Lucifenian Revolution

The Lucifenian Revolution refers to the civil war in Lucifenia which took place in EC 500. Caused by the Lucifenian Resistance, led by Germaine Avadonia, it took  less than a couple of weeks to take over the the palace, thus putting an end to the Reign of Evil.

Origins
Main Article: Reign of Evil Following the death of Queen Anne in EC 499, princess Riliane, her daughter, was proclaimed as the new queen. Despite this, the princess refused to be crowned queen until she came of age, ruling as the princess of the Yellow Country. The government then imposed heavy taxes upon its citizens, which together with the poor harvest that swept across the kingdom led to the population's famine and poverty. The tyrannical ruler would execute anyone who opposed to her or those who had committed even the smallest of crimes, the death toll rising as high as eighteen in a month.

Though some people on the government tried to convince the princess to distribute food from the palace's storehouse to the poor, this was constantly refused. After finding out that Leonhart Avadonia had been smuggling food to feed the citizens, princess Riliane, together with her servant, successfully managed to assassinate him without being found. After his funeral, Germaine Avadonia, who was already aware of the ruler's ill intent towards her adoptive father, promised to avenge him.

Soon after her father's death, Germaine, together with York, Sekka, Minage and Mark attempted to create a revolutionary group to overthrow the Daughter of Evil. However, their efforts to create a powerful group where in vain. After the Green Hunting, the population's rage towards the princess increased, thus making the Resistance gradually gain more forces. During the Green War, a masked man joined the group in order to help them. With the contribution of Chartette Langley, they were capable of negotiating with Keel Freesis and getting information from inside the Lucifenian Royal Palace. Soon after Keel and his family's release from the palace, Clarith paid them a visit and reported the business magnate's acceptance to supply the resistance with weaponry.

The Revolution
Beginning in a bar in Lucifenia, with the resistance taking out six mercenaries, including Yarera and Zasuko, the revolution began. Incited by the words of Germaine Avadonia, the revolutionary group started attacking in Rolled and Luo Lamu. With the help of the Venom Mercenary Group, the attacks where restrained for a while, but were soon after outnumbered by the resistance. Because of the Green War, the soldiers attacking Elphegort were not capable of coming back to provide reinforcements to the Kingdom of Lucifenia. In Rollam, the merchants joined the movement as well, fighting against the revolution. Struggling to fight back, the government sent a reinforcement request to Marlon and an emergency recall to those stationed on Retasan Fortress and Babul Desert. A week later, reports came claiming that an unidentified army joined the revolution in Rolled and stopped the troops from Retasan Fortress and Babul Desert, with the resistance taking over both zones. The Elphegort army was also stated join the revolution. With Marlon refusal to bring in more troops, the movement started approaching the palace.

When it finally reached the palace, Allen encountered Gast Venom, who was to run away. However, after revealing to him that he was the princess' twin and his intentions to always protect her, the servant managed to convince the mercenary to fight for them one last time. Meanwhile, Germaine and the other rebellions reached the Heavenly Yard, where they were faced with the last resisting Lucifenian soldiers. After offering them mercy if they surrendered, the soldiers ignored her and kept on fighting. With the revolution army vastly outnumbering the soldiers, they attacked until a group of maids led by Mariam Futapie began halting the resistance's advance. Soon after, Chartette appeared and distracted Mariam while Germaine and Kachess' teams entered the Hall of Mirrors.

Deciding that they would separate, Germaine and her team encountered Gast and the knights of the Royal Family's Guard. During the fighting, in the princess' room, Riliane swapped clothes with Allen and escaped via her room's secret passage whilst the servant masqueraded as her. When the battle ended, Germaine managed to heavily wound Gast, killing him. Meanwhile, the battle on the Heavenly Yard was over and the rebellion won, even though the head maid managed to flee with serious wounds. Also by that time, Prime Minister Minis was killed for showing resistance to his apprehension. Soon after, Allen - disguised as the "Daughter of Evil" - was finally captured and locked in a prison cell.

Aftermath
With the apprehension of the Daughter of Evil, the revolutionary movement finally subdued. Five days later, a meeting was organized in the Hall of Sounds including every important member of the revolution. At the meeting, King Kyle spoke as a representative of Marlon and declared the nation's occupation of Lucifenia to guide the rebuilding new government. Despite protests, the attendees agreed to the proposal and concluding that Riliane would be publicly executed to appease the people. On December 26th, the "princess" was executed in Millennial Square in front of a tumultuous crowd.

Within the year, Lucifenia was incorporated as part of Marlon's territories and was faced with rekindled opposition by the members of the Resistance. By the same time, King Kyle attempted to eradicate its members, beginning with the Witch Hunt. By labeling Germaine and other people as witches, the rebellion members were forced to flee, taking up Retasan and Breck Mountain. In EC 503, the forces commanded by Liliane Mouchet recaptured both zones to the Marlon territory, with the Lucifenian Resistance being once again forced to leave and flee to the Beelzenian Empire.

Civilian Perception
With the tyrannical rule of princess Riliane, the population slowly grew more opposed to the government, getting more supportive to the resistance by day. Because of Marlon's aid to relieve the food shortage on the reign, the population's rage diminished a little, only to once increase once more with the Green Hunting. Along with it, many Elphegort citizens joined the cause, starting the Green War. Although the Kingdom's neighbors were cautious when attacking Lucifenia because of its strength, both the Kingdoms of Elphegort and Marlon provided the revolution with manpower, the latter help being anonymous. The external help went as far as to have Keel Freesis, the business magnate, supplying the Lucifenian Resistance members with weaponry and having the merchants in Rollam fighting against the oppressing army of the government.

After the end of the revolution, the resistance was seen as a hero, with the core members of the group being invited to join the new government of Lucifenia. The switch between Allen and Riliane was not discovered by the masses, and the execution of the Daughter of Evil was believed to be a success by the civilians. When Kyle annexed the country to the Kingdom of Marlon, the image of Germaine, as the leader of the Resistance, was tainted with the belief that she was a witch. As such, the population started viewing the rebellion negatively.

The events concerning the revolution were later written down by Yukina Freesis, who brought to light the whole truth about the events surrounding the reign of the Daughter of Evil, the Revolution and its aftermath. Despite this, all of her claims in the books she wrote were disregarded as fictitious, with the following generations believing as such. However, the tragic tale described by Yukina became widely popular in the 10th century EC, although still unaccepted as a credible view of history.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The revolution likely draws inspiration from the French Revolution, characterized by a radical political and social upheaval in the country.