Coup of Second Seed

The **Coup of Second Seed**, also known as the **Mede Restoration**, is a successful coup d'état that took place on 15th of Second Seed, 4E 201 in the Imperial City to deposed Empress Marcella Varian, led by General Julius Mede, leader of the Mede Conspiracy.

## Causes

The accession of Empress Marcella Varian to the Ruby Throne in 4E 199 after the death of her father Caius Varian. Due to her popularity, Marcella became the most famous Empresses of Cyrodiil, after Alessia. While the Variann Empire had been glowing popularity after the death of Caius I, the Empire was a great threat to the Third Aldmeri Dominion after the Empire great defeat after the Great War, which Caius was forced to ban the Talos worship.

When Julius' either father or grandfather Antonius Mede mysterious disappeared after his deposition by General-then Emperor Reman Varian and the founding of the Fourth Empire. Julius, proclaimed that to the supporters that were left from Cyrodiil to either Skyrim or High Rock, the Mede Supporters proclaimed Julius as Potentate or Emperor after Julius's birth. Julius return to Cyrodiil in his matured age, to join the Imperial Legion and rose up to the rank of General. Since Marcella Varian became Empress, Julius considered female rulers in Tamriel and Cyrodiil, witches, hateful, and beholden ruthful.

When Julius created a Conspiracy to overthrow Marcella off the throne, he called on his supporters that the Mede Restoration had begin.

## The Coup

When Marcella Varian succeeded as the third ruler of the Fourth Empire, Julius' unknown behavior and reaction of hating his opponent gender, and that he considered female rulers in Tamriel and Cyrodiil, witches, hateful, and beholden ruthful. In the two years in Marcella's reign, the ongoing Skyrim Civil War wore down the Empire, the Mede Conspiracy and Julius Mede blamed Marcella for her failed reign. Julius himself had completed stressed and dispersed the Empress, who may his true personality against women as his rulers.

The overthrow plan goal come into the effect when Marcella was prepared to Skyrim to help General Tullius against Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak and the Stormcloaks, Julius then quickly travel to the Imperial City, stormed the White-Gold Tower and deposed Marcella Varian. He than placing the deposed Empress on house arrest, before declaring himself as the new Potentate, which he mostly be called "The Imperial Potentate". The Conspiracy had might be ended, however it still active as a organization.

After being deposed from the Ruby Throne by General Julius Mede and his legion, Marcella Varian, fearing that she might be captured after a brief house arrest in her quarters, she escaped the Imperial City and enter to Skyrim. The deposed Empress, now under a new name, Lucina Calidius and rather having letters her allies, including General Tullius and Legate Rikke that letting them know that don't mentioned her real name, while agree that while planning for taking the Ruby Throne back.

## Aftermath

Sometime after the civil war ended in Imperial victory, Julius unaware with Marcella's actions that General Tullius and Legate Rikke and other Imperial Legion as well as the Navy backed Marcella for her right to take back the throne from Julius, which the former Empress had the right thing to do and remained anonymous. Lucina Calidius return to Cyrodiil, and reverted back to her real name Marcella Varian, and stayed at the Lexian Manor in Anvil while planning to take her throne back.