Standards Rebellion

The Standards Rebellion was an event that occurred shortly after the Skyfall Incident during mid-April of Imperial Year 2700. Within the Northlands, there had always been discussion among the elite mercenary class to find ways to weed out the lower classes from events. Chief support of these ideals was Matthew Diesel, though he had not been very vocal about it. Riding on the good mood of the elitists of the Northlands, following their overwhelming victory in the Skyfall Incident, "B J" Zabuza suggested a charter be drafted to officially begin the weeding measures of the lower classes. The majority of the Northlands' elite supported these ideals, however Ashen Wu and Qoheleth Roth remained staunch opponents to it. As the movement gained more stride and the lower classes begun to hear more about it, a number of vocalists from the middle class accused the elite supporters of the bill of enacting "class warfare", A short, bloody conflict was the result of such accusations and what emerged was the victory of the middle-lower class, with elitists such as Ashen and Qoheleth as their support. The ruling elitists that were left from the conflict, dissipated most of those ideals and instead formed the Elite Standards Party and aligned themselves with the NewCastle Bulwarks.