March 1314 — the Île de la Cité in Paris glowed red with fire. The Knights Templar, once the most powerful order in Christendom, had fallen to politics, greed, and fear. Their last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, aged and broken by torture, was brought forth to die. Before the gathered crowd, he did not beg for mercy — he spoke prophecy. “Clement, you shall die within forty days. And you, Philip, within a year — before the tribunal of God.” His words hung heavy in the smoke. Thirty-three days la