Templar Order (Assassin’s Creed)

"Even when your kind appears to triumph ... Still we rise again. And do you know why? It is because the Order is born of a realization. We require no creed. No indoctrination by desperate old men. All we need is that the world be as it is. And THIS is why the Templars will never be destroyed."

- Haytham Kenway, the first Grand Master of the Templar Order in Colonial America.

The Order of the Knights Templar, more commonly known as the Templar Order, Knights Templar or simply the Templars, are a monastic military order that serve as the chief antagonists of the Assassin's Creed video game series. The modern-day version of the Templars operates using a front called Abstergo Industries, a super-corporation that has been responsible for the majority of human technological development for the past millennia.

The Templars seek to create a perfect world, although the means by which they aim to do so - through force, control and the destruction of free will - directly contrast the ideals of their sworn enemies, the Assassin Order. Because of this difference in ideology, the Templars became involved in a covert war against the Assassins, spanning millenia, with their opposition's motivating belief being that mankind should always have the ability to choose; to have the freedom of liberty, even if it meant accepting that humanity would always be flawed in their ways.

History
Originally founded as a holy order of knights during the Middle Ages (though before this, the Templars existed as a more loose, unofficial coalition) the Templars were mostly active in the Holy Land during the Crusades. However, in 1307, the King of France, Phillip IV, accursed the Order of heresy, which supposedly ended the Order.

However, the Order was not defeated; they had just been driven into hiding. They continued to operate in secret through the Hundred Years' War and into the Renaissance. During the early 1500's, they managed to gain control of Italy when Rodrigo Borgia, then the Grand Master of the Order, was elected Pope. They managed to obtain two "Pieces of Eden" and locate "The Vault". However, Rodrigo's efforts were thwarted by the Assassin Ezio Auditore. Eventually, Rodrigo was killed and his son Cesare assumed leadership of the Order. Even then, the Assassin bested Cesare's forces, and the Borgia's control over Italy eventually broke. For the rest of the 15th century the Templar Order went into decline. Not much is known of their activities until the 19th century.

By the 20th century, the Templars had established a major foothold in the American industry, with important figures such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone being Templars themselves. In 1937, the Templars founded Abstergo Industries, a secret company aiming to control capitalists and workers and neutralize communism. The Templars, who had previously created the capitalistic economic system, hoped to control the people through owning capitalistic companies, as opposed to having people own the companies. The company would go on to control a lot of corporations and organizations, including the Ford Motor Company, NASA, the CIA and BP. In the late 1930s, Adolf Hitler, a Templar, began to take over political control over Germany.

After having assumed full control, Hitler used an Apple of Eden to form Nazi Germany and hypnotize the population to join his cause. With this newfound support, Hitler began to declare "war" on Germany's neighboring countries, quickly conquering them. A worldwide war - World War II - soon erupted, but the entire war was a Templar plot to keep the people under the Order's control. While the entire war was overseen by the Templars, the world was split between two forces. On one side of the war stood the Axis, primarily led by Hitler and Benito Mussolini. On the other side stood the Allied forces, led by the Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin; the Big Three. By the time the war concluded, the Templars planned to take advantage of the resulting peace.

Knight Templars (Assassin's Creed)

 * Robert de Sable: Grand Master of the Templar Order. He is the secondary antagonist of the game.
 * Tamir: Black Market dealer.
 * Talal: Slaver.
 * Garnier de Naplouse: Corrupt Doctor and the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier in Acre.
 * Abu'l Nuqoud: "Merchant King".
 * William of Montferrat: Military Commander.
 * Majd Addin: Ruler of Jerusalem and obsessed executioner.
 * Jubair al Hakim: Plotted to burn history books and re-write history his way.
 * Sibrand: The leader of the Knights Teutonic.
 * Maria Thorpe: Decoy of Robert during an assassination mission and future wife of Altair
 * Al Mualim: Spy inside in the Assassin's Creed, their eventual leader and the true main antagonist of Assassin's Creed.
 * Haras: Assassin-turned traitor and Templar enforcer, slain by Altair before he could kill Al Mualim.
 * Armand Bouchart: Templar leader after Robert's death and main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines.
 * Jacques de Molay: Long-deceased French Templar Grand Master who motivated Germain to rebuild the Templar Order.

