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* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the no-longer-canon ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. They used to be a major force in the galaxy, then they diminished into Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Both of them lived in exile. Then they took turns training Luke Skywalker, who ushers in a new era for the Jedi.

%%* The Resistance in ''WebVideo{{lonelygirl15}}'', although a shadow of its former self.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Night's Watch is a shadow of its legendary heritage. It was erected to defend against [[GreaterScopeVillain the Others]] but has now fallen into disrepair. While it was once considered an honorable calling by all, most kingdoms (except for the North) believe it to have lost its purpose since the SealedEvilInACan behind the Wall hasn't been active for thousands of years. Now, only those in the North consider the Night's Watch to be a noble calling, where second/third sons and highborn bastard sons from select Northern noble houses are known to join for the sake of honor and duty, but even many in the North don't believe the ancient threat has come back. The lack of support from many southern regions caused such recruiting problems that it gradually become an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, assignment to which was considered slightly preferable to execution. Meanwhile, the Others ''have'' come back, prompting Jon Snow and others to believe that the order needs to be whipped back into shape. [[spoiler:Once he becomes Lord Commander, he starts making drastic changes, many of them progressive, with this objective in mind -- in an effort to save everyone, including the wildlings, from the Others. He secures a loan from the Iron Bank to pay for needed supplies, insists on daily combat training for Night's Watch members in a variety of areas such as archery and sword-fighting, makes plans to build glass gardens in order to grow produce in preparation for the oncoming winter, makes initiatives to study the enemy, the Others, etc. Some of Jon's initiatives are far more controversial with other officers of the Night's Watch, such as seeking help from various noble houses of the realm and making peace with the wildlings beyond the Wall, who Jon brings south to shelter at various castles held by the Night's Watch in both a humanitarian effort to save them (as Jon sees them as men, women and children who deserve protection, which contrasts with traditional views of the Night's Watch) and to gain their aid defending against the Others. He also wants to save the wildlings as any human being who dies north of the Wall rises as a wight. However, many of Jon's actions are deeply opposed by other officers, and he eventually falls to a mutiny.]]

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Night's Watch is a shadow of its legendary heritage. It was erected to defend against [[GreaterScopeVillain the Others]] but has now fallen into disrepair. While it was once considered an honorable calling by all, most kingdoms (except for the North) believe it to have lost its purpose since the SealedEvilInACan behind the Wall hasn't been active for thousands of years. Now, only those in the North consider the Night's Watch to be a noble calling, where second/third sons and highborn bastard sons from select Northern noble houses are known to join for the sake of honor and duty, but even many in the North don't believe the ancient threat has come back. The lack of support from many southern regions caused such recruiting problems that it gradually become an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, assignment to which was considered slightly preferable to execution. Meanwhile, the Others ''have'' come back, prompting Jon Snow and others to believe that the order needs to be whipped back into shape. [[spoiler:Once he becomes Lord Commander, he starts making drastic changes, many of them progressive, with this objective in mind -- in an effort to save everyone, including the wildlings, from the Others. He secures a loan from the Iron Bank to pay for needed supplies, insists on daily combat training for Night's Watch members in a variety of areas such as archery and sword-fighting, makes plans to build glass gardens in order to grow produce in preparation for the oncoming winter, makes initiatives to study the enemy, the Others, among other things. Some of Jon's initiatives are far more controversial with other officers of the Night's Watch, such as seeking help from various noble houses of the realm and making peace with the wildlings beyond the Wall, who Jon brings south to shelter at various castles held by the Night's Watch in both a humanitarian effort to save them (as Jon sees them as men, women and children who deserve protection, which contrasts with traditional views of the Night's Watch) and to gain their aid defending against the Others. He also wants to save the wildlings as any human being who dies north of the Wall rises as a wight. However, many of Jon's actions are deeply opposed by other officers, and he eventually falls to a mutiny.]]

