Alissia Puvragin is the Minister of the Interior of the Ryccian Empire.

History

Alissia was born to a middle-class family in the planet of Onder, located in the region of New Daonlathas. Her father was a nurse, whilst her mother was a police officer.

She was gifted since her youth, managing to skip two grades in elementary school. Thus, she graduated at the age of 16 and enrolled in her home planet's Royal Imperial University of Onder, the 30th most prestigious university in the entire country, studying law. It was here where she met now-judge and her current wife Martina Markausi, who was from the planet of Bleuling in the southern part of the Wider Ryccia region.

After serving a successful career as an attorney, she got elected to her planet's legislature in 1002. Due to Onder's parliamentary system, she replaced an unpopular Deputy Governor in a local party coup, as the Progressive Party was the main junior partner in the governing coalition at the time and held the Deputy Governorship by agreement. She was nominated by her party to stand for election as a Congresswoman in their national party list, and managed to qualify to enter the Imperial Congress.

As a Congresswoman

Upon entering the Imperial Congress, Alissia quickly built a reputation for persuasion and negotiation, which led her party to appoint her as their congressional whip in 1017. She focused her legislative efforts on the promotion of the sciences and education, as well as tackling crime.

She began to climb the ranks of the executive in 1022, when the governing coalition appointed her as Minister of Royal Affairs. It is here where she had contact with the royal family, and, despite neither her nor her wife descending from any aristocratic lineages, she is invited often to the royal family's parties. It is said that such a social grace is due to Alissia's personal friendship with the current Empress Dowager and her daughter's friendship with the Princess-Imperial Anastasia, as both were admitted into the Imperial Academy and thus became acquaintanced with one another.

She rose up the ranks again when the previous Minister of Culture died due to age. Alissia served in this role until 1028, when she was promoted to a high-profile office, the Minister of the Interior, and thus became part of the inner circle of the top politicians in the Empire.

As Minister of the Interior

Alissia's main highlight as Minister of the Interior has been her portfolio's recent responsibility of immigration between the countries the Ryccian Empire has opened diplomatic relations with. Another key moment beforehand was her cooperation with the Ministry of Justice in arresting a fugitive ex-Governor of a rural world accused of corruption. It is said that she took charge of the operation personally and slept little until he was captured.

Metagaming Facts

As a friend of the royal family, Alissia and her family have been able to scale the social ladder, meeting other aristocratic families and making connections. Alissia plans to work as a lobbyist or return to her original job as an attorney when she retires from politics.

Alissia is an astute politician and has her own personal spy ring, collecting incriminating information on her political opponents and others so she may use it for her own goals. She made use of her tactics when she covertly displaced her predecessor as Minister of the Interior in an internal coup, albeit he was able to exit with dignity as he officially resigned to "spend more time with his family and look for a job that would allow a more flexible schedule and less demanding workload". As this is common practice amongst top officials, she is not an exception.

Whilst she is aware of Ferul's covert political assassinations and crimes, she has so far refused to act against him due to their political alliance, seeing him as politically convenient to her.