VE lost it's stance as a true religion when Caerwyn used it as an excuse to rape and pillage Astrum. Political members of VE were just looking to start a religious war, while the leaders sat back silently. Instead of being a different beast from SA entirely, they just turned it into the other side of the same coin.
Actually, nearly all the wars that have ended up favorably for SA were started by someone else. Libero and Raivan Empire ganging up on Xinhai. Averoth intervening in a crusade. Caerwyn breaking a federation to attack Astrum. We didn't start these, but we certainly finished them.
