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DARK CRUSADES
MYTHOS IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
A MONOGRAPH FOR CALL OF CTHULHU DARK AGES
By:
Derik P.S. Dunning
Playtesting:
Ryan Chaddick, Darrell Dunning,
Aaron Hunt, Robert New, Bill Smith
Editing:
Erin Lockert
Special anks:
Ryan Chaddick and Erin Lockert
Layout by:
Nick Nacario
*All Images are public domain.
DARK CRUSADES is published by Chaosium Inc.
DARK CRUSADES © 2013 Chaosium Inc. as a whole; all rights reserved.
Text for DARK CRUSADES is © 2013 by Derik P.S. Dunning. “Chaosium Inc.” and “Call of Cthulhu” and “Cthulhu
Dark Ages” are registered trademarks of Chaosium Inc. Similarities between characters in DARK CRUSADES and
persons living or dead are strictly coincidental.
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Contents
Introduction
Glossary of Terms
Transliteration and Terminology
Investigators in the Holy Land
Motivations of the Crusaders
Franks, Saracens, and Outremer
Gender Roles
Occupations
New Skills and Expanded Skills
Role of Religion
Life in Outremer
Running Dark Crusades
New Weapons and Armor
Weapons and Armor
Equipment
Gazetteer of Outremer and its Islamic Neighbors
Creatures of the Mythos
Mythos Cults
Holy Relics and Mythos Artifacts
Personalities of Outremer
Bibliography
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Introduction
This book is a sourcebook written as an expan-
sion for
Call of Cthulhu Dark Ages
and will re-
quire a copy of that book to make full use of
the rules herein. There may be a few references
to the
Call of Cthulhu
core rulebook in differ-
ent sections of this work, but possession of this
book is not required to use Dark Crusades.
Some entries and material from
Call of Cthulhu
core rules may be reprinted or modified for use
in Dark Crusades, in any cases were there exists
a different version of a Mythos entity the
Dark
Crusades
version supersedes the one out of the
core rulebook.
All efforts have been made by the author to
make this manuscript as historically accurate as
possible. With that said certain liberties have
been taken with historical events and personal-
ities of the Crusades to make for more provoca-
tive game play and horrific atmosphere. Given
the religious nature of this sourcebook it must
be clearly stated that the author does not intend
to favor one religious tradition over the other
or to show one to be more correct. Religion is a
very real motivating force during this time pe-
riod, which is one the author has decided not
omit, its inclusion despite it being a politically
sensitive topic. Dark Crusades includes many
degenerate and misguided cultists who perhaps
at one time where pious Christians, Jews or
Muslims but now are deranged by the madness
of the Mythos. These cults and cultists are pos-
sess twisted reflections of these other more no-
ble traditions and should not be confused with
their non-Mythos counterparts.
Finally, to those historians or hobbyists who
are well versed in this time period, all errors
and omissions in this manuscript are humbly
the responsibility of its author. The author of
this work is not a scholar or expert in the Cru-
sades and undoubtedly has made a few mis-
takes in which he humbly apologizes for.
Dark Crusades
Atabeg:
A Turkish regent ruling in the stead of
a young prince.
Ahl al-kitab:
Terms means “People of the
Book” referring to Christians, Jews and Zoro-
astrians.
Ayyubid:
A royal dynasty in Egypt and Syria
founded by Saladin.
Bezant:
A gold coin from the Byzantine Empire
also used throughout the Levant and Outremer.
Caliph:
The successor of the prophet Moham-
med, title of the ruler of an Islamic state.
Dinar:
A gold coin used throughout the Levant
and Outremer.
Emir:
A Turkish title for local governor or field
commander in an army.
Frank:
Term used to refer to all Western Euro-
peans by the Muslim world.
Hajj:
A religious pilgrimage to Mecca practiced
by all Muslims.
Hospitallers:
Religious order of knights tasked
with protecting pilgrims and helping the sick.
Imam:
A Shi’ite Muslim religious leader.
Jihad:
Muslim holy war or religious struggle.
Jizya:
A tribute paid by the Alh al-kitab (see
above) to their Muslim rules for protection.
Mamluke:
A slave soldier usually Turkish fight-
ing in a Muslim army.
Outremer: French term for the Kingdom of Je-
rusalem and the Crusader states.
Qadi:
A judge in the Muslim world.
Saracen:
A term used by the Franks and Byzan-
tines to refer to all Muslims in the Levant.
Saahir:
A scholar sorcerer in the Muslim world
often accomplished in alchemy.
Seljuk Turk: Nomadic warriors from the Cen-
tral Asian steppe, who proceed to conquer
much of the Muslim Levant.
Sufi:
An ascetic mystic from the Shi’ite Islamic
sect.
Sunni:
The majority orthodox Muslim sect.
Glossary of Terms
Assassins:
A pseudo-religious secret order of
Muslim terrorists and killers also called
Nizaris.

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