They were heavies( Hit Men ) employed by the Cult Christian Church initially to protect those travelling to the "Holy" Land .
Once the Freedom Fighting Islamists got organised, they kicked out these Templar terrorists .
Sounds just like today with the Islamists again getting ready to smash the Cult Worshipping Israeli terrorists to pieces .
The Templars have since been romanticised but they were just a bunch of Land Pirates who stole from everybody to give to themselves .
That is --- you have got it --- just like our own American Terrorists .