“The original Templar wasn’t called Templar. It had a whole slew of names, but I think “Port Royal” stuck the longest before I finally went with Templar. It was inspired by a lot of things. Television shows like St. Elsewhere, my dad’s old medical textbooks, a children’s book I had about life in the future. And it used to be a lot goofier, more slapstick and surreal. The best comparison I can make would be to Toon Town in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Remember the part where Eddie the detective is forced to chase a suspect there, and the town basically explodes in his face like a bad head trip? Templar was a lot like that, once.”

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