Bennsyn

"Woo, Captain Bennsyn!" ~ Bennsyn's claim to the Armadillo

**Bennsyn** is the Frogman for the Armadillo and a major character in The Numen Swell.

An Aventi that has a close relationship with Captain Benjamin Tecnic.

## Personality

Bennsyn is a very loyal companion and is willing to help anyone that crosses his path. At one point he gets a bit power hungry and it rushes to his ego but that comes from something deep rooted in the Aventi species. Because of this, he actively avoids gaining any leadership roles until they are forced upon him.

## Pre-Series

Bennsyn left home at a very young age because the Aventi he was raised with are pious and snobby. He spends a short time roaming the sea until he stumbles upon a drowning Boy who he saves. The two hit it off and become close friends. He and his friend, Tecnic, choose to start their own pirate crew but Bennsyn decides to take a more selective role as the deep-Sea diver. He helps fund their ship being built and recruiting the crew for a few summits.

## Series

### Season 1

#### "Set Sail"

Bennsyn in introduced on the deck of the Armadillo, meeting the newest recruit, Sonney, as he hides from a few patrons he stole from earlier. They witness Balthazar kill one of the men and the ship sets sail. He gives Sonney the tour of the ship and introduces him to the Chef, Guru Dumu, before the two of them agree to help him "catch" his owl, Jicho, causing a ruckus in the kitchen. They succeed as the ship docks at Isle de Puca. Bennsyn remains on the ship for the duration of the visit and when the others return with the newest member, Kifo, he immediately feels threatened by his presence. He attempts to remain on his good side, even suggesting to the Darfellan to potentially kill Balthazar, believing that the Quartermaster may take him out. Captain Tecnic calls a meeting and they decide to go on a journey north to recruit even more but Balz takes the ship off course. Bennsyn is able to get them back on track. They make a pitstop and plan to take a stab at Rewera Keep. While camping for the night, they are attacked by a group of Ruffians and Sonney accidently shoots Bennsyn in the crossfire. All is forgiven when Bennsyn wakes up the next morning and they move on. When they arrive at the keep, They are attacked by Mud Mephits and Bennsyn is swallowed. He reawakens on the ship, having been saved by Kifo.

#### "The Blunder Hunt"

The Armadillo is being pursued and Bennsyn spots that it is the Narwhal. As they are being boarded, Bennsyn sneaks off and onto the enemy ship to cause some trouble. He gets into the storage deck and lights a few powder kegs, causing an explosion and busting a hole in the hull. He escapes and returns to the Armadillo as they get away from the Pirate Lord. They port at Lalolagi to hide out and get dragged into a bounty mission led by Kifo. They split into two parties and Bennsyn joins Kifo to a nearby waterfall. They hear a commotion nearby and find the others fighting off the Sahuagin. Bennsyn witnesses Balthazar and Tecnic get killed but manages to kill the savages with the others. He sits back as Sonney kills the woman with them in anger and Kifo attempt to resurrect their fallen comrades. He succeeds with Balz but Tecnic remained dead. Bennsyn demands they bring him back with them to the ship and avenge his death the best way he knows how, Hunting down Darwin Vulcan.

#### "A Tale of Two Bennys"

Bennsyn goes to a nearby brothel to recruit but only manages to get a few wenches, including the Madame, Daronna. when he gets back to the ship he discovers Kifo has been arrested and attempts to bargain with the Commodore for his release but a fight breaks out and all of his whores are killed including Daronna. He had fallen in love with her as quickly as he lost her. The Kingston retreats with both Kifo and Dumu in tow but the Darfellan return shortly after as does Sonney and Balthazar with a handful of new recruits. The crew unanimously name Bennsyn the new captain and he begrudgingly accepts. He plans to avenge Tecnic but if they can, he intends to resurrect him as well. They head to Toke port to gather supplies and prepare for both tasks.

