Rytieriroz
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The Rytieri Rozpolení (lit. Halved Knights or Bisected Knights), commonly referred to dimunitively as the Rytieri, Rytieriroz or RR, were a majority Ostrozavan Alban pan-nationalist far-right political movement founded in 1913, during the First Party Compact. Commonly seen as an intellectual and societal backlash to the popular Crimson Revolution of 1909, the Rytieriroz promoted a Pan-Alban identity under a centralized dictatorial government, and a restoration of Alban influence to the Lake Kupalnitsa area and beyond. Its associated ideology of Rytierism was both antifabrianistic and antisocialistic, while also rejecting the Karminian movement of the deposed Ostrozavan Vykopal dynasty. While hostile to the majority of Belisarian monarchies, especially the Fabrian monarchies, the Rytieriroz were nevertheless sympathetic to Bolsarism. Though headed by a succession of leaders, the Rytieriroz and Rytierism are commonly associated with their founder, Koloman Lenved.
Though politically disenfranchised their entire existence by strict laws originally created to prevent the re-emergence of Ostrozavan monarchy, the Rytieriroz nevertheless had over six hundred thousand members at their height, and acted in a limited capacity during the Drevstranese Civil War. Declared a terrorist movement in 1922, the Rytieriroz were not seriously pursued as such until the administration of Emil Torje, whose Socialist Worker's Party is commonly considered to have rose to power amid serious fears about the rise of the Ostrozavan Far-Right under the First Party Compact. The Rytieriroz were summarily hunted down starting in 1928, being erased from history books by the administrations of Torje and Alek Dalibor. The Progressive Third Party Compact reintroduced the legacy of the Rytieri into the public eye; they are viewed as an important test of Ostrozavan instutions in modern Ostrozavan historiography.
Modern Days
Drevstran
Despite their official disbanding in the post "knight-hunt" of the 30s, the Rytieriroz have given birth to a foggy network of anti-socialists, Emendatic devouts in the Ostrozavan Diaspora. These groups can take many shapes and forms and can be grouped around various institutions: private schools, religious figures, Gridiron fan clubs... only a minority of which openly profess their affiliation to the post-Rytieriroz movement. It is especially difficult to determine whether a person or a group are "Ryets" or whether they are merely sympathetic toward the Rytieriroz, a common feeling among the Diaspora, and do not participate in covert militant actions (beyond donations to certain associations and groups).
Valdavian Club
The Valdavian Club is the most famous Gridiron football club of Barbellon and one that is regularly accused of propagating a "Ryet" agenda. Regular elements brought up are the color scheme of the team (yellow and black), their symbols (a heavily armored knight and a black cross on a yellow background), and being owned by an anonymous trust, Jletan Anonymous Holding, which is also regularly suspected of representing a pro-Ryet lobby. So far no case against the Valdavian Club was successfully brought to the court in Drevstran and the club remain the second most profitable venture in National Division 1.
Whereas the Valdavian Club itself can't be directly tied to the Neo-Ryet movement, its popularity among the Ostrozavan Diaspora has led to the creation of many fan clubs that proudly bear the black-and-gold blason, call themselves "Squires" ("Knights" being reserved to the players) and may even have pictures of Koloman Lenved and other famous Rytieriroz in their pubs and meeting places. The latter fan clubs, generally known as the "Ultralacustrines", are also regularly involved in acts of vandalism and violence against fans of opposing teams, the police, or just passerbys. Their sworn rivals are the followers of the Alban Metro. This club's vandals are more stereotypically known for their ties to the Drevstranese Punk subculture and other counter-movements. An image generally seen as cultivated specifically against the Valdavian Club' Black-and-Gold Squires.