The Synergy

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RuneScape Clan
The Synergy
Synergy Banner.png
2 August 2004 - 24 April 2008
Motto: unknown
Type
• Ideologies		PvP multi clan
Honour
ARPK
GamesRS2
FoundersEragon Cd
Key playersWiz Ma Ter (Leader)
Maddmurdok (Leader)
Jlushin/Supercoke (Leader)
Jin 89 rc (Leader)
Rick Hamm
Lord Xin
Colours
• Heraldry		Green
Green cape.png Green Cape
Websiteunknown
Forumstapatalk.com/synergy/
Chatsunknown

The Synergy (Syn) was a RuneScape 2 clan founded by Eragon Cd in 2004, and the first exodus of the Wilderness Guardians. Initially some hostilities occurred between the two clans, though a peace treaty and an alliance were established within the same year, which lasted until July of 2006. Syn is considered to be one of the most successful of WG's exodi in terms of in-game strength, and survived for around four years before their closure in 2008.

Formation

An early Syn PK Trip, and one of their earliest surviving screenshots - date unknown

Syn was founded by former WG member Eragon Cd on 2 August 2004, and the founding members comprised largely of other ex-WG who were unhappy with WG's leadership - in particular, Eragon Cd believed that WG's ARPK policy made the clan no better than the smaller clans and solo PKers which WG hunted.[1] In a 2020 conversation with Vio, His Lordship stated that for a long time prior to Syn's opening, he pleaded with Eragon Cd that he rejoin WG and not form his own clan - but these efforts proved futile. Other ex-WG founding members included Sudeki Cd, Maddmurdok, Jjssvv, Kanchellsis, Deadly Dusty, Kurt of V, and Dragoneye 79. Syn also claims to have had unofficial help from Rick Hamm and Flame Reece, who were part of the WG council at the time. Rick Hamm also briefly left WG and joined Syn, but returned to WG after a few weeks.

Rivalry

There is evidence of hostilities between WG and Syn for approximately one month - from Syn's opening on 2 August 2004, to moves to mend ties starting on 6 September 2004. However, WG's written history states that a rivalry between WG and Syn lasted for three to four months in mid-2005, and Syn's history states that it lasted around five months.

WG history states that within two weeks, Syn had become approximately half as strong as WG, and His Lordship attempted to permit multi-clanning between the two clans in order to help restore some of WG's lost numbers. However, at some point a fight broke out and the two clans became rivals. Hostilities continued throughout mid-2004, with no attempt at resolution. His Lordship's RuneScape account was also hacked for the first time during the rivalry, though there is no clear evidence that Syn was responsible. The account was successfully recovered.

Syn history states that a "silent war" was initiated by His Lordship. This began with the hacking of Syn's forums - allegedly by His Lordship - before they were even open to the public. Eragon Cd retaliated by receiving intelligence from Rick Hamm and Flame Reece regarding WG's PK trips, and passing the information to stronger clans. In response, WG hunted Syn on almost all of the clan's early PK trips. A climax of the rivalry was when Eragon Cd managed to recruit Lord Xin - a former WG co-leader and the real life brother of His Lordship - to Syn. Lord Xin's RuneScape and forum accounts were then hacked, causing disarray in WG.[2] This has partially been confirmed to be true - on 4 September 2004, the entire contents of WG's S4 forums and His Lordship's forum account were deleted by Rick Hamm. In a follow-up post, His Lordship stated that Rick Hamm believed His Lordship was responsible for the hacking of Syn's forums, and convinced Lord Xin to give his S4 forum account administrative permissions.[3]

In 2020, His Lordship expressed strong criticism in regards to Syn's historical account, and denied any involvement in the hacking of Syn's forums. His Lordship stated that he was the leader of one of the most honour-bound clans of the era, often prioritising the honour code over WG's own prosperity. Syn's history is also known to have several other errors, such as describing WG itself as an exodus of The Sabres as a result of His Lordship being unhappy with TS's leadership - this is entirely false.

