Jedediah William Sloam

* Basic Info
* Occupations

Western Director of the Silt Party:

M3-28 391 ASB - M7-16 401 ASB

Head of the Silt Party:

M7-16 401 ASB - M10-02 410 ASB

President of the Silt Loam Republic:

M2-11 437 ASB - M11-26 443 ASB (Nominal M11-14 443 ASB - M11-26 443 ASB)

Western Director of the Silt Party:

None, position created

Head of the Silt Party:

Lieutenant Silt

President of the Silt Loam Republic:

None, position created

Western Director of the Silt Party:

None, position dissolved

Head of the Silt Party:

None, position dissolved

President of the Silt Loam Republic:

Harry Miller

## Biography

### Early life (356 ASB - 390 ASB)

Jedediah William Sloam was born on M9-18 356 ASB in the Silt Loam town of Laspir, during the rule of the Loaman Empire. Sloam, like the majority of Laspir, worked as a farmer in the employment of the local lord.

### Soil Union elections and Great Soil War (390 ASB - 397 ASB)

On M8-30 390 ASB Austin Alonzo announced the first elections for the head of the Soil Union, it took over a month for the news to reach Laspir and when it finally did on M9-29 390 ASB Jedediah Sloam founded the Agrarian Party which placed it's focus on gaining greater rights for those working in agriculture.

By early 391 ASB most of the peasantry of the eastern Silt Loam holdings of the Loaman Empire were supporters of the Agrarian Party, Sloam knew that he would require more support if his party was to win the elections and on M3-28 391 ASB he met with Lieutenant Silt who was a member of the powerful Silt Family and the leader of the Silt Party. Jedediah Sloam and Lieutenant Silt agreed to have the Agrarian Party absorbed by the Silt Party with Sloam become their new "Western Director." On M8-30 391 ASB the Party for Peace and Prosperity won the Soil Union elections with it's leader Conrad Smith becoming the Union Head, the next day the Great Soil War began with Sloam being conscripted into the Loaman Empire's army and was placed into reserve.

### Loam Union (397 ASB - 410 ASB)

Following the Great Soil War Sloam became highly critical of the new Union Head of the Soil Union Frank Stallion, he claimed and promoted the fact that elections for Union Head were supposed to be called every five years yet the Party for Peace and Prosperity had remained in power for seven due to Stallion's claim that due to the Great Soil War his party's term had been put on hold. On M7-16 401 ASB Lieutenant Silt become the captain of the South Fleet and appointed Sloam as his successor as the leader of the Silt Party. On M8-12 401 ASB Sloam met with Loam Union Chairman Robert Hauteville, who was interested in incorporating the Silt Party into the Loam Union due to the amount of Silt Loam members of the party and the party's popularity with the impoverished Silt Loam, Sloam agreed to join on the condition that his party be given a number of seats within the Loam Parliament, Hauteville agreed to give him thirteen seats on the condition that they only be filled by Silt Loam or other Loam variants, Sloam agreed to these terms and the Silt Party officially joined the Loam Union on M10-12 401 ASB.

On M10-02 410 ASB Sloam was attending a Loam Union meeting in their capital building in the city of Earida when the building was attacked by the Soil Union, many of the Members of Parliament including Sloam managed to escape through the escape tunnels which had been built incase of an attack by the Loaman Empire. Sloam managed to returned to his hometown of Laspir on M12-04 410 ASB he was quickly discovered by the inhabitants of the town who showed up in a large group to greet him, this alerted the local Soil Union garrison to his presence who walked up to Sloam and attempted to drag him into a Soil Union vehicle, the inhabitants of Laspir attempted to free Sloam but were stopped when the Soil Union soldiers began shooting at their attackers.

### Imprisonment (410 ASB - 431 ASB)

Jedediah Sloam arrived at the Smith Prison Camp on M12-08 410 ASB. Almost immediately after arriving at the prison camp Sloam began planning his escape, his plan was little more than starting a riot and taking control of the camp.

On M10-18 431 ASB the Smith Prison Camp was captured by the Empire of Shale, this action made Sloam aware of the Shale Invasion.

