History Main / CivilWar

* ''Series/{{Tyrant}}'': In the second season there's an islamic insurgency in Abbudin after a gas attack on the rebels leads them to team up with more radical elements. This becomes an all-out civil war between the Al-Fayeed dictatorship, the Army of the Caliphate, and local militia the Red Hand.

*** The first is the Red Viper Rebellion, Oberyn's revolt against both the Iron Throne and Doran's rule of Dorne (when the latter refuses to support him). [[spoiler: It ends with his forces being crushed and him being executed.]]
*** One builds up in the Reach as a group of pious lords calling themselves the "Lords Resolute", who are angered by Stannis' apparent refusal to do anything about the reformation movement growing in Essos and his perceived tyrannical actions (such as taxing the Faith and punishing nobles instead of pandering to them), begin plotting to rebel against him. Backed by [[TheFundamentalist Septon Ryman's radical faction of the Faith]], they eventually launch a large rebellion in the Upper Mander region, which is soon confronted by the combined forces of Stannis' loyalists [[spoiler: and ultimately crushed by them]].
*** And at the same time that the Upper Mander Rebellion is starting to wind down, Balon Greyjoy launches his own rebellion for independence, causing the Faith to declare a holy war on the Ironborn in retaliation for them burning several major septs in the Westerlands in the process (though once Stannis is able to shift his attention away from the Reach with his loyalists, he's able to clamp down and keep the war secular). And to further complicate matters, those few Ironborn who were opposed to the rebellion decide to counter-rebel and aid Stannis' invasion of the Iron Islands [[spoiler: contributing to the royalists' [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] of the Ironborn]].
*** After the collapse of the Upper Mander Rebellion, some Rymanist septons escape to the Riverlands and start spreading their message. Paranoia over this runs rampant, combined with the always fractious nature of the region, until practically every River Lord house is fighting each other in a complicated mess known as the Trident Wars. Fortunately, unlike the other conflicts, Stannis is able to quickly step in and put his foot down, decreeing that people can worship whatever version of the Faith they want as long as they do it in private and don't try to convert others.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': A planet-wide example, no less. In Season 11, the Blood Gulch Crew gets marooned on the planet of Chorus, which they soon learn is stuck in a perpetual battle between the Federal Army of Chorus and the rebellious New Republic. [[spoiler: The Civil War ends in a truce after Season 12, when it's revealed that Charon Industries had been covertly prolonging the war by assassinating leaders on both sides in order to loot the planet for its natural resources. The United Army of Chorus eventually ends up driving out Charon's mercenaries, and the planet vows to remain independent from the [=UNSC=].]]

* In ''Fanfic/ADragonsRoar'', a second Dance of Dragons starts brewing as tensions grow between the various members of House Targaryen. It eventually hits breaking point at Harrenhal, when Rhaegar convinces Aerys that Daeron was conspiring with the Knight of the Laughing Tree against him. This gives Rhaegar the legal authority to strike at Daeron and his allies, who counter by crowning Daeron as king and striking back — the Westerlands and Dorne outright declare for Daeron, the Crownlands and Reach declare for Aerys and Rhaegar, the Riverlands, Stormlands, and Vale dissolve into mini civil wars of their own over who to follow, and the North appears to be neutral.

* The ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' has had two so far. First, the Dream Team (plus another friend named Punz) warred against the L'Manburg faction ([=WilburSoot=], [=TommyInnit=], Tubbo, Fundy, and [=TheEret=] [[spoiler:who defected during the war]]), who sought independence from the main server, which ended [[spoiler: with the Dream Team winning the main conflict, but Dream granting L'Manburg independence anyways in exchange for two music disks owned by Tommy (a major source of conflict between him and Dream)]]. Later, Jschlatt winning the L'Manburg election and declaring himself a dictator bent on conquest (banishing Wilbur and Tommy in the process) triggers another war, fracturing the country with a conflict between his faction and Wilbur's faction, now named Pogtopia.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'' has the player resolve a civil war on the planet Onderon in which [[TheUsurper General Vaklu]] tries to seize control from his cousin Queen Talia in order to secede from the Republic with the help of the Sith. The Light Side route has you support Talia alongside Jedi Master Kavar, while the DarkSide route has you support Vaklu and help him betray the Sith.

* ''Literature/KentuckyFriedPolitics'' has a Chinese civil war break out in 1975 when Lin Biao and other hardliners attempt to stage a coup against Mao for opening the country to the west, only for him to escape and rally his loyalists against them. Then things get more complicated when Deng Xiaoping starts gathering supporters for a "third way" midway between Mao and Lin's ideologies. [[spoiler: By the end of the year, Mao has died from poor health and stress, and Lin has been killed by Deng's forces, allowing Deng to take total power.]]

