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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 wealthyy landowners who supported [[Francis I Vasa-Nassau]], styled ''Constantine II of the State'', to also take control of the Sarovian throne from the Empress. They argued the throne should not belong to someone so young and inexperienced, let alone a woman, since the last "Sarovian" monarch who was a woman was [[Carolus X, John II and Tsubaki the Mad|Tsubaki the Mad]] in Roisa. The second camp were the monarchists, who were staunch supporters of the Crown and put their trust and faith in the Empress. They did not trust the new "Sacrovian" union, seeing the disaster of the old Saro-Oxerian Union, and didn't support the Sacro Emperor. Those who did, however, were known as Sacroytes and would support close Sarovian ties to Emperor Jacob to the point of allowing Lusophone Sarovians to be annexed into Sacro. Lastly, the pacifists saw the disaster of the Auro-Imperian offensive into Sarovia and wanted to achieve peace with them at any cost.
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 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.
=== Prime Minister ===
Prime Minister Alexander first oversaw the weakening of his political enemies before he managed any long lasting reforms. Athena, who also was recently was appointed as [[Marshal of the Realm | Field Marshal of the Realm]], was pressured to resign. Alexander would attack her in the press which ultimately led to her disgrace and resignation, despite her reasoning being the hopelessness of the military situation. The military defeats again and again dismantled the pacifist party of the parliament, which led to the Constantists and the Sacroytes remaining. Alexander was surprised by the Empress' cunning when she was able to throw off the Sacroytes shackles through her diplomacy and shrewd politics, and allowed breathing room for Sarovia proper. The situation got worse when the Constantists (specifically, a branch known as the Zaclites) would be convinced by Constantine II of the State to support him by providing Sarovian intelligence, and Sarovian nobility and military officers such as Zacline Aelous began to give weekly aid and reports to the State rather than his Queen-Empress. The final straw that broke the camels back was Alexander's election and, weeks after, the Zaclites broke out in rebellion and declared their support for Constantine II:
"'''''Public Declaration against Empress Brianna and the Prime Minister.'''
The Principalities of Preuze and Goguryeo have revolted and seceded from the New Sarovian Empire with the goal of dethroning Czarina Brianna and the illegally elected Prime Minister Alexander, the "Constantine" roleplayer! Constantine II shall be declared King of the Sarovians for the better future of our beloved Empire.''
''This is a public statement to inform all soldiers and citizens in the Graal Military Community (GMC) that we will be fighting for a new era for Sarovia, and revolutionize the old and obsolete Imperial Monarchy to a much more modernized Constitutional Monarchy. This shall be remembered as the day Sarovia and its people finally awoke to the tyranny under the hands of the Constantine roleplayer and incapabilities from Brianna, freeing Sarovia and its people from it, and revolting.''"
Prime Minister Alexander hastily assembled a loyal force to the Queen and effectively put down the rebellion through a mixture of force and persuasion, allegedly citing the words of William I in a speech to the rebels proclaiming Brianna as the proper heir, and invoking their former loyalty to the Emperor to convince them of the error of their ways. Zacline was executed on the illegal order of the Prime Minister and the remainer were pardoned, but effectively frightened into submission. In honour of this, Alexander finally received his own title not inherited by his father: he was awarded the title of Viscount Lochland after his estate in Kiev. He would be known as the Viscount Lochland or Lord Lochland from now on.
The Constantists did not die off with this rebellion however. On the advice of Constantine II, Empress Brianna, Lord Lochland and State officials would meet in November of 2019 with Francis with an attempt to fix the situation. Weeks of negotiations led to even further disagreements when Francis publicly argued that he should have legally inherited the throne of New Sarovia due to his father's investiture as Prince of Kiev. Lord Lochland recommended to his Empress that she subsequently counter-claim the State's crown, which she did unceremoniously. Lord Lochland merely considered it posturing but Constantine II took it as a declaration of war and, only on the intervention of Jacob II, did both sides arrange a truce.
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