Reuben Basil

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## Biography

### Early life (224 ASB - 257 ASB)

Reuben Basil was born on M6-29 224 ASB to John Basil in the city of Elmhurst. Reuben was born into the House of Basil who had controlled the Duchy of Greater Elmhurst since M10-23 96 ASB. Reuben Basil was taught from a young age of the importance of the House of Basil to the Kingdom of Clayistan.

On M3-17 245 ASB Reuben Basil married a woman named Malisa Tapial who adopted Basil as her last name. Malisa was the daughter of the Duke of Panira Prakash Tapial who was not in good standing with the Dukes of Clayistan due to having murdered his brother Elton Tapial to get his position. John Basil who by this point was the Duke of Greater Elmhurst believed there was profit in trading with the Duchy of Panira and pushed the marriage through to seal a very beneficial trade deal.

Reuben Basil's son Enrico Basil was born on M7-05 246 ASB.

Reuben's father and Duke of Greater Elmhurst died on M2-08 257 ASB, Reuben replaced him as duke.

### Early reign (257 ASB - 282 ASB)

On M3-13 278 ASB Reuben Basil attended the wedding of his niece Matilda Basil to the Duke of Terracotta City Roland Sectile. At the wedding Basil met with the groom and discussed politics and other topics of note for some time before Basil invted Sectile to the Slanted Palace to further discuss topics of interest.

On M9-28 279 ASB Clayistan's ally the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam invaded the Kingdom, Basil intended to send his forces to defend but chose not to after he learnt two things; one the invasion was not a conquest, it simply intended to depose the infant king Ghada I who none in Clayistan were happy with and two the majority of the other vassals had already announced their intention to stay out of the war altogether. The invasion concluded on M7-19 280 ASB with Vincent Sunbell being placed on the throne under the regnal named Achille II, Basil recognized the new king on M8-01 280 ASB.

Reuben Basil was not happy with Achille II's reign as he seemed favour other Sandy Clay Loams over his own citizens and vassals to the degree of giving reduced taxes to Sandy Clay Loam business owners or business owners who embraced Sandy Clay Loam culture. Reuben Basil decided to meet with his friend Roland Sectile to discus this with. He met with Sectile on M4-17 281 ASB and subtly talked about these complaints with him by the end of the night the two agreed that something needed to be done to stop Achille II from destroying the culture of Clayistan. Basil met again with Sectile on M4-23 281 ASB and began drafting out plans for Clayistan once they remove Achille II from power, they decided that Reuben would become the next King of Clayistan and Roland would be granted the Duchy of Greater Elmhurst.

On M1-22 282 ASB Reuben Basil, Roland Sectile and a handful of allies readied their forces and moved them against Achille II beginning the War of Clay Restoration.

### War (282 ASB - 292 ASB)

The Battle for Sharptooth took place on M7-09 286 ASB during which both Reuben Basil and Roland Sectile were present, the battle ended when the leading general of the city's forces Rolf Stephenson defected to the Sectile-Basil coalition. After the capture of Sharptooth Basil and Sectile sat down to discus their next move, they ended up deciding to split their forces in two with Basil going south to fight against King Clapper II of the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam and Sectile going north to capture Achille II. On M7-20 286 ASB Clapper II had the communication lines between the North and South of Clayistan severed, from that point on Basil could only comunicate with Sectile via letters.

On M11-05 289 ASB Reuben Basil learnt that Roland Sectile had been wounded at the Battle for Vundarf on M8-04 289 ASB and had fallen into a coma, the letter reasured him that his forces were still bound for Jarnvattan. Reuben was put off by this news but chose to trust the letter and beleive that Sectile's forces were still bound for Jarnvattan and continued south towards the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam.

On M3-29 290 ASB communications were restored between Basil's forces and Sectile's. He was then informed that Sectile's forces had captured Jarnvattan and that the comatose Roland Sectile had been declared King of Clayistan under the regnal name Claymore I. Reuben was upset that he had been denied the throne of Clayistan as had been promised to him, he did not know whether Roland had intended to betray him from the start or his advisors and generals had acted on their own. Regardless Reuben Basil still had to win what was now the Clayistan-Sandy Clay Loam War.

On M2-05 292 ASB Reuben Basil and his forces captured Levilius and Clapper II. Reuben Basil remained in Levilius to decided what to do with the now defeated country whilst his forces hunted down the remainder of Clapper II's armies. Basil considered declaring himself King of Sandy Clay Loam, but decided that a Clay king would never be accepted by the Sandy Clay Loam people. He eventually decided to have Clapper II's nephew Johnathan Thunder declared King of Sandy Clay Loam under the regnal name Clapper III and had the kingdom declared a protectorate of Clayistan.

### Later reign (292 ASB - 355 ASB)

Claymore I died on M5-03 302 ASB and was replaced as King of Clayistan by his brother Payden Sectile a day later as Claymore II. Basil did not trust Claymore II as he rightly believed him to have been responsible for the rumour that cost Claymore I's son Silvester Sectile the throne.

On M3-17 343 the Terracotta Palace was bombed whislt Claymore II and his family were inside, Claymore II's great-grandson Carlos Sectile was killed along with his mother Sarah II. On M3-19 343 ASB Claymore II split the miltant wing off of the Clayistan Royal Guard and created the Clayistan National Army (CNA). On M3-24 343 ASB Claymore II ordered all of the vassal armies including Basil's to be absorbed into the newly created Clayistan National Army, Basil did not wish to punge the Kingdom into a civil war and agreed to have his army absorbed.

Reuben Basil died on M10-04 355 ASB.