Combined with their noble patronage, this occupation made the Templars very wealthy. Before long, they held vast sums in deposit for example, they became bankers to most of the French royal family. Combined with their far-flung military power and their reputation for probity, this spurred the Templars to offer proto-banking practices at a time when deposit banking did not yet exist. John and the Teutonic Knights.Īs men engaged in fighting, always an expensive activity, the Templars had a constant need of funds that made them different from other monastic orders. Their model inspired the founding of other Christian military orders, including the Knights Hospitallers of St. The Templars also won the fervent backing of Bernard of Clairvaux, an immensely influential cleric, and through him, the sponsorship of popes and noblemen as well as nearly universal acclaim in Catholic Europe. The group came to be known as the Military Order of Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon, or Templars for short. The king of Jerusalem welcomed the help provided by Payns and his companions symbolic of this esteem, he installed them on the holiest spot in Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, where they lived in Al-Aqsa Mosque. In effecting this combination, they "invented an absolutely novel figure, that of the monk-knight." This radical notion turned out to be both powerful and threatening. A group of soldiers, renowned for their anarchism and their devotion to plunder and women, had become soldiers for Christ. Theirs was a new, remarkable, and confusing development that merged two utterly different callings: the clergy (absolutely forbidden to engage in conflict) and the soldiery (which did so incessantly). The group adhered to a rule not much different from that of other monastic orders, with the exception of provisions that permitted them to make war. 57-59, to explain why this piece of medieval news still matters intensely to some people today:Įarly in 1119, a French nobleman named Hugues de Payns and nine of his companions dedicated themselves to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem, solemnizing this oath by adopting the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Here is some background on of this longest lived of all "secret societies" from my book, Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes, and Where It Comes From (Free Press, 1997), pp. These can be earned by gaining Realm Points and Titles, which are acquired by defending your chosen realm from invaders.In a sensational bit of sleuthing, Barbara Frale, a medievalist at the Vatican's Secret Archives, stumbled in 2001 on Processus Contra Templarios, a compilation of original documents dating from 1307-12 on the French trial of the Knights Templar and the Vatican's response. Aside from the race and character classes, there are Realm Abilities unique to each realm. Realm (or RvRvR) feature in Dark Age of Camelot goes beyond the surface. However, there are hybrid classes as well that do not excel in any one role, but can perform multiple roles adequately. Furthermore, every class in Dark Age of Camelot fills in one of the usual MMORPG roles such as the tank, DPS, support, and nuke. For instance, if the player wants to play a Paladin or Wizard, they would have to choose the Albion realm in Dark Age of Camelot. For example, Briton, Highlander, Saracen, Inconnu, Avalonian, and Half-Ogre races are only available for the Albion realm.Īs each realm has a unique set of classes, the player cannot choose a class from outside their chosen realm. This will determine the choice of races that the player may select. Players create their characters by first choosing one of the realms where they will hail from. Thus, Albion features knights and castles, Hibernia has forests and nature spiries, while Midgard has giants and Vikings. These realms are Albion, Hibernia, and Midgard, with each realm being based on the myths and legends of Arthurian, Irish Celtic, and Norse stories, respectively. Dark Age of Camelot is set in a fictional alternate world where three realms are constantly struggling against one another.
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