"As I picked myself up, all I could hear was a ceaseless drone of traffic. Life went on around me, but the explosion was to change my life forever."
— George Stobbart, The Shadow of the Templars
"Paris - city of love, romance and dreams. So they say. I used to say it too. But ever since that day, the day of the murder I always associated with my beloved Paris...with death."
— Nico Collard, The Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut
"This guy named Hugues de Payen arrived one day at the court of king of Jerusalem. He offered to protect the Christian pilgrims from the displaced Muslim armies. The king would be able to guarantee safe transit to Christians in the Holy Land. Safer journeys meant more pilgrims, and pilgrims meant trade and wealth! The Templars proved invaluable to the king as a mercenary army. It was said that they never asked how many the enemy numbered, just where they were. And as the years went by, the Templars grew in wealth and numbers. They were so rich, even kings came to them for loans. But at the height of their power, they fell foul of the king of France. He rounded them up and turned them over to the Inquisition. Thousands of Templars were subjected to torture and confessed to heresy. Of course, at the hands of the Inquisition, there wasn't much they wouldn't confess to. The last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, was burned alive...But the treasure of the Knights Templar was never found."
— Nico's exposition about the The Knights Templar in The Shadow of the Templars and The Sleeping Dragon
Templar Monk #1: Preceptor.
Templar Monk #2: My lord.
Preceptor: It has begun. The power is already building. Are you ready for your task?
Templar Monk #1: We shall not fail you my lord.
Preceptor: The price of failure is Armageddon! God go with you.
— Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
"The sound of traffic. The sun shining. A crime to solve. And Nico back in my life."
— George Stobbart, The Serpent's Curse
