Amokolian Revolution
| Amokolian Revolution | |||||
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| Part of Unravelling of the Vanic Web | |||||
 Frankish riot police preparing to throw florian cocktails at rioters in Tsofnhafen |
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 Francia
|  Amokolia
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 Krasnocoria
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Fränkische Armee
| Amokolian Highlanders
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| – 194 Vanafolk / Germanian civilians (Noahroi) | |||||
Northern Banner Group
The Amokolian Revolution was an event that occurred in West Amokolia in the aftermath of the disentegration of the Vanic Web, in early to mid 1685. Ethnic Amokolians, belonging to the Amokolian Freedom Front and the Elwynnese Unity Party, rose against their Germanian and Froyalanish masters, demanded their independence from the shared monarchy with Batavia, disgusted at the monarchy's ties with Stormark and Froyalan, and demanded the reinstatement of respect for their nationality, history, and culture. Massive looting of monarchy-specific and Froyalanish properties occurred. King Arkadius and his wife left Amokolia.
Background
The seeds of the revolution had been sown in the decision of Arkadius to align his interests with those of the House of Ettlingar Freyu, a course of action which, along with certain overt attempts at manoeuvring his way onto the Golden Mango Throne of Shireroth had alienated West Amokolia from its fellow Vulture States, similarly established in the ruined of the Shirerithian empire following the Kalirion Fracture. That Arkadius had sought the friendship of Stormark after being rebuffed in his hegemonic ambitions only served to further inflame the ire of those Benacian members of the Raspur Pact in view of the generally anti-Vanic bent of their alliance - itself a direct consequence of the Auspicious Occasion. The wilful disregard, and increasing disdain, that Arkadius showed towards those opposing his foreign policy goals, led by increments to a collapse in goodwill and trust between Amokolia and Elwynn, culminating in the Second Amokolian War. Although this conflict was inconclusive in its outcome, distorted by the propaganda put out by both sides, one discernible effect had been, in the words of Arkadius himself, the "uniting the Frankish Empire and the High Realm of Stormark into one goal and one destiny". Stormark's involvement in Amokolia ramped up dramatically as a consequence of that confliict, with the former seeing in Amokolia an opportunity to break out of the quarantine to which it had been subjected since the days of the Auspicious Occasion back in 1651.
The wartime mutation of West Amokolia into Francia was a symptom of the royal court and the governing elite becoming increasingly detached and remote from the Amokolian people - a remoteness only made possible by the ongoing subsidy provided by Stormark. On account of this Arkadius could refuse no overture made by the House of Ettlingar Freyu, especially after they had contrived to introduce Esther Esposito, the royal bastard forced upon the Kaiseress Noor during the Froyalanish-captivity of Elwynn, into his bedchamber. Thereafter Hubris and Nemesis made Brandenburg their court.
Fall of the Monarchy
See also: Batavian Revolution & Unravelling of the Vanic Web
The abrupt collapse of Stormark and its ruling dynasty came as a bolt out of the blue for House of Vinandy. The close friendship ties, both between king Arkadius IV and emperor Harald, and the second marriage between the king and Esther Fatima Gudrid made the destruction of Stormark even harder to coop. Throughout the years, the king and his administration had worked more closely together with the Stormarkians. Now, Arkadius was left without a strong ally and the loss of those who were dear to him.
On 01.VI.1685 a group of Amokolian revolutionaries rose up in a number of cities, happy to use the temporary weakness of both the Batavian and Frankish apparatus. The King decided, upon hearing the news, decided to not let any blood flow and left Brandenburg the day after. When arriving at the airport of Kolmar, near 's Koningenwaarde, a delegation of worried dignitaries awaited him. Instead of travelling to the Royal Palace, the group travelled to Blanckenhof Palace. There, Arkadius had a mental breakdown. The loss of his family members and friends in Stormark and the betrayal of his fellow Franco-Batavian countrymen, hit the king hard. He resigned his position, leaving Joseph des Vinandy-Windsor in charge as prince-regent for the crown princess Elizabeth des Vinandy in Batavia, who at that time was only a minor. At the same time, he abdicated the Amokolian throne to Prince Kir of Shireroth.
The Amokolian Freedom Front and the Elwynnese Unity Party, opposition parties in the Reichstag, meanwhile had the Reichstag sit – unlawfully - with the other parties boycotting the session. Obtaining, supported by the mobs which had swarmed the Reichstag building in support of the usurpation of state authority, a unanimous vote for the passage of an enabling act, the Reichstag, now calling itself the Parliament of West Amokolia, declared the dissolution of the Franco-Batavian Union and the removal from office of all public officials involved in that treacherous administration. Contained within the Enabling Act was provision for the reinstatement of the pre-Wende constitution, pending the establishment of a provisional government and constitutional convention. The enabling act also envisaged the normalisation of relations with their brethren in East Amokolia. To that end, they requested the aid of the Elwynnese government to restore democracy, order, and the respect of human rights across West Amokolia.
