Italian minstrels.

Manuel and Shahkulu making the deal with Tarik
Some time later, Manuel journeyed to Constantinople to buy guns from the Tarik and the Janissaries to arm the Templars in Cappadocia with them. Accompanied by the Turkmen renegade and Templar Shahkulu, Manuel inspected the weapons in the city's arsenal and successfully closed the deal before returning to Cappadocia. Tarik was assassinated by Ezio Auditore some time later on Suleiman's orders, after the two came to the wrong conclusion that Tarik was in league with the Templars; Tarik had instead been spying on the Templars in Cappadocia in order to thwart them. Tarik's death was quickly believed to be conducted by Ahmet, damaging his public image.

Collapse of Cappadocia
Manuel and Shahkulu returned to Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, where they continued building up the Byzantine army's strength and the capture and execution of numerous Ottomans.

Due to Ezio Auditore, who had trailed Manuel to Cappadocia, an Ottoman spy named Dilara was captured from Templar imprisonment. Consequently, Shahkulu gained the attention of Dilara and Ezio. Ezio jumped down and stabbed Shahkulu from on high, though Shahkulu resisted against Ezio and a fight ensued. Ultimately, Ezio killed Shahkulu and simultaneously stopped the torture and execution of the Ottoman spies in the city.

Last Palaiologi 2
Manuel and a Byzantine spotting Ezio
The Templars panicked when Ezio Auditore blew up the ammunition and armaments hidden inside the city, and Manuel Palaiologos tried to calm the city's citizens. Upon spotting Ezio, Manuel fled and sent the Templars to kill Ezio. The Templar soldiers proved no match for Ezio, and the Assassin confronted Manuel after the latter ran to a dead end on a jetty. Manuel was easily slain, and gave up his Masyaf Key to Ezio, cynical that he would survive long enough to enter the library. At that very moment, Ahmet arrived on the scene by boat, revealing his Templar affiliations and threatening to capture Ezio's love interest Sofia Sartor when Ezio did not give up the Masyaf Keys.

Fall of the Byzantines
Ahmet returned to Constantinople not too long afterwards, and sent a battalion of Templars to capture Sofia from her book shop. The book shop was guarded by Yusuf Tazim and other Assassins, though the Templars emerged victorious, killing Yusuf in the process. Upon discovering Yusuf's lifeless body, Ezio rallied the Assassins against Ahmet and the Templars, who had located themselves in the arsenal. When Ezio reached Ahmet, the latter explained that his death would prevent Ezio from knowing where Sofia was, and subsequently lectured Ezio that they both wanted peace and tried to convince him of the people's reluctance to acknowledge the truth. Unsuccessful in convincing the Assassin, Ahmet instead told Ezio to meet him at the Galata Tower with the Masyaf Keys.

Ahmet and a group of Templars waited for Ezio on the wall of Galata Tower, and demanded the Keys from Ezio upon his arrival, in exchange for Sofia, who was held by a Byzantine atop Galata Tower. However, Ahmet instead had Azize dressed in Sofia's clothing with a bag hidden over her head held by the Byzantine soldier, while the real Sofia was being hanged on a nearby plaza. Ahmet made his leave out of the city with the Masyaf Keys, and started his journey to Masyaf to open the library.

End road 22
Selim killing Ahmet
Ahmet and his Templar entourage were tailed by Ezio and Sofia, who was rescued by Ezio, and a chase on horse cart ensued. The other Templar horse carts were taken out by Ezio, only to be knocked off his own cart by Ahmet. Ahmet continued making his way forward, with Sofia driving their horse cart and Ezio hanging on to the cart with a parachute deployed. After a long chase through the mountains, Ahmet obliterated Sofia's cart. Ezio landed on a nearby hill and from there jumped onto Ahmet's cart, causing the two to fall off a cliffside.

