Otediski plot

The Otediski plot, also known as the December 51 Plot, was a failed attempt by the Myrish Resistance to assassinate Viljo Janes and Gillean mac Sá, the leaders of South Gladomyr and Salia respectively, on December 19, 1951 in the town of Otediski, South Gladomyr. The plot, which had been meticulously planned for several months, was intended to kill Janes and mac Sá with an explosive planted in the room where the pair intended to conduct a meeting. Janes and mac Sá's arrival was leaked to the resistance by a Salian logistics aide, and financed by Lathadun Myrs sympathetic to the cause of the Resistance, but was foiled after a member of the resistance, Madis Rebane, born in Merser, was discovered by two Salian guards-- one a native Salian and the other a South Myrish soldier. Although disguised as a South Myrish soldier, Rebane spoke Myrish to the guards with a distinctly northern accent, which caused the other guards to become suspicious. This would inevitably result in the apprehension and executions of all involved in the attempted assassination while Janes and mac Sá would go unharmed.

The apparent aim of the assassinations was to wrest control over South Gladomyr, to reunify the two Myrish states, and to possibly incite a political revolution within Salia as soon as possible. As no plotters survived the aftermath, internal details of the plan are scarce. It is unknown whether a or otherwise overthrowing of the Salian or South Myrish states would be attempted afterwards. The failed plot resulted in numerous ramifications, including Janes and mac Sá's increased security measures and the removal of many Salian government officials. The plot remains influential and popular in modern politics and media, and has since been adapted into several novels and films.

Background
Since the foundation of the South Myrish state in May of 1945, numerous plots to overthrow the South Myrish state in some form within the South Myrish Army or Myrish Resistance had been created by several different groups. Early leaders of these plots included Major General Ossi Koivula, Colonel General Sulevi Tuomolo, and Field Marshall Samu Mäntylä. Most all of these plotters were formerly in the Myrish Armed Forces prior to and during the Second World War and had joined Myrish Resistance forces soon after the foundation of the South Myrish state. Groups such as these privately shared plots within civilian and resistance circles, and soon gained communications with numerous prominent civilians including Elial Mäki-Rehn, the former mayor of Pärhula, and Pentti Jokela, the great-great-grandnephew of Finian Lecoz, the Myr who discovered Koranel.

Groups of military plotters frequently exchanged ideas between intellectual and resistance groups in various secret meetings or in other secretive circles. Notably, Jokela was against the killings of Janes and mac Sá, stating they should instead be put on trial, citing the fact that all plotters (including himself) were "amateurs" and that "failure [was] most probable".

In 1949, a new conspiratorial group formed, led by Myrish Resistance members Samu Mäntylä, Jarmo Kanerva, and Ossi Koivula, who began systematically searching for intellectuals, seasoned Myrish Resistance militants, and other individuals who may help carry out a on South Gladomyr within Myrish, Salian, Ordrish, Lathadun, and other eastern Alutran circles. Kanerva recruited oppositionists into the Group's staff, making it the nerve centre of the army resistance. The group's main target had already been established to be mac Sá and Janes, though little could be done against the two as they was heavily guarded, and none of the plotters could get near enough to either. Nevertheless, the group succeeded in rebuilding an effective resistance network. Their most important recruit was Salian logistics advisor Sán map Mathúach, who controlled and oversaw logistics of the Salian and South Myrish army, as well as when and where mac Sá would be at any given time. Map Mathúach would become the most involved of the coup plotters who was not ethnically Myrish, actively attending meetings or helping the cause whenever possible. Linking this asset to the newfound plotting group, dubbed the Herlighetsgruppe, added solidity and a base for planning the assassinations themselves.

In the following months, Kanerva, the leader of the Herlighetsgruppe, would find several other individuals who he deemed important to the cause, including Herkko Heikkinen, Panu Anttila, Madis Rebane, Sulevi Tuomolo, and Iivari Järvelä, all being formerly high ranking Myrish soldiers or logistical or tactical intellectuals. Information leaking in and out of the Herlighetsgruppe was extremely strict and highly regulated. Among other rules formulated over its existence, members of the group were not allowed to appear near each other in public, nor were members allowed to meet during the day. Though in enemy territory, the Herlighetsgruppe was based and operated out of numerous hideouts located across South Gladomyr.

