Elian Militia
The Elian Militia, paramilitary law enforcement agency of the Kingdom of Normark.
History
Raised as a demesnal self-defence force during the War of Lost Brothers, operated as a law enforcement service and paramilitary auxiliary organisation in the Elwynnese autonomous republic of Normark. Its official armaments were limited by the Constitution of Elwynn prior to the abolition of constitutional government in mainland Elwynn after 1696 AN. For civil affairs the militia reports to the Ministry of Justice in Normark whilst maintaining defence training and operational liaison links with Keltia Command of the Raspur Pact, with which it would be expected to cooperate in wartime.
The Elian Militia retained its Natopian and Bovic organisational culture, placing it increasingly at odds with the Norse nationalism evidenced in the Einhornist revival of the late 1680s. In spite of being on the wrong side of the 1688 Normark political crisis, the Elian Militia's decision to remain loyal during the Second Elwynnese Civil War was rewarded on 12.II.1693 AN with the transferal of policing powers formerly exercised by the Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels to the force.
In 1703 AN the affiliated bailiwick-level committees of defence and security were subsumed into the centralised structure of county-level regional security commands subordinated to the Security Police Division, the largest manpower component of the militia.
In 1715 AN, the Elian Militia was tasked by His Majesty with the investigation of the sudden and unexplained death of Robin Einhorn, with the assistance of an investigator seconded from the Magisters-Carnifex of the Benacian Union. Aslan Arshak duly arrived in Elijah's Rest to assist the Central Department of Criminal Investigation in its inquiries.
The series of defeats experienced by Normark following the ill-starred attempt to effect the liberation of Dalen, saw the Elian Militia once more pressed into a war fighting role, its ranks swelled with auxiliaries impressed into service, and expanded to 470,320 men and women under arms.
Since the end of the Normark-Cerulea war of 1727, the Elian Militia has become intertwined with enforcing the laws and ideology of Normark's increasingly authoritarian system, based on the principles of the Einhorn Society. It has become responsible for maintaining public order and combating subversion on the home front.
Role
The primary roles of the Elian Militia include:
- Maintaining law and order in line with Humanist doctrine
- Monitoring the population for anti-regime activities or beliefs
- Conducting security operations, raids and arrests of suspected dissidents
- Overseeing prisons, detention facilities and labour camps
- Providing support to the Nordhær in areas like logistics
- Guarding government buildings, officials and critical infrastructure
The militia formally operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice for civil policing matters. However, it also takes directives from Normark's military high command and the Keltia Command of the Raspur Pact regarding security affairs.
Activities
The militia seeks to ruthlessly eliminate any threats or dissent against Normark's Humanist social order as defined by the ruling Einhorn Society. To this end, the Elian Militia conducts various security operations as part of the domestic security remit. These include:
- Surveillance and monitoring of the civilian population
- Raids, arrests and detentions of suspected anti-regime elements
- Enhanced interrogation of detained suspects
- Operating a system of prisons and forced labour camps
- Cracking down on groups and individuals suspected of disloyalty
- Cross-border operations against refugees and opposition groups abroad
Organisation
The militia has a centralised command structure divided into several branches:
National Police Headquarters - Supreme leadership headquarters
- Secretariat - Administrative services and special operations
- Special Reconnaissance Police Regiment - Elite counter-insurgency unit
- Criminal Police Division
- Central Department of Criminal Investigation - General law enforcement
- Central Department for Combatting Economic Crimes
- Department for Anti-Bassarid Enforcement
- Security Police Division - Internal security and intelligence
- Regional Security Command Normark
- Regional Security Command Nyland
- Regional Security Command Østfold
- Regional Security Command Dalen
- Police Training Division
- The Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Normark (Criminal Investigation Training, Elijah's Rest)
- The Einhorn Institute of the Ministry of Justice (Security Training, Sårensby)
- Centre for Professional Development of Executives and Specialists of the Ministry of Justice (Higher Leadership Training, Riddersborg)
- The Martyr Elijah Cadet College (Basic Training Centre, Elijah's Rest)
Leadership
The senior leadership consists of:
| Office | Officeholder | Date Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Commandant-in-Chief | Harald Grunnlendaasen | 1.XII.1726 |
| Commandant of the Secretariat | Knut Estlundhagren | 16.V.1730 |
| Commandant of the Criminal Police Division | Geir Vinderfjellsen | 12.III.1726 |
| Commandant of the Security Police Division | Leif Jokulfroderson | 31.VIII.1728 |
| Commandant of the Police Training Division | Olav Storickson | 7.I.1727 |
These high-ranking officers form the core leadership implementing the militia's internal security doctrine and policies as directed by the Normarker government and Einhorn Society.
