User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-5174994-20140320193850/@comment-1153722-20140321065227

I'm not equating the Templars to Doctor Doom or any villain. They're not supposed to be evil. Given his portrayal in the Letters To The Dead in Initiates, I'd put my bets on him being an enemy. Using the Apple to unite the neighbouring lands under a Templar Empire. I don't find it unlikely.