Benjamin Icosadon

* Basic Info
* Occupations

Foreman of the Qym Sanctum:

M10-03 201 ASB - present

Owner of the Tapial Block:

M7-06 217 ASB - present

Member of the Clayistan Royal Guard:

M6-25 155 ASB - M8-22 201 ASB

Member of the CRG Lower Council:

M6-25 192 ASB - M8-22 201 ASB

Member of the CRG-Tapial

M8-22 201 ASB - present

Foreman of the Qym Sanctum:

None, position created

Head of the Tapial Block:

None, position created

Foreman of the Qym Sanctum:

None, currently holds position

Owner of the Tapial Block:

None, currently holds position

## Biography

### Early life and CRG training (136 ASB - 153 ASB)

Benjamin Icosadon (born Brian Ard) was born on M6-23 136 ASB in the town of Miremeer. Brian was abducted by the Clayistan Royal Guard (CRG) on M10-22 136 ASB and given the name Benjamin Icosadon. He began his training in the Essalia Sanctum shortly after.

On M6-25 153 ASB Benjamin and twelve other CRG trainees began descended into the vast network of caverns and tunnels below Eugenisme Island with only a lamp each. They were to survive in the tunnels until M6-25 155 ASB. This was the final test that CRG initiates had to pass.

### Final test (153 ASB - 155 ASB)

On M6-28 153 ASB the group found a metallic sub-building that appeared to be easily defendable, with only two openings, a door and a roof access. Benjamin noticed that the location was also fairly close to running water and a plentiful amount of lizards and snakes, the group decided to use the sub-building as a permanent camp.

Benjamin was in the camp with eight of the other initiates on M7-23 153 ASB. He and four other initiates were trying to sleep when he heard a sound coming from outside, as he got up to investigate he saw Adam Icosadon turn on his lamp and get pounced on then ripped in two by a creature. During the attack Benjamin saw two more initiates torn apart by the beast before he managed to escape with Sophia Icosadon and Michael Icosadon. The trio ran as fast as they could away from their camp and ended up resting between the remains of two large pipes, they had just survived a Tunnel Man. The following day the group decided to try and wander south under the sea, to where food would be more scarce and so would the Tunnel Men.

By early 154 ASB food the trio had been living off of the half dead fish that fell through from the ceiling. They wouldn't dare start a fire lest attract the tunnel men. On M5-24 154 ASB the trio was searching separately from each other for food. Benjamin Icosadon discovered the body of Elmwood Icosadon, one of the initiates who were off getting water on the day of the attack. On the body Benjamin found a large amount of food, before he had time to collect it Michael Icosadon reappeared and pulled a gun on him. Michael demanded that Benjamin hand over his food. Benjamin was going to do as Michael said until a Tunnel Man come out from the dark, grabbed Michael and dragged him into an Eternal Pit. Benjamin took the gun which Michael had dropped and regroup with Sophia.

Benjamin and Sophia emerged from the tunnels on M6-25 155 ASB and were made full members in the CRG.

### Clayistan Royal Guard (155 ASB - 201 ASB)

On M6-25 192 ASB Benjamin Icosadon became a member of the CRG Lower Council.

On M7-30 201 ASB King of Clayistan Argilla IV died. Argilla IV's funeral was held on M8-13 201 ASB. Argilla IV's half-brother Elton Tapial was scheduled to succeed him as the King of Clayistan, however at the funeral Elton Tapial was murdered by his brother Prakash Tapial. The vassals of Clayistan decided against allowing Prakash to become the King of Clayistan and instead declared Harrison Tapial King of Clayistan as Claysius III. The Head of the CRG Triangulo Burgus was at the funeral and agreed to recognize the move. Benjamin Icosadon considered the move went against what the CRG was trained to do and considered Prakash to be the true King of Clayistan. On M8-22 201 ASB Icosadon assassinated Triangulo Burgus as he was leaving the Jarnvattan Sanctum, and announced what he had done to the CRG and that Prakash Tapial was the true King of Clayistan. many in the CRG supported Icosadon and joined his faction and supported him as the Head of the CRG starting a faction of the CRG known as the CRG-Tapial and the First CRG Schism.

### Schism (201 ASB - 215 ASB)

One of the first things that Benjamin needed to do as the leader of a rouge CRG faction was to establish a Sanctum to serve as the faction's headquarters, despite several of the existing sanctum's joining his faction. On M10-03 201 ASB Icosadon established the Qym Sanctum in Clayistria.

On M11-19 214 ASB the Benjamin led an attack against the Essalia Sanctum which housed the new head of the CRG Amar Burgus. On M11-21 214 ASB Amar Burgus was killed by Benjamin's forces causing the remaining CRG in the sanctum to retreat into the caverns below and giving the CRG-Tapial control over the sanctum. The CRG-Tapial had been running low on resource and Benjamin decided that they could not afford to keep men stationed at the Essalia Sanctum so a day after its capture he had all of its records either looted or burned, the sanctum too was burned.

