The Daffodils are a loose coalition of revolutionary organizations and local councils in Kaisa, formed around opposition to the Last War and the Symvouli more broadly. The movement can trace its roots to the
Kaisan Revolution of 1333. They gained their name due to the practice of striking workers putting daffodils in their breast pocket button-holes. In Kaisa, daffodils represent resistance and stubborn resilience. This sentiment resonates with the movement that faced crushing defeat in 1333, yet has sprung back into even fuller strength than before. In 1350, the
Daffodil Revolution has begun, pitting the Daffodils against the Kaisan state.
History
The coalition began to form with the creation of the
SEK-ESK and their organizing within the labor unions and local councils. Since then, various political clubs, parties, and militias have joined the coalition. While the SEK-ESK have dominated the federation, in 1350 the
Isostathis Ergato Kampa Kaisiko and Psiforos Kampa Kaisiko (PKK) joined. Information and discourse spreads through a newspaper simply called
O Dafilado, and generally, the components of the coalition act autonomously, though regular assemblies at union halls and social centers are held to foster discussion and strategizing.
Means and Ends
While the members of the coalition all have the goal of overthrowing the Symvouli, their commonalities often end there. Some wish to see the destruction of the Kaisan state, while others wish to seize the state and restructure it in their vision. Even within these broad camps, there are wide disagreements on both the methods to take towards these goals and the vision of the ideal results. The three major factions are the SEK-ESK, who wish to destroy the Kaisan state and create a stateless confederation in a blend of anarchist and federalist methodologies; the IEK, who wish to seize the Kaisan state and instate a workers republic; and the PKK, who wish to seize the Kaisan state and empower the
Laida Synekio. Various other parties and organizations have some influence within the coalition but are unlikely to become the guiding force of the revolution. For now, the Daffodils largely maintain a principle of tactical unity, wherein critiques are kept within the coalition to avoid public infighting.
Revolutionaries in Exile
In the aftermath of the 1333 Revolution, many Kaisan revolutionaries fled, fearing reprisals by the state. From Campeni and Bierglaan, they now return to rejoin the fight.
The Prostian Contingent, mostly revolutionaries that fled after the collapse of the revolutionary front in 1334, have fought with the
Prostian United Front even through the years after it was crushed to near-nonexistence by the same state they fled. The Prostian Contingent are most closely aligned with socialist republicanism and the more authoritarian elements of the labor union movements. They have been sent with as much equipment as the PUF can spare.
On the other side of Kaisa, Bierglaan became home to the thousands of people who continued the fight into 1335 and were pushed into the mountains to the southeast of Kaisa. They became critical in the defense of Bierglaan, when Kaisa invaded shortly after the revolution. The interplay between the Kaisan political refugees and the Bierglaan clans became the foundation of an experiment within the mountains, a resurgence of pre-colonial Bierg culture mixed with the political ideals of anarchism and federalism. Now, many of these revolutionaries return to their homeland, armed with more than a decade of experience in autonomy.
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