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Charles Gabriel Sébastien Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance (1725 – 1791) was a Brigadier general in the French military, the colonial governor of Saint Pierre and Miquelon before his retirement in 1789, and a member of the Templar Order, active during the French Revolution.
Biography
Sivert was an advisor of Grand Master François de la Serre, but secretly conspired with former Templar François-Thomas Germain to overthrow de la Serre. Sivert was responsible for personally recruiting the Roi des Thunes and his enforcer Aloys la Touche into the Templar Order, after the former was denied membership by de la Serre. On 5 May 1789, Sivert and the other Templars attended a party at the royal palace, which was secretly the induction of de la Serre's daughter, Élise, into the Templar Order. Germain's group used the occasion to assassinate de la Serre.
Sivert lured de la Serre out to the palace gardens, where he assaulted the Grand Master. However, de la Serre managed to fight off Sivert, wounding the latter's face and blinding his left eye. Nonetheless, the Roi des Thunes snuck up from behind and struck de la Serre with a poisoned pin crafted by Germain, killing him instantly. As the two Templars made their escape, Sivert called out to a guard and framed Arno Dorian, who had witnessed the murder of his adoptive father.
On 4 January 1791, Sivert met up with a fellow Templar named Arpinon to smuggle stolen goods from the Conciergerie. After Sivert's departure, Arpinon was killed by the Assassin Pierre Bellec. Fortunately for Sivert, he was not a target of the Assassins.
During the next day, Sivert was stalked by Arno, who had escaped imprisonment and joined the Assassins. Arno tailed the Templar to Notre-Dame, where Sivert was supposed to meet one of his accomplices, Duchesneau. Arno assassinated Duchesneau and snuck into a confession booth, where Sivert was supposed to meet his accomplice.
Posing as Duchesneau, Arno received information about he smuggling of the goods from the church, a more efficient source of obtaining funds than from the nobility. Once Sivert revealed all that he knew, Arno assassinated him with the Hidden Blade, by stabbing him in the throat through the confessional window.
Through Sivert's memories, Arno learned of the Roi des Thunes' involvement in de la Serre's murder.
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