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Failed State

Made a (pretty cryptic) lil' intro. I'll OOCly be back in three days!

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-Family Jeszevic; a traditional Noravean household -- city of Ilwell

It is dinner time in household Jeszevic. The food presented before the impoverished Novarean nationals is nothing unusual: expired brown beans and gruel with some watered-down vodka. Yum yum. Such is life of the hardworking Noravean! Mihajlo stares down sombrely at the pot of gruel presented before him, illuminated by a shallow light of their little lamp. The young man is anxious to swallow that stuff down his throat again. He dares not speak up, of course, as he hears his senior’s ominous footsteps already dawning unto the living room.

Indeed; Sir Jeszevic’s formidable presence alone keeps his otherwise quarrelling sons in line, who instantly fall silent at the mere sight of the man. …Too afraid to speak up.
‘’Hrh. More outbreaks in the countryside.’’ Sir Jeszevic snorts. Not even making eye contact as he sits down on the largest chair, readied for him at the head of the table.
‘’Back in my day I’d have clobbered those rats with my left hand, while disabling the head instigator with my right. That I would.’’ A smirk appears beneath his sizeably bushy stache… before taking a gulp of vodka. And it was quiet for the longest time.

Quiet. Until mother spoke up and turned to Mihajlo.
‘’I heard from your brother that you’ve been seeing those people again.’’
‘’People?’’
Mother’s eyes are sternly fixed on Mihajlo, and without another word her stare alone is enough to paralyze him.
‘’Oh! People! Those people! They’re just.. some associates. Not actual friends, mother. Honest.’’
‘’Associates…’’ A concerned frown appears on the elder woman’s face, while Mihajlo’s mischievous brother grins deviously. He would surely spit about one obscene mockery or another, had the sir Jeszevic not interrupted with his thundering hoarse voice.
‘’Hmpf. Those street losers. They’re no concern to be taken serious. No true officers. No true soldiers. No true Noraveans. If Mihajlo wants to present himself with the rodents – by all means. Don’t identify yourself as a Jeszevic when you do. ‘’
After taking another solemn gulp of vodka, the bitter man continues:
‘’…Not that it matters. The Losnians are petty. The real enemy is gathering outside these borders. The puny Westerlings and their planned invasion of Noravean union lands. PEACEFOR? Something ludicrous like that. If they’re looking for an easy victory; they’ve challenged the wrong faction. They could never understand us and our ways. Even if they manage to claim these lands by force, the Noravean common man is not simply swayed by foreign powers or pretty talk. Mark my words ; a strong leader always finds its way to govern this land. It is the only way to keep the masses under one authority. An authority like Gray.’’
The man proceeds to nod at a state portrait hanging on the wall, just across the living room and right above the fireplace. It is a portrait of Gray, glorious leader of Noravea. Sir Jeszevic makes sure the frame is properly wiped clean of dust every day. Because who knows when there is an unexpected police inspection?

-------------------Streets of Ilwell: Black Vulture territory--------------------------

‘’Annihilate the pestilence of Noravea! Join the Black Vulture Fighters of the NDA!
Losnians are in league with the enemy, using the chaos to defile our lands, mock our traditions and abduct young Noraveans to pluck out and sell their intestines to Laurentians. And sodomizing our women! They think we are weak and won’t retaliate. They are wrong.’’

Speeches and demagoguery of anything amongst these lines are now frequent occurrences in this part of Noravea. The NDA leadership are organizing rallies in and around the city to prepare everyone for the impending invasion.
The streets and Ilwell’s alleyways are tainted with the smear of vile posters, mostly depicting crude drawings of ape-like Losnians and goat-humping Awliyans wiping their derrieres with the Noravean flag.
Armed Black Vulture thugs with their signature black berets walk these streets freely. Busying themselves with drawing in more recruits, while chasing away ‘false Noraveans’.

The man responsible? Dragoclaw. An ex-government military officer turned rogue, and who is technically still on a government hit-list. Hell, the regime know of his whereabouts, but let him go on his merry way unmolested… so long it means suppressing would-be-hostiles. And he does. Oh that he does.

‘’We’ve scored 21 new recruits in these last 3 days. With many more still flowing in before the attack.’’
Ratko, a sleazy little man, does his report.
‘’Our young comrades also got rid of the remaining locals from Ilwell’s Losnian neighbourhood. Some, we were compelled’ to flash a metallic demonstration too. They shall trouble us no longer.’’
He rubs his hands gleefully.
‘’They show promise already, those wild young ‘uns! We’ve pretty much completely cleaned Ilwell up of Losnians by now. Though our friends in the south report encounters with those Awliyan cultist bimbos.’’

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Still here and eager to remove the kebab!

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By all means: don't wait for me to make a new post. Still working on it. You guys go right ahead.

