Skip to content

Templar Island Multi-Cache

Hidden : 12/16/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

The secrecy around the powerful medieval Order of the Knights Templar, and the speed with which they disappeared over the space of a few years, led to many Knights Templar legends.

These range from rumors about their association with the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant, to questions about their association with the Freemasons, to searches for a lost treasure.

 


There are various legends concerning a treasure that some Templar managed to hide from King Philip and that was later lost.

Rumours had it that the treasure was passed on between the Templar Order Grand Masters, but it went missing with the death of the last Grand Master.

The last Grand Master of the Templar Order, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake in 1314, by order of King Philip IV of France, who had also pressured Pope Clement V to disband the Order.

Legend has it that de Molay issued his dying curse against the King and Pope Clement V, saying that he would meet them before God before the year was out. Pope Clement died only a month later, and King Philip died later that year in a hunting accident.

Many believed that the dynasty had been cursed. A frequent recurring legend relates how when Louis XVI was guillotined, an anonymous French Freemason rushed from the crowd, dipped his hand in the king's blood (or grabbed the head and held it) and yelled, "Jacques de Molay, thou art avenged!"

According to a Masonic legend, it speaks of three Templar searching the site of Jacques de Molay's burning and finding only his skull and femurs.

As a point of interest -These they took with them and allegedly were used as the impetus to create the first Jolly Roger flag of Piracy, so that they would never forget. This same symbol is used today by the Yale Skull and Bones society.

New rumours has it that the three templar’s actually also found the missing treasure when looking for the site of de Molay’s body, however they hid this before they disappeared themselves.

New research from a freemason friend of ours in the KGB has identified a spot that will hopefully shed some light on the treasure’s final hiding spot. 

Visit the spot collect and try find the final location.The Island is only accessible between 8:00 and 16:30. Permits are required at a nominal cost.  

We are entrusting you with this very important mission, go find the treasure and report what you find to us. Do not remove any of the treasure as it may be cursed.

Please travel safe my friend.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh jvyy svaq gur svany pbbeqvangrf jevggra ba n ebpx pybfr ng gur onfr bs n ynetr gerr. Ybbx sbe gur Grzcyne flzoby. Gur svany uvqvat fcbg vf nyfb ng gur onfrf bs n srj fznyyre gerrf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)