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Privateers
Privateers (プライベーティア) is a type of mercenary employed by the Russian army.

Etymology
“It’s the term for a military system from the middle ages. Governments would authorize pirates to attack ships from enemy nations in order to both cause financial problems for the other country as well as benefit from the valuables brought back to their own country. Meanwhile, the pirates would be protected by that government. It seems some pirates were even given the title of a knight.”

Duties
“The Russian army is still using privateers to this day,” Digurv said with bloodshot eyes and with tension and sweat on his face. “There are blank units within the army. They have no official members. The privateers are often paid to attack enemy forces. There has always been a need for missions to cut off enemy supply lines and indirectly lessen the enemy’s military forces, but the attack missions targeting lightly equipped people were not popular and it started spreading needless dissatisfaction. From what I have heard, this led to a dedicated unit being formed. It seems they are used for the more dirty missions. I don’t really know how much of this is true though.”

“They are a group of people who want to act violently and who have military experience centered around Western Europe. I’ve heard that they recruit over the internet. Apparently, it’s pretty popular because they can make quite a bit of money in a short period of time and they are not bound by military regulations. On top of that, they are given Russia’s best equipment and sent out on some of the dirtier missions. If it comes down to it, the unit can be immediately done away with even in the paperwork. Any ‘soldiers that caused some problems’ will be recorded as having been thrown into a detention facility and the actual soldiers will have gone back to their own countries. That way, missions that would bring criticism from the international community can be carried out smoothly.”

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GREMLIN attack of a NORAD base
The GREMLIN attack of a NORAD base was an attempt by GREMLIN to seal off the Anti-GREMLIN Alliance's intelligence network. To do so, they sent the Magician Fenrir to a base of in Alaska, USA.

Carried out by Fenrir, the attack is inconclusive after the appearance of Oriana Thomson.

The attack
Fenrir appears in Alaska to take out a NORAD base there as a means of sealing off the alliance's intelligence network. When he reaches where the base's parabolic antennae arrays are stored, he is ambushed by Oriana Thomson, whom he effortlessly blocks with his magic. After the explanation of his distortion spell, she commented that she would just have to use the countermeasures she developed if she should have to fight Kamijou Touma again. Realizing she's comparing his power to the Imagine Breaker, he retorts that he doesn't completely annihilate the occult, just simply have the magic be "swept away", and cannot take the role of being a reference point for the world.

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Events Military operations and conflicts Magic God Othinus Arc

Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin (1869 - 1916) was a Russian mystic and preacher.

Background
The actions of Grigori Rasputin caused a corruption in Russia's government. Because of this, certain types of Magic were banned amongst Russia's Magic Side.

St. Germain Arc
Rasputin is listed as similar to St. Germain, an example of mysterious people who would occasionally appear in politics or high society and bring chaos to that nation or the world.

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Characters Magic Magic Side Characters Magicians Deceased Characters Russian Orthodox Church Russia Referenced-only