Varian Restoration

Varian Restoration, sometime referred to as the Varian Ruby Rebellion, Imperial Restoration, or the Dragonborn Rebellion, was a widespread and organized revolt against Julius Mede, the Potentate of Cyrodiil. The rebellion began in the year 4E 201, when Marcella Varian/Lucina Calidius returned to Cyrodiil to regained her right as Empress.
==History==
===Prelude===
The Ascension of Empress Marcella Varian in the year 4E 199 after the death of her father, Caius Varian, which proclaimed the Dragonborn Empress of Cyrodiil, the first Dragonborn Empress of the Varian Dynasty. In the first two years prior to the being and the Rebellion begin, Marcella founded, a illustrious order of knights popularized known as the Order of the Mohawk, as well proclaimed popular Imperial laws, including tax the highest nobles, and allowed the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild (now called The Synod) became popular again, as well recognized the both Guilds, as well as the ongoing Skyrim Civil War.
General Julius Mede was disputed as one of the worst generals of the Imperial Legion. Julius' behavior was one of the reasons that he considered female rulers in Tamriel and Cyrodiil, witches, hateful, and beholden ruthful. In the two years in Marcella's reign, he, among others, created a small organization that goals that overthrowing Marcella, and while Julius Mede blamed Marcella for her failed reign. Julius himself had completed stressed and dispersed the Empress, who may his true personality against women as his rulers. In the year 4E 201, she travelled to Skyrim that her need by General Tullius against Ulfric Stormcloak, the Jarl of Windhelm and his Stormcloaks, which she agreed. Meanwhile back in Cyrodiil, Julius' plan went into effect as he travel to the Imperial City, manipulates the public that Marcella was dead, and naming himself as her successor.
Marcella, still alive and deposed Empress, she changed her name, under her alias, Lucina Calidius who was the true founder and leader of the Order of the Dragon Assassins that also rebelled Julius and gained independence. Julius, now called "The Imperial Potentate", stole the Ruby Throne from her, she then resided in the Imperial-side of Skyrim, in both her personal home, Haafinheim while the Proudspire Manor used as her base of operations and her "alias'" home, as well as staying at Solitude. While planning a rebellion, she used her alias, fighting against the Stormcloaks, and managed to defeat the Stormcloaks, ending the rebellion in Skyrim after Ulfric's death at Windhelm.
===The rebellion begins===
After the civil war in Skyrim were crushed, Marcella's first move is to make the remaining months to organizing a plan and that during the war in Skyirm, all of Imperials, including Tulius and Rikke that Lucina is actually the deposed Empress, remained quiet and remain loyal. Marcella then resettled in Haafinheim to recover from her wounds, and later to planning to return to Cyrodiil to re took the throne as she claim that "rightfully hers" and was remained anonymous. Many of the Counts or Countesses of the nine cities in Cyrodiil were supported for Marcella to return to Cyrodiil, which she had planned the right time, and already declared her as the "rightful Empress of the Empire" to opposed of reigning Emperor-Protenate Julius Mede.
By the next year of 4E 202, with Tullius and Rikke traveled with Marcella into their native homeland of Cyrodiil, and settled at her birthplace in Anvil and make temporary residence at the Lexian Manor as the main headquarters of the rebellion. With Marcella makes various of letters back and forth with the cities Counts/Countesses, she remained them that remained natural to cause not conflicts with each other. She then set off a riot in Bruma and the Imperial City, which begin the Rebellion itself.
===Height of the Rebellion===
Marcella, Tullius and Rikke, as well as her allies, begin to march with the total of approx. thirty thousands Legions to Skingrad where the first battles took place, the Battle of the Gold and the Second Battle of Skingrad which both of heavy loses of Marcella's Legions but won victories. The trio agreed to split the armies into three, Rikke to secured the cities of Chorrol and Bruma which called the Highlands-Jerall Campaign, Tullius to re-taken the city of Cheydinhal, and Marcella re-taking the cities of Bravil and Layawiin, which called the Niben Bay Campaign. Rikke won major victories over Julius' allied Generals and managed to retaken the cities, where the Julius' allied soldiers giving Tulius a hard time at Chorrol, but the Chorrol Count surrounded and make allied with the allies. 
Marcella set her siege headquarters at the Ayleid ruin of Telepe, and then the following morning, she sieging Bravil and eventually retaking it after a five hours. She then went on to re-taken Layawiin which was quickly surrounded without a fight, and accepted their allegiance as well. Marcella then won a major victory, defeating and took Julius' ally, Crason Alfelia prisoner at the Battle of Telepe. After the battle, he then spend most of the time successfully retaking the Niben Valley territories before Marcella will be prepared for the final match to the Imperial City.
The records are lost of where Julius' last remaining generals make the orders, either by defeat or killed, he gathered his remaining Legion and make their last stand in the Imperial City. Marcella then reached the city, and the Imperial guards recognized her, and let her and her legion in the city. A furiously Imperial Potentate waited and feared as the remaining of Julius' Legion make their last stand, but it was defeated by both Marcella's Legion and the city guards who now allying with Marcella. Julius waited until Marcella stormed the Palace, and then confronted by her, and as well challenged her to a fight to the death duel, which she accept. After a mostly a hour duel as well the ending of the duel, Julius caught Marcella, wounded her and forcing her on her knees, with her non fighting hand covering the slash wound that made by Julius, which he taught and laughed at her. Before Julius finishing her off, Marcella warns that the gods are watching her before letting out her thu'um, which resulting Julius himself injured. She begin to get up, managed to wobble, grabbing her sword and limp towards the Potentate which Julius attempted to stab Marcella, but failed with Livia Salvian saved Marcella. The wounded Marcella begin and make the final blow to Julius, killing him and ended the Rebellion.
===The Aftermath===
With her recovering her wounds in the Palace, the Elder Council re-proclaimed Marcella as Empress of Cyrodiil again. After being restored, Marcella ordered the remaining of Julius' allies to be sentenced for treason.
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