Clayton W. Uper (Disambiguous)

## Biography

### Before EtP

Clayton W. Uper is a Hispanic Briton who was born in The United Kingdom on February 16th 1982. In 1986, he moved to the USA at age 4 and then to Mexico at age 15, in 1997. 11 years later, at the age of 27, he came back to the United States and now resides in White Town as of 2009.

### Escaping the Prison

Clayton was imprisoned in the White Town Penitentiary. He escaped the Prison.

### Opening the Door

#### Original

Clayton starts existing in front of an abandoned door in a Rocky Hilly environment. Clayton turns and looks in the other direction before facing the door again. Clayton then begins thinking. Clayton gives the Door an angry glare and runs past the door. Clayton's face disappears as he begins Naruto Running through the Rocky plains. Clayton eventually stops and looks around confused. Clayton is then blown up by Disapproval with an RPG.

#### Remaster

On September 1st 2009, Clayton woke up in an unknown environment covered in rocky hills and a floor of stone. In front of Clayton was a single brown door. Clayton ran across the rocky environment past the door. He slowed down to a walk and just looked reluctant as he kept going. Behind him, another figure was blown up with an explosive. Clayton viewed the death of this figure and turned to see where the explosive came from. Above a rocky hill Clayton spotted Disapproval, an entity with a rocket launcher and lots of ammunition. Clayton slid across the rocky plains and began to run from Disapproval. Clayton decides to quit running and bawl his fist. He swings at his own head and topples over. Clayton rolls out of his bed, realizing the whole ordeal was simply a dream, nothing more. Clayton's phone buzzed with a notification at 11:00PM. He approached the desk with his phone and grabbed the phone.

### Photographer Encounter

On July 28th 2010, a photographer took a photo of Clayton, likely being shot after the photo was taken. The photo was used on an article for 11PM News on July 31st.

### Stealing the Emerald

Clayton has killed at least 15 people according to a report from "11 PM News." On July 31st 2010, Clayton goes to the White Town Museum and steals the Norwegian Emerald, dependent on the rank, his continued ownership over the Gem is ambiguous.

#### Aggressive Thief

Once Clayton arrives at the Museum, he shoots 2 guards, Caerwyn Ifor and another, guarding the entrance to the museum. He then puts on a metal cap and becomes entirely metal. He kicks the door down and is immediately shot at. Clayton charges at the shooter, a guard of the museum, and punches him in the face. An officer is also taken down by Clayton while the officer was warning of the breach. Clayton mows down more guards as the bullets bounce off of him. When the abilities of the cap start to drain, he runs into the room with the emerald. He breaks the glass containing the emerald and shrinks the gem with a mini mushroom. He takes the shrunken gem and charges to the exit of the museum. While he was taking the emerald, the I.D.C. had been surrounding the building, blocking off the exit. Clayton uses a Reverse Card to escape the 3 agents, Woodrow Moore, Ron Wilson, and Antonio Russo, blocking the door. He switched places with another agent, Daniel Johnston, who was standing next to a motorcycle. Clayton uses the motorcycle to flee the I.D.C. Clayton is then followed again by the 3 agents who are on an I.D.C. vehicle. They chase Clayton out of White Town while firing at him. Moore, the driver, is impaled by the Flip-a-Clip logo, thrown by Clayton. The vehicle then crashes after the other 2 agents fell off. Then Clayton is chased by a Junior Agent, Joe Rock, wielding a shot gun. Rock fires at Clayton until Clayton makes a sharp right turn, off of the road and onto a train, below the road. Rock attempts to follow Clayton, but Clayton runs down the freight carts of the train, out of Rock's firing range. Clayton then realizes that there's a tunnel ahead. Clayton uses a shrink ray to become smaller and fit through the tunnel while the train passes through. After riding the train for an hour, the train come to a halt. Clayton uses the stop to jump off the train and take the emerald home. Once home, Clayton places the emerald at full size beside his bed and falls asleep, satisfied with his work.

After an unknown amount of time, Clayton wakes up to three Toppats, Henry Stickman, Sledge MacRush, and Mr. Macbeth, stealing his emerald. Clayton stares at the Toppats confused but is then socked across the face by Mr. Macbeth. Clayton grabs onto his bed and is then shoved onto the bed by Macbeth. He punches Macbeth in the jaw a couple times and then grabs his head. Unable to over power Macbeth, he continues punching him until Clayton is stabbed with a syringe. Clayton lays in bed with the syringe taking affect as the Toppats leave with his emerald.

