Lucifenian Revolution

"*Let's go! My comrades! The time for revolution has come!*"
―Ney Avadonia
The **Lucifenian Revolution** was the name given to the conflict fought between the Kingdom of Lucifenia and the Lucifenian Resistance and its allies. Lasting only several weeks, the civil war brought an end to the Reign of Evil and was shortly followed by a Marlon occupation.

## History

### Origins

*Main Article: Reign of Evil*

"*I had heard that you joined in the revolution to get revenge for your mother being killed by the prince...*"
―Riliane Mouchet to Ney Avadonia
Following the death of King Arth in EC 499, Prince Alexiel succeed him as monarch. The government soon after imposed heavy taxes upon its citizens, which was later compounded by a poor harvest sweeping throughout across the kingdom. By order of the prince, the people were left starving during the famine in spite of the government's ability to distribute food from the royal palace's storehouse.

After Mariam Avadonia was assassinated for smuggling food to feed the citizens, her foster daughter, Ney, formed a resistance bent on overthrowing "The Son of Evil" and ending his tyranny. Following the White Hunting, the population's rage towards the prince increased and the gradually grew in membership. After the death of her beloved, Queen Germaine Marlon donned a mask and offered to support the Resistance with her armies.

Bolstered by the masked "Lukana", the resistance continued gaining support while acquiring intelligence from Chartette Langley, a palace maid, and were able to negotiate with Keel Freezis for aid from the Freezis Firm after the businessman was released from government custody. Sending one of his maids to meet with the resistance leaders to confirm his support, the Keel had his business conglomerate send supplies and weaponry to the Resistance.

### Outbreak

"*This entire time we have continued to be made to suffer! By the nobles! By that abominable prince! But that all ends today! Today is the end of everything, and the beginning! Everyone! Do you all have the courage to fight!?*"
―Ney at the start of the revolution
At a tavern on Milanais Square in Rolled, Ney led the resistance in ambushing two members from the Glass Mercenaries that were sexually harassing a waitress, causing a fight to break out. After one of the mercenaries return with six of his comrades and attempted to retaliate, the entire tavern of resistance members stood up and the outnumbered soldiers for hire were captured and thrown into the river.

Incited by Ney Avadonia's call to arms, revolts broke out against the mercenaries in Rolled and the Lucifenian soldiers at Rollam. At the request for reinforcements, the royal palace recalled forces entrenched in Elphegort to help put down threat; unfortunately for them the forces returning from Elphegort were slowed by attacks from its citizens, and the revolts could not be suppressed.

### Battle of Rollam

"*In Rollam the Lucifenian guard is in a hard fight! We must send reinforcements!*"
―Lucifenian war minister
The resistance army sent a division to Rollam, led by Ney, and engaged the Lucifenian forces there. During the fighting, Ney encountered and battled Officer Riliane Mouchet. As the Battle of Rollam progressed, the revolutionary leader Sekka Le Corbusier was seriously injured and the battle turned against their favor. In the midst of the fighting, the Freezis Firm's Rollam merchant commanded the middle class citizens against the soldiers and reinforced the revolutionary army. Turning the tides in their favor, the Resistance drove back the Lucifenian army's troops and captured the city.

### Rekindled Opposition

"*The Rolled district is also being hard fought!*"
"*Rolled–Those damned mercenaries!? We're paying them a fortune, have them do something!*"
"*But they're being overwhelmed by superior numbers...*"
―Lucifenian war minister and Prime Minister Minis
As the tide began to turn in Rollam, fighting resurged in Rolled and the mercenaries were quickly outnumbered by the peasant army. Declaring a state of emergency, the royal palace demanded border forces at Retasan and Babul Desert return immediately and reinforce the contested battlegrounds and sent a messenger to Marlon, asking the ally to send aid overseas.

During the second week of the conflict, revolutionary leader Minage organized the locals in Elphegort into helping aid resistance efforts. Coordinating both armies into a coalition, they effectively blocked off Lucifenia's forces from leaving the nation, trapping them in a prolonged conflict.

The forces at Retasan, commanded by General Gaston Mouchet, and the Babul Desert began their return trip. However, two divisions of disguised Marlon soldiers, led by Queen Germaine, staged a night raid soon after at both camps. Caught off guard, both Lucifenian forces suffered heavy losses and the masked Germaine slew General Gaston in the fighting.

After defeating the emergency reinforcements, the Marlon troops reinforced the revolutionaries at Rolled against the overwhelmed Glass Mercenaries. With Marlon refusal to bring in more troops, the movement started approaching the palace. The conflict in Rollam also turned in favor of the Resistance and was captured by the revolutionary army. At the end of the revolution's second week, the royal palace received word that Marlon refused to send troops to aid Lucifenia.

Throughout the third week, the fighting at Rolled became increasingly intense. Pushing the Glass mercenaries back, the masked Germaine coordinated with Marc to force them into retreat. As the battle progressed, Lukana encountered the group's leader, Gast Glass, and engaged him in combat. Although injuring his wrist, Marc intervened before Gast could deal the final blow. Although easily killing the revolutionary clergyman, the injured Gast and his forces retreated soon after to the royal palace. With both Rolled and Rollam successfully taken, the armies converged towards the royal palace.

### Battle of Lucifenian

"*The Rolled mercenary group has been defeated! Gast Glass is retreating to the palace!*"
"*The rebellion army is on march to the palace!*"
―Lucifenian war ministers
Pressured to capture the royal palace and Prince Alexiel before the Lucifenian army in Elphegort returned, the Resistance's forces plowed through Lucifenian and easily reached the main gates. Linking up their forces, Germaine and Ney broke through into the Heavenly Yard and engaged the final remnants of the Lucifenian soldiers still resisting. Refusing offers of mercy, the two forces clashed. Ney coordinated her forces to form a ring around the remaining soldiers and press their attack.

