 These divisions were later used by Amlici to gain power and force a popular election to anoint himself king.After losing the election he rallied his followers called "Amlicites", allied with the Lamanites, and started a civil war resulting in the death of tens of thousands.The Amlicites join with Amulonites and Zoramites, who were other renegade Nephites, in an effort to destroy the Nephite nation—but they ultimately fail.