Templar Archives 1

BIO Name: Sofia Sjöberg Birthplace: Gotland, Kingdom of Sweden Profession: Noble, mistress, camp follower, Assassin Pref Weapon: Hidden blade, flintlock pistol, poisoned needles My Lord, as requested I have found the old Templar database and found the files you seek. The Templar Sofia was one of our finest agents, she was descended from the Sjöberg family who were with the great Swede during the 30 years war. You will recall the Protestant reformation caused a civil war within the Templars, over time though our ancestors brought them under heel except for our brothers the hospitaliers who had entrenched themselves in the Russian court. With their influence the young Tsar Peter I expanded the Russian Empire and brought war upon Sweden and we were engaged in what is now known as the Great Northern War. To insure Swedish Domination(and in turn Templar) in the region we planted Sofia in the bed chamber of the Swedish King Karl XII and in doing so she was able to destroy the Hospitaliers within the Russian ranks as she accompanied the army. Although the Swedes lost the war Sofia fulfilled our objective of destroying the Russian branch of the Hospitaliers. After that she accompanied the King to many more battles until he himself fell. With the death of the king our order saw that Sweden was no longer able to serve the Templar cause. The British and Prussians however were more promising, before moving the order there Sofia assassinated Peter I in 1725 by poison to slow the growth of the Russian Empire and stall any attempt by the hospitaliers to plant roots there again. Once the Prussian and British Templars were set up the Templars within Denmark rebelled and Sofia was sent in to exterminate them. She was not able to face them alone and had to resort to burning down half of the Danish capital, Copenhagen to finally finish them off, history now knows it as the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. She never returned after that assignment.