Caelian Civil War

Lead-up
It began with a minor protest. Citizens unhappy with the lack of political freedom and representation turned out for a protest to begin, attracting a surprising number of followers. Seeing this, the guard made their move, arresting the protestors. Soon after, more protestors turned out on the streets of novatress demanding freedom and representation. They did not yet call for elections and democracy however fearful of such an outcome the guard made mass arrests and broke up the protest, however, this did not quell the protestors. A mere three days later, a massive amount of people turned out on the street calling for elections and democracy. When guards turned up to break them up fighting ensued and the guards eventually backed off to defensive positions. Around this time, Cillian Shelby and other affiliated people entered Novatress to steer the crowds. The next day with the streets flooded with people, many carrying weapons, People began to call for revolution "Death to the tyrant!" and "Revolution!" they chanted. They demanded the return of the republic that had disappeared long ago, possibly influenced by Cillian Shelby and his accomplices Soon the garrison was called in to take up positions around the protestors, with orders to stand by. The crowd threw rocks and insults at the soldiers. The situation was rapidly escalating and important individuals were evacuated from the city and then- "CHARGE!" It is unknown where the order came from or who shouted it but the aftereffect was clear. Unsure of whether to charge or not a staggered charge ensued and soldiers began to attack the citizens. As this happened other citizens in the houses began to throw furniture and such outside to help create barricades and wound soldiers. Chaotic fighting between the extremely outnumbered soldiers and the citizens ensued and it was unlikely that the soldiers could maintain their position for long. And so the Revolution began. Loyalists and revolutionaries fought for novatress.

And for a short time as the revolt burned, it seemed that Novatress hung in the balance. But then the Dust cleared and there was one obvious winner. The revolutionaries. Cillian Shelby publicly came out to lead the fledgling Republic in the revolutionary war Along with other revolutionaries. However, as most important officials and ministers had evacuated the city the Caelian state was not decapitated and could carry on the fight. As moves elsewhere in the kingdom were made Caeli fell into civil war and fate is unclear as to who will win.

"In time Destiny's chosen shall be revealed, and Caeli will never be the same."

“Finally, we have triumphed,” Cillian says, looking over the lively streets of Novatress from the NRA’s base of operations. “Indeed, though this is only the beginning.” Bobington declares. The pair look upon the streets of their new city, the flags of the once great republic fly high as the people chant “down with the king! Down with the monarchy!” Cillian smiles. “Ever since I was 12 and I learnt of the stories of the Republic, I have dreamed of bringing power back to the people, in a world full of kings.” The new founding fathers of the Republic journey to the military HQ of the NRA where they find their head of logistics pondering, Corvin Varsicov. The trio discusses their plan of action. Bobington believes attacking the neighbouring island of Morbia first would be beneficial as it has valuable armour and weapons. Whereas Shelby and Corvin agree that attacking the sea fortress of Ein Bahel and freeing republican sympathizers, Lord Dorn and his militia would be more favourable to the cause. The verdict is decided, they will attack Ein Bahel on Saturday at dawn in an attempt to free Dorn and his militia.

The Mutiny of Ammaurum
However this revolt could easily have been put down using the Caelian army and navy, and for a short time this was the plan. then one fateful day, everything changed. It had started as a disagreement over pay. The younger sailors demanded more pay which their commanding officers were unwilling to give.

The disagreement continued to escalate, with Shelby promising better pay under the republic. It reached a boiling point when one day, sabres were drawn. The sailors, inspired by the revolution in novatress, Drew sabres and slew many of their commanding officers. They took control of the ships and the mutiny grew and soon many ships set out for Novatress to join the nascent republican fleet.

However, both fortunately and unfortunately for the loyalists, many experienced officers were killed and the republican fleet found itself devoid of many experienced officers and sailors- and was thus forced to replace them with sailors that were less experienced. Thus the Novatress Republican Navy was in a poor position at the outset of the civil war. In addition to this, similar events occured in the army, though on a smaller scale.

All this led to the NRA an NRN being in a poor position at the outset of the war- though the nascent republican armed forces could become a powerful force yet.