As I get the idea that the Black Mountain bears a similarity to Alamut I
suggest you read Warrior Cults by Paul Elliott. A very good chapter on t=
he
followers of Hasan-i-Sabbah as well as on Ninja, Thugs and Knights Templa=
r.
Good for background.
To get in the mood for creating the cult listen to Hawkwind's Hassan I Sahba, no connection surely?
BTW in the RW the Aga Khan claims direct bloodline to the Old Man of the Mountain via the offspring of the last Grand Master and his Mongol wife, whom some references put as being a descendant of good old Gengis.
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