The Detective Hops Mysteries is a radio serial featuring the exploits of Sentinel Quincy and his partner, a grabbit named Detective Hops. Airing in the afternoon, the series is popular with families.

Sentinel Quincy is played by the esteemed dramatic actor Renerson Ped, who first skyrocketed to fame playing young Midderon in the serial epic "Legion's End." After playing the teenage Midderon well into his thirties, Ped was brought on for a short stint on The Crimson Lancer. Detective Hops was created as a star vehicle for Ped, though it is his co-star, Brownie the Grabbit, that won the 467 Radio Drama Award for outstanding achievement in a drama for the role as Detective Hops.

Which Legion of Dawn member are you? Answer these questions to find out!

1. How do you like your tea?
A) Hot
B) Cold
C) In a mug plated in ember and hope.
D) With chimeric compound. Like mother used to make.

2. You find an open wallet on the ground. What do you do?
A) Put its voice into a weapon.
B) Pick it up, count how much money is inside, and plan how to spend it.
C) Connect to it through a gateway and spend the money on kebabs for your friends.
D) Close it, just in case something nasty lurches out of it.

3. If you could have special powers, what would they be?
A) The ability to visit places after my death.
B) Endless stamina, to chase my enemies to the ends of the earth.
C) I don't need special powers. I know how to manipulate ember.
D) To consult with loved ones after they have died.

If you picked mostly As... you are GENERAL HELENA TARSIS! You are a visionary leader who isn't afraid to kick butt and take names. You work well with others, know how to settle a conflict, and leave a lasting impression.

If you picked mostly Bs... you are MAGNA STRAL! You are driven, determined, and are not afraid to disagree. You have no qualms about using dangerous situations to your advantage, and will not stop until you finish the job.

If you picked mostly Cs... you are ARDEN VASSA! You are a mastermind who sees the possibilities in everything. You have a nurturing personality. You enjoy architecture and long hikes.

If you picked mostly Ds... you are MIDDERON! Nothing makes you happier than family traditions and a good time with your best friends. You enjoy physical exercise and life in the great outdoors.

Midderon was the son of Arcanists. He lived his entire life hiding in a cavern underground. At ten years old, he'd never seen the sky, or an urgoth, or any beast but humans. The world was utterly unknown to him, except for tales of horror and woe. But among stories warning children to hide and obey, Midderon heard one other. A whispered tale of a rebellion against the urgoth, and a Legion rising to free all people. So, the young Midderon left the safety of the Arcanists to find the Legion of Dawn.
Raised to be a scholar, he could read the secret signs of the Arcanists. He followed them through the wilds toward the Legion of Dawn. The chimera... had a different plan. Midderon had never seen a chimera. He'd never even seen a grabbit, but he was a very good student. He learned all the warning signs that he was being hunted, and remembered stories about laying false trails. He led the chimera on a winding path through the rocks. Back and forth. He could never shake the creature, but it could never find him. Then, other hunters came.
General Tarsis discovered the chimera stalking the boy while she wore the first javelin built by Arden Vassa. The General was just learning to use her javelin. No one knew what it could do—not even the man who made it. Not trusting her suit's strength in a direct fight with a chimera, Tarsis lured it into chasing her instead. While it ran after Tarsis, Liatrelle found the boy and spirited him away to safety.
Liatrelle took him to the Legion's camp. When Tarsis asked where he lived and who his people were, Midderon replied, “You're my people.”
The others tried to persuade him to return home, but Tarsis said, “He is home.”
Midderon then served as a page in the Legion of Dawn.

— As told by the Bard

It's time to tell you how the Freelancers began.
Midderon was raised by the Legion of Dawn. He witnessed Tarsis testing the first javelin. He was at the General's side when the Fortress was built, earned his own javelin, and eventually fought beside her. Of those that stood with Tarsis and held back the urgoth at Antium Pass, only Midderon survived. In grief, the Legion tore itself in two. Half went with Magna Stral. Half with Arden Vassa. And one Legionnaire who went with no one.
Midderon remained at the Fortress of Dawn, even though the gates were sealed and the lancers gone for good. Alone in the courtyard, Midderon heard a distant roar. It was a sound he remembered, for it haunted his dreams. The roar of the chimera Cindermaw. The monster that stalked him long ago. It had vanished for more than a decade, but returned upon the General's death.
Though Midderon stood no chance alone, he saw that the village of Anshar lay helpless in the creature's path. He found the chimera's trail and followed it—not to the monster, but to its lair. If he silenced the relic that created it, Cindermaw would be defeated. Midderon found the relic, though the monster lurked nearby. Midderon remembered his childhood of laying false trails. He woke the chimera and it chased his false tracks while he slipped past, silenced the relic, and defeated the beast that stalked him long ago.
Cindermaw fell. In that moment, Midderon knew his calling was to walk the Path of Valor, even if he walked it alone.

— As told by the Bard

Out of shape? Wheezing when you walk up the stairs?
Why not participate in the MIDDERON? This annual race starts in Shadowmark, goes along the stone paths named after the runner of the Legion of Dawn, Midderon, and ends at the Fortress. Sentinel guards will be on the lookout, so you can race worry-free!
The MIDDERON!

When he was a boy, General Tarsis’ page boy Midderon was well known for being a fast runner, even without a javelin. It was said that he could run from the base of the ravine to the Colossi and then to Anshar in record time. Before the Scar incursion, running the Tracks of Midderon was a popular event in neighboring Shadowmark as part of their yearly festival, and in individual fitness regimes.

One by one, Vassa assembled the Legion's battery. For Magna Stral, whose fists were like avalanches, for the quick and stealthy Sanadeen, for Liatrelle the Unbroken, and for Midderon, the Legion's own son.

Gone was the rune instructions to hide and cower, replaced with the knowledge of weapons and armor that would force the urgoth to their knees. And soon, javelins designed by Vassa, but not built by him, struck at urgoth masters.

This appears to be the fragment of an archive written by the Legionnaire Liatrelle the Unbroken shortly after the death of General Tarsis. It has been heavily annotated by Regulator treasure-hunters as they searched for the tombs. The Legion of Dawn counted many different members among their ranks—Arcanists, Engineers, healers, cooks, and, most importantly, the lancers known as Legionnaires. "The Volume of Tarsis" celebrates famous Legionnaires such as Magna Stral, Liatrelle, Sanadeen and Midderon, but hundreds of other warriors fill their own pages. Mentions are given to lancers Artinia, Cariff, Gawnes, Alnwick Marigold, Verithan, Yvenia, and the twins, Durnwin and Felux, though they are mentioned mostly in passing without great detail.