Ludwigshafener Civil War

The Ludwigshafener Civil War was a civil war that took started in Sankt Ludwigshafen in XIII.1693 AN. It was fought between the national government located in Sankt Ludwigshafen and Siseranist insurgents that had their base in Molkhof. The civil war began when the national government tried to abolish human sacrifices performed by Siseranist cultists in Sankt Siserakapelle.

After failed harvests in Molkhof and the loss of a fishing vessel from Hinterdünen, Siseranist priestesses claimed that their goddess Queen Sisera's wrath was kindled and that it had to be appeased by human sacrifices. Twenty-four children were captured and offered to Queen Sisera in a gruesome ritual. A dozen were captured in Molkhof to be sacrificed, of which six boys and six girls, all over the age of ten but below the age of sixteen, and a dozen were captured in Hinterdünen to be sacrificed, of which six boys and six girls, all over the age of ten but below the age of sixteen. The news of the capture of these twenty-four children was conveyed by Nazarenes to Klaudius Buchsteller, president of Sankt Ludwigshafen. President Klaudius Buchsteller sent a messenger carrying a letter to the Siseranist temple in Sankt Siserakapelle ordering that the sacrifices should not continue, and that all children should be released and restored to their families. The messenger was captured as well, his hair was shaven and even his tongue was cut out, and then he was sent back to Sankt Ludwigshafen with a letter that stated that the ritual would proceed as was planned. When the messenger returned to Sankt Ludwigshafen, and delivered this letter to the Stadtparlement, and when they learned about his torments, an emergency session was called. The Stadtparlement resolved that all of those who participated in the sacrifice and who did nothing to stop it if they could, but also all those who participated in the tormenting of the messenger and who did nothing to stop it if they could, would have to be captured and to be imprisoned without the possibility to be released. The Dragonerkorps Ludwigshafen was sent toward Sankt Siserakapelle to forcefully stop the sacrifices of the children to be made, but when they arrived the Siseranists were already expecting them and they had taken up positions with their weapons and they did fire their weapons upon the dragoons.