Clay

"Clayton Smith" is the pseudonym chosen by the God of Creation, Klaytos Hephaestus Kronou when he was exiled on Earth and stripped of the majority of his godlike power. He is the CEO of Claymore Industries and Property Infrastructure Manager for VALER. He is the father of Elliot.

### **Personality**

Klaytos was somewhat of a rambunctious Aesuran who, despite being credited with helping physically create Aeos itself, and being one of the best warriors Aeos and Earth has seen, could be clumsy and tactless in everyday life. He enjoyed the company of Humans better than his fellow Aesurians and his exile in Scotland during Earth's Bronze Age rubbed off on him tremendously to the point where after thousands of years Clay was pretty much the Scottish stereotype of a loud and somewhat obstinate heavy-drinker.

### **History**

Before his exile to Earth where he was stripped of a good majority of his more godlike powers of creation, Klaytos was an Aesurian and one of the oldest-known Aesurian still alive today, he was credited with creating Aeos along with his brothers Aluren and Xeus and were worshiped on Aeos essentially as living gods.

Klaytos was worshiped in particular by the Termians even after his exile and the Great War those who lived below the Skysea saw him as affiliated with the solid ground, rock, soil and metals, as a god of creation, forgery, weaponsmithing, fortitude and solidarity.

At some point after his time on Earth, Clay began working for Xeus during his time ruling Greece under his middle name Hephaestus, who was impressed by his weaponsmithing, and aided Xeus in creating Olympus.

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### **Powers and Abilities**

#### **Powers (Current):**

**Limited Aesurian Physiology:** Clay is an Aesurian who's natural powers of creation from minerals have been significantly reduced and limited to a human form by the Aeons as punishment; while he is still more powerful than any normal Human his abilities are nothing like his godly abilities as a full-power Dragon, and cannot create the complex organisms and life forms from rocky material he once could, reducing his range, manipulation and overall power.

* **Superstrength:** Even in his limited form Clay had significantly increased muscle mass and tensile strength many times that of the average Human, able to lift 50 tonnes with ease and perhaps more, he could bend iron and steel as if it were aluminium and crush concrete into dust.
* **Superior Endurance:** He could work, walk or run for countless hours without breaking a sweat.
* **Superior Durability:** His skin, bones and muscle fibres were denser and more resistant to damage than normal Humans and even above that of many neohumans making him incredibly bullet-resistant or able to survive massive impacts or great falls without a scratch. He is particularly resistant to extreme pressures and temperatures such as lava and crushing forces.
* **Superior Senses:** All of Clay's sensory input was many times that of a normal Human with the exception of his sense of pain that was significantly low.
* **Superior Digestion:** Clay can eat almost anything regardless of toxicity or material and produces almost no waste, although his Human form has given him the need to defecate, only does so once every few months.

* **Piezo-Tactile Mineral Manipulation:** A leftover remnant of his original Aesurian powers of creation Clay still has the ability to manipulate rock, metal and other earthly materials composed of minerals, but cannot create the more chemically complex objects and materials he once could, such as living beings, and once more can only manipulate minerals via physical pressures generated by his own body and massive strength. He can use this ability to alter materials into new forms by shaping them with his hands and fingers, using it to create weapons such as oversized swords or axes.
	+ **Piezothermal Generation:** Clay can generate heat through pressure and can use this ability to easily manipulate metals or heat up his weapons.
	+ **Stone Arm:** After a major battle with Skyren in the 70's Clay lost his left arm to her and he later replaced it with a compressed stone and rock replacement that functioned as a prosthetic so long as it remains touching his body. He can manipulate and alter this arm in a number of ways.

* **Innate Geology Knowledge:** He is gifted with a form of 'geoempathy' which gives him the ability to locate and naturally understand various forms of geological and mineral deposits, their chemical makeup and how to alter them.

#### **Abilities**

* **Forgemaster:** He has millennia of experience creating weapons on Aeos and on Earth.
* **Melee** **Weapons Expert:** He can handle almost any form of close-combat weapon both Human and Aeon.
* **Military Knowledge:** As Klaytos, Clay was one of the foremost superiors in several wars with the other Aesurians and Aeons.
* **Mining and Prospecting Expert:** Even without relying on his innate skills for geological understanding he has a vast amount of learned knowledge on minerals, metals and geology, how to dig for them and harvest their raw materials using mechanical processes.
* **Construction and Architecture Expert:** He learned to work with the construction industry and integrated it into building a bigger empire of mining, processing and construction.
* **Heavy Industry Businessman:** Eventually Clay became the CEO of Claymore Industries in the 70's who dealt in mining, material processing and building construction and learned to understand the complexity of his multi-faceted business.