Archivist Uprising

Was a conflict which lasted from 3101-3109 across Kolorato. The conflict was triggered by the oppression and rampant taxation imposed upon the Koloratians by the Chikagoan overlords.

The Prophet Damian was a low ranking priest of the temple of ark mount. The High Priest of the temple was corrupt, and essentially a puppet of the provincial governor. The High Priest looked the other way when the Chikagoans committed atrocities against his people, and withheld the vast knowledge of the priesthood from the common people, who were kept ignorant of his corruption.

One day Damian stole as many books as he could from the Temple and fled to the countryside. From there he went from valley to valley across Kolorato educating the poor and teaching them how to read and write. He also performed a series of miracles using the knowledge he had gained from his years as a priest. He healed the sick with his medicines, and helped the crops grow more efficiently by showing the peasants new more effective fertilizers.

Damian began to gain a massive following among the poor of Kolorato, to the alarm of the High Priest, who declared him a heretic and criminal. Damian and his mass of followers traveled across their mountainous homeland, and began to add more and more followers to their ranks. Damian preached peaceful protest and condemned violence of any kind. He and his followers peacefully refused to pay tax collectors, even when threatened with death.

Damian's followers now numbered in the hundreds, and he decided to lead a peaceful march on Ark Mount to peacefully protest the High Priests corruption. He entered the holy city and approached the entrance of the temple itself, there he was arrested by the High Priests men and held in a small cell.

He was tortured and interrogated by the priesthood for hours, but refused to renounce his teachings to the poor. When he refused to reveal the location of the stolen books, The High Priest then approached the Chikagoan Governor and demanded that Damian be executed due to the unrest he had created in the province. The Governor reluctantly agreed and Damian was handed over to him.

In front of his hundreds of followers Damian was dragged up a hill outside the city, after being lashed dozens of times. He was approached by his closest followers who asked him what they should do after his execution.