Thran Civil War

Thran Civil War
Event Information
Era	Time of the Thran
Date	c. -5114 to 5014 AR (100 years)
Location	Thran Empire, Terisiare, Dominaria
Affiliations	Artificers and eugenicists
Characters	Yawgmoth
Outcome	Banishment of the eugenicists, including Yawgmoth from the empire
Storyline sources	The Thran
Timeline
Signing of the Guildpact Thran Civil War Thran-Phyrexian War

The Thran Civil War was a 100-year-long conflict between the factions of Thran that led to the banishment of the eugenicists.

Description

The Thran civil war was a war of city-state sovereignty. When Halcyon solidified its position as the capital of the Thran Empire, the war became politicized as a battle between "artificers" and "eugenicists". Artificers believed in improving the Thran through the use of powerstone-powered artifacts. The eugenicists believed in dissecting and understanding the "machines" of biology - the physical bodies, to learn about diseases, microbes, and healing to improve the health of the Thran. Both factions wanted to improve the Thran, the difference lay in their methods. There was no direct conflict between real artificers and real eugenicists during the war, the war lay completely on the political side of the Empire. Both factions were championed by a political party - the artificers by the elite imperialists and the eugenicists by the republican rabble. When at last the imperialists defeated the republicans, the eugenicist champions were scapegoated and exiled by the Elder Council. The 30-year-old Yawgmoth, who had been born during the war, and 200 of his followers, were among those who were banished to the deserts of Jamuraa. This act concluded the hundred-year-long civil war, allowing the imperialists and artificers to take full control of the continued development of the Thran.

This resolution lasted for only 5 years, until the most prominent artificer in the nation, Glacian, fell sick with powerstone induced phthisis. The Elder Council voted to recall Yawgmoth to Halcyon to find a cure for Glacian, putting the eugenicists back into power.