Claysius I

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* Relations
* Occupations

Regent of the Kingdom of Clayistan:

M4-10 31 ASB - M8-26 31 ASB

King of Clayistan:

M8-26 31 ASB - M10-19 48 ASB

(disputed M8-26 31 ASB - M8-30 31 ASB)

Head of the House of Basil:

M9-09 31 ASB - M10-19 48 ASB

Duke of Iron Lake:

M9-09 31 ASB - M10-19 48 ASB

Regent of the Kingdom of Clayistan:

None, position created

King of Clayistan:

Victory I

Head of the House of Basil:

Lorenzo Basil

Duke of Iron Lake:

Lorenzo Basil

Regent of the Kingdom of Clayistan:

None, position dissolved

King of Clayistan:

Argilla II

Head of the House of Basil:

Argilla II

Duke of Iron Lake:

Argilla II

## Biography

### Early life (17 BSB - 9 ASB)

Claysius I (born Brett Basil) was born on M3-26 17 BSB in the city of Jarnvattan to Ebony Basil and his wife Ella Basil, Ebony Basil became the Duke of Iron Lake on M8-08 12 BSB

The Duchy of Iron Lake fought a war against the Eastern Regions from M5-23 7 BSB to M8-11 3 BSB with the Duchy of Iron Lake gaining its independence.

On M5-20 9 ASB, Brett Basil married a Clay noble woman from the Duchy of Sabbodo named Sofia Yoder who took Brett's last name. On M9-13 9 ASB Brett Basil's father declared the creation of the County of Osilicat and declared Brett to be its count, he moved there the next day.

### Count of Osilicat (9 ASB - 31 ASB)

On M5-14 12 ASB Sofia Basil gave birth to a son named Raymond Basil. On M6-27 12 ASB the Kingdom of Clayistria launched an invasion of both the Duchy of Eastpike and the Duchy of Iron Lake, though Brett's county was in the Duchy of Iron Lake it was physically disconnected from it and as such bordered neither Clayistria or Eastpike. The war with Clayistria lasted until M1-22 16 ASB with the negotiation of a ceasefire and on M5-28 16 ASB following over four months of deliberation all of the duchies of the Clayistan Region came together to form the Kingdom of Clayistan with Ebony Basil as the first King of Clayistan, the agreement took into effect the next day with Ebony Basil taking the regnal named Argilla I.

Argilla I died on M6-25 21 ASB his funeral was held the next day, after the funeral Brett Basil's brother Victory Basil was declared King of Clayistan as Victory I.

On M12-16 30 ASB Brett Basil's mother Ella Basil died.

On M3-22 31 ASB Victory I left Jarnvattan in a convoy for the Count of Ackanalund Usman Mosley's palace in the Kingdom of Clayistria he brought with him his wife Karen Basil, his son Hector Basil and the Chief Advisor of Clayistan Barchairi Splintle among others, Brett was to be radioed daily of the convoy's progress as he would be the highest ranking capable member of the House of Basil in the country. Communications between Brett and the convoy stopped on M3-28 31 ASB, Brett traveled to Jarnvattan the next day on the possibility that something horrible had happened and that he would have to take over the country as its regent. On M4-10 31 ASB a single soldier from the convoy arrived at Jarnvattan. The soldier told Brett that the convoy had been ambushed and that Victory I had been killed in the initial assault, Brett interjected to ask what had happened to the his nephew Hector who was next in line for the throne, the soldier hesitated before telling Brett that Hector along with Victory I's wife were grouped up by the assailants and executed, such an action was a violation of everything taught in Clay society.

