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	== Organization ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Organization ==
	Today’s Templars exist as a network of small		Today’s Templars exist as a network of small
	lodges, each presided over by an Honored Master who’s elected		lodges, each presided over by an Honored Master who’s elected
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	== Initiation ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Initiation ==
	Like military recruiters, the Templar Knights are always		Like military recruiters, the Templar Knights are always
	looking for a few good men. A prospective candidate might be invited to		looking for a few good men. A prospective candidate might be invited to
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	== Affinity Spheres ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Affinity Spheres ==
	Forces, Life, Mind, or Prime.		Forces, Life, Mind, or Prime.

	== Focus ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Focus ==
	A Templar Knight is just a vessel for God’s Will, not his own.		A Templar Knight is just a vessel for God’s Will, not his own.
	Despite ''A World of Gods and Monsters'', there is ''Divine Order and Earthly		Despite ''A World of Gods and Monsters'', there is ''Divine Order and Earthly

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	== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Quote ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Quote ==
	''The Returning Christ is no loving, humble carpenter. He will come this time with righteous wrath – and when He does, we’ll stand beside Him.''		''The Returning Christ is no loving, humble carpenter. He will come this time with righteous wrath – and when He does, we’ll stand beside Him.''

			== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Introduction ==
			The power and glory of God and His Church
			have blessed the world with love, forgiveness,
			(relative) peace, and civilized order for over
			two millennia. But in spite of the salvation
			that was purchased by Christ’s holy blood,
			an ever-encroaching darkness requires
			constant vigilance and demands the attention
			of holy warriors who’ll wage war against Satan’s corruption
			and deceit. Those holy warriors were once great and many:
			the Swords of Grace, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the
			Hammer, the Falcons of Gabriel, and many more. Now, though,
			only the Knights Templar remain to carry Christ’s standard
			and keep the vigil against a second Long Night.

			Once, under the aegis of the Cabal of Pure Thought,
			the Knights Templar commanded respect throughout the
			Christian world, even among the other people of the Book
			whose understanding lacked the grace of Christ. Pledged
			to protect, secure, and someday restore the Holy Temple of
			Solomon – the physical and metaphysical seat of their power
			and a galvanizing symbol of God’s reign on Earth – they held
			that duty sure. Despite their martial valor, however, the Knights
			were also renowned for their honor, kindness, and good works.
			In the name of their Lord, these Enlightened Knights educated
			the ignorant, clothed the naked, cured the sick, and fed the
			hungry. Theirs was a duty unto God.

			Graced with Divine sight and Earthly wisdom, the
			Templars were the first to recognize the tendrils of darkness,
			sin, and pride within the Church, the ranks of the Gabrielites,
			and their fellow Conventions in the Order of Reason. They
			were among the first to speak out against such corruption,
			and they were also the first to fall victim to conspiracies
			within their Order. The notorious disgrace and slaughter of
			France’s Templars, and the reputed blasphemies of which
			they were accused, remains a matter of record; far less famous
			is the history of the organization after their supposed fall.
			Despite conspiracies and legends, occult rumors and magely
			nonsense, the Templars keep their holy vigil. Their myths
			are many, but the truth is this: the Knights Templar still exist
			today – stronger in conviction and greater in numbers than
			anyone, Sleeper or Awakened, can conceive.

			Then and now, the Templars serve as ''Militia Christi'':
			soldiers of Christ, themselves anointed by His holy blood and
			their own. The sect’s members refer to themselves as “loaves
			and fishes”: the miracle waiting to happen, the small force
			that shall, by God’s grace, become a powerful multitude. God
			will send the prayed-for Messiah, the Holy Warrior who will
			redeem the Earth. And when He arrives, as He soon will, He will find them ready
			and close at hand.

			Despite their reputed merger with their old rivals in the Celestial Chorus, the
			Knights Templar retain an independent, if secretive, existence. And in a weird
			twist of fortune, they’ve forged a tentative alliance with sacred heretics, in hopes
			of redeeming those flawed souls (or at least using them as convenient shock
			troops) when the Messiah finally comes. Such mirror-games are nothing
			new to Christ’s Militia; like any wise soldiers, they work with whatever
			circumstances give them. And so, out of necessity, they have changed;
			guns replace swords, laptops replace steeds, Kevlar replaces steel, and the
			old “men-only” rules have bowed to practicality. Women – though still
			discouraged in front-line combat – make up a growing number of support
			troops within the Knights. And in this age, even these Dove Knights are
			warriors of a sort. Satan’s front lines are everywhere these days, after all,
			and an attack could come as easily from a computer virus or an IED as
			from a battlefield blade.

			== Organization ==
			Today’s Templars exist as a network of small
			lodges, each presided over by an Honored Master who’s elected
			by the initiated members of the lodge. These Honored Masters
			report directly to a smaller body of regional Resplendent Masters,
			also elected from amongst their ranks. The Resplendent Masters
			receive directives from a small council of Generals who guide the
			larger, global work of these hidden Knights. The network operates
			largely through Internet connections, their communications
			coded in secret scriptures and references only the Knights
			Templar understand.

			Each lodge contains Brothers and Sisters, Aspirants,
			and Knights of various degrees and ranks. Brothers and
			Sisters have demonstrated faith and courage but have not
			yet received the Holy Fire of Awakening. Aspirants have
			been blessed with Holy Vision, but they must still receive
			training and trial before initiation. Many lodges have been
			dedicated either to Peace (healing, charity, and education)
			or War (armed conflict); the former are all-female, and
			the latter are all-male.

			Other lodges welcome both genders and Knights of
			either path; these rare lodges focus on training, recruitment,
			and preparation for the final war.

			== Initiation ==
			Like military recruiters, the Templar Knights are always
			looking for a few good men. A prospective candidate might be invited to
			participate in a lodge’s projects and initiatives. Compatible candidates could
			be asked to join the lodge as Brothers or Sisters; those who display the Holy
			Fire soon find themselves assigned to a Knight who guides the potential
			initiate in the rituals of prayer, purification, and dedication necessary to
			become an Aspirant.

			== Affinity Spheres ==
			Forces, Life, Mind, or Prime.

			== Focus ==
			A Templar Knight is just a vessel for God’s Will, not his own.
			Despite ''A World of Gods and Monsters'', there is ''Divine Order and Earthly
			Chaos'', so ''Might is Right'' when God guides your soul. Faith and martial arts
			provide the core of every Templar’s training, and though dominion,
			craftwork, and hypertech appear in the group’s modern practices,
			every instrument is an extension of God’s hand.

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