Sects of the Bundschuh

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Sects of the Bundschuh

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Compiled by Hugo Enzenauer

Preface

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In popular media the Bundschuh is often depicted as a single, cohesive entity. One only has to tune into the Bundestag's latest threat reports to read warnings of Bundschuh raiders and political dissidents, presenting the resistance movement as a single fanatical front, united against the government. Attractive as this simplified viewpoint is; however, it could not be further from the truth. Even at the apex of their power at the height of the Second Popular Revolution, the disparate parties composing the Bundschuh never presented a totally unified front.

Instead, the power of individual parties identifying as Bundschuh affiliates (herein referred to as 'sects') has waxed and waned alongside the dominant political viewpoint of the members of the day. For example, the militant Volksfront of the mid 810's experienced a steady decline in support for a period of years before giving way to the Widerstand in the early 820's, though elements of the Volksfront (notably in the forms of Freya Eistochter [the 'Witch of Frankfurt'], Matthias Zillich and Michael Wolf) remained prominent throughout the active life of both groups.

Subordinate to the major sects, such as the modern Widerstand, are a number of smaller movements. Typically restricted to particular planets or stations, or supporting a particular niche role within the Bundschuch, these smaller movements often take a far narrower view of their particular areas of influence, and may be considered analogous to local-level government in a a multi-tier system. These minor sects, usually lacking the physical resources or political brunt to make a direct bid for control of the movement often throw their weight behind major parties sympathetic to their goals or methodologies. While individually insignificant, the cumulative support of these minor parties is key to the success of the Bundschuh as a whole, and failure to maintain collective (or at least majority) backing from these minor players has brought the ruination of major sects in the past.

Consolidated below is a partial list of the minor and major parties of the Bundschuh. The flux inherent in any political movement, and particular in one as separated by distance and secrecy as the Bundschuch, makes a comprehensive database impossible, and it it is entirely likely that additional sects exist beyond those documented.

- Hugo Enzenauer
822A.S

Documented Sects

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• Die Festung
• Hamburger Vereinigung für Entwicklung und Bildung (HVEB)
• Die Kerzen von Hamburg
• Nuremberg Citizens Committee for Planetary Evacuation (NCCPE)
• Rote Adler
• Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee (VWA)

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