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= The Likan Civil War = The Likan Civil War (Also known as the Likan Royalist-Republican War, Likan Catholic-Orthodox War, Republican Uprising, or Orthodox Uprising) was a civil war fought in the fictional roleplaying alternative history game "Brave New World" between the Likan Monarchy and various rebel groups. The rebel groups consisted of the Likan Republican Movement and the Likan Eastern Orthodox Reclamation Force. The uprising/coup began after the death of King Tomislav Antun Pavlovic. Utilizing the distraction of his death and passing of the throne to Legate Petar Radic, the rebel forces took over a massive portion of land in Eastern Lika as well as Corsica, the Southern Caucasians, Tunisia and the Northern Greek Isles. After this, pushes into other Likan Royalist lands began but were met with much more resistance as the surprise had died out. This lead to a bloody civil war, with massive casualties on both sides, that would last over a decade.

Combatants
Combatants in the war consisted of the Likan Royalists and Rebels along with their various subsidiaries and some foreign benefactors (mostly for the Rebels instead of the Royalists though Royalists did receive some foreign support.)

Royalists
Likan Royalists was mostly made up of the Likan Legion and Likan Navy. (Though some portions did defect to the Rebels both at the start and throughout the war.) The Likan Legion was approximately one million men strong, consisting of one hundred legions, and was led by King Petar Radic. Almost every legion saw some form of combat throughout the war though certain legions did see much more combat than others. The Royalists, as their name suggests, fought to preserve the Likan Monarchy against the Rebel forces who sought to replace it with a new system.

Rebels
The Rebels had a much complex organization than the Royalists did in their army. The Rebel forces were mainly split between two groups, the Likan Republican Movement and the Likan Eastern Orthodox Reclamation Force. Both of these groups operated together and flew the same flag however were very distinct in ideology.

The Likan Republican Movement
The LRM (also known as the Republikanci) was mostly secular and simply wished to replace the Likan Monarchy with a Republic. This group was founded in the early 1860s by Likan students who attended an exchange course in Texas and became interested in their policies. The original movement was a peaceful one that was a complete disaster and saw no success so went underground. Later, they became more militant and began working with Eastern Orthodox movements that had combined under the LEORF. It is believed that most Republikanci simply used Eastern Orthodoxy as propaganda to grow in strength, rather than any being genuinely devout.

The Likan Eastern Orthodox Reclamation Force
The LEORF, unlike the LRM, was not secular at all. The group's goal was to reinstate Eastern Orthodoxy within Lika. The Force was formed by various separate movements that supported Eastern Orthodoxy in Lika, some of which dated all the way back to the mending of the schism within Lika by Pope Pius VIII, previously known as Cardinal Adolphe Lefevbre, decades before the war. Some of the most notable of these movements were the Orthodox Coalition of Romania (led by Andrei Baciu), The Movement for Serbian Orthodoxy, and the Constantine Greek Orthodox Front.These movements were united by a man named Andrei Baciu, brother of a leading member of the Republican movement named Dracul Baciu. Andrei and his brother united the LRM and LEORF together to form the Likan Rebels. Many historians believe that Andrei and the rest of the LEORF was totally unaware of the Republikanci secularism.

Legionary Defectors
During Rebel preparations for up to a decade before the war, they acquired various supporters within the Likan military and sent some of their own as infiltrators to spread their ideology within the Legion as well. During the very start of the war, these defectors declared allegiance to the Rebels and began fighting fellow Legionaries. Due to their betrayal, defectors were targeted relentlessly by Likan Royalists and executed if captured. A few more defections did occur during the war itself though they were very uncommon and not as note-worthy as those that happened at the very beginning of the conflict.

Other Rebel Factions
Some less notable factions of Rebels include the New Red Masks whom worked against the LEORF but secretly aided the LRM throughout the war and the Order of the Nine Angles, a Satanic group that infiltrated the Republikanci.

