Achille II

* Basic Info
* Relations
* Occupations

Lawrence Sunbell:

M12-03 282 ASB

Head of the House of Sunbell:

M8-01 280 ASB - M4-19 316 ASB

King of Clayistan:

M7-19 280 ASB - M2-30 290 ASB (disputed M7-19 280 ASB - M8-01 280 ASB)

Duke of Sunbell and Alander:

M3-01 290 ASB - M4-02 304 ASB

Head of the House of Sunbell:

Ghada I

King of Clayistan:

Ghada I

Duke of Sunbell and Alander:

Ghada I

Head of the House of Sunbell:

Claysius Sunbell

King of Clayistan:

Claymore I

Duke of Sunbell and Alander:

None, position dissolved

## Biography

### Early life (242 ASB - )

Achille II (born Vincent Sunbell) was born in the city of Jarnvattan to Chungo Sunbell and his wife Louisa Sunbell. On M5-26 253 ASB Vincent Sunbell was betrothed to Anastasia Thunder of the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam, he was told by his parents that she was the daughter of her people's king Clapper II, Sunbell was then sent off to the city of Levilius to live with his betrothed's family.

Vincent Sunbell married Anastasia Thunder on M6-10 263 ASB, his bride took the last name Sunbell. On M4-09 264 ASB Anastasia Sunbell gave birth to a son who Achille named Claysius Sunbell after the first King of Clayistan of the Sunbell Dynasty.

On M1-02 279 ASB King Argilla V of Clayistan and Vincent Sunbell's cousin died and was succeeded the next day by his son Austin Sunbell who took the regnal name Ghada I.

### Thunder War (279 ASB - 280 ASB)

Vincent Sunbell's father-in-law Clapper II was not very happy about the state of Clayistan, with Ghada I being only nine years old and with no regent or regency council, Clapper II believed that he was being directly influenced by those who could get to him. On M9-25 279 ASB Clapper II talked to Vincent Sunbell about whether or not he would become King of Clayistan were it offered, Vincent Sunbell told his father-in-law that he would, three days after that conversation Clapper II marched his army into Clayistan beginning the Thunder War.

During the Thunder War Vincent Sunbell accompanied Clapper II and his forces as they marched north towards Jarnvattan. On M7-19 280 ASB Clapper II's forces breached Ghada I's palace in Jarnvattan and brought in Vincent Sunbell who he proclaimed King of Clayistan under the regnal name Achille II, Achille II was fully recognized by all of Clayistan on M8-01 280 ASB.

### King of Clayistan and War of Clay Restoration (280 ASB - 290 ASB)

Achille II spent his initial reign fulfilling promises made by Clapper II during the Thunder War to his supporters, such promises involved granting new powers to the vassals who aided them and investing in their held territories. Achille II also tried to repay his believed debt to Clapper II by reducing the amount that the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam paid to the Clayistan-Sandy Clay Loam Alliance to almost nothing and replacing their contributions with money from Clayistan's treasury, he also appointed his wife and Clapper II's daughter to the position of his chief advisor.

On M8-05 280 ASB the head of the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG) Michael Dyoum announced that he did not recognize Achille II as the legitimate King of Clayistan, Achille II had him removed from the CRG and replaced with a man name Adam Cardice. When Dyoum was removed he took a large number of CRG agents with him starting both the CRG-Sunbell and the Second CRG Schism, Cardice told Achille II that the CRG could deal with the schism.

By 282 ASB Achille II had made many changes in Clayistan to promote Sandy Clay Loam culture, this further improved relations with the Kingdom of Sandy Clay Loam, Achille II believed that he could one day incorporate the region into Clayistan properly if enough changes to Clayistan were done beforehand. On M1-22 282 ASB Duke Roland Sectile of Terracotta City and Duke Reuben Basil of Greater Elmhurst began moving their forces against Achille II beginning the War of Clay Restoration. On M12-03 282 ASB Achille II's son Lawrence Sunbell was born.

Achille II spent his initial time during the War of Clay Restoration in his palace in Jarnvattan. Towards the end of the war whilst the forces of Sectile and Basil were closing in on him Achille II began to travel to the frontlines and command his forces himself. Achille II was captured during on M2-28 290 ASB during the Battle of Brinjal just outside of the town of Brinjal. Achille II was taken by his captors to his own capital, his captors captured the city on M2-29 290 ASB after they showed that they had Achille II with them. Achille II was forced to abdicate in favour of Duke Roland Sectile who was not present at the capture of Jarnvattan due to being in a coma in Terracotta City, he took the name Claymore I. The day following his forced abdication Achille II was stripped of all of his titles but given the Duchy of Sunbell and Alander which had previously been held by his father, he then left for his new internal capital of Sunbell.

