Ethan Gilbert

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Died M4-08 51 ASB

Ryan Gilbert:

Born M9-24 9 BSB

Duke of Eastpike:

M12-27 18 BSB - M11-26 22 ASB

Supreme Commander of the Unified Clayistan Army:

M5-29 16 ASB - M11-26 22 ASB

Duke of Eastpike:

None, position created

Supreme Commander of the Unified Clayistan Army:

Ebony Basil

Duke of Eastpike:

Eliot Gilbert

Supreme Commander of the Unified Clayistan Army:

Punt Cobb

On M6-04 26 BSB, Gilbert was appointed the Native Governor of the Province of Eastpike.

### Native Governor (26 BSB - 18 BSB)

On M1-13 21 BSB a report came in claiming that the capital of the Estuarian Empire Aestuarium had been completely destroyed. Ethan Gilbert refused to believe the report and questioned the legitimacy of the messenger, however the province's Estuarian Governor Religan Gemino fully accepted the message and ordered the provinces garrison to mobilize and march to Aestuarium. Those of Eastpike soon learned that they were at war with the Empire of Shale. The Empire of Shale arrived at Direton on M8-21 21 BSB where Religan Gemino ordered their forces to surrender. Gilbert and Gemino were promptly arrested along with their families and placed in the prison of Direton's fortress.

On M12-20 18 BSB, the Empire of Shale ended their invasion and placed part of their territory under the control of native vassals and another part under direct control of king Pied I. On M12-27 18 BSB, Pied I had the Gilbert family released and gave Ethan Gilbert the Duchy of Eastpike along with creating the House of Gilbert for him. As duke, he governed the same territory previously occupied by the Estuarian Province of Eastpike.

### Duke of Eastpike (18 BSB - 22 ASB)

On M11-30 15 BSB Ethan Gilbert married a woman named Martha Travis who went on to take the name Gilbert.

On M12-23 12 BSB Ethan's wife gave birth to a son named Eliot Gilbert.

On M12-24 12 BSB Pied I demanded that all of his dukes in Clayistan put an end towards the "Northern Rebellion" which had began a few moths prior. Ethan Gilbert decided that he would do nothing about the Northern Rebellion as they only seemed interested in going after those who openly supported Pied I, and that was not something that Gilbert did.

Ethan's second son Ryan Gilbert was born on M9-24 9 BSB.

On M2-05 7 BSB all of the Shale forces on the Soil Texture Continent began to depart from the continent and return to the Shale Continent leaving only Pied I and his own soldiers in charge of the Eastern Regions. Gilbert noticed that the Northern Rebellion became a lot more aggressive after the Empire of Shale left. A mere two days after the withdrawal Ethan Gilbert contacted the Duke of Murn Edward Travis to talk to him about the possibility of joining the Northern Rebellion. Travis asked Gilbert why they should do that and Gilbert told him that the Empire of Shale's presence on the continent was coming to the end and if they joined the Northern Rebellion they would guarantee themselves a spot on the top of the new world. On M2-10 7 BSB the Duchy of Eastpike and the Duchy of Murn invaded the Duchy of Habak in the name of the Northern Rebellion. A day later the Duchy of Jianshore came to the defense of Habak and invaded the Duchy of Eastpike.

On M5-08 6 BSB, after almost a year of fighting the Duchy of Eastpike managed to capture the Duchy of Habak's capital and had the duchy surrender on M5-10 6 BSB. Gilbert did not have tine to celebrate as his country was still at war with the Duchy of Jianshore. On M5-24 6 BSB Ethan Gilbert was contacted by the Duke of Jianshore Ryan Cordwood. Cordwood told Gilbert that he had no interest in fighting a war that he would not win and proposed that they call the war off and in exchange he would join the Northern Rebellion and cede him the eastern half of his duchy, Gilbert agreed to the proposal. On M6-22 6 BSB Ethan Gilbert had his Duchy attack the Duchy of Olve who's capital had recently been captured by Northern Rebellion insurgents to the east. The remainder of the Duchy of Olve surrendered to Ethan Gilbert on M8-01 6 BSB

Ethan Gilbert decided that it was about time to try and knock out Pied I's facilities in the Eastern Archipelego and launched an invasion of the archipelago on M2-17 5 BSB. On M8-12 4 BSB Ethan Gilbert arrived in the city of Osilicat to determine the state of Clayistan once the Northern Rebellion was over and left on M9-10 4 BSB at the end of the conference. On M8-11 3 BSB Ethan Gilbert's forces captured the last island in the Eastern Archipelago, marking the end of the Northern Rebellion, a day later Ethan Gilbert recognized all of the remaining duchies in Clayistan as independent nations.

On M7-04 7 ASB the Kingdom of Clayistria invaded the Duchy of North Vetchinia and the Duchy of Jianshore, Ethan Gilbert along with his fellow Dukes of Clayistan condemned the invasion though opted against military action due to certainty that Clayistria would win against any singular duchy. The Duchy of North Vetchinia surrendered to Clayistria on M8-30 7 ASB and the Duchy of Jianshore surrendered on M9-23 7 ASB.

On M6-27 12 ASB the Kingdom of Clayistria launched an invasion of both the Duchy of Eastpike and the Duchy of Iron Lake. Gilbert appealed to his fellow Dukes for help but they all declined in favour of simply condemning the invasion. Gilbert sent his forces out to confront Clayistria's forces knowing that he didn't have a chance at defeating them. On M6-30 12 ASB the Duke of Iron Lake Ebony Basil contacted Ethan Gilbert and told him that he was sending his forces that were based out of Elmhurst to Eastpike to aid him and told him to pull his forces back to his capital and to prepare for a combined counter attack. On M7-24 12 ASB Ethan Gilbert and Ebony Basil had their forces march against Clayistria. The combined forces Eastpike and Iron Lake pushed the Clayistrian forces well over the pre-war lines of control and on M8-03 12 ASB in an attempt to capitalize on the recent victories the Duchy of Vooncharia declared war on the Kingdom of Clayistria and began sending their forces to support the Duchy of Iron Lake, this was followed on M8-08 12 ASB with the Duchy of Terracotta joining the war against Clayistria and by M2 of 13 ASB all of the independent duchies of Clayistan were moving against Clayistria (this did not include the two independent duchies based in the Purple Isles). By 14 ASB the advance of Gilbert and his allies had slowed down and in some areas been pushed back, this was due to the lack of unity between the various armies, a conference was held in Jarnvattan on M4-04 14 ASB to address the issue, the conference concluded on M4-12 14 ASB it resulted in the formation of the Unified Clayistan Army (UCA) which had Ebony Basil as its supreme commander and the various dukes including Ethan Gilbert as its field marshals.

A ceasefire was negotiated between the duchies and Clayistria on M1-22 16 ASB, the issue then came up on how to divide the land that was presently occupied by the UCA, the debate lasted over four months and ended on M5-28 16 ASB when the dukes came to an agreement. The UCA would be split in two with one half continuing to serve as the UCA and the other half being further split in seven, two sevenths would be given to the Duchy of Iron Lake and the remining five sevenths would be distributed to the other duchies save for the Duchy of Eastpike. Ebony Basil would resign as the supreme commander of the UCA in favour of Ethan Gilbert, Basil would then become one of the UCA's field marshals to replace Ethan Gilbert. All eight independent duchies would cease to be independent and would unify into the Kingdom of Clayistan with Ebony Basil serving as the first King of Clayistan, the duchies from that point on would be Clayistan's internal regions. The agreement took effect the next day, Basil chose the regnal name Argilla I.

Ethan Gilbert died on M11-26 22 ASB.