The Sodalite Revolt of 1830

France managed to ride out the Burning Thirties more or less unscathed. They had better things to do, like catching their breath. The House of Burgundy just finished toppling the House of Guise, driven Spain out of the Côte d'Or (with a bit of help), and hounded the Most Christian King [who?] into Roman exile. There was work to do: standardizing measures, rebuilding polders, renegotiating treaties, restoring normalcy in France.

In 1830, it had a chance to come undone - and didn't.

A brief outline of the 1830 Sodalite Revolt

This is very much a work in progress, but the gist of things is something like so:

• The Prince de Guise [who?] managed to escape Rome and, stowing away aboard a corvette, managed to evade the French Navy for long enough to land in Marseilles.
• Once he did arrive in Marseilles, the city was cordoned off and searched. Remarkably, the Prince managed to escape the searchers and the city, making for Toulouse (a holdout of Guisard support) as fast as he could.
• En route, word got out that the Prince de Guise was back, and he drew heavily on his Sodalite membership. A number of old orders, especially some that had sat out the War of the French Succession to that point [who?], pledged their support to the pretender.
• The Prince did make it to Toulouse, where he linked up with a Guisard force that marched to war...
• ...where, after two small victories, he died an inglorious death, getting thrown by a horse that spooked after he vaulted onto it while drunk. [details?]

Thus ended the life of the Prince of Guise. The Sodalite Revolt took a few more months to quell - word of the Bastard's summons spread faster than word of his death - but inside of six months everything was over.

Aftermath of the Sodalite Revolt

The single most lasting consequence of the Sodalite Revolt was the collapse of the French Sodality. Up to that point, the House of Guise had combined the Sodalite Fourth Vow with the traditional privileges of the Gallican Church, leaving him with considerable control over both; the Burgundians were considering following suit. [details?] Once the Revolt had been suppressed, any thought of it was off the table: the Sodality had showed its hand, and that hand was as a threat to the State.

• The suppression of the Sodalites, and the gradual dismantling of the French Inquisition, both began in the aftermath of the Sodalite Revolt.
• A lot of Sodalites were executed or imprisoned for their part in the Revolt, but not all. Entire houses emigrated, [details?] setting up shop in the New World, mostly amongst the Occidentals. They were the first significant Sodalite presence in the UCNA.

This is a work in progress. It will be expanded upon.