Caillean Revolution

The Caillean Revolution was the result of a communist up-heaval in the Egelian province of Caille. The revolution pitted the communist Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður (Caille Revolutionary Guard) against the rest of the Republic of Egelion.

Causes
In 2851, the KCCP Amatnieku un Jokdaru Komiteja of Dolgaria was revived and gained control of Dolgaria in 2852. The revived KCCP vowed to make all of Keris a unified commmunist state. Their vision was soon realized as the parties Kommunisticheskiy Komitet Ekonomistov and KCCP Communist Workers Committee were revived and seized control of Trigunia in 2855. In Nou Endralon, the Cult Jade Anais, already with a majority, converted to the communist cause and became the KCCP Partidul Noul Comunist. These three states then merged to form the United Keris Socialist Republic

This left Egelion as the only liberal democracy on Keris. With the three main left-wing parties vowing to stay true to their democratic causes, tensions began to rise among the far-left elements in Egelion. The radicalization of the far-left in Egelion was hastened in 2853 after the Egelion Leftist Front purged its miliatarist and far-left elements. With no political outlet, these purged members began forming their own parties or joining already radicalized groups.

This tension climaxed in 2855 when the Government of Caille in Egelion announced that it had seized a shipment of arms crossing the Nou Endralon/Egelion border. The validity of these claims were questioned as there had been no signes of cooperation between the UKSR and Egelion leftist groups.

Revolution
Following the Egelion election of 2556 the Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður lauched an attack on the headquaters of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, killing Prime Minister Franklin Smith as well as 9 other SDLP members and injuring 121 others. This began the Battle of Nordland.

Battle of Nordland
Militiamen soon flooded downtown Nordland, seizing all major governmental buildings, including the Caillean Parliament, Supreme Court and Governor's Office. The Egelion Democrats, ruling party of Caille, soon announced a tragedy of its own as Governor Vidar Baldursson was announced to be missing. It was later discoverd that the Governor, along with his staff and various other party members, were captured in the attack on the Governor's Office. Militia forces soon announced that all had been executed on the charges of "crimes against the people of Caille" and "collaborating with fascists".

Local resistence the the militia was fierce but severly lacking. Egelion's unprepared military was unable to mount a successful defense of the city and was forced to withdrawal.

Battle of Northmoor
The first phase of the Battle of Northmoor was a successful defense of the city by nearby military fores. The Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður soon mounted a second offensive, however, and quickly took control of 1/3 of the city. With no reinforcements from the national army, Northmoor's local defenses were soon overrun by the zealous militia. With the fall of the city, the Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður controlled what came to be known as the "Red Corridor" stretching from Nordland in the west to Northmoor in the east.