: Seeking to seize their wealth, Philip destroys the Knights Templar. As their Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, burns at the stake, he hurls a dying curse at the King, the Pope, and the King's secretary-general, vowing they will die within the year. Dynastic Decay

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