Refusal War

Refusal War
File:RefusalWarImage.jpeg Wardens during the Battle of Tren Krom Break
Date 15 December 1983 - 4 October 1987 Location Syara Result Warden Victory
Belligerents
Wardens	Monarchists
Commanders and leaders
Saša Mlinarić Marin Josipović Keghart Pashian Taniel Kasajian	Sivo Hadjiev Zlatko Bogdanov Veton Spegelj Naso Dinev Dusko Trcpevski
Strength
3.5 million (peak)	1.9 million (peak)
Casualties and losses
322,491 killed 849,121 wounded	295,601 killed 713,459 wounded

The Refusal War is the name given to the civil war that took place in Syara between 1984 to 1986. The war was fought between two rival factions; the Wardens and the monarchies of Galania and Makedon. Primarily the result of a philosophical and political divide between the nationalist Wardens and the conservative Monarchs over the role of the Monarchies and religion in Syara, war broke out in December 1983 when the royal families of Makedon and Galania were stripped of their rights and privileges by the pro-Warden Senate, which led both Realms to renounce their allegiance to the central government. The resignation of the centrist President Troyan Valchev allowed the Senate to officially enact a state of emergency and call for the arrest of the royal families.

Syara’s four realms were officially split between the two sides, with Makedon and Galania forming the Monarchists while Scitaria and the Clans were Warden. Both sides raised volunteer and conscript armies, while much of the Syaran military’s higher leadership were loyal to the Monarchists, the Wardens enjoyed greater popularity with the common people. Both sides were supported by foreign powers in the form of supplies, munitions and armaments, and in some cases direct support by deployed military forces. Fighting raged on for several months with intense combat that killed more than 650,000 Syarans.

The war ended with the surrender of the Monarchist armies at Zildejov. The surviving members of the Makedonian and Galanian royal families fled the country shortly thereafter. The Republic of Syara was officially abolished and replaced with the Commonality in 1987. The philosophy of the Warden Way became Syara’s de facto ideology as the national religion of Zobethos came to wield greater influence in Syaran politics and society. The Warden philosophy continued to dominate Syara until it’s defeat in the Zemplen War.