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* AncientConspiracy: The Priory Of Sion, originally a conspiracy within the Templars that survived into modern day, that intends to seize the Templar treasure for themselves.
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** The Priory of Sion never existed, but this was unknown to Don Rosa when he wrote the story.
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** The Priory of Sion never existed, but this was unknown to Don Rosa when he wrote the story. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion It was little more than a hoax and a glorified Freemasons ripoff]] that got fused with a variety of conspiracy theories over the years, including those described in ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Molay goes from a sympathetic antagonist in his first appearance in ''The Philosophers Stone'', where he confiscated the Stone not just to protect the world economy, but also because extended use would have killed Scrooge, to resorting to theft and blackmail, culminating in the reveal that he's actually a member of a sinister conspiracy within the International Money Council itself, seeking the Templar treasure for themselves.
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%%* HiddenHeartOfGold: The last half of ''A Letter From Home'' centers on Scrooge losing this.
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* KillTheCreditor: As in real-life, King Philip IV of France was heavily in debt to the Templars and tried to get out of paying by declaring the Templar Knights to be a heretical order in 1307 (while this isn't mentioned in the story, he did so by pressuring Pope Clement V into giving him the authority), arresting their leadership and attempting to seize their treasury. This was the end of the historical Templars, with the survivors scattering across the world, taking the treasury with them.
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* NobleTopEnforcer: Maurice, who turns against Molay in objection against his methods
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* NobleTopEnforcer: Maurice, who grows increasingly ambivalent about Molay thanks to his dubious methods, and finally turns against on him when Molay in objection against his methodstries to use Matilda as a hostage.
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* CoolCrown: The Crown Of the Crusader Kings, designed to be the western counterpart to the crown of Genghis Khan, using all the best gems in the Templar treasury. It also hides a valuable secret; the inside of the brim has a mirrored code carved into it that leaves an imprint on whoever wears the crown, revealing the original ranks of the founding Knights Templars.
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* FillerVillain: The Brutopian military.
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* FillerVillain: The Brutopian military. They only appear while the Ducks are trying to retrieve the lost charts of Columbus in the Arctic, forcing them to intrude on Brutopia's borders in the process, and disappear from the story once they escape back to international waters.
