The Synergy

The Synergy
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Leaders	Eragon CD
Founders	Eragon CD
Founded	2004
Status	Closed (29 June 2008)
Members	N/A
Focuses	PvP Multi
Ideologies	Honour ARPK
Colours	Green
Heraldry	Green Cape
Motto	unknown

The Synergy (Syn) was the first exodus of WG, formed by Eragon Cd in 2004. Initially a rivalry began between the two clans, though a peace treaty and an alliance were established within the same year. Syn is considered to be one of the most successful of WG's exodi.

Formation

There are conflicting accounts regarding the formation of Syn - WG's historical record states the exodus occured around April 2004, while Syn's own historical record has the date of the clan's opening as 2 August 2004. It is unclear which is accurate - however, Syn's records are known to have several other errors, such as describing WG iself as an exodus of The Sabres as a result of His Lordship being unhappy with TS's leadership - this is entirely false. Eragon Cd is also seen in the chatbox of a screenshot from a WG raid in September 2004, though it is during a fight and unclear which side he is on.

Syn was formed by Eragon Cd and several other former WG members. Names mentioned include 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 for Syn, but returned to WG after a few weeks. The founding members were mainly those 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.

Rivalry

WG history states that within two weeks, Syn had become approximately half as strong as WG. His Lordship attempted to allow 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. The hostilities lasted for three or four months throughout mid-2004, with no attempt at resolution.

Syn history states that a "silent war" was initiated by His Lordship which lasted nearly five months. 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 raids, and passing the information to stronger clans. In response, WG hunted Syn on almost all of the clan's early raids. 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.