Manterro II

* Basic Info
* Relations
* Occupations

Claysando III:

Born M10-10 438 ASB

King of Clayistan:

M10-11 445 ASB - M1-10 448 ASB

King of Clayistan:

Claysando II

King of Clayistan:

Claysando III

## Biography

### Early life (408 ASB - 427 ASB)

Manterro II (born Yusuf Ardash) was born in Sunbell on M8-26 408 ASB to Prime Minister Claysando Ardash and Jadis Ardash. Yusuf Ardash was initially educated by a private teacher hired by his father. On M8-07 426 ASB Yusuf Ardash joined the Independence Party and on M7-07 427 ASB Yusuf was elected to serve as the Member of Parliament for Port Alander which was largely due to the popularity of his father in the city.

### MP for Port Alander (427 ASB - 437 ASB)

Yusuf Ardash promised to crack down on illegal importation and exportation from the city. On M8-02 428 ASB Yusuf married fellow Independence Party member Jodhi Krebs who elected not to take Yusuf's last name. On M3-07 429 ASB Yusuf's goal of cracking down on illegal importation and exportation was finalized due to the outbreak of the War of Heordian Deposition and the port's occupation by the Sandy Clay Armed Forces, additionally due to his father's claimed position a King of Clayistan and the Sandy Clay Commonwealth Yusuf Ardash was now a prince. On M11-04 435 ASB Yusuf's wife gave birth to a daughter who was given the name Jaina Ardash. On M2-11 437 ASB the Sandy Clay Commonwealth was annexed by Clayistan and Yusuf's position ceased to exist.

### Prince of Clayistan (437 ASB - 445 ASB)

Yusuf was both a prince of Clayistan and Heir Apparent and as such he spent a significant amount of time meeting with the important men and women throughout the country. On M10-10 438 ASB Yusuf's wife gave birth to a son who was given the name Osian Ardash. During the Clay-Red War which lasted from 441 ASB - 443 ASB Yusuf would go on many trips to meet with Clayistan's leading generals and learn of their strategies and tactics.

On M10-08 445 ASB Claysando II died of the illness that had been plaguing since earlier in the year, Yusuf Ardash was to host the funeral and send the invitations to a handful of the most important guests, specifically the President of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam Skellard Moaruit, the King of Nnukwu Ala Wali nke Timeworm and a representative of the deposed leader of the Federal Republic of Greissen (FRG) Joseph Staloam. The funeral was held on M10-11 445 ASB and on that same day Yusuf Ardash was crowned King of Clayistan as Manterro II.

### King of Clayistan (445 ASB - 447 ASB)

The day after he was crowned Manterro II established the title of 'Chief Colonial Officer' and would be put in charge if Clayistan's three holdings on the Precious Metals Continent, he appointed his brother Amaan Ardash to the position and sent him off to Drahokam in Magnare this was done partly due to Manterro II's fear that his brother would attempt to overthrow him. After Amaan had left for Magnare Manterro II radioed the Governor of Magnare Christopher Aregona to update him on the situation. Five days after becoming the King of Clayistan Manterro II formed a council to try and find a way to rescue the deposed Joseph Staloam. On M12-22 445 ASB Manterro II announced the formation of Clayistan's "Southern Provinces" out of their occupied land in the south-west of the Soil Texture Continent.

On M1-22 446 ASB Manterro II decided that he was done waiting for his Staloam Council to come to a conclusion and decided to come up with his own may to rescue him. Manterro II began by looking in the archives in the Terracotta Palace for any information on the FRG, he discovered on his second day of searching that the Clayistan vessel CSV Zhangtong was serving as a spy ship in the FRG's navy as the FRS Joseph. Manterro II began pestering the Council of Thirteen who managed the FRS Joseph to allow him to use the spy ship to rescue Staloam, they finally agreed on M2-23 446 ASB Manterro II then authorized his rescue. Staloam and several of his allies arrived at the port city of Elmhurst on M2-27 446 ASB where Manterro II had established a former office building to serve as his government in exile.

