Klaymen (Earth-616)

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### Nationality

Dual Citizenship (claimed): Neverhoodian-American (legally; American citizenship stripped post-humously)
Gensokyan (never confirmed)

## Relationships

### Family

Hoborg - Father/Creator
Klogg - Elder Brother
‎‎Willie Trombone - Cousin

## Political Career

### Affiliation

The Neverhood (1996-1999)
The Reunion Movement (around 2016-2020)

### Rank

The Neverhood's Chief of Defense Staff (1996-1999)
Heavy Defender Lieutenant (claimed)
Senior Janitorial Technician (presumed)

**Klaymen**, also known as **Klaymen Klaymen** by the National Public Safety Commission and **Klayman** by Interpol, was a Neverhoodian janitor, cartoonist (debatable), freedom of speech advocate and terrorist who adopted the nom de guerre "**Redeemer**" during his time under the East Coast branch of the paramilitary terrorist organization known as the Reunion movement.

Originally the hero who saved the Neverhood from his evil brother, Klaymen's life took many twists and turns as he came to withstand the trials life threw at him, culminating in radicalization and eventually his downfall by the hands of the Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Inc.

## Early life

Klaymen was born on October 31st, 1996, moments after his evil brother Klogg overthrew Hoborg, the creator and rightful ruler of the Neverhood. The seed containing Klaymen was accidentally dropped by Hoborg after he was frozen by Klogg, which the latter didn't seem to notice. Willie Trombone, Klaymen's cousin, found the seed and planted it, with the Neverhoodian hatching from it not long after. Klaymen himself claimed to have went on an adventure of awesome proportions, solving various puzzles and meeting many friends on the way. However, the validity of these claims is disputed, as Klaymen showed signs of intellectual deficiency, though not as much as his sole witness, Willie. Regardless of what happened, order in the Neverhood seemed to be restored on the same day Klaymen was born, and he was hailed a national hero, so much so that he was awarded the position of Chief of Defense Staff of the Neverhood, a position he would retain from the day of his birth until August 1st, 1999 after he was caught embezzling money to fund a prostitution ring he had founded. He was put on house arrest until August 9th, and had been fired from his position, being succeeded by Bradgær of Bubblebrap (b. 1998).

Due to his status as a national hero, most charges were dropped and the case went cold, and the accused Klaymen continued living a moderately normal life. By 2002, he was stated to have frequented a bar known as Gilly Joe's Molten Earwax Emporium by several of the establishment's currently living patrons. Supposedly after telling a really funny joke, the eavesdropping Joseph "Joe" Gillsworth (1987-2008) was impressed, so much so that he offered Klaymen a job as a janitor in exchange for free earwax, which he accepted. It should be noted that around this time, Gilly Joe's was coincidentally experiencing a trough in customers following several filed reports, most of which cite janitorial misbehavior such as "drinking my earywaxa [sic]" and many other infractions which culminated in Klaymen getting fired in March of 2003. Mere weeks later, in an attempt to seek out better living conditions, he requested and was subsequently granted asylum by the United States.

## Life in the US and radicalization

After settling down in Cincinnati, Ohio, Klaymen suffered a fair number of weird looks his way, but he enjoyed the media attention he'd receive not long after, becoming an icon of diversity and "the first Neverhoodian to settle in on US soil". It wouldn't be until 2006 when he would experience his first major public fall-off, when a news article claimed he was a freak and a poop-nose and a danger to general society. This led the disgraced Neverhoodian to move to New York City in June. There, he met his self-proclaimed "best friend", Clifford L. Graggleberrys (b. 1964), who owned a knock-off McDonald's restaurant and was looking for help around the establishment. It was there where he would receive the position of janitor once more, becoming an official member of the McGraggleberrys's family on June 18th, 2006. During his time in New York, Klaymen developed an anglo-australian accent for reasons unknown, commonly using the word "mate" in his sentences and ending some with "yeah?". Graggleberrys himself commented on the situation, "I think the Australians have something to do with this. I don't know how, but I'm sure they do. I will get to the bottom of this."

Klaymen began forming worryingly radical political opinions and began attending Right Wing rallies by late 2009. Graggleberrys said he tried speaking some sense into the Neverhoodian, but his political incorrectness was "unbelievably stubborn". In 2011, Klaymen witnessed his first Reunion rally in Lower Manhattan, and he cited it as the event that inspired him to join the movement. Despite Reunion consisting of people struck by oripathy, and Klaymen having no prior medical diagnosis, he opted to join them regardless. Graggleberrys was losing his patience with the alien by this point, and by the end of 2012, a massive argument broke out between the two, which lead to a split and Klaymen being fired from the establishment. Despite being the one who escalated the situation, according to camera footage taken in as evidence for the police, Klaymen claimed he was "backstabbed" and "left behind", and that he "should be forgotten".

