Loamsly III

* Basic Info
* Relations
* Occupations

Loaman Emperor:

M7-15 359 ASB - M3-17 414 ASB

Loaman Emperor:

Tafal II

Loaman Emperor:

Loamo I

## Biography

### Early life (316 ASB - )

Loamsly III (born Richard Cloam) was born on M5-29 316 ASB in the city of Loamduvica into the powerful House of Cloam. On M11-08 336 ASB Richard Cloam's cousin Duke of Loamshield Beltran Cloam was killed in a failed coup against recently elected Loaman Emperor Tafal II, two days later Tafal II appointed Richard Cloam to serve as the new Duke of Loamshield.

### Duke of Loamshield (336 ASB - 359 ASB)

Richard Cloam believed that his cousin Beltran had acted rashly in his attempt to take over the Loaman Empire and began working towards his own plan to make himself the Loaman Emperor. On M11-13 336 ASB Cloam got into contact with Balveer Clay who was the cousin of King of Clayistria Colten VI, Cloam told him that he could get him into power in Clayistria in exchange for his support. On M5-06 337 ASB Cloam hired a mute peasant named Slam Sham to assassinate King Colten VI of Clayistria, Sham's children were given a small fortune in gold as payment for what was likely a suicide mission. Colten VI was killed by Slam Sham on M10-25 337 ASB and was succeeded by his sister Sarah II, Cloam planned to have Balveer Clay overthrow Sarah II and have him justify it by pointing out that Sarah II was trained not by a member of House of Clay but by a member of the lesser House of Hydrous, however this plan was never put into motion due to Sarah II marrying King Claymore II of Clayistan's grandson Albert Sectile and moving to Clayistan with Balveer Clay being placed in charge of running the Kingdom of Clayistria in her absence.

On M1-08 339 ASB Richard Cloam married a Loaman noble woman named Anika Laird. Cloam's wife gave birth to a son on M9-26 339 ASB who he named Willard Cloam.

Five days after the birth of Sarah II's son Carlos Sectile on M3-15 340 ASB Sloam was contacted by Balveer Clay who wished to know how Cloam intended to remove Carlos Sectile from Clayistria's line of succession, Cloam informed him that he did have a plan that he was working on and that he would get back to him on it once it was finalized though in reality Cloam had no intention of making a move against Carlos Sectile as his ally in Clayistria was already in power and he did not wish to alert Tafal II to his scheming. On M4-20 341 ASB Sarah II and Carlos Sectile changed when King Claymore II of Clayistan removed Antonio Sectile from Clayistan's line of succession, this made it so that Carlos Sectile would likely inherit both the Kingdom of Clayistan and the Kingdom of Clayistria eventually and when he inherited Clayistria it would phase out of the Loaman Empire, as Cloam did not want to see the Loaman Empire fall apart before he was even in power so he set about planning the assassination of Carlos Sectile and his mother. On M5-16 341 ASB Cloam hired a group of three Loams to deliver a bomb to Sarah II whilst she was with Carlos Sectile, the Loams agreed to it on the condition that Cloam provide them with an escape plan which Cloam did though he had no intention to use it. Sarah II and Carlos Sectile were killed on M3-17 343 ASB with the Loams that executed the assassination being captured almost immediately and told who hired them four days later, Cloam was summoned to meet with Loaman Emperor Tafal II on M3-25 343 ASB. At his meeting with Tafal II that took place six days after he was summoned Cloam told Tafal II that the assassination was to preserve the integrity of the Loaman Empire, Tafal II accepted this excuse and thanked Cloam for his service.

On M3-11 359 ASB Richard Cloam decided that it was time to take over the Loaman Empire and sent a letter to Tafal II's son Reginald Bhata claiming that he's support him as Loaman Emperor if his father were to die unexpectedly, he mentioned in the letter that it would be beneficial if he were to die whilst the powerful men of the Loaman Empire were nearby and included with the letter a vial of potent yet easily identifiable poison. On M7-15 359 ASB whilst at a party hosted by Tafal II, Cloam was informed by one of his servants the Tafal II had died, Cloam then drank a diluted version of the poison that was used on Tafal II, when Richard Cloam awoke from his poison induced coma a week later he was informed that he had been declared Loaman Emperor under the name Loamsly III whist he was asleep.

### Early reign and Sand War (359 ASB - 375 ASB)

Loamsly III knew that he had only been declared the Loaman Emperor whilst he was unconscious so that the other contenders for the throne could gather their forces, he also knew that there was most likely several armies outside Loamduvica waiting for him and that he would need to fend them off were he to keep his position as Loaman Emperor. Loamsly III sent a letter to King Colten VII (formerly Balveer Clay) of Clayistria requesting his support in the upcoming battle, during the battle Loamsly III personally led the forces of Loamduvica and won despite being outnumbered two to one. Loamsly III was later informed that Clayistan had severed ties with the Loaman Empire due to his ascension to Loaman Emperor and his actions against the ruling House of Sectile. On M9-19 359 ASB Loamsly II began working on his plan to invade and vassalize the Silt Fleet.

