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Cananach did not participate in the Teindun Factory Riots, but ingratiated himself with its organizers and helped organize an associated veterans' strike in Mwynsdún in December of 1888. The strike was broken by other veterans desperate for work, but the event but Cananach's name into a local spotlight, which he used to leverage his way into more notable circles. | Cananach did not participate in the Teindun Factory Riots, but ingratiated himself with its organizers and helped organize an associated veterans' strike in Mwynsdún in December of 1888. The strike was broken by other veterans desperate for work, but the event but Cananach's name into a local spotlight, which he used to leverage his way into more notable circles. | ||
''Crown of Bayonets'', being a short, raging piece on royal incompetence, was never officially published out of concern for treason charges, but gained him some recognition in Socialist and Republican factions throughout the country. It would remain one of his poorest-selling works due to its hasty writing, something the man would express regret for in his later years. In 1890, Cananach joined the Free Society of Faneria, which sought to model the Fiannrian republic as the goal of slow political reform; however, the group was too passive for Cananach's views and he founded his own group, the Republican Front, along with two dozen fellow veterans at a meeting at [[Lar Dún]]. The group swelled around the idea of preparing for the long-planned voting reforms promised by Faneria's 1830 Constitution, which included a 1900 deadline for allowing landed men to vote for their provincial governors, or Vicars, and expanding the powers of the Senate, which was in effect a powerless body at the time. The group would rapidly establish political power and attempt to form a centrist party aimed at removing the powers of the | ''Crown of Bayonets'', being a short, raging piece on royal incompetence, was never officially published out of concern for treason charges, but gained him some recognition in Socialist and Republican factions throughout the country. It would remain one of his poorest-selling works due to its hasty writing, something the man would express regret for in his later years. In 1890, Cananach joined the Free Society of Faneria, which sought to model the Fiannrian republic as the goal of slow political reform; however, the group was too passive for Cananach's views and he founded his own group, the Republican Front, along with two dozen fellow veterans at a meeting at [[Lar Dún]]. The group swelled around the idea of preparing for the long-planned voting reforms promised by Faneria's 1830 Constitution, which included a 1900 deadline for allowing landed men to vote for their provincial governors, or Vicars, and expanding the powers of the Senate, which was in effect a powerless body at the time. The group would rapidly establish political power and attempt to form a centrist party aimed at removing the powers of the ''Rih'' by degrees, leaving the royal family a figurehead without considerable say in state affairs eventually. The group explicitly rejected Socialist ideology's redistributive tenets, but embraced cooperation with Socialist parties due to convenience and a general acceptance of some form of welfare and general anti-aristocracy sentiment. Opinions on economic elites in the Republican Front were initially mixed. | ||
In June of 1892, Cananach struck a deal with the Free Faneria Press, an underground federalist and Jacobin publishing group, to print and distribute a remastered and greatly expanded version of ''Crown of Bayonets'' titled ''Republican Ideals and Their Application in Northern Levantia''. This work would become a central piece of Republican literature in Faneria, running through a range of grievances with the State and the Fhainnin monarchy and detailing several types of republicanism, including federalism, centralized republics, and hybrid systems and summarizing the advantages of each. The work also covered state powers, individual rights, notes on public welfare and numerous other topics relating to the various ways a republic could be designed. ''Republican Ideals'' would become the seminal work for Cananach's ideology, as many of the ideas he would incorporate into his later governance were introduced, albeit alongside other options, in the book. It also became a bestseller despite attempts at censorship by the [[Throneswatch]], which tasked several agents with tracking the author as a potential revolutionary. | In June of 1892, Cananach struck a deal with the Free Faneria Press, an underground federalist and Jacobin publishing group, to print and distribute a remastered and greatly expanded version of ''Crown of Bayonets'' titled ''Republican Ideals and Their Application in Northern Levantia''. This work would become a central piece of Republican literature in Faneria, running through a range of grievances with the State and the Fhainnin monarchy and detailing several types of republicanism, including federalism, centralized republics, and hybrid systems and summarizing the advantages of each. The work also covered state powers, individual rights, notes on public welfare and numerous other topics relating to the various ways a republic could be designed. ''Republican Ideals'' would become the seminal work for Cananach's ideology, as many of the ideas he would incorporate into his later governance were introduced, albeit alongside other options, in the book. It also became a bestseller despite attempts at censorship by the [[Throneswatch]], which tasked several agents with tracking the author as a potential revolutionary. | ||
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1906 royal train bombing | 1906 royal train bombing | ||
On April 28, 1906, a private train carrying | On April 28, 1906, a private train carrying ''Rih'' [[Ruaridh Suthar-Màrtainn]] and former ''Banrih'' [[Rethysear Suthar-Màrtainn]] to [[Sethsport]] was derailed over a bridge by Socialist extremists, killing both of them as well as the heads of the *Thronewatch* and the Vicar of [[Srathlann]]. The attack prompted a riot surrounding the Senate Chamber in Oirthidún, snowballing into a street battle between the army and armed citizenry. A state of emergency was declared, and the mob stormed a munitions plant, arming themselves as the fighting in the capital spiraled further into chaos. | ||
==Fhainnin Civil War== | ==Fhainnin Civil War== | ||
In response to the attack on the Senate Chambers, the Vicars of [[Vrael]] and [[Connsmonan]] declared their support for a temporary pause on the coronation of the next in line to the throne, one of Rethysear's nephews, Glen Wynnys-Màrtainn, along with a faction within the Senate known as the Reformists. Their movement was struck down, but the Reformists abandoned their seats, leaving the Senate to be unable to arrive at the threshold required to pass acts without them. Instead, the Reformists met with the Republican Front and other likeminded groups, accepting Cananach among others as members and rebranding themselves the National Republicans, calling for a general strike demanding the Senate pass the promised voting reforms as well as granting more powers to the Senate. | In response to the attack on the Senate Chambers, the Vicars of [[Vrael]] and [[Connsmonan]] declared their support for a temporary pause on the coronation of the next in line to the throne, one of Rethysear's nephews, Glen Wynnys-Màrtainn, along with a faction within the Senate known as the Reformists. Their movement was struck down, but the Reformists abandoned their seats, leaving the Senate to be unable to arrive at the threshold required to pass acts without them. Instead, the Reformists met with the Republican Front and other likeminded groups, accepting Cananach among others as members and rebranding themselves the National Republicans, calling for a general strike demanding the Senate pass the promised voting reforms as well as granting more powers to the Senate. | ||