Imperial Civil War
The Imperial Civil War was a war fought 882 - 883 AIC in the Holy Archadian Empire between forces loyal to Empress Berenike Garantia against forces loyal to the Consilium Basileii and Curia of Archadia.
Background
Berenike Garantia was appointed as regent after her father, Baldassare Velisario, emperor of the Holy Archadian Empire, was assassinated in 878 AIC. The regency was only to last a few days whilst the Imperial Guard retrieve the heir to the throne Nicodemos Garantius from Isthar. However, Nicodemos was kidnapped. The regency then lasted 3 years, with Berenike taking an increasing role in the affairs of state.
Cleon Bellisarius was crowned emperor in 881 AIC at Garantinople, angering the Archadians who saw the centuries long tradition of holding the coronation in Archadia spat on. The new emperor was a puppet of his sister, Berenike, and married her soon after the coronation, an act that shocked Omnicans, both citizens and nobles. Cleon was later assassinated that year, giving Berenike full authority once again. Berenike blamed Sotirans for the assassination and had the religion outlawed, angering many nobles of Nicoloviana and Faendal, who thought peaceful coexistence between the two religion was possible.
Berenike had been slowing slipping into madness, seeing apparitions and having bursts of anger.
War
Aftermath
The Imperial Civil War ended the Holy Archadian Empire and once again split Garantinople and Archadia into two separate realms: the Neogaranid Empire and the Second Archadian Empire, though the latter would go on to pretend that the realm was whole.
