User blog comment:Abelzorus Prime/The Dark Assassin/@comment-90.218.118.81-20140713210507/@comment-1153722-20140714082347

I've now lost track of the point you're trying to make with your arguments, but I will reply to them anyway, as you are so convinced.

Allow me to copy-paste what I have already said, and that this is actual AC canon: 'the Templar Order admits that as well, refering to the Borgia rule as the "Dark Age of the Order"'. The entire Templar Order under the Borgia rule abandoned their ideals, not just Rodrigo and Cesare, as I did not imply whatsoever. Also when I point you to the Assassination targets page, you don't need to discuss the non-Templars on whether they were 'corrupt Templars'.

Uberto's family were not threatened, if you'd actually read the letter you got after killing Uberto you'd know that his family was close to poverty and the Templars promised him wealth and power. You speak of subjectiveness, yet have no issue labelling Lorenzo a tyrant (having nearly absolute power does not make one a tyrant, look up the word tyranny). Moro, like Malfatto (who, as well as all other Animi Avatars sans Faustina Collari, is stated to be a Templar in both pre-release interviews and in-game multiplayer), was a Templar, and most certainly not an innocent, serving Templar goals as much as his master. Why would the Assassins protect that man, let alone be able to?

Yes, Haytham was in possession of Edward's journal, which did not detail Edward's personal life and only went into detail on his research into the Grand Temple and the First Civilization. I have no idea what you're trying to say in this paragraph, but we never see Jenny tell him, thus "as far as we know" Haytham might never have known.

But it seems to you the Templars don't do any wrong, their motivations being the perfect justification. When adding them all up, the Templars most certainly come out the winners, only Ezio's actions in Constantinople being laid on the table as the foremost errors of the Assassins.