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': The Order of the Phoenix was formed during the dark times when [[BigBad Voldemort]] and his Death Eaters were wreaking havoc. Once Voldemort returns (despite the vehement insistence of the Ministry of Magic), the Order reforms... although it's only been 15 years, so the Order is primarily composed of its (surviving) original members.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Night's Watch is a shadow of its legendary heritage -- the harsh conditions and spartan lifestyle caused such recruiting problems in the past that it gradually become an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores, assignment to which was considered slightly preferable to execution. Meanwhile, the apparent disappearance of the Others, the {{Humanoid Abomination}}s the Watch was founded to defend against, led to them losing their purpose, and the Others' recent comeback lead Jon Snow and others to believe that the order needs to be whipped back into shape. [[spoiler:Once he becomes Lord Commander, he starts making drastic changes with this in mind, including making peace with the wildlings beyond the Wall and seeking help from various noble houses of the realm. This makes him a lot of enemies among the other officers, and he eventually falls to a mutiny.]]

* The GreenLantern [[TheChosenMany Corps]] in Franchise/TheDCU in the arcs ending with "The Road Back. It also happened after the Arcs ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' and ''Green Lantern: Recharge''.

* ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has had several incarnations over the years, including a 16th century version led by [[Theatre/TheTempest Prospero]], and an 18th century team featuring [[Literature/GulliversTravels Lemuel Gulliver]] and [[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Lord Blakeney]] in its roster.

* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the no-longer-canon Franchise/StarWarsLegends ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. They used to be a major force in the galaxy, then they diminished into Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Both of them lived in exile. Then they took turns training Luke Skywalker, who ushers in a new era for the Jedi.

* The GreenLantern [[TheChosenMany Corps]] in TheDCU in the arcs ending with "The Road Back. It also happened after the Arcs ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' and ''Green Lantern: Recharge''.

%%* ''RecordOfLodossWar'' had at least one of these.

The OrderReborn is a reincarnation of an extinct heroic organization that has been forgotten over time but resurrected by the distant successors to combat evil, new or old. It is probably based on the old principles but (ideally) with adjustments made to prevent it from meeting the same end.

** Ezio sets about rebuilding the Assassin order in Rome, after the destruction of their primary base in Monterigionni. Unlike most OrderReborn plots, the Assassin brotherhood's support infrastructure is still intact, but the membership needs to be completely rebuilt and reorganized in a hostile area of Italy being dominated by their enemies. Once Ezio starts recruiting dedicated Assassins, he can dispatch them to support other Assassin operations across Europe. While Ezio can only recruit up to 12 assassins, by the end, they can all achieve the rank of Master Assassin and, therefore, be able to have recruits of their own.

* ''"From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend. The legend of {{Voltron}}: Defender of the Universe. A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. As Voltron's legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy. On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the Solar System, they maintained peace throughout the universe until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more. This is the story of the superforce of space explorers, specially trained and sent by the Alliance to bring back Voltron: Defender of the Universe."''

* ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has had several incarnations over the years, including a 16th century version led by [[Theatre/TheTempest Prospero]], and an 18th century team featuring [[GulliversTravels Lemuel Gulliver]] and [[TheScarletPimpernel Lord Blakeney]] in its roster.

* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the no-longer-canon ''StarWarsLegends'' ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. They used to be a major force in the galaxy, then they diminished into Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Both of them lived in exile. Then they took turns training Luke Skywalker, who ushered in a new era for the Jedi.

* ''{{Deryni}}'': This relationship between the Michaelines and the Knights of the Anvil is alluded to from time to time. When the Michaelines were suppressed in Gwynedd, many members sought sanctuary with the Anvillers, bringing their knowledge and some of their portable wealth with them. While the Anvillers have other influences (including Muslim ones), they seem to be a mixed human/Deryni military order that eschewed the spotlight of political prominence that Michaelines had, perhaps so as to avoid the Michaelines' fate.

%%* The Resistance in ''{{lonelygirl15}}'', although a shadow of its former self.

* Practitioners of Woo Foo in ''YinYangYo'' have had this happen constantly; in the back story, it's established that each time, part of the reason was that the fighters couldn't work together and lost because of it.

* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the now-non-canon ''StarWarsLegends'' ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. They used to be a major force in the galaxy, then they diminished into Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Both of them lived in exile. Then they took turns training Luke Skywalker, who ushered in a new era for the Jedi.

