Lev Cassel

The First Ruler

Elia Cassel (Daughter)

Valerian Cassel (Son)

**Levantian Morgan Cassel,** typically shortened to **Lev Cassel,** is the current King and first ruler of New Alderaan. He is the head of House Cassel, father of Jedi Padawan Valerian Cassel, and interim leader of New Alderaan’s monarchy government alongside his wife and Queen, Ylissa Chume.

Lev, an inspiring leader and charismatic admiral during his military service in the Royal Alderaan Fleet, lifted the then declining House Cassel to a central role in Alderaanian politics by gaining prestige and renown in critical engagements with the Empire during the Galactic Civil War. During the recovery of New Alderaan, Lev was largely responsible for the cohesive central efforts of the unified royal houses.

As Alderaan’s prominence became fractured with the Destruction of Alderaan, remaining influence and power that the royal houses still retained in the galaxy became consolidated behind a central figure in Lev. With Alderaan destroyed, Lev would be instrumental in bringing New Alderaan and its people back to the proud state they once were. One of the most notable and recognized decisions was helping orchestrate a marriage between himself and Ylissa Chume of the Hapes Consortium, personally making an appearance before the Queen Mother of Hapes, Tenene Chume. From there, trade routes were enforced, armies were bolstered and infrastructure became superb, realizing power that was at least marginal to the original Alderaan.

## Biography

Lev was born to a wealthy noble house of Alderaan that prided itself on the astute public service of its scions, whether military or in administration. He was commonly seen as an intense youth, intent on growing up quickly and making decisions for himself. When he came of age in teenhood, he was sent off to the Arkon Academy in pursuit of becoming a military officer. As House Cassel was notably aligned with the interests of the Empire, Lev would find himself sent off to join the ranks of the Imperial Army as a gesture of goodwill from House Cassel to keep relations.

### Imperial Service and Defection

During Lev’s service, his career started gaining traction within the Imperial Officers Corps, rising through the ranks with proven efficiency and meticulousness during operations. While many accounts at this point show several discrepancies as to the style of leadership that Lev applied in the Imperial Army, notable historians corroborate several instances of Lev convincing opposing forces to lay down arms in bloodless conflicts, gaining him the respect of both friend and foe.

As the Galactic Civil War ignited and kicked off, several disagreements began to ice the relationship between Lev and his superiors. Ideological and methodical ways of action began to splinter Lev from other Imperial Commanders, who soon grew against Lev in numbers as well as negative opinion. The tension came to a zenith when Lev helped orchestrate a mass defection of his unit, which became dubbed the "Casselian Traitors" from then on, gaining the ire and wrath of other units and bounty hunters to follow. This defection proved critical to regaining trust for House Cassel in the eyes of the other noble houses as well as assisting the Rebel Alliance war effort.

After the bold defection, Lev would go on to lead the Royal Alderaan Fleet in several engagements with the Empire, striking heavy blows to supply lines and major chokepoints in the war effort, though this largely came to a stop with the Destruction of New Alderaan.

### New Alderaan's Recovery

After the Destruction of New Alderaan, Lev proved to be a key governing and unifying figure that rallied the splintered houses toward a central effort to find a new home. While rocky in its start, the New Alderaan Monarchy made the steady years-long journey to recovery from its drastic crisis at the hands of the Empire. Lev coordinated refugee efforts as well as supply-line security and frontier settlement, while several leaders from other royal houses pooled resources and staff together in an unprecedented act of cooperation between the houses.

It was in 3 ABY that a marriage between Lev Cassel and Ylissa Chume of the Hapes Consortium brought New Alderaan a new age of prosperity, restoring true military might and protection for Alderaanians. With renewed power and influence for the New Alderaan Monarchy, Lev looks to foreign affairs for a next step on behalf of the Alderaanian people.