Great Saint's Rising

The Great Saint's Rising (Phoenician: 弘聖起義, : Hóngshèng Qǐyì; Melkian: x), also known as the Southern Rebellion (Phoenician: 南亂， : Nánluàn; Melkian: ), was a massive and  in Hyperaustrea against the rule of the Consortiums of Hyperaustrea, who ruled the region on behalf of Phoenicia as a colonial venture. The Rising began in the form of a mass of thahar  in the Akura Mountains commanded by the supposedly  Kazimierz Sau Taung, now known as the Akura Uprising. It quickly erupted into further mutinies and popular uprisings across the whole of Hyperaustrea, formally coalescing under the banner of the Austral Kingdom of God with Kazimierz as holy monarch. The Rising lasted from 1 March 1870 to 27 July 1877, ending after Kazimierz was killed at the Battle of Samchu Pass and the Austral Kingdom collapsed into infighting, though the last rebel army would not be crushed until December 1881. The Great Saint's Rising was the second deadliest civil war in human history, ending with some 30 million deaths and massive societal and economic upheaval in Hyperaustrea.

The Rising was fueled by resentment of diverse origins, including widespread corruption in the Hyperaustrean ruling elite, erosion of Kaurissemite traditional values under Phoenician rule, but primarily the economic depression borne from the collapse of the Muslin Bubble. The goals of the Austral Kingdom were religious, nationalist, and culturalist in nature; Kazimierz demanded for the restoration of a guided under the values of Occidental Kaurissem and the ousting of "pagan" Phoenician influence in Hyperaustrea, especially calling for the abolishment of the perceived  Phoenician order which was viewed to have caused the Muslin Bubble and its replacement by a Kaurissemite social and moral order as directed by the Austral Kingdom.

Throughout the course of the seven year long conflict, Austral armies occupied and waged war across much of the upper and middle Werakura river valleys, establishing a power base emanating from the Kingdom's capital of Grzegorza - the purported site of Saint Grzegorz's, ultimately devolving into total civil war as both Hyperaustrea and Phoenicia mobilized its militaries in efforts to decisively crush the rebellion. Despite its official position as a centralized and absolutist monarchy, the Austral Kingdom was in actuality highly decentralized, with Kazimierz holding limited control over the various practically independent rebel armies rampaging across Hyperaustrea which flew the Austral banner.