Tenth Day of Blood

The Tenth Day of Blood was a riot that took place in several Arcadian cities and colonies on the Tenth of the Month of Taurus. It was because of referendum by the Arcadian government to allow businesses to fire Anarcho-Syndicalists for going on strike. This resulted in the founding of the .

Background
After the Anarcho-Syndicalist League of Arcadia organized a mass strike against the Merchants Guild and by extension local businesses indentured to them on the 1st of Taurus members of the Merchants Guild petitioned the government to do something about it. Through bribery and corruption the Merchants Guild managed to convince both the Senate and the High Aristocricy to back the bill. On the Tenth of the same month it was put into law, and business owners could legally fire employees who went on strike that had connections to the Anarcho-Syndicalist League. The resulting news resulted in the Anarcho-Syndicalists to break out into a riot and several buisnesses were burnt to the ground. Riot control were deployed to the scene and violence broke out. After several hours of fighting between police and rioters the police took victory. Several hundred Anarcho-Syndicalists were killed in the resulting battle, and dozens more arrested and charged with participating in revolution. Outraged at the mass killing of their comrades, the Anarcho-Syndicalists went into hiding, and formed an underground resistance against both the Merchants Guild, and the Arcadian government known as the .