### Shale Invasion (431 ASB - 437 ASB)

On M12-19 434 ASB Sloam led a successful prisoner revolt and took control of the Smith Prison Camp, Sloam and his forces fought desperately to hold onto the camp until M1-21 435 ASB when many of the Shale attack groups began to become disorganized and retreat, Sloam's forces remained in the camp for two more days until Sloam ordered them to begin taking more ground, specifically the southern ports and Kirewall.

By 436 ASB Sloam's forces controlled the south of Silt Loam portions of the Loaman Empire and the Ramal Athnyn remnants. Sloam was invited to the Sunbell Conference on M5-28 436 ASB, the conference began on M6-14 436 ASB. At the Sunbell Conference Sloam managed to secure the independence of Silt Loam through the treaty titled as 'Recognission of Service to the South East' with himself become the president of the new country referred to as the Silt Loam Republic, though he did have to share some of his powers with the Unspeakable Horror and Peater, who were both granted swathes of land within the new country. Sloam also secured that that the Silt Loam Republic would be granted the status of 'Great Power' within and via the Anti-Shale Pact.

### President of the Silt Loam Republic (437 ASB - 443 ASB)

Elections for the President of the Silt Loam Republic were scheduled for M2-11 441 ASB, Jedediah Sloam was not entirely confident in his ability to be reelected and decided that in order to be reelected he would need to do something grand, he decided to annex portions of the Unspeakable Domain into the Silt Loam Republic proper. On M5-19 440 ASB Sloam had his forces move in and occupy several regions within the Unspeakable Domain that he saw fit for annexation, the day after the Unspeakable Horror moved his own forces to attack, thus beginning the First Silt Loam Civil War. The Silt Loam Republic lost the initial battles of the war, Sloam claimed to the public that it was merely a minor set back and that the war would soon be won, Sloam also used the war to declare a state of emergency that suspended elections until lifted. On M5-21 441 ASB the Governor of North Kire District made peace with the Unspeakable Horror and made a request for all forces from the North Kire District to return home, Sloam who was outraged by this had the North Kire District banished from the Silt Loam Republic only two days after resulting in the creation of the Republic of North Kire. The Guard District made peace with the Unspeakable Horror on M8-24 441 and was expelled from the Silt Loam Republic by Sloam on the same day and became the Guard's Republic. On M2-05 442 ASB the Western District made peace with the Unspeakable Horror and was ousted from the Silt Loam Republic by Sloam and became the Western Republic. On M6-30 442 ASB the Kire District made peace with the Unspeakable Horror which Sloam had them expelled from the Silt Loam Republic for, creating the Republic of Kire. On M7-04 442 ASB the recently independent Nnukwu Ala invaded the now disconnected Sloam District and Peat Homeland, eleven days later Sloam made peace with the Unspeakable Horror, ceding him two peninsulas and significant along with significant contiguous gains.

On M7-21 442 ASB Sloam ordered an invasion of the newly created Republic of Kire, the other three newly formed republics of Silt Loam and Nnukwu Ala came to it's aid, thus begging what came to be known as the Second Silt Loam Civil War, three days after that the republics of Silt Loam merged together to form the Silt Loam Federation. On M11-14 443 ASB Sloam invited the governor of the Loamith District and fellow former Loam Union MP Harry Miller to his office to persuade him against joining forces with the 'rebelling parties'. Sloam believed that his meeting with Miller went well with Miller reassuring him to his commitment to *his* nation, as the meeting was rapping up Miller pulled out a hidden pistol and pointed it at Sloam, it was at that moment that he realized that he was being overthrown. Later that day Sloam's doctor Ollie Davis declared him unfit to rule and appointed Harry Miller to serve as interim president, Sloam was then confined to his quarters within the presidential building. The Silt Loam Republic ceased to exist on M11-26 443 ASB

### Post presidency (443 ASB - Present)

Sloam remained imprisoned within his former living quarters until M1-26 444 ASB when it was decided by the President of the Silt Loam Federation that it was time for Sloam to be moved to a new facility away from any of his potential allies within the city. Sloam left in the back of an armoured vehicle which was attacked by Sloam's followers just after it left Kirewall-on-Hyalophorn, Sloam and his followers then left into the wilderness.