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UDL: OUR HISTORY

The United Defenders League was a defender organization founded in June 2011 by Unibot. Rather than past defender armies that had been regional armies or super-regional armies, the UDL was intended to be an open organization rather than an extension of a specific region or alliance. This system was novel at the time, its main advantage was that the organization could freely recruit and grow its membership without having to convince whole regions to join (and stay) in the alliance, and without the political interests of member-regions contradicting the organization's goal of supporting regions against international aggression.

The UDL had a "Robin Hood" theme, its members were called "merrymen". The UDL's logo, designed by Milograd, was the symbol for Kodaira, Tokyo superimposed over four arrows.

The organization's earliest 'merrymen' were a diverse bunch which included FRA alumni (Spartzerium, Lemmingtopias etc.), veteran defenders (Ballotonia, Goobergunchia, Harmoneia etc.), NS-Sporters (Delaclava, Zwangzug, Commerce Heights etc.), Roleplayers (Solm, Carta/Milograd, St. George etc.), and WA Authors (Glen-Rhodes, Mallorea and Riva, Belschaft, Quadrimmina, Jeux/Feux, Sanctaria, Johz etc.) Eluvatar, later UDL Chief of Intelligence, joined the UDL early on as favour to Unibot, having helped him refound Taijitu. After our first mission in Islam, Mahaj switched from invading to join the UDL. Ballotonia also introduced Belgian and Dutch defenders to the UDL, including Ravania and Riemstagrad.