The Red Civil War (Dorvische: Rot Bürgerkrieg) was a civil conflict in Dorvik between Pro-Petrovist members of the Communist Party of Dorvik and hard-line Metzist of the party. After Justus Moser rose to the post of General Secretary of the party he asked that Petrovism be declared dead by the party and the party shift its ideology to Marxist-Leninism. The Communist Party had been founded by Raymond Petrov the ideological founder of Petrovism and a well-liked figured in Dorvik. The internal split in the party led to its disbanding in November 3236 and as Justus Moser was giving a press conference outside the steps of the Peoples Chamber building he was shot and killed. Immediately after the assassination a large battle erupted between Petrovist and Metzist and was broken up by the Dorvik I