Argilla III

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Died M10-11 156 ASB

Ria Cormorant:

Born M7-02 112 ASB

Concord II:

Born M3-29 115 ASB

Died M4-04 161 ASB

Duke of Panira:

M1-22 103 ASB - M3-25 174 ASB

King of Clayistan:

M12-18 163 ASB - M3-25 174 ASB

Duke of Iron Lake:

M6-07 165 ASB - M3-25 174 ASB

Duke of Panira:

Babatunde Tapial

King of Clayistan:

Radiance II

Duke of Iron Lake:

Elizabeth Tapial

Duke of Panira:

Claysius II

King of Clayistan:

Claysius II

Duke of Iron Lake:

Claysius II

## Biography

### Early life (81 ASB - 103 ASB)

Argilla III (born Ananias Tapial) was born on M4-17 81 ASB to Asuman Tapial and his wife Veda Tapial.

Ananias's father Asuman died fighting in the Ebony War on M11-03 94 ASB.

Ananias's grandfather Babatunde Tapial and the Duke of Panira died on M1-22 103 ASB making Ananias the new Duke of Panira as well as the new head of the House of Tapial.

### Duke of Panira (103 ASB - 163 ASB)

On M12-02 103 ASB Ananias Tapial married a Clay woman named Teryl Benson who changed her name to Teryl Tapial.

Ananias's first son was born on M4-18 106 ASB and was given the name Garsone Tapial.

On M7-02 112 ASB Teryl Tapial gave birth to a daughter whom Ananias named Ria Tapial.

Ananias's second son Vikas Tapial was born on M3-29 115 ASB.

On M6-02 134 ASB Ananias's daughter married the King of Clayistan Radiance I's brother Steven Cormorant, this saw an increase in Ananias's standing among his fellow vassals, his standing increased further on M12-23 135 ASB when Steven Cormorant ascended to the throne of Clayistan under the regnal name Concord I.

Concord I died on M8-08 141 ASB without any children of his own, on the day of his death his will was read out and it deemed Ananias's youngest son Vikas Tapial as his successor, though Ananias believed it to be inappropriate to designate a non head of a noble house as the King of Clayistan he accompanied his son to Jarnvattan to claim the title of king. Vikas was declared King of Clayistan on M9-18 141 ASB as Concord II a mere three days after his ascension Ananias demanded that his son abdicate in favour of him as he was the head of the House of Tapial, Concord II refused and Ananias returned to the city of Caula.

On M10-11 156 ASB Ananias's wife Teryl died, following her death a grief stricken Ananias resigned himself to his palace and spoke only to his servant Philip Gordon along with his son Garsone Tapial who took over Ananias's active duties.

On M4-04 161 ASB Ananias's son Concord II was assassinated and replaced five days later with his son who took the regnal name Radiance II, in the following weeks Ananias would be told by his firstborn son of the incompetence of the new king on M6-13 161 ASB Ananias Tapial left his palace and set off on a journey to the various vassals of the Kingdom of Clayistan to learn of their opinions on Radiance II.

On M11-26 163 ASB Ananias managed to secure a meeting with Radiance II at his palace in Jarnvattan on M12-02 163 ASB but showed up to the meeting two days early. At the meeting Ananias attempted to convince his grandson to abdicate in favour of him, he refused. As the meeting was winding down Ananias grabbed ahold of the Orb of Victory that was on a nearby pedestal and beat Radiance II to death with it, he then left the palace. When Radiance II was killed Ananias Tapial was the closest living male relative he returned to the palace on M12-02 163 ASB and was declared King of Clayistan on M12-18 163 ASB.

### King of Clayistan (163 ASB - 174 ASB)

An issue that Argilla III was that despite being the King of Clayistan he still did not have control of the Duchy of Iron Lake which the capital city of Jarnvattan was surrounded by, the Duchy was controlled by Argilla III's granddaughter Harley Tapial. On M4-26 164 ASB after three failed attempts to have Harley abdicate in favour of him Argilla III ordered the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG) to have Harley and her young daughter Anya Tapial assassinated. Harley Tapial and her daughter were successfully assassinated on M6-05 165 ASB, the Duchy of Iron Lake then passed to Harley's sister Elizabeth Tapial who abdicated in favour of Argilla III on M6-07 165 ASB due to a very convincing letter from Argilla III.

On M5-26 166 ASB Argilla III received news that the Baron of Briciole Cypress Amarillo had broken into one of the CRG's sanctums and discovered that the they exist, were connected to the King of Clayistan and that they were attempting to assassinate him. Argilla III called up the head of the CRG Enrico Pewter who told him that they had suspected that Amarillo had been selling military information about the State of Estuaria to the Loaman Empire and had decided to have him assassinated. Argilla III ordered Pewter to forge some documents incriminating Amarillo in this. On M6-09 166 ASB Argilla III publicly recognized that the CRG worked for him and also revealed the forged documents that incriminated Amarillo. The nobility of Clayistan were still not happy about the existence of the CRG. On M7-17 166 ASB Argilla III announced that membership in the CRG would be opened up to the children of noble families. The noble members of the CRG were not real members but thought they were. Instead they were Guardsmen of the Clayistan Royal Guard or GMGs for short.

On M12-29 167 ASB Argilla III was contacted by the King of Chaparral Colon II, he told Argilla III how his country following their independence from the Kingdom of Sand his country had allied itself with the Kingdom of Clayistria to deter Loaman expansion but now the Kingdom of Clayistria was weak, Colon II proposed that the two of them invade and split what remained of the Kingdom of Clayistria, Argilla III agreed on the condition that he start the war.

On M2-22 168 ASB Argilla III made a public announcement where he blamed the Kingdom of Clayistria for the deaths of his grandson Radiance II and his son Concord II, though he was correct in regards to Clayistria's involvement of Concord II's death he was unaware of this, the day after his announcement the Kingdom of Clayistan invaded the Kingdom of Clayistria beginning the Fourth Clayistan-Clayistria War. The day following Clayistan's invasion the Kingdom of Chaparral launched their own invasion of Clayistria.

On M2-28 169 ASB Argilla III was informed that the city of Green Wedge in the Duchy of Roxa had began revolting. This was not the first time that a settlement in the Duchy of Roxa had started a revolt, in fact a city in either the Duchy of Roxa or the neighboring Duchy of Fioletovy was almost always revolting, or at least experiencing some sort of unrest. Argilla III believed that the unrest in the area was due to the duchies being ruled by Clays as opposed to the native Purple Clays. On M6-25 169 ASB Argilla III dissolved the Duchy of Fioletovy, the Duchy of Roxa and the County of Essaria, and established multiple new Lordships from them, most of which were ruled by Purple Clays. All of the Lordships were under the newly established Purple Governate but retained a large degree of autonomy.

The Fourth Clayistan-Clayistria War ended on M7-19 173 ASB with a fourth ceasefire agreement Clayistan gained from the war the entirety of the Kurey Region in addition to an alliance between themselves and the newly declared Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam. On M7-28 173 ASB Argilla III gave the County of Alander and the County of Sunbell to his younger brother Ramsey Tapial.

Argilla III died on M3-25 174 ASB in a car crash.