By 215 ASB the CRG-Tapial had been reduced to only the Qym Sanctum not because they lost Sanctums but because they had lost too many men to be able to maintain the sanctums and had them abandoned. Benjamin knew that the CRG proper was suffering nearly as much as his faction was and was convinced believed that if they could take out their new leader Massara Hendrake the CRG would collapse into a state where they would no longer be a threat. M1-20 215 ASB Icosadon's forces intercepted a message that implied that the CRG was now based out of the Vundarf Sanctum, two days later Icosadon began an attack against it. That attack went well at first with Icosadon and his forces making it well within the sanctum. Then the explosions went off and the entire Vundarf Sanctum fell into the vast pit below Vundarf, when what was left of the sanctum landed Icosadon lost consciousness. Benjamin awoke a few minutes later and managed to crawl his way out of the wreckage where he saw Massara Hendrake limping away from the scene. Benjamin didn't want Hendrake to survive this so he shot and killed him. Benjamin began making his way back to the Qym Sanctum, though the First CRG Schism was over the CRG-Tapial was not.

### Tapial Block (215 ASB - present)

Icosadon returned to the Qym Sanctum on M2-23 215 ASB and announced the his plan for the CRG-Tapial. They were to begin kidnaping children to train as new members, they would also look towards starting businesses to fund themselves. Icosadon himself intended to establish and lead a mercenary group which he created on M7-06 217 ASB in the Duchy of Panira called the Tapial Block.

As Icosadon grew older he underwent experimental procedures to prolong his life.

On M2-19 381 ASB the CRG-Tapial learnt that the Third CRG Schism had begun between the CRG proper and the CRG-Sectile. On M3-12 381 ASB Benjamin Icosadon and three other members of the CRG-Tapial tracked down and surrounded a man who they had identified as a member of the CRG-Sectile. Icosadon identified himself as Remus Barchi, an officer of the Tapial Block and told the CRG-Sectile agent that the Tapial Block knew who he was and that they were also interested in installing a member of the House of Sectile as the King of Clayistan and were willing to aid the CRG-Sectile in the schism. The agent told Icosadon that he would talk to his superiors about his proposal. This was the beginning of the Tapial Block's involvement in the Third CRG Schism.

On M8-08 385 ASB a group of Tapial Block members including Icosadon were invited to the CRG-Sectile's headquarters, the Cramryth Sanctum to make up for agents who had died fighting the CRG proper. They had the ability to move anywhere throughout the sanctum save for the archive room.

On M6-10 405 ASB the Xylophone Sanctum fell to the CRG proper, leaving the CRG-Sectile in control of only the Cramryth Sanctum and the Mangmeer Sanctum. Icosadon began secretly shipping members of the CRG-Tapial to Cramryth and sending them into the jungle. He knew that the records kept within the Xylophone Sanctum would lead them to Cramryth and that and that the Mangmeer Sanctum would probably continue to go unknown. Icosadon decided that he had done all the damage to the CRG he could with the CRG-Sectile and decided to wrap up the schism. On M6-15 405 ASB members of the CRG-Tapial under the orders of Icosadon attacked the Mangmeer Sanctum and captured it that same day. They looted the facility of its archives and burnt the remainder of the sanctum. The CRG-Sectile blamed the attack on the CRG proper. Icosadon used the attack to justify bringing more Tapial Block members into the Cramryth Sanctum to the leader of the CRG-Sectile Michael Omdart.

On M7-11 406 ASB the CRG attacked the Cramryth Sanctum, during the siege Icosadon worked on making sure that the members of the Tapial Block survived. By M7-23 406 ASB the Cramryth Sanctum was almost out of food and ammunition, Michael Omdart ordered his forces included into the caverns below the island. On M7-25 406 ASB whilst wandering through the caverns Omdart's party was attacked by a Tunnel Man, Icosadon used the chaos of the attack to surround Omdart and the rest of the CRG-Sectile forces. Icosadon used a radio to contact the CRG forces who were now in the Cramryth Sanctum and offered them all of the surviving members of the CRG-Sectile in exchange for amnesty to the Tapial Block and its members. The CRG responded positively and gave them the location of a transfer point. Icosadon and his squad set off with their prisoners, with Omdart trying to convince Icosadon that it was a trap and that amnesty would not be given. When Icosadon handed over his prisoners to the CRG the leader of the group the leader of the CRG present granted amnesty and insisted that that they travel back to the port together. As they walked through the jungle the CRG members and their prisoners slowed down gradually to allow the Tapial Block to overtake them, before they were able to execute the Tapial Block a member of the CRG called Ray Trailis pointed out to his superior that their were snipers hidden in the trees. Icosadon turned around and told the CRG that he had snipers planted throughout the jungle and made it clear that if the amnesty was not respected then this conflict would continue between the CRG and the Tapial Block but this time with the full Tapial Block forces in play. The leader of the CRG present agreed to respect the amnesty agreement.

On M2-15 437 ASB Icosadon's agents reported that Ray Trailis got into a firefight with another confirmed member of the CRG, Icosadon ordered his forces to continue observing Trailis to see if they had another schism on their hands. On M7-17 437 ASB Icosadon arrived in the city of Briciole with the intent of meeting with Ray Trailis who was using the false name Rad Brad. When Icosadon entered Trailis instantly recognized him, Icosadon told him that he knew about both the Fourth CRG Schism and the CRG-Heord and that once again the interests of the Tapial Block aligned against the CRG proper. This was the start of the Tapial Block's involvement in the Fourth CRG Schism.