A few days after the hacking of WG's forums, on 6 September 2004 His Lordship asked for a volunteer diplomat to discuss relations with Syn in a move to mend ties. Palidore, a council member who maintained his friendship with Syn and Eragon Cd volunteered, and relayed a message to Kanchellsis (then Co-Leader of Syn) requesting peace. Eragon Cd responded stating that he still held some resentment towards His Lordship - in the past, His Lordship had publically advised The Sabres not to ally with Syn on the Rune Village fansite, and referred to Eragon Cd as an "idiot". Nonetheless, Eragon Cd accepted the offer of peace and a neutral stance between Syn and WG - ending the rivalry.[4]

Alliance

2004

WG and Syn on a joint PK trip, September 2004

Once peace between the clans had been established, clan relations began to improve over the course of September - with Syn and WG soon having joint PK trips and fighting clans such as Fear together.[5] On 26 September 2004, Lord Xin held a clan poll asking what the clan members wanted WG's stance on Syn to be. Of 21 votes, 16 (76%) wanted an alliance, 5 (24%) wanted to maintain neutrality, and none wanted Syn as an enemy.[6]

Around the beginning of October of 2004, Eragon Cd and His Lordship sat down for a discussion and overcame their differences. An alliance between WG and Syn was officially made on 2 October 2004.[7] The alliance proved hugely successful, with Syn being one of WG's most active allies throughout the end of 2004. Syn was invited to join WG on their weekly European PK trip, and many successful allied trips were held.[8] Syn were also invited to WG's first anniversary celebrations, and took part in two fun wars in December 2004 and January 2005.

2005

In early 2005, Eragon Cd fell into inactivity and Wiz Ma Ter became the second leader of Syn.[9] He was eventually removed by Eragon Cd and replaced by Maddmurdok after internal disputes[10], which resulted in several exodi. The first clans to break away from Syn were Death Jesters, Sleeping Dragons, Omega, and Rune Titans over the course of January and February 2005 - these were also the first second-generation clans to have originated from WG. Eragon Cd also temporarily stepped down and gave leadership of Syn to Kanchellsis around 16 January 2005[11] - though she left Syn to found SD shortly afterwards, and Eragon Cd returned to leadership. Several Syn members also left to rejoin WG or BlacKnights, which resulted in a loss of nearly all of Syn's members.[12] In mid-2005, RT closed and members returned to Syn, as well as several from Omega, bringing stablity back to the clan with approximately 200 or more members.[13]

Syn and allies vs DL and allies, 9 April 2005

Syn history also records a rivalry with the Death Legions, which resulted in a large scale war in April 2005.[14] Allies of both sides were permitted, and His Lordship immediately began preparing WG for war to support Syn.[15][16] There was some confusion regarding the date as attempts were made to postpone by a week[17], but the war is believed to have been held on 9 April 2005.[18] Syn's allies present were WG, The Sabres, SD, and Kentai Shadow; and their opponents were DL, The Mighty Red Dragons, SCUM, Zeonic Forces, and possibly others (Echo of Silence appears in one screenshot). Syn and allies claimed victory over DL after several hours of fighting, having cleared DL from the battlefield with over 120 members remaining. DL allegedly returned to the battlefield afterwards to try and claim a victory of their own. Surprisingly, this war was not mentioned in any of WG's historical accounts, despite extensive preparation[19] and battle plans[20], including the cancelling of the entire weekend's PK trips.[21] According to His Lordship and WG members' accounts, the war was extremely chaotic and unleasant - with Syn members backstabbing, ZF and Damage Incorporated crashing, and members of WG leaving as a direct result. His Lordship considered the war a "win by default", and urged the clan to move on from the event swiftly.[22] However, the WG members present were nonetheless given an attendance award in the clan Hall of Fame.

Around May of 2005, Syn and WG were two of six clans which helped reform The Federation. The reiteration of the syndicate was considered significantly more active and successful than the first - however disputes arose, and WG withdrew on 30 September 2005, but maintained their alliance with Syn.

2006

The last mention of Syn in WG's history comes from early 2006, when WG was unfortunately paired against them in a fansite-hosted clan tournament, though further details of the battle or the tournament have not been recorded. Details regarding the ending of the alliance are unknown - as of 25 July 2006, Syn no longer had any alliances.[23]

Post-Alliance

Syn's historical records state that the clan continued to grow steadily and climb the ranks, reaching their peak around May 2006. Syn hosted PK trips multiple times per week with consistent pulls of over 30 members, and engaged in short-preparation fights almost daily. During the first week of May 2006, Syn were ranked at #24.

