United Kingdom

England is a country in western Europe and part of the British Empire. Its capital city is London.

King Henry VII
Even though King Henry VII ruled England without losing any of his power, the Assassins feared that he might become corrupted by the Templars and decided to investigate. They discovered that the king had already killed two Templar conspirators that wanted to claim the throne, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, and that both of them had a co-conspirator: Margaret of York. The Assassins assured the king that Margaret would die a "natural" death soon and found it surprisingly easy to infiltrate her house and poison her belongings.

After the death of Margaret, the other conspirators fled to smaller villages and started rallying the civilians there to rise up against their king. The Assassins weren't interested in stopping the civilians, but they did not want the Templars to lead them, so they killed all but one. The only survivor shared valuable information with the Templars, and they discovered the uprising was just a distraction and that the Templars had invaded the Star Chamber, England's secret high court.

They consulted with the king and asked if he knew anyone who he was suspicious off, but the king told them to cease the investigation. The Assassins then started bribing the court and heard some vague rumours, which eventually led them to a meeting between Borgia ambassadors and members of the Star Chamber. The Assassins quickly dealt with them and reported to the king, who promised the Assassins a seat in the Star Chamber.

Mary and Elizabeth
In 1547, Mary I of England became queen, and soon it became clear that she was either a Templar, or closely allied with them. She wanted to restore England to Roman Catholicism, and in the process she had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake. The Assassins monitored her for a while before they finally assassinated her on the 17th of November in 1558.

After Mary, her half-sister Elizabeth I of England became the queen and she undid the damage Mary I had caused to England. During her reign, she had an Apple of Eden in her possession. She remained the queen until her death in 1603.

Civil war
Around 1651, the English Civil War had started between Charles II of England and Oliver Cromwell. Charles wanted to restore his family name and take the throne back for himself, while Cromwell wished for parliament to be in charge. Charles II lost the Battle at Worchester in 1651 and was forced into exile in France.

During his time in France, Cromwell became Lord Protector and was in charge of the country, until Charles II was finally restored to the throne on 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday, with the help of General George Monck.

Hermeticists
In the late nineteenth century, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was founded in London, led by William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott and Samuel Liddell Mathers.

The organization was closely tied to the occult, which was frowned upon by the society, and was thus forced to stay secret. However, due to tensions and a struggle for power, the Order soon started to decline, until it eventually fell apart.

World at war
England was involved in the second World War, a Templar plot to create their New World Order. The Prime Minister at this time, Winston Churchill, was secretly a Templar as well and secretly worked with the man that was supposed to be his greatest enemy, Adolf Hitler.

From 1979 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of England, and she too was secretly a Templar. During her reign, she installed Boris Yeltsin, a fellow Templar, as Russia's new president.