### Regent of Clayistan (31 ASB)

The day after the news of his brother's death arrived Brett attempted to have to have his infant nephew Lorenzo Basil declared King of Clayistan, however the holy men who should have officialized the declaration of a new king refused on the grounds that the new king would be unable to avenge the "slaughter" of Victory I. Another issue was that the majority of the dukes of Clayistan told Brett that they would refuse to attend his ascension ceremony, some on the grounds of of having to quell protests in their own duchies, some with the same reasoning as the holy men and some claiming that it would be wrong to crown a new king whilst the old one remains unburied. Brett went to his sister Maya Basil to ask her about her thoughts on all of this, Maya told him that she knew nothing of holy men and Dukes but she did know that within Victory I's court Barchairi Splintle had been a powerful man and his son Evannaron Splintle was now viewed as the de facto leader of the court and that Evannaron did not believe that Victory I had been killed. Brett asked her whether or not he should have Evannaron expelled from the court. Maya warned Brett that Evannaron would use his removal as proof that he was trying to seize power and might try and insight a revolt within the court and that it was best to leave Evannaron in his position. Brett decided that her sister's insight into the court were invaluable and officially made her an advisor to the King of Clayistan despite being a regent and not the king.

On M4-16 31 ASB Brett had the majority of his court in Osilicat and a small portion of its garrison move to Jarnvattan to help administer the country as he did not trust Victory I's court to follow his orders, he had his forces establish a small garrison just out of view of the palace in an abandoned warehouse.

In the early morning of M5-25 31 ASB Brett Basil heard a knocking on the door to his room, before he could open it it swung open and a group of nine soldiers led by the son of Barchairi Splintle and a fellow advisor named Evannaron Splintle who announced that Basil was under arrest for treason and that he was being escorted to the city's dungeons. As Brett moved towards the dudgeon more and more of his officials from Osilicat joined him, eventually the group of people which by this time contained almost three times more prisoners than escorts was stopped by Brett's sister Maya Basil and a servant named Gwacho Barl. She demanded that her brother be released when Splintle refused Maya suddenly moved closer and was shot by one of Splintle's men, the moment after that Brett Basil and his court were upon their captors and after a brief struggled forced Splintle to retreat, Brett went to his sister and confirmed that she was dead before moving on to a communications room. In the communications room Brett Basil first called the secret garrison in Jarnvattan and ordered them to be ready to blow down a specific wall in ten minutes, next he called his wife in Osilicat and ordered her to send the rest of the army to Jarnvattan and to have them set up camp just outside of Jarnvattan. She asked Brett what was going on and he told her that Splintle was executing a coup against him, he told her to try and keep it a secret. Basil then radioed the garrison in Elmhurst and told them to also set up camp outside of Jarnvattan, when the person on the other end asked why he told him that Maya Basil was dead and that Evannaron Splintle was launching a coup against him. Following his radio conversations Brett Basil had his forces destroy the radio room using a combination of rifles the snipping of wires and the bursting of water pipes, the group later escaped the palace via Brett's wall plan.

Once in the garrison Brett Basil summoned his forces before him and asked them for ideas on how to move against Splintle. Brett already knew what he was going to do but asking the men for their input was a good way to increase moral. A man stepped forward and suggested that they send men to the duchies and request military assistance in removing Splintle from power. Brett told the forces present that if they were to ask for the help of the duchies they would get their help but noted that some would support Splintle's claim that he was orchestrating a coup against the Kingdom and would plunge Clayistan into a civil war. Another solider stepped forward and reasoned that all they had to do was wait until their forces from Elmhurst reached Jarnvattan as by that time no one would dare support Splintle. This had been the plan that Brett intended to go through with and admitted that he too had considered that plan and would go through with it unless another plan was brought up. The soldier told Brett that if they prevented Splintle from getting a message out then their Elmhurst forces would reach Jarnvattan without resistance. Brett asked the soldier if he had an idea as to how to stop messages from leaving Jarnvattan. Before the soldier could respond the palace servant Gwacho Barl stepped forward and told Brett that Maya Basil had built a de facto spy network among the servants of the Artain Palace and that if he could get to them he might be able to tell him when messages were going out and who the messengers were. Without hesitation Basil ordered Gwacho to the palace to get this information.

