The Second American Civil War

## Leading Events

2010 - President Clyde G. Stern takes office through the new "Reformation" party, which quickly gains national popularity. He slowly replaced most people with government positions with his supporters, or paid off constituents. This resulted in him having almost complete control of the government, this allowed him to begin rewriting the basic foundations of the nation, splitting it at the seams with dramatic changes at his whim.

2014 - The president repeals the 8 year term limit and takes complete permanent office with nation-wide support due to his immense economic increases, lowering the price of living to a record amount. Despite the incredible economy, inter-species tensions are increasing more and more as non-human communities aren't receiving the benefits of most social programs due to the ability to use magic disqualifying them from the benefits. This was based in a false belief that all non-humans are proficient with magic, and due to almost everyone in a position of power was traditionally human to "balance" the power which led to many misconceptions of other species.

2016 - A small terrorist group of non-humans formed with the intentions of burning down insurance agency buildings without magical methods to prove a point about magic using species and their lack of welfare, but backfired due to a single member casting a wave of fire instinctively towards a police officer. This was focused on by most news medias and gained national attention, It caused the president to eventually issue an arcane ban nation-wide. This was taken horribly and there was international backlash, it resulted in many people relying on magical trades to be forced to go out of business. Other species whom relied on magic hoped that they would begin to get welfare or some government assistance but did not, the justification was 'non-human species have innate natural advantages'. This caused them to become more impoverished and had major issues finding reasonable insurance, further increasing tensions.

2017 - The magic ban being in affect for one year caused more people to begin acting out, non-humans began to grow rebellious and this only caused the punishments to also grow more intense. Interspecies relations were at the verge of disaster, with some humans growing fearful and even aggressive towards other species. There were protests across the country, but to no avail, the protests only grew and non-humans began quitting their jobs and attempting to become more self reliant - growing their own crops and maintaining their own resources. The lack of workers and money from them, causes an economic crash. The president began directly blaming non-humans for this and began issuing threats to tear down their communities if they wouldn't rejoin the workforce.

The Presidents threats turned away his supporters, but it was too late due to almost every position of the government being held by his trusted constituents. There was almost no voter power in the people due to all elections being directly rigged and based on the ones elected, who all had ties directly to his party.

2018 - A new law was put into action which directly made the act of being unemployed punishable by fines which would add up as debt, and if being without a government verified job for more than 3 months, the offender would be charged an increasing amount until they were so far into debt that being arrested was legal. This caused a national uproar among non-humans, who stopped relying on verified jobs to sustain themselves. Most places wouldn't hire other species due to the current tensions among them, which essentially created a trap for them all.

After only 3 months, almost 43% non-humans were in crippling debt and 1/4th of which was incarcerated due to their debts. Police forces began cracking down and directly targeting protesters and anybody opposing the current system, which caused further incarcerations among them all.

2019 - Violence was growing and militias were forming of both all species, humans who were manipulated and brainwashed to hate and the non-humans who were fighting who were fighting their oppressors. Their sheer brutality and fighting causes numerous conflicts across the nation, many people dying on both sides. This caused the construction of internment camps to capture almost all non-human species, tearing families apart.

This marked the beginning of the second American Civil War...

## The Beginning

2020 - A group of four people of differing backgrounds and skills banded together to fight the current regime and change the world through peace.

Demetrius Ruso - A human former boxer who has a complete understanding for all forms of technology.

Rebecca Occaus - A deeply scarred and emotionally volatile half-draconis who's emotions are tied to her arcane strengths.

Seth Burginson - An avial drug lord who was known for his immense combat prowess and mastery of enchanting.

Valoria Martin - A leale blacksmith who is seeking a deep sense of respectable honor.

It began with Demetrius looking for an escape from his depression, he heard rumors of a form of enchanted cocaine known as "Black Magic" only available through specific means. It was rumored to be able to take away all pain, emotional or physical - this peaked his interest and he was set on buying some to at least try. This was difficult due to him not being able to find a seller or anybody who was able to direct him towards one, but after asking around a nightclub he eventually got lucky.

A shady figure caught him in an alley way almost a week later after his persistence, knowing that he had been asking for the drug. He offered to take him to a supplier, which Demetrius was unsure about but quickly decided. He went with the shady figure, who forcibly blindfolded him and restrained him within the trunk - and then promptly drove to an undisclosed location. Demetrius was seated in front of a desk where Seth Burginson was sitting.

He offered him Black Magic, which out of curiosity he asked for the process in which it was made. This peaked Seth's interest and he began rambling on the process, which he wasn't worried about being stolen due to Demetrius being human and not able to cast magic to enchant the cocaine. They began having genuine conversations and laughing at each others stories,