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After the war, Cananach, like many in the army, received an honorable discharge and returned to his prewar job; however, the loss of significant territories along the Vandarch coast caused a dramatic economic downturn along with the loss of connection with many peoples' family members in the territories ceded to Fiannria. Common among the public was the idea that the ''Rih'' had surrendered as soon as the war he started had turned against Faneria, signing a disproportionate peace. In fact, the ''Rih'' had been captured during the same offensive Cananach participated in, and had been forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty at riflepoint. Cananach's own job was secure, but he devoted a significant proportion of his time to feverishly writing his first work, ''Crown of Bayonets''. | After the war, Cananach, like many in the army, received an honorable discharge and returned to his prewar job; however, the loss of significant territories along the Vandarch coast caused a dramatic economic downturn along with the loss of connection with many peoples' family members in the territories ceded to Fiannria. Common among the public was the idea that the ''Rih'' had surrendered as soon as the war he started had turned against Faneria, signing a disproportionate peace. In fact, the ''Rih'' had been captured during the same offensive Cananach participated in, and had been forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty at riflepoint. Cananach's own job was secure, but he devoted a significant proportion of his time to feverishly writing his first work, ''Crown of Bayonets''. | ||
==Political Activism and Early Writing== | ==Political Activism and Early Writing== | ||
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 | 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 put 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 ''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. | ''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. | ||