http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2021-07-29T04:53:05+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/ http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-10-12T18:47:11+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:alchemy?rev=1255373231&do=diff The Perfection and Purity of Alchemical "I saw Salman ibn Arammay within the worshops again. He has not ceased his toil over the perfection of his methods, this that he calls the 'cleansing' of metals. He has about him all manner of grotesque and strange materials he tells me is some kind of bronze or iron. Some ooze on the floor and others crunch underfoot as glass from the blowers' shops in Alexandria. I must hope that this passion of his pays off, for he is a good man." text/html 2009-10-12T18:32:35+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:ancient?rev=1255372355&do=diff The Beast of the Seven Towers Calls forth a creature that is antithesis to Creation that tears at reality. It can be controlled to some degree and directed, at least initially, but as it enters a mutual annihalation with the created world, anything could happen. text/html 2009-10-12T22:01:54+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:andronikus?rev=1255384914&do=diff To Pay The Piper Rudyard: The Streets of Jerusalem, September You swear you never saw him appear. But he was right there, slumped next to you, stinking of Spices and river water. Brown, shrivelled and wrapped in a ruinned carpet. Limbs hidden in rotted paisley pattern. His yellow, blistered eyes meet yours and you nod in acknowledgment. “You know Napashem of Baghdad?” he croaks. You stare befuddled. Memories of the tramp at the Covenant slip back... “He has name and place for you.”… text/html 2009-10-12T21:36:52+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:azif?rev=1255383412&do=diff Al-Azif I, Abdul Al-Hazred, say this to you. The Elder Gods have put the damned to sleep, and they that tamper with the seals and wake the sleepers, too, are damned. And I say further, herein lies the knowledge to break the seals that hold in thrall Xzoros and his ebon horde. For I Have spent my life to learn it all. So, fool, the darkness is pent up in space. The gates to Hell are closed. You Meddle at your own expense. When you call They will wake and answer you. This is my gift to mankind - … text/html 2009-10-13T09:37:11+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:baldwin?rev=1255426631&do=diff Birthday Surprise Parade The celebration of the birthday of King Baldwin begins with a parade organised by Loxos the Golden Tusk. The stars of the parade are the members of his herd of sixty elephants, a number which proves a marvel to the people of Jerusalem and the visiting dignitaries. The first sign of the parade is the sound of trumpets erupting from the edge of the city about an hour after the city's monasteries ring for Terse (roughly 9 a.m.). First to parade into the city are several d… text/html 2009-10-12T22:38:46+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:batman?rev=1255387126&do=diff Batman Kills the Royal Family Sneaking into the Palace itself proves relatively tricky, but you discover that both of you have quite some aptitude to sticking in the shadows, avoiding the guards and slipping past all unnoticed, even though Prince Khawan seems to be decidedly clumsier than Nadia. He gets it right... most of the time, at least the times that matter anyway. You case the joint and between you, identify the easiest way in, through the great windows on the ground floor and thence in… text/html 2009-10-12T18:34:12+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:divine?rev=1255372452&do=diff Divine magic can be accessed both through faith an a certain amount of 'research'. It requires spiritual understanding and onenness with God. Unless there is specific knowledge and an effort made, the spell or 'Miracle' acquired will be randomly selected from the three. It is possible to acquire a second spell. text/html 2009-10-12T19:53:23+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:emperor?rev=1255377203&do=diff Constantinople Public Relations Over the course of the year Senator Gabriel conducts a tour of the provinces of the Empire, speaking to the nobles and great merchants and pious bishops of the Emperor's realm. His name is soon on the lips of many of influence beyond the city of Constantinople. It seems the illustrious senator is keen to remind those with whom he speaks of the Roman Empire's greatness in times past and importantly of the virtues that led to that greatness. The senator's speeche… text/html 2009-10-12T18:46:08+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:hedge?rev=1255373168&do=diff Hedge Magic "And I saw the most fantastic of displays unravel before my eyes, the mythic beasts alive within the courtyard for all to see, before truly the illusion unravelled itself as some slave walked idly. The slave was punished and I never saw Marcus choose such an inattentive magus again." text/html 2009-10-12T20:13:39+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:hermetic?rev=1255378419&do=diff "And I saw Old Man Wilibrand lift himself off the ground and call forth the clouds of the heavens afore him. There he called the rain onto the fields and lightning most terrible raced across the skies. Those all around cried out at the quick approach of all this and stood struck. The rats all drowned and once the waters dried, our miseries were gone and the land was bountiful." text/html 2009-10-12T22:01:39+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:iblis?rev=1255384899&do=diff Iblis Ahriman * [Nadia] As the day approaches, you consult John. He claims the Bedouin will not strike you. Yet. Then he calls you a slut. * [All] All converging at Nadia's meeting place, a delightfully shady red-rock ridge lined by palm-dates, Nadia pleas with the al-Nazihah to reconsider. This is a thing of extreme danger and deadly ramifications, and she does not wish for her friends to be harmed, or worse. But the clan are resolute: Rasha smiles, flexing her stone arm, Zafir even grins,… text/html 