Fenixian War For Independence

The Fenixian War for Independence was a large scale rebellion of non-adepts against the oppressive regimes of the magocracy of the Magi Republic. The rebellion began under the leadership of a firebrand revolutionary named Alfonse Fenix. Fenix was a non-adept born into a house of casters. Unable to accept his lower station began writing essays and giving speeches critical of the way the government treated non-adepts.   As his reach spread so did his popularity, but ultimately Fenix was gaining little traction with anyone. Citizen Magi, and Magi Nobelus alike laughed off Fenix's complaints as nothing more but the pining of a man unhappy that the gods had passed him by, and non-adepts were slow to join his cause out of fear of retribution from the lords they served. This would be the case for three years until finally Fenix had made enough enemies and he was imprisoned.   Fenix spent five years in prison, charged with sedition, before being released. Fenix spent his time in prison productively, and built a network of conspirators and allies. Working through fellow prisoners drawn to his cause, and his own contacts on the outside Fenix soon had an organized movement on his hands. All it needed to spill over into full on rebellion was the right spark, and that spark came six months after Fenix was released from prison. A minor noble was assaulted by non-adept dissenters during a drunken brawl in the city of Pealham, a prefecture capital in the foothills of the Black Mountains. Both non-adepts were summarily beheaded for their crime.The severity of the penalty sparked rebellion through the prefecture and its neighbors nearly overnight. Fenix had his rebellion.   Fenix quickly realized that his rebels could not defeat the might of the Republican Army on their own, and he sent envoys to the Northern Kingdoms, Dwarven Kingdoms, Lower Lete, and Lete all seeking help. Only Lete responded. Sensing an opportunity to weaken a rival the King of Lete sent Vulcan Kerendas with a large host of soldiers to help the rebels as best he could.