The next day Barl came to Brett with information, Splintle was working on writing a proper formal letter to send to the Duke of Frothfryke Cage Henderson. Bark also reported that he would b e able to provide Brett with new information daily. From that point on Basil knew when messengers were leaving and who they were and each time one was sent out his forces would stop them.

On M8-18 31 ASB Brett Basil ordered his forces that were assembled outside of Jarnvattan to storm the city, the battle lasted three days with Brett Basil coming out victorious. Once in the palace Brett had the radio room repaired which took five days, once it was repaired Brett Basil made a public announcement to the dukes of Clayistan where he told them that he had recaptured Jarnvattan he went on to say that on that day he would declare himself the King of Clayistan and have his armies march on the Kingdom of Clayistria to "both avenge [his] brother and to recover his body" he went on to state that he cared very little about whether or not the holy men supported his. Later that day Brett Basil declared himself King of Clayistan as Claysius I and ordered his armies to march on the Kingdom of Clayistria. He also had the House of Barl created for Gwacho Barl. By M8-30 31 ASB all of the dukes of Clayistan had recognized Claysius I as their king.

### King of Clayistan (31 ASB - 48 ASB)

Though he was the King of Clayistan Claysius I was neither the head of the House of Basil nor the Duke of Iron Lake as both titles passed directly onto Lorenzo Basil, Claysius I who was technically also the regent of the Duchy of Iron Lake and of the House of Basil itself rectified this on M9-09 31 ASB by having his infant nephew abdicate both titles in favour of him. On M9-11 31 ASB Claysius I created the County of Essaria occupying the House of Basil's holdings on the main island of the Purple Isles, he declared Lorenzo Basil the count of this new county and declared his own son Raymond Basil its regent.

During Splintle's rule in Jarnvattan Splintle had convinced the people of the city that Brett Basil had killed Maya Basil and was orchestrating a coup against the rightful heir. Brett's ascension looked to the people of Jarnvattan as though Splintle's claim was true. Claysius I's advisors feared an assassination attempt and recommended that he move the capital to Osilicat who he was well liked. Claysius I refused to move the capital from Jarnvattan as that was where the Basil family had lived for generations. On M9-13 31 ASB Claysius I commissioned the creation of the Ebony Palace on the outskirts of Jarnvattan, that way he would still rule from Jarnvattan but would be a safe distance away from most of the threatening people. He named the palace after his father.

The Ebony Palace was completed on M3-17 32 ASB. Claysius and his court left the Artain Palace three days later for the new building. Claysius I also had his remaining family in Osilicat set off for the Ebony Palace.

On M9-27 33 ASB Claysius I was informed that the labour city of Boretine had been attacked and destroyed in the night prior by the Kingdom of Clayistria in an attempt to rescue prisoners of war. Claysius I asked how it had happened but already knew the answer. Clayistria had a unified navy whilst the Kingdom of Clayistan relied on local duchy operated navies. It had worked well before hand as Clayistria was mostly focused on defending their own borders but this attack proved to Claysius I that Clayistan needed a unified army. On M10-06 33 ASB Claysius I had all duchy owned naval vessels given to the Kingdom and incorporated into the Clayistan Naval Body.

The war against the Kingdom of Clayistria ended on M12-13 33 ASB with a second ceasefire and control of several pieces of land being given to the Kingdom of Clayistan including the Skagalandi Peninsula, the only Clay city on the piece of land was a city called Briciole the governor of the city was a man named Ciaran Amarillo, on M12-15 33 ASB instead of removing this man from power Claysius I created the Barony of Briciole and declared Amarillo its Baron the rest of the peninsula was placed under direct Clayistan control. Despite the victory against the Kingdom of Clayistria the body of Victory I was not recovered.

On M2-18 48 ASB Claysius I was wounded in a dueling accident, the wound he sustained became infected leading to his death on M10-19 48 ASB.