Re: [HoE] Templars

["Damon Harper" <nomad74@hotmail.com>]

>Thats what the Church *said*, but most people think the reason behind 
it was
>to confiscate their property. The Templars had gotten quite rich during 
the
>Crusades, and the Church was a little upset about this... the whole 
reason
>behind the Crusades was to cut out the middle men in the middle east 
and lower
>the prices for spices (there was also an overabundance of noblemen's 
sons with
>nothing to do and no land to inherit).  Anyone who tells you it was 
fought
>over religious reasons hasn't studied the subject that much.

   Well, all I have to say to that last comment is: Name a war that was 
fought for just ONE reason.
    But just as a reminder, the Templars in HoE(on the whole) aren't 
really fashioned out of the Knights Templars so much as Simon Mercer's 
perception of the what the Templars were, or might of been.  Until just 
a few years ago(in HoE time), Simon Mercer was no more than a scvanger 
himself- and not a history professer(that we know of, anyway).
     Of course, this isn't to say YOUR Templar character can't try and 
fashion himself after the original knights.


-Damon "Keepin' it real" Harper
 "But if it be a sin to covet honour, 
  I am the most offending soul alive."
		-Shakespeare, King Henry V 
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