Company of the Scorpions

The Company of the Scorpions was a military unit in the Zhentilar army before and during the Time of Troubles in 1358 DR. The first commander was Tyzack, a paranoid man living in fear of people discovering that in youth he briefly rebelled against the Zhentarim; the Company not partecipate to the Battle of Shadowdale, busy with a mission ordered from the god Bane in person to tried to find a lost powerful magic artifact in Archendale but in vain. Later they were among the many troops that Bane ordered to converge to Scardale; in this voyage the Company of the Scorpions met the then human Cyric, starting his career on evil, and soon Cyric escalated the Company's ranks and thank other to a "strange" incident became the new commander of the Company. in Scardale Bane was satisfy with the Company's operate and elected their to a elite corp directly under his control; he also reassigned most of the men and the Company were at this point guided by Cyric and the lieutenant Dalzhel. They fought at Tantras and at the same time Cyric complied a secret mission under the enemy lines. after the dead of the god of tyranny the Company of scorpions went rogue under Cyric in his hunt for the Tablets of Fate; after some skirmish with the heroes Midnight, Adon and Kelemvor Lyonsbane, most of the company was killed by the god of assassins Bhaal, also in search of the Tablets, and in the end only Cyric remained, effectually dissolving the Company.