Claysius IV

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Died M3-17 343 ASB

Kimberly Clast

Married M10-12 355 ASB

Died M4-24 379 ASB

Died M3-17 343 ASB

Marcus Sectile

Born M3-05 360 ASB

Died M4-24 379 ASB

Claysando II

Born M5-07 372 ASB

Died M10-08 445 ASB

Devon Sectile

Born M3-25 373 ASB

Died M4-24 379 ASB

Jade Sectile

Born M1-02 375 ASB

Died M4-24 379 ASB

King of Clayistan:

M6-21 362 ASB - M4-24 379 ASB

King of Clayistan:

Claymore III

King of Clayistan:

Manterro I

## Biography

### Early life (317 ASB - 337 ASB)

Claysius IV (born Albert Sectile) was born on M3-12 317 ASB, during the reign of his grandfather Claymore II of Clayistan. He was the second born child of Anthony and Maria Sectile. At the time of his birth he was third in line to the throne of Clayistan behind his brother Antonio Sectile and his father Anthony Sectile.

### First marriage (337 ASB - 343 ASB)

On M12-08 337 ASB, Albert married Queen Sarah II of the Kingdom of Clayistria and, with the permission of his father and his grandfather Claymore II, moved out of the royal palace to a small manor in the coastal town of Warrash. Sarah II gave birth to their first and only son, Carlos Sectile, on M3-15 340 ASB.

On M4-20 341 ASB, Albert's brother Antonio was removed from the line of succession by Claymore II due to marrying a commoner. Albert, his wife, and son were recalled back to the palace in Terracotta City. Albert protested being brought back, but was quickly shut down by Claymore II, who claimed that he was now second in line to the throne and could no longer risk living outside of the palace. He began being trained by his father and grandfather on how to properly rule the next day.

On M3-17 343 ASB, Albert was being trained how to rule by his father and grandfather, when an explosion was heard originating from somewhere in the palace. Albert attempted to locate his wife and son, but was ordered by his grandfather to enter into the saferoom with himself and Anthony, where they were joined by Maria a few minutes later. The group remained in the saferoom for six hours before the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG) arrived to remove them. After being rescued from the saferoom, Albert ran to his quarters where he found his wife and child dead. The medical officers informed Albert that they had died from blood loss following the explosion, and that they could have been saved if they had been treated sooner.

A group of three people were captured by the CRG shortly after Albert and his family were freed from the saferoom. They confessed on M3-21 343 ASB to planting the bomb, and claimed that they were hired by Duke Richard Cloam of the Duchy of Loamshield. Albert and Claymore II both deduced that the assassination was done to prevent the Kingdom of Clayistria from passing onto Carlos Sectile and leaving the Loaman Empire upon Sarah II's death. Albert asked Claymore II what action was going to be taken against Richard Cloam, and he informed Albert that he would not risk a war with the Loaman Empire over "a small dispute". The day after, Albert took several small but valuable items and moved out of the palace in Terracotta City the next day.

### Life in Sunbell (343 ASB - 354 ASB)

Albert arrived in Sunbell, the capital of the Sandy Clay Autonomous Region, on M5-10 343 ASB, where went by the name of Joseph Reston. He sold the various valuable trinkets he had taken, and used the money to fund the creation of a manor. While the manor was under construction, Albert did odd jobs around the city to pay for accommodations. By M5-15 344 ASB, his manor had been completed, and was visited later that year by his father Anthony, who gave Albert a large sum of money and informed him that Claymore II knows where he is living but is unaware of his visit. On M12-02 345 ASB, after another visit from from his father, Albert hired six Sand servants to attend to his manor and would, over the years in exile, grow close to his servants.

In M8-28 354 ASB, Albert was visited by his father again, who informed him that Claymore II had died two days prior, and that he himself was now to be Claymore III, King of Clayistan. He also requested that Albert return to the palace in Terracotta City with him, as he was now heir apparent, but Albert refused and informed Claymore III that he was happy in Sunbell with his sand servants. Claymore III then requested to bring the servants to the palace as well, which Albert accepted offer.

