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Name: John Caldwell Calhoun
Born: March 18, 1782; Abbeville, South Carolina
Died: March 21, 1850; Temple of the Angels, Indiana (age 68)
Allegiance: Templars

Bio: John Caldwell Calhoun was born in 1782 to a Scots-Irish soldier living on the South Carolina frontier. Growing up, he showed remarkable scholastic talent which, despite the fact that he had to drop school to take over the family business when his father died in 1796, eventually earned him admittance to Yale College in 1802. There he was tutored by the college's president, Timothy Dwight, who equally inspired and repulsed Calhoun on multiple ideologies. He was often regarded as a social butterfly, making friends and finding connections very easily. It was through the connections he made at Yale that he was introduced to the Templar Order, an ancient organization who sought to achieve world peace through dominance and control over the populace, and they easily swayed him into joining their ranks. He graduated from Yale as a valedictorian in 1804, and in 1807 was admitted to the South Carolina bar. In 1811, he married Floride Bonneau Colhoun, his first cousin once removed, and the two would go on to have ten children over the next 18 years.

In 1811, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives. He joined the War Hawk movement as political tensions between Great Britain and the United States seemed to be leaning towards war. This was planned by the Templar Grand Master, Shay Cormac, who wanted to use war as a cover for their search for a key that would unlock a Precursor Temple near the Assassin base of Prophetstown. While Calhoun himself often disagreed with the management of Cormac, even outright saying he was a weak leader who didn't deserve his position at times, he still agreed that the war was a good course of action. War was officially declared on June 18, 1812, with the Templars mainly backing the Americans and the Assassins led by Connor, Aveza Deryn, and Tecumseh, backing the British and their Native allies. During the war, Calhoun made it his job to raise troops, provide funds, speed logistics, rescue the currency, and regulate commerce to aid the war effort. The key to the Prophetstown temple ultimately fell into Templar hands when Andrew Jackson, who led a coup against Cormac and killed him in 1814, destroyed the Assassin headquarters at the Davenport Homestead and stole it from Aveza. Though, Aveza stole it back at the Battle of New Orleans, having it just long enough to enter the temple and uncover a hidden message. After leaving the temple, the key was yet again stolen by Jackson, who escaped and became the new Templar Grand Master.

After the war, Calhoun sought to reform the United States military, building it up and providing better training and equipment for soldiers after seeing how poorly they fared against the might of Britain. He became the United States Secretary of War in 1817, and while serving he often promoted nationalism and military reform. He also had to deal with many problems relating to the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson launched an invasion of Florida in 1818, angering several local Seminole Natives, many of whom were fiercely slaughtered by the racist and deranged Grand Master. While the invasion led to the United States annexing Florida from Spain in 1819, Calhoun and many others did not approve of Jackson's rash and violent campaigns. With Congress in complete disagreement on how to handle the Native situation, Calhoun founded the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824, in an attempt to actually find solutions. Though, these solutions often just ended up being to kick the Natives out of their homes and move them west.

Also in 1824, Calhoun planned to run for the office President, though competition from Jackson and his opponent, John Quincy Adams, led to Calhoun and his supporters to have him run for Vice President instead. He won the position, though differing opinions on policy caused serious friction between him and the presidential winner, Adams. Calhoun supported Andrew Jackson in the following 1828 election, even though the two Templars were rivals who held little respect for one another. Jackson won the election, and Calhoun was once again made Vice President. Early in Jackson's administration however, all resemblances of friendship between the two were destroyed entirely when Calhoun’s wife started convincing the other Cabinet wives to socially ostracize Peggy Eaton, wife of Secretary of War John Eaton. The drama of this so called “Petticoat affair” became an unbearable annoyance for Jackson, who cut ties between him and his fellow Templar. Things only got worse as Jackson's arrogance and Calhoun’s patriotism clashed. In 1832, the issue of the Nullification Crisis came up when pro-slavery South Carolinians refused to accept a tariff that would hurt their slave economy. Jackson, despite being a slave owner himself, was angry at South Carolina because he didn't like anyone questioning his authority no matter who they were. He eventually got Congress to pass the Force Act in 1833 which allowed the Army and Navy to collect taxes. This angered Calhoun, who was also a racist slave-owner who saw Jackson's arrogance as a threat to slavery and states’ rights.

The tension between the two ultimately led to Calhoun resigning in 1832 to become a Senator instead. Calhoun opposed Jackson when the president fought against the bank and replaced them with institutions friendly to him, ultimately leading to the economic turmoil that was the Panic of 1837. He cooperated with Jackson's successor, Martin Van Buren, but heavily opposed another Templar, William Henry Harrison, due to differing views on financial policy when Harrison was elected in 1841. Harrison only lasted a month in office, however, as he was assassinated by his old rival, Aveza, who by then was Mentor of the Canadian Assassins. Calhoun resigned from the Senate in 1843 to try and run for president again in 1844, though his lack of support led him to quit. He was instead appointed Secretary of State that year by President John Tyler. As Secretary of State, Calhoun advocated for the expansion of slavery and the annexation of Texas as a slave state. Calhoun's extreme support of slavery made him a top enemy of the Assassins who supported the abolitionist cause, especially when he became the Templar Grand Master following the death of Andrew Jackson in 1845 at the hands of Aveza Deryn, who took the Prophetstown key off of his body and handed it over to her beloved apprentice, Priscilla Spainhower.

