Al-Sayf Al-Khafi - The Hidden Blades

“A crown keeps no faith with shadows.” The Great War has left the Levant a wasteland of trenches, minefields, and shattered cities. Over the Iron Wall, where the armies of Those Who Believe clash endlessly with the Heretics and the Legions of Shaytan, a thousand nameless deeds vanish into the dry desert air. Yet some whispers persist - tales of men who walk in two places at once, who strike from the dark and vanish before a man can cry for help. They speak of Al-Sayf al-Khafi, the Hidden Blade, a cadre of assassins born from the Iron Sultanate’s most secret traditions. Their origins lie in Alamut, the fortress of the Old Man of the Mountain, whose disciples were infamous even before the opening of the Hellgates. The pact between the Sultan and Alamut is well known: the Assassins serve the Sultanate’s armies in exchange for their independence, but not every disciple marches at the Sultan’s command. Rashid al-Din Sinan himself dispatches hand-picked killers into No Man’s Land. Among th