United Red Army

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### Purpose

To protect and serve Wilhelm Ryan as the Supreme Tri-Mage and ruler of all of Heaven's Fence.

### Active Years

Upon Ryan's Mage Appointment - The Great Crash

## Data

### Key Figures

Wilhelm Ryan (Leader)
Mayo Deftinwolf (General)
Vielar Crom (Admiral)

### Materiel

House Atlantic (Stronghold/Hedquarters)
Jackhammers (Ship type)
*Gloria vel Vessa*
*Notting-Vezzer*

## Appearances

### Books & Comics

*Year of the Black Rainbow* (2010)
*The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade* (2007)
*The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3* (2010)
*The Amory Wars: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV* (2017)

### Other Media

*The Amory Wars: Fall of the Keywork*

The **United Red Army** is an organization made up of mostly humans loyal to Wilhelm Ryan and his mission of taking over and controlling the colony of Heaven's Fence and beyond. Ryan formed the organization after he was appointed to the governing mage of Sector 6 and kept them employed until his defeat (presumably). They are known less formally as simply the **Red Army**, or by the acronym **URA**.

## History

Upon the death of Sundihar Jepp, the mages convened and ultimately appointed Wilhelm Ryan to take over his governing position of Sector 6. At this time, the cyborg Mayo Deftinwolf was already Ryan's right-hand man and though the pair kept much of their plans secretive and dismissed any idea of the Red Army as rumors. The URA at this point was, in fact, quite formidable, but Ryan ensured they did their best to cover all their tracks. Ryan's rule of Sector 6 was quiet until the Red Army grew so big that they could not be concealed any longer and Ryan began to conquer the Fence. Eventually, of course, Ryan did succeed in doing just that, declaring himself the new Supreme Tri-Mage.

For the next thirty years, Ryan's control and the Red Army only grew with few obstacles in his way. This allowed for the Army to grow and acquire a variety of strong personnel and materiel.

## Materiel

In addition to security, or law enforcement forces on each of the 78 planets, the URA also established space ports throughout the air space of the Fence to house spacecraft. They have majors, captains, lieutenants, and other officers you would expect of an army including pilots, but they also employ engineers and scientists.

### Notable Personnel

* Wilhelm Ryan (Leader)
* Mayo Deftinwolf (General)
* Vielar Crom (Admiral)
* Doctor Durvine (Chief Genetic Engineer)

### Notable Establishments

* House Atlantic (Headquarters)
* Camp Si-Revody (Star Concentration Camp)
* An Interrogation Unit in Godder Damm
* A Keywork Energy Mine on Howling Earth
* A Training Camp on NulKigh-Cutta

### Notable Vessels

* Jackhammers
*(Ship type; so-called planet destroyers.)*
* The *Gloria vel Vessa*
*(A freighter vessel; the class is Vessa.)*
* The *Notting-Vezzer*
*(Admiral Crom's ship.)*

### Notable Equipment

* The Monstar Virus
*(Created by Doctor Hohenberger; original intention was subverted.)*
* The Hariserringa Fly
*(A genetically altered dragonfly that carried the Cache Serum.)*
* The Cache Serum
*(A serum that would activate the Monstar Virus, albeit differently from Ryan's original intentions.)*
* The Aeonstar Virus
*(A virus that pulls the soul from an individual and transforms it into a monster under Ryan's control.)*

## Trivia

* The URA uses the Keywork as their symbol, but cleans it up to be very uniformed and perfect.
* The "Jackhammers" were used on merchandise for the band as the mascot to the fictional university named after Sirius Amory.
* In 2021, on the S.S. Neverender I, two soldiers were officially portrayed by guests for the Photo Op with Wilhelm Ryan and walked around the boat posing with fans for free. The guests were Anthony Verran and Jason Nohrenberg.

## References

1. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 2. Evil Ink, 2010.
2. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 3. Evil Ink, 2010.
3. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 4. Evil Ink, 2010.
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2010.
5. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Chondra Echert. *The Amory Wars: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2019.
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BE\_u72BnmzV/