{"id":19636,"date":"2022-05-16T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=19636"},"modified":"2022-04-29T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T04:52:49","slug":"sylum-inspiration-benjamin-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-benjamin-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: Benjamin Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sylum: Member<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Benjamin<\/a> is the only son of Patrick Gates and Emily Appleton. He grew up on legends and tales from the his father, grandfather, great grandfather, about the Mystery of the Templar Treasure. His mother who couldn\u2019t take any more of the \u2018Treasure Hunting\u2019 divorced Patrick and returned to England, leaving Ben to be raised by his father.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick wanting his son to have a normal life, tried to curtail the Treasure Hunting but the Gates family trait was already entrenched.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben attends Georgetown University where he earns his degrees in History. It was at Georgetown he metRiley Poole, a student in Computer Science. Ben found him late one night in the computer labs, doing other students homework. To this day Ben states that he rescued Riley, Riley on the other hand states that he was kidnapped. The two became fast friends with Riley soon finding out about the famed Templar Treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Riley who puts together two of the clue Ben had already possessed. Leading them the discovery of name of the ship that had transported the Treasure to the United States, the\u00a0Charlotte<\/i>. It was Ben\u2019s historical paper on the\u00a0Charlotte<\/i>\u00a0that got\u00a0Ian Howe\u00a0interested in their Treasure Hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ian financed their Hunt, only to betray them in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben and Riley with the help of Ben\u2019s dad Patrick were able to follow the clues to the Trinity Church in New York, the location of the Templar Treasure. They were ambushed by Ian, where his true identity came out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick to save their lives, convinced Ian that the Treasure was at the Old North Church in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ian Turned Benjamin and left him laying on the floor \u2018dead\u2019 locking him in with Patrick and Riley. Stating he would be back to see which one he killed in his hunger, and then he\u2019ll see about finishing the job.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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