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The Knights Templar are the sworn enemies of the Hashshashin Syrian sect in the Holy Land. They attack Masyaf after a failed mission under Solomons Temple in Jerusalem; and after that, Templars found in the Holy Land will attack Altaïr on sight. They tend to attack more skillfully and take more hits than normal guards. You can find them in small villages throughout the kingdom, as well as throughout the cities, keenly observing their surroundings of encroaching danger. Templars are battlefield hardened soldiers lending aide to King Richard in the Third Crusade. Their battlefield experience shows in the way they fight. Warriors in every way of the word extremely skilled in the application of sword combat and extremely disciplined. Templars should be dealt with while expressing extreme caution and good solid battle skills. These soldiers are usually stationary, and on the lookout for the Assassins, their sworn enemies, who they are engaged with in a low-scale war. The Assassins know of their plans and will do anything to stop them. It can be assumed that the attempted siege of Masyaf lead to the fearsome retaliation against the Templar Order. Either way respect should be given to such highly skilled and battle proven warriors. Their devotion and demeanor commands respect just as their "Grand Master" Robert does.

History of the Order

Orde du Temple in French, are amongst the most famous of the Western christian military orders involved in the war. Well known by the distinctive white mantles with a red cross. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic church around 1129, the Order became a favoured charity throughout Christendom, and grew rapidly in membership. Because the Templars' existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost, support for the Order faded. (stated in wikipedia)

Distribution and goals

Their main goal is to bring peace to the Holy Land, but the ways they do it are both ruthless and barbaric. However they believe that they're doing good. They're trying to control peoples' free wills and they will ruthlessly kill anyone who is against them, especially the Assassins, who's leader, Al Mualim, was a member of the Templers but was disgusted by their ways. They're also good at manipulation, as they have members both Crusader and Saracen, allowing themselves to manipulate both Richard the Lionheart and Salah al-Din for their own gain and manipulated the other knight orders like the Hospitalliers, Teutonic Knights and the Assassins (Hashshashin).

Members

Third Crusade:

Modern Time:

Achievement:

There are 60 Templar's within the game world. Thirty are located in the kingdom, and ten in each city. Two subsections (either poor, middle, rich) of each city will have three Templar's, and the remaining subsection will have four. Watch out when hunting them, however, as Templar's are completely immune to throwing knives. In any Memory Block, regardless of the Rank Memory that Altair has, the Templar's will attack with all techniques (Guard Break, Counter-grab, etc.) and are extremely hard to kill without more advanced techniques and a high sync bar, or climbing on the wall behind the Templar unnoticed then assassinating them. Should one be able to throw a Templar to the ground however, they can easily be dispatched by a hidden blade or a few sword strikes. Templar's will wave their swords and shout upon seeing you, leaving them open for a few precious seconds, during which the player can tackle them and assassinate them while they are on the floor. Templar's will also automatically realize that you are an assassin, regardless of whether you are blended or not. Templar locations are broken down as follows:

Kingdom: 30x

Jerusalem Poor: 3x

Jerusalem Mid: 3x

Jerusalem Rich: 4x

Damascus Poor: 3x

Damascus Mid: 3x

Damascus Rich: 4x

Acre Poor: 4x

Acre Middle: 3x

Acre Rich: 3x

Eliminating all 60 Templar's in the game will grant the Personal Vendetta achievement.

Personal Vendetta Kill every Templar. (50 Points)

Locations

Simply put, if anyone finds a Templar in-game, check they aren't already listed and then give detailed description of their location. (Please don't use viewpoints as references, they disappear off of the map.

There is one close by the docks on the Christan part of the kingdom. As you are leaving from Masyaf go right and you'll see a lake. At the edge of the docks is a Templar. There is one hiding in a house nearby.

There is one in the Poor District of Acre at the western edge of the large courtyard north of the plaza where you do the Masyaf flags fetch. Climb up in the middle of that western wall and you'll see him below you in front of a water spout.

There is another hiding inside the row of burnt out dwellings along the 'street' between the northern wall (Poor District Acre) and in the first block of houses as you approach the first sea-viewpoint from that direction. Stay on the roofs to spot him below.

In the Middle District of Acre (Sibrand campaign), there is one at the far western end of the docks. Keep going past where you save the citizen there toward the sea and boats.

Note: It seems that if you are fighting with a Templar on a roof and he dies from the fall, it doesn't count toward your tally.

There is one in the Rich District of Acre on the roof of the giant church, between the two steeples.

Trivia

The Knights Templar were a real Christian military order who were prominent during the Crusades. They were among the most skilled fighters at the time, which is reflected in the game. Their ruthlessness against non-Christians was also infamous, this also is reflected in the game.

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