Though initially fighting during their freefall, Ezio deployed another parachute to result his safe landing, while Ahmet held on to Ezio. They both safely landed, but showed signs of heavy fatigue. At that moment, Selim arrived with his army from battle with his father, and walked up to Ahmet. Revealing that he had been assigned as the next Sultan, Selim started choking Ahmet and threw him off a cliff to ensure that there would be no conflicts for succession. With Ahmet's death, the Byzantine Templars were ultimately dissolved.
The Templar Order, also known as the Order of the Ancients during its early years, the Order of the Knights Templar, the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon and the Order of Solomon's Temple is a monastic military order-turned-corporate giant, which was formed during the prehistoric era.
... and now after the conflicts, victories and fall of empires from east side as well as west side. Now we decided to reunite from the west and shift to State of argonath for protection as well as development. Our methods are different but we do promise a development and security.
 
  More about us
After every events in our past now we are hiding in the State of Argonath for ours and it's development, for security of us and it's, and for the future generations of Templar's. We are different from our ancestors, we are an order. We are the Templar's. To fight our sworn enemy The Assasin Brother Hood we decided to take a different path.
We Templar's are peaceful and professional. We hate violence much,  but at times violence are needed,  so are not always quiet as idles. We do fight back and respond if it is necessary. What we want from all is cooperation. We would like to bring a change in everything so that the balance of good and evil, citizens and criminals will be in control. We agree that you people have your own rights to think and work what you need or do,  but it should be in control as well as under the rules of the State.

   Our rules

• Respect and follow server rules.
• Respect the civilians, law enforcement.... Everyone and also get respect from them.
• Help others in emergency
• No death match, Cheating/scamming group members is not allowed. If you are in law enforcement group and you are off duty and sees a Templar member doing illegal work you can call 911, but you should not go into duty and take the shut out of them
• Follow the senior members of the group and you may report them in game and should report about them in here if they are forcing you to do some wrong/rulebreak. You should post about it in here with screens and in absence of screenshots you can take a witness but he should be treatable as well as truthful
• Server/Clan rule breaks will be punished harshly.
• This clan is Tag less.
  
• This a strict RP clan, so ensure that you are doing good RP

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 27, 2017, 04:00:42 pm

   Templar Clan Members
     
   Grand Master(leader/founder):- Dr.Stone_CollinT

Templar clan Ranking System

                                                   ***Grand Master***

                                                       **Commander**

                                                           *Seneschal*

                                                          *Turcopolier*
 
                                                              *Marshal*

                                                       *Under-Marshal*

                                                                *Knight*

                                                               *Squires*

                                                      *Templar Officer*

                                                        +Trail Member+

                           Application Form

Code: [Select]

[color=red][size=24pt]Application - <Name>[/size][/color]
[color=Blue]1.Name(which we can call you always):[/color]
[color=blue]2.In-Game Name:[/color]
[color=blue]3.why do you want to join this Clan? (50 words min):[/color]
[color=blue]4.what is your favourite skin/charecter?:[/color]
[color=blue]5.Rate your RP skills(out of 100%):[/color]
[color=blue]6.Previous names:[/color]
[color=blue]7.Do you support the brotherhood? :[/color]
[color=blue]8.Ro you have vehicle licence and passport?:[/color]
[color=blue]9.Your vehicles and the place where you live(if you don't have passport/them leave it) :[/color]
[color=blue]10.You Skills/Abilities which will be useful for Clan:[/color]

Please copy and paste this on your application.

Application format(example)
Application - Paledian
1.Name(which we can call you always): Paledian
2.In-Game Name: Dr.Stone
3.why do you want to join this Clan? (50 words min): left with you
4.what is your favourite skin/charecter?: doctor
5.Rate your RP skills(out of 100%): 89%
6.Previous names: ... Previous names
7.Do you support the brotherhood? : yes
8.Ro you have vehicle licence and passport?: yes
9.Your vehicles and the place where you live(if you don't have passport/them leave it) : secret...
10.You Skills/Abilities which will be useful for Clan: it's yours

Special Rules for Trail Members

Updating soon

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 27, 2017, 05:13:08 pm

Group Properties

Group Vehicles

To be edited soon
 Now you may post your replies.

