However, de la Serre managed to fight Sivert off, wounding the latter's face. Sivert lured de la Serre out to the palace gardens, where he attacked him. At a party attended by de la Serre in May 1789, Sivert and the Roi des Thunes planned to assassinate the Grand Master. Germain later accepted the Roi des Thunes and la Touche into the Order. The Roi des Thunes vowed revenge on de la Serre, and was later presented with an opportunity to carry it out by the Templar Charles Gabriel Sivert, who was secretly participating in a coup d'etat within the Order, led by François-Thomas Germain. However, the Grand Master, François de la Serre, refused him membership in the Order because de la Serre did not believe his position was fruitful, stating he had no need for the "intrigues of rats". Around 1789, the Roi des Thunes became aware of the existence of the Templar Order, and appealed for membership, claiming the advantages of his underground connections. The Roi des Thunes would later recruit the former tax assessor Aloys la Touche as his enforcer, recognizing his cruelty and economic acumen. For these acts of cruelty, he quickly became a target of the French Brotherhood. He rose to power in the Cour des Miracles in the late 1770s and quickly acquired a reputation for cruelty towards the beggars who paid him tribute, often having limbs amputated from those who failed to make enough money as a means of motivating others. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the individual bearing the title from at least 1789 was the unacknowledged, illegitimate son of a minor nobleman.
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