Washingtonian Civil War

15 March wedding
On 15 March 1899, the wedding of Prince Willard II Washington to Lady Mary Concord was to take place at Wallfrey Keep, seat of the House of Concord. King John I Washington, Queen Consort Jennifer, Lady (former Queen) Cynthia, Crown Prince Patrick, Princess Kaitlin, Prince Edward, Prince Cliffton were the most notable members of the Royal Family present at the ceremony, however, over three hundred other distinguished guests, many of whom were also of the royal bloodline, were also present.

After the ceremony, the ensuing party in the great hall of the keep went into the early hours of the morning, with many of the guests - numbering around 80 in the hall - intoxicated or distracted by the many spoils and features the hosts were seducing them with. Around three o'clock in the morning, when Willard and Mary left the hall to retire, the string octet abruptly stopped in the middle of their current melody and started playing Republicans To the Front, the well-known taboo theme song of the republican movement within Washingtonia.

As mentioned, the guests, including the young King, who himself by this time was intoxicated, did not notice the change in atmosphere. Only Lady Cynthia, the King's mother and former Queen, noticed the song which almost saw her stepfather dethroned playing, and the entrances to the hall abruptly closed. At this point, Lady Cynthia had also noticed that the Royal Family's trusted friend Lord Ronald Quinn had stepped up to the podium of the hall, right under the small balcony where the string octet was playing.

Lord Quinn's speech to the King, today remembered as the speech which initiated the Civil War, is as follows:

After the speech, the string octet on the balcony revealed a which had been hidden behind the small curtain and proceeded to start firing into the remaining crowd. The King was hit, however survived the initial attack. Queen Consort Jennifer and 71 others were killed within thirty seconds. Only the King, Lady Cynthia and a handful of others, most of whom were hiding under tables, survived. In the bedroom, Lady Mary poisoned her new husband Willard and most of the King's Loyal House Regiment which were assigned to protect the King and his guests were slaughtered by Concord and republican troops.

After the dust settled, Lady Cynthia begged Quinn for the life of her son, however, Quinn quickly refused and shot her with his personal sidearm. King John was brought to the outside balcony where the hundreds of other guests who were rounded up outside could see him. Quinn, standing behind the King, proceeded to shout "To Hell with the monarchy!" and slit the King's throat. King John's head was then removed and thrown into the crowd below. The Concord and republican troops were ordered to kill the remaining 200 guests, however, many of them made it away safely.

Slaughter in Foundersville
As the events at Wallfrey Hall were transpiring, republican elements within the King's Loyal Government started summarily executing members of Cabinet, the Presidency, the top officials of the Armed Forces and any known loyalists to the dynasty. Major Richard Tomason of the King's Loyal House Regiment, upon receiving reports of the events occurring across the country, immediately went to the Royal Palace and, along with his most trusted staff, took the infant Prince Brandon I Washington, King John's nephew into hiding. Brandon was, in fact, the only viable living member of the bloodline who could inherit the throne.