Recruits of this group talked to a man who appeared as a decapitated head, but was actually just buried from the head down. According to legend, a member of this group jumped off a castle to prove that they were stronger than Henry of Champagne's arm
Recruits of this group talked to a man who appeared as a decapitated head, but was actually just buried from the head down. According to legend, a member of this group jumped off a castle to prove that they were stronger than Henry of Champagne's army. Marco Polo recounted a story about how an "Old Man of the Mountain" took prospective members of this group to (*) "paradise" after drugging them. This group operated from a fortress at Alamut, which was sacked by Hulagu Khan. This group allegedly received their name from a phrase meaning "users of hashish" and often placed a dagger and a written death threat next to their sleeping targets. For 10 points, name this secret Ismaili order active during the Crusades, who often used poisoned daggers during their attacks on powerful men.
Recruits of this group talked to a man who appeared as a decapitated head, but was actually just buried from the head down.
Assassins [or: Hashashin; prompt on: Nizari Ismailis, Fedayeen]