Fidai of Alamut - The Cabal of Assassins

The pact between the Iron Sultanate and the Assassin fortress of Alamut ensures that the Sultan is served by the exquisitely skilled killers of the Old Man of the Mountain in exchange for the independence of the Assassins’ domain.
But though most outsiders know the Assassins through their service to the forces of the Iron Wall, sometimes during the dark of night small, deadly bands move silently into the hellscape of No Man’s Land. In deepest secrecy Rashid al-Din Sinan, the undisputed ruler of Alamut, dispatches his hand-picked disciples on missions of his own, communicating their orders with no spoken words, signs nor written messages, but talking directly to them in their dreams.
These warbands are known as Fida’i (which means “Sacrifice”), dedicated to completing their mission and returning to Alamut to receive rewards said to match those of Paradise itself. They are led by a Master Assassin, accompanied by two fully-trained members of the Order. A number of trainee acolytes will serve them during the mission, eager to prove their mettle and be initiated into the Order of Assassins.
Alamut is also a home to a renegade sect of Isma’ili Dervishes, warrior monks sworn to poverty and a lethal way of fighting. They accompany the Assassins on their secret missions as an act of piety and payment for their shelter, and their whirling dance of death has been the end of many a disbeliever.
Faction Rules
Captains

Elite

Infantry



Shovel
| Range | Melee |
Battlefield shovels allow troops to dig in and fight from cover in virtually any battlefield.
Mercenaries

Battlefield Vivisection
Standard Armour
-1 INJURY MODIFIER
With the advancements in metallurgy and technology, both Faithful and Heretic armies are well-equipped with suits of alloy armour that can withstand an impact from a bullet or turn aside the sharpest of blades. Standard armour is usually massproduced, but highly effective even against high-calibre weapons.
Gas Grenades
| Range | 8" |
GRENADE, ASSAULT, GAS, IGNORE ARMOUR, IGNORE COVER, IGNORE LONG RANGE, -1 INJURY DICE, BLAST 3"
Gas grenades are insidious weapons, attacking the lungs and other internal organs with noxious fumes. Devil alchemists of the Fifth Circle are especially clever in creating these fiendish and hated weapons.
Vivisector
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Melee) |
CUMBERSOME, BLOCK
This weapon offers both excellent protection by keeping the targets at bay, and its haft incorporates a trigger that injects a horrifying cocktail of holy ointments, chemical toxins, nerve agents and micro-shards of holy relics into any open wound, causing pain that is unbearable to even supernatural enemies. It can also be used to quickly dissect fallen enemies so their organs can be preserved by the Combat Biologist.
Faith is not a passive instrument in the theatre of the Great War, rather it is one that is strengthened, sharpened by knowledge and experience. For the Faithful, Combat Biologists are one of the many whetstones upon which this sharpening occurs, travelling to the miseries of No Man’s Land to capture the enemies of the Almighty, or yield as much data as possible from their corpses. This research helps to manufacture new weapons to turn against the foes of the Church and the Sultanate, with no sinner or hellbeast being beyond the reach of the Combat Biologist’s toxinlaced vivisector.
Combat Biologists are members of the Pontifical Office of Biological warfare, or in the case of the Sultanate, the Al-Bisţāmī School of Ninety-Nine Names, which trains some failed Alchemist apprentices in a similar fashion. These scholars specialise in battlefield vivisections and collecting samples of the most powerful servants of Hell so they can be studied, in the hopes of finding ways to develop weapons capable of driving the servants of the Pit back to the darkness.
Due to their training, hypnotic conditioning and constant exposure to captured specimens, the Combat Biologist enters a battle trance when faced with creatures that normally induce fear in ordinary troopers. They wield vivisectors, polearm blade weapons that combine sophisticated biological warfare agents and the functional brutality of trench warfare.

Jezzail
| Range | 18" |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Ranged) |
These long arms are by far the most common weapons carried by the soldiers of the Sultanate of the Great Iron Wall. Their barrels are smoothbore, which limits their accurate range, but this is more than made up for by the fact that this allows them to be loaded with different types of alchemical ammunition made by the Jabirean Alchemists.
Alchemical Ammunition
Jabirean Alchemists craft these jezzail bullets from the slivers of the Iron Wall. Each such shot is carved with the Seal of Solomon, guiding it with divine aim to its target.
Reinforced Armour
-2 INJURY MODIFIER
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
| Choose One of the Following |
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| Trench Polearm and Trench Shield |
| Sword / Axe and Pistol / Revolver |
| Mamluk Greatsword |

Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
Reinforced Armour
-2 INJURY MODIFIER
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.


