Alexander Romius

"*People are like sheep, you must care for them and act when they need guidance. People are the greatest resources to any cause, and it is through the sacrifices of millions that humanity can survive the coming storm.*"
—Alexander Romius
   ***Alexander Lucius Romius,*** known commonly as ***Alexander*** or the ***Imperial Majesty*** is the father of Rassilon Romius, and former emperor of the Orisa Empire. He was born into the prestigious aristocratic *Romius* family on Orisa Septim and introduced into the standards of noble living as Orisa Septim was one of the central worlds of the current superpower of humanity, the ***Ra'dam Federation.*** He would be tutored in education and lifestyle from a young age to attend duties that were expected of him but what was rather shocking was that he showed a sharp mind and ambition to do more then what society intended for him. After he reached the qualified age of 16, he joined the Orisa Defense Force that protected the various Orisa-designated planets throughout the federation and was considered more of a glorified military force in comparison to the more mainstream Federation Defense Forcethat managed the military complex of the Federation.

Alexander eventually transferred from the Orisa Defense Force after he was disgraced from the Romius household for breaking the tenets of his social status and was stripped of all privileges as a result and joined the 115th Infantry Regiment *"Martyrs"* and remained with them until at least the aftermath of the Avaxius Insurgency (40-30 BEW) where he fought alongside future UGR-President Dima Kurshov in the trenches of the conflict and both became good friends through the crucible of war.

After the Insurgency, he was recalled to Orisa Septim to attend the funeral of his father in their ancestral home and was able to be reinstated as head of House Romius after he made peace with his dying father, and it was also around this time that he would concieve the future heir to his legacy with his soon-to-be wife, Luciana Crest and married that same year to cement the pregnancy. Due to assuming his aristocratical position, he resigned from the Federation Defense Force at the standing rank of Lieutenant, insisting Dima Kurshov as his replacement in the Infantry and parted ways with his friend.

Alexander spends the years inbetween the Insurgency and the outbreak of the Cerberus Galactic Conflict accumulating influence and power, becoming the direct patron of several smaller noble houses that had fallen on hard times and took Romius support and assimilated into what was becoming a hegemony in planetary affairs. He was at this point a powerful individual and this is how he met Vance Thaddeus, Counciler of Orisa Daval whom would recruit Alexander was one of several men of qualities across the Federation to help the later plan and execute Action Zero, the very initiative that would birth the Orisa Empire under Thaddeus years later.

Following the end of the Cerberus Galactic Conflict, Romius would help Vance Thaddeus in executing his plan and assuming control over at least a third of human space under the Orisa Empire and served in the Colonial Wars as one of Vance' lieutenants. But Alexander ultimately betrayed Vance to assume control of the Empire and lead it towards a vision that fits humanity and not the whims of one man. He would mastermind Operation: Knightfall and with Republic forces surrounding Septim, he would send his son with the Imperial Fourth Fleet to Orisa Dawn knowing that he would be safe for at least a few years from threats - allowing him to grow as his own man.

It is believed that Alexander Romius was executed by his friend-turned-enemy Dima Kurshov after Orisa Septim was occupied by Republic Forces. He was declared a martyr of Imperial society.