Reunion Movement
The Sword Saint of ArknightsContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Leadership and Organization
- 2.1Major Forces
- 3Ideology and Policies
- 4History
- 4.1Formation in the Frozen Tundra
- 4.2Battle of Oymia
- 4.3Expansion into Chernobog
- 4.4Liberation and Reconstruction of Chernobog
- 4.5Reorganization and Northern Campaign
- 5Military Capabilities
- 5.1Armament and Production
- 5.2Tactics
- 6Relationships
- 7Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Reunion Movement (整合运动) |
| Alias(es) | Ursus Reunion Movement; later reorganized into the Ursus Red Army under the People's Revolutionary Committee 210 264 335 |
| Affiliation | Ursus Red Faction / People's Revolutionary Committee 210 386 |
| Occupation/Role | Infected-led revolutionary movement, military force, and governing body in liberated eastern Ursus 176 210 |
| Leaders | Talulah, Roy, and Patriot 364 396 |
| Status | Active; expanded from the Reunion Movement into the Ursus Red Army and People's Revolutionary Committee 264 335 396 |
| Territory | Initially based in Oymia; later governed Chernobog and surrounding liberated eastern Ursus territory 97 200 266 |
| Membership | Nearly 15,000 combatants and recruits before the Battle of Oymia 97 |
| Emblem | Red armband or ribbon bearing a genetic-helix-like symbol 173 184 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 96: The Selection Ends |
Leadership and Organization
| Position | Holder | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Public leader / supreme leader | Talulah | Publicly represents and rallies the movement; directs major political and military actions 171 396 |
| Ideological helmsman / secretary | Roy | Develops and spreads the movement's political program; handles diplomacy, special operations, and strategic planning 176 210 211 396 |
| Military commander / vanguard | Patriot | Leads the principal field forces and directs major military operations 192 396 |
| Military Commission chairman | Patriot | Appointed when the Ursus Red Faction was established 210 |
| Ursus Red Faction leader | Talulah | Elected leader of the faction founded upon the Reunion Movement 210 |
Major Forces
- Shieldguards — Former Ursus elite soldiers serving as a core heavy-infantry force; their equipment was repaired with Oymia's craftsmen and supplies 97 184.
- Infected Guerrillas / Infected Shield — Veteran Infected force led by Patriot that formally united with the Reunion Movement; supplied many of its commanders and experienced troops 99 364 396.
- Yeti Squad — FrostNova's tundra fighters, deployed as both advisers and a powerful combat unit 101 189 334.
- W Operations Squad — W's special-operations and demolition unit, used for infiltration, rescues, ambushes, and sabotage 188 192 280.
- Reorganized Ursus Red Army — The Movement's later formal military structure, including divisions such as the First Artillery Division and Mudrock's 6th Infantry Division 264 334.
Ideology and Policies
- The Movement identifies itself with the Infected and other oppressed people, seeking to change Ursus rather than pursue revenge alone 143 176 186.
- Members receive ideological education intended to redirect resentment toward the systems and people responsible for oppression rather than indiscriminate retaliation 103 141.
- Its forces include Infected and non-Infected people of several races, including Ursus, Liberi, Sarkaz, and Ægir 186 334.
- The Lungmen branch runs basic literacy study sessions at night for its members 110.
- Religious branches operating in Movement territory are required to accept its administration and obtain approval for their activities 158.
- Captured Ursus soldiers who became Infected were sentenced to two years of labor reform, after which they could choose whether to stay or leave 105.
- After taking Chernobog, the Movement introduced eight-hour workdays, two days off each week, and holiday leave; residents also participated in public votes on grassroots institutions 210.
- The first General Assembly created a governing body, debated laws and departments, and established the Ursus Red Faction. The Movement deliberately did not declare a new nation at that time 210.
History
Formation in the Frozen Tundra
Talulah escaped into the Frozen Tundra after believing she had killed Koschei and formed the earliest Reunion Movement. Its decisive transformation came when it formally joined Patriot's Infected Shield; Talulah, Roy, and Patriot then became the leadership of the reborn movement 366 364.
The organization grew from scattered Infected fighters into a disciplined force through combat training, political education, and Patriot's military experience. By the period before the Battle of Oymia, it had nearly 15,000 members and access to weapons and equipment captured from the city's stores 97.
Battle of Oymia
Having captured Oymia, the Movement fortified the mobile city in mountainous terrain and prepared to face Ursus's Seventh Army. Its forces used repaired Shieldguard equipment, captured Ursus arms, artillery crews from the Infected guerrillas, and a defensive position that exposed only one major approach 97 98 99.
During the battle, Roy's elite force used a spatial rift to infiltrate the enemy rear and capture General Lomonosov, while Patriot shifted the defenders into a general advance. The Seventh Army's command structure collapsed, and the surviving soldiers were surrounded 101 102 103.
