Rune Revolution

The Rune Revolution was a widespread uprising against the use of magic in the Aeon of the Champion story series, primarily affecting the human kingdom of Anthromor from around late -4,000. The civil unrest continued for 11 months, culminating in the fracture of Anthromor after 700 years and the beginning of separatist rule.

The unrest had been fermenting for a couple of years prior to -4,000, but was catalysed by the Piltshire Disaster in which an arcanum reactor melted down and later exploded, spraying the city of Piltshire and adjacent settlements with contaminated liqiud arcanonium. Following this catastrophic incident, the people of Anthromor organised and took to the streets to protest against the use of magic in the empire, claiming that it was a dangerous and unstable force. The change in attitude surrounding the protests led to the formation of the Citizens Against Magic group.