Captain Magma

**Captain Magma** (also known as **"The Architect"** or simply **"Magma"**) is a founding father of The Republic. He was the first person on the clan, joining January 1, 2020. He currently serves on the Council of Co-Leaders, where he is that council's longest tenured member.

## History

#### Founding Father

Captain Magma first joined the clan on January 1, 2020 along with the other two founding fathers, James and Joe. He created the clan itself and currently was the only person to ever hold the Leader position besides Joseph. He played a vital role in the creation of The Constitution, as he documented all the decisions made that day and made key contributions. Specifically Captain Magma laid out the roles of both Council's as well as how the Leader would remain completely impartial when it comes to governance. Alongside Joe, he was chosen to be an original member of the Council of Co-Leaders and began his term that day on January 1, 2020. He would continue to be elected as Co-Leader to this day and is the longest serving member of that council in clan history.

#### Early Republic

In the Clan's early history Magma took a leading role as one of the most active Co-Leaders in clan governance. Magma served as Election Chairman for the special elections that would come quickly as more and more people joined the clan. This would be a role he held often into the future. He led the clan in recruiting tactics in the early months and saw great success in the expansion of the clan. Early on he also began a majority of the clan's early wars a task which he would almost completely relinquish in the future to his fellow Co-Leaders.

His first term as Co-Leader was just half a year as the election for the Co-Leader election was set to occur every summer. So, in the CoCL Election in June of 2020, he was reelected to serve his second term on the Council of Co-Leaders winning all but one vote. In July of 2020, as tension rose in the clan about inactive members on the Council of Elders, Magma motioned to add the first amendment to the Constitution. The Fair Voting Act, laid out the process that votes occur in the two councils as well as clan wide votes and took into account the possibility of inactive voters. During Nate's Departure which occurred August 11, 2020, Captain Magma voiced his disagreement over the way Nate left, but acknowledged him as an active and member of the clan. He would also later condemn the formation of the separatist clan the True Republic.

#### Continued Governance

Captain Magma would serve his second term on the Council of Co-Leaders for a full year which would see the clan go through large bouts of inactivity. Magma would often times become inactive during these drought periods, but mostly if the clan was active he too would be active. Captain Magma alongside James would work to maintain The Republic Wiki. Magma handling much of the statistic based pages, such as membership and elections, while James worked to create more of the deeper historical pages. Throughout the rest of 2020 and into 2021, Magma would lead vote in the Council of Co-Leaders to kick players for inactivity. In the CoCL Election in June of 2021, Magma would be elected to his third consecutive term on the Council of Co-Leaders with 86.7% of the vote.

Captain Magma would continue to be one of the most active Co-Leaders in governance throughout 2021 and into 2022. In May of 2022, following one of the largest Clash updates in years the clan saw a spike in activity. A new feature allowed Co-Leaders to view "last active" of each member of the clan. On May 7th, Magma motioned to kick the bottom thirteen when sorted by "last active". This would be the most people kicked from The Republic in a single day in clan history. In the CoCL Election of June 23, 2022, Captain Magma would see a drop in his previous vote numbers and be forced to runoff against Mike and Uncle Sam for the last seat on the Council of Co-Leaders. The runoff election would occur the next day on June 24 and Captain Magma would be elected to his fourth consecutive term with 46.2% of the vote. He would beat out Mike by just one vote. With the Committee Establishment Act of 2022, Magma would apply to be chosen to serve on the Execution Committee as well as the War Committee.

## Wars

Captain Magma is one of the clan's most active war fighters. In the early days of the clan, Magma would declare many of The Republic's wars and be able to secure 3 stars most often. As time has gone on he has become less effective during war time, yet still can be counted on to use his attacks. Magma currently has over 600 war stars and all have been earned on The Republic.

## Voting Tendencies

Captain Magma is one of the only members to vote in every single election to date. He often acts as Election Chairman for elections when he is allowed to do so, so his vote usually goes untold until the results are posted on the wiki. From looking at his voting history he seems to value length of tenure above most other qualities in a candidate, voting for his fellow founding fathers and other long term members like Nate and WickedSpyder.