In the same month, Syn sent out declarations of war to several elite clans, one of which was accepted by Awaken (a predecessor of the better known Violent Resolution), who were ranked #14. With two weeks' preparation, Syn prepared as best they could through strict training regiments. This closed the gap between the clans' average combat levels to just 3, one week prior to the battle. However, shortly before the war Syn suffered two major setbacks - the accidental banning of four of their most valued PKers, and an exodus known as The Crusade which reduced Syn down to approximately 45 members. Syn were forced to back out of the war, and subsequently suffered three more exodi: KnockOut, Stoned Dragons and Malice - each of which were formed by a former Syn council member. This sequence of events reduced Syn down to around six members by July of 2006[24][25], with over ninety members leaving within the span of around ten days.[26]

At this point, Jlushin was leader of Syn. The collapse during the summer of 2006 devastated the clan, and they never managed to fully recover.[27] Hostilities with TC continued through to the end of 2006 - TC had formed alliances with SD and The Sabres - both of which supported TC and ended their previous alliances to Syn in December of 2006.[28][29]

Syn remained active for a further two years and returned to a reasonable standard, up until the changes to PvP combat and trade which occured on 10 December 2007. Syn attempted to adapt to Bounty Hunter, but on 19 February 2008 the area was made into a single-combat zone, effectively removing all opportunity for dangerous multi PvP within the game. Attempts to work as a clan in single combat were unsuccessful, and the Syn leadership (Jin 89 rc and Jlushin as Supercoke) made the decision to close the clan on 24 April 2008, after approximately four years.[30]

Two video compilations in memory of the clan were uploaded by dragonfr575:

Exodi

Syn had a total of eight exodi over the course of its lifetime:

Syn also had a junior clan, The Synergizers, several members of which joined the pre-existing clan Valeria Victrix[31] - though this is not considered to be an "exodus", as VV had existed prior to the Syn members joining.

References

  1. ↑ Parth (29 June 2008), "The Beginning", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Nikos (29 June 2008), "A shaky start (late 2004)", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  3. ↑ His Lordship (using Lord Xin's account) (4 September 2004), "Whats Happened To The Forums", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. ↑ His Lordship (6 September 2004), "Clan Diplomat Wanted", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Jedidude21 (19 September 2004), "Nice Evening Raid". S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Lord Xin (26 September 2004), "The Synergy", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  7. ↑ His Lordship (2 October 2004), "Back On Track", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Blazer903 (9 November 2004), "Synergy's Raid", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Parth (29 June 2008), A new leader: "Wiz Ma Ter", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Cocobug (14 February 2025), "Greetings From Synergy", S4. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  11. ↑ Palidore (16 January 2005), "New Leader Of Clan Synergy", S4. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Shadower2000 (30 June 2008), "First Slump", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  13. ↑ Parth (29 June 2008), "Rebuilding - After Wiz Ma Ter", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  14. ↑ Parth (29 June 2008), "Syn vs DL (Allied)", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  15. ↑ His Lordship (2 April 2005), "Re: Snergy", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  16. ↑ His Lordship (3 April 2005), "Official War Topic", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  17. ↑ His Lordship (9 April 2005), "War Postponed!", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  18. ↑ Anthonysc (9 April 2005), "War Is Still On!", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  19. ↑ His Lordship (2 April 2005), "War Training", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  20. ↑ His Lordship (6 April 2004), "War Backups", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  21. ↑ His Lordship (8 April 2005), "This Week's Raids Cancelled", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  22. ↑ His Lordship (10 April 2005), "Wg Wins War", S4. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  23. ↑ Drew (25 July 2006), "Alliances", The Synergy. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  24. ↑ Lemur (23 July 2006), "Open your eyes synergy", The Synergy. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Alex (29 June 2008), "The Pinnacle and Downfall of The Synergy", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  26. ↑ Alex (6 July 2008), "Re: Syn vs Ft", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  27. ↑ Alex (29 June 2018), "The Summer of 2006", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  28. ↑ kat o nine (21 December 2006), "it is time", The Synergy. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  29. ↑ Sneak Sabre (14 December 2006), "Farewell Synergy.", The Synergy. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  30. ↑ Parth (29 June 2008), "The End", The Synergy. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  31. ↑ Aidan Ryuko (14 October 2008), "Family Tree", Oak Island Pirates. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
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