Re: [HoE] Templar Relics and a few quick questions

[DarrinBrig@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/99 12:16:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gill2158@efortress.com writes:

> The original Templars were started when a band of french nobleman joined 
> together to fight in The Levant.

They were formed during the crusades to protect European travellers during 
the Crusades. They also protected important holy sites.  They settled down in 
France *after* the Crusades were over and became involved with banking and 
loans.