Assassin's Creed II

 * Rodrigo Borgia: Grand Master of the Italian Rite of the Templar Order and eventually Pope Alexander IV. He is the main antagonist of the game.
 * Ludovico Orsi: A member of the Orsi family of Forlì who take order to steal the Apple of Eden by Rodrigo Borgia.
 * Checco Orsi: A member of the Orsi family of Forlì who take order to steal the Apple of Eden by Rodrigo Borgia.

Pazzi conspirators

 * Jacopo de' Pazzi: Uncle of Francesco and great uncle of Vieri and "Grand Master" of the Florentine and Tuscany Templars. Mastermind behind the Pazzi Conspiracy. After the failed Pazzi Conspiracy and the death of all of the co-conspirators, Jacopo was stabbed to death by the Spaniard as a punishment.


 * Uberto Alberti: Gonfaloniere in Florence and murderer of Ezio's father and brothers. Executed Ezio's father and siblings, falsely accusing them of treason. Ezio later killed Alberti by stabbing him 5 times in a frenzy.
 * Vieri de' Pazzi: Leader of mercenary guards in Tuscany. Vieri was killed right before the Pazzi Conspiracy by Ezio in San Gimignano.
 * Francesco de' Pazzi: Vieri's father and leader of mercenaries to conquer Florence and replace Lorenzo de' Medici. Main instigator of the Pazzi Conspiracy. Francesco was killed and lynched at the end of the Pazzi Conspiracy.
 * Antonio Maffei: Fanatic priest and Pazzi conspirator in Tuscany. Maffei was killed by Ezio in Tuscany.
 * Stefano da Bagnone: Pazzi conspirator in Tuscany and Jacopo's advisor and secretary. After the conspiracy, Stefano hid in an abby in Tuscany. Ezio later arrived and stabbed him to death.
 * Bernardo Baroncelli: Pazzi family's main banker and Pazzi conspirator in Tuscany. Baroncelli was hung by the Medici in the novelization, but in the game itself he was killed by Ezio.
 * Francesco Salviati: Archbishop of Pisa and Pazzi conspirator in Tuscany. Tried to hide in his villa, only for the castle to be invaded by Ezio and the Auditore soldiers. Salviati was killed by Ezio after a bloody battle.

Barbarigo conspirators

 * Emilio Barbarigo: Merchant noble and first of the Barbarigo family to gain power in Venice. Killed by Ezio before Marco could become Doge.
 * Marco Barbarigo: Doge of Venice following the murder of his predecessor, Giovanni Mocenigo. Ezio shot Marco dead with his Hidden Gun.
 * Carlo Grimaldi: Servant of the previous Doge of Venice and murderer of him as well and the member of the Council of Ten. Killed by Ezio right after Mocenigo was poisoned by Grimaldi.
 * Dante Moro: "The Muscle" of the Venetian Templars, big and tough. Moro was killed by Ezio alongside Silvio, but unlike the latter Dante redeemed himself by telling Ezio that Cyprus was their location, but before Dante could tell what the Templars wanted, he died of his wounds.
 * Silvio Barbarigo: Government official and final member of the Barbardigo bloodline to die by Ezio's hands.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

 * Rodrigo Borgia: Current Pope (Alexander IV) and Grand Master of the Italian Rite of the Templar Order, but now serves as the tertiary antagonist of the game.
 * Juan Borgia the Elder:  Cardinal-nephew appointed by Pope Alexander IV and money bandit.
 * Lucrezia Borgia: "Countess" of Rome and the secondary antagonist of the game.
 * Cesare Borgia: Commander of Templar Papal armies, tyrannical warlord and the game's main antagonist.
 * Octavian de Valois: Representative of the King of France and leader of Cesare's French army.
 * Micheletto Corella: 2nd-in-Command of Cesare's forces and his right-hand man.
 * Il Carnefice: An executioner active in Rome during the late 15th and early 16th century.
 * Silvestro Sabbatini: A slave trader and nobleman who was loyal to Cesare Borgia.
 * Malfatto:  A doctor notorious for killing courtesans.
 * Ristoro: A Minim priest.
 * Gaspar de la Croix: A master engineer and marksman who was hired by Cesare Borgia to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle. He create the mechanisms for various complicated weaponry.
 * Donato Mancini: A military captain of the Papal Army under the Borgia.
 * Lia de Russo: A smuggler of rare artifacts, who operated out of various bases in Rome, such as the Terme di Caracalla in the Campagna District. She was also a Templar agent working for Cesare Borgia.
 * Lanz: The leader of a Rome-based gang ofbandits, the Cento Occhi.
 * Auguste Oberlin: The personal blacksmith of Cesare Borgia.

