War of the Prophets

Military: War

This devastating civil war which lasted seven years and caused the death of at least 10% of the total population of the Holy Kingdom of Katho saw two opposing camps. The first with militias loyal to the government as well as the Republic which joined the central government after the destruction of one of a human vessel by the rebels. The second camp which was called the True Faith Restauration Front, which brought together several militias who had sworn loyalty to the leader of the rebellion as well as the personal army of this said leader. The rebellion quickly gained the upper hand and even managed to take Goz only two years after the start of the revolt on Bhelgmem. This success was possible, among other things, to the military genius of its leader as well as to the support onatach who wanted to weaken the Holy Kingdom of Katho and then appear as a savior by helping the government to put down the rebellion. This would allow him to gain influence within the Kingdom and thus compete with the Republic which also wanted to put this state in its zone of influence. After this defeat, what was left of the government had to flee to the north of the territory and decided to install a line of defense to prevent the rebels from advancing further. This situation remained more or less the same until the intervention of the Republic five years later which gave an undeniable advantage to the government. The President at the time wanted to intervene at the start of the war since the Republic had discovered the maneuvers of the onatachs and considered the Holy Kingdom of Katho under it's influence. In addition, he wanted to open the Holy Kingdom of Katho more to trade with the Republic to compete with the Zelvan Council by intending to use this leverage to request trade guarantees. However, he knew that he probably did not have enough popular and political support, even within his own party, to get this intervention passed in the Parliament. The Republic discovering that the onatachs were seriously beginning to consider an intervention, since he was already supporting the official government in his fight and negotiating with him on this direction. To derail the talks, the government passed on information regarding onatach support to the rebels, which successfully prevented an onatach intervention. However, the official government, apart from categorically refusing any onatach intervention in retaliation, did not block the essential support sent to it by the Onatach Empire and did everything not to damage to much the relationship with it since the Kingdom need the trade with this entity. This greatly irritated the Republic, which had wished with this action to limit the relationship between the Holy Kingdom of Katho, but a new fear appeared for the Republican strategists, who feared that the onatachs would intervene anyways and then impose conditions on the Kingdom government. To change public opinion, the government had revealed all the information about Onatach interference to the public and the Parliament of the Republic shortly after not informing the Holy Kingdom of Katho. Thanks to this, the federal government succeeded in having the Parliament vote for military intervention during the year 2349. The negotiations with the Holy Kingdom of Katho on the intervention led to an agreement around the middle of the year 2350. The preparations of the Navy staggered until the beginning of 2351 when the military operation officially began. The intervention succeeded in defeating the majority of the forces of the rebellion as well as killing their leader in two week during three major battles which made it possible to reinstate the official government. However, rebel forces who managed to flee caused trouble for another couple of months before they were definitively defeated which officially ending the civil war. This war was the trigger of a cold war between the Republic and the Onatach Empire which combined with the Western War two hundred years later.