Civil War

"Hahahahaha! So this kind of place is where we light the beacon to pick a fight with God's Warriors (Flame Haze) across the world!"
"Our aim is the complete destruction of United States of America. This will do, won't it?"
"To bring about survival and freedom, like azure sky where eagles dance."
"Now then, let us walk... Through the path of tears..."

—The Four Gods of Earth in 1863, after they massacred a troop of American cavalry.

The Flame Haze's Civil War (内乱, Nairan) is a war between Flame Haze, pitting The Four Gods of Earth against the other Flame Haze. The Civil War broke out in 1863 and lasted for decades until The Four Gods of Earth agreed to stop.

Background

The Cause of War

Earlier during the arrival of white people from Europe, The Four Gods witnessed the changes brought by the invaders to their kin; the four watched silently as Native Americans were captured and slaughtered by the outsiders as they took their land, gold, and lives. The newcomers also brought sicknesses from Europe, resulting in the massive deaths of the populations. Children born from Americans and Native people were also segregated from the society and worked as laborers. The Four Gods of Earth, who painfully watched the situation for centuries, went to seek the guidance of their teacher, the dying Heart of Sky. In the cave where they once trained themselves to fit the duty of protecting the Earth, their teacher left them the last guidance: to look and determine their decisions by themselves. After their teacher's death, a certain event occurred: a dying girl who lost her family and her home praying for a god to save her and people from their fate. When she was about to get stepped on by an American cavalry, The Four Gods took the event as a sign and wiped out those American soldiers in an instant. Thus they started the war which they dubbed as "The Path of Tears", referring to the upcoming death and loss from this war.

In the 19th century, The Four Gods of Earth and their comrades (both Flame Haze and humans) had plotted to destroy the US government in order to liberate their fellow Natives. This plan of theirs caused many other Flame Haze to stand up against them, which lead to a civil war between those Flame Haze and The Four Gods of Earth. The Four Gods of Earth's army was generally called the West Army (西軍, Seigun), while the Outlaw's army was called the East Army (東軍, Tōgun). There were also conflicts between Bal Masqué and The Four Gods, resulting in Ribesal and Pirsoyn's confrontation with them.

The End of the War

This war allowed the Crimson Denizens to consume Power of Existence and distort the world as they pleased while Flame Haze were occupied in North America. Also, the casualties, both Flame Haze and humans, highly increased as the war went on. The Four Gods of Earth understood the situation, stopped their fights, and ended the war. A Tuner named Khamsin Nbh'w came to them and suggested that they become keepers of the four Outlaw posts in four major cities of North and South America. In the end, they become the keepers of those Outlaw branches in North and South America.

Participants

Belligerents
The Four Gods of Earth	Outlaw's Flame Haze
Participants
EastEdge CenterHill SouthValley WestShore Norman Purcell Native American Flame Haze Native Americans	Samuel Demantius Margery Daw Claude Taylor Holmès Smith Khamsin Nbh'w Flame Haze from the other continents
Primary Goal
To destroy the US Government and liberate their fellow Native Americans	To stop The Four Gods of Earth
Results
The Four Gods of Earth stopped their fights because of the distortion caused by the Crimson Denizen and the war. Khamsin came to them and suggested that they become keepers of Outlaw. The Four Gods of Earth became the keepers of Outlaw in four major cities of North and South America. The creation of Trigger Happy by Friagne with help from Billy Hawken.

Trivia

• The war was closely related to the real American Indian Wars and American Civil War.