Skellard Moaruit

* Basic Info
* Occupations

President of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam:

M2-11 437 ASB - Present

President of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam:

None, position created

President of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam:

None, currently holds position

## Biography

### Early Life (385 ASB - 405 ASB)

Skellard Moaruit was born on M2-28 385 ASB to middle-class parents in the city of Maricis within the Silt Fleet. The Moaruit Family had heavy involvement in the trade in and out of Maricis. From a young age, Skellard was involved in helping his father manage shipping ledgers. He was also included in shipping company meetings, as he was a "stellar employee" according to his father, starting at the age of seven. Being introduced to both mathematics and trade politics inspired Skellard to pursue a degree in both the Physical Sciences and Political Sciences. Graduating from the University of Maricis at the age of only eighteen, Skellard entered a research team within the North Fleet for two years, where he worked alongside other scientists to improve chemical weapons. There he also sat on several subcommittees within the Fleet.

At the age of twenty, Skellard decided to run for the Office of President for the North Fleet in 405 ASB. With his experience within committees as well as his public appeal from both being involved in the sciences and being a young face, Skellard won in a landslide against former President Steward Smart on M8-26 405 ASB and was sworn in as president three days later.

### President of the North Fleet (405 ASB - 437 ASB)

Upon becoming President Moaruit hired former president Smart as an advisor.

On M9-19 422 ASB the Captain of the North Fleet George Twinton was killed by a rouge artillery shell. Moaruit realized that his nation was now without both a head of state and a definite way to get a new one, he decided that it was up to him to pick the new Captain of the North Fleet. A day later Moaruit selected the successor to Twinton as former President of the North Fleet Steward Smart who he believed would be able to manage the country's foreign policy quite well. Many of the military leaders within the Fleet were not happy with a civilian choosing their next leader and on M9-29 422 ASB Admiral Flax Layson attacked the Presidential Palace and captured Moaruit. On M10-02 422 ASB Admiral Gregory Madison rescued Moaruit from Layson whilst simultaneously capturing Steward Smart who resigned from the position of Captain of the North Fleet three days later in favour of Madison.

The Empire of Shale attacked the city of Maricis on M6-29 430 ASB as a part of the Second Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent. Gregory Madison was killed during the initial attack and due to the current situation Moaruit took over his duties. During the Battle for Maricis Moaruit prioritized evacuating civilians from the city as quickly as possible as he feared what the Empire of Shale would do to them. On M7-27 430 ASB Moaruit announced over radio that Gregory Madison had been killed and that he had taken over his duties, he then ordered all forces to Maricis to aid in both the defense of the city and the evacuation of the citizens. On M10-05 430 ASB Moaruit met with former president Steward Smart whose forces had entered into the city three days prior to aid in the cities defense. On M8-26 431 ASB Moaruit worked with Dervot IV to load women and children into his zeppelin for evacuation. On M8-28 431 ASB Moaruit, Smart and their collective forces along with the majority of the remaining population of Maricis forced their way out of the city and began travelling north-east to Eastern Peak Port which was still under the control of the North Fleet. On M2-27 433 ASB whilst situated in the Eastern Peak Port Moaruit received a radio message from Emir Sou I of the Loamy Sand Emirate requesting that an anti-Shale coalition be formed with a united power centre for efficiency, the Anti-Shale Coalition formed on M3-09 433 ASB between the Lava Empire, Loamy Sand Emirate, Loaman Empire, North Fleet, Regolithia and the South Fleet with Sou I serving as it's head. On M3-15 434 ASB Moaruit was contacted by Loaman Emperor Loamo I who claimed that Sou I had ulterior motives with his Anti-Shale Coalition, he pointed out that none of their lands had been transferred back to them from Loamy Sand Emirate occupation after they had been liberated even though the Empire of Shale had been pushed back a fair degree and also that Sou I was shifting around the soldiers constantly as if to try and make them forget what army they belonged to, the Moaruit and the other leaders agreed with Loamo I betrayed Sou I three days later by invading his occupied areas of their land. Sou I joined the Empire of Shale eight days after his betrayal.