* The UsefulNotes/OlympicGames - first recorded in 776 BC in honor of Zeus. They went on every four years (stopping wars in the process, at least temporarily) until Emperor Theodosius I of Rome suppressed them in 394 AD. The concept was revived on and off starting in the 17th Century until an explicit International Olympic Committee was formed in 1890 (though no longer in honor of Greek mythological gods, the more general idea of different nations competing in competitions less brutal than war stuck). The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 and have occured every four years since (save for some very [[WorldWarI major]] [[WorldWarII distractions]].)

** In the DLC "Dawnguard"
** The titular order of vampire hunters went extinct in the Second Era and was revived by a WellIntentionedExtremist when the threat of vampires resurged in the fourth era.

* The OlympicGames - first recorded in 776 BC in honor of Zeus. They went on every four years (stopping wars in the process, at least temporarily) until Emperor Theodosius I of Rome suppressed them in 394 AD. The concept was revived on and off starting in the 17th Century until an explicit International Olympic Committee was formed in 1890 (though no longer in honor of Greek mythological gods, the more general idea of different nations competing in competitions less brutal than war stuck). The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 and have occured every four years since (save for some very [[WorldWarI major]] [[WorldWarII distractions]].)

->"''For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before TheEmpire. ... Now the Jedi are all but extinct.''"
-->-- '''[[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''', ''StarWars [[ANewHope Episode IV: A New Hope]]''

->"''Not the last of the old Jedi, Luke. The first of the new.''"
-->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Heir To The Empire]]''

* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', the Knights Radiant, defenders of mankind, turned their backs on humanity and abandoned their weapons many years before the books, gaining the reputation of traitors and blasphemers. However, the return of the threat they once defended against leads to them starting to make a comeback, heralded by [[spoiler:Kaladin]]. As of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler:Shallan, Dalinar, Renarin and (secretly) Szeth have joined their ranks]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:this is the explicit goal of villain Taravangian: he seeks to foster chaos and destruction to induce the return of the Knights Radiant, in order for them to fight ''something'' that is coming]].

* ''{{Drakan}}'': The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon-riding]] Order of the Flame.

* Andrey Livadny's ''TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'': the [[TheFederation Confederacy of Suns]] and its military are dissolved after 1000 years for lack of external enemies and the desires of the colonies for self-governance. After just 20 years, humanity is attacked by a previously-unknown alien race bent on crippling and, possibly, wiping us out. It is up to a few soldiers, headed by four veterans of the Confederacy to defeat the overwhelming enemy and restore the Confederacy for common defense. One of them, a young woman, becomes the first President of the Confederacy, despite having no prior political or governing experience. Later novels show a rebuilt Confederacy after only a few years, its mildest back to full strength, despite many of the ships and {{Real Robot}}s being scrapped at the end of the first one.

* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the StarWars ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. They used to be a major force in the galaxy, then they diminished into Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Both of them lived in exile. Then they took turns training Luke Skywalker, who ushered in a new era for the Jedi.

->"''For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before TheEmpire. ... Now the Jedi are all but extinct.''"

Usually precipitated by the LastOfHisKind, who will become TheObiWan. The "order" being rebuilt is often TheChosenMany. A subtrope of TheOrder. Compare with PuttingTheBandBackTogether.

* ''RecordOfLodossWar'' had at least one of these.

* The GreenLantern [[TheChosenMany Corps]] in TheDCU after the Arcs ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' and ''Green Lantern: Recharge''.
** And before that, in the arcs ending with "The Road Back."

* The New Jedi Order established by Luke Skywalker from the StarWars ExpandedUniverse is the archetypal example. [[TropeNamer Obi-Wan Kenobi]] was the LastOfHisKind who became TheObiWan.

