Quote Originally Posted by Foz
So yeah to get Templar you can join up a lot of generals to go crusading, or if you're a little more patient/sane you can park a high chivalry general in the castle (they're castle only) you want the chapter house in, and wait for him to build up the points for you (5 every turn).
Unless it has something to do with my game being unmodded/unpatched, I was offered a Knights Templar guid in Inverness which was a city at the time as far as I'm aware. Yes, I know Inverness is quite distant, and it did come relatively early.