Rakeoian Civil War

Leading up to the war, a number of incidents lead to open hostilities between Olino church officials and the local garrison. Namely, a new priest had been appointed to the city parish, and had been making inflammatory remarks regarding the morality of the military to his parishioners. Upon hearing this, a group of soldiers from the garrison vandalized the church by use of explosives, prompting outrage from the Catholic community. A military tribunal was held for the troops responsible for the incident, but they were found not responsible, and a warrant for the “provocateur priest” was issued. The decision set off riots across Olino. A few months later, a second wave of attacks on church property occurred in respond to continued criticism from the Rakeoian Catholic Church. Authorities were transferred from Jinosiá to oversee the handling the unrest in Western Rakeo, but on arrival, these church officials were met with gunfire. The Olino Train Killings marked the beginning of the Day of Blood. As news spread about the killings, a third wave of attacks, now with approval from garrison commanders took place, resulting in church burnings, executions of priests, and other acts of violence towards those considered ‘unpatriotic’.

Garrisons under Olino’s central command joined forces under the general grouping of “Rakeo Militants for National Revival”. In response, Jinosía declared that Western Rakeo was “in the grips of paganists and heathens”, and mobilized loyalist brigades to retake the west. The first combat that the loyalist forces engaged in what a battle against the garrison of Paragon. Militant command within the city was quickly overwhelmed, and saw liberation. Unfortunately for the loyalist forces, their initial successes soon turned into a stalemate. After both the 1950 and 1951 offensives failed to break the entrenched defenses surrounding Paragon, both sides of the conflict agreed to a year long truce.