#alesander avexus

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'Empires rise and fall, little princeling. The Ayleids believed they were in their golden age when they fell, and your infantile Empire will be no different. It is only a question of when.'

-- Morilia to Alesander Avexus, her voice cryptic and her words suggesting she is far more long-lived than she appears.

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'At the last Legion military exercise, Alesander demonstrated tactical acumen outwitting almost every commanding officer during the drill. The only commander who didn't fall for his gambits was Heizen Valorus, general of the Eighth Legion. Their forces still came to be evenly matched, however.'

-- Lorexia Treyn, commenting on the strategic capabilities of Alesander Avexus amongst the tactical minds of the Imperial Legion.

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'Perhaps you have spent too long in the swamp with the rest of your kin. Time in civilization will straighten you out.' 'The rest of my--? I'm still a son of the Empire, father. I'm still your son.' 'A lizard who lays with men is no son of mine.' '... "The honour of House Avexus is writ in glorious battle". If I walk through the crucible of war and still outlive you- a feeble old man long past his prime- then I will be more of a son than you could have ever dreamed of.'

-- Gramis and Alesander Avexus, in a terse exchange; tears gleam in Alesander's eyes, as his father turns away and stares into the flames, before he leaves in disgust.

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'The mighty Crucible Knights of Zenithar, who are just as terrifying on foot as they are on horseback, command fearsome forge magic. It's possible that their battle tactics as foot soldiers inspired Magus-Captain Avexus' use of Zenithar's hammer-and-anvil.'

-- Mina Artacien, Primate of Zenithar, describing the Knights of Zenithar's Crucible.

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'During the siege of Fort Empire, he had the siege engineers load the catapults with storm atronachs. Like I said, unconventional. But we can't argue with the results.'

-- Lorexia Treyn, digging up logs and records of recent battles concerning Alesander Avexus.

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'The magus-captain has... Unconventional stratagems by the standards of the broader legion, to say the least. But the general trusts in his instincts.'

-- Lorexia Treyn, commenting on Alesander's thinking outside the box when approaching battle planning

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'I remember Lucilla. She had exceptional talent, and I always thought I should keep an eye on her.'

-- Alesander Avexus, when informed of an upcoming operation to investigate the Dread Cellar

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'It was bloody brilliant, that's what it was! Conjuring storm atronachs from the sky is something you expect. Storm atronachs lobbed over castle walls by catapults? There's no preparing for hunks of rock suddenly being animated by lightning and magic!'

-- Evie Star-Strung, commenting on Alesander's tactic of lobbing storm atronachs during a siege