Hershel Skrim

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* Relations
* Occupations

Reporter for Ceramica Press:

M9-03 349 ASB - M12-24 358 ASB

## Biography

### Early life (330 ASB - 349 ASB)

Hershel Skrim was born to Sir Ozor Skrim and Amirah Skrim in Terracotta City on M4-14 330 ASB.

Throughout much of his childhood Hershel was compared unfavorably by his parents to his older brother Josiah Skrim and on M8-11 349 ASB Hershel Skrim left Terracotta City for the city of Ceramica to prove his worth to his family. Skrim was hired as a reporter for Ceramica Press on M9-03 349 ASB.

### Ceramica Press (349 ASB - 358 ASB)

Hershel Skrim proved to be a very good reporter and by 350 ASB he was considered by both his colleagues and the rivals of Ceramica Press to be Ceramica Press's best reporter. The pay he received for this was not much though he cared little for the money as he worked only to prove something to his family. On M3-05 354 ASB Dervot Heord was hired as a reporter at Ceramica Press, he very quickly proved himself to be a rival.

Claypenhagen Press hired a new accountant named Izza Fissil on M4-06 353 ASB, Hershel Skrim began dating her on M4-16 353 ASB. Hershel Skrim and Izza Fissil married on M12-05 357 ASB Izza Fissil retained her last name. On M12-13 358 ASB a report was published that was written by Heord and edited by Fissil that claimed that Joakim Stevens, the CEO of Ceramica Press was committing fraud. Two days later, Joakim Stevens was arrested and on M12-14 358 ASB and Ceramica Press dissolved on M12-24 358 ASB leaving Skrim unemployed.

### Clay News Association (359 ASB - 375 ASB)

Following the disillusion of Ceramica Press Skrim had trouble finding a new job as a journalist on account of his wife's association with the report that doomed Ceramica Press. To support himself and his wife Skrim attempted to get into the woodworking business and purchased several books on woodworking. Skrim was at his house with his wife on M1-24 359 ASB when someone knocked on the door his wife opened the door and revealed Dervot Heord who his fife invited in, despite despising Heord for his unemployment he knew that he was one of his wife's closest friends. Heord proposed to both Fissil and Skrim that they create their own news agency, Skrim was unconvinced until Heord reminded him of the destruction of one of the largest news agencies in the city and the potential niche that could now be filled, Skrim along with his wife accepted with the Clay News Association (CNA) coming into existence on M1-26 359 ASB with Heord as the company's CEO. Dervot's theory was proven right when the CNA overtook the Clay Rider as the largest news agency in Ceramica in M5 363 ASB.

On M10-29 363 ASB the CNA was selected by Claysius IV to send reporters to the city of Monoterrus to report on the Sand War of Succession, Heord decided that he would be one of the reporters sent to the city, Skrim was among those chosen by Heord to accompany him to Monoterrus. When Skrim, Heord and a handful of other reporter set off for Monoterrus on M11-02 363 ASB Fissil was left as CEO of the CNA, Skrim and his fellow reporters arrived in Monoterrus after a three-day journey and were informed that if they are surrounded whilst in a combat zone they must not surrender as the Sands will not accept surrender. After this formality the group were escorted to their living areas. The first few months in Monoterrus went well for the CNA which had become popular within the most developed regions of Clayistan, whose populace yearned to know what was happening on the front lines. By this time Heord had taken a fancy to personally attending the battles in order to report the events more accurately and on M1-14 364 ASB a patrol containing Heord failed to return to the city on time, Skrim along with the Clayistan garrison assumed Heord to be dead. On M8-10 365 ASB the ruling family of Monoterrus including Baron Signus Clavier died, Skrim reported on the deaths, and wrote under the advice of the doctors present that they died from a plague that had brought by the Clayistan forces. Skrim along with his fellow reporters and all other Clayistan personal left Monoterrus on M8-12 365 ASB.

Dervot Heord was revealed to be alive on M9-05 365 ASB and resumed his role as CEO of the CNA despite Skrim's protests that the CNA had grown significantly under the leadership of Izza Fissil. On M4-21 366 ASB Hershel Skrim was tasked by Heord to establish a branch of the CNA in Roslund, Skrim obeyed and went to Roslund. On M4-14 373 ASB Heord was captured at the initial Sand Republic landings in Clayistan, Skrim left Roslund the day after Heord's capture for Ceramica with the intent to take control of the company, he left a Roslund native named Ewan Cordova in charge of the still under construction branch. Skrim arrived at the office in Ceramica on M4-16 where as the only stock holder present declared himself CEO. Dervot Heord was freed from Sand captivity on M1-04 375 ASB and returned to his position as CEO that same day.

### Anti-government plotting (375 ASB - 377 ASB)

On M2-28 375 ASB Izza Fissil and Hershel Skrim were informed by Dervot Heord of his plan to seize control of the Clayistan government, Skrim who was a supporter of the Sectile dynasty but went along with Heord's plan to attempt to gather evidence against him. He and Fissil were to travel to Terracotta City to spy on palace activity and to recruit spies. Skrim and Fissil decided to live in separate buildings whilst in Terracotta City in an attempt to cover more area.

By M12-30 375 ASB both Skrim and his wife had recruited several supporters to their cause and by M4-30 376 ASB they had several dozen. On M5-25 376 ASB Claysius IV fired all of his low ranking staff for suspected involvement in the attack on the palace a year earlier which killed his mother, both Izza and Hershel had their supporters apply for jobs in the palace and begun building a spy network within the palace.

On M9-25 377 ASB Skrim met with Fissil in a local pub where he informed his wife of his intention of reporting Heord to the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG), Izza agreed that he should be reported and told Skrim that she would arrange a meeting with them. Skrim received a letter from Fissil on M9-28 377 ASB that stated that they would be meeting a member of the CRG under a local bridge to present to him all of their information regarding Dervot Heord's anti governmental activities, Skrim did not find this at all odd as he knew that the CRG had eccentric operating habits. On M10-03 377 ASB Skrim met Fissil under the bridge specified in the letter, at which point Izza took a large metal pipe that she had and repeatedly hit Hershel over the head with it and disposed of his still alive body in the water where he drowned.