Signet Mezzileen (LAASWS)

Signet Mezzileen was the Human Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during its waning years. Serving as Senator of Coruscant, he was elected as Chancellor at a young age and continued to serve in the post for over seventy years. Although his initial popularity allowed him to serve more then the standard two terms in office, he later held the Republic in his iron grip in order to remain in power. This brought him into conflict with the Jedi Order, which he later expelled from Coruscant, forcing it to flee to Ossus, sparking open conflict between his forces and those of a Jedi-alligned coalition.

Biography
Born into a wealthy and influential Coruscanti family, Mezzileen went from one prestigious school to the next, excelling in many fields and achieving degrees in Philosophy, Law and Politics. At the young age of twenty three he suceeded his father as Senator and quickly rose up through the ranks of the Core Party and became its candidate for the post of Supreme Chancellor. Following the disasterous administration of the current Chancellor and numerous scandals in the other parties, Mezzileen was elected with a huge majority. His expert handling of the government and the economy ensured his continual re-election several times.

However over the years Mezzileen became twisted by power and began to clamp down on any possible political opponent or rebel dissident across Republic space, using the newly re-established Republic Army to do so. At first the new era of peace and stability in the Republic led many to overlook Mezzileen's heavy-handed tactics and he continued to instigate his policies without opposition. By the time people realised the true extent of his actions, he was too powerful for even the Jedi Order to challenge. The Jedi entered into an uneasy alliance with Mezzileen in the hopes of trying to curb some of the excesses in his regime.

Using a mixture of advanced medicine and sorcery administered by the Tetan witch Ugra, Mezzileen managed to preserve his life until he was late into his nineties. However, after seventy years of his rule many worlds were on the brink of open rebellion, with the Jedi doing their best to end the protests peacefully before Mezzileen's elite troops moved in to crush them. When a series of riots instigated by the Democratic Republican Party on Coruscant led to a full-scale battle between the rioters and Coruscant Police, Mezzileen had large swathes of the population arrested. When a delegation of Jedi led by Grand Master Yoda tried to intervene, Mezzileen ordered their arrest and had the Jedi Temple beseiged. The Jedi fled to the recently re-establisged Temple on Ossus but a Republic fleet pursued them and blockaded the planet.

As Mezzileen prepared to celebrate his one hundreth birthday, an alliance of worlds sent ships to Ossus and broke the blockade. Mezzileen then proceeded to arrest the representatives of these worlds and then any Senator who voiced any support of the Jedi. As more worlds joined the Jedi Coalition, Mezzileen gathered his forces for all-out war against the rebels.