User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-5174994-20140805142118/@comment-3046679-20140805145205

That was for the purpose of the big reveal everyone saw coming a mile away, and also to show the two groups are more similar than different.

Because I think they've shown Templars to be moderates, rather than the Borgia brand of "Evil lol" shown before. And if the rumors regarding plot will be confirmed, we'll see more of that, since this guy would supposedly work under Haytham.