** Its sequel, ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', involves the Marvel superheroes once again split, this time [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]] wants to use someone's precognitive powers to prevent [[PrecrimeArrest crimes]] and disasters from happening. Franchise/IronMan, however, refuses to punish criminals before they commit crimes. [[spoiler: All of this is set off by the death of ComicBook/WarMachine and ComicBook/SheHulk slipping into a coma at the hands of Thanos.]]

** A second American civil war breaks out in the early 1900's, when the hard-right wing Nationalist governments of several Western states grow dissatisfied with Liberal and Federalist rule and declare independence. [[spoiler: This lasts less than two years, before the Union utterly crushes the rebels and reabsorbs their states.]]
** There's a civil war in the 1850's in Texas between those who want independence and those who want to stay part of Mexico. Though this quickly becomes a sideshow to a Mexican civil war between Republicans and Imperialists. [[spoiler: Thanks to American intervention, it ends with a compromise that sees Mexico divided between a Republican north and Imperial South, and Texas divided between an independent east and a west that stays in Mexico as part of the new republic.]]

** Mexico undergoes a second civil war in the 1910's, with its root cause being the fallout between Emperor Jorge II and his son Raul, which leads to Jorge disinheriting Raul and naming his daughter Gabriella as his heir instead. When Jorge dies, Raul crowns himself Raul IV, and his followers go to war with Gabriella's loyalists. The war carries on until Raul dies, with his generals then crowning his pampered son as Raul V; as he's viewed as a PuppetKing, the Raulists lose support, until the younger Raul is finally killed by Loyalist forces. After that, the war essentially ends, though it takes time to hunt down the remaining Raulist leaders.

*** After the collapse of the Upper Mander Rebellion, some Rymanist septons escape to the Riverlands and start spreading their message. Paranoia over this runs rampant, combined with the always fractious nature of the region, until practically every River Lord house is fighting each other in a complicated mess known as the Trident Wars.

** Later on in the manga, [[spoiler: Colonol Mustang starts his own revolution to take power and stop the plans of the main villain, assisted by General Armstrong and her forces]].

* In ''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'', Westeros is hit with a series of these in the years following the overthrow of the Targaryens and Robert passing the crown to Stannis in order to pursue Rhaegar and his loyalists in Essos.
** The first is the Red Viper Rebellion, Oberyn's revolt against both the Iron Throne and Doran's rule of Dorne (when the latter refuses to support him). [[spoiler: It ends with his forces being crushed and him being executed.]]
** One builds up in the Reach as a group of pious lords calling themselves the "Lords Resolute", who are angered by Stannis' apparent refusal to do anything about the reformation movement growing in Essos and his perceived tyrannical actions (such as taxing the Faith and punishing nobles instead of pandering to them), begin plotting to rebel against him. Backed by [[TheFundamentalist Septon Ryman's radical faction of the Faith]], they eventually launch a large rebellion in the Upper Mander region, which is soon confronted by the combined forces of Stannis' loyalists [[spoiler: and ultimately crushed by them]].
** And at the same time that the Upper Mander Rebellion is starting to wind down, Balon Greyjoy launches his own rebellion for independence, causing the Faith to declare a holy war on the Ironborn in retaliation for them burning several major septs in the Westerlands in the process (though once Stannis is able to shift his attention away from the Reach with his loyalists, he's able to clamp down and keep the war secular). And to further complicate matters, those few Ironborn who were opposed to the rebellion decide to counter-rebel and aid Stannis' invasion of the Iron Islands [[spoiler: contributing to the royalists' [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] of the Ironborn]].

* On ''[[LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Dream's]]'' SMP, a war breaks out between two sides: the Dream Team (plus another friend named Punz), and a faction seeking independence from the main server known as L'Manburg (consisting of [=WilburSoot=], [=TommyInnit=], Tubbo, Fundy, and [=TheEret=][[note]]who later defected to the Dream Team, betraying L'Manburg in exchange for being promoted to a king within the Dream Team lands[[/note]]. The war ends [[spoiler: with the Dream Team winning the main conflict, but Dream granting L'Manburg independence anyways in exchange for two music disks owned by Tommy (a major source of conflict between him and Dream)]].

* [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu The collapse of the Han Empire]] brought about a civil war that culminated in the rise of three separate empires. Most famous for being the origin of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', though the Romance throws in a lot of folklore and anachronisms.

*** While each [[OurElvesAreBetter race of Mer (Elves)]] split off from the [[{{Precursors}} ancient Aldmer]] under typically unfriendly circumstances, most of the groups left under peaceful [[TheExile self-exile]]. However, the very first race of Mer to split off, the Maormer (Sea Elves) of Pyandonea, were banished after starting a Civil War in the ancient Mer homeland of Aldmeris. They were forbidden to ever return to their homeland.