Byzantine Templars (16th Century Ottoman Empire) (Assassin's Creed: Revelations)

 * Ahmet: Leader of the Byzantine Templars and sought to become the next Sultan. He is the main antagonist of the game.
 * Manuel Palaiologos: Supposed Leader of the Byzantine Templars and the secondary antagonist.
 * Shahkulu: Turkish renegade and the tertiary antagonist.
 * Leandros: Commander of Templar-peppered Masyaf to find the Masyaf Keys.
 * Cyril of Rhodes: a former deacon of the Eastern Orthodox Church who defected to the Templar Order after being publicly shamed and humiliated by the Patriarch of Constantinople for "actions unbecoming the Eastern Orthodox Faith.
 * Damat Ali Pasha: A former servant of Sultan Bayezid II.
 * Georgios Kostas: A member of the Templar Order with a reputation for incredible strength and brutality.
 * Lysistrata: A wealthy Byzantine actress.
 * Mirela Djuric: A Romani who was known as a canny thief and fortune teller.
 * Odai Dunqas: A cousin of the first Sultan of the Sennar Sultanate.
 * Vali cel Tradat: A Wallachian noble and Assassin-turned Templar.

Assassin's Creed III

 * Haytham Kenway: First Grand Master of the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order, active during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. He is the main antagonist of the game and later deuteragonist of Assassin's Creed: Rogue.
 * General Charles Lee: 2nd-in-Command of the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order, competitor of George Washington and the secondary antagonist of the game.
 * Captain Nicholas Biddle: Patriot naval officer and Templar spy
 * General Edward Braddock: British General in Colonial America-turned deserter of the Templar Order. He is the main antagonist of the first three sequences, when Haytham is the playable protagonist.
 * Thomas Hickey: George Washington's personal bodyguard and mastermind of a plot to kill him and replace him with Charles Lee.
 * Sir William Johnson: English ambassador of the Iroquois Confederacy and sought to buy the Native American's land.
 * Officer John Pitcairn: British military commander and leader of the British armies in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill.
 * Doctor Benjamin Church: Patriot surgeon-turned deserter of the Templar Order.
 * Reginald Birch: Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order, responsible for training Haytham and sending him to America, the true main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Forsaken.

Assassin's Creed: Rogue

 * Haytham Kenway: First Grand Master of the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order, active during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.
 * Shay Cormac: Assassin-turned Templar, the feared Assassin hunter and the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed: Rogue
 * Christopher Gist: An accomplished American explorer, surveyor, frontiersman and Shay's first-mate on his ship, the Morrigan.
 * Colonel George Monro: A Colonel in the British Army and the man who brought Shay to the Templar Order
 * Lawrence Washington: Brother of George Washington and leader of a plan to find Precursor artifacts.
 * Samuel Smith: Lawrence's minion in his plan.
 * Jack Weeks:  An African-American Member who operates in New York.
 * James Wardrop:  A merchant, politician and Lawrence's minion in his plan.

Caribbean Templars (Golden Age of Piracy) (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag)

