Chris

**Chris** (also known as **"The Cleanser"** or **"The Warrior"**) joined The Republic on March 31, 2020. He was the sixty-eighth person to join the clan and is still an active member today. He served on the Council of Elders from April 2, 2020 til July 2, 2020 and then on the Council of Co-Leaders from July 2, 2020 to July 2, 2022. He is currently an Elder.

## History

#### Early Republic

Chris joined the clan on March 31, 2020. Just a day later, the clan would hold a Special Election for a new member of the Council of Elders. Chris would be elected to the COE winning the seat over purp og. From early on Chris proved to be a very active member of the clan as well as a skilled war veteran. He would serve as an elder for three months until the Council of Co-Leaders election on June 23, 2020. Chris had announced he would be running for Co-Leader and promised change to those who would vote for him. He would be elected to the council, replacing Joe and winning 92.3% of the vote.

#### Co-Leader

The day that Chris assumed his office as a Co-Leader, he CoCL to pass his first act that he had dubbed "The Great Cleansing". According to Chris The Cleansing would involve "the removal of static accounts and the acquisition of loyal and active members." In the weeks that followed many inactive members of the clan would be kicked. This would lead to discussion about inactive Elders billinidaho and D2AK3, in which Chris was greatly involved. He would also be involved in the passing of the First Amendment, as he voted to pass the act on July 8, 2020.

In August of 2020, the event known as Nate's Departure occurred in which one of The Republic's longest tenured members left the clan. Upon disagreeing with certain Co-Leaders about whether or not he should remain in the war lineup directly after upgrading his Town Hall, Nate left the clan. Chris supported Jake The Snake's decision to leave Nate out of the war lineup stating, “*It’s the sacrifice that must be made for rushing.*” Nate would go on to create the True Republic and later that same month Co-Leader, mikeRob22, would leave to join the separatist clan. James, who was at the time a political opponent to Chris was elected to replace mikeRob22 on the council.

The clan would see a period of inactivity early in 2021. In the midterm elections of 2021, Chris would easily be reelected to his second term as Co-Leader winning 93.3% of the votes, the most of anyone in that election. As Co-Leader Chris would take charge in declaring wars. Outside of the Great Cleansing, Chris rarely ever led motions to kick players. As the midterm elections of 2022 neared, there was growing sentiment within the clan about a need for change. Chris announced he would not be running for a third consecutive term as Co. He instead would run in the Council of Elders Election in which he would be elected winning 57.1% of the vote.

#### Elder Again

With the Committee Establishment Act of 2022, Chris would apply to be chosen to serve on the War Committee as well as the Recruitment Committee. Prior to the Leader Election of 2022, he would announce he was running against the Clan's long time Leader, Joseph. This decision would lead to the first Leader Election to go into all three days of voting. Chris would lose each day of voting though never by a large margin. He secured 38.5%, 33.3%, and then 38.5% of the vote in each of the three days. After losing the election Chris would bring the Leader Election process into question, claiming it was poorly designed. During the following Elder Election of December 2022, Chris would see a large increase in support from the last CoE election. He would secure 92.3% of the vote. Chris is currently serving as an Elder and still an active member of the clan.

## Wars

Chris is one of if not the clan's most active war fighters. He came to The Republic as a veteran war fighter and is a safe bet to attack in a majority of all the wars he is in. In these wars he is usually attacking the top bases on the enemy clan. Chris currently has over 1800 war stars earned which is the most out of anyone on the clan earning him the epithet, "The Warrior". He has over 200 more than Joseph who is in second place.

## Voting Tendencies

Chris has voted in nearly every election since he joined the clan. Nate has pointed out that Chris has an array of supporters who vote for him and he votes for. So, he has often supported Jake The Snake, name.loading, David, and Uncle Sam in elections.