Cyric's Legion

Cyric's Legion was an army amassed by Szass Tam, the Zulkir of Necromancy in Thay, in the mid-to-late 14 century DR. It was named for the god Cyric.

History
The Legion was the successor to Tam's undead Myrkul's Legion, which suffered a major defeat in an attempted invasion of Rashemen in the. Following the Time of Troubles, Cyric's Legion was made into Tam's largest military force, and he continued to swell its ranks with undead in preparation for civil conflict with his Thayan rivals. That conflict would come to be known as the War of the Zulkirs, and lasted from the until the.

Members
Cyric's Legion was comprised at least partly of dread warriors. Tam emphasized increasing his numbers of these creatures over the course of the 1360s and 1370s DR.