Following the split, Klaymen coped with homelessness by injecting himself with baked beans, claiming "it took the pain away". Beans were recorded to have been his favorite food since he was born, but this episode of obsessive mania took a significant toll on the alien's mental health. In attempt to forget about the hardships of life, Klaymen traveled out to Fukuyama, Japan in February of 2015, however, after an incident of undisclosed nature occurred with a bōsōzoku rider, he fled the country and a warrant was issued by the Japanese ministry of internal affairs as well as Interpol. After this he seemingly vanished from the public eye, with the exception of one notable sighting: according to his cousin, Willie, he visited him one last time on July 5th and told him of his intentions of joining the Reunion movement. The well-intentioned Trombone tried talking his cousin out of such an activity, but because he already had become a naturalized citizen of the US, he said he had no intentions of staying and wished his cousin farewell before disappearing into the night. Hoborg himself confirmed the incident, having eavesdropped on the conversing cousins by sheer accident. He was reported to have fallen into a great depression that lasted for several months following this incident.

## Serving Reunion

The United States Department of Homeland Security had confirmed in 2017 that Klaymen was on the membership registry for Reunion, and was actively participating in operations and attacks in West Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Georgia under the self-assigned codename "Redeemer". Captured and deserted infantry gave additional confirmations, adding that he was unpredictable and mentally unstable, to the point where he in high detail explained to a higher-up that he was the leader of an elite squad known as "ζ" (greek zeta, "Zeta Squad"). Furthermore, the high ranks supposedly played into his delusion, either as a cruel prank or for their own safety. His Australian accent grew worse, and according to an anonymous ex-Reunion grunt, "by the start of 2020, nobody could understand a single word he was saying!"

Further sources cite that the deluded Neverhoodian supposedly assigned himself a rank, though not many played along with this delusion. Further CIA investigations showed that there was a high possibility Klaymen was actually just a janitor for Reunion, having been demoted from a regular grunt for trying to "throw an arrow [sic]" at his commanding officer. He would reportedly not see the battlefield until late 2020, the end of his life.

## Death and legacy

On October 28th, 2020, after a series of explosives failed to detonate, Reunion performed a mass charge on Brunswick, Georgia, calling every able-bodied infected to participate. Among them was Klaymen, by now better known as the Redeemer. According to survivors and witnesses, Klaymen was thoroughly beating the life out of every National Guard serviceman he ran into. When Rhodes Island was called to handle the situation, Klaymen ran into the bounty hunter-turned operator known as Skadi. Yelling the first word after years of unintelligible murmuring, he charged at her with his bare fists and screamed "SKAAAAAAAAAADI!" Those were his last words spoken, as the operator swiftly trisected him with one slash from her blade. A coroner's report confirmed he died on the spot, mere days before his 24th birthday. How he knew of her existence remains unclear to most intelligence agencies, Rhodes Island included. His American citizenship was posthumously stripped away.

At the request of a disheartened Hoborg, Klaymen's remains were brought back to the Neverhood, where he was buried on November 24th. The funeral was attended by approximately two thousand people, including his brother Klogg, who supposedly whispered "[...] long outstayed your welcome" under his breath, as well as Graggleberrys who was seen shaking his head as tears streamed down his face. Other notable attendants include Bradgær, NYC governor Andrew Cuomo and the Iron Sheik, who had to be removed from the premises after he suplexed the coffin and locked it in his trademark Camel Clutch. Two guards were injured during the removal process. Willie Trombone supposedly stayed in the graveyard one hour after the burial, and when asked about it, he said he finally found closure.

His legacy is a quite controversial topic with the locals of the Neverhood. Some hold his name in high regard, while others shun him for being a race traitor. His former neighbors from Cincinatti showed utter terror upon hearing the news, with one middle-aged man supposedly passing out from shock. His former McGraggleberrys's co-workers showed mixed responses, some feeling pity for his situation while others were apathetic to his fate. Additionally, during an interview with the bōsōzoku rider involved in the incident (who was granted anonymity), they were reported saying "good riddance" in response to the news of Klaymen's passing.

His grave was reportedly dug up sometime around 2021, and the body is still missing to this day.