Since his recorded death in 1791 however, most of his works works have either been stolen, lost or melted down. He became the royal silversmith and sculptor to the King of France, and employed dozens of workers in a workshop at the Louvre that produced thousands of pieces. The Germains were a distinguished family of silversmiths, and Germain was raised and trained by his father to continue the family business. Germain was born a Sage in 1726 to Thomas Germain and Anne-Denise Gauchelet. Find new avenues for the realization of my purpose." ―Germain on his visions and expulsion, 1794. Exile and abasement forced me to reevaluate my strategy. Prophets are seldom appreciated in their own time. And to wash the world clean, and restore to the truth the Father of Understanding intended. That I had been chosen to purge the Order of the decadence and corruption that had set in like rot. I was connected to Grand Master de Molay. Then I found this place - Jacques de Molay's vault. "Great towers of gold, cities shining white as silver. In his final moments, Germain triggered a vision, telling the Assassin that his goals of reforming society and the Templar Order had already succeeded, even if he would not live to see the changes. After the Grand Master killed Élise with a Sword of Eden, he himself was killed by Arno. She and her lover, the Assassin Arno Dorian, eventually eliminated Germain's followers and tracked him down to the Temple in 1794. Under the Templar Maximilien de Robespierre, the Reign of Terror began, bringing the revolution to a violent and chaotic climax.Īlong the way, Élise de la Serre, the daughter of the deceased Grand Master, opposed Germain. The Templars hoarded food and framed the royal family, eventually leading to the execution of King Louis XVI in 1793. In this way, the aristocracy and clergy would be crushed and the populace would fear the idea of rising against the establishment again. In 1789, he had de la Serre assassinated in the Palace of Versailles, leaving most of the Order under his control.Īs the French Revolution broke out, Germain and his followers exploited discontent with the monarchy and sought to create as much chaos as possible. Undeterred, he began turning de la Serre's advisors to his cause, forming a radical faction within the Templar Order. Inspired by Grand Master Jacques de Molay, Germain sought to carry out the " Great Work" and create a capitalist society in which the Templars could more easily control the populace.įrançois de la Serre, who was Grand Master of the Parisian Rite at the time, considered Germain's ideas too radical, and exiled him from the Order. François-Thomas Germain (1726 – 1794) was a French silver smith, Sage, and Grand Master of the French Templars during the French Revolution.Īfter experiencing visions of the First Civilization and reading the Codex Pater Intellectus, he took it upon himself to reform the Order, which he believed had grown corrupt after aligning itself with the aristocracy for centuries.
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