2009-10-12T19:54:56+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:invocation?rev=1255377296&do=diff The Courts " “He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery. And the jinns did He create from a smokeless flame of fire.” The Noble Qur'an - Ar-Rahmaan 55:15, 15" When Allah made Man he also made the Djinn. Since that time the Djinn have established a set of courts that each relates to. Now each is a member of one of seven courts and all except one of those is the combination of the two elements from which Allah made the universe. text/html 2009-10-12T22:17:39+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:loriasquest?rev=1255385859&do=diff The Tale of Sir Loria Various bits of Pyotr's quest for the Philosopher's Stone that are not seen elsewhere. Ethiopia Preparations for the journey into the Africas are extensive, and Loxos's Elephants are laden with every sort of supply imaginable. What lies beyond the deserts is unknown, though it is assumed that anything could be there. With the distances involved (some estimates putting the trip beyond a thousand miles each way), the trip is also not going to be a short one - and a sea v… text/html 2009-10-12T22:01:27+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:manticore?rev=1255384887&do=diff City of Al-Mantykorii All: The first veils of Night fall on the plagued city. Shrieks from the innocent fill the night, accompanied by shrill, yet beautiful pipe music. The howls of Beasts accompany the mournful tune. At the ruins of the gates, a lone, colossal figure strides on all fours, it's devilish countenance illuminated by the final ragged tears of sunlight in this umbral veil. As it's shadow falls, the sands turn black, burning in it's unnatural presence. Behind the sulking creature… text/html 2009-10-12T21:43:25+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:metaphysic?rev=1255383805&do=diff In the Begining In the begining they were there. They existed. Existed before existance. The one who is within (TOW) made out existance, those who are without made others. There are many, though we see but one. The one we see is the one we are, we cannot comprehend it in any other manner. The One who is within created all of us, after having watched the worlds within TOW's existance grow. TOW coaxed us forward and granted us our sentience with a small spark of TOW's power. text/html 2009-10-12T21:35:52+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:necronomicon?rev=1255383352&do=diff Full version can be found here. Notes On The Text The volume before you is bound into a number of other notes which appear to have accumulated over decades of research. As a whole, the paper and its binding appear to be in excellent condition, far better preserved than any other book this old. text/html 2009-10-12T23:05:07+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:pope?rev=1255388707&do=diff Presented here is the “Pope Plot” in all its overly long glory Brother Ambrose is Sent on a Quest by her Holiness Acres of Ass Before you set off on your quest from her holiness you spend some time in the city of Antioch. There are far more donkeys then you thought and it seems the Host will not give you their aid as easily as you had hoped. The work is tiring and many of the donkeys do not appear to appreciate the word of the Lord indeed you would swear that some of them may be Muslims. Yo… text/html 2009-10-12T19:33:41+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:saviour?rev=1255376021&do=diff The Second Coming, Coming to a Mount Near You The Faithful Converge As Midsummer Day nears from across the world the faithful begin to arrive. Legions of people; the poor, the nobles, the great and the good pour from every country and every faith. The Catholics come in a mass pilgrimage lead by His Holiness Peter II. At the front of the great throng walks the Pope in simple robes of white; he is surrounded by a faint radiance and he seems to walk upon the air itself, the dust and dirt of dese… text/html 2009-10-12T19:01:22+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:strange?rev=1255374082&do=diff Turn 1 It is a starry, clear night; a faint glow from the sun sends a reddish haze across the horizon. Something in the stars, however, just feels strange - that same strangeness that always seems to herald another night without rest. You resign yourself to the feeling and decide to turn in. text/html 2009-10-12T18:47:58+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:symbolic?rev=1255373278&do=diff This magic is the magic of symbols and runes, whose form and the power thus derived is jealously guarded by its practitioners. Available to the Rus and the Georgians. Level One Divination ørlög sínno-one should know beforehandviti engi fyrirhis fate;þeim er sorgalausastr sefifor that one is the mind most free from care. Use of runes and symbols in divination can allow one to get brief glimpses of the near future, or general impressions of the course of events. Divination with regards to one o… text/html 2009-10-12T19:41:30+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:tiamat?rev=1255376490&do=diff Tiamat * The Great Beast Tiamat's Shadow has become predominantly larger against the horizon these past few weeks. Predictions are made that it is heading for Constantinople, but will have to cross Caesarea first. Preparations are made to defend the city, and hopefully stop it in it's tracks there. * General Lucius Aprenos Defends the city with a Thousand Veteran Arab Mercenaries. Alongside Pyotrt Loria, he is placed in charge of defending the streets and pushing and the Beast back. Aprenos… text/html 2009-10-12T18:46:43+00:00 http://crusade.chaosdeathfish.com/news:bm:witch?rev=1255373203&do=diff Practiced throughout the world, the “Craft” is the “simple” or “base” art of protection, learnt from the natural world around us. By learning the secrets of herbs, roots, soil, and even the flesh and humours of animals, “Witches” and “Warlocks” commune with nature in order to protect their home, themselves, and their chosen village or city, with the creation of salves and simple potions.\