Maraśań Civil War
| Date | 14 September 2025 - Present | |||||||||
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| Place | Maraśa | |||||||||
| Status | Ongoing | |||||||||
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The Maraśan Civil War is an ongoing conflict in Maraśa.
Prelude
On 25 May 2025 the ŋation of Þunan Qumreá fell apart. Many of its residents moved to the far northwest of the Ŋorld, forming the ŋations of Maraśa and Jotlond. Maraśa ended up being ruled by the Wetáŋa, a woman claiming to be a divine goddess. Due to cultural attitudes among the Śácamþasán people, a normal monarchy would likely have been overthrown, but not one ruled by a god. To reinforce the monarchy, Wetáŋa boosted the power of the priest class to rival the merchants, which normally ran the government largely unopposed in Þunan Qumreá.
Rumors spread early on claiming to reveal Wetáŋa's true identity, or simply that she was not a god. This was helped by an incident where the Wetáŋa cut herself on a sharp corner and didn't immediately heal, as would be expected of a god. People gossiping about it were detained and executed via being thrown into a lava lake in the nether.
Timeline
The conflict started on 14 September, after the attempted arrest of a prominent gold merchant. With evidence of the queen's mortality and a hefty bribe, the guards switch sides. Soon after leaving they meet the queen, and a guard shoots Wetáŋa's arm. This attack leads Maraśa to descend into chaos, with the queen retreating to her palace and widespread looting.
After a day, the civilian mob began to target the queen and her guard. Merchants, who had already opposed the monarchy, began to plot for power, although much of the military sided with the priests and the Tunema Wetáŋa. Shortly thereafter, a truce was brokered between the two sides.
Attempt to replace the Tunema
On 17 September, the head priest of the god Miŋe gave a speech denouncing the former Tunema Wetáŋa, the riots, and the merchants as being corrupted by the demon Jiwe. They then announced that a new Tunema had been selected from abroad in the form of the queen Nozomi of Rauratoshan. Nozomi, however, had no knowledge of the plot, and reports state that attempting to claim herself as a god in Maraśa would likely upset the constitutional balance in Rauratoshan itself and lead to her overthrow.