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Hassan-i Sabbah's Turban
Turban

Origin

Hassan-i Sabbah

Type

Turban

Effects

Ability to move silently through shadows as if they were portals

Downsides

Wearer develops strong urge to kill others they find threatening

Activation

Wearing

Collected by

Warehouse 9

[Source]


Origin[]

Hassan-i Sabbah was a Persian missionary credited with founding the first group of hashshashins, now commonly knows as assassins. He claimed Alamut Castle as a stronghold in Qazvin, Persia for his order, the Nizari Ismaili state. While laying low in neighboring villages, he disguised himself as a schoolteacher to slowly gain adherents from the locals and attract fellow dissidents under Seljuk rule. Continuing the charade, he gained the trust of soldiers within the castle and filled worker positions with his supporters. In 1090 AD, Sabbah declared the castle was now his domain. When the ruling servant called upon the guards, they showed their new loyalty to Sabbah.

This base was surrounded by fertile land but had natural defenses that prevented direct assault. The east was shielded by mountains, the west by cliffs at a raging intersection of rivers. A single dirt lane passable by donkey was easy to watch for invaders. This isolation allowed Ismailis to seek sanctuary in Alamut and similar sites spread across Persia, pursuing philosophy and sciences in peace.

Effects[]

The wearer of the turban essentially becomes like shadow: silent, semi-transparent and undetectable by motion sensors. They also have the ability to travel through shadows, providing they exist at the origin and destination points and are large enough to move through.

Prolonged use of the turban, however, makes the urge to kill stronger and stronger in the wearer.

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