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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. | 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 [[ | 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. | 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. | ||