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 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==
-''In response to the attack on the Senate Chambers, the Vicars of [[Vrael]] and [[Connsmonann]] 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.''
-The Royalist faction ultimately caved after thousands of deaths across the country and months of martial law when paramilitaries and elements in the military and police became increasingly unwilling to fight their own people, voting (under a great deal of duress, but voting nonetheless) to pass the voting reforms and additional extensions of the franchise to any citizen, landed or unlanded, as well as formally making women citizens - another movement which had added steam to the Republicans' voting bloc. The head of the Republicans, John MacRenyth, called for immediate elections, which were held without preparation within certain areas of Oirthidún only and conveniently brought a supermajority of Republicans into the Senate - bringing Cananach into the inner circle. The Royalists decried the blatantly fraudulent elections, and the Throneswatch stepped in to break up the Senate, facing off against Republican militias which ended in a firefight in which MacRenyth was killed.
-Cananach quickly claimed leadership of the National Republicans with his loyalists in tow, with the Free Faneria press supporting him in its publications as he fled to nearby Teindún, Faneria's largest city and a hub of Republican activity. Rousing the citizenry with a call to arms, Cananach spun the events at Oirthidún as a calculated purge by the Royalists, a position he maintained he truly believed for the rest of his life. Enraged, the locals fought off the pursuing contingent of Throneswatch and declared the city a safe haven for Republicans.
-The new ''Rih'', Wynnys-Màrtainn, surrendered himself and his relative, General Jonah Lohr-Màrtainn, along with the majority of the Royal 6th Army to the Republicans, turning the civil conflict into a proper revolution as Republican forces began to secure the western and central Ninerivers. With the military situation in hand, Cananach focused on the politics of the revolution more than its military functioning.
-Cananach spent his time during the bulk of the Civil War setting up his own government, replacing institutions from scratch on paper and using his rubber stamp Senate remnants to approve any changes and reforms he wished. after the fall of Rihsport to the National Republicans in May 1907, he felt he could effectively do as he pleased, as republican militias and revolutionaries increasingly became better-equipped and just as experienced as the standing army that had split between the two factions. With Faneria's geographic core secured, Cananach called for and succeeded in a vote to dispand the Vicarial system entirely and replace is with a system of elected Governors without aristocratic trappings, as well as formally disbanding the Senate and creating a new legislature. It was no mistake that the new legislature and positions of power were packed with his closest followers first, allies second, and his enemies left excluded entirely.
-Itheachan and Srathlann fell to the NRPA in March 1907, and Gleathan was captured by late May, securing the Republic as the legitimate Fhainnin government. The Socialists made considerable gains during this period, and saw success fighting Royalist forces, but were unprepared to themselves be purged from the Senate and the revolutionary movement, with many of their supporters peeling away to join the Republicans or breaking down into infighting over leadership. Their temporary alliance with the Republicans had allowed Cananach's men to gain an awareness of their operations, making rooting out their cells a matter of tipping off local anticommunist veterans' organizations. In addition, some elements within the Republicans themselves were cast out, though not violently as the Socialists were.
 == Postwar Life ==
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 ==Legacy==
 Cananach is featured on the one ''Barra'' note and on state-issued checks, as well as having a stamp dedicated to him. The seals of the [[Office of Political Security#GERB|Government Ethics Regulatory Bureau]] and the [[Office of the National Army|6th Army Bragadt]] bear his image. His books remain in print, particularly ''Republican Ideals'' and ''Effective Governance''.
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