The Heroes of Sydoon

## The Members of the Heroes of Sydoon

The *Heroes of Sydoon* consisted of Five Members who earned their fame at the March of Crows. They are a well-known group through-out Central Alemnia for their honesty and concern for others, they have aided many people in their time and have earned the respect of many different places and important people.

They are most famous for the March of Crows and the recovery of the Sword of Sorcery, but their members have achieved equally great feats of heroism in their times as adventurers. The Members are listed below:

- Morquen Vandulin - *High-Elf Paladin/Sorcerer -* **Regarded as the Leader of the Heroes of Sydoon**

- Alsop Bennings - *Human Bard*

- Tygrim of the Ironclaw - *Human Barbarian*

- Ronoa Rallier - *Gnome Rogue*

- Wilward Westbe - *Dwarf Wizard*

## Origins of the Group

One of the major issues in the world of Alemnia (AB.70) was the rising conflict between the High Elves of Demesnor and the Mythrics of Epiduras City. At the time it seemed close that another war was soon to break out between the two races.

What made matters worse was the fact that High Elves were beginning to disappear, leaving behind Demesnor without a trace. It was only when Virran Vandulin disappeared that Morquen decided to take action, he took his brother Yintoris and rode out into the world to investigate the disappearance of his brother.

On his way into the region of the Commonwealth however, his party was ambushed by unknown assailants, his brother was taken and his men were slaughtered. Morquen survived with his life, albeit bruised and broken, but unable to move. Luck came to his side in the vision of a bard by the name of Alsop Bennings, the bard healed him the best he could and took him into Iron Hold to help get his bearings.

There Morquen rested and recovered, and once his strength was back to full he asked out at a local tavern for people to come to his aid and rescue his brothers. Those who answered his call later became a member of the *Heroes of Sydoon*. Each of them were up in Iron Hold for their own reasons.

The group successfully rescued Morquen's siblings, following the trail to a Cult in the North Woods called the Cult of Ages. They fought their way through and were successful in their attempts, Morquen returned his siblings home but did not return to Demesnor himself, instead electing to join his new friends as a group.

## The March of Crows

The battle that gave the heroes their names, the heroes had tracked the Sword of Sorcery through to a cave in Sydoon. Unfortunately two groups had claim over that sword, one being Wood Elves and the other being Humans, luckily the Heroes of Sydoon were able to trick the armies into stopping the war, you can find out more about that here

## Merging of the Void

The heroes have fought side by side for many years, solving many of the world's problems. They became part of an adventure league called the League of Deeds and eventually discovered an anomaly that threatened all of the worlds and planes known as the Merging of the Voids.

Alsop Bennings dedicated a good portion of his time to its study, and almost every member has entered the void at different times to try and prevent it. Any that have entered the void were never to be seen or heard from again and are presumed dead.

In AB.75 - Ronoa entered the void first, she was supposed to enter it with Alsop Bennings but he was taken prisoner in the Abyss by Maddrix the Demon Bard.

In AB.92 - Morquen, Wilward and Tygrim all entered the void together, leaving the fate of Alemnia in the hands of people they trusted. Before Morquen went into the Void he handed the Sword of Sorcery to a Mythric Sorcerer named Elrhea Haldimyr, along with that he also handed her the leadership of the League of Deeds...

## Surviving Members

Alsop Bennings is believed to be the only surviving member of the group, trapped somewhere in the Abyss, being constantly tortured by demons for fun. Alsop Bennings has one family member on Alemnia, a grandson called Holsley Bennings that has followed in his footsteps.