The Templar

500 years before The Relic, there was a medallion worn by The Order of the Knights Templar. On one side the Templar cross, on the other side, the Templar Seal. A medallion of power and mystique.   The Knights Templar were founded at the time of the First Crusade in the eleventh century to protect Christians making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.Referred to as Knights of the Cross or Knights of the Temple, the Knights Templar were the strongest and most respected military force of the day.   The Order later became surrounded by legends concerning secrets and mysteries handed down to the select from ancient times. Perhaps most well known are the those concerning the guarding of the Shroud of Turin, the Holy Grail, and the Ark of the Covenant.Some sources say the Holy Grail, or Sangreal, was found by the order and taken to Scotland during the scourging of the order in 1307, and that it remains buried beneath Rosslyn Chapel. Some say that the order also found the Ark of the Covenant, the ch