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Origins and Knightly Culture

November 2005·pp. 18–19

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McNeill presents the Templars as heirs to the original outward-looking mission of the Legions, using conquered-world keeps to support mobile fleets. Sigismund’s heraldry defines their colours and crusading vow, while Initiates teach Neophytes personally through battle. Sword Brethren join a Marshal’s household through proven deeds rather than ordinary company progression. The account explains how organization and historical imagery support a shared identity of warrior brotherhood.

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The News

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Chosen of the Emperor

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Chains and Flames: Mark Gibbons’s Concepts

Mark Gibbons distinguishes the crusading Templars from the monastic Dark Angels through weapons manacled to their wielders, flames and lanterns. Repeated visual motifs survive successive concept sketches and become more elaborate on the leading characters. For Helbrecht and Grimaldus, the process comes full circle as Gibbons later illustrates the completed sculptures. His account shows a coherent set of symbolic ideas guiding the entire range.

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