Alexia Garden

**The Imperial Eastern Alexia Garden** (Russian: Императорский восточный сад Алексии tr. *Imperatorskiy vostochnyy sad Aleksii;* French: *Le jardin impérial d'Alexia orientale*), simply known as the **Alexia Garden** or the **Eastern Garden**, is located in the Grand Imperial Vikla Palace. It is completed on 1052 IK before being destroyed with the entire imperial capital on 2318 IK. It is later reconstructed to how it originally is.

## Description

The Alexia Garden is described to be the garden that flanked the eastern side of the Grand Imperial Vikla Palace, the very heart of the Eurasian Empire's might and power. It is an orchard of a collection of flowers, especially of roses, irises, chamomiles and lilies. It also features the great landscaping architecture that had been popular during Pavel I's reign.

The garden is very well viewed from the Orient Building's Museum of History that is composed of the Hall of Jupiter, Hall of Mars and Hall of Apollo; the Eastern Wing of the Central Building's that is composed of the Imperial Wing, the Hall of Saints and Martyrs, the Hall of Religious Relics, the Knight of St. Peter's study and bedchamber (later by the Crown Protector's), the Hall and Dining room of the Knights of the Holy Order, the Music Room, the Hall of Helios, the Hall of Selene, the Princes' and Princesses' Apartments, and the guest rooms of the Central Building's Eastern Wing; the Imperial Wing composed of the Grand Apartments of the Emperor and Empress; and the cornerstone of the eastern side of the South Wing that is composed of the Grand Library and the Grand Balcony leading to the Emperor's private library, study and formal attending hall, and the Imperial Wing.

On the middle of the garden, further down the path of the flower orchard is Yekaterina's Gazebo that is surrounded by a man-made pond that feeds the entire garden with water. Like the Astilla Garden, the Alexia Garden is also good to be toured via horseback.

By the southern side of the garden, close to the cliffs of the Adriatic Sea, stands the Veronika Palace, a three-story intimate retreat building commissioned by Alexander IV the Terror for his wife's twenty-second birthday.

After the destruction of the Imperial Capital of Vikla, the Alexia Garden is mentioned to be reconstructed to how it originally is.

## History

During the reign of Emperor Ivan II of the Eurasian Empire, the Russian weather doesn't favor him that he had ordered the construction of the Grand Imperial Vikla Palace on 979 IK. However, he died before the completion of the palace, and his successors continued it until its completion eighty years later. However, the initial plan doesn't involve the creation of the gardens that will flank the imperial residence. It was only on 1032 that Emperor Pavel ordered the construction of the gardens for the birth of his daughter and heiress, the then-Empress Yekaterina the Virgin, who was also the first one to reside in the palace at its completion.

On year 2318 IK, Emperor Ionafan was noted to be resting at Yekaterina's Gazebo after a horseback stroll with Lord Akito Ryu, his Crown Protector, received the news of the uprising of the Knights of the Holy Order. Some time as well, it was mentioned that Ionafan spent his times with his wife, Vivienne, at the Veronika Palace, where Ryu or anyone else often finds them. Ryu also found Ionafan at the gardens upon his return from a mission that the latter had asked of him to confirm about; Ionafan picked and pricked himself from one of the roses that hinted that the flowers closest to the Imperial Wing is that of roses.

## Appearances

* *Reload*
* *The Queen's Sword*
* *The Plan of Refrain*
* *With this Ring*
* *Finalization of Plans*
* *X Code, Signing Off*

## Trivia

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