 * Governor Laureano de Torres y Ayala: Governor of Cuba, Grand Master of the Caribbean Rite of the Templar Order and distinguished naval commander. He is the main antagonist of the game.
 * Governor Woodes Rogers: Naval captain and eventual Governor of Nassau, leading a plan to "purge" the West Indies of pirates. Second-in-command of the order.
 * Julien du Casse: French weapon-seller and muscle for Torres.
 * Benjamin Hornigold: Pirate-turned-British naval privateer and new member of the Templar Order.
 * El Tiburón: Torres' armored bouncer and personal bodyguard.
 * Jing Lang: Queen of Pirates of the Orient and one of the guardians of the Templar Keys.
 * Kenneth Abraham: Major member of the order and one of the guardians of the Templar Keys.
 * Hilary Flint: Major member of the order and one of the guardians of the Templar Keys.
 * Lúcia Marquez: Wife of a influential member of the order and eventual guardian of one of the Templar Keys.
 * John Cockram: Former pirate and friend of Ben Hornigold who betrayed Nassau and became a pirate hunter.
 * Josiah Burgess: Former pirate and friend of Ben Hornigold who betrayed Nassau and became a pirate hunter.
 * Vance Travers: Although not a full member, Vance betrayed the Assassins and almost become the Templar puppet being persuaded by Jing Lang, but was killed before he could proceed.
 * Duncan Walpole: Although not a full member, Duncan was planning to betray the Assassins and join the Templars in return for wealth and glory. He was killed by Edward Kenway before he could do so.
 * Commodore Peter Chamberlaine: Comodoro Chamberlaine was not an actual member of the order, but was heavily associated and assisted Rogers in blockading Nassau. Chamberlaine wanted to exterminate Nassau, unlike Rogers who wanted to turn the pirates to their side.
 * Laurens Prins: Prins was not a member, but was interested in enslaving Assassins and dealing the Sage to Torres.

Templar Order of New Orleans (16th Century New Orleans) (Assassin's Creed III: Liberation)

 * Madeleine de L'Isle: New Orleans noble and Master Templar of the Templar Order of New Orleans, known as the Company Man among those who don't know her true identity. She is the main antagonist of the game.
 * Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer: Head of a former slave worksite in Chicken Itza, Mexico and the Company Man's 2nd-in-Command.
 * Officer George Davidson: Slave-turned-British fort officer.
 * Diego Vázquez: Member who operates in New Orleans.
 * Governor Antonio de Ulloa: Governor of New Orleans when the Spanish took over.
 * Baptiste: The Saint-Dominguan voodoo leader of a cult of former slaves in the Louisiana Bayou. He was ally of the order.
 * Governor Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie:  The Governor of Louisiana prior to the Louisiana Rebellion. He was ally of the order.

Parisian Templars (French Revolution) ( Assassin's Creed: Unity)

 * Francois-Thomas Germain: French blacksmith-turned-Grand Master of the Parisian Rite of the Templar Order . He is the main antagonist of the game.
 * Charles Gabriel Sivert: A Brigadier general in the French military, the colonial governor of Saint Pierre and Miquelon before his retirement in 1789, and agent hired by Germain to kill Francois de la Serre
 * Le Roi des Thunes:  The slang title held by the leader of the Cour des Miracles, a Parisian counter-society devoted to criminals, beggars and thieves and agent hired by Germain to kill Francois de la Serre.
 * Francois de la Serre: Grand Master of the Parisian Rite of the Templar Order and ally to the French Assassins, murdered by Germain's agents and replaced by Germain himself.
 * Chrétien Lafrenière: De La Serre's must trusted man and leader of a second faction of templars who deserted after Germain took over.
 * Captain Frédéric Rouille: A French Army captain who was leading figure in the September Massacres of 1792.
 * Marie Lévesque:  A French merchant and supporter of Germain. She hoard food, causing the people of Paris to grow hungry and increasingly riotous.
 * Louis-Michel le Peletier: A French politician and responsible for casting the final vote that condemned King Louis XVI to death.
 * Aloys la Touche: A former tax assessor and enforcer of the Roi des Thunes at the Cour des Miracles who oversee his Reign of Terror in Versailles.
 * Maximilien de Robespiere: A politician, lawyer and is known to have abolished slavery in France.
 * Elise de la Serre: Francois de la Serre's daughter, who sought to kill Germain as revenge for murdering her father, serving as the anti-heroic deuteragonist, and Arno Dorian's adoptive sister and love interest.
 * Madame Flavigny:  A member of the Parisian Rite of the Templar Order active during the French Revolution. She was working for fellow Templar Marie Lévesque, attacking the food convoys intended for Paris' markets.
 * General Marcourt: A French general active during the French Revolution.
 * Jacques Roux: A radical Roman Catholic priest. He was the ally of Templar Order.
 * Duchesneau: A minor Templar criminal who sought to gain Germain's recognition.
 * Arpinon: An accomplice of Duchesneau.

