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About the questions:

1. Well, their history should certainly be present in the history of the Assassins and Templars. We *know* the Templars stole the Shroud from Jesus, for example; its explicitly the Templars that do this (source), despite them... not "existing" at this point as 'Templars'. Similarly, Alexander the Great is "Templar-suported" and taken out by the "Assassin Brotherhood"'s "Babylonian Assassin" Iltani (source), despite this being long before even the Hidden Ones were formed. These are historical events that the "Templars" and "Assassins" participated in. I am ambivalent on the merging of what would be the "pre-reformation" versions of these orgs and the "post-reformation" version. Perhaps the main article should be the post- version and about the pre- versions it'd have a "see main article" notice?
2. There's been confirmation in interviews about Valhalla that there are "Hidden Ones" in the time period. Though one thing to note is that Fate of the Gods's historical section, which happens ~100 years after the time period in Valhalla, has the local Assassins and Templars as the "Brotherhood" and the "Order" respectively, which appears to be the non-denominational names Ubisoft has adopted for the organisations.
3. Iltani's definitely should, as its the only canon name we have for it currently, though moving it to the individual article's talk pages might work if no consensus is reached. I would argue that at the very least, Artabantus' group's exploits should be included in the Persian Brotherhood of Assassins article. But yes, I'd argue for the merge, in general, even if there's no direct continuity of organisation. The Brotherhood of Assassins located in the 13 Colonies and surrounding areas were basically wiped out and eventually restarted by Ratonhnhaké:ton, with little to no continuity between the organisations.
4. Though normally I'd be opposed, as her conflicts seemed mostly aimed against the Cult of Kosmos which is really a Hermeticist off-shoot, apparently the newest tEG actively refers to her as one, which is definitely a source.
5. Well, it's preferable to me :P