It was in 1950 that Kanerva garnered the support of several Lathadun Myrs who had emigrated during the war. These Lathadun Myrs, who were many in numbers, supported the cause with money, arms, or other supplies which would ensure the Herlighetsgruppe remain operational. Though they remain anonymous, it is believed that a number of South Myrish high ranking officials were also sympathetic to the Herlighetsgruppe cause, and evidence suggests some turned a blind eye or otherwise purposefully ignored obvious signs of the plot being planned.

Opposition to Janes and South Myrish policies
Although differing significantly between members, it was overwhelmingly thought that Janes was a puppet of Salia and was otherwise incompetent at running a nation as large and as volatile as South Gladomyr. Among other problems, South Gladomyr suffered from economic disparity, famine, and other hardships which, most often than not, rooted back to Janes and his policies. Janes had an irreverence to the Myrish people, which many thought to be betrayal to his own people given Janes himself was born in Denkev. This, along with all other factors, created a widespread hatred towards Janes as well as South Gladomyr as a whole. Though hatred towards Janes in South Gladomyr was high, many lacked any capability to do anything about it due to economic issues as well as Janes' impeccable security. It is widely assessed the circle around the Herlighetsgruppe was a diverse and heterogeneous group that included liberal democrats, conservatives, social democrats, and authoritarian aristocrats. The common goal was to overthrow Janes' regime and bring his policies to a swift end.

Reunification of Gladomyr
Even more wanted by the Herlighetsgruppe was to reunify Gladomyr following the partition of the country after the Second World War. The partition, which left many families separated and left to suffer under the South Myrish regime, was treated among most to be unfair and a tragedy. Due to the many policies cited by Salia which severely limited the power of North Gladomyr, it was extremely difficult to threaten the sovereignty of South Gladomyr in any way. While attempts had been made in the past, all plots were shut down in the early planning periods due to the formidable Salian intelligence systems.

The territory which plotters wanted different person to person, though most agreed that Gladomyr was to unify back to its pre-Second World War borders, which included Akerland as well as other small Locufaric holdings. Some other plotters also wanted to regain territory in Énqusqó and other Kidal holdings which had been taken over by Salians during the war.

Payback against Salia and mac Sá
Due to the Salian brutality against Gladomyr during the Second World War, using taboo tactics such as, many Myrs held grudges against the nation, especially towards mac Sá who had led the country and the country's army during that time. Due also to the lack of justice against mac Sá, it was thought that the dictator needed to either be killed or be put on trial for his crimes against humanity not only in Gladomyr, but all other countries which Salia enforced its hostile and inhumane tactics against. Some members believed mac Sá would better be put on trial, though assassinating him was much easier and also therapeutic.

Otediski plot
What came to be the Otediski plot first arose after Herlighetsgruppe asset, map Mathúach, relayed information which stated that both Janes and mac Sá would be holding a meeting in the town of Saariveska just 12 kilometers south of Maarhula. As it was exceedingly rare for Janes and mac Sa to hold meetings whilst in the same company, Herlighetsgruppe plotters began formulating the best way of exterminating both Janes and mac Sa effectively and quickly. As details on the exact hotel and premises in which the two would be meeting came, plots evolved to better suit the blueprints and weak points in each individual building in which the pair may enter. In the midst of planning, it was relayed that the meeting in Saariveska was cancelled; however word that a new meeting in the small town of Otediski, an isolated town in the eastern Penguinnes along Lake Otediski, would be held with just a 2 month delay. Though many plans which were created for the Saariveska plot fell through, some ideas were able to be salvaged and repurposed for the new location.

On several occasions, higher Salian officials were led to believe that a was within the Salian ranks and was relaying information to an unknown third party. Indeed map Mathúach himself was investigated on several occasions, though no conclusive evidence was discovered as Salian officials weren't even aware of what exact information was being smuggled. Security measures were increased and layoffs occurred, but map Mathúach remained seated as logistics aide. In fact, over the course of the planning period, investigations into certain members were not uncommon. Since the genesis of the plot, 2 Herlighetsgruppe members were arrested and executed for plotting against the state, and more than 13 - including Kanerva himself, were apprehended by authorities but released due to lack of evidence. Perhaps the closest call during its planning period was the discovery of several maps and written plots in a hidden briefcase by South Myrish civil authority. The South Myrish civil authority, however, could not read the ciphered text, and all evidence was later misplaced before being given to higher-ups.

As Salian logistics plans tended to be fluid and prone to change, the Otediski plot went through various iterations based on the alterations on the planned meeting.