Chinese Templars (Ming dynasty) (Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China)

 * Zhang Yong: The leader of the Eight Tigers, a group of powerful Templar eunuchs that controlled the Chinese imperial court during the Ming dynasty
 * Qiu Ju: One of the Eight Tigers and a Templar
 * Wei Bin: One of the Eight Tigers and a member of the Chinese Templars
 * Yu Dayong: One of the Eight Tigers and a Templar
 * Gao Feng: One of the Eight Tigers and a Templar

British Templars (Victorian Era)

 * Crawford Starrick: The owner of Starrick Industries and Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order during the Industrial Revolution. Controlled London by carefully choosing seven templars to rule each of the city's infrastructure, until he was killed by the Frye twins.
 * Lucy Thorne: Starrick's second-in command and Templar expert on the pieces of Eden. After the death of fellow templar Pearl Attaway, Lucy relentlessly hunted down the Frye twins in search of retribution, only to be assassinated by Evie Frye.
 * Maxwell Roth: Roth was actually only an associate of the templars, but he was essential in keeping the city running in templar powers. Roth was the criminally-insane mastermind behind the city's underworld, and the leader of the Blighter gang, until his eventual death by the hands of Jacob Frye.
 * James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan: A general in the British Army and politician, controlled the political field of the city. Brudenell attempted to murder the Prime Minister, but was instead stabbed to death by Jacob.
 * Philip Twopenny: The Governor of the Bank of England, controlled the financial institutions of the city. During an attempt to steal a prized painting of his own bank, Jacob took him by surprised and sliced his throat.
 * Pearl Attaway: The owner of Attaway Transport and Starrick's cousin, controlled the transport network of the city. Pearl proposed a partnership to Jacob because she wanted to eliminate all competition. After Jacob found out that Pearl was fooling him in order to murder him, Jacob killed her.
 * Malcolm Millner: A British businessman active in the 19th century and owner of the Millner Company. He killed by Jacob.
 * Doctor John Elliotson: An English author, teacher and physician who controlled the medicinal field of the city, although killing patients in the process to prove several of his theories of the human organism. Elliotson was killed by Jacob in the doctor's Asylum.
 * Sir David Brewster - a Scottish scientist, controlled the scientific field of the city. Brewster was killed by Evie Frye, and told Evie that Lucy Thorne had already found another Piece of Eden.
 * Rupert Ferris -  The owner of Ferris Ironworks, controlled the factories of the city with and iron fist. Ferris was killed by Jacob Frye, after he abused more of his workers.
 * Brinley Ellsworth: Member who operates in London and a government official of the British Indies Company.

British Templars (First Anglo-Afghan War) (Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India)

 * Sir William Sleeman:  A British soldier and administrator in British India, as well as a Master Templar of the British Rite of the Templar Order.
 * Sir Alexander Burnes: A Scottish traveller, explorer who took part in The Great Game and Sleeman's right-hand man.

Russian Templars (Russian Revolution) (Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia)

 * Leon Trotsky: A Marxist revolutionary and theorist, a Soviet politician, and the founder of the Red Army.Leon Trotsky was not a member of the order.

21th Century Templars (Abstergo Industries, mainly)

 * Alan Rikkin: Chief Executive Officer of Abstergo Industries
 * Lucy Stillman: Scientist at Abstergo's lab in Rome, Italy and spy within the Assassin's Creed and hidden modern day main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
 * Doctor Warren Vidic: Scientist at Abstergo in general, inventor of the Animus device and the main antagonist of the Assassin's Creed series until Assassin's Creed III.
 * Daniel Cross: Test Subject in the Animus, Templar spy within the Assassin's Creed and protagonist of the Assassin's Creed comic series, then the secondary antagonist in Assassin's Creed III 's present-day timeline.
 * Laetitia England: Supporter of Abstergo Entertainment's attempts at searching the genetic memories of Edward Kenway to find "the Observatory".
 * Otso Berg: the multiplayer protagonist in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations and later serves as arguably the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Rogue 's present-day story, working as an agent within Abstergo.
 * Melanie Lemay: The Chief Creative Officer of Abstergo Entertainment, a subsidiary of Abstergo Industries and the Sample 17 Project Supervisor.
 * Violet da Costa: An Abstergo Industries operative working alongside Juhani Otso Berg.
 * Doctor Álvaro Gramática: A Research executive in the Future Technology division of Abstergo Industries and the director of the Phoenix Project.
 * Isabelle Ardant: An Operations executive in the Historical Research division of Abstergo Industries who were tasked with finding a Shroud of Eden.