### Heir apparent (354 ASB - 362 ASB)

Albert continued his leadership training when he arrived at the palace and on M10-12 355 ASB, he was declared the official regent of Clayistan. Albert married Kimberly Clast, a Clay who was a noble woman from Monoterrus, on M8-09 358 ASB, and she took his last name.

On M7-15 359 ASB, Duke Richard Cloam of the Duchy of Loamshield was elected Emperor of the Loaman Empire under the royal name Loamsly III. Albert convinced Claymore III to sever ties with the Loaman Empire until Loamsly III was removed from power.

Kimberly Sectile gave birth to a son on M3-05 360 ASB, which Albert named Marcus Sectile. On M6-20 362 ASB, King Claymore III was killed during a failed peace negotiation between rebel insurgents in the Purple Isles, and Albert was crowned King of Clayistan and took the royal name Claysius IV.

### Early reign (362 ASB - 365 ASB)

Claysius IV formed the Anti-Loaman Council on M8-19 362 ASB, to find a way to win an offensive war against the Loaman Empire. In M10 362 ASB, the Anti-Loaman council concluded that Clayistan was unlikely to win an all out war against the Loaman Empire in it's current state, and would need allies if they were to succeed.

On M10-25 362 ASB, Claysius IV met with Baron Signus Clavier of Monoterrus in the Sand Republic and proposed that upon the death of King Stanley Artekin of the Sand Republic, Clayistan would support him for the throne of the Sand Republic, and in exchange Signus Clavier would have the Sand Republic become allied with Clayistan. Signus Clavier accepted this proposal.

On M7-30 363 ASB, Claysius IV met with Admiral Sediment, the Captain of the Silt Fleet in the Silt Fleet capital of Adapool, Claysius IV proposed a treaty between the Silt Fleet and Clayistan that would state that when Clayistan invades the Loaman Empire the Silt Fleet would invade and capture the Silty Clay Loam city of Maricis in the Loaman Empire and the Loaman Empire would be divided between the two when the war was over, Admiral Sediment agreed with these terms and signed the Treaty of Adapool later that day.

On M10-18 363 ASB King Stanley Artekin of the Sand Republic was killed in an artillery accident and triggered the Sand War of Succession, on the same day Claysius sent a a fifth of the Clayistan army to support Baron Signus Clavier of Monoterrus in becoming the king of the Sand Republic. A day after the the death of Stanley Artekin Claysius IV publicly announced Clayistan's involvement in the Sand War of Succession and that a single news agency would be selected to report on it, Clay News Association led by Dervot Heord was selected ten days later.

On M8-10 365 ASB Claysius IV was informed that Baron Signus Cleaver along with his entire family were dead, he was later told that the military investigators suspected it have been a fast acting plague as many in the local garrison and town had also died overnight and shown similar symptoms, he ordered a full withdrawal from the Sand Republic on M8-12 365 ASB as they no longer had a claimant to support.

### Sand War (365 ASB - 375 ASB)

On M10-21 365 ASB King Austin Alonzo of the Sand Republic launched an invasion of of the Loaman Empire and the a weak later Sandy Clay Loam Protectorate beginning the Sand War, in response to the outbreak of the war Claysius IV ordered the Sandy Clay Regional Army to retake the occupied portion of the Sandy Clay Loam Protectorate, and ordered the local garrison in Terracotta City to reopen and begin mapping the tunnels that ran below the country. On M3-22 366 ASB Claysius IV ordered half of Clayistan's remaining armies into the tunnels and to move through them to the Southern Wall which they would then man, the southern wall was partly in the Clay Loam Hills region of the Loaman Empire and occupying them would constitute as an invasion of the Loaman Empire, after the capture of the Southern Walls Claysius IV sent the remainder of into the Clay Loam Hills to subdue the Loaman armies their, due to the Treaty of Adapool the Silt Fleet invaded and occupied Maricis two days after the capture of the Southern Walls. The Sand Republic's defeat of the Loaman Empire on M10-07 368 ASB and the Silt Fleet on M1-28 369 ASB convinced Claysius IV to send up to three quarters of the Clayistan Armies to the Southern Walls to prepare for the counter attack.

