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[[File:Alys Rousset-Marik.jpg|right|thumb|At Age of 35 in 3076]]
 
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==History==
 
==History==
'''Alys Rousset-Marik''' (b. [[3041]]<ref name = JSTBD>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 69-70, "Alys Rousset-Marik"</ref>) She is the youngest child of [[Kristen Marik]] and [[Jiri Rousset]]. The couple ran the [[mercenary unit]] [[Kristen's Krushers]], and Alys entered [[Princefield Academy]] in [[3059]] to become a part of it. Her two older siblings, Ana and Janos, were already officers within the unit. During the 3060s, the [[FedCom Civil War]] found Kristen's Krushers on [[Coventry]] and then [[Arcadia]], where the unit was smashed and Kristen, [[Ana Rousset-Marik|Ana]], and [[Janos Rousset-Marik|Janos]] were all killed. Alys blamed the man whom she believed to be her uncle, [[Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]], for not doing enough to save her family.
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'''Alys Rousset-Marik''' (b. [[3041]]<ref name = JSTBD>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 69-70, "Alys Rousset-Marik"</ref>) is the youngest child of [[Kristen Marik]] and [[Jiri Rousset]]. The couple ran the [[mercenary unit]] [[Kristen's Krushers]], and Alys entered [[Princefield Academy]] in [[3059]] to become a part of it. Her two older siblings, Ana and Janos, were already officers within the unit. During the 3060s, the [[FedCom Civil War]] found Kristen's Krushers on [[Coventry]] and then [[Arcadia]], where the unit was smashed and Kristen, [[Ana Rousset-Marik|Ana]], and [[Janos Rousset-Marik|Janos]] were all killed. Alys blamed the man whom she believed to be her uncle, [[Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]], for not doing enough to save her family.
  
 
This left Alys as the sole heir to her mother's mercenary unit, as well as Kristen's little-used title as Duchess of [[Augustine]]. Alys spent the next few years under the radar, raising her orphaned nephew, and allowing her father to run the mercenary unit (renamed "[[The Krushers]]") she inherited in all but name. In [[3067]], she gave a speech to the Parliament of the [[Free Worlds League]] wherein she called upon them to declare "the emergency" in [[Resolution 288]] over, removing the permanent status of the Captain-General, which would have the immediate effect of removing [[Thomas Marik]] from power. While this would also severely curtail the power of House Marik in general, Alys put herself out in front of the growing resistance to Thomas' attempts to centralize power. What emerged from her call was entitled the "[[Great Debate of 3067|Great Debate]]," which ultimately came to nothing as Parliament voted to keep the position of Captain-General permanent.
 
This left Alys as the sole heir to her mother's mercenary unit, as well as Kristen's little-used title as Duchess of [[Augustine]]. Alys spent the next few years under the radar, raising her orphaned nephew, and allowing her father to run the mercenary unit (renamed "[[The Krushers]]") she inherited in all but name. In [[3067]], she gave a speech to the Parliament of the [[Free Worlds League]] wherein she called upon them to declare "the emergency" in [[Resolution 288]] over, removing the permanent status of the Captain-General, which would have the immediate effect of removing [[Thomas Marik]] from power. While this would also severely curtail the power of House Marik in general, Alys put herself out in front of the growing resistance to Thomas' attempts to centralize power. What emerged from her call was entitled the "[[Great Debate of 3067|Great Debate]]," which ultimately came to nothing as Parliament voted to keep the position of Captain-General permanent.
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While the exact details are unknown, Alys did survive the Jihad. Rather than attempting to claim the leadership of the [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]], she took [[Augustine]] and some neighboring worlds into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].
 
While the exact details are unknown, Alys did survive the Jihad. Rather than attempting to claim the leadership of the [[Marik-Stewart Commonwealth]], she took [[Augustine]] and some neighboring worlds into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].
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After the Jihad Alys enjoyed a reputation as a hero on those Free Worlds League worlds that had either bordered the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]], had been subsumed into it, or which felt as if they had been neglected or abandoned by the League. The combination of Marik blood, heroism in battle and her forthright, unpresuming nature made her almost an idol, revered as if she were mix of media star and saint. Her call to dissolve the League was popular even before the Jihad on many of the worlds which would become independent, giving her many supporters beyond the worlds she brought into the Republic of the Sphere.<ref name="J:FRp94">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 94, "Pro-Republic Powers"</ref>
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However popular Alys was on many League worlds, she was also in part responsible for the antagonistic attitude taken by the [[Marik Commonwealth]] towards the Republic of the Sphere; Alys' opposition to the existing conventions of the League and her refusal to take advantage of the positions made possible by her birth and status made Alys unpopular with many in the Marik Commonwealth.<ref name="J:FRp94"/>
  
 
==Character Notes==
 
==Character Notes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
*''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
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* ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
 
*[http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/courier/pda.asp?a=38532 Legacies of the League--Marik Stewart and Regulus] on [[Wizkids]]' website.
 
