Shadow Rebellion

Rebel Clan troops drive in a convoy on a training exercise. March 2009.

• Mafia Clan disappears from HCC activity

The **Shadow Rebellion** (estimated to have fought around the 2008-2009 **Primordial Era**) was fought between **Mafia Clan** (dubbed **Mafia Empire**) forces under the command of **Hunter23x** and the **Rebel Clan**, a rebel army led by **ShadowSniper172**. It is likely the first clan war in the **HCC** to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. All details of the war come from **United Spartan Command** (USC) sources, primarily hand written notes from the time as well as USC media, in addition writings from **The Journey** in 2014. The war concluded on March 29 2009. establishing the United Spartan Command as well as the first ever recorded peace treaty in HCC history, the **Treaty of Shadows**.

## The rebellion

According to USC records and writing of The Journey being the only known sources of the war, talks of open revolt were made with the increasing acts of mistreatment towards internal members in the Mafia Clan, allies and enemies. Direct physical action was issued when ShadowSniper172 and natedawg287 formed a small contingent of members called the Rebel Clan, declaring open rebellion and beginning a series of raids against open Mafia games. The claimant date of the war was October 28 2008.

As the revolt and raids was occurring, the Rebel Clan gained the attention of Mafia Clan leader Hunter23x who began his mobilization efforts and attacked a hastily constructed base built by the rebels called Fort Shadow on High Ground. Hunter's host was unable to successfully take the fort and tactically retreated.

From the records we have, the war lasted for several months, with mentions of a harsh winter campaign led by Mafia Clan General Sgt Frizzle and several surprise attacks being issued on any open games available, including Forge games. An opportunity gave way on March 28 2009 when General JB172 and an assortment of rebel fighters stormed Fort Spade, a Mafia Clan base under construction and deleted the entire map. It was an apparent climatic victory for the rebels, with Hunter being demoralizing as he failed to save the game before hand. The engagements aftermath resulted in talks of ceasing hostilities.

## Treaty of Shadows and formation of the United Spartan Command

On March 29 2009, the Rebel Clan typed a physical document and made peace with the Mafia Clan, ending the Shadow Rebellion. It is the earliest evidence of a peace agreement between two warring clans in the HCC and one of the few evidence regarding the Mafia Clan. The original Treaty of Shadow's document made an extravagant amount of demands, but the following 3 were settled.

1. No messaging members of either clan.

2. No wars between either clan or their allies.

3. The Mafia clan could not exceed a 100 member count limit.

## Aftermath

After reaching the desired peace with the Mafia Clan, the Rebel Clan formed into the United Spartan Command under Shadow's leadership. The ironic consequence of the treaty was the bared communication with the Mafia Clan which resulted the Mafia's to be lost to history. The last recorded sighting of Mafia Clan activity was well into 2011-2012 on Reach.