The news of the King's act of resignation in defeat and despair from the game he had so long played across the Micras Chessboard surprised everyone, from the Arkadian nobility in West Amokolia, the protesters and looters, and Prince Kir himself. The Amokolian Highlanders, garrisoned in West Amokolia, declared their loyalty to Kir, and the prince in turn promised to follow whatever decisions the Parliament of West Amokolia decided. The parliament, having been obliged firstly to debate as to whether they would accept the callow youth at all, narrowly voted in favour of making unto Kir the formal offer of the crown. The commanders of the Highlanders moreover declared that they would abide by the decision of the parliament, for the good of the nation. The rest of the Imperial Frankish Army however rejected Arkadius's abdication, and attempted to secure power across Amokolia and Batavia for itself. In Batavia, it was met by the Batavian Revolution whilst in Amokolia itself the first stirrings of Frankish resistance motivated the intervention of Elwynn and the Raspur Pact into the conflict.
Timeline
VI.1685
- 1: The Amokolian Revolution begins.
- 2: Arkadius IV of Batavia goes into exile, leaves West Amokolia.
- 4: In a surprise move, Arkadius IV of Batavia abdicates the Amokolian throne to his wife's nephew, Prince Kir of Shireroth, brother of the Kaiseress.
- 6: Prince Kir, now King of Amokolia, swears himself loyal to the Amokolian Revolution in an address to the Parliament of West Amokolia.
- 13: Sigrid Årud, Steward of the Republic, announced the formation of a Commission for the Integration of Amokolia. Aiming for a peaceful and orderly transfer of power, West Amokolia and Mishalacia were invited to send delegates to Malexander to begin preliminary work and monitor developments.
- 22: Operation Amok-Dag – UDF units from the VII Territorial Inspectorate, headquartered in Habrichtsburg, forming the 115th Army upon their "cold-start" mobilisation, spearheaded by the XXIII Combined Arms Corps advancing from prepared positions along the Vigilamus Line in the region of Spring Valley, crossed the frontier into Amokolia, whilst, having struck at dawn, Black Legions and UDF formations attached to the 15th Army under the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command had pushed into Frankish occupied portions of Mishalan from the Severnaya Gubernya, bypassing positions held by militia loyal to the Mishalacia autonomous region where these could be identified in a timely fashion.
- 24: The settlement of Noahroi in the Amokolian "Gau" of Mishalan is encircled by the 23rd and and 74th Territorial Divisions. Transportation links, communications, and the water, gas, and electricity grids supporting the administrative seat of the Gau are cut off. Persons attempting to leave the city were detained pending the confirmation of their Amokolian ancestry by the Panopticon. Vanafolk and Germanians involved in the Frankish administration were transferred by the UDF into the custody of the Black Legions and summarily executed in roadside ditches around the city.
VII.1685
- 1: Attempts by the Governor of Mishalan to negotiate a surrender were rebuffed by the Generallöjtnant Simo Úlfheðinn on behalf of the UDF/
- 3: The Autokrator of Constancia issues a decree [1] forever suppressing the Church of the Froyalanish Ancient Ways, as well as practice of Froyalanish Ancient Ways within the Imperial State of Constancia. This same decree, among other provisions, declares all subjects and nationals of the High Realm of Stormark as [[2]] of the Imperial State under the patronage and protection of the Autokrator, with minors as wards of the Imperial State. Another decree grants formal diplomatic recognition of the Imperial State of Constancia to the Kingdom of Amokolia, and an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Amokolia is appointed and dispatched to Einhornstadt.
- 4: The Board of Directors of ESB-Jörmungandr Group, Inc. resolves to extend a ₦5,000,000,000 secured credit line to the Kingdom of Amokolia, alongside economic and technical assistance from other divisions of the Group, as well as the deployment of a Brigade Combat Team of the Jaysh al-Sathrati.
- 8: Field-gun batteries and gendarmerie from the 4th Fortress & Artillery Division of the Black Legions arrived on the UDF siege lines around Noahroi. Locally conscripted Amokolian labourers from the surrounding countryside were soon set to work preparing gun-emplacements, anti-tank trenches, and command dug-outs.
- 12: Shelling of commercial and residential areas of Noahroi by the besieging forces begins.
