Alexander Mentanavic 1st
Prince Alexander mentanvic (a.k.a. The Kin maker)
Born 679YBCW alexander was the son of Ivan 1st and his sister wife Alexandra mentanvic. he was 12 years old when he became prince after his father died during the great war of succession
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
throughout his life he was little over 5 foot 10. his hair was the faded blonde of the mentanavic's and his blue eyes where said to be dark blue that they shared the same color with the deepest part of the great western ocean.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
early life- Alexander was born 679YBCW in the spring he was the only living child of Ivan 1st and his sister wife Aleksandra mentanavic he was a bright and playful baby and was always hungry. he was named for his mother. his hair grew in quickly and was the same faded blonde as his mother and father. at the age of 5 his father gave him a wooden sword and began to train him himself. by 8 he was able to duel better than any of the other boys his age. but when he was 9 his father marched south to fight in the name of his new uncle murad 1st. for most of the war he stayed in Belgrodna but when his father died 667YBCW and know he was prince.
early reign-for most of his early life he was in the shadow of his aunt and mothers as they ruled in his stead but when the great war of succession. however it was sultan empress ferdana who for a short time looked after him as both his aunt and both where engaging in relations with the emperor. he took the reigns of power and organised his own wedding. he decided to marry both for love and for political alliance. she was the 12 year old daughter of lord Michael drazzovic. she was called Nera drazzovic. she had been a friend of his when her father had served as repressive of The governance in the principality of setercha. they where married just before the war ended and they had there first child Ada 9 months after they where married.
first blood-at the age of 16 Alexander marched to war with his mother and aunts former lover sultan mehmed 1st. it was his army which made the bulk of the forces. he had had a new set of Armour forged and had a golden stallion. he was part of the war council and protested that attacking the likij castle. when the sultan threatened to send him boy like the little boy he was he threatened to take his men and leave and then told him and all the other lords about the fact that he had sleep with his aunt and mother (his aunt being the sultans step mother) the two came to blows and Alexander was thrown in a pen. after the night he was released and took back command of his troops. the only major battle of the war was fought around the land of the likij castle. the sultan was killed and the young lord carried his armored body back holding a crossbow in one hand and caring the sultans dead body over his shoulder. his black Armour inscribed with old slav ruins was covered in blood and his breaded hair was wet with blood.
rule as a regent-Alexander took the sultans dead body back to the capital and held the sword of the profit during the coronation of mehemds son Mustafa 1st. the young lord due to his relation to the sultan through his aunt was made a member of the council of regents. the prince took with him the sultans grand mother and great aunt (Aleksandra mentanavic and Ivanka mentanavic). despite his young age Alexander proved to be a good ruler. during his time however he had his first son Neran who grew up in Mohammabad. the next year he was given a second son by his wife who he called ivan (662YBCW-661YBCW). he took the death of his second son badly as it as well as killing the child almost killed his wife. during his time at court he didn't change. he often wore the dragon mental of his family or wore traditional wolf or bear skin mantels. a lion skin mental wife given to him on his 20th birthday. before his 20th birthday in 661YBCW coming to the end of the year he was given twins luceria and lech. his rule as regent came to an ended when he gave up the office to go home with his family when he was 21 in 658YBCW.
the prince returned- by the time he returned his realm he was ready to retake the land lost to the verainberg empire during the great war of succession. he himself lead several raids into the new boarders of The frontier kingdom. he killed several minor lords but he also killed Arhko keroi the raven princes nephew. when he returned in 657YBCW his wife had given him another child who was named Melgor. by this time he had 4 living children the eldest Neran (named for his mother) was 5. his twins lurceria and lech where both 4 years old and melgor was a new born. the prince suffered from the main problem of the mentanvic inbreeding. his depression was great and he spent days locked away in a small room in the princes palace. but what often lifted him from his trance was his beautiful wife. she would sit and bread his hair and would sing for him. the couple would lay in bed for hours together under the patchwork of furs which Nera herself had sown together. what they love to do the most however was make love which is eventide though the fact that she gave him so many children in 655YBCW the sultan was presented with a early musket and soon Alexander introduced these into his own army. however these where expensive and his tax reforms where to much for his principality to bear so there where few of these weapons in his own army.