Members appear in other media

 * Caïus Fulvus Vultur: A Roman Senator who kill Assassin Aquilus's father Lucius and steal the Ankh.
 * Faustinus: The bishop of Lugdunum and the ally of Templar.
 * Leila: A Templar agent operating in Egypt.
 * Reverend Samuel Parris: A Puritan minister in Salem who play an important part in the witch trials in the town from 1692 to 1693 as an accuser of witches.
 * William Stoughton: A colonial magistrate and administrator in Massachusetts Bay.
 * Tom Cobleigh: A wealthy English merchant from the Cobleigh family of Bristol and a Templar affiliate
 * Julian: An associate of Tom Cobleigh and a Templar affiliate.
 * Wilson: The manservant to Matthew Hague
 * Sir Aubrey Hague: An executive in the East India Company and the father of Matthew Hague
 * Matthew Hague: The son of the Templar Sir Aubrey Hague, an executive of the East India Company. He was not a member of Templar.
 * Emmett Scott:  A tea merchant in Bristol, the father to Caroline Scott and the father-in-law of the pirate Edward Kenway.
 * Juan Vedomir: A Spanish businessman in Altea and Templar turncoat who was killed by Haytham Kenway.
 * Frederick Weatherall: A member of Templar Order and a former lover of Julie de la Serre.
 * Jean Burnel: A young member who who was loyal to the de la Serre family due to his infatuation with Élise de la Serre.
 * Jean-Jacques Calvert: A member who was loyal to the de la Serre family.
 * Comte de Choisy: A French aristocrat who was loyal to the de la Serre family.
 * Le Fanu: A member who was loyal to the de la Serre family.
 * Marquis de Kilmister: A French aristocrat who was loyal to the de la Serre family.
 * Marquis de Simonon: A French aristocrat who was loyal to the de la Serre family.
 * General Francis Cotton: A general in the British Army who find the Koh-i-Noor diamond and kill Maharajah Ranjit Singh.
 * Colonel Walter Lavelle: A British Army colonel.
 * Tjinder Dani: An Indian Templar, who was making plans to establish a Templar outpost in Amritsar in 1860.
 * Director Cavanagh:  A director of the Metropolitan Railway of London and formerly a Corporal in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
 * Marchant: a British member working for Cavanagh and the manager on the construction site of the Londonian underground railway in 1862.
 * Robert Waugh: A photographer involved in the pornographic industry.
 * Tsar Alexander III: The Tsar of Russia from 13 March 1881, until his death in 1894. He was not a member of Templar.
 * Grigori Rasputin: A Russian mystic and covert Templar agent assigned to infiltrate the Russian Royal House and become close to Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
 * Dolinsky: A member who was captured and interrogated by the Russian Assassins in 1908.
 * Sun Yat-sen: A Chinese revolutionary and politician who led the Xinhai Revolution. He served as the Provisional President of the Republic of China in 1912, and co-founded the Kuomintang after the revolution, serving as its first leader.
 * Yuri Dolinsky: a Russian Templar who betrayed his Order and the son of Dolinsky.
 * Ferris: A member active in the early 20th century.
 * Black Cross: A Templar agent active during the early 20th century.
 * Thaddeus Gift: A British member and the father of Darius Gift.
 * Darius Gift: A British member who was sent to Shanghai to make contact with the Templar Rite in the city.
 * Coxworth: A Master Templar, serving under Grand Master Stirling Fessenden as overseer of the Americans and British in the Shanghai International Concession.
 * Joffre: A Master Templar, serving under Grand MasterStirling Fessenden as overseer of the Shanghai French Concession.
 * Tatsumi: A Master Templar, serving under Grand Master Stirling Fessenden as overseer of the Japanese population in the Hongkew District.
 * Stirling Fessenden: An American lawyer who practised in Shanghai and Grand Master of the Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order.He served as chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1923 to 1929 and later as Secretary-General of the Council from 1929 to 1939.