#### Improvised Thief

Once Clayton arrives at the Museum, Clayton sneaks around the Museum and places a P567 explosive onto the right wall. Clayton detonates the explosive and the impact launches Clayton into the museum. 3 Guards notice Clayton, this provokes him to reach for a pistol that shoots Freezing Bullets. He fires a bullet at the guards and freezes two of them. Clayton throws the pistol at the other guard, most likely knocking him out. Clayton walks around the museum, looking for the emerald, Clayton then looks up and notices a security camera. Clayton makes he way to the security room and kills the security officer. The monitor displaying the security feed has an error, Clayton resets the cameras and fixes the error. He then cycles through the camera feeds until finding the emerald. Clayton exists the security room but finds himself confronted by three more guards, they stare at each other until Clayton runs to the right, missing three shots aimed at him. He runs up and slides under the emerald exhibit's door as it was closing. One of the guards gets caught on the door while chasing Clayton and gets dismembered by the door. The guard threatens Clayton, Clayton responds in Spanish, then shoots the guard in the head. Clayton gets the emerald out of it's display case and rolls it to the door. He realizes that he is most likely surrounded in the room, so calls Censor. Clayton explains the situation over the phone, Censor then fakes a nuclear launch, scaring the guards away and letting Clayton be able to escape. When outside, Clayton promises Censor a piece of the emerald, but then gets interrupted by a cellular error. Clayton celebrates his museum heist and runs off with the emerald.

#### Phantom Thief

Once Clayton arrives at the Museum, he sneaks around the Museum and glues his hands, he climbs up the wall of the museum and makes him way to the roof. Atop the roof is a security guard, Clayton goes behind the guard and attacks him. Clayton pushes the guard out of the way and runs into the roof entrance of the museum. Clayton ends up on a catwalk above the Emerald exhibit, he sees the emerald being guarded by a guard. Clayton uses the teleporter to get closer to the emerald, but the teleportation causes the guard to be flung across the room. Clayton breaks open the Emerald's case by punching it. Clayton damages his hand in the process but still manages to tread out of the Museum with the emerald in hand. Clayton ends up in an area of the museum above two guards, Clayton decides to wait for the guards to leave, after they do, Clayton runs off with the emerald. Clayton later sells the emerald to Dirty Dan, under Sorrow's supervision, for a big heap of cash.

### Storming the Submarine

It is unknown when this version of Clayton diverged from his mainstream counterparts' lives or if these events are even canon to HARD. At some point, Clayton joined the Devil Divers. Clayton stands in the Submarine looking off into space when a man in a wagon drives by him. Clayton goes onto his walkie talkie and alerts the other Divers of the intruder. The intruder crashes into a wall and sets off the alarm for the Sapphire. Clayton goes through the broken wall into the Sapphire room and apprehends the intruder at gunpoint. Clayton says "You're coming with me. Wait, is that a missile?" before a missile blows up next to them. Clayton survives the attack and ends up on the Beach after the Submarine had crashed into it. Clayton shoots a firearm at the Government. A CCC agent launches a Tank, which confuses a Government aircraft. The Helicopter crashes into Clayton and kills him.

## Trivia

* Clayton Uper knows how to speak Welsh
* In Art's Mission 3: Storming the Submarine, Art Hughman can be seen talking to a stickman resembling Clayton
	+ The Stickman is voiced by Klaxon, has no visible hair, and is wearing White Shoes, like Clayton.
	+ Klaxon and SpookyToast have not confirmed if this is supposed to be Clayton.Stickman resembling Clayton

## Variants

* *Dream World Variant - Deceased*
* *Stealing the Emerald Variants*
	+ *Aggressive Thief Variant - Drugged*
	+ *Improvised Thief Variant - Alive*
	+ *Phantom Thief Variant -* *Alive*
* *Rogue Rebel Variant - Deceased*

## Appearances

* HARD - Protagonist
	+ Opening the Door - Protagonist
	+ Opening the Door R - Protagonist
	+ Stealing the Emerald - Protagonist
* Art's Mission
	+ Storming the Submarine - Cameo
* Precipice
	+ Robbing the Vault - Deuteragonist

## Gallery

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