User:Clarky Arbastor

Description
Clarky Cat is a 250 and something year old gnome, wearing a blue robe, white shirt, blue trousers, and thick black boots. He still wears and maintains his crown, even though his days of being a monarch are long behind him. When Phoenia was going under reforms including trying to sell off Lutumshire prior to Clarky's declaration of independence, they changed from a monarchy (Which Clarky was in favor of) to a republic. Because of this, Clarky has an ill view of republics and other democratic systems, and is a large fan of monarchies and diarchies.

Pre-Lutnam
Clarky Cat was born and raised in the fields of what is now Diregon. He and his friends, 36reaper and Un_Sabroso_Huevo set off when Clarky got bored of his normal life, living at his gnome house. They ventured across the lands, searching for a way to make money. They dug for gold, they tried to sell alcohol and even tried living off cheese and nothing else for a bit. This cycle of being broke went on for a while until they stumbled upon Rabanshire (later known as Phoenia). Clarky had dreamed of being a noble mayor, and he knew this was his chance. He requested 5000 dollar from the king so he could found a town in the middle of the desert which he called Lutumshire. It was generously donated to him. The fact Lutumshire was in a desert was an issue because deserts have no food. They were living off rations at this point, until Un_Sabroso_huevo had a vision from Da Berry himself, they were blessed with berries. They lived off of berries for a long time, eventually forming the religion of Berrism around it. After gaining a reputation of being the crazy berry lovers, they were informed of a forest, full of naturally growing berries. The entire town abandoned all their things and fled to the new place, only bringing the essentials.. Such as berries. Clarky built the first house there, the community house. The town rapidly expanded now it wasnt in a desert. It eventually, however, fell into inactivity. The phoenians decided to sell the area Lutumshire was in. Clarky saw this as an opportunity to become independent, and acted outraged to gain independence. It worked. Lutumshire was now independent as the Holy Kingdom Of Lutum, Clarky was feeling amazing at this point. The nation expanded slowly but surely, this is when most of the important Lutumites joined. Clarky started distancing himself from the government, being pretty overwhelemd at the unexpected growth of Lutumshire, he was, whoever, overjoyed. Everything was going well until the Phoenix Crisis.

Lutnam
All his time and effort into making the country what it was, gone. The journey away from his homeland was enough to crack at the mind of the weak willed, but it was the destination the destroyed Clarky Cat. He spent all of his time mining and drinking in the caves of Lutnam, from walking in his fortress home at Lutumshire, to crawling in the dusty tunnels of Lutnam. It was a drastic change and the only thing the kept him and his comrades moving every day was their burning hate for the Phoenians who took their homes. Many people believe this was the turning point where Clarky Cat went insane. After the crisis was resolved, he stepped down after becoming far too crackers due to the McClarky Curse. This made his son, Blue Arbiter, the new monarch of Lutum. Blue Arbiter set the entire future of the country on its course before he too, was broken by the mcclarky curse and stepped down, leaving LT incharge. After his son stepped down, Clarky Cat's McClarky curse worsened.

Post Lutnam
After his condition plummeted, Clarky left the country and went into isolation for a month, it is still unknown where he went or what he did, when questioned on the fact, he just replies something along the lines of "I was thinking for a bit...". When Clarky returned, the nation had completely changed. It had formed with the country of Visio into the country of vespera. Clarky fell into a pit of alcoholism (although he already.. enjoyed alcohol before hand) and solitude locked up in his fortress. He now stays quiet most of the time, only speaking to close friends from Lutum and family, only rarely speaking to anyone else. He longs to get help and to be saved from his downward spiral, but he alone cannot help himself, and the lack of doctors, let alone therapists in vespera doesnt help much. He now resorts to walking around, often looking confused, or paranoid. When not in his castle, he can be seen buying alcohol bottles in the cafes and bars of Lutumshire, or walking aimlessly through the maze that is the sewers. Clarky has truly taken a fall from grace, once a prideful king, now a lowly poor alcohol addicted citizen of Vespera. He still holds some resemblance of respect from the oldest of Lutum veterans, but from newer people, and merchants, he is just scene as a mad drunkard hobo. This obviously took more of a toll on his mental health ontop of the McClarky curse, and he seems to be getting sadder day by day, plummeting further down his mental spiral.

Therapy
Around June, the construction of a therapy office was announced. The lack of mental help had not helped Clarky with his mental instability, so to hear that there was one being built was good news to Clarky and many other citizens (exluding Sepet). After the building was completed, Clarky was led over. The hospital looked like a cellar from the exterior, hidden behind the blacksmith of Lutumshire. When Clarky walked down the stairs, he was horrified. There was blood coating the floor and a pressure plate in the middle of the room. Clarky turned to leave but was blocked by Nova, now wearing full diamond armor, forcing him onto the pressure pad. As soon as the pressure pad was touched, walls shot out from the floor, trapping Clarky within. Clarky scrambled to try and escape, but he knew that even if he did, he would be killed by Nova anyway. Clarky then tried to break out, causing Nova to pull a lever, crushing Clarky into the floor, causing him agonizing pain. He tried to scream for help but nobody could hear him in the basement. Clarky was then beaten and tortured until he finally escaped, mining directly down and luckily landing in a cave system which was connected to the huge stripmines under Lutumshire. Clarky ran for his life. He eventually surfaced, still being chased by Nova. He used his secret systems of tunnels but they were of no help either. Eventually he drank crimson wine which made him float away and finally escape from Nova.. This has caused Clarky to develop trust issues and constant paranoia but also a fear and hatred for therapists. Clarky now cannot get the help he desperately needs because of this fear. He also stays away from Nova now.

Diregon
A while after Clarky had arrived back at Vespera, they merged again into Diregon. Clarky didnt care much for it, and the only reason I am bringing it up is just to avoid confusion later on when I refer to the country as Diregon.

Cats
After the events of the therapy room, Clarky was at his lowest mental point. He was alone for most of his time, and now constantly paranoid. He eventually learned that Ember had pet cats, and so he begged for a kitten. Eventually, he got a small jellie cat kitten which he called Gubo. Clarky loved Gubo, designating an entire room of his house just for the kitten. This, at the time of writing, seems to be the start of Clarkies mental recovery.

The beginning of the end
Gubo died a couple days later, and a couple days after that, he was replaced by Goobert the cat. Goobert was given to Clarky as a kitten. Goobert was a tabby kitten who has now replaced Gubo and taken over his room. Clarky now had an idea. He felt empty inside, so he would just simply fill that space with cats. Clarky begun breeding cats.. A lot. However, most of them vanished under suspicious circumstances. Clarky now has 5-8 cats to his name.