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: JackDockz on November 27, 2017, 05:16:55 pm

 I support the brotherhood

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: HemanthTG on November 27, 2017, 05:28:33 pm

Quote from: Paledian on November 27, 2017, 04:00:42 pm

                     

Application Form


Application - <Name>
1.Name(which we can call you always):
2.In-Game Name:
3.why do you want to join this Clan? (50 words min):
4.what is your favourite skin/charecter?:
5.Rate your RP skills(out of 100%):
6.Previous names:
7.Do you support the brotherhood? :
8.Ro you have vehicle licence and passport?:
9.Your vehicles and the place where you live(if you don't have passport/them leave it) :
10.You Skills/Abilities which will be useful for Clan:

Looks good, But... The post needs to be edited  :gand:, Type [code and [/code haha

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Stefan_Finch on November 27, 2017, 06:08:28 pm

Good luck bro but to much text who will read all this story, post some pictures and cut this story :D GL! <3

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Jairo. on November 27, 2017, 07:00:21 pm

Good luck

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Volcom on November 28, 2017, 12:26:29 am

Quote from: JackDockz on November 27, 2017, 05:16:55 pm

I support the brotherhood

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Endri on November 28, 2017, 02:01:42 am

Good luck!

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 28, 2017, 04:04:09 am

Quote from: Stefan_Finch on November 27, 2017, 06:08:28 pm

Good luck bro but to much text who will read all this story, post some pictures and cut this story :D GL! <3

no problem read the more about us if guys not interested in reading that full. Yes the text too long.

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 28, 2017, 04:13:27 am

Quote from: HemanthTG on November 27, 2017, 05:28:33 pm

Looks good, But... The post needs to be edited  :gand: , Type [code and [/code haha

Fixed thanks hemath :))

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: rajeev on November 28, 2017, 04:47:02 am

Quote from: JackDockz on November 27, 2017, 05:16:55 pm

I support the brotherhood

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: KiiNgZoNe on November 28, 2017, 05:21:33 am

 :janek: :janek: :janek: DEUS VULT  :janek: :janek: :janek:

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: TheGreasyChopper on November 28, 2017, 05:45:35 am

Damn, so this is the f'ed up image of the Knights Templar nowadays eh? Shame on Ubisoft...Nevertheless, good luck with this. Looking forward to seeing some Templar RP.

Salve!

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Claudia on November 28, 2017, 06:24:22 am

This history is longer than our world history  :lol: :lol:
Good luck :app:

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: JackDockz on November 28, 2017, 01:00:08 pm

Actually the templars are an order. The brotherhood is of the assassins. Your title mixes both. Edit it

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 28, 2017, 03:43:52 pm

Quote from: JackDockz on November 28, 2017, 01:00:08 pm

Actually the templars are an order. The brotherhood is of the assassins. Your title mixes both. Edit it

Lol actually we are little different, we are separate division of our greatfather templars.

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: JackDockz on November 28, 2017, 04:15:44 pm

Quote from: Paledian on November 28, 2017, 03:43:52 pm

Lol actually we are little different, we are separate division of our greatfather templars.

Open abstergo now lol. Templars dont approve of assassins methods at all. You needa be like the templars tho as even in the presentday templars are like before but with advanced tech.

I suggest u to open abstergo and then hire people for animus.

Good Luck

Title: Re: *Templars Union* ---- The next Revolution.
Post by: Paledian on November 28, 2017, 05:00:47 pm

Quote from: JackDockz on November 28, 2017, 04:15:44 pm

Open abstergo now lol. Templars dont approve of assassins methods at all. You needa be like the templars tho as even in the presentday templars are like before but with advanced tech.

I suggest u to open abstergo and then hire people for animus.

Good Luck

It's a separate division(dosnt have any relation with game based and please don't spam this topic with these).