During 371 ASB Claysius IV had an affair with Samantha Ardash who was the daughter of one of the Sand servants that he had brought with him from Sunbell and on M5-07 372 ASB she gave birth to a son whom she named Claysando Ardash, after the birth of his bastard son Claysius IV the both him and his mother sent to live in his manor in Sunbell giving them a large sum of money to support them. On M3-25 373 ASB his wife Kimberly gave birth to a legitimate son whom Claysius IV named Devon Sectile.

On M4-14 373 ASB Sand Republic soldiers landed on the northern coast of Clayistan using the navy of the defeated Silt Fleet, Claysius IV ordered them destroyed but the small force that was available in the north was match for the invasion force had captured Terracotta City by M5-15 373 ASB, Claysius IV surrendered the country upon the capture of the city and he and his family were placed under house arrest in the Terracotta Palace.

On M1-02 375 ASB whilst under house arrest Claysius IV's wife Kimberly gave birth to a daughter who was named named Jade by her mother two days later King Austin Alonzo of the Sand Republic returned all of the lands of Clayistan to Claysius IV save for the Sandy Clay Loam Protectorate that had joined the newly formed Sandy State, a small area on the Clayistan-Loaman border and the island of Tannhure, Claysius was also informed that Clayistan was now a founding member of the Soil Union.

### After the Sand War (375 ASB - 379 ASB)

On M5-02 375 ASB a large group of Sand War veterans stormed the palace in Terracotta City in an attempted to usurp Claysius IV, they were stopped before they managed to get to Claysius IV's chambers but manage to kill Claysius IV's mother Maria. After the death of his mother Claysius IV ordered that all of those who were involved in the attack on the palace and their families are to be banished from Terracotta City and deported to the Purple Clay Isles, additionally Claysius IV founded a committee dedicated to investigating how they managed to get as far into the palace as they did. On M5-25 376 ASB the committee investigating the attack on the palace concluded that a low ranking staff member at the palace was involved in the attack, Claysius IV decided that waiting to discover who the traitor is was unnecessary and banished all of his low ranking staff from the city he chose to send the Sand servants he had originally brought with him to Terracotta City back to Sunbell and elected to travel with them as an excuse to give check up on Samantha Ardash and to give her another large sum of money.

On M11-12 376 ASB General Tripe Alonzo of the Sand Republic without the authorization of Austin Alonzo launched an invasion of Clayistan and the Loaman Empire using his own forces and those of the Sandy State in an event that is now referred to as the Rogue Sand Uprising. Clayistan, the Loaman Empire and the Sand republic all fought against Tripe Alonzo's forces who were defeated fully on M3-09 377. Claysius IV along with various petty rulers in the Loaman Empire demanded that the Sand Republic be punished for their failure to prevent the uprising and if not Clayistan would continue to occupy the area of the Sandy State that they took during the uprising, the Sand Republic conceded on M4-06 377 ASB by ceding the areas of the Sand Republic that were traditionally considered to be Loamy Sand to the Sandy State, Claysius withdrew his forces from the portion of the Sandy State that he was occupying three days later.

In 378 ASB their were calls for Claysius IV's abdication from people who blamed Claysius for losing the Sand War, that same year Claysius IV had put together a plan to blame the current state of affairs on the destruction of the House of Cleaver and losing the Sand War of Succession, more specifically to blame these two events on someone. On M4-11 379 ASB Claysius IV selected Dervot Heord, the reporter who's news agency had reported on the Sand War of Succession, he chose Dervot because he had been captured by House Alonzo early in the war and therefore both didn't have a trustworthy alibi during the time when House Clavier was wiped out, he later invited Dervot to come to his palace on M4-24 379 ASB under the guise of receiving a knighthood, only to arrest him in person for treason as if he was arrested by the king it would make the incident significantly more publicized. Claysius IV had been feeling unwell the day he was supposed to meet with Dervot, unaware that Dervot Heord had had his water supply poisoned three nights prior, before Dervot had arrived Claysius had discovered that his daughter Jade had died in his wife was distraught, he sent her to her quarters to grieve as he was still determined to arrest Dervot Heord. Dervot arrived late in the day but before he could be arrested Claysius IV succumbed to the poison and died.