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<big><big><b>Sir Alexander Vasa, Viscount Lochland<br></b></big></big>
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<small> [[Prime Minister|PM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Order of the New Sarovian Empire|OSE]]</small>
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| Row3Info = Sir [[Kiddbrutal Kaine]], 1st Earl Kaine
| Row3Info = ''Regent, Prince Royal, Viscount Lochland, Clerk of the Privy Council, Prime Minister of the New Sarovian Empire, Counsellor of State''▼
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'''Prince Alexander Vasa''', the 1st Viscount Lochland Alexander Vasa
▲'''Prince Alexander Vasa, the 1st Viscount Lochland Alexander Vasa''' (born Prince Royal, Alexander Zor-Mako-Vasa) was a member of the Imperial House of Vasa. A descendant of [[Constantine IV Mako]] through Consantine IV's second's son, Prince Royal, Arthur, he was technically cousins to [[Carolus XII Vasa]] and [[Constantine VI & I Vasa]] though never met them, having joined in the reign of [[William I Vasa]]. Alexander was an experienced soldier, diplomat and a shrewd politician who was a profound and public anti-Unionist in the Saro-Oxerian Union, which gained him fame and renown amongst the youth of the Sarovian country. After the dissolution of the Union which Alexander campaigned for, he became a political outcast due to the wrath of Willima I. Alexander's fortunes would turn upon the ascension of [[Brianna I Vasa-Nassau]] which allowed and enabled him to rise to power once more, establishing a new Sarovian constitution and positioning himself as an autocratic Prime Minister who laid the foundation for the modern Sarovian state.
Modern perception of Alexander is rather varied, though he is seen and often ranked as one of the best Prime Ministers of the New Sarovian Empire and one of the most talented politicians to ever exist. These perceptions are often countered by claims of autocratic and dictatorial behaviour, citing his nine Stefanic years of near absolute control over the Empress Brianna, culminating in his Regency in the last months of her reign. Alexander was a staunch conservative traditionalist, and harboured extensive autocratic natures. He was known to neutralise dissent and "disappear" Sarovians who disagreed with him, leading to many liberal Sarovians denouncing his actions while also simultaneously acknowledging his benefit to the Sarovian nation. Likewise, he also is known as "Alexander the Kingmaker" for his actions cementing [[George I Vasa-Nassau]] on the Sarovian throne, continuing his Regency until his death.
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=== Rise to Power ===
In the first Stefanic year of the Empress Brianna's reign, the political scene was relatively chaotic. Four factions vyed for power over the young, impressionable Empress. There were the Constantists or Zaclites, the monarchists, the Sacroytes and the pacifists. The Constantists were usually aristocrats or
Alexander aligned himselves with the monarchists and quickly was allowed back into court by the Empress Brianna, who was seeking new allies in any shape or colour. Alexander quickly found himself back into his natural element and assembled a coalition known as the Monarchist Party of New Sarovia, which he led. The Sarovian parliament (known as the Chamber) at the time was still dissolved by the Empress. Political agitators on all sides of the spectrum had been calling for an actual written Sarovian constitution, with Sacroytes wanting to control the Empress and the Constantists wanted to write the Empress' out of the line of succession. Alexander took it upon himself to write the original Sarovian constitution, which was wildly denounced by all sides other than the monarchists. Pacifist leader Athena, seen as a pushover by the Sacroytes and Constantists, was propped up as a coalition figurehead to reject the Constitution. Alexander convinced the Empress to unilaterally decree the Constitution into existence, which occurred in September 2019 (261 AS). The pacifist-Sacroyte-Constantist coalition ran as a combined party known as the Democratic Party, arguing in bad faith that the Constitution should be written and voted on by the people. Alexander ran for Prime Minister and narrowly won the election with a 50/50 split, but managed to fortunately control the Speaker of the Assembly, which enabled him to ram through legislation.
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By December, Brianna had two sons: Jacobus and [[George I Vasa-Nassau | Piers George Constantine William]], who served as army commanders under her reign. During this period, her niece Lelia of Oxeria would become the Crown Princess of Oxeria, and the two would become great friends on the recommendation of Lord Lochland, which brought Oxeria and Sarovia into a brief period of reconcilement. The War of the First Coalition ended after the disasterous defeat with Field Marshal Moonee, and Brianna and her husband launched a second offensive to regain lost Sarovian territories against the advice of Lord Lochland. The War of the Second Coalition would be a disasterous defeat for the Sarovians and forced the Oxerian Empire to join the Imperians against Sarovia, isolating Sarovia and Sacro and convincing Lord Lochland that he needed to step in and control the Empress before anything else got out of hand.
Due to the disaster, Sarovians began entering a period of chaos. Dissatisfied Sarovians began to form their own militias and political parties in an attempt to enact change against Sacro's ill fated war. The Prime Minister would channel the frustrations against the Empress and use them to convince her to grant him more extraordinary powers, such as control over the armed forces and unilateral control over diplomacy. Through this, Lord Lochland would begin paying Sarovian soldiers himself to gain their loyalty, always done in the name of the Queen-Empress. Whenever someone dissented against the Queen-Empress, he would bring them under their wing, legitimise their concerns, and propose a solution only he could handle which usually resulted in the Queen-Empress giving him more and more extraordinary powers. The power made him the most influencial member in the Empire and the Queen-Empress knighted Lord Lochland into the [[Order of the New Sarovian Empire]]. The Mathiveas Code of Law was recreated and amended to include laws against critiquing the Prime Minister, which allowed him to order the arrest and exile of political rivals. This did not always work.
The cousins of one of Brianna's earlier friends came to Sarovia to pledge allegiance to the Queen-Empress, and formed the Strauss Triumvirate in order to protect Sarovian interests. Much to the frustration of the Prime Minister who constantly threatened to resign if nothing was done about them, though never carried out his threat, the mysterious Strauss brothers waged a war against Sarovian dissenters as the Queen's own secret police, which led to dire consequences, such as the attempted assassination of the heirs of the duchy of Poltava and their subsequent self-exile. The disappearence of the dissenters ultimately culminated in the Prime Minister being unable to achieve more and more power. In January (265 AS), the Strauss brothers petitioned the Empress Brianna to sack Lord Lochland and re-take absolute control over the nation. Some reports and rumours even indicated they desired the end of the Sacrovian union. The Prime Minister rushed with his key allies and, perhaps illegally (as the Constitution had no clause for regencies), unanimously declared the Queen-Empress mentally ill and unfit to hold her positions. On the command of Lord Lochland as commander of the Army, the Empress was locked under house arrest. The Strauss brothers began campaigning against the Prime Minister and continuing to crack down on dissenters, assassinating a close ally of the Prime Minister. By March (267 AS), Lord Lochland assembled and formulated a meeting of truce between the Strauss brothers and the Government. Lord Lochland violated this presumably as the three were never seen again in New Sarovia.
=== Assembling the Army ===
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