On M10-21 365 ASB the Sand Republic invaded the Loaman Empire in the west, Loamsly III ordered the Loaman Empire's army to assemble and set off at the head of his army two days later. The Loaman Empire's army only arrived at the battlefield on M12-16 365 ASB where they, being led by Loamsly III liberated the city of Timeworm, nine days later they liberated the city of Rood and then set off towards the city of Parakou. The Battle for Parakou began on M1-12 366 ASB with Loamsly III once again leading the attack, the battle went well for the Loaman Empire on the first day however on the second day whilst commanding his soldiers from horseback Loamsly III was shot in the head by a Sand Republic sharpshooter and fell from his horse, his forces quickly fell into disarray without their head. Loamsly III was discovered to be alive by the Sand Republic forces a day later who were removing anything of value from those killed, the supervising officer Fredrik Burke ordered Loamsly III to be stripped and dumped in the mass grave where the bodies of the Loaman Empire soldiers were being buried. Loamsly III remained in the still open mass grave for several hours before General Sabant Alonzo who had discovered the Loaman Emperor's seal among the loot from the corpses, he ordered his body moved to a more dignified resting place before he noticed Loamsly III's eyes move to look at him, he then asked Burke if all those being buried where deceased, when Burke said "yes" Sabant Alonzo hopped into the mass grave waded through the corpses and checked Loamsly III's pulse before having him pulled out of the pit and ordered Fredrik Burke to make sure that none of the bodies in the pit were still alive on threat of death. Loamsly III could talk again only one week after he was pulled from the mass grave and was placed by General Sabant Alonzo under the protection of Fredrik Burke.

Loamsly III was present at the Sand Republic's camp outside of the city of Bahnoor during the Battle of Bahnoor and signed the Loaman Empire's surrender to the Sand Republic on M10-07 368 ASB. Loamsly III remained with Fredrik Burke in the camp until M1-04 375 ASB when the Sand War was declared over and Loamsly III was sent back to Loamduvica to continue serving as Loaman Emperor.

### Post Sand War and Great Soil War (375 ASB - 397 ASB)

Loamsly III's brain had begun to deteriorate following his injury at Parakou, though by 375 ASB he was still competent enough to run the day to days of the Loaman Empire without anyone noticing the deterioration. On M11-12 376 ASB the Sandy State being led by Sand Republic general Tripe Alonzo invaded both the Loaman Empire and Clayistan, Loamsly III once more led the armies of the Loaman Empire against their foe, the Loaman Empire performed well in what came to be known as the Rogue Sand Uprising with the Loaman Empire occupying a strip of land on their border with the Sandy State. On M3-06 377 ASB the Sand republic gave the Sandy State swaths of their own territory on the condition that they return the occupied portions of the Sandy State to the Sandy State, Claysius IV of Clayistan accepted the terms whereas Loamsly III refused and split the land occupied land amongst his vassals. On M4-11 377 ASB Loamsly III transferred the Duchy of Loamshield from himself to his son Willard Cloam over allegations of power mongering due to granting the Duke of Loamshield who was at the time himself portions of the occupied Sandy State.

By 379 ASB Loamsly III due primarily to his worsening mental state was fully convinced that there was a conspiracy to overthrow him in the works and on M2-29 379 ASB moved his place of residence and the capital of the Loaman Empire to the town of Sawula he remained in the city content that he had escaped a plot against him until M4-27 of that same year when Manterro I of Clayistan was overthrown in a coup by a reporter named Dervot Heord, Loamsly III was unsettled by this and began planning a war against the Sandy State which he believed would win back the support of whoever it was who wished to overthrow him. Loamsly III completed his plan war plan against the Sandy State on M10-18 379 with the invasion launching only ten days later beginning the Loam-Sand War, during the war Loamsly III personally led his armies who suffered significant losses due to the poor quality of his plan and leadership, a ceasefire was declared on M8-22 382 ASB between the Sandy State and Loaman Empire with the Sandy State having all of their occupied land returned to them save for the town of Sawula and surrounding area.

On M9-01 391 ASB the Sandy Clay Autonomous District within Clayistan declared independence as the Revolutionary Republic of Sandy Clay and invaded surrounding regions including portions of the Loaman Empire beginning the Great Soil War, Loamsly III wished to lead the armies into battle once more but was persuaded his advisor Marsh Leon to invite the Clayistan Army and the Silt Fleet's army to the Loaman Empire and execute a combined attack. On M8-25 394 ASB whilst the armies of Clayistan, the Loaman Empire and the Silt Fleet were formulating their battle plans Liquid Carbon invaded and occupied the remaining portions of Clayistan along with the northern portions of the Loaman Empire and Silt Fleet. Two days afterwards Dervot IV led the Clayistan armies, the Silt Fleet Armies and the majority of the Loaman Empire's forces north against Liquid Carbon, Loamsly III attempted to stop his forces from following Dervot IV but to no avail, Loamsly III then collapsed to the ground crying as the people that he considered to be his friends left him. Loamsly spent the remainder of the Great Soil War locked in his room in his palace, On M5-03 397 ASB the Jerusoilum Conference began to formally end the Great Soil War though Loamsly III was not invited and would not have bothered to have gone were he invited as the affairs of others no longer concerned him.

### Late reign (397 ASB - 414 ASB)

By the start of 400 ASB the Loaman Empire was being run less by Loamsly III and more by his advisors with Loamsly III simply agreeing to whatever documents or news that they brought him and his advisors had made the Loaman Empire into an ideal servant to the will of the Soil Union. On M2-01 414 ASB during his weekly news briefing Loamsly III was told that the Sandy State had been granted control of Sawula by the Soil Union, this sparked some long dormant part of Loamsly III's brain and the next morning Loamsly set off for Sawula taking with only the clothes that he was wearing, a swayback horse from the stables and a sword that one of his guards had carelessly left unattended. Loamsly III survived on his travels by stealing and eating the produce of farmers and merchants. He arrived at Sawula on M3-17 414 ASB and was immediately brought to one of the towns Soil Union outposts for questioning, Loamsly III was initially confused by the guards questions as he did not fully understand what they were saying but he soon after one of the guards tried to remove his remembered why he had come and slashed the guard across the throat with his sword, he managed to impale a second guard before being shot and killed by the two remaining guards in the room.