### Duke of Sunbell and Alander (290 ASB - 304 ASB)

Achille II arrived at Sunbell on M4-02 290 ASB and almost immediately after arriving Achille II read a letter from his father-in-law Clapper II pledging to provide him with financial and political support, Achille II decided for himself that he indeed wanted the throne back. On M4-04 290 ASB Veronica Stephenson, the daughter of one of Achille II's supporters during the War of Clay Restoration arrived at his court, Achille II developed a close friendship with her and talked to her of his plans to retake the throne. Clapper II was removed from power by Clayistan on M2-13 292 ASB and was from that point unable to financially aid Achille II, though he still pledged to help politically.

On M7-24 294 ASB Achille II's son Lawrence Sunbell married Veronica Stephenson, she took the name Sunbell. On M6-02 295 ASB Lawrence Sunbell and his wife left the city of Sunbell for the city of Sharptooth. On M9-16 299 ASB Veronica Sunbell became the Duchess of Sharptothria and the following day made her nephew Oskar Stephenson who was a supporter of Achille II her ambassador to Terracotta City.

For all of his time in Sunbell Achille II's problem had been figuring out how to get to Claymore I, he had had a supporter officially serving in the Terracotta Palace since M9-17 299 ASB but lacked the ability to do anything that would place him back into power, this all changed on M5-03 302 ASB when Claymore I died and was, a day later replaced by his brother Payden Sectile who took the regnal name Claymore II. Claymore II unlike his brother was not in a coma and had to host semi-regular parties and get togethers with his vassals to attempt to keep them in line, Achille II had completed his plan on M5-26 302 ASB.

Achille II's plan went as follows;

* Oskar Stephenson would sneak into the Terracotta Palace's paper office and change the invitations to a party to include only Achille II and his supporters
* Before Achille II set off for Clayistan he would tell his court to claim that he was still in the court
* Once at the party one of Achille II's supporters would go outside to the paper office using a concealed pistol fire at the gas pipe going through the building's ceiling
* Once most of the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG) forces had left Achille II and his supporters would overpower the few remaining CRG forces and capture Claymore II
* If Claymore II refused abdicate Achille II would have some one grab his son Anthony Sectile and threaten to kill him
* After Claymore II had signed a note of abdication Achille II would shoot Claymore II in the stomach and have Anthony Sectile hit over the head with any large object in his room and be placed back in his room
* Achille II and about a quarter of the other guests would then take several items of value from the palace and leave whilst the other guests gave each other minor injuries.

The party where Achille II planned to overthrow Claymore II took place on on M3-30 304 ASB. Part way through the party Lord Otto Winters of Corecryth left the ballroom on the excuse of it being a far drive back to Corecryth, a few minutes later an explosion was heard from outside, when Achille II heard it he gestured for Baron of Hursh Humza of Hervair to go and capture the young Sectile. Just as Humza was leaving the room Claymore II went to get some punch from a punch urn when Duke Ralph Sandoval of Tyvridge grabbed Claymore II by the neck and began to wrestle him to the ground, as the four CRG members in the room were running over to intervene Count Issah Marrowsparch of Marrowsparch stabbed one of the CRG members in the neck with a butter knife, Achille II then ran to the dying CRG member as if to tend to him and took his sidearm which he used shot one of the other CRG members in the back of the head before turning slightly and shooting another guard in the chest, the remaining CRG member was incapacitated when Grand Duke Harrish Pendleton of Northife hit him over the head with his metallic walking stick. Following the incapacitation of the CRG forces present Claymore II was heaved onto a chair and bound to it using a rope that had been brought in by Sandoval, Claymore II demanded for Achille II release him, Achille II demanded that Claymore II abdicate in favour of himself to restore him as the King of Clayistan, Claymore II told Achille II that "There is nothing you can do that could convince me to abdicate" Achille II told Claymore II that he had men capturing Claymore II's son and told Claymore II that "that is what will force you to abdicate". Achille II very quickly noticed that Humza had not returned and only twenty minutes later the CRG swarmed into ballroom where they were located, Sandoval and Marrowsparch were both killed almost immediately to a shot in the heart and head respectively, Achille II, who was holding a gun at the time was shot in the right lung and was immediately sent to the palace's hospital to be treated under the orders of Claymore II. On M4-02 304 ASB the Duchy of Sunbell and Alander was dissolved. Achille II was discharged from the Terracotta Palace's hospital on M4-04 304 ASB and told that he was being sent to Annaractine to serve as a labourer.

### Annaractine (304 ASB - 316 ASB)

Achille II arrived at Annaractine on M4-24 304 ASB and was put to work in the city's vast mine network.

On M2-01 310 ASB Achille II was ambushed by a group of labourer's who had been sent to Annaractine under his own orders, they beat Achille II until he was on the floor, as he was trying to get up one of the labourer's struck him in the spine with his pickaxe the group then abandoned him there Achille II spent the next two days on the lying on the floor unable to move. When Achille II was rescued and treated he was informed that he was paralyzed from the waist down, his job was changed from miner to working in the refinery where he was given a rudimentary wheelchair and was tasked with hauling around carts of minerals and chemicals.

Achille II died of chemical buildup on M4-19 316 ASB.