* This relationship between the Michaelines and the Knights of the Anvil in the {{Deryni}} works is alluded to from time to time. When the Michaelines were suppressed in Gwynedd, many members sought sanctuary with the Anvillers, bringing their knowledge and some of their portable wealth with them. While the Anvillers have other influences (including Muslim ones), they seem to be a mixed human/Deryni military order that eschewed the spotlight of political prominence that Michaelines had, perhaps so as to avoid the Michaelines' fate.
* The Order of the Phoenix from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which was LaResistance during the dark times when [[BigBad Voldemort]] and his Death Eaters were wreaking havoc. Once Voldemort returns (despite the vehement insistence of the Ministry of Magic), the Order reforms... although it's only been 15 years, so the Order is primarily composed of its (surviving) original members.
* Done on a massive scale in Andrey Livadny's ''TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'', where the [[TheFederation Confederacy of Suns]] and its military are dissolved after 1000 years for lack of external enemies and the desires of the colonies for self-governance. After just 20 years, humanity is attacked by a previously-unknown alien race bent on crippling and, possibly, wiping us out. It is up to a few soldiers, headed by four veterans of the Confederacy to defeat the overwhelming enemy and restore the Confederacy for common defense. One of them, a young woman, becomes the first President of the Confederacy, despite having no prior political or governing experience. Later novels show a rebuilt Confederacy after only a few years, its mildest back to full strength, despite many of the ships and {{Real Robot}}s being scrapped at the end of the first one.

* High Guard from Gene Roddenberry's ''Series/{{Andromeda}}''. Granted, the High Guard are more of a SpaceNavy that an Order, but when stuck between the Nietzcheans and the Magog, pretty much anyone could put on the white hat.
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the Rangers.
* The JSA in Series/{{Smallville}}.
* In ''Franchise/PowerRangers,'' this sometimes goes hand-in-hand with GreatOffscreenWar. Sometimes the SealedEvilInACan was originally sealed by a Ranger-like team and the new team are the successors to that power, led by the OldMaster who is ''[[TimeAbyss crazy]]'' old and was there for round one.

* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon-riding]] Order of the Flame from ''{{Drakan}}'' games.
* Oddly enough, even the ''Old'' [[StarWars Jedi Order]] is one of these in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' (with you as TheObiWan).

** In the DLC "Dawnguard", the titular order of vampire hunters went extinct in the Second Era and was revived by a WellIntentionedExtremist when the threat of vampires resurged in the fourth era.

* The Order of the Silver Hand from the world of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''. The Paladins of the Order served to defend the human kingdoms through the second war and a bit of the third war as Light-empowered healing-capable knights, but were disbanded in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' by a crazed Arthas when Uther the Lightbringer refused to help him purge the plague-infested town of Stratholme. Most of the Paladins themselves, including Uther, were killed shortly afterwards by Arthas and the Scourge after he became a rampaging Death Knight. Of those that lived, a large chunk went on to form the fanatical Scarlet Crusade, while the rest held onto a disorganized remnant at most, and were largely Knights of the Silver Hand in name only. Years later in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when former knight Tirion Fordring's son Taelan is killed by the Scarlet Crusade, he reforms the order to combat both the Scourge and the Crusade. In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Arthas' failed attack on Light's Hope Chapel leads to the Silver Hand merging with the Argent Dawn (a good splinter faction of the Scarlet Crusade) to form the Argent Crusade, which would lead the charge on Icecrown Citadel. In addition, despite its incorporation into the neutral Argent Crusade, the Order of the Silver Hand does still exist as an Alliance-aligned entity, as new Human and Dwarf paladins are knighted as members of the Silver Hand.
** There's a bit of irony in that, as Fordring was exiled from the order by Uther for helping an old [[WorthyOpponent orc]].
* This sort of happens in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. While there are other Grey Wardens on Thedas, you and Alistair are the last of the Wardens in Ferelden after the Battle of Ostagar. By the end of the game, your victory over the Fifth Blight redeems the Wardens' reputation in Ferelden -- it's mentioned earlier that the Wardens aren't very popular in Ferelden due to a past Warden's attempted coup. In ''Awakening'' you have to start conscripting new Wardens after the ones from Orlais are all killed/captured by the Darkspawn, taking your journey full circle from conscriptee to conscripter.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', Ezio sets about rebuilding the Assassin order in Rome, after the destruction of their primary base in Monterigionni. Unlike most OrderReborn plots, the Assassin brotherhood's support infrastructure is still intact, but the membership needs to be completely rebuilt and reorganized in a hostile area of Italy being dominated by their enemies. Once Ezio starts recruiting dedicated Assassins, he can dispatch them to support other Assassin operations across Europe.
** While Ezio can only recruit up to 12 assassins, by the end, they can all achieve the rank of Master Assassin and, therefore, be able to, theoretically, have recruits of their own.
** Ditto in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'', where the Assassins were all but destroyed in the New World by the Templars (it helps that the Grand Master of the Templars' New World Chapter is [[spoiler:a former Assassin, who knows all the ins and outs of his former comrades]]). Connor actually calls Achilles out on the fact that it happened on his watch. By that point, Achilles is an old man with a cane whom the Templars (usually) leave in peace as long as he stays in the Davenport Homestead and doesn't try anything. It's up to Connor to rebuild the Assassins by recruiting those dissatisfied with the British rule and sending them on missions to other colonies. The state of the Assassins in the Old World is unknown.

