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The Red Army appears in the book Interesting Times. The original Red Army is part of a legend about the founding of the Agatean Empire. In the Legend, a man known as the Great Wizard caused the earth to rise and fight on the side of One Sun Mirror, helping him to unite the country and become the first Emperor. The army the Great Wizard made from the earth was called the Red Army.

Thousands of years later, a revolution was sparked by a book called "What I Did On My Holidays" written by the tourist Twoflower. The Revolutionary group, led by Two Fire Herb and Pretty Butterfly, called themselves the Red Army. As the Army needed a Great Wizard like the one in the legend, they sent for the Great Wizard who had guided Twoflower in his journeys. This wizard was Rincewind. The plan was for the Red Army, led by the Great Wizard Rincewind, to overthrow the Emperor.

However, unexpected interference in the Empire by the Silver Horde, led by Cohen the Barbarian, led to Rincewind's discovery of the original Red Army, a collection of Golems created by the first Great Wizard, and controlled by magical armour. Using this Red Army, Rincewind is able to help the Silver Horde to victory, and Cohen becomes the next Emperor.