Calhoun was elected back into the Senate that year, and continued to advocate for slavery and many other policies on strictly racist grounds. In 1848, he met with several other Templars in New York, including Catherine Boston, Edward Brodess, James B. Ray, and Shay Cormac’s grandson, Cudgel. Cudgel was openly appalled by the racist attitudes of his co-workers, and he wasn't afraid to show it, storming out of the room when they discussed such policies. However, Cudgel ended up getting into a fight with Priscilla and Aveza, who had snuck in to eavesdrop, resulting in all the Templars scattering. Cudgel ended up stealing the Prophetstown key from Priscilla, putting it in Templar hands once again. Calhoun saw this as an opportunity to claim the Precursor weapon inside the Temple, and thus got to work on trying to figure out the location of the Temple using Jackson's old notes.

For safekeeping, the Key was passed into the hands of James B. Ray. However, he had contracted cholera during a trip to Wisconsin, and so was forced to pass it on again to Edward Brodess just before he was assassinated in Cincinnati by the Assassin Priscilla Spainhower. Brodess too was killed by Priscilla in 1849, but had already passed the Key into Calhoun's hands by then. Calhoun, Boston, and Cudgel later attempted to reclaim one of Brodess's slaves, Harriet Tubman, who had escaped with the help of Priscilla along the Underground Railroad. The Templars ultimately failed however, and were forced to retreat empty handed.

By March 1850, Calhoun was the next target for the Assassins' blades, and so the Templars set a trap. Calhoun made it seem he was staying at the Old Brick Capitol building in Washington DC, when in actuality he was sneaking away to the Precursor Temple in Indiana to unlock it. Priscilla and Aveza took the bait and chased down the train they believed him to be on, only to find Boston there to try and kill them. Priscilla ultimately emerged the victor, killing Boston on board the train. Calhoun's trap was ultimately foiled not long after when the Assassins convinced the conflicted Cudgel Cormac to help them kill Calhoun in the Temple, where the Grand Master met his fate at the end of Priscilla's blade.

Description
Wikipedia

Name: John Caldwell Calhoun
Born: March 18, 1782; Abbeville, South Carolina
Died: March 21, 1850; Temple of the Angels, Indiana (age 68)
Allegiance: Templars

Bio: John Caldwell Calhoun was born in 1782 to a Scots-Irish soldier living on the South Carolina frontier. Growing up, he showed remarkable scholastic talent which, despite the fact that he had to drop school to take over the family business when his father died in 1796, eventually earned him admittance to Yale College in 1802. There he was tutored by the college's president, Timothy Dwight, who equally inspired and repulsed Calhoun on multiple ideologies. He was often regarded as a social butterfly, making friends and finding connections very easily. It was through the connections he made at Yale that he was introduced to the Templar Order, an ancient organization who sought to achieve world peace through dominance and control over the populace, and they easily swayed him into joining their ranks. He graduated from Yale as a valedictorian in 1804, and in 1807 was admitted to the South Carolina bar. In 1811, he married Floride Bonneau Colhoun, his first cousin once removed, and the two would go on to have ten children over the next 18 years.

In 1811, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives. He joined the War Hawk movement as political tensions between Great Britain and the United States seemed to be leaning towards war. This was planned by the Templar Grand Master, Shay Cormac, who wanted to use war as a cover for their search for a key that would unlock a Precursor Temple near the Assassin base of Prophetstown. While Calhoun himself often disagreed with the management of Cormac, even outright saying he was a weak leader who didn't deserve his position at times, he still agreed that the war was a good course of action. War was officially declared on June 18, 1812, with the Templars mainly backing the Americans and the Assassins led by Connor, Aveza Deryn, and Tecumseh, backing the British and their Native allies. During the war, Calhoun made it his job to raise troops, provide funds, speed logistics, rescue the currency, and regulate commerce to aid the war effort. The key to the Prophetstown temple ultimately fell into Templar hands when Andrew Jackson, who led a coup against Cormac and killed him in 1814, destroyed the Assassin headquarters at the Davenport Homestead and stole it from Aveza. Though, Aveza stole it back at the Battle of New Orleans, having it just long enough to enter the temple and uncover a hidden message. After leaving the temple, the key was yet again stolen by Jackson, who escaped and became the new Templar Grand Master.