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My faction exists basically of commie-nazis ...and Team Rocket grunts.
(Still haven't managed to speak with Wernher. I need his approvals & ideas and the like. Where is he?!)

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Noravean Disposal Army / the Bandit Army

Faction Name: The Black Vulture Noravean Disposal Army
(Is pejoratively and more popularly referred to as ‘the Bandit Army’ by critics and adversaries)

Faction Type: Paramilitary wing of the Goverment army

-Faction Main Base of Operation:
HQ in Ilwell, in the form of a mostly neglected military training ground at the outskirts of town; the membership of the NDA is generally spread across south Concordia and north-east Vandalia. There is a NDA hideout in a remote alley of Harbrook, which is used as a staging ground for assaults on Awliyans.

-Faction Goals:
Purging Noravea of all ethnic and religious minorities.
(total kebab annihilation)

The NDA’s name: ‘Disposal Army’ is, as you may probably guess, very morbid; it makes them seem as some kind of cleaning agency. Those who the Disposal Army seeks to ‘dispose’ of are, according to the official claim: ‘’Noravean criminal elements and public enemies.’’
This stance is both perverse as it is very hypocritical, since it is the Disposal Army that –recruit- criminal elements of Noravea into their ranks, while they target publicly the defenceless civilians of undesirable ethnic backgrounds.

-Faction Composition:
The membership chiefly comprises of street thugs, criminal circles and motorcycle gangs who have banded together into local militia’s… with the government’s discreet backing.
The more significant leaders of the Noravean Disposal Army are actually working directly with the regime, and can subtly provide the Bandit Army with all the necessary supplies and funding, while their urban connections recruit Noravean nationalists, hooligans and violent teenagers in the slums of Concordia.

-Initial Assets:
150 agents, most with reservist training apart from the newest civilian recruits.
Each member has been state-provided with weapons and body armour, and signature black berets as the cherry on the cake!
The weapons in question are mostly machineguns and a few rocket launchers. In the NDA arsenal are also 4 state provided armoured personnel carriers.

-Methods of Operation:
While the Disposal Army’s leadership is in cahoots with the government, neither parties would admit to as much. In fact, most members -- who are rebellious in nature -- aren’t even aware that they are indirectly aiding the government forces.
The NDA resort to guerrilla tactics, and they chiefly target civilian populations rather than armed rivals. They avoid government forces and rebel factions alike, and if they engage in actual combat; will quickly sink to petty hit-and-run tactics. The NDA is foul and utterly despicable by nature, and their ‘soldiers’ are undisciplined. The NDA is currently in an ongoing process of employing ex-military officers to drill the recruits – turning scoundrels into ruthless warriors. Though as it is now, the Bandit Army remains cautiously preparing for war as they rally support across Concordia…
Nonetheless they crack down on rows of foreigners with ruthless efficiency and a disturbing amount of zeal. And a crime committed by an NDA thug is (usually) either whitewashed or completely neglected by the government.

-Faction History:
Most of the leaders in the NDA are army veterans with a racist/xenophobic suspicion of foreigners and minorities. Unfortunately, men as they are fairly numerous in the standing government army.
It is only because Mr. Grey never showed particular interest in the persecution of minorities – but rather political opponents -- that the army never had cracked down on them previously. This left many officers with a boiling pent-up frustration, ready to be released when given the chance… And now they have been given the chance.

It is only since last year that these soldiers and officers have started going rogue to pursue their own interests – for the good of all Noravea. It is their belief that the nation’s current state is not to blame on the Four Weeks of Crimson, but rather a scheme perpetrated by the parasitic Losnian people and the treacherous Awliyans, who are deemed cultural backstabbers.

Though the radical intentions of the NDA were initially not in accordance with those of the ruling government, the NDA has since become a paramilitary wing for the government forces. In the government’s eyes; The Bandit Army can be employed to attack the rebels in the southern provinces without the ruling regime having to risk any of their own men. Brilliant!

-Faction Leadership:
Lazarus (current boss of the NDA. Swore bloody vengeance on the Losnians and Awliyans)
Dragoclaw (tactician of the Bandit Army and ex-government officer)
Jaroslan (bureaucrat working directly for Grey’s government, albeit discreetly)
Obokrad (right-hand man of Jaroslan, gathers intelligence)

-Faction Eyes:
Dimitaras (vicious radical who has already been involved in attacks against Losnians amongst others)
Grigoron (Accomplice of Dimitaras)
Vilkoro (Nationalist grunt and reckless striker. Probably the first to die)
Karoman (notorious motorcrossing vandal with a talent for destruction, and lacking a moral conscience)
Mihajlo (a young civilian recruit blinded by anger, and coerced to join the NDA.)
Ratko (civic NDA agent who recruited Mihajlo amongst other youngsters)

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Can I be the Serbian remove-kebab army?