Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-25528618-20141126190019

I believe the Templars in AC sought to make the world perfect and will do whatever it takes to make it that way. Because of this difference in ideology the Templars became involved in a covert war against the assassins.

The assassins in DB kill for the coin. Even though most of the contracts require you to kill people who don't seem good, you're only refering back to the contracts the Dragonborn receives. The only contract I got while playing that I regret is the Bosmer hunter in Whiterun (I forget his name). I felt so bad about it I had to reload just to ignore the contract.