Order of the Hospitallers

==Basic Information==
The Order of the Hospitallers is a catholic military order, originally created by LucasLeFols Kingdom of Jerusalem, the order gained its independence during the reign of Ausarian, and became a faction inside of The Third Crusade during DesiredFrequency's reign.
The order has had a total of twenty-eight Grandmasters as of the present day. Twelve Grandmasters served during Jerusalemite rule, fourteen have served during TTC rule, and one has served the faction as an independent order, a desirable repetition for all modern Hospitallers and loyal veterans.
== History ==
The order has a history more extensive than the genre itself, and most likely one older than ACEA, Mithandir's oldest faction.
Hospitaller history is generally collected and studied by the First Triumvirate, often with the help of Hospitaller veterans and occasionally veterans of other related organizations.
The names of some eras are not widely accepted, and are prone to change.
=== Jerusalemite Era ===
The Jerusalemite Era has been widely accepted as the first era of Hospitaller history, it includes the few years after the creation of the order, as it existed inside LucasLeFol's Jerusalem. The era includes thirteen Grandmasters, the first being Mornitsu and the last being AusarTheTerrible. This group of Grandmaster's is widely referred to as the Ancient Grandmasters. The entire era probably lasted anywhere from four years to perhaps as little as a single year, though the reigns of thirteen individuals in this time period points to it being on the longer end.
=== Free Era ===
The Free Era is a short-lived period occurring immediately after the beginning of the First Hospitaller Revolution. During this time period, the order was under no particular overarching authority, except at the beginning, in which the authority of LucasLeFol was directly challenged by individuals such as bloxtoz and Ausar. It is generally accepted that the order's freedom was gained after Lucas's account was keylogged. Technically there was two Grandmaster's during this time period, as GrandMasterNablus also reigned under no authority after Ausar's retirement, though in comparison to Nablus's entire reign, this constitutes a small fraction of his tenure.
=== Early TTC Era ===
The Early TTC Era refers to the majority of Nablus's reign, the first reign of IceCubeBlitz. as well as ZbrowenI's reign. The era begins when the order joins the genre, probably in mid-2014. It is notable that the order was under much administrative and judicial autonomy at this time, with the group being owned directly by the Grandmaster until 2017, which is the defining characteristic of the first half of this particular time period. However, autonomy begins to slowly decrease after the end of Nablus's reign. By the end of the era, it has fallen into the judicial relationship that the majority of factions existed in during old-TTC, ultimately controlled by the foreign alien Mithandir and his judiciary, though rarely ever using his powers to attack the independence of individual factions.
=== First Reaction Era ===
The order drifts into a positive relationship with the genre and its authority following the accession of Renshirou to the title of Grandmaster. It appears that the order's history may have begun to fade considerably from common consciousness around this time period, demonstrated by the complete lack of Reformism. This is, of course, understandable when considering that the genre was running a successful and engaging game at the time, in stark contrast to today. The era also included two other Grandmasters - Desired_Ghost and DesiredFaith, both demonstrating the immense influence of Nablus's Desired Bloodline on the order, even after his retirement, a trend that would persist for a long time.
=== Seraph Era ===
The Seraph Era includes the reigns of SeraphAbbadon, SeraphMetatron and briefly Melonmaido in between, though only reigning for eight days. This era was undoubtedly one of stagnation for the order, perhaps being the single most inactive era in the entire order's history, failing to attract sustainable activity even though it existed in old TTC. Veterans of the order, in any case, have generally spoken negatively about the era.
=== Second Reaction Era ===
Stability and activity appears to have been largely reasserted with the beginning of Renshirou's second reign, beginning the Second Reaction Era. Similar to the First Reaction Era, the order generally maintained a positive relationship with the genre's authorities of the day, though to some irritation regarding questionable judicial decisions relating to raids and road battles amongst non-leaders. This era also included the second reign of Desired_Ghost, which was similarly highly active. However, this would be the final truly reactionary reign in the order's history, entirely unknowingly at the time. Toward the end of the era, TTC: Reforged was released, with Ghost retiring shortly afterward. His successor was Desired_Vitae, who would begin his reign as a moderate.