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* The protagonists in ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie''.

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* The Resistance in ''{{lonelygirl15}}'', although a shadow of its former self.

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* The new Storm Hawks from, well, ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''.
* Practitioners of Woo Foo in ''YinYangYo'' have had this happen constantly; in the back story, it's established that each time, part of the reason was that the fighters couldn't work together and lost because of it.
* The Air Nomads were wiped out prior to the events of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', with only the title character surviving. Come Season 3 of the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', and a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent has caused new Airbenders to start popping up all over the world, and rebuilding the Air Nation is a major subplot for the season.

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* The OlympicGames - first recorded in 776 BC in honor of Zeus. They went on every four years (stopping wars in the process, at least temporarily) until Emperor Theodosius I of Rome suppressed them in 394 AD. The concept was revived on and off starting in the 17th Century until an explicit International Olympic Committee was formed in 1890 (though no longer in honor of Greek mythological gods, the more general idea of different nations competing in competitions less brutal than war stuck). The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 and have occured every four years since (save for some very [[WorldWarI major]] [[WorldWarII distractions]].)

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* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', the Knights Radiant, defenders of mankind, turned their backs on humanity and abandoned their weapons many years before the books, gaining the reputation of traitors and blasphemers. However, the return of the threat they once defended against leads to them starting to make a comeback, heralded by [[spoiler:Kaladin]]. As of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler:Shallan, Dalinar, Renarin and (secretly) Szeth have joined their ranks]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:this is the explicit goal of villain Taravangian: he seeks to foster chaos and destruction in order to induce the return of the Knights Radiant, in order for them to fight ''something'' that is coming]].

* Practitioners of Woo Foo in ''YinYangYo'' have had this happen constantly; in the back story, it's established that each time, part of the reason was that the fighters couldn't work together and lost because of it.

* The Order of the Silver Hand from the world of ''{{Warcraft}}''. The Paladins of the Order served to defend the human kingdoms through the second war and a bit of the third war as Light-empowered healing-capable knights, but were disbanded in ''Warcraft 3'' by a crazed Arthas when Uther the Lightbringer refused to help him purge the plague-infested town of Stratholme. Most of the Paladins themselves, including Uther, were killed shortly afterwards by Arthas and the Scourge after he became a rampaging Death Knight. Of those that lived, a large chunk went on to form the fanatical Scarlet Crusade, while the rest held onto a disorganized remnant at most, and were largely Knights of the Silver Hand in name only. Years later in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', when former knight Tirion Fordring's son Taelan is killed by the Scarlet Crusade, he reforms the order to combat both the Scourge and the Crusade. In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Arthas' failed attack on Light's Hope Chapel leads to the Silver Hand merging with the Argent Dawn (a good splinter faction of the Scarlet Crusade) to form the Argent Crusade, which would lead the charge on Icecrown Citadel. In addition, despite its incorporation into the neutral Argent Crusade, the Order of the Silver Hand does still exist as an Alliance-aligned entity, as new Human and Dwarf paladins are knighted as members of the Silver Hand.

* The Order of the Phoenix from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which was LaResistance during the dark times when [[BigBad Voldemort]] and his Death Eaters were wreaking havoc. Once Voldemort returns ([[DyingLikeAnimals despite the vehement insistence of the Ostriches at the Ministry of Magic]]), the Order reforms... although it's only been 15 years, so the Order is primarily composed of its (surviving) original members.