Oliver Hayes

**Oliver Hayes** (1836 - 1901), formally known as *King Oliver* or by the cognomens *Oliver the Mad* or *Oliver the Landfather*, was a Solague-born Avalonian royal, former bounty hunter and soldier. Along with his childhood friend Monty Marshall, he founded the Kingdom of Avalon in 1860.

## Social life

### Occupation

MonarchBounty hunter (former) Soldier (former)

### Primary relationships

Monty S. Marshall (childhood friend)
Leon Hastings (childhood friend)
Asilonn O'Connor (childhood friend)

## Early life

Oliver Hayes was born on March 10th 1836. He grew up in a small tribal village in the east coast of North America to his indigenous mother and white father. Due to this, Oliver was shunned by his village, and at 4 years old his mother put him on a boat enroute to Avalonia in hopes of him living a better, happier life. Upon arrival, the young boy was found by an elderly German couple whom decided to take him in and raise him. After their untimely passing, at just 10 years old Oliver went out to roam the land of Avalon and fend for himself. At 14 years old, he follows his close friend Monty back to Solague via a ferry across the Atlantic Ocean.

### Friend group

Oliver's friend group primarily consisted of Monty S. Marshall, Asilonn O'Connor, Leon Hastings and Monty's older brother Augustus. Oliver built strong relationships with Monty and Asilonn respectively, whilst also seeking comfort in Augustus when things went awry. Together, they played around Avalon and its nearby nature almost every day until Monty had to travel across the world for family, in which Oliver decided to follow along with, causing the friend group to ever-so-slightly spllt.

### Life in Solague

Oliver reached his destination in 1850. Upon arriving to the east coast of North America, which is where the Republic of Solague was located, he attempted to integrate with its society but found it difficult to adjust due to the lack of people he knew there. Due to this, he journeyed out into the wild to reconnect with his old village. After finding his old community, he learns of his mother's death during a conflict with the Solagist military, in which he decides to leave society behind and live by his own philosophy.

Oliver started to become anti-social due to his self-induced isolation, only meeting with Monty scarcely due to him getting involved with posses of outlaws - ultimately double-crossing them and stealing all of their inventory. He started to become a self-made man but yet an apathetic killer, making a slight name for himself around the region. In a fit of anger and hurt because of his mother's passing, he took an axe to eight people, deeming the Solagist people to be responsible for his mother's passing. Oliver never faced prosecution for his crimes, as law enforcement deemed him too young to face punishment, unknowing of his outlaw way of life.

### Education

Oliver never had any formal education until attending the University of Western Monsburgh, therefore he had to learn to both read and write whilst studying political science, sociology and architecture. He was quite confrontational in his classes, pushing for his ideas and ideologies valiantly. Education did not suit Oliver due to his social difficulties, but nevertheless he graduated all 3 subjects and could speak fluent German, as well as his native tongue of Algic and English.

## Previous careers

### Bounty hunting

During his years in both Solague and Avalon, Oliver made a living from bounty hunting around both of the regions. He double crossed and brought in many criminals during this time, making enemies around the regions and solidifying himself as somebody to not get in the path of.

### Soldier

His years in Solague did not just consist of being on his lonesome in the wilderness, Oliver did in fact try and integrate with Solagist society whilst also still living his outlaw way of life. he found himself disliking the government's way of handling indigenous and villager problems as the Solagist emperor commanded the construction of a correctional facility. Outraged by this, Oliver started to become a public nuisance and would often vandalise government buildings until he was sought out by a group of like-minded people who named themselves the *Rebellion of the Commonwealth*, in which they quickly appointed Hayes not only a solider but also a commander due to his skillsets in being stealthy and general combat.

Oliver would help the rebellion with spreading their message, leading to the impressionable young man become a figurehead for them due to his strong presence. This would not be a peaceful way of getting what they want, for Oliver planted dynamite underneath a table the townpeople and their government set up. This subsequently lead to the Table Incident, fortunately nobody suffered fatal wounds - this only fuelled Hayes more and branded him a terrorist, making him a wanted man. Unfortunately, this would not be the only act of violence Oliver would partake in, for during an arrest afterwards he slaughtered 4 law enforcement before making his escape.

Hayes' involvement in the rebellion turned his rambunctious, apathetic take on life into one of delusion and bloodlust as he lost sight of what truly mattered, leading to him proposing the Siege of Jamestown. The Commonwealth took arms and began a violent siege on the colony, which resulted in a victory for the rebellion. Due to greed, the Commonwealth attempted to storm the mainland in which they were intercepted by more Solagist troops. Outnumbered, Oliver fled in which solidified his departure from the rebellion.

#### Prosecution

Oliver was officially prosecuted for his terroristic acts in a Solagist court in 1852, and was exiled from the country and its territories. Oliver set up camp in a swampland not too far away from continental Solague and lived there until 1855, when his crimes were pardoned.

### Early political career

On October 1st, 1860, Oliver and his childhood friend Monty S. Marshall set out on a political mission to unify the nation once and for all. They committed several coups across the many city-states of Avalon in hopes of unifying them all under one monarch. Oliver helped this cause by becoming somewhat of a figurehead for their message - this was done to make him seem worthy of the title of monarch, in which the public staunchly supported. This was done easily due to Marshall's ties he made during his time as general. Despite Oliver having studied political science, he had never practiced it properly, therefore opting to be more stoic then brains in the meantime so that people have somebody to look up to.

Whilst standing upon the Fountain of Prosperity, Monty improvised a speech in front of the ever-so gathering crowd.

#### *The Speech of Prosperity*

*"I'm happy to stand here in front of you, upon this fountain's edge, with my associate Oliver Hayes. We're establishing a nation state as we speak, in order to protect each and everyone's needs and lives. Mister Hayes will be our gracious king and saviour from here on out. I hope that you're all okay with that change."*

## King of Avalon

Upon being crowned *King Oliver of the Avalonians*, him and Marshall were quickly tasked with the challenge of keeping the newfound country alive. Their government had officially been formed, and a few previous townspeople were appointed to positions of Parliament at the hand of Marshall.

### 1860-1862

The king quickly sought out to give his nation identity, ordering the incumbent Monty Marshall to create a national anthem for the kingdom. Oliver gushed from his newfound wealth, commissioning high quality, flashy outfits to wear during his various outings around the newly formed Kingdom of Avalon and its growing collection of colonies. The lavishing lifestyle ended quickly, as the harsh realities of running a country dawned upon Hayes, for Rhodonite forces started to appear around the nearby colonies, most notably the Township of Romulus. Before they all knew it, the Pillager army stormed the Avalonian mainland and successfully seized it, causing the government and its people to retreat to the colony of Sprucelands.

#### *The Speech of Sprucelands*

"*They won't terrorise us any longer. They won't take our Kingdom nor our prosperity. "United we shall live here," that is what our anthem says, and live here we WILL. So soon, my friends, we will take back what is ours. We will take back our mainland, we will slaughter any pillager that's with them, and we will spill GUTS! We will take back our land when the time is right, my friends. For now stay put, please. The Avalonian Kingdom isn't done for just yet, we're just starting..."*

After this speech was given, King Oliver and Monty S. Marshall stormed with their troops to fight the pillagers head-on in the capital of Avalonia. During the battle, Oliver was slashed in the face by a soldier, gaining a facial scar going from his jaw to his forehead.

With a victory in their hands, the Avalonian people and their government focused on rebuilding their nation and regaining stability.

## Murders committed by Oliver Hayes

**Leopold III** - The Rhodonite King was beaten to death during the Avalonian Independence War