*[http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/courier/pda.asp?a=38532 Legacies of the League--Marik Stewart and Regulus] on [[Wizkids]]' website.
*''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
*''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
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* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
*''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
*''[[Pandora's Gambit]]'' (Novel)
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
*''[[To Ride the Chimera]]'' (Novel)
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* ''[[Pandora's Gambit]]'' (Novel)
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* ''[[To Ride the Chimera]]'' (Novel)
  
 
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File:Alys Rousset-Marik.jpg
At Age of 35 in 3076

History

Alys Rousset-Marik (b. 3041[1]) is the youngest child of Kristen Marik and Jiri Rousset. The couple ran the mercenary unit Kristen's Krushers, and Alys entered Princefield Academy in 3059 to become a part of it. Her two older siblings, Ana and Janos, were already officers within the unit. During the 3060s, the FedCom Civil War found Kristen's Krushers on Coventry and then Arcadia, where the unit was smashed and Kristen, Ana, and Janos were all killed. Alys blamed the man whom she believed to be her uncle, Captain-General Thomas Marik, for not doing enough to save her family.

This left Alys as the sole heir to her mother's mercenary unit, as well as Kristen's little-used title as Duchess of Augustine. Alys spent the next few years under the radar, raising her orphaned nephew, and allowing her father to run the mercenary unit (renamed "The Krushers") she inherited in all but name. In 3067, she gave a speech to the Parliament of the Free Worlds League wherein she called upon them to declare "the emergency" in Resolution 288 over, removing the permanent status of the Captain-General, which would have the immediate effect of removing Thomas Marik from power. While this would also severely curtail the power of House Marik in general, Alys put herself out in front of the growing resistance to Thomas' attempts to centralize power. What emerged from her call was entitled the "Great Debate," which ultimately came to nothing as Parliament voted to keep the position of Captain-General permanent.

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Alys Rousset-Marik at Age of 34 in 3075

Alys unwittingly played into the Word of Blake's hands by raising this issue, as it served to keep the League fractured. This made it easier prey when they turned their Jihad to the League in 3068. For her part, Alys called upon the Free Worlds League Military to unite behind Thomas, even after the Blakists exposed "Thomas" as an impostor. After the gas attack against the Parliament on Atreus, Alys finally took over The Krushers and turned their night-fighting expertise against the Blakists. Forming the core of Alys' resistance, The Krushers were a key unit that actually hired other mercenary units to fight alongside the resistance. She ran her resistance unit, sometimes known as the Free Worlds Resistance, from the shadows and removed herself from public view. With the Word of Blake now sending brain-washed suicide bombers, she was forced to take more security measures to protect herself.[1]

While the exact details are unknown, Alys did survive the Jihad. Rather than attempting to claim the leadership of the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth, she took Augustine and some neighboring worlds into the nascent Republic of the Sphere.

After the Jihad Alys enjoyed a reputation as a hero on those Free Worlds League worlds that had either bordered the Word of Blake Protectorate, had been subsumed into it, or which felt as if they had been neglected or abandoned by the League. The combination of Marik blood, heroism in battle and her forthright, unpresuming nature made her almost an idol, revered as if she were mix of media star and saint. Her call to dissolve the League was popular even before the Jihad on many of the worlds which would become independent, giving her many supporters beyond the worlds she brought into the Republic of the Sphere.[2]

However popular Alys was on many League worlds, she was also in part responsible for the antagonistic attitude taken by the Marik Commonwealth towards the Republic of the Sphere; Alys' opposition to the existing conventions of the League and her refusal to take advantage of the positions made possible by her birth and status made Alys unpopular with many in the Marik Commonwealth.[2]

Character Notes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp. 69-70, "Alys Rousset-Marik"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 94, "Pro-Republic Powers"
  3. To Ride the Chimera, p.??[citation needed]

Bibliography