the reclamation of old land-in 653YBCW sultan mustafa 1st went to war to reclaim lost land. he lead his armies in the north retaking the lost recanik and the governance territory but Alexander know 26 lad the army of setercha and many other lords to victory in retaking all the lost land in setercha. his forces lay siege to to the likij castle which was held by a force of of 2000 men of army of the frontier. after 2 weeks of siege the 2000 troops surrendered. he then march due north spreading out and taking all the lost territory. the war of reclamation as it became know ended with the peace of telta. Alexander returned to his family his beautiful wife and his children Neran 10, luceria and lech both 9, melgor 4 and little Freya was 3. they all charged up to him when he came home like the rest of his men. but from then his dreams where plagued with the images he had seen. the 26 year old prince had seen 3 wars and all the images had scared his delicate mind. in 652YBCW he was given another child a 5th son who was called yevrem. he kept his parents and wet nurse up all night screaming. but no like a regular baby. but when he was barely 5 months he was able to take move the water from his bath out the bath to the floor getting his nurse all wet. this was when the prince realized his new son was a magic sensitive.
family and rule-with the addition of Yevrem Alexander know had 6 living children and he spent every moment he could with them and with his wife. by 651YBCW his two eldest sons where sparing toghter and often spared with there father. his eldest daughter was a talented singer and painter often drawing. melgor know 6 loved nothing but to play jokes. he once poured water on top of his mother and father while they were sitting. he pulled a rug from out from under little Freya feet to which Alexander scorned him. Lech however was a quiet youth sitting only with his twin. he was good a sparing but after that he didn't do much. Alexander worried over his second son and breaded his hair but lech never spoke apart to give a one word answer. he also had the hard task of ruling. he had to re integrate the northern parts of the principality back into his realm. he also had to start modernizing his army introducing more and more gun powder weapons into his army. cannons had been part of the army for a long time but muskets had to be introduced more. he himself had 120 person musketeers. however muskets where still very expensive and few of his lords could afford. he also had to start marrying his children. he eldest son Neran didn't have a sister his own age and so he was married for an alliance. after he had killed arkho keroi he had left a daughter 3 years older than neran and so in order to form an alliance of sorts he married his son with the arkho's daughter Irena. the wedding in 649YBCW wasn't grand and the bride was uncomfortable. Neran tried to make her conformable but even the prince knew he had made an error. 649YBCW the prince celebrated his birthday with his next child a baby girl called Emily. in that summer his twins luceria and lech both 12 where married. lech had to be helped by his father to say his vows and he didn't speak at all but smiled lovingly at his bride who was dressed in a bright blue silk dress he himself had made. Alexander was proud of his son. that year a large raid probed into the north. Neran went with his Alexander. Lech asked to go but Alexander said no saying he needed him to stay. this raid resulted in a long one year long war to which Alexander returned to find himself a grandfather. Irena had given birth to a healthy baby girl called derza. there was great Jubilation . letters where set from mohammobad congratulating the prince on becoming a grandfather at 30. it read
Dear prince Alexander Congratulations to you on becoming a grandfather. you have quiet the army at your back dont you. you will never need to raise other mens troops. i wish you the greatest of happiness sultan emperor mustafa 1sta great family party was held all his family attended even those keroi's who supported the marriage. his aunt ivanka his mother alexsandra all of his children. as that year ended Alexander made more tax reforms and tried to better connect his realm commissioning the building of a road to link Belgrodna to mendara. the year of life and death- as the winter of 647YBCW came to an end Neran and a group of young knights where sent north to help count likij defending part of the boarder. there however in a skirmish Neran was killed a bolt knocking him from his horse. when Alexander found out he was out raged. he fell to the ground. Nera who the boy was named after cried in his armys. Lech readied to saddle his own horse but was stopped by his sister wife. the 9 year old freya who neran had been like a second father cried for days, Alexanders warm embraced not able to stem the tears. Yevrem was so angry it channeled his magic power shattering all the pots and glass in his room and shattering the ear drums of those closest to him. most devastated was Nerans wife who said little after it happened. Alexander know had to deal with a family in ruins over the death of a heir. but this sadness son passed. in 646YBCW Luceria gave birth to her first and only child who she wanted to call Belgor after Belgor 1st. luceria had be close to her father and Alexander cradled his daughter in his arms as her blood trickled out from between her legs. the baby was a sickly thing but Alexander was determined that no more of his children where to die so he asked for a healer from the Sultans order of magic to help heal him. with the close of the year there was great news princess Nera was once again with child. the prince was given a new bout of life and began to rule his realm like he had when he was a young man of 20. the golden years- in 645YBCW the princess gave birth