Alayen Logarsson

Only known portrait of Alayen Logarsson dating 1257

### Born

Alexin Vanior Rohan Logeytavik Storsky3 December 1240(C.S.) 1 Hiems 1240Rivacheg, Grand Principality of Vaegir

### Died

9 October 1342(C.S.) 9 Autumnus 1342 (aged 101)Ryiv, Principality of Kulossia

### Title

5th Grand Prince of Vaegir1st Prince of Kulossia1st Count of Ryiv1st Lord of Ayyike

### Children

Baranavil LogarssonBratslav LogarssonSlawaswa Kuloving

### Awards

Order of Saint Aleksandr NevskyHero of VlandiaHero of the VaegirsOrder of the Legion of HonorOrder of the Snow LeopardRock of Rivacheg MedalIron CrossHonor Medal (4)North StarCompanion Medal (4)War CrossMilitary Medal (3)

## Spymaster

### Years of Service

1258-1270

Alayen Logarsson was one of the most unforgiving Spymasters of the Alexandrine Era and even more so as a monarch under Aleksandr Nevsky's descendants. He hid himself away from history even after his death in 1342 only 5 centuries after when his remains were found half a world away from his tombstone in Calradia, the mystery of his life still remains intact. And after he had become the Prince of Kulossia in 1275 that the records of his personal life became much more than minimal but luckily, much of his political life is well known.

## Early Life

Alexin Vanior Rohan Logeytavik Storsky was born under a lower-noble household in Rivacheg to Volyny iz Reyvadin and Ruknik Storsky, 'The Rock of Rivacheg' who had held against the Nords between 1256 and 1257 when the Kingdom seperated themselves from the Vaegirs. However, Alexin's mother had died due to complications after childbirth and his father remarried to another woman who was considered a witch. They both despised Alexin and when his half-brother Whichid was born, the family decided to leave all the treasures to Whichid and disowned Alexin in 1257 when he was just 16 after a mild argument brewed. By April 1258, Alexin had adopted a new name, Alayen Logarsson and had already travelled through all of Calradia where he eventually settled down in Bariyye.

## Spymaster

Aleksandr Nevsky, King of Vlandia had captured Bariyye and one day in the tavern, met Alayen who told his story to the monarch. Because of his well-nurtured intelligence, Alayen was accepted as a spy and eventually Spymaster for Aleksandr. The first of many. From then on, his records became unknown only until 1260. Between 1258 and 1260, Alayen could have possibly conducted assassinations and torture on Aleksandr's rivals which he excelled at. But when Rivacheg was stormed, Alayen who was present appeared in his old home where he found his family. Though his father was long gone, all that was left were his half-brother and stepmother who had become middle nobles during the time he had gone. But the family did not recognize him and attempted to kill Alayen. Alayen shot the two with crossbows and slashed their wrists, the worst form of dishonor to any noble leaving them to bleed out.

When the civil war ended the same year, records of Alayen disappeared once more until in 1262 when he conducted a raid on Countess Katrin of Uxkhal who was found guilty of conspiring with rebels against Aleksandr's rule over Vlandia. She was kidnapped and tortured with the Logart's Tear, where acid was used to burn the victim's eyes to blindness and limbs were torn off with wooden cogs until the victim was dead where then, the body would be stripped to nothing and the disfigured body would be hung upside down in public. The only other victim who suffered the same fate was Emperor Arber III whom he did to but did not kill in 1263. In 1263, Alayen and 2 others assassinated Firentis Countore's treasonous wife Isolla Tihrnid dey Suno with the authorization from the Count.

During the Calradoi-Geroian War between 1269 and 1270, Alayen worked as a foreign spy in the court of Geroia where he met Lezalit Genoicino, Duke of Geroia for the first time. He had been given the authority to assassinate Lezalit by his own will but did not do so and following the end of the war, Alayen retired at the young age of 29.

