The Brave and the Bold Accords, also known as Götterdämmerungsbegrüßung (Greetings Ragnarok), was a Mutual Defense Pact between the Ascended Republic of Elite States (ARES) and the Random Insanity Alliance (RIA) announced on December 22, 2011 shortly before the Grudge War. It was unilaterally downgraded to a protectorate over ARES by the RIA with the Proclamation regarding the Protection of the Ascended Elite on January 14, 2013.