=== Era of Change ===
Toward the middle of Vitae's reign, the admin AnonimoCrow illegally suspended Vitae's position as Grandmaster over a personal dispute. Despite quickly restoring it, the damage to the Judiciary's credibility had already been done, several notable high ranks such as Bree and VenomeQ, as well as Vitae himself became opposed to judicial power, Bree in particular held particular sway over the MR and LR corps, transforming the order's opinion of the Judiciary rapidly and resurrecting Reformism for the first time since the Free Era, beginning the Era of Change. Crow tended to attempt to stay out of the order's internal affairs from then onward, knowing the anger he had caused. Vitae's successor would be Faith, usually a moderate-to-reactionary Grandmaster, though she was heavily influenced by a now-dominantly reformist order, which passed the Declaration of Autonomy under her reign, intended to attempt to limit judicial authority. Hard-line reformists, including VenomeQ and thebigbutter00 would attempt to coup her, largely failing due to the lack of explicit support from the Grand Marshal, Bree. However, it became obvious she could not maintain her position and Bree would become the next Grandmaster shortly afterwards, immediately pardoning the coup attempt. Bree's tenure was the first fully-reformist reign since Ausar, and would be marked by consistent battles with judicial power, which led the order to essentially dismiss judicial authority outright. The foreign alien Mithandir eventually illegally removed Bree from his position, though did not possess the boldness to place an illegal anti-Grandmaster, instead choosing Bree's intended heir, Vyvitrus.
Vyvitrus's reign can be seen as an intermediate era, the order became moderate again, activity declined, but stability was assured. Vyvitrus is notable to have made several reforms to the internal administration of the order, many of which persist today. After intending to retire, Renshirou attempted to garner support for himself as the next Grandmaster, though this failed spectacularly as he was opposed by both Bree and the notable high rank, originally from Sicily, Shararia, and then was found to be actively committing espionage against the order in support of France, resulting in his blacklist.
=== Triumvirate Era ===
Shararia become the next Grandmaster and the Hospitallers become a reformist faction once more. Activity began to rapidly increase again and Shararia was joined by veteran and former Pope DesiredCorvus as a co-Grandmaster. After his unbanning, Bree would also join as a co-Grandmaster, together the three of them formed the First Triumvirate, and the order became, for the first and only time in its history, a triarchy. This part of the era was marked with conflict with the Crusader States, of which it was a member, as the order entered into an extremely friendly relationship with Sicily. The Hospitallers and Sicily eventually agreed to the formation of the Hospitaller-Sicily Alliance. The ascendency of Caitylee to the position of Head Admin marked a turning point in the attitude of the Judiciary, which began to become extremely authoritarian and ruthless, and eventually came to utilize lying, deception and the sheltering of actual criminality amongst Credenzio Studios employees as tools of solidifying power. One such ally of this new attitude (and a close friend of an actual criminal), Leozan_Gallente, and his faction, France, ever-in-opposition to the Hospitallers and reformism more broadly, conspired through the March 22nd Plot to ban Grandmaster Bree, which succeeded. The position of Grandmaster was then passed to Shararia's heir Phlegyas. 
Phlegyas's first reign, as the direct descendant of the Triumvirate, is generally considered also to be a part of the same era, to some extent. After the release of the alliance's update, the Hospitaller-Sicily Alliance went into full effect, and the Hospitallers left the Crusader States. The alliance proved to be one of great success, standing in opposition to the other major alliance in the genre, the extremely new-reactionary Franco-Byzantine Alliance, which also proved to be a dangerous hub for exploitation. The First Triumvirate essentially became the Hospitaller veteran association during this time, tasked with new responsibilities which it upholds to this day. The prevalence of Nablus's Desired Bloodline, after several years of activity, finally began to fade away, making it by far the longest lived Hospitaller bloodline to this day. Phlegyas's first reign, like that of the Triumvirate, was one of considerable change, and maintained good activity throughout. Phlegyas retired on the 29th of December 2021.
== Trivia ==
* The Hospitallers have used many mottos, most notably Ave Maria, Deus Vult (as a part of CS), Ave Ausar (as an anti-genre chant) and Ave Bree (used primarily during the reigns of Breenuka & the Triumvirate)
* The Hospitallers are older than ACEA, as proven by the smaller group ID number, though this is largely unknown by the wider community due to now thwarted attempts by ACEA founder Mithandir to cover up Hospitaller history
*The Hospitallers natural enemies are Lucas's Jerusalem
*The Hospitallers have historically been most friendly toward the Teutonic Order and Sicily 
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