After the war, Calhoun sought to reform the United States military, building it up and providing better training and equipment for soldiers after seeing how poorly they fared against the might of Britain. He became the United States Secretary of War in 1817, and while serving he often promoted nationalism and military reform. He also had to deal with many problems relating to the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson launched an invasion of Florida in 1818, angering several local Seminole Natives, many of whom were fiercely slaughtered by the racist and deranged Grand Master. While the invasion led to the United States annexing Florida from Spain in 1819, Calhoun and many others did not approve of Jackson's rash and violent campaigns. With Congress in complete disagreement on how to handle the Native situation, Calhoun founded the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824, in an attempt to actually find solutions. Though, these solutions often just ended up being to kick the Natives out of their homes and move them west.

Also in 1824, Calhoun planned to run for the office President, though competition from Jackson and his opponent, John Quincy Adams, led to Calhoun and his supporters to have him run for Vice President instead. He won the position, though differing opinions on policy caused serious friction between him and the presidential winner, Adams. Calhoun supported Andrew Jackson in the following 1828 election, even though the two Templars were rivals who held little respect for one another. Jackson won the election, and Calhoun was once again made Vice President. Early in Jackson's administration however, all resemblances of friendship between the two were destroyed entirely when Calhoun’s wife started convincing the other Cabinet wives to socially ostracize Peggy Eaton, wife of Secretary of War John Eaton. The drama of this so called “Petticoat affair” became an unbearable annoyance for Jackson, who cut ties between him and his fellow Templar. Things only got worse as Jackson's arrogance and Calhoun’s patriotism clashed. In 1832, the issue of the Nullification Crisis came up when pro-slavery South Carolinians refused to accept a tariff that would hurt their slave economy. Jackson, despite being a slave owner himself, was angry at South Carolina because he didn't like anyone questioning his authority no matter who they were. He eventually got Congress to pass the Force Act in 1833 which allowed the Army and Navy to collect taxes. This angered Calhoun, who was also a racist slave-owner who saw Jackson's arrogance as a threat to slavery and states’ rights.

The tension between the two ultimately led to Calhoun resigning in 1832 to become a Senator instead. Calhoun opposed Jackson when the president fought against the bank and replaced them with institutions friendly to him, ultimately leading to the economic turmoil that was the Panic of 1837. He cooperated with Jackson's successor, Martin Van Buren, but heavily opposed another Templar, William Henry Harrison, due to differing views on financial policy when Harrison was elected in 1841. Harrison only lasted a month in office, however, as he was assassinated by his old rival, Aveza, who by then was Mentor of the Canadian Assassins. Calhoun resigned from the Senate in 1843 to try and run for president again in 1844, though his lack of support led him to quit. He was instead appointed Secretary of State that year by President John Tyler. As Secretary of State, Calhoun advocated for the expansion of slavery and the annexation of Texas as a slave state. Calhoun's extreme support of slavery made him a top enemy of the Assassins who supported the abolitionist cause, especially when he became the Templar Grand Master following the death of Andrew Jackson in 1845 at the hands of Aveza Deryn, who took the Prophetstown key off of his body and handed it over to her beloved apprentice, Priscilla Spainhower.

Calhoun was elected back into the Senate that year, and continued to advocate for slavery and many other policies on strictly racist grounds. In 1848, he met with several other Templars in New York, including Catherine Boston, Edward Brodess, James B. Ray, and Shay Cormac’s grandson, Cudgel. Cudgel was openly appalled by the racist attitudes of his co-workers, and he wasn't afraid to show it, storming out of the room when they discussed such policies. However, Cudgel ended up getting into a fight with Priscilla and Aveza, who had snuck in to eavesdrop, resulting in all the Templars scattering. Cudgel ended up stealing the Prophetstown key from Priscilla, putting it in Templar hands once again. Calhoun saw this as an opportunity to claim the Precursor weapon inside the Temple, and thus got to work on trying to figure out the location of the Temple using Jackson's old notes.

For safekeeping, the Key was passed into the hands of James B. Ray. However, he had contracted cholera during a trip to Wisconsin, and so was forced to pass it on again to Edward Brodess just before he was assassinated in Cincinnati by the Assassin Priscilla Spainhower. Brodess too was killed by Priscilla in 1849, but had already passed the Key into Calhoun's hands by then. Calhoun, Boston, and Cudgel later attempted to reclaim one of Brodess's slaves, Harriet Tubman, who had escaped with the help of Priscilla along the Underground Railroad. The Templars ultimately failed however, and were forced to retreat empty handed.

By March 1850, Calhoun was the next target for the Assassins' blades, and so the Templars set a trap. Calhoun made it seem he was staying at the Old Brick Capitol building in Washington DC, when in actuality he was sneaking away to the Precursor Temple in Indiana to unlock it. Priscilla and Aveza took the bait and chased down the train they believed him to be on, only to find Boston there to try and kill them. Priscilla ultimately emerged the victor, killing Boston on board the train. Calhoun's trap was ultimately foiled not long after when the Assassins convinced the conflicted Cudgel Cormac to help them kill Calhoun in the Temple, where the Grand Master met his fate at the end of Priscilla's blade.