First Syranian Civil War

+ Craft
	+ Meowing
	+ Vtsuki
	+ Mago†

* Craft and their followers are exiled from Syran, where they remain for twenty years
* Continued low-level Secularist insurgency

The **First Syranian Civil War**, also called the **First Syran War**, is a proposed lore concept. It was proposed by the actor behind Craft. The point of the lore idea is to function as an explanation for Craft's exile from Syran and Meowing's murder of Mago, taking place twenty years before the main story. In the lore idea, the Secularists led by Craft attempted a revolution in Syran aganst the Theocrats led by Vtsuki. The idea is that the war ended with the Siege of the Dirt Region where the Secularists made were defeated at their last stand against the Theocrats. After the war, Craft was exiled to the territory that later became the Aisha Caliphate and Meowing was pardoned.

## Timeline

### Skirmish at the Mushroom House

After an argument broke out between Craft and Vtsuki outside of Vtsuki's Mushroom House over the nature of Syran's government system, Craft drew their sword and attempted to stab Vtsuki. Craft missed and Vtsuki then grabbed Craft and threw them onto the ground. Craft then attempted to run away, but was shot by an arrow fired by Vtsuki while running.

### Rise of factionalism

Following the skirmish between Craft and Vtsuki, Craft proclaimed the current Syranian government illegitimate and created the Secularists. The Secularists wanted to establish a new government for Syran that was religiously impartial by prevent a god from holding power within the country. In contrast, Vtsuki proclaimed her loyalists to be the Theocrats. This symbolized the fact that they didn't want a religiously impartial government, instead opting to keep a god as the leader.

## Battle at the Tree of Wisdom

### Date Ended

c. 2002

	+ Vtsuki
	+ Craft

## Information

### Causes

* Secularists located at the Tree of Wisdom

### Result

**Decisive Theocrat victory*** Secularists suffer major casualities and flee to the Dirt Region through the Long March

With the battle lines clearly drawn, the Secularist forces gathered at the area surrounding the Tree of Wisdom and began making plans for their revolution against the Theocrats. However, a Theocrat patrol located the Secularists using the tree as a base and reported their findings to the government of Vtsuki. Vtsuki then marched with her armies to face the Secularists under Craft's command. Utilizing the flat plains around the Tree of Wisdom, the Theocrat armies diverged in on the Secularist positions from all sides and bombarded them. After several minutes of heavy arrow fire, the Theocrats marched in with swords and began slaughtering the Secularists. Many of the Secularists ended up dying, with only Craft and a few others surviving the massacre.

### Long March

With the Battle at the Tree of Wisdom so obviously lost, the Secularists began the Long March. They marched and retreated for what must have been days to the far off and isolated Dirt Region of Syran's more remote territories. After finally arriving in the Dirt Region, the remaining Secularists set up camp and prepared for the Theocrats to come finish them off.

## Information

### Result

* Mago is killed by Meowing
* Meowing flees to the Dirt Region and joins the Secularists

The two siblings of Mago and Meowing were struggling economically because of the war. While Mago was old enough to fight in the Syranian military, he opted to stay home to take care of his little sister, Meowing. Meowing was only ten and incapable of fighting. A few days after the Battle at the Tree of Wisdom, an argument broke out between Mago and Meowing. Mago had told Meowing he was going to go fight for the Theocrats to end the civil war. Meowing got angry, saying the Secularists were the right side and that Mago couldn't just abandon her. Mago screamed at Meowing and began to walk out the door. As he stepped outside, Meowing lunged a sword right through Mago's back. Having just murdered her older brother, Meowing fled to the Dirt Region to convene with the Secularists.

## Siege of the Dirt Region

### Date Ended

c. 2002

	+ Vtsuki
	+ Craft
	+ Meowing

## Information

### Result

**Decisive Theocrat victory*** Surrender of Craft's
* 95% of the Secularist military surrender
* End of the First Syranian Civil War

Weeks had passed since Mago had been murdered. The Theocrats had failed to find the Secularist camp and had dismissed the Dirt Region as too remote of a location for the Secularists to have reached. One morning, however, a Theocrat scout spotted the Secularist camp and alerted Vtsuki and her troops. With this, the Theocrats marched off to put an end to the Secularist insurgency. A small Secularist patrol spotted the approaching Theocrat armies and attempted to warn Craft, but the patrol was slaughtered by the Theocratic calvary. While Craft was overseeing the building a new headquarters for the Secularist movement, a volley of arrows suddenly came down and reigned havoc on the Secularist camp. Craft quickly armed and attempted to muster the Secularists to mount a desperate defense. Vtsuki, seeing the Secularists had the Dirt Region well defended, dug in for a siege rather than bothering to go out and fight a battle. Volley after volley hit the Secularist camp for three days on end. By the fourth day, Craft was wounded and the Secularist army was shattered. When the Theocrats charged in on the Secularist camp, Craft surrendered.

## Aftermath

### Punishment for the Secularists

After the Siege of the Dirt Region, over 95% of the Secularists were prisoners of war (POWs) held by the Theocrats, including Craft themself. The last remnants of the Secularists continued fighting the rather low-level Secularist insurgency for three more years. Following much bickering among Vtsuki, her advisors, and her military generals, Craft and all of the Secularists were sentenced to exile. They were to leave Syran and go where they could no longer pose a threat. Craft and their followers began making the Hijra from Syran. Most of the Secularists travelling with Craft died after being ambushed by a group of terrorists in KiwiVille, but Craft survived and eventually began the first Caliph of the Aisha Caliphate.

### Post-war issues

The last Secularist paramilitaries were defeated at the Stripper Club Siege three years after the civil war closed. Meowing, who was initially exiled with the Secularists, was eventually pardoned four years after the civil war ended, being able to return home to Syran at the age of fourteen. During their time in exile, Craft began going insane to the point where they became an advocate for religious theocracy, the very thing they swore to fight against. They also developed drinking problems, depression, and stress during their exile. Craft began to hate not just Syran but every country and swore they would someday destroy all of civilization.