## Reign

Still during Alayen's time as Spymaster, the Grand Principality of Vaegir had been defeated in western Calradia but the main force of the Princedom was still intact. Although the 3rd Grand Prince Yaroglek I was forced to abdicate in 1260, his cousin, Valdym I 'the Bastard' took the throne and became the 4th Grand Prince of Vaegir who took sides against the Calradic Empire. Aleksandr was handpicked by the Emperor to assault the Vaegirs which he did so successfully and by 1263, the entire north came under Aleksandr's control. Unwilling to give the lands up, he recreated the Grand Principality of Vaegir and gave the throne to Alayen who became known as Alexander I who then ruled for an extra 79 years, the longest ever in history so far. When Aleksandr took the Calradic throne in 1263, the monarch planned to create the Principality of Kulossia, a proposed buffer state between the warring Sturgians and Vaegirs, both unneeded for one another and therefore, the Princedom came into effect in 1275 and Alexander I was made the Prince of Kulossia which greatly angered the Sturgians which provoked the Great Northern War which lasted for barely 1 month. This was however due to the Sturgian Grand Prince Olek II being assassinated by a Vaegir Spymaster Pyotr Roman-Ov, the son of Mikihl Romanoving and Katyern Ovorina under both Alexander I and Aleksandr I.

For the rest of Alexander's reign, the north became ever more unstable and eventually, 11 wars broke out between the House of Logarsson and the House of Togaroving including 1275 which lasted until 1453 all except for the first spanning over 10 years. Alexander however never fought a battle which he left to his family to deal with which they did exceptionally well and until his death kept his Princedoms intact.

Alexander was constantly visited by the students of Jeremus Halmerra whom issued medicines for the Grand Prince which worked to an extent. From 1275 onward, less is known about Alexander's life until his death on 9 October 1342 due to complications in his left lung. The Grand Prince was succeeded by Burelek II, his grandson; where the Principality of Kulossia was passed on to his great-grandson Alexander II. Alexander I was buried sometime that year but when his coffin was supposed to be moved to the Les Estimés in Saint Aleksandaburg, his body was never found inside it promting a 500 year search for his body.

## Burial

It was in 1897 when a site in Phycipolis was being excavated that a coffin arose and in suspicion, it was opened by a team of archaeologists who discovered the remnants of well preserved bones dating from the Alexandrine Era. But it was for another 50 years in 1947 that DNA testing allowed them to reveal the secrets to the body which was indeed the body of Alexander I or Alayen Logarsson. None truly knew why the Grand Prince was buried in Phycipolis on a different continent where the sources needed to uncover the mystery were less than short of what was needed. And with this, the Grand Prince's body was untouched and was transported back to Calradia where he was entombed in Les Estimés as per the intention of those centuries ago and still remains visible in a Phycite marble coffin alongside the tombs of other notable Vlandians.

## Family

#### Maternal

* [Mother] Volyny iz Reyvadin (1223-1240)

#### Descendants

* [Son] Baranavil Logarsson (1258-1324)
* [Son] Bratslav Logarsson (1260-1344)
* [Daughter] Slawaswa Kuloving (1261-1360)
* [Grandson] Burelek Logarsson (1292-1350)
* [Great-grandson] Alexander Kulogar (1310-1403)
* [Great-grandson] Burelek Logarsson (1320-1391)

## Titles and Styles

* 3 December 1240 - 12 June 1257: *Esquire* Alexin Vanior Rohan Logeytavik Storsky
* 12 June 1257 - 17 April 1258: *Commoner* Alayen Logarsson
* 17 April 1258 - 11 November 1263: *His Right Honorable* Lord of Ayyike, Spymaster of the Kingdom of Vlandia
* 11 November 1263 - 16 July 1270: *His Grand Royal Highness* Grand Prince of the Vaegirs, Lord of Ayyike, Spymaster of the Calradic Empire
* 16 July 1270 - 13 September 1274: *His Grand Royal Highness* Grand Prince of the Vaegirs, Count of Ryiv, Lord of Ayyike
* 13 September 1274 - 22 May 1275: *His Grand Royal Highness* Grand Prince of the Vaegirs, Count of Ryiv, Lord of Ayyike, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Calradic Empire
* 22 May 1275 - 9 October 1342: *His Grand Royal Highness* Grand Prince of the Vaegirs, Prince of Kulossia, Count of Ryiv, Lord of Ayyike