When Imperial Panarine fell and the last of the Giraïri Ourōnea were mistakenly killed by Volissēne cannonfire, it led to widespread scandal. The remaining holdouts of Gesena, Belethion, and Peloïssod were roundly ignored by the victorious and largely satisfied Cazia-Orod, and turned their attention on Voleïze. However, these holdouts were nearly destitute. Without access to the Imperial treasury, they were at risk of default on their war loans, and therefore could not muster a force to attack the republic immediately. They would not need to. While the Volissēnes had not recently been fond of Imperial Panarine as a nation, they were Sasinthēnes, and many were offended by what they viewed as soft treatment of the Imperial family’s accidental killers.
A faction within the Volissēne military arose, supported by large contingents of rural malcontents, calling themselves ‘Golds’, for the undecorated golden flags they adopted in reference to the colors of Panarine. The loyalist faction became known as ‘Reds’ due to the traditional colors of the city of Voleize. The war lasted only a few years, but had a drastic impact, both on the state and culture of Voleize. The Reds lost all territory in the Volissēne March to a new Gold state, Menovina, which re-annexed the city of Panarine. After the war ended, Sasinthēne polities initially refused to recognize the Gold state under any name including Panarine so as not to provide pretext for calling their old provincial statuses; eventually, a compromise was reached and the official name of the Gold state was made ‘The Republic of Menovina at Panarine’.
The impact on culture was especially pronounced because of the high number of irregular soldiers enlisted from the civilian population, to either side. In many cases, this was a matter of class, particularly between the borgeousie and the aristocracy; many rural estate-owners fought for the Golds, while many noble scions, proud of their Volissēne heritage, fought for the Reds. The training these irregulars received was highly variable, and partly for their close contact with hired mercenaries, they marauded as much as they fought. Collectively, these irregulars were called Rifle-sons and Cutlass-daughters, and they established a fashion of coarse, roguish, but romantic gallivanters in Volissēne literature and poetry. Many Volissene folk songs refer to adopting or returning home and settling down from this vulgar lifestyle.
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