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The Fhainnin Civil War was a conflict which took place within Fhainnlannachaeran from 1906-1914 (some sources contest the end year as being as late as 1916 at the beginning of the Eight Years' Terrors, while others include the Terrors as part of the war, placing its end date in 1924). The war started over the issue of granting voting rights to male landowners to elect candidates for their ruling Vicariate along with large-scale anti-monarchy uprisings which had increased in intensity since the 1880s. | The Fhainnin Civil War was a conflict which took place within Fhainnlannachaeran from 1906-1914 (some sources contest the end year as being as late as 1916 at the beginning of the Eight Years' Terrors, while others include the Terrors as part of the war, placing its end date in 1924). The war started over the issue of granting voting rights to male landowners to elect candidates for their ruling Vicariate along with large-scale anti-monarchy uprisings which had increased in intensity since the 1880s. | ||
{{Infobox civil conflict | {{Infobox civil conflict | ||
| title = Fhainnin Civil War | | title = Fhainnin Civil War | ||
| subtitle = | | subtitle = | ||
| partof = [[Great Republican Wave]] | | partof = [[Great Republican Wave]] | ||
| image = | | image = FhainninCivilWarRailRepairRihsport.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Republican troops, aided by [[Coscivian]] militiamen, repair rails outside of [[Rihsport]] to allow the passage of an armored train c. April 1907. | ||
| date = Day, Month, 1906 to Day, Month, 1909 | | date = Day, Month, 1906 to Day, Month, 1909 | ||
| place = Faneria, Levantia | | place = Faneria, Levantia | ||
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| injuries = approx. 3.8 million | | injuries = approx. 3.8 million | ||
| arrests = approx. 60,000 (prior to 1906) | | arrests = approx. 60,000 (prior to 1906) | ||
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| buildings = | | buildings = | ||
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=Causes= | =Causes= | ||
=== Constitutional Crisis === | ===Constitutional Crisis=== | ||
As stated above, the war is primarily considered to have started over the issue of granting voting rights to male landowners to elect candidates for their ruling [[Royal Vicariates of Fhainnlannachaeran|Vicariate]], which was intended to add a popular voice to the appointment of local governors and ensure that local Vicars were relatively sympathetic and knowledgeable about the regions they ruled. In addition, there was an undercurrent of belief that elections for Vicarial candidates would create a republican tradition within the government and lead to further reforms. | As stated above, the war is primarily considered to have started over the issue of granting voting rights to male landowners to elect candidates for their ruling [[Royal Vicariates of Fhainnlannachaeran|Vicariate]], which was intended to add a popular voice to the appointment of local governors and ensure that local Vicars were relatively sympathetic and knowledgeable about the regions they ruled. In addition, there was an undercurrent of belief that elections for Vicarial candidates would create a republican tradition within the government and lead to further reforms. | ||
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However, he did little to initiate the creation of a voting system or registry, and immediately began appointing new, loyal Vicars to those seats which had most fervently clamored for reform. In response, the majority of the remaining Vicars who had pushed the reform through demanded a further concession that their seats in particular be not only exempt from the reform, but that they be tied directly to their bloodlines again to ensure their families did not lose their own seats due to the large wave of anti-monarchy sentiment welling up into the landed middle class by that point. | However, he did little to initiate the creation of a voting system or registry, and immediately began appointing new, loyal Vicars to those seats which had most fervently clamored for reform. In response, the majority of the remaining Vicars who had pushed the reform through demanded a further concession that their seats in particular be not only exempt from the reform, but that they be tied directly to their bloodlines again to ensure their families did not lose their own seats due to the large wave of anti-monarchy sentiment welling up into the landed middle class by that point. | ||
=== Republicanism and Socialism, Fourth Kin War and Industrial Reform === | ===Republicanism and Socialism, Fourth Kin War and Industrial Reform=== | ||
In addition, numerous other issues such as the loss of the [[Royal Vicariates of Fhainnlannachaeran|New Aenglia Vicariate]] to [[Fiannria]] in the [[Fhainn-Fiann Kin Wars|Fourth Kin War]] in 1887, along with a general disinterest by the Throne in regards to regulating business practices or labor safety standards, created a great deal of unrest across large parts of the country, in particular the lower class. These tied in heavily with the exponential growth of populist political movements, namely the [[Political Parties of Faneria#Central Republican Party|Fhainnin New Century Republicans]] under [[Callac Cananach]], and the smaller but more militant [[Political Parties of Faneria#Popular Party|Fhainnin Popular Party]], the largest Socialist/Communist party within Fhainnlannachaeran at the time. | In addition, numerous other issues such as the loss of the [[Royal Vicariates of Fhainnlannachaeran|New Aenglia Vicariate]] to [[Fiannria]] in the [[Fhainn-Fiann Kin Wars|Fourth Kin War]] in 1887, along with a general disinterest by the Throne in regards to regulating business practices or labor safety standards, created a great deal of unrest across large parts of the country, in particular the lower class. These tied in heavily with the exponential growth of populist political movements, namely the [[Political Parties of Faneria#Central Republican Party|Fhainnin New Century Republicans]] under [[Callac Cananach]], and the smaller but more militant [[Political Parties of Faneria#Popular Party|Fhainnin Popular Party]], the largest Socialist/Communist party within Fhainnlannachaeran at the time. | ||
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=Conflict= | =Conflict= | ||
=== 1906-1908 === | ===1906-1908=== | ||
''By December of 1906, numerous elements of the Army had defected from the Royalists, and an attempt to take Teindún by the Throneswatch and loyalist troops was rebuffed by armed veterans and mutineers. The Vicar of Vrael was killed by Royalist toops for treason, but the Vicar of Connsmonan declared open support for the Republicans, followed shortly by the newly elected Vicar of Srathlann, who campaigned as a Republican and barely avoided assassination, which he blamed on the Throneswatch. Further compounding the situation was the new King's refusal to rule; Wynnys-Màrtainn, seeing the situation and perhaps having had republican leanings himself, fled his palace and met with the general of the 6th Army, another Màrtainn descendant named [[Jonah Lohr-Màrtainn]]. Lohr-Màrtainn agreed to defect to the National Republicans, bringing most of his army with him and contributing to a significant collapse in Royalist morale as nearly the entire Màrtainn tree was either too distant to clearly distinguish inheritance, dead, or, in the case of its most prominent members, had simply defected to the Republicans out of fear for their lives or actual support.'' | ''By December of 1906, numerous elements of the Army had defected from the Royalists, and an attempt to take Teindún by the Throneswatch and loyalist troops was rebuffed by armed veterans and mutineers. The Vicar of Vrael was killed by Royalist toops for treason, but the Vicar of Connsmonan declared open support for the Republicans, followed shortly by the newly elected Vicar of Srathlann, who campaigned as a Republican and barely avoided assassination, which he blamed on the Throneswatch. Further compounding the situation was the new King's refusal to rule; Wynnys-Màrtainn, seeing the situation and perhaps having had republican leanings himself, fled his palace and met with the general of the 6th Army, another Màrtainn descendant named [[Jonah Lohr-Màrtainn]]. Lohr-Màrtainn agreed to defect to the National Republicans, bringing most of his army with him and contributing to a significant collapse in Royalist morale as nearly the entire Màrtainn tree was either too distant to clearly distinguish inheritance, dead, or, in the case of its most prominent members, had simply defected to the Republicans out of fear for their lives or actual support.'' | ||