Templar Confrere Knights are merely a cheaper but harder to retrain version of Knights of Jerusalem. A fortress will be required before Templar Knights or Knights of Tripoli can be recruited. The Knights of Jerusalem are available early in the game and are relatively easy to retrain but the same cannot be said for the more powerful cavalry units. Mounted knights are the awe-inspiring anvil which the crusaders use to smash their enemies. Being a kingdom founded by Frankish crusaders, the Kingdom of Jerusalem shows many similarities with western European military norms. In the harsh & unforgiving environment of Outremer, Christian Franks fight & die to preserve their “holy land” against the Muslim hordes who themselves considered Jerusalem to be a holy city.