#### "The Warden's Wails"

The Armadillo arrives at Toke port and Captain Bennsyn decides to go to the Classy Lassies to speak with Madame Temer about his newfound title. He also asks her about a potential shipwright and she gives him a name of one in town. He tries, and fails, to woo the Madame before giving up and returning to the ship. Once there, he finds the Pirate Lord Captain Black Scalp is there to discuss a deal. The Third ranked lord offers help in resurrecting Tecnic in exchange for the servitude of Kifo and Dumu to his crew. Bennsyn declines the offer and actually threatens Black Scalp to never try to steal his people again. They part ways and the Armadillo sets sail for Benki. The dock at Fotia port and they go to the town Tavern. He speaks with the bartender, whom he finds out is Kifo's son, Mwana. The young Darfellan informs him that the Shaman he is looking for is across the island at the Valecny Ruins. Bennsyn allows Kifo to speak with his son before they depart. However, apparently that was a bad plan and Kifo runs off into the desert. Bennsyn, Sonney, and Balthazar chase after him and find him at a lone tree. They are caught off guard by a Seafallen that touches Balz and vanishes. They return to the Ship, feeling different, and head down the coast.

#### "Anchor Down"

Bennsyn is woken up in the middle of the night to the screams of Balthazar. Kifo warns Bennsyn that Balz has been marked by the Chain Devil and they need to get off the water immediately or risk the entire crew's lives. Bennsyn agrees and the dock the ship at Teine port. He gathers a party consisting of Kifo, Sonney, Balz, Dumu, Garland, and Mateus to transport Tecnic on foot for the remainder of the trip. While traveling, they are attacked by an Allosaurus but suffer no casualties until later in the night when Balthazar is taken by the Seafallen. The next morning, Kifo warns Bennsyn that they will need a sacrifice for the resurrection to work and Balz was the prime candidate originally. But now that he is gone, they need to choose another. Once they arrive at the ruins and find the Shaman, They reluctantly trick Mateus into being the sacrifice. They watch the young man get his throat slit and thrown into a pool of chemicals with Tecnic's body and nothing happens for awhile until the captain reemerges, alive once more.

#### "The Unfading"

Bennsyn is happy to see his old friend alive but is not realy ready to give up the mantle of captain. Tecnic takes his hat back and exiles Bennsyn from the crew for the "mess he caused" with the Navy and Black Scalp. When they return to the ship, a majority of the crew decide to stick with him, since he's the only captain they know. Kifo takes this as a betrayal and kills Cod in front of them all. This scares some but the rest stay with Bennsyn. Tecnic promises they will return for them once everything is fixed. Bennsyn and the others are left stranded on Benki.

#### "That Sinking Feeling"

Bennsyn and his crew arrive at Huo port after days of traveling on foot. They are exhausted but the intent is to get a ship and sail to Halcon. Bennsyn's wish is granted when three ships from the Montgomery fleet arrive and give him a ship with a note from Tecnic and Mad Monty. He names the ship the Daronna Rose and meets the lovable Meshi. They set sail and dock at Gwynt port a few days later. It is there that he is reminded why he left home, Aventi are nothing but bullies. He leaves as soon as possible, heading for Toke. They arrive around the same time the Armadillo does and Bennsyn runs into Kifo at the Classy Lassies. They get into an argument. It is so heated that they actually end up fighting and Bennsyn appears to have won. as he is leaving however he is sucker punched and knocked unconscious.

#### "Mimi Hapa Hapa"

Bennsyn wakes up to find Madame Temer boarding up the Classy Lassies. He asks what's happening and she informs him that there is a struggle taking place at the port. Bennsyn offers to relive her of her tension but she declines, suggesting he go out and worry about his crew instead. He finds his quartermaster, Loyal, saving some children and has him return to the ship and get it ready for them to depart. He sees the Wailing Warden depart and decides to go to the Armadillo to confront Kifo. He takes Loyal and Meshi with him. He leaves Meshi to distract Mikey as he speaks with Tecnic. His former captain informs him that Black Scalp took Kifo and Sonney went to free him. Bennsyn decides to stay at Toke until they return so he may deal with his new rival once and for all. He takes this time to apologize for everything he did while Tecnic was dead and offers officially join his fleet. Tecnic agrees and they go to check out the Daronna Rose. Tecnic offers to give Bennsyn Mikey temporarily to bulk up the ship and switch out the Jolly Roger. Bennsyn agrees. He then goes back to the Classy Lassies and is given a "free whore" for his actions in "saving them" and he spends the night willingly. The next morning he and Meshi go to find Mikey who is buying lumber for the Armadillo, unaware he was already promised to the Daronna Rose. Bennsyn goes to "rectify" the miscommunication. He informs Mikey is not cut out for ship building but Tecnic assures him he's just new, not dumb. He allows the boy to work on his ship regardless.