Throughout much of his early reign Manterro II believed that his subjects did not respect him and that they had only respected his father due to his successful military action, so on M5-10 446 ASB Manterro II declared war on the Clay Loam Confederation in an attempt to prove himself to his subjects. On M8-10 446 ASB the state owned workers within the labour city of Annaractine which was located near the front lines of the Clay Loam Confederation revolted against Clayistan and captured the city, they then declared the Annaractine Republic and began spreading out and taking more towns and villages in the area, Manterro II refused to acknowledge the revolt as anything other than a minor rebellion. On M9-10 446 ASB Council of Thirteen member Jay Haney asked Manterro II to hand over control of Clayistan to the Council of Thirteen so that they may put down the revolt, Manterro II declined. It was noted by Imam Cervantes one of Manterro II's advisors that the Annaractine Republic had significantly more equipment than they should have had given their geographic location and on M9-23 446 ASB Manterro II began looking into the source of the Annaractine Republic's equipment via the Terracotta Palace's archives.

On M2-05 447 ASB Manterro II restored the Sandy Clay Autonomous Region (SCAR), though this time being based out of Port Alander instead of Sunbell, his reason for the restoration was to take power away from the Council of Thirteen. On M4-08 447 ASB believing that he had found the source of the Annaractine Republic's supplies launched an invasion of the Silt Fleet. On M4-20 447 ASB the Annaractine Republic persuaded Ceramica to declare independence as the Grand Duchy of Ceramica. On M6-16 447 ASB Manterro II gave complete control over Clayistan to the Council of Thirteen in an attempt to win the various wars that he had started, whilst in private Manterro II began investigating his failure.

On M7-27 447 ASB despite handing control of the government over to the Council of Thirteen the Basil Kingdom, Nova Purpura and Sloam Island all declared independence from Clayistan. On M8-22 447 ASB in an attempt to stop the ongoing crisis the Council of Thirteen invited the Clayistan generals Warren Grimes and Philip Patel into their council and became the Council of Fifteen. On M9-04 447 ASB Manterro II entered into the Terracotta Palace's archives as he had done many times prior this time he found in a box containing records brought over from the Ceramica office a list showing the numbers of units that were present at the start of the war in each of the armies, Manterro II knew that following his father's takeover of Clayistan the Clayistan National Army (CNA) was centralized and expanded. Later that day Manterro II approached his advisor Iman Cervantes and asked him how many soldiers were in the CNA at the start of the war against the Clay Loam Confederation, the number he gave was approximately half that of the total troop count that was listed in the Heord era list, he asked Cervantes who gave him that number and was informed that it was at the time Council of Thirteen member Jay Haney.

On M12-07 447 ASB the Council of Fifteen made peace with the five breakaway states along with the Silt Fleet, Manterro II was unpleased with the decision though publicly supported it. On M1-04 448 ASB Manterro II was invited to dine with Council of Fifteen member Samuel Welkon in his office in Terracotta City, when Manterro II arrived he noted the abundance of boxes laying around, Welkon told Manterro II that they had just been shipped in from the Council of Fifteen's old offices that were located in what is now the Basil Kingdom. Whilst Welkon was off readying the table for dinner Manterro II peaked into one of the boxes and began thumbing through it and found a shipping manifest originating from the Silt Fleet which he took. After his visit with Welkon Manterro II inspected the shipping manifest that showed that the Council of Thirteen had purchased a large amount of Silt Fleet made weaponry, after five days of checking the weapons stockpiles across the country Manterro II concluded that the weapons had been given to the Annaractine Republic. On M1-10 448 ASB Manterro II contacted his brother Amaan Ardash for the first time since he had sent him off to Magnare, he told Amaan what had transpired whilst he was gone and how he intended to take back control of Clayistan and fully dissolve the Council of Fifteen and have it's members arrested for treason, as he was speaking to his brother Manterro II was shot in the back of the head by Jay Haney.