In Dardania the people are resoundly aligned to spiritual and religious beliefs with the many different Masonic Orientals delving deep into the esoteric nature of the world. While this spirituality has never threatened Dardania, there was always a chance for an outlier. Throughout Tirana, street preachers have begun to cry out in a millenarian fervor in service of their hidden prophet 'The Marquis'. The followers of The Marquis have grown to call themselves "The Aware" and have called out against who they term "The Blind", the majority of Dardanian citizens who do not adhere to the atheistic yet mystical theology of The Marquis and the Knights of Progress inner circle. The 'Aware' have taken to the streets in a radical form of anti-prayer they call "Struggle". In this 'struggle', the Aware/Marquists stand on street corners and speak to the evils of the 'Blind' through shaming those who walk past. They also read passages from The Marquis' only piece of literature, "Tiqqun", an antitheist-political text that the Aware believe will begin the Neo-Enlightenment and initiate a final apocalyptic event which would seemingly target the old Dardanian way of life.

While there is a religious plurality within Dardania, the radically atheist and violent nature of these struggle rituals has caused the issue to be brought up simultaneously in the Assembly of the Braves and in the Masonic Senate. The Assembly has called for it's immediate banning as a anti-Dardanian spiritual ideology and thus should be considered a terroristic threat. The Senate however has urged a more cautious approach in which the religion should be regulated and brought to be in line with Dardanian law. Unfortunately, the Masonic Senate was ignored and quickly the soldier-led Assembly declared The Marquis and the Aware to be enemies of the Dardanian Qemali State and all materials related shall be considered contraband. In retaliation, The Marquis attended a rare unknown illegal radio session where he urged his followers to rise up against the Qemalist Republic of Dardania.

"Brothers and sisters of the Aware. Do not fret. The Qemali Marcabians and their Blind servants cannot hold back the tide of truth. They hide in their Grand Orients and delve into rituals of Great Evil! Evil that controls not only your life, your job, your spirit, but most importantly it controls information! They hide their truth from us and distort it until we are fed nothing but creative writing dedicated to the blinding and brainwashing of the Aware! Do not worry, I say, do not worry for the Knights of Progress have almost reached fruition. Remember children, Give Vision to the Blind! Depose the Qemali! Purge the Old Way!"

Days after the radio broadcast Dardania was erupting in divisive and radical beliefs. On one side the Masonic supporting Muslim majority and on the other the esoteric atheistic Marquists. All across Tirana and surrounding cities the streets lay empty as most were too afraid to go out incase they were found by the Marquists or misidentified as one by the Dardanian state (usually worse in most cases). Already Marquists in the countrysides had taken villages under their control, most of them without any violence. In fact, most of the violence that had occured was done by the Dardanian soldiers who relentlessly hunted down the Anti-Qemalists.

In the towns where the people had forcibly 'voluntarily' joined the Marquists without any violence they found that taxes were halved, previously closed businesses reopened, and all religious buildings were replaced with 'Struggle Centres'. Many citizens in these towns celebrated the Marquists reforms and happily joined their cause although not a single man or woman, Marquist or not, could claim to have actually met the Marquis or anyone from the famed inner circle of the 'Knights of Progress'. All the citizens saw where the Red Beret adorned Marquist militias and either the Flag of the Marquis Insurrection or banners adorned with the words 'Veritas, Ordo, Libertas, Sapientia'. Truly the Marquis (if he truly existed) was a man of mystery and was somehow able to lead an insurrection that appeared almost out of nowhere.