The Etheridgeon Rebels

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### Goals

* Save Kendra and the world by bringing her back to her senses (Kodachi's goal; failed)
* Defeat Kendra once and for all (succeeded)

### Allies

* Arcturian Armed Forces
* Breezewood Corps
* Defected Royal Guard
* Various governments on the same side as the rebels

## Chronological

### Coexisted with

Kendra's Cabinet

**The Etheridgeon Rebels** were a collective of rebels gathered as a sub-group, far away from the eyes of Kendra and Her Cabinet, working in secret to dismantle her dictatorship and bring peace to the continent of Etheridge, doing everything in their power to protect the world from destruction.

## History

The Etheridgeon Rebels were a subgroup formed by Zeph, and the then-recently freed Tsurugi triplets and their parents from their dungeon sentences. Although they all broke out together with the help of Zeph, it took time for the family to find each other after the siege of the castle, the mass chaos contributing to the ability for the rebellion to work in private whilst handled mainly by Kendra's top advisors behind her back, as her knowing about the rebellion would have spelled doom for her kingdom.

### Separation and Finding Allies

After Zeph rescued Kodachi and Makibishi, the three of them ended up getting separated after escaping from Naxera, and while Chokuto had broken his parents out of the dungeon, the three of them ended up separated from each other down the line as well.

Nagamaki Tsurugi had found an abandoned cabin that she didn't frequent except for sleeping during the night, as she had been spearheading the reconstruction of Garmsby Village and needed a place to rest from dusk to midnight while her home was being rebuilt. During her time in the cabin, she noticed that it seemed lived in, even though it was abandoned. When she put her collection of books in the cabin, she felt confident enough to stay in the cabin. She gained allies to build the rebellion at Chokuto's behest; not wanting to fail her son or her world, she rallied together the villagers in not only rebuilding their home, but also protecting it and the rest of the continent at large.

Tobiguchi Tsurugi, on the other hand, had integrated himself with a hamlet community west of Naxera; it turned out to be a splinter group of those who used to be part of Kendra's Cabinet. This is where he met Lumi and the other cooks and soldiers that used to work under and with Her Majesty before being sentenced to execution out due to her views on sentience in others but herself, and thus they had become fugitives hidden away from the world. When Tobiguchi brought news to the splinter group of 20 that a rebellion was in the making, it took months, but Tobiguchi managed to get almost everyone (except for a few pessimistic elders and infants/very small children) on his side of the fight. Together, they all turned their hamlet into a working base camp for their operations. Most notably, Tobiguchi pulled all nighters and preferred to sleep every night from one in the morning to dawn, in an abandoned cabin - he thought it looked rather lived in when he found it, despite the abandonment and even thought that the books on the decrepit shelving reminded him of his wife.

Kodachi Tsurugi awoke to find herself in an unknown location during the day as the sun started to rise, bewildered, to find that she was in the company of a group of friends who found her buried in the snow the night before. This is when she met Sarsaparilla, a Pagoni Zonda R who was a blogger hailing from Lunaris, accompanied by Sirius, a midnight black Camaro in college for his degree in mechanics, and Susie, a heavily modified Subaru from the then-current year who dreamed of being a famous street racer. The four of them became fast friends and grew fond of Kodachi's will to defeat the queen of Etheridge - the sports cars had lived childhoods where their local economies suffered because of Her decrements and social stigmas kept progress at bay, thanks to Her influence, so to find out that there was a legitimate, underground operation taking place to dethrone her was exciting news to the three of them. The four of them decided to make that cabin their base of operations while they collected allies from all directions, sports cars and civilian cars gathered under the same abandoned, dilapidated roof to discuss the future together, all from midnight to just before dawn. Kodachi would sleep in the cabin for months from sunrise to late morning.

Chokuto Tsurugi and Zeph found each other after a few days of separation, as Chokuto had settled at a base camp established by Zeph's childhood friends; Sophie, Rita, and Gem, all Etheridgeon macaws just like her, but larger and with the ability to take on vehicular forms, much like the vehicular beings that could switch from being cars to human-likes. While this base camp was being set up, Chokuto preferred sleeping on the ground in a cabin, one that hadn't been used for years. He would sleep in there for a few hours between late morning to early afternoon before returning to working on his side of the rebellion.

Makibishi Tsurugi worked alone trying to find her family and train her clairvoyance and water manipulation, taking advantage of the quietness of nature whilst scavenging and hunting for food to concentrate on training. She spent a lot of time outside of her cabin, and only slept from mid afternoon to an hour before dusk, as she could function on low sleep like the rest of her family. After a few months, the loneliness drove her mad, but at the same time, she became strong enough to be able to manipulate even a puddle of water.

### Reunion and Building the Rebellion

After Garmsby Village had been rebuilt, Nagamaki returned to the cabin to sleep and pack up her belongings, and took her time doing so. This made her late leaving the cabin, and upon exiting, she ran face to face with none other than her own husband, who had been, as far as she was aware, deceased. The two of them talked and got each other up to speed, having a nice laugh about how they were bunking in the same house for months and never knowing.

When the two of them were ready to leave at sunrise, the two of them came face to face with one of their daughters, Kodachi. The reunion came with discussions that lasted for another few hours when Chokuto walked into the cabin; unable to process all of his emotions, he Badged on the spot. Whilst cooking lunch, Makibishi walked in, and promptly Badged like Chokuto from the sheer overwhelm of emotions and the absolute hilarity of the situation.

## Battle information

### Casualties

90; of all of them, Kendra's army suffers the loss of one of their top generals and a substantial portion of soldiers. At least 20 casualties were on the side of the Rebellion.

### Result

Rebellion victory

**Battle of Fort Arcturus**

When word got out that there was a grassroots movement thanks to a mole in the rebels' group, Kendra's top advisors took the war into their own hands and formally declared war against the Etheridgeon Rebels, hoping that the battle would deter the rising strength in the grassroots movement.

Arcturian forces, such as the civilians and those who made up the Arcrturian Corps fought valiantly against Kendra's Cabinet to protect Fort Arcturus, the largest base in northern Etheridge second only to the base near Breezewood. The battle took place between September 9th, 2019 and October 21st, 2019. Led by Lumi Kivi, the Arcturian Forces managed to protect their fort from being taken by the opposing side at the cost of several of their rebels' lives.

When it turned out that the Kingdom of Etheridge lost more soldiers than they did rebels, it was a clear message that the grassroots movement had a strong will, yet at the same time, it would become increasingly harder to keep this news from Kendra any longer. Despite that, Her top advisors did everything in their power to keep it a secret from her, and found it relatively easy since she took up all of her time in her throne room interacting with the alternate world.