Lucifenian Resistance

"Allen, let me ask you, have you not heard of the Lucifenian Resistance?"

- Gast Venom

The Lucifenian Resistance was an underground revolutionary movement founded and organized by Germaine Avadonia. The group was formed to undermine the tyrannical reign of Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche and overthrow the Kingdom of Lucifenia's corrupt government, backed by several foreign benefactors.

Foundation
"Many people are disgusted with the Royal Palace, so I was able to find a lot of people. But most of them don’t even know how to hold a sword."

- Minage

Following the assassination of Leonhart Avadonia at the Lucifenian Royal Palace, his daughter, Germaine, founded the Resistance along with York Lu Corbusier, his daughter Sekka, Mark, and Minage in EC 500. Meeting at the abandoned house in the Forest of Bewilderment, the seditious rebels regularly met to discuss their progress towards revolution. Securing an information feed via Chartette Langley, the resistance gathered information necessary for their intended coup and secured the support of King Kyle and the Kingdom of Marlon following the Green Hunting.

Lucifenian Revolution
"I find this hardly a problem. It’s not really a big deal. The revolutionary army is composed of peasants; the middle and upper classes is something we should be worried about... But the number of soldiers on our side gives us an overwhelming advantage!"

- Prime Minister Minis Stoup

Using the alias of "Kachess", the Marlon king supplied his soldiers as part of the Resistance's garrison and membership skyrocketed from both Lucifenia and Elphegort with the Green War inciting the people's anger. Through their palace contact, the Resistance was able to meet and negotiate with Keel Freesis to use his vast resources to support the Resistance's revolution. With the merchant's support, the Revolution became well armed and supplied for war.

Sparking the Lucifenian Revolution, the resistance fighters coordinated their attacks to isolate the Royal Palace from the army and link up the Elphegortean military. With the support of the Freesis Foundation, the revolutionaries won the battle in Rollam after several weeks of fighting, along with cutting off the Lucifenian army's reinforcements in Elphegort, Retasan, and the Babul Desert. After their victory in Rolled, the two Resistance armies converged and assaulted Lucifenian. Making their push through the capital, the revolutionaries raided the royal family's estate, successfully defeating the Royal Guard and capturing Princess Riliane.

Marlon Occupation
"Yes, regardless of the events, after I said that, he immediately became angry and began to punch me in the face... even though Marlon law states that it is clearly prohibited to violate prisoners. Germaine, you should pay attention when you’re with him."

- Allen Avadonia regarding Kyle Marlon

In the ensuing peace talks, the Resistance leaders were offered positions in the new Lucifenian government under Marlon's guidance with King Kyle as its governor. Unofficially disbanded, the Resistance reformed after King Kyle annexed Lucifenia and attempted to eradicate former resistance members. Taking up arms to rebel against the Kingdom of Marlon's rule, the reformed Resistance based itself at Breck Mountain and combated the blue-haired tyrant's regime. In EC 502, the group captured Retasan Fortress. With a counterattack from Commander Riliane Mouchet in EC 503 defeating them, the Resistance fled from their loss at Retasan to the Beelzenian Empire.

Aftermath
"The Langley troops used to be in the Lucifenian Revolutionary Army... Its members were the original resistance army."

- Chartette Langley

Harbored as political fugitives, the Beelzenian Emperor offered them protection in exchange for their services as part of the army. Soon after, revolutionary heroes Germaine Avadonia and Chartette Langley rejoined the Resistance and, in EC 504, the Langley Troops were recruited and garrisoned in Rukolbeni near the border with the former Lucifenia territory and Retasan Fortress, unofficially disbanding once again.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The Lucifenian Resistance is inspired by the French revolutionaries that overtook the Kingdom of France during the French Revolution; similarly, both groups executed their nation's reigning monarch for tyranny.

Curiosities

 * To enter their hideout, the code for resistance members was to knock twice, pause, then knock five times, and continue the sequence until someone asked for who you were.
 * Kyle's propaganda painted the Resistance's rebellion against Marlon as part of a power grab by its leader, Germaine, justifying his attempts to eliminate them from the government and annex Lucifenia.