When the crusaders had learned all they could, Akkhan sent them out into the world, seeking a way to cleanse the corruption that coiled at the heart of the Zakarum faith. But these recruits, these crusaders, were given insight into the primal powers of Zakarum, in a way no paladin ever was. He taught them to channel the power of Light, in the same way that the newly founded paladins were being trained. Akkhan gathered the most devout, driven and martial Zakarum adherents. After much prayer, Akkhan hit upon the idea of an order of crusaders. He knew this corruption would eventually destroy his beloved church and that he must take action. My studies indicate that a high level cleric of the Zakarum named Akkhan began to sense the corruption that was eating away at the heart of his faith. But these crusaders went east on a very different mission. While the natives were most reticent, I was able to deduce that this order was founded two hundred years ago, just as Rakkis took his army of paladins west. In the eastern kingdom of Kehjistan, I heard rumors of Zakarum warriors called crusaders. It can only be found in Reaper of Souls, and drops randomly from any monster or object in any Act. The Crusaders is a nine-part tome in Diablo III.