Expansion into Chernobog
After Oymia, the Movement sent Roy to establish contacts with other Infected groups and prepare future operations. It entered Chernobog in advance, trained lower-city Infected, and warned the population that a Rhine Lab Catastrophe weapon was targeting the city 105 136 137 141.
When the Catastrophe struck, the Movement used a portal between Oymia and Chernobog to move troops and supplies into the Lower City. Talulah led the army toward the Upper City with disaster relief, rather than revenge, declared as its immediate priority 172 176.
Liberation and Reconstruction of Chernobog
The Movement captured the Core Tower, suppressed rioters, rescued civilians, and restored order during the Catastrophe. Its members excavated collapsed buildings, treated survivors, cleared wreckage, and covered exposed Originium crystals to reduce the risk of infecting those they rescued 177 185.
After the Third Army advanced toward Lungmen, Patriot led the main force to delay it through containment and guerrilla tactics. Roy and W sabotaged the fleeing Chernobog module, destroying its Originium reactor and preventing it from reaching Lungmen 192 197 200.
Chernobog became the Movement's principal center after the war. It rebuilt infrastructure, established public administration, held its first General Assembly, and reorganized its political and military institutions 200 209 210.
Reorganization and Northern Campaign
The Movement's forces were reorganized as the Ursus Red Army, while the Ursus Red Faction and later the People's Revolutionary Committee provided political leadership 210 264 335. Former Seventh Army officer Govorov became commander of the First Artillery Division after reeducation and service during the Battle of Chernobog 264.
The reorganized force expanded northward toward the tundra, reestablishing contact with isolated Infected communities and preparing new settlements and industry in eastern Ursus 260 263 265. By the Summer Offensive, the Ursus Red Army was advancing into hostile tundra territory under commanders including Mudrock 334 335.
Military Capabilities
Armament and Production
- Captured Oymia's stores of Ursus garrison weapons and annual military allocations 97.
- Operated artillery and mortar crews capable of contesting Ursus fire during the Battle of Oymia 99.
- Developed and fielded portable firearms that were inexpensive and required limited training, allowing ordinary soldiers to counter Ursus Ripperbeasts at range 198 199.
- Used weapons seized from the Seventh and Third Armies alongside newly manufactured equipment 198 264.
- Expanded into dedicated artillery formations, though commanders still sought new artillery designs and propellants 264.
Tactics
- Defensive warfare — Used Oymia's mountain-backed position to limit enemy approaches and concentrate defenses 98.
- Infiltration — Roy's spatial rifts allowed elite units and supply teams to bypass front lines and strike command posts or mobile-city modules 101 192.
- Guerrilla warfare — Patriot used small forces, ambushes, and containment tactics to tie down larger Ursus formations 192 197 198.
- Special operations — W's squad conducted covert landings, ambushes, demolitions, and prisoner rescues 188 192 280.
- Disaster response — Units were organized to secure streets, rescue civilians, distribute food, conduct medical aid, and maintain public order 177 185 186.
Relationships
- Talulah — Public leader and one of the Movement's three principal leaders; her speeches and presence rally its troops 171 173 396.
- Roy — Ideological leader, revolutionary mentor, diplomat, and special-operations asset; his death is regarded as potentially catastrophic to the Movement 176 181 211.
- Patriot — Military commander whose guerrillas and Shieldguards form the Movement's veteran core 182 192 396.
- FrostNova — Yeti Squad leader and one of the Movement's most powerful combatants 188 189.
- W — Sarkaz mercenary and special-operations commander trusted with demolition, infiltration, and rescue missions 188 192 280.
- Rhodes Island — Commercial partner and contractor for refugee-escort missions; Rhodes Island remains formally neutral rather than entering an open alliance 211.
- Ursus Empire — Principal opponent; the Movement defeated the Seventh and Third Armies, seized Ursus cities, and seeks to overturn imperial rule 103 209 275.
- Other Reunion Movements — Numerous groups imitate or share its ideals, including the Lungmen branch; some unauthorized groups misuse its name and insignia 110 221 222.
Trivia
- The Movement's genetic-helix emblem is worn on red armbands or ribbons and is recognizable even to former Ursus soldiers 173 184.
- Its disciplined advance into Chernobog led the city's military-police chief to conclude that it was a genuine army rather than a disorganized Infected mob 176.
- Imitator organizations typically modify the Reunion insignia with local symbols; a Wolumonde group that copied the Ursus emblem exactly was treated as suspicious by Roy 221.
- The organization welcomed foreign researchers directly at Chernobog's airport, with Roy, Talulah, Patriot, and Silence involved in receiving them 291.