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==Information==
==Information==
[[Solar calendar|SY]] 453 saw the establishment of the [[Toran Liberation Army]] by [[Odessa Silverberg]]. The establishment of a formal movement to resist the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] sparked more open dissension and disarray, marking the beginning of the Gate Rune War.
After the [[War of Succession]], [[Barbarosa Rugner]], turned his back on politics to pursue the lady [[Windy]]. As a result, the number of corrupt bureaucrats within the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] increased, public order deteriorated, and pirates and bandits began to spread.


Odessa would fall in a surprise attack on the Liberation Army hideout in [[Lenankamp]]. From there, [[Hero (Suikoden)|the son]] of [[Teo McDohl]], one of the Empire's [[Great General|Five Great Generals]] would take over the mantle of leadership.
Popular dissatisfaction with the empire continued to grow and [[Solar calendar|SY]] 453 saw the establishment of the [[Toran Liberation Army]] by [[Odessa Silverberg]]. The establishment of a formal movement to resist the Scarlet Moon Empire sparked more open dissension and disarray, marking the beginning of the Gate Rune War.


The war was officially considered to have lasted four years. Two years with the old Odessa-led Liberation Army, and two years after [[New Liberation Army's Founding Day]]. After two years of conflict between the [[Imperial Army]] and McDohl's Liberation Army, the war would end in SY 457 with the fall of [[Gregminster]].
Unable to ignore the growing rebel movement, Odessa would fall in a surprise attack on the Liberation Army hideout in [[Lenankamp]]. From there, [[Hero (Suikoden)|the son]] of [[Teo McDohl]], one of the Empire's [[Great General|Five Great Generals]] would take over the mantle of leadership.
 
With the aid of strategist [[Mathiu Silverberg]], the Liberation Army, which was just a resistance organization, was reborn as a military force. The rebellion would continue to grow, with the Liberation Army securing powerful alliances and liberating region after region from the yoke of the Scarlet Moon Empire.
 
The war was officially considered to have lasted four years. Two years with the old Odessa-led Liberation Army, and two years after the [[New Liberation Army's Founding Day]]. After two years of conflict between the [[Imperial Army]] and McDohl's Liberation Army, the war would end in SY 457 with the fall of [[Gregminster]] and defeat of Barbarosa.


The [[Toran Republic]] would be established in the wake of the Scarlet Moon Empire's defeat. Several veterans of the war would end up affiliated with the [[New State Army]] during the [[Dunan Unification War]].
The [[Toran Republic]] would be established in the wake of the Scarlet Moon Empire's defeat. Several veterans of the war would end up affiliated with the [[New State Army]] during the [[Dunan Unification War]].
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==References==
==References==
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 78, 225, 366
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 78, 106-7, 225, 366


{{GS01}} {{Short description|Civil war between the Scarlet Moon Empire and Toran Liberation Army}}
{{GS01}} {{Short description|Civil war between the Scarlet Moon Empire and Toran Liberation Army}}
[[category: Wars]]
[[category: Wars]]