Foreign Combatants
Almost all foreign groups who fought in the war fought in support of the Rebels though there were some small foreign groups that backed the Royalists. As many foreign groups who got involved with the war wanted to remain secretive, the specifics of these combatants are mostly unknown.

Spanish Sailors
Two Spanish Ironclads, given the codename "Tortugas", were given to the Rebels by King Lorenzo of Spain shortly before his death. The ships kept their original Spanish crews who operated under the guise of mercenaries to avoid being linked back to Spain. Officially, they were marked as "On a mission in the Mediterranean" by Spanish Command.

V.R.A
Various soldiers from the UVRS were sent to train Republikanci troops for almost a decade before the war so it is believed that some of the instructors may have also fought alongside the Rebels too.

Texan Republican Volunteers
Many Texans who support the ideology of Republicanism aided the the Rebels. The exact number of Texan volunteers is unknown.

Legija Smrti
The Legija Smrti, translating to The Legion of Death, was a militia formed in Texas by Tomislav Vitez based off of Likan culture. A portion of this militia volunteered alongside the Royalists as they supported the Likan government immensely.

Marcarian Volunteers
An unknown amount of volunteers from the State of Marcarius fought alongside the Rebels, more specifically the LEORF, to support fellow Eastern Orthodox communities with the plan to form a triple-alliance between the Likan Eastern Orthodox nation, State of Marcarius, and Empire of Australia after the war.

Australian Scottish Militia
Scottish militia groups in Australia were mostly Eastern Orthodox. An unknown number of these groups volunteered to aid the LEORF with the same reasoning as the Marcarian Volunteers.

Petrograd Holy Regiments
Orthodox regiments under the command of Patriarch Matthias of Australia were sent to provide aid for the LEORF with the same reasoning as the Scottish militias and Marcarians, though they did not see much fighting.

Other Foreign Support
Not all support for the Rebels was through combatants, in fact most support wasn't. Many different nations provided support politically and through weaponry and funding, both openly and non-openly.

U.V.R.S
The UVRS was the first nation to back the Rebels with funding, weaponry, and training, apparently viewing the current Likan government as a "thorn its side" due to Likan spies infiltrating the UVRS several decades prior. General Ivanova of the VRA met with Dracul Baciu on several occasions.

Kingdom of Spain
Spain is well-known for aiding any groups who request funding. The Spanish sent the Rebels many hidden shipments of firearms from the Perez Company after Dracul Baciu met with King Lorenzo.

State of Marcarius
Patriarch Marcarius provided the Rebels with political supporter and some other aid as fellow Eastern Orthodox Christians after meeting with Andrei Baciu.

Empire of Australia
Australia, due to support from Patriarch Matthias in Petrograd, provided aid to the Rebels to support Eastern Orthodxy throughout the world.

Battlefronts
The war was spread throughout several different fronts all over Lika. Some of these fronts utilized massive-scale trench warfare while others saw extended guerilla campaigns from both sides of the war.

Carpathian Front
As the largest border between Rebel and Royalist territories, the Carpathians saw the largest amount of fighting compared to any other front. After the initial successes of the Rebels in Eastern Lika, their massive land-gains came to a halt in the Carpathians when the Legionary garrisons there activated various explosives throughout the mountain range, causing avalanches that crushed and halted the advancing Rebels. The Legionaries then retreated and set up trenches on the other side of the mountain range, forming a front that expanded several hundred kilometres and saw intense combat and losses on both sides. This was the most important strategical front for the Royalist forces as it was the main area that Rebels attempted to push through.

Black Sea Front
During most of the war, the Black Sea was the site of massive scale naval battles. Rebel ships stationed at ports in Romania, Ukraine, and the Southern Caucasians engaged various Likan Royalist fleets all throughout the sea, often times in very large-scale naval battles which utilized both submarines and standard ships as well as some Ironclads that the Rebels acquired from other nations. There were also multiple coastal landings done by both the Royalists and Rebels which saw minor success,