With the revolution army vastly outnumbering the soldiers, they began breaking their lines until Leonhart Phutapie joined the frey. Slaughtering the Resistance's front lines, the last of the Three Heroes rallied the soldiers to hold the line. Chartette Langley joined the battle immediately after and created an opening for Ney and Germaine's forces to infiltrate the palace. Engaging Mariam, the two servants went back and forth while the Resistance army entered the palace; injured and at a disadvantage, Leonhart used a smoke bomb to cover his escape and fled the scene before being killed by Kyle Phutapie.

Dividing their forces again, Ney and Lukana's teams split. Germaine's forces quickly found Prime Minister Minis Stoup and killed him when he resisted arrest. In the Hall of Mirrors, Ney's troops were ambushed by Gast Glass and the royal guard protecting Prince Alexiel. During their battle, Ney engaged the mercenary leader and, despite injuries to her eye, successfully killed the Demon of Asmodean.

During the fighting, Alexiel swapped clothes with Rin Avadonia and escaped via his room's secret passage whilst the servant masqueraded as him. Soon after, "The Son of Evil" was captured in the Hall of Sounds and locked thrown into the palace dungeon. With Gast and Leonhart defeated, the royal guard and Glass mercenaries were thrown in disarray. The palace was captured and the capital was taken, prompting the end of the fighting.

### Peace Talks

"*Everyone, thank you for assembling here today. First, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to everyone in the revolutionary army for their victory in the battle.*"
―Queen Germaine to the assembly
Five days after The Son of Evil was apprehended, a meeting was organized in the Hall of Sounds for all major contributors to the revolution's success. Despite a call for amnesty, it was decided that the Lucifenian soldiers imprisoned in Elphegort would be executed to appease the people. At the meeting, Queen Germaine spoke as a representative of Marlon and declared the nation's occupation of Lucifenia to guide the rebuilding new government. Despite protests, the attendees agreed to the proposal and concluding that Alexiel would be publicly executed to appease the people. Three days later, on December 26th, EC 500, the "prince" was executed in Milanais Square in front of a chaotic crowd, bringing the revolution to an end.

### Aftermath

*Main Article: War of 505*

Within the year, the straggling mercenaries of the disbanded Glass Mercenaries were suppressed by Marlon soldiers. In the year that followed, Lucifenia was incorporated as part of Marlon's territories and was faced with rekindled opposition by the members of the Resistance. Demanding Ney Avadonia's arrest, Queen Germaine attempted to eradicate the Resistance members and made the Sorcerer Hunting Order.

By labeling Ney and others as witches, the rebellion members were forced to flee, taking up Retasan and Breck Mountain. In EC 503, both zones were recaptured, with the Lucifenian Resistance being once again forced to leave and flee to the Beelzenian Empire, branded as traitors and war mongerers under Ney's banner.

## Civilian Perception

"*Ha ha, that's nothing. I had thought you'd done all this for a just cause, for justice or peace or something, but it wasn't that at all.*"
―Rin Avadonia
With the tyrannical rule of Prince Alexiel, the population slowly grew more opposed to the government, getting more supportive to the resistance each day. Because of Marlon's aid to relieve the food shortage on the reign, the population's rage diminished a little, only to once increase once more with the White Hunting. Along with it, many Elphegort citizens joined the cause, starting the Lucifenia-Elphegort War. Although the Kingdom's neighbors were cautious when attacking Lucifenia because of its offensive strength, both the Kingdoms of Elphegort and Marlon provided the revolution with manpower, the latter remaining anonymous throughout the entirety of the conflict.

After the end of the revolution, the resistance members were seen as heroes, with the core members of the group being invited to join the new Lucifenian government. The switch between Rin and Alexiel was not discovered by the masses, and the execution of The Son of Evil was believed to be a success by the civilians. When Germaine annexed the country to the Kingdom of Marlon, the nation posted propaganda to portray Ney as a witch and a warmonger who desired to start up another revolution.

Following Lucifenia's independence from Marlon's regime in EC 510, Milanais Square in Rolled became a symbol for the new republic's freedom. Due to its relevance at the start and end of the revolution, the square became a source of pride and patriotism for its populace; following the precedent set by the first elected president, each president of the Lucifenian Republic held their inaugural address at the plaza to honor the nation's revolutionary history.

The events concerning the revolution were later written down by Yukina Freezis, who brought to light the whole truth about the events surrounding the reign of The Son of Evil, the Revolution, and its aftermath. Despite this, her claims were regarded as fictitious and historians refused to credit it as an accurate account. However, the tragic tale described by Yukina became widely popular in the 10th century EC, although still unaccepted as a credible view of history.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* The revolution likely draws inspiration from the French Revolution, characterized by a radical political and social upheaval in the Kingdom of France in retaliation of government oppression and the monarchy.

## Appearances

* That Queen was Born from Mud (mentioned in PV)
* The Son of Evil (first appearance)
* The Servant of Evil
* The Daughter of Green
* Reach For The Stars ~The Letter He Kept Waiting For~ (appears in PV; appears in flashback(s))
* The Muzzle of Michelle (mentioned in PV)
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow (mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard (mentioned only)
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* The Daughter of Fog (mentioned only)
* The Adventure of Two Girls
* The Son of Evil: Retrouver of Crimson
* The Demonic Twin Blades (mentioned only)
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; mentioned only)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil (manga) (appears in dream)
* Evils Theater
* The Son of Evil ~Gemini of Charm~ Vocal and Soundtrack
* Prelude to Forest
* Evils Kingdom
* Evils Court (mentioned only)
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album) (mentioned only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)