in august to three children two boys František and ameron and a little girl who the princess called alexa. all the children where fill with joy with the birth of there new sibling. all three where healthy and playful. this made the prince and princess very happy. the next year the prince and princess where given another child Maja. she to was a health child. the happens of the prince reflected in his work and he and the realm prospered. when Meglor was 13 he asked his father if he could join The sultans seven sword. out of his two eldest living sons melgor was the best swordsman. he was a better lance and sword than his brother lech. the prince agreed but he said he need to first consider what he would be giving up. the Sultans order of magicalsochildren lech who was know 17Emilybarelywasn'tlord high admiral and lord of the sea. despite having no expertise in this field he was able to work with it building the ships up in the white sea along with the new merchant ships. with his post he was able to great large amounts of money and he used it to build the mentanvic family estate in the southern Continent. a year later he resigned his post after hearing news of heightened aggression along the boarder. when he came back his son had raised an army to defend the principality and by the time he arrived the frontier army had almost been pushed out of the country. almost in celebration in 642YBCW as her son and husband arrived home Nera gave birth to Alexanders next child a healthy baby boy called Andrew. when this time had passed Alexander knighted his son at the age of 19 and gave him title guardian of the northern boarder. the reign continued and Alexander made an ambitious plan to link his realm up with the other major parts of the empire. the road from belgrodna to attelo was established and the first frontier roads where also built. in 641YBCW the wedding of his daughter Freya to his son Yevrem. freya was given a dress made by lech which was said to be as blue as Alexanders eyes. the 11 year old Yevrem turned up in all black and red trim the colors of the magic order. in 640YBCW Alexander would be graced with another child whom he and nera named Ivanka. the death of the two mothers- in 639YBCW the twin sisters of alexanders father his mother alexsandra and his aunt ivanka where visiting the verainberg empire and while they where there they where killed when a northern isle raiding ship attacked down the dranaven and they and there host where killed. this threw him into a start of great sorrow. he said nothing to anyone for 3 week eating little and drinking close to nothing. not even nera could life him from his trance. it was said she stripped down infront of him and sat with him playing with him and it did nothing. this left the principality exposed. lech know 22 became regent while his father was entranced. but he was a soldier and his lack of word did little to help. Melgor returned to help his brother but he himself was able to do little only just becoming a knight and member of The sultans seven sword. but it was the youngest of the children who suffered. Emily 10 years old became so worried she stopped drinking and eating and passed out from dehydration. the 6 year old triplets where very worried and the youngest children Maja and Andrew cried. lord of setercha took advantage and started to undo the reforms that Alexander had put in place. when he came out of his trance like stat his hair was tangled and greasy from being uncleaned. he smelled and his eyes where sullen and sunken. when servants came to dress and clean him the princess said she would do it and she took over his care. the 40 year old prince however never recovered from this loss. last decade of rule- the prince was asked to rejoin the regent council but turned it down instead he never set foot out side his realm again. 638YBCW the princess gave birth to there last child a boy who was called StephanchildrenMohammabad. alexander however lost no love for his wife. he spent alot of time with her. they would read whenever they could and the often kisses under there fur covers. he however started to move away from the rains of power and lech was given more control.he however still put on armour to fight and he and his sons would go into battle. in 637YBCW he and lech went off to fight on the frontier with Frantzek and ameron serving as squiers. in 635YBCW he married Emily and frantzek as well as ameron and alexa. in 330YBCW the prince caught a illness which scared his lungs and made it hard for him to keep fit but he did anyway. in the winter of 630YBCW Maja and Andrew where married. these 4 children would give Alexander 3 more grandchildren Emily gave birth first to a son called Alexander to 'for her daddy' alexa then gave birth next in 628YBCW in spring and then in April 627YBCw her next child andrey was born however he died 4 years later. in 625YBCW the frontier kingdom launched a great invasion and Alexander know 54 his eldest son lech know 36 and yeverm went to war. however while fighting the prince was shot from his horse link his own father.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Alexander is know as the kin maker in the history of the know world. he and his wife would have 15 children of which 3 died. 2 of his sons and 2 of his grandsons would rule as prince and most of his children had children. he was the first prince to attempt to bring in gunpowder weapons on mass to the principality.
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Honorary & Occupational Titles
Prince of setercha
the kin maker
the handsome hero
lord regent of the empire
lord of the admiralty
Date of Birth
679YBCW
Spouses
Nera drazzovic
(spouse)
Siblings
Children
Eyes
deep blue
Hair
faded blonde
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
white
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