The Exclave

Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (The Exclave)
Abbreviation:	ERIS/The Exclave
Group Numbers:	All residents of Wykewood are considered members of the ERIS State, though actual, official group numbers are classified, and official membership within the Exclave itself requires governmental approval of a citizen application.
Leadership:	The President serves as an executive leader, though the organization is managed through direct democracy in regard to most things.
Goals:	Independence of Wykewood and the creation of a stable government for its people.
Recruitment Policy:	Open to all in support of our goals
Contact:	Instant message heras_savaer@live.com or join our forums.

The Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (ERIS), also known as The Exclave and, formerly, the Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs (DARIS), is a pro-survivor group based in Wykewood. The Exclave, the remnants of the old DARIS, was previously based in Shearbank until circumstances forced them to relocate to Yagoton and, later, Wykewood. During this time, the group, formerly Calling itself "DARIS/The Exclave" (The Exclave in group tags), renamed itself to the Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (though still keeping The Exclave as its primary name/nickname) in order to disassociate itself with the negative aspects of DARIS (which it still claims to be descended from) and to allow it to be more universal.

Policies

We, in a nutshell, support:

• The Residents of Wykewood
• Revivers
• Medics
• Honest Survivors
• A semi-representational government for Wykewood

We tolerate:

• HAT abiding PKers, so long as they do not kill our members or cause significant harassment for our population.
• Peaceful, feral zombies in small numbers.

We oppose

• Bounty Hunters
• DEM imperialism
• Violations of our laws
• Any and all associated with RPR
• PKers who cause significant harassment in Wykewood
• Any organized zombie group
• Zombie Spies
• Trenchcoaters

History

The Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs (DARIS) was founded on September 8th, 2005, and claimed the Shearbank suburb. We immediately issued a Declaration of Independence (see below), including a group objective to kill all survivors in Shearbank who did not belong to DARIS.

The Shearbank Liberation Army was formed to oppose DARIS, and in return was labeled a Class Z Threat (Reasons: Threatening to kill/killing DARIS members, spraypainting over warnings in Shearbank, etc). The CoL also became embroiled in an ongoing conflict with DARIS but managed to avoid open war. Some controversy exists over the issue of covert actions that the CoL or its members may have participated in.

Starting approximately September 21, DARIS was driven out of Shearbank by a large horde of zombies. This horde included the Undying Scourge, whose leader, Sniperwulf, believed the members of DARIS were responsible for obscene spamming in the old Urban Dead forum that lead to its closing by Pro-boards. After finding out that DARIS had nothing to do with it, Sniperwulf apologized for the accusations and attack. This coincided with ongoing human attacks by rival groups such as the SLA, though the importance of the human involvement is debatable. DARIS is generally considered to have dissolved after this event took place.

Afterward, many years later, after many failed attempts to revive DARIS, two men of fate came along. Their names were Jacen Brazeau and Savaer. These two men were both the founders of a small brotherhood of Cruor worshipers, but upon discovering some of the last remnants of a makeshift archive left by the long-deposed government of the Democratic Armed Republic of Independent Suburbs, the two decided to turn their lives around and work towards rebuilding the fallen giant.

Calling themselves "The Exclave" (due to their immediate claiming of a building outside of Shearbank), they worked to restore the government of DARIS. Finally, after some time in their Exclave in exile, the two departed for Shearbank. There they immediately launched an attack on the oppressive and deceitful radio broadcasters, Ranahan Public Radio (RPR), who were turning Shearbank into their own personal Kleptocratic Fiefdom. Soon after, the forces of the Exclave set up in southern Shearbank, basing themselves out of Borrer Street PD and the Thorne Arms. The Exclave soon began to work to help the people of shearbank survive against the brutal state of life in the suburb. Under the tenure of RPR's de facto rule over Shearbank, the once prosperous and relatively secure period in Shearbank began to crumble. Instead of fending off the RRF assaults on Shearbank, RPR simply spammed the airwaves with scathing attacks on The Exclave and random news. Alongside this, the RPR, as their criminal empire crumbled around them due to unrelenting, but preventable, zombie attacks, RPR wasted time and resources spraypainting southern Shearbank with anti-DARIS/Exclave propaganda, seeking to turn the people they themselves claimed to, but failed to, protect against The Exclave, which had actually been working to keep the people of Shearbank safe and alive, despite being horribly understaffed and harassed.

Eventually, in late July, another zombie attack came to the only recently cleansed Shearbank. RPR, even in the earliest days of the attack, fled Shearbank with their tails between their legs, abandoning the people to their fate. The Exclave, at its wit end, made one final, bloody stand to hold the presidential residence and the surrounding buildings, used as safehouses for the few remaining survivors, from the unending zombie tide. Finally, after most of the Exclave forces were forced to leave, in undead form, to get revives in other suburbs, the last surviving Exclave member in Shearbank, it's very president, Jacen Brazeau, held out for three more days against the zombies. Luckily, most survivors had evacuated by that time, so the President merely needed to worry about holding the residence, by then the last standing building. Finally, however, the President was forced to hold a discussion with his main military official, Savaer, to decide what should be done. They quickly came to agree that, in all likelihood, when the zombie invasion would end, RPR would merely return to restore its empire to ensure it would continue to get all of its kickbacks, and then likely seek to expel DARIS/The Exclave from Shearbank to ensure that they would not have to fight against the Legitimate government of Shearbank in the long term for control of the suburb. Alongside this, they came to the conclusion that this zombie assault could last a long time and, even if repulsed, could well be followed by constant future ones, totally hindering the Exclave's ability to restore the government properly. Therefore, after much thought, the President and Savaer decided that the Exclave was to move out of the suburb, to nearby Yagoton. They decided, in doing this, that while DARIS held the principles of the populat dear to it, the DARIS identity was ultimately too tied to Shearbank for it to be successful anywhere else. Because of this, while not dropping their claim to being successors of the old DARIS, the President reorganized DARIS/The Exclave into the Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (ERIS), still calling itself the Exclave semi-officially.

Upon arriving in Yagoton, the President met up with Savaer. There the two scouted out the area, eventually coming to the conclusion that the suburb was nonviable for their organization. Finally, after consulting suburb reports and group activities, the two decided that they would carry on the dreams of the populat to a relatively obscure suburb called Wykewood.

Presently, the two lead officials are in transit to Wykewood, with the hopes and dreams of the forefather's of DARIS and the Populat close behind them. In Wykewood, it is hoped, ERIS/The Exclave intends to finally establish a clear, fluid government to protect the neglected people of the forgotten suburb.

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  Flag of the Exclave Militia.
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  Flag of the Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (ERIS).
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  Symbol of the Exclave Republic of Independent Suburbs (ERIS).
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  Another Exclave Poster