On M5-12 436 ASB Moaruit attended a radio conference along with the new Loamy Sand Emir Sou II, the new King of Clayistan Claysando II and a representative from the United Peoples of Carbbonia to organize a proper conference to decide the future of the Post-Shale Invasion world, Sou II initially proposed that the conference be held in New Berloam, Moaruit rejected this proposal citing that the town was little more than a refugee camp cum military outpost. The UPC representative recommended that the conference be held on the continent of Carbbonia, Claysando II rejected this proposal citing his distrust of the UPC and went as far as to question their allegiances during the invasion. Claysando II proposed that the conference be held in Sunbell citing it's historical significance and it having survived the invasion almost fully untouched, Sou II rejected this proposal citing Claysando II's lack of involvement in the shale invasion having only joined during it's last year, Claysando II retorted this by pointing out that Sou II's country had betrayed the Soil Texture Continent and joined the Empire of Shale only betraying them after Clayistan and the SCC had entered the war, Moaruit agreed with this and said that they would have the conference at Sunbell with or without Sou II.

The Sunbell Conference began on M6-14 436 ASB and concluded on M2-11 437 ASB. Multiple treaties were signed at the end of the Sunbell Conference, among them was the Maricis Proclamation which established the Republic of Silty Clay Loam as the successor to the North Fleet and that said country would have a president as its sole head of state, Moaruit was to be that president.

### President of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam (437 ASB - present)

On M2-13 437 ASB Skellard Moaruit established Moon Town as a Special City to serve as a homeland for remaining Lunar Regoliths. On M5-14 437 ASB Moaruit established a second Special City called Port Peat to be governed by the Peat people, this was done to act as a rival to the Peat Homeland within the neighboring Silt Loam Republic which had formed following the Sunbell Conference.

On M1-20 442 ASB Moaruit introduced the City Improvement Act which would increase taxes on goods and use the taxes to improve the major coastal cities via investing in education and infrastructure. The act was widely criticises by the mainly agricultural interior for benefiting only the wealthy coastal cities, Moaruit was not alarmed by this as those in the coastal cities were on board with the act. The act entered into law on M1-30 442 ASB and was met with a large series of protests in the interior. On M6-10 442 ASB a bomb went off at the capitol building, many were killed, Moaruit was not present when the explosion went off. Two days later the bomb used was determined to have been made using a certain chemical that was commonly used as a pesticide in Silty Clay Loam farms, Moaruit suspected that the bomb had been placed by a disgruntled farmer who was none too happy with the City Improvement Act. Moaruit personally believed the bomb to have been a one off occurrence but the chemical in question used was one chemical of many that he had wanted banned for years due to environmental concerns. On M6-17 442 ASB a law entered into effect that prohibited ownership, sale and/or use of the chemical in question along with a large number of other chemicals that Moaruit deemed 'dangerous'. On M7-11 442 ASB a group of farmers from the interior of the country declared the creation of the Interior Liberation Army (ILA) and announced their intent to sever ties between the interior and Maricis. Moaruit orded the Silty Clay Loam Defence Force (SCLDF) into the the interior to defeat the group.

By early 443 ASB the SCLDF had seized control of a number of important farms in the interior, whilst public support for Moaruit remained high in coastal cities the ILA had a large degree of support in the interior, and those that did not support the ILA feared them and blamed Moaruit for their prevalence. On M4-09 443 ASB Moaruit struck a deal with the Clay Loam Confederation, they would send their forces into the interior and put down the ILA and in exchange the two of them would become allies with the Clay Loam Confederation continuing to patrol the interior.

On M6-30 447 ASB King Aster I of Ackanalund declared the creation of the Clay Loam Empire and contacted the two other kings in the Clay Loam Confederation and demanded that they recognize him as emperor or he would invade their Kingdom's and instal new kings who would, they accepted Aster I's demand and the Clay Loam Confederation became the Clay Loam Empire. Moaruit refused to recognize the new contry and gave all of the now Clay Loam Empire forces in the counrtry seven days to vacate, On M7-07 447 ASB Aster I declared the interior of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam to be a part of the Clay Loam Empire and promised the farmers in the region that they would not be subject to unfair taxes and regulations. Moaruit then led a three day long war that ended with the Clay Loam Empire victorious and the Republic of Silty Clay Loam retaining only a handful of coastal cities.