Alex Agarwal

**Maharaja Alex was the first recorded King of Dru Scea while in the Royal Alliance.** He was also the last Maharaja before the country changed to female-preference primogeniture. He married Maharani Bindi and had three children with her: Maharani Chaaya, Prince Samar, Duke of Dru Scea, and Prince Savar, the future Duke consort of Oasis Springs.

## History

Though the monarch of a country so dilapidated, he sure is domineering and cocky. After all, who could say no to a king?

He became Maharaja at 21, and picked Lila Obied to be his wife and consort while promising her family great riches and titles. However, he was known to give empty promises, so this time was no better. However, the new consort's family was ever one to be crossed and constantly asked for their promised fortunes. Little did Alex know that this little fury would lead to a disaster for his family that would deeply impact them forever...

He has, for a long time, described himself as a family man. Who loves nothing more than to be in his children's lives and take on his duties as a father and husband. However, this was all a fantasy, cropped up in his head. His wife did most of the parenting, while he just sat on the side, only intervening when the kids needed to be punished. However, he did get onto his only daughter, Chaaya, more than his sons. Their differing personalities caused them to brawl constantly; requiring Bindi to step in and always mediate. Alex was inseparable from his daughter as a baby, but as she grew older and her younger brothers were born, she was often pushed to the side by her father, causing her to feel forgotten and loathe her father's affections. Deep down, Alex truly loved and cared about his only daughter, but did not know how to express it. He was so occupied with his in-laws as they became more and more hostile towards him and his family that her needs were overlooked. As she became a teen, Chaaya realized where her father's priorities were and didn't bother to engage with him any further.

##### -The Dismissal of Maharani Bindi-

After years of Bindi's family begging and loitering around the palace grounds for their share of their arrangement, Alex finally decided to ban her family from entering their property all together. Alex did this in order prove his authority and to protect himself and his family. However, this was the final straw. At the climax, Bindi's father, as well as many other family members intruded on the palace, but not to peacefully protest their agreement, but with anger and violence in mind. The family attempted to force Alex to agree to their terms and give them what they thought was theirs, evening threatening Bindi's life in the process. Luckily, everyone was able to get out of the situation alive. For their actions, Bindi's family's titles were revoked and many of them were placed in prison. No one was badly hurt physically, but they were hurt emotionally and mentally.

Realizing his poorly made decisions over the years, Alex felt he had no choice but to send Bindi away for her protection and for the sake of the family. He felt it was the only way to protect her if there was more to come and that her family in reality just wanted her back home as well as the earnings they were promised upon their marriage, regardless of who it hurt. After knowing about Bindi's dismissal, Chaaya never forgave Alex for what he had done to their family. It made them fight even more and without Bindi's guidance, Chaaya and Alex's arguments would escalated and progress without any resolve or reconciliation.

He arranged a marriage for Chaaya with Prince Lukyan of Sulani in hopes to get her under control and to possibly influence the future generations of the crown. However, that plan backfired when Lukyan turned out to be bent to Chaaya's whim and their children were supervised by them and their loyal nannies.

##### -Death-

After around 30 questionable years on the throne of Dru Scea, Alex passed away at 52 from pneumonia. Despite his many mistakes, Alex did bring some peace to the land. During his reign, he didn't cause any wars and joined the Royal Alliance, which gave him and his country access to trading, foreign protection, and modernization. He was succeed by his daughter, Maharani Chaaya. He and his daughter's relationship had improve slightly before his death, but it did not prevent Chaaya from officially banning men from the line of succession all together in Dru Scea.

## Titles

Born-Ascension to the throne: *His Highness* Crowned Prince Alex of Dru Scea

Ascension to the throne-Death: *His Majesty* Maharaja Alex of Dru Scea