Conrad Smith

* Basic Info
* Relations
* Occupations

### Title(s)

Leader of the Party for Peace and Prosperity Party:M9-06 390 ASB - M9-19 396 ASB

Head of the Soil Union:

M8-20 391 ASB - M9-19 396 ASB

### Preceded By

Leader of the Party for Peace and Prosperity Party:None, position created

Head of the Soil Union:

Austin Alonzo

### Succeeded By

Leader of the Party for Peace and Prosperity Party:Frank Stallion

Head of the Soil Union:

Frank Stallion

## Biography

### Early life (336 ASB - 365 ASB)

Conrad Smith was born into a wealthy merchant family in Lavender City within the Loaman Empire on M12-15 336 ASB. On M10-23 365 ASB Conrad's father Phar Smith was killed during one of the opening battles of the Sand War, Conrad and the rest of his family disguised themselves as peasants fled east arriving at the Sandy Loam town of Tiko on M10-28 365 ASB.

### Philosophy (365 ASB - 390 ASB)

During his time in Tiko Smith noticed how poor all of the peasant were despite being a somewhat substantial port. Conrad Smith pondered why it was that these people were so poor and destitute, he concluded that it was due to the Loaman Empire's lack of centralization and unequal distribution of taxes, the Sand's who occupied Tiko were no better than the Loamans, often taking resources back to the capital and sending next to nothing back. During his time in Tiko Conrad talked to many in the town of his beliefs which, unknown to him at the time was cataloged and published on M2-06 368 ASB as Smith's Code. Conrad's family remained in Tiko until the end of the Sand War on M1-04 375 ASB.

Following the Sand War and his return to Lavender City Smith began meting with other thinkers and community leaders within the city, one of those people was Frank Stallion who he met on M10-23 377. Smith knew Frank Stallion as a local strong man, who would offer protection to people who needed it, Conrad agreed to meet with him out of the belief that he was a man of the lower class and was his way to gain their support, though he did not have high hopes, that was until began to speak, he talked about Smith's Code and how the recently created Sandy State in which they both lived had only increased the wealth issues within the region, Smith decided that Stallion would be a useful ally.

On M8-30 390 ASB Austin Alonzo, the King of the Sand Republic and the Union Head of the Soil Union announced the first election for the Union Head of the Soil Union which was set to take place a year from then, Smith spent six days making calls to his associates before he formed Party for Peace and Prosperity.

### Soil Union elections (390 ASB - 391 ASB)

The Party for Peace and Prosperity stated that their primary goal was to end the wealth gap between cities which included dissolving the Sandy State, Conrad Smith spent his time leading up to the election campaigning amongst the thinkers of the Sandy State. On M3-25 391 ASB Dervot IV, the King of Clayistan officially backed Smith's party due to it's policy of dismantling the Sandy State. The Soil Union elections took place on M8-20 391 ASB with the Party for Peace and Prosperity wining, the next day the Revolutionary Republic of Sandy Clay invaded the Sandy State beginning the Great Soil War.

### Great Soil War (391 ASB - 396 ASB)

On the outbreak of the Great Soil War Conrad Smith met with Frank Stallion to order him to figure out how to assemble an army to liberate the north of the country, Stallion told him that he already had an army, Smith then ordered him to move against the Revolutionary Republic of Sandy Clay. On M9-19 396 ASB whist walking from his the Soil Union office building to the nearby theater for a meeting Conrad Smith was shot in the head by a Clay man named Martino Tasker, he died before anyone could get to him.