Naegiran Uprising

The Naegiran Uprising, also known as the Kadenan Rebellion or the War for the Guardians, was a seperatist revolt of the Duchy of Naegirus against the Kingdom of Iadria. The Uprising was spearheaded by Grand Duke Alastair Kaden, former Chancellor to the King of Edon II Arvait. Although the war was initially started with the aim of creating a seperate Western kingdom centered in Naegirus, Duke Alastair sought primarily to depose King Anselm II and secure the Holy Crown for his own House.

The Uprising's foundations lay in a long-running grudge fostered between Prince Anselm and the young Duke Alastair, men of similar age and strong ambition within the political sphere of Iadria. Following the death of King Edon and the coronation of his eldest son, Anselm II Arvait, the new King punished Kaden by replacing him as Chancellor to the King, installing his own brother, Prince Geoff, in the Duke's stead. Infuriated by the confistication of his power and faced with heavy taxation from the ambitious monarch, Alastair retaliated by withdrawing the vital Royal Legions of Naegirus from Angarth and Blackbriar, consolidating a large portion of the King's own armies at his very doorstep.