#### "PnS"

Bennsyn tasks Meshi with hiring him a musician since Tecnic got one. It doesn't really go anywhere but he does get him nine more men, including a Hadozee. Bennsyn accepts the trade. He visits the Armadillo to have a nice conversation while listening to the new musician rock out. He ends up not really liking it but Tecnic enjoys it so he tolerates it.

#### "Simian Welcome Committee"

Bennsyn returns to his ship to find that Tecnic was just distracting him while Mikey built him a new figurehead. It is the spitting image of Daronna. He loves it and goes to the shipyard to thank the boy for his work. Mikey informs him that he apparently is a part of his crew until he can fully bulk out the ship so Bennsyn takes this time to bring his new twenty-man crew to Rewera Keep for some good old fashioned revenge on the monsters there. He decides to take a route past Abasho'Kobezi since Sonney often warned about not going there and they are assaulted from the island by the Hadozee savages. Bennsyn gets nailed by a spear so he makes the correct decision to retreat. They arrive at Dunia and Bennsyn leads a land party consisting of Mikey, Meshi, Ephukile, and seven others. On their first night at camp Bennsyn attempts to teach Mikey how to read but Meshi does a much better job. They arrive at the keep and head inside, finishing two floors before Meshi, in a panic, runs in deeper. Bennsyn and the others chase after him.

#### "Loyal to a Fault"

Bennsyn and Mikey find Meshi in a room filled with hundreds of snakes. The rest of the team perished in the room before but luckily Meshi is able to convince the snakes to be his children and they decide now is the right time to leave. The snakes follow and Bennsyn is forced to kill one of them when is tries to bite Mikey. He demands Meshi get rid of them and he obeys. He scouts ahead to the ship while Meshi takes care of Mikey. When he arrives, He is mutinied and placed in the brig, betrayed by the ironically named Loyal Tragold.

#### "Battle of the Black Fort"

Bennsyn has lost his ship and crew in a mutiny. Loyal visits him, bringing the head of the figurehead to him as proof the boat no longer belongs to him. The new captain informs him that they'll be where they're going soon and leaves. He is then visited by Meshi, who was not a part of the Mutiny and the boy tells him that Mikey escaped and is getting help. Bennsyn requests that Meshi sneak him a gun so he can get out. While he is receiving the pieces, he discovers the cell was never locked and decides to pretend he is unaware so he can jump someone later and take his ship back. However, They arrive at Ere port where Loyal intends to trade Bennsyn to the Navy for a profit. The Officer intends fully to arrest them all anyway for Piracy and this causes Loyal to call for a fight. The Daronna Rose crew lose miserably so Bennsyn, Loyal, and the other survivors are arrested. Bennsyn has a new rival in Loyal for not only betraying him but getting Meshi killed.

### Season 2

#### "Drink to Remember"

Bennsyn has been in prison for awhile and is forced to participate in the Warden's fight club in a three way fight between him, current champion Loyal Tragold, and Kifo Pomboo.

#### "Fear the Reaper"

Bennsyn and Loyal team up to fight Kifo but it ends up not working in their favor. Bennsyn watches Kifo rip out Loyal's heart and then skull. He stalks towards Bennsyn who has been defeated and he has his head bashed in with his former Quartermasters... head. He dies in the beating and his soul is absorbed by the Ghost of Benki.

