Jacques de Molay

The Knights Templar was a military order tasked with protecting the people undertaking pilgrimages to Jerusalem. Molay was the twenty-third and final grand master of the order. The Templars leveraged their privilege and spread their influence across Europe, and they utilized their financial resources, on par with an entire nation's treasury, to function as one of the first international banks in history. However, the order's tendency toward secrecy also led to a great many unflattering rumors founded in envy, such as that the group practiced black magic. Ultimately, the entire order was disbanded under suspicion of heresy.

Molay was burned at the stake at Île de la Cité in Paris. She screamed curses before her death, and within a year of Molay's execution, the King of France and the Pope, the primary architects of the Templars' dissolution, died unexpectedly.

Height/Weight: 167cm, 55kg

Origin: Legends of the Knights Templar, History

Region: Europe, Cyprus, Syria Crusader states

Alignment: Neutral-Evil

Sub-Attribute: Earth

Gender: Female

Never takes her glasses off, even in the bath.

As a Foreigner, Jacques de Molay is an innocent Heroic Spirit whose Spirit Origin has been altered by the slander and lies spread by the authority figures who envied the Knights Templar. She has also been possessed by an evil god known as the "Holy Mother of the Abyss" who wishes to corrupt all of humanity, giving her Evil traits a boost.

Incidentally, the reason Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky date is because it is said to be the day on which the Knights Templars' identities were exposed.

A genuinely Evil Servant who pursues her own selfish desires to the exclusion of all else. Had she been summoned to assist humanity by a Master who was unable to keep her in check, there is no doubt that she would have been the cause of a major disaster.

She has no regard for others' sacrifices or suffering. While she doesn't technically lie, she has no problem obscuring truths which could inconvenience her. Her preference is to enjoy her villainy in secret, without risk of being caught. Her loyalty is, first and foremost, to her own desires. She has no compunction about attempting to seduce anyone she likes into joining her in her evil. When the chips are down, her true wickedness shines through.

Regardless of her Ascension, her personality and behavior remain unchanged.

"This stupid mountain goat's name is Buffy. She's here to keep an eye on me. Ugh, she's such a pain in the ass."

Innocent Monster: A

This bears no relation to her opinions or appearance from when she was alive; it only refers to the severity of the reputational harm she suffered thanks to malicious rumors.

One rumor said that she worshipped a goat-headed demon by taking part in obscene rituals. Another claimed the Knights Templar are still active, and that their massive wealth continues to be passed down to this day. It was these unfounded accusations brought against the Knights Templar, and the exaggerated stories told about them in later years, that corrupted Molay. As a result, she gained a seductive body that craved pleasure above all else, and has become almost unrecognizable in personality and behavior from the knight who swore to reclaim the holy land.

Holy Shroud (False): B

A highly dubious theory holds that the Shroud of Turin was actually used to wrap Jacques de Molay's body rather than the Savior's. It's true that the Charny house in France where the Shroud was discovered did have deep ties to the Knights Templar, and it's also true that the house has connections to Geoffroi de Charny, a Templar knight who was burned at the stake alongside Molay, but beyond that, who can say?

Investiture in Depravity: A

A powerful temptation technique. In this secret investiture ritual, prospective Templar knights are made to swear fealty to the Holy Mother of the Abyss before the spirits of great knights from the past. An initiation into release and, well, depravity.

『Vendredi Treize』

Rank: A

NP Type: Anti-Personnel

Range: 1 - 13

Maximum Targets: 23

Friday the 13th.

The Square du Temple, the headquarters of the Knights Templar where they conducted all manner of gruesome tortures and executions. In this NP, the Square transforms into an eerie otherworld where a dark mass is being held in worship of a demon. A high-density curse then takes physical form, transforming into a blasphemous creature that swallows enemies whole.