All 50 Uses of
Knights Templar
in
Hyperion
- The Templars are sending their treeship Yggdrasil!†
Part Pro.
- There were two very short crew clones and one very tall, hooded Templar with him in the windowless ovoid of a room.†
Part 1 *
- "The Tree is two light-minutes and five hours of travel from Hyperion," said the Templar, and the Consul realized that he was being addressed by Het Masteen, captain of the Templar treeship and True Voice of the Tree.†
Part 1
- "The Tree is two light-minutes and five hours of travel from Hyperion," said the Templar, and the Consul realized that he was being addressed by Het Masteen, captain of the Templar treeship and True Voice of the Tree.†
Part 1
- Closing his eyes, he tried to recall his memories of rendezvous just before the Templar ship went quantum.†
Part 1
- The Templar gazed thoughtfully at the weirwood rafters while the Consul dressed in semiformal evening wear of loose black trousers, polished ship boots, a white silk blouse which ballooned at waist and elbows, topaz collar cinch, black demi-coat complete with slashes of Hegemony crimson on the epaulets, and a soft gold tricorne.†
Part 1
- "The other pilgrims have agreed to ferry down in your ship if the FORCE authorities give permission," added the Templar.†
Part 1
- He noted that the walkways, pods, and platforms were conspicuously empty except for a few Templars and their diminutive crew clone counterparts.†
Part 1
- He mentioned his observation to the Templar.†
Part 1
- A Templar treeship normally carried between two and five thousand passengers; it was easily the most desirable way to travel between the stars.†
Part 1
- For the treeship to make the trip to Hyperion and back, accumulating six years of Web time with no paying passengers would mean a staggering financial loss to the Templars.†
Part 1
- Still, the Consul knew, to bring a ship as beautiful and vulnerable as the Yggdrasill-one of only five of its kind-into a war zone was a terrible risk for the Templar Brotherhood.†
Part 1
- Introductions completed, the Consul cleared his throat and turned toward the Templar.†
Part 1
- "I am the seventh," said Het Masteen, captain of the Templar treeship ggdrasill and the True Voice of the Tree.†
Part 1
- The Templar nodded and pointed.†
Part 1
- 's decades of dealing with the Templars that one of them had shown even a nascent sense of humour.†
Part 1
- While many Templars believe that the Shrike is the Avatar of punishment for those who do not feed from the root, I must consider this a heresy not founded in the Covenant or the writings of the Muir.†
Part 1
- The Templars had rigged a gangway from a work pier on the interior of the sphere to the ship's top-tier balcony, and the Consul led the way into the lounge as crew clones stowed luggage and departed.†
Part 1
- A hooded figure stood in the doorway and for a second the Consul thought it was Het Masteen, but then he realized that this man was much shorter, his voice not accented with the stilted Templar consonants.†
Part 2
- Kassad looked at the Templar a moment and then shook his head.†
Part 2
- Kassad moved his basilisk stare from the Templar to the Consul.†
Part 2
- The huge sleeping room Helenda and I share rocks gently in the boughs of a three-hundred-meter Worldtree on the Templar world of God's Grove and connects to a solarium which sits alone on the arid saltflats of Hebron.†
Part 3
- Then, on a cool morning with my sleeping room rocking slightly in the upper branches of my tree on the Templar world, I awoke to a gray sky and the realization that my muse had fled.†
Part 3
- The Templar shook his head slowly.†
Part 4
- The Templar's hood moved slightly.†
Part 4
- The Templar's oddly accented voice was calm.†
Part 4
- "Ah," sighed the Templar, "but what a beautiful spacecraft you left behind."†
Part 4
- There was enough light from the dying sky to show a slight smile on the Templar's thin lips.†
Part 4
- "When it is my turn to speak," said the Templar.†
Part 4
- The tall Templar did not take the glasses.†
Part 4
- The windwagon held no further sign of Templar Voice of the Tree Het Masteen.†
Part 5
- Templars must plant at least a hundred offspring of the Eternal Tree on whatever. world they visit," explained the Consul.†
Part 5
- Martin Silenus stared at the small crate. l thought ergs were those forcefield critters that Templars use on their treeships.†
Part 5
- Templars control these things?†
Part 5
- The Templar thought that this energy imp would be his secret weapon when he faced the Lord of Pain.†
Part 5
- Perhaps someone who hasn't spoken yet had the fifth spot and killed the Templar to trade places.†
Part 5
- A Templar?†
Part 5
- What would a Templar be doing in a Renaissance V bar?†
Part 5
- Templar.†
Part 5
- Nah, Templar.†
Part 5
- Your guy and the Templar guy came in first.†
Part 5
- Templar guy did at first.†
Part 5
- You said the Templar did most of the talking at first.†
Part 5
- The Templar stayed behind?†
Part 5
- Scenario so far: Johnny had met the Templar or been approached by him, either in the library or outside when he arrived in midmorning.†
Part 5
- They went somewhere private to talk, the bar, and something the Templar said surprised Johnny.†
Part 5
- Sometime after that, Johnny farcast to TC2 and then farcast from there with one other person-possibly Queue or the Templar-to Madhya where someone tried to kill him.†
Part 5
- Was either one tall enough to be a Templar or strong enough to be a Lusian?†
Part 5
- A Templar?†
Part 5
- From there he jumped to the main terminex on Nordholm and then "cast to the Templar world of God's Grove.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(Knights Templar) an order of medieval knights that existed for two centuries after the First Crusade who provided military service and helped to protect European pilgrims to Jerusalemeditor's notes: Economics of the Templars:
For its day, the Templars developed an innovative banking system to help move money and supplies between Europe and Jerusalem and to support pilgrims along the way. During their 200 year history, the Templars became bankers for much of Europe and amassed significant wealth.
When the last Crusade failed, the organization lost much of its luster and King Philip of France pointed to mysterious initiation ceremonies as an excuse to plunder it. In 1307 King Phillip tortured Templars into "confessions" of devil worship and burned them at the stake. He seized most of their property in France. King Edward II followed suit in England.
Modern Templar Organizations:
Some organizations reference the Knights Templar of old, but are not thought to have an unbroken link to it. For example, Freemasons began incorporating Templar symbols and rituals in the 18th century. Their members can aspire to the title "Order of the Knights Templar." Similarly, The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, founded in 1804, has achieved United Nations NGO status as a charitable organization.