Zardic Slave War

Saiserist Revolution
The Zardugali Revolutionary Socialist Party had long been suffering from internal dissensions ever since the death of Daniel Feterokov during the Zardugali Execution Riots of 2504. With his death, the members of the ZRSP bickered over what Feterokov's true message was. Eventually the ZRSP became split into three main blocs, the Revisionists, led by Feterokov's daughter Natasha, the Traditionalists, led by Feterokov's closest friend Karl von Friedricht, and the Saiserists, led by Colonel Volodimir Saiser, the ZRSP's Second Secretary.

Colonel Volodimir Saiser proved very adept at playing on the hates and fears of the predominantly Slavic ZRSP, and his faction began to grow at a remarkable rate, deeply worrying both the Revisionists and Traditionalists, owing to Volodimir Saiser's bizarre, paranoid, and hateful ideas. By 2513, Saiserist supporters dominated the party. On February 2, in a move that shocked all of Zardugal, Volodimir Saiser stormed into the Revolutionary Socialist Headquarters while Chairman Karl von Friedricht was speaking, forcibly threw him out, and then held an impromptu vote that granted him absolute control over the party, that Saiser on the spot renamed the Saiserist League.

This event became known as the Saiserist Revolution, and effectively created a whole new party.

Saiser-Sonoda Duel and the Evening of Hate
Around this time the Erisian Liberation Front became reformed into the far more authoritarian Order of the Illuminati, granting the repressive and authoritarian triumvirate of the Saiserist League, Illuminati and HCPZ control of the National Directorate. The triumvirate immediately began passing several reforms that sparked the ire of the opposition parties. Following a heated exchange between Saiser Volodimir and General Kimiko Sonoda over the new law banning all women from the armed forces, and thus stripping Sonoda of her rank, Sonoda challenged Saiser Volodimir to a duel.

Two days later, the two combatants privately met in a park in Belgae. Both of them drew their sabers, and the fierceness of the Saiser-Sonoda duel has since become the stuff of legend. Both fought hard and fast with their swords, both masters of combat. Saiser Volodimir with all the force of his blind fury and unstoppable hatred, Kimoko Sonada with the discipline of countless years of training and the motivation of purpose. Sonada's skill ultimately won the day, and Saiser Volodimir was stabbed through both his arms and wounded in his shoulder before being left for dead by Sonada. Saiser Volodimir was picked up, though, by faithful Silvershirt retainers and brought to the nearest hospital. Though his injuries were grievous, he began to recover. Around this time Saiser Volodimir's house burnt down, under mysterious circumstances. Whether it was accidental or Diaoist has never been determined. Almost a month later Saiser Volodimir finally regained consciousness, although his left arm would never fully recover.

When it was revealed to Saiser Volodimir that his house had burnt down, he reacted with impossible rage. Silvershirts induced colossal riots in Saqueya, smashing countless Asian stores as well as those of other minorities. Non-Anglos and non-Slavs were brutally beaten and occasionally murder