Anti-Academy City October riots

## Anti-Academy City October riotsPart of the **God's Right Seat Saga**

Large-scale protest against Academy City in Avignon.

The **Anti-Academy City October riots** were a worldwide series of violent demonstrations and protests perpetrated by Roman Catholics against Academy City, done through the manipulations of the Document of Constantine, in order to force the Russian Orthodox Church to join the Roman Catholic Church's side. The riots end with the Academy City invasion of Avignon.

## Background

### Document of Constantine

*Main article: Document of Constantine*
The spiritual item behind the riots, the Document of Constantine (or C-Document), was created in the past by the Roman Catholic Church because of fears that they would lose control of their world and the hearts of their followers, following multiple crises and challenges to the idea that 'God is absolute'. Said to be a document by Constantine the Great stating that the Roman Pope was the leader of the Christian Church and the lands which Constantine ruled (at the time, the majority of Europe) belonged to the Pope, its actual effect was to make believers of the church believe that everything the Pope said was true.

### Causes and Motivations

After the attack on Academy City by Vento of the Front, many international disturbances were caused as a result and the Roman Catholic Church decided to use the opportunity to activate the Document of Constantine, in order to turn the tides early in favor of the Church for the upcoming war. Their purpose was to force the Russian Orthodox Church to join their side. Originally, the Roman Catholic Church had preferred to get the other two great churches, Anglican and Russian, to come to their side, however they came to know that the Anglican Church had a relationship with Academy City, and with all the things that had transpired between the two churches, where they were at odds with each other, there was clear strife between the two, causing the Roman Catholic Church to give up on them. Though the power balance between Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church was seen as very equal, it was the joining sides that could tip the balance, so the Roman Catholic Church focused their attention on the Russian Orthodox Church to prevent them from joining Academy City's side.

Though this was the prime reason, there were other reasons as well. According to Oyafune Monaka, the riots were a sign of the Church trying to completely win over and use their 2 billion followers, for though they were of the Church, not all were as zealous and steadfast in their belief, and lived in the benefit of both the Church and the influence of the science side. According to her pure science side point view, she saw that the Church was using this "chaos" to boost its numbers and using Academy City to strengthen their foundation in order to attack the world. The Roman Catholic Church was also gathering funds for a war in the form of "offerings" from believers of the church. They were doing it on the pretext of funds to help bring peace back to the world from the current chaos. The greater the chaos grew, the more "funds" they would receive. Moreover, she believed that even if the demonstrations did not bring people over to the Roman Catholic side, if the chaos continued for a significant length of time, it could have a negative effect on the economy and subsequently be the trigger for a world-wide panic. Even if the Roman Catholic Church did not grow due to this, it could end up tearing Academy City apart.

## Chronology

### The Riots

Originally starting as a series of large-scale protests throughout Europe with great number of people marching around that ranged from men and women holding banners, youths were setting fire to Academy City posters and their actions centered around areas with Japanese companies. Quickly around the world, the protests and the various overreactions to them began picking up pace as in Germany where a bulldozer thought to have been stolen was plowed into a Church, as a result of the escalation sports games were cancelled for safety’s sake. While at first only occurring within Europe, they soon begun within America as well, appearing in the major west coast cities and were expected to spread throughout America before long.