Beni Zilal

Beni Zilal
Official Information
Faction	Aserai
Leader	Randomized
Fiefs	None
Tier	?
Wealth	?

The Beni Zilal are a minor clan of the Aserai. They are the self-proclaimed "keepers of the secret" who "watch from the shadows".

Official Description

The origins of the Beni Zilal, the Sons of the Shadows, are shrouded in legend. Many of the stories tell of a messianic preacher who rule from a citadel deep in the desert, entracing his followers with the help of hallucinogenic herbs and terrorizing the Aserai nobility with the threat of assassination. Regardless of how much truth these stories contain, this brotherhood is now a powerful institution in the deep reaches of the Nahasa, collecting protection money from caravans passing through its territory and cutting deals with local potentates while it awaits the day when it may reveal its hand more openly.

Members

Their leader and membership are randomly generated at the beginning of each game.

Troop Tree

Beni Zilal Troops
	Beni Zilal Recruit
	Beni Zilal Soldier
	Beni Zilal Royal Guard

Trivia

• The Beni Zilal are seemingly inspired by the Order of Assassins, a real-life sect of Shia Islam who lived in the mountains of Persia and in Syria between 1090-1275 CE.
  • Both groups have a religious foundation, are said to work with drugging substances (hashish for the Beni Zilal and 'hallucinogenic herbs' for the Assassins), and prefer subterfuge to open combat - of course, given gameplay limitations, the degree of parallelism between the two is debatable.