The Order Of Assassins

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

For 200 years a radical group of stone cold killers high on opium and hash living in an eagle's nest fortress in Persia terrorized Muslim and Crusade leaders alike. Hasan-i Sabbah, the "Old Man in the Mountain" led an often outnumbered group of Nizari Ismalis to mulitple victories over massive armies and organized hundreds of political hits throughout the Middle East. This devout branch of Islam often knew missions were one way tickets to Allah and happily carried out their responsibilities no matter the risk or amount of time required to eliminate a target. This is the real history of the order that inspired the "Assassin's Creed" video game franchise. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including listener history questions, history movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.Head to Policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.Get 25% off your subscription at Fitbod.me/SOFTCORECustomize the perfect system for your home in just a few minutes at SIMPLISAFE.com/Softcore. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off your order with Interactive Monitoring.Go to ghostbed.com/drinkinbros and use code DRINKINBROS for 30% off EVERYTHING (Mattresses, Adjustable Base, and more) -- plus a 101 Night Sleep Trial and Mattresses Made in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History.
0:08.0	Welcome back to Softcore History.
0:10.0	I'm your host for the week Dan Regester and I am joined as always by Jake Goldman
0:13.8	Heyo and Rob Fox now when did you take your vows? Yeah
0:20.3	The last hat you just looked different.
0:22.8	Oh, I forgot to tell you about this, uh, 2019.
0:26.0	You took your vows in 2019?
0:27.6	Yeah, you know it was a dark year when I entered a priesthood.
0:30.1	Yeah, you went to the fucking, uh, what do you call it, not the cemetery.
0:35.1	Cemetery.
0:35.9	He actually thought he was getting on the scholastic school bus.
0:38.4	Seminary, fuck.
0:39.4	Seminary, yeah.
0:40.4	I knew you had it.
0:42.4	Memory, what it used to be.
0:44.0	He thought he was getting on the scholastic school bus, but it was the monastic school bus.
0:48.0	And four years later, we have Monk Dan.
0:52.0	I was thinking about this the other day. I'll have to look up what the name of the book was but I bought this Civil War book like a historical fiction novel about this kid who fights for the Confederacy in the Civil War.
1:06.2	And it's like, I read this one maybe in like third grade and like, there's like a guy gets shot
1:11.0	in the stomach who's like his friend and is like bleeding out in
1:14.6	horrible pain it took place at the Battle of Shiloh yeah both have read this book yeah
1:20.6	Johnny Tremaine was in the Revolutionary War.
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