The Knights Templar, were they the muscle for the Priory of Scion?

Answer 1

Not really, I would recomed a new book to you called The Last Templar. Along the lines of The DaVanchi Code. They weer noble to begin with and may have turned a little in the end or gotten too powerful for their own good

Answer 2

I hate to tell Dan Brown, but there was no ancient Priory of Scion. In the 1950's, three men formed the Priory of Scion in France as a political organization. One member believed he was a descendant of the ancient French kings, and the other two played along--they have both admitted they went along with it as a joke. And when the theory came out that those ancient kings were descendants of Jesus, the third one backed off in a hurry--he wasn't claiming that he was a descendant of Jesus!

The Knights Templar were a real organization, but they were created to protect travelers who were going to the Holy Land. The travelers could deposit money with the Templars in one place, then receive a note which they could redeem with any other Knights Templar site (think an ancient, religious ATM). They were a religious order, but trained as knights, so they could protect travelers on their way.

Answer 3

Priory of sion didnt exist it was invented in the 1970's by two scholars for the purposes of a book they were writing - they have admited to it too.

Answer 4

I hope you aren't taking Brown's book to heart, it is fiction. Large parts aren't true, they just sound that way because a half-way decent writer told a fairly good tale.