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It's dawn on October 13th, 1307 in a grand walled residence in Paris, France.

Jacques de Morlais sleeps soundly in his bed.

Although Jacques is in his 60s he's in good health. He's the

grand master of the Knights Templar, a powerful and wealthy religious order of the

Catholic Church. Jacques has given a lifetime of service to the Order.

He's become so important that yesterday he was given the honor of acting as a pallbearer at a royal funeral,

that of Catherine of Courtney, sister-in-law, the French king, Philip the fourth.

But Philip is wary of the influence that Jacques wields.

The relationship between the Templars and the French crown is strained.

Jacques wakes suddenly.

Someone is pounding on the door to his bedchamber.

So he rises and opens the door to a concerned looking fellow night

who tells Jacques they're under attack.

Huridly, Jacques follows the night downstairs and out into the courtyard where shouts from the street beyond the walls echo through the early morning.

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