### Season 4

#### "Trouble in Chains"

Bennsyn has been sentenced to janitorial duties but also doorman. He is greeted by a group he was not expecting. Tecnic, Grimm, and three others. Tecnic asks him how he is even in the Chain Room and Bennsyn explained that when Kifo died, all of the souls in his body were released back to the Chain Devil. Tecnic begs him to help them get back to the Swell and Bennsyn agrees to help because well, he hates his job. He shows them the way Sonney took to escape and they leave the Sahuagin, Liza, behind. He hands her a broom and they both start cleaning.

#### "The Gods' Sea"

Bennsyn is still the Doorman of the Chain Room. He is greeted by Mikey who he lets in to speak with the new Chain Devil, Kifo. He then prepares for the final battle in the Underworld against Booker Dread's army on the side of Kifo.

## Relationships

### Tecnic

Bennsyn saved Tecnic when they were very young. They became life-long friends because of it and even started the Armadillo crew together. When Tecnic was killed he made it his personal mission to resurrect him. Even when Tecnic was forced to exile him from the crew, he never felt betrayed and remained a loyal friend, joining his fleet with his own ship.

### Sonney

Bennsyn didn't really have any problems with Sonney. They were both members of the same crew and witnessed a lot of their friends and allies die. The most time they spent together was on the journey to Resurrect their mutual friend and captain, Tecnic.

### Balthazar

Bennsyn never truly cared for Balthazar. He was just another drunk on the crew and didn't do his job properly. He was relieved when the Seafallen took him, so he could choose a better Quartermaster.

### Kifo

Bennsyn started off like many others skeptical of Kifo. He started to dislike him when they went on a Bounty mission. He blamed the Darfellan for Tecnic's death and was eager to kick him off of the crew once he was given the title of Captain. However, he allowed him to stay and in turn it led to more strife. They became somewhat rivals and it grew to a deep hatred between the two. When they were forced to fight in Burrows' fight club, Bennsyn had no hesitations. Unfortunately, he lost that fight and was killed soon thereafter. They made amends in the afterlife.

### Vulcan

Bennsyn had a similar hatred of Vulcan as Tecnic and Sonney, though not as extreme. He was proud to hear his friends were the ones to take him out.

### Mikey

Bennsyn was a bit annoyed with Mikey at first. But once he saw his craftmanship on the Daronna Rose figurehead, his mood quickly changed and they became decently good friends.

### Mint

Bennsyn only knew one thing about Mint, he was in the Navy. Which means he was an enemy.

### Mwana

Bennsyn only met Mwana once and didn't really have an opinion on him other than he was Kifo's son.

### Burrows

Bennsyn never appreciated Burrows. He was the Warden that forced him to participate in a fight club and it in turn got him killed.

### Liza

Bennsyn never cared much for Liza. Though he was grateful when she was left behind in the Chain Room so that she could body sweep instead of him.

### Chiens

Bennsyn only met Chiens once when he helped her and the others escape the Chain Room. He had no opinion on her.

### Dread

Bennsyn participated in the final battle against Dread's undead army in the underworld.

## Appearances

### The Numen Swell

#### Season 1

* "Set Sail"
* "The Blunder Hunt"
* "A Tale of Two Bennys"
* "The Warden's Wails"
* "Anchor Down"
* "The Unfading"
* "That Sinking Feeling"
* "Mimi Hapa Hapa"
* "PnS"
* "Simian Welcome Committee"
* "Loyal to a Fault"
* "Battle of the Black Fort"

#### Season 2

* "Drink to Remember"
* "Fear the Reaper" (Death)

#### Season 4

* "Trouble in Chains"
* "The Gods' Sea" (Vision)

## Trivia

* Most likely named after Matt Finger's Krogan character from Mass Effect: Andromeda, "Benson Merrymen".
* First player character to die.
* makes two guest appearances post-mortem in Season 4. Once in "Trouble in Chains" and again in the Finale, "The Gods' Sea".
* Total Episodes: 16
* Ranked 10th in the "Cast Favorite List" and 12th in the "Fan Favorite List"