Sironian Civil Wars

Throughout it's history, Sironia has seen multiple conflicts that can be described as civil wars. These are usually referred to as the Sironian Civil Wars, with the main conflicts being the First Sironian Civil War, Sironian Seperatist War, and Ytharash War.

Sironian Civil War
The first Sironian civil war was undoubtedly the deadliest of the three and involved five neighbouring countries: Cobbleworks, Vanakunir, Vraelea, Frosmyre, and Yimmu-Audal.

The conflict began after Archon Ythar II refused an ultimatum given to him by various members of his government to step down. Following this, Uthr Caicuria requested military support from Jabberdrake of Cobbleworks to forcibly depose Ythar, and Yimmu-Audal offered to help due to Uthr's connections with the Caicuria family, giving him the title Uthr Audalath to signify their view he was the legitimate Archon of Sironia. The armies of Cobbleworks marched swiftly from the south, but had to cross the entire length of Sironia to reach the capital.

While this happened, Ythar left in secret to gain the favour of Skinnyee and Berd of Vanakunir, who soon agreed to help, realising the situation Sironia was in could be turned to their advantage. Ythar's ally Molotov rallied Frosmyre to the cause, quickly arriving to defend the capital. Both forces converged upon Azethvir, and a huge battle took place. Almost all those involved were killed in the mayhem, but a small unit of the Cobbleworks forces managed to push the Ytharist contingent into retreating out of the city.

It seemed like Uthr was victorious, but later that evening, he began to cough up blood and collapsed to the floor, perishing from his terminal lung cancer. Upon hearing news of this, Ytharist forces regrouped and marched on Azethvir, driving out the scattered Lapidosan and Audalad forces that remained. Much of Sironia now lay in ruins, as Ytharash and Kuclela had been under siege, and Asalath and Rowunrua looted by the invading forces. Furthermore, Yimmu-Audal annexed Hinokuko from Sironia in the anarchy, and it was never returned to Sironia.

Second Sironian Civil War / Sironian Separatist War
The Second Sironian civil war stemmed from continued tensions between Jabberdrake and Ythar. Jabberdrake had become the Emperor of Aldovir, and Ythar's hardline Sakrelist stance on policy irritated him. Tensions mounted on September 9, when Ythar voted against the reelection of Jabberdrake as Emperor. After Jabberdrake won the majority and returned to the throne, he immediately stripped Ythar of his role and proclaimed the Archonate of Sironia, ruled by Subica Caicuria, daughter of Uthr. This enraged Ythar, who threatened to excommunicate the Emperor using his powers as Archon of the Sakrelist faith, and began to meet enemies of Aldovir behind closed doors in order to undermine Jabber's regime. The Emperor then declared Ythar a traitor, demanded his exile, and stripped him of all wealth and property. Ythar fled to Pasouthak, a town of Sironians in Yimmu-Audal established following the First civil war, with all the wealth of the Sironian treasury, Azethvir, and even the Emerald Throne.

In late October, it became apparent that Subica was an incompetent ruler. Sironia was beginning to fall into almost complete abandonment, and settlers from Cobbleworks and Carn had to be brought in to restore some ruined towns. Around mid-October, infamous Sironian mafia leader Mr. Krakowsky had returned from the unknown wastes and began to rebuild his mercantile empire. Subica was eventually relegated to governing a far-off colony of Aldovir, and Krakowsky became Aldovir's chosen puppet ruler. He immediately ordered a crackdown on dissent, with many Ytharists being driven to the town of Omverlon, a colony of Pasouthak at the tip of Sironia's Holy Peninsula. Following failed negotiations between Ythar, Krakowsky, and Pasouthak's leader Joe Frank Kennedy, Krakowsky declared all Ytharists to be hung. Immediately, the remaining Ytharist leaders - Ythar, Kennedy, Nanek of Omverlon, and Liraxak of Iverthirak - decided to form a paramilitary organisation to defend their interests: The Sironian Nationalist Liberation Front, or SNLF.