Rathnir Freedom Fighters

The Rathnir Freedom Fighters (R.F.F.) is a political and militia-based paramilitary group dedicated to helping to lift the people of Rathnir out of oppression and tyranny and assist them in creating their own democratic forms of self-governance. Through protests, militancy and simple networking, they work together to create a web of popular democratic uprisings and movements through Rathnir, in all continents. They help those who request their assistance in overthrowing their tyrannical oppressors, and then make sure the people of that land are able to form their own type of democratic government. The R.F.F. operates a system of recruited diplomats and continental militia guards to enforce the popular will of the people and have on numerous occasions been the subject of controversy for their involvement in border conflicts and interpersonal quarrels. The organization also keeps a strictly pruned government watch list which is used to delineate governments that are violating the rights and freedoms of their people; this has often garnered international denouncement from leaders in those nations.

Founding
The Rathnir Freedom Fighters was established as a last measure in response to the collapse of the International Republican Army, its general inefficiency, and the death of it's leader Jadwiga. The R.F.F. would quickly gain members from previous members of the I.R.A., from advertising, and from citizens of Terroja, where the group was established. Much of the early days of the R.F.F. was dominated by the founder Vox Populii, who was the sole leader of any organizational power within the group. Later, some of this power would be diluted by TukaSup Spaghetti who volunteered to help lead the organization. Soon after, the establishment of the first edition of the government watch list would come to fruition, and a system of membership ranks would be introduced. After multiple incidents of espionage and leaks of important information regarding possible uprisings and civilian support in specific governments, the continental guard system and security measures would be added to help prevent further leaks.

Eldham & The New World
Within the early days of the discovery of Eldham, the freedom fighters created a group of New World operatives of diplomats, merchants, warriors, and general volunteers to help ward off colonization and act as mediators for the early phases of contact. The group would end up being defunct as many colonial nations were able to secure diplomatic alliances with native nations or mediate their own conflicts. The group would instead come to represent the will of the native peoples in Eldham instead of the organization's volunteers.

United Kingdoms Dismantlement
The downfall of the United Kingdoms was predicted long before the R.F.F. came into being, but reports of a possible invasion from Theios-Essukdal, a nation on the government watch list, would speed up this process. The freedom fighters announced they would be sending over volunteers to help build fortifications and gather weapons and armor for the people of Leythe, where a naval landing was expected to occur, according to reported information. On top of no volunteers reported to help those in Leythe, the invasion was a much larger coalition than reported and the R.F.F. would find itself involved in a tangle of international alliances and accusations of supporting harassers. The R.F.F. quickly pulled support away from the U.K. and the U.K. would collapse overnight through a multitude of external and internal forces.

Weshire Civil War
The first major success of the Rathnir Freedom Fighters would be their mediation of the Weshire Civil War in Eldham. The civil war would be halted and eventually ended by the assistance of the R.F.F. mediators, who helped oversee a vote to properly transition the government, by the will of the people, to a republic from a monarchy. The two arguing factions would be calmed, but the fury by the vote of the people by a distance margin to remove King "The 5th Again" led to his own self-exile and abandonment of his people.

Fall of Ryzan
The first military involvement of the R.F.F., the war of aggression by the Empire of Bardonia into the 2nd Republic of Ryzan, would become a major focus of the organization and its manpower. Bardonia had long been on the watch-list created by the freedom fighters for its imperialist attitudes and destruction of cultural monuments, and so the R.F.F. showed clear support for the Ryzani side in the war. As Bardonian forces marched toward the city of Tossagrad, a small group of freedom fighters were present among the volunteers and Ryzani soldiers atop their defensive walls, clad in enchanted diamond armor. As the Bardonians approached and scaled the wall, the Ryzani side was overrun and fighting took place among the streets of the city, where a few freedom fighters were slain at their first battle by the overwhelming force of the Bardonian side and their advanced military gear and tactics. Eventually the city would be occupied and the remaining Ryzani side with the remaining freedom fighters would retreat. A treaty of Ryzani surrender would be signed and the freedom fighters would count their losses, but would work to start supporting separatist movements within Bardonia and connect with local Ryzani independence activists. The Syltör continental guard that the R.F.F. created would see a massive influx and would start working extensively with providing aid for the people of the continent, and refugees of Bardonian wars.

Collapse of the Bardonian Empire
Since the fall of Ryzan, the R.F.F. had been severely entrenched in Bardonian separatist movements and negotiated with their leadership on multiple occasions, sending small sums of potions and military equipment through Carthya City and hiding a stash of equipment in their secret headquarters in Salameberg, Baykonia, then a province of Bardonia. Many of the separatist leaders doubled as R.F.F. members in secret, very few even being continental/regional directors in the organization. It was during this time that the R.F.F. also increased it's level of security for increased secrecy among its members as Velande spies had been found infiltrating the organization. One infamous incident resulted in the discovery of Cuboid as a spy of the Velande and his complete dejection from the organization. As the days marched closer to full rebellion, the new Coalition against Bardonia had been assembled and within 3 days Bardonia completely collapsed. The R.F.F., although a minor figure in the inevitability of these revolutions, no doubt was involved in helping to organize and arm some of them.

Leadership
The Rathnir Freedom Fighters are led by a group of administrators/directors who oversee the organization's involvement in international events and incidents. They along with any continental directors are required to announce changes to the organization and are responsible for updating the government watch list. They are also often contacted by various individuals of which they must determine if their cause requires actual assistance, endorsement, or even denouncement. Continental directors are able to make suggestions to the directors and often check the power of these individuals. Continental directors are in charge of individual continental guard branches

Continental Guard
The continental guard is divided into nine distinct groups who plan military operations, patrols, and aid within their respective continents. Every guard is headed by a continental director that is chosen by the main directors within their specific continental guard. Each continental guard maintains a base of operations that is safely located on the continent away from possible endangerment by governments on the watch list. The guard is wholly voluntary and is usually connected to local separatist, freedom, and agitation movements. Each group also maintains a distinct banner to help with planning and organizing within the organization.

Government Watch-list
Nations that are put on the government watch list aren't often happy with being placed on the watch list and their governments will usually demand their removal from it or denounce the freedom fighters entirely. Many representatives from Bardonia have denounced their placement on the list and furiously explained that their wars are justified, not imperialist, and that they don't participate in cultural genocide. The Velereth Sareariel Lelya-Earcala of Aurlûnor Velande personally denounced their government's placement on the list, describing the R.F.F. as "a joke of an organization".

Grey Banner Affiliation
The Velereth Sareariel Lelya-Earcala of Aurlûnor Velande had denounced the R.F.F. and connecting them to what they described as a harassment group, known as the Grey Banners. Some of the members of the R.F.F. would be found to be connected to this group. Members of the group would explain they are not a harassment group and their only aim is to destroy the tyranny of the Velereth and their authoritarian government. This news would reach R.F.F. leadership after they had made peace with the Velereth and expressed their worries and regrets about the situation.

Terrorism
Because of the denouncement by the Velereth that falsely accused the Rathnir Freedom Fighters of trying to start an insurrection against her government by working with her regent, both her and some of her advisors would claim the R.F.F. as terrorists. The Velereth would later on advise the leaders of other large imperial nations such as Uldarash, Theios-Essukdal and Bardonia to ban the R.F.F. before they "incite violence and instability". These accusations would be disputed as it was discovered that a former member of the group tried to warn the Velereth of a nonexistent threat to her power out of his own confusion, to which he would eventually be banned group and even would denounce his own actions.

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