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======Terra Indomita======
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> "The Earth does not want our guardianship. It wants our silence. It wants our absence. Once the forests roared, the oceans surged, the ice ground mountains into dust---without us, without chains, without profit. That was the true age of gold: the reign of the wild. We have poisoned it, parcelled it, paved it. Enough. We do not ask permission, we do not seek reform---we tear the machines apart, we choke the drills with fire, we take back what was stolen. Only when the last fence has fallen and the last engine lies rusting will the wild return. Only then will we deserve to vanish into it."
//Opening lines of the Terra Indomita manifesto, written by founder Vittoria Rinaldi, April 1998.//
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Terra Indomita is a radical **environmentalist organisation**, regarded by many as uncompromising eco-extremists and by others as the last true defenders of wilderness. 

=====Purpose=====

Terra Indomita exists to fight for the world’s last wild places, to rip back the chokehold of industry and reclaim land from human hands. They reject compromise, seeing managed preservation as a lie that only prolongs destruction. 

=====History=====

Founded in Italy in the late 1990s by disillusioned environmentalists, Terra Indomita was born out of frustration with moderation. From the beginning, their tactics were direct, aggressive, and unapologetic: machinery burned, roads torn apart, and operations sabotaged. Where NGOs petitioned and lobbied, Terra Indomita spiked trees and torched bulldozers. Their most infamous early moment was the Ashfield Incident of 2001, when they claimed responsibility for burning down a ski resort in the United States. Coming weeks after 9/11, the action drew crushing scrutiny and branded them terrorists in the public eye.

They retreated underground but never dissolved. Cells sprang up across South America and Europe, quietly sabotaging mines, housing projects, and dams. Their Indomita Declaration circulated online in the late 2000s, calling Antarctica the planet’s 'final frontier'. Since then, their gaze has been fixed southward: the frozen continent as stage and sanctuary, their last chance to justify decades of blood, fire, and exile.

=====Faction Politics=====

Recognised as an envoy organisation by the [[factions#Global Environmentalist Network|Global Environmentalist Network]], Terra Indomita stands beside the far more moderate [[sceau_d_or|Sceau d'Or]] in their environmental activism. Their record is marked by repeated acts of sabotage targeting [[petrogon|Petrogon]]’s ventures worldwide.

=====Members=====

Terra Indomita is made up almost entirely of volunteers, drawn to the organisation by a shared commitment to defending untamed lands. Many operate in secret, having gone underground to avoid arrest or harassment, and cells are often small, autonomous, and loosely connected. 

Members range widely in background---some come from activist movements, others from scientific or industrial work. Years of scrutiny, infiltration, and legal pressure have hardened the group, making operational security and discretion as important as ideology.

To that end, Terra Indomita has embedded members within major organisations, even among their adversaries, to gather intelligence and safeguard their cause.

=====NPCs=====

^ NPC ^ Pronouns ^ Description ^ Physrep ^
| Vittoria Rinaldi | she/her | Co-founder and ideologue of Terra Indomita. Charismatic and uncompromising, she stands as the unofficial head of the organisation. She is obsessive and militant. | ??? |
| Sister Esther | she/her | Former nun turned radical eco-activist. Zealous and mystical, she interprets Terra Indomita's mission as a sacred duty. | Black cape and rosary |