Tarzan

## **Biography**

A mutiny on their ship led the Claytons to be shipwrecked off the coast of Africa. The two formed a makeshift treehouse to protect themselves both from the jaguar Sabor and the Mangani Gorilla tribe. Alice Rutherford died giving birth William Cecil Clayton was killed by the Gorilla Kerchak, leader of the tribe of Mangani apes. Kerchak then left the bodies side by side. A female Mangani named Kala, stumbled into the treehouse and discovered the abandoned baby, whom she named Tarzan("White Skin") and rescued from a Jaguar named Sabor. Tarzan grew up among the apes.

During his childhood, Tarzan started displaying some amazing feats, as he uncovered the legend about a mysterious creature named the Zugor, it turning out to be just a grumpy aging ape that screamed to fend off predators(*Tarzan II,* Disney). In his youth, around his teens, Tarzan battled and killed Sabor, leading to a jealous Kerchak (named Tublat in Disney's *The Legend of Tarzan* Animated Series) to challenge Tarzan. Tarzan was able to kill him with his father's knife, though he was wounded in the struggle.

.At 21 years old, Tarzan met an expedition which included Jane Porter and her father Archimedes Quintus Porter. Tarzan's cousin, William Cecil Clayton, unwitting usurper of the ape man's ancestral English estate, was also among the party. Tarzan spied on the newcomers, aids them in secret, and saves Jane from the perils of the jungle.

Among the party was French naval officer Paul D'Arnot. While rescuing D'Arnot from the natives, a rescue ship recovered the castaways. D'Arnot taught Tarzan to speak French and offers to take Tarzan to the land of white men where he might connect with Jane again. On their journey, D'Arnot taught him how to behave among white men. In the ensuing months, Tarzan eventually learned to speak English, as well.

Tarzan frequently returned to the Jungle and the Apes, having difficulty simply abandoning his old life. He would find himself in confrontation with two of his own relatives. The first was his older cousin William Cecil Clayton II, who joined Jane and her father on one expedition, initially to study the apes but he actually planned to hunt them and bring some animals back with him to England. He was killed during a fight with Tarzan when he fell, while vines were trapped around his neck resulting in an accidental hanging(*Tarzan*, Disney Film)

Clayton's younger sister, Amanda Eugenea Clayton, believed her brother had been murdered by Tarzan and orchestrated a scheme to kill him in revenge. When Tarzan saved her despite being on the verge of death from a poison she had drugged him with, she realized Tarzan did not kill her brother and apologized. Tarzan forgave her.

Tarzan initially parted with Jane but she would return. Tarzan attempted to reconnect with his human family and human society but found he was more comfortable in the jungle and willingly returned there. Tarzan and Jane ultimately found a balance between the two and had a son: Jack Clayton was an adventurer much like his father, taking the name "Korak". On one adventure, Tarzan, Jane, The monkey friend Nima and a handful of allies were granted immortality pills from Kavurur(*Tarzan's Quest*).

## **Clayton Family Tree**

   John Cecil Clayton, fifth Earl Staveley and 14th Baron Grebson, was a child prodigy who gained immense wealth from slavery and significant influence form lending his prophets to King George II. He was rewarded with the newly created title of first Duke and Viscount Greystoke for his role in saving King George II from a Jacobite assassin. He was the father to the 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Greystoke. Cecil Arthur was the 2nd while John William Clayton was the 3rd. John William Clayton became the Duke after Cecil's death in a horse riding accident in 1765, when he was 15. The Duke married Alicia Rutherford and were present for the Wold Newton Meteor Strike in 1795(*Tarzan Alive,* Phillip Jose Farmer). John Clayton, the 4th Duke of Greystoke, was motivated by his friendship with Sir Jesse Trefusis to abandon most of his riches and become a socialist(*The Unsocial Socialist*, George Bernard Shaw). He would become a cab driver, famously transporting Sherlock Holmes during one of his most famous Cases( *The Hound of the Baskervilles*). The 4th Duke had two children with his wife Arabella Howard: John Sydney Clayton(Born 1835) and William Cecil Clayton I(Born 1836).

William Cecil Clayton I first married Patricia Clarke Wildman. They had three children: William Cecil Clayton II(born 1864), Amanda Eugenea Clayton(Born 1871), and James Clark Clayton(Born 1880). Patricia Clarke would pass away upon the childbirth of the latter.

William Cecil Clayton I would later remarry to Edith Appledore(born 1869), Duchess of Holdernesse in 1880(Sherlock Holmes story, *The Adventure of the Priory School*). With Appledore he had one son, Arthur Clayton(1891).

John Sydney Clayton had one child, John Clayton(1862), who would be the father of Tarzan along with Alice Rutherford(1868). After the elder John Clayton's death, William Cecil I to take the title of Duke of Greystoke. He later found the minister that had married him to Patricia Clarke Wildman was a fraud, making his children with her illegitimate William Cecil II Clayton would be driven to poaching while Amanda Eugenea would oversee the family´s industries. James Wilder had hopes of inheriting the title of Duke of Holderness, though such hopes would banish in 1891, when Edith Appledore gave birth to Arthur Clayton. Wilder attempted to kidnap Arthur to force William Cecil Clayton I to change his will, these plans were thwarted by Sherlock Holmes(Sherlock Holmes, *The Adventure of the Priory School*) . James Wilder escaped to Australia. Clark Savage Sr would be motivated into hunting him down, promising to devote his own life and that of his unborn sun to the pursuit of justice. He married Arroxane Larson and they had a son, Clark Savage Hr(born 1901)(*Doc Savage His Apocalyptic Life*, *Tarzan Alive*, Phillip Jose Farmer). James Clark went to great measures to see to it that his son was extraordinary, including tutoring under Sherlock Holmes and hiring Hugo Danner to kill several beings that may have posed adversaries for him later in life.