Arissa Lavigny-Duval

Arissa Lavigny-Duval is a Powerplay character in the fictional Elite Dangerous galaxy. In the player created continuity her interests are represented by the Frontier Development’s recognised Powerplay Group, ALD Powerplay.

Personality
Arissa Lagnivy-Duval is a strong believer in the institutions of the Empire and the Imperial way of life. She is principled with a sense of duty to those she serves, and detests corruption or any breakdown of the rule of law.

Life and Career
Born in 3243, Arissa Lagnivy-Duval was raised as the daughter of husband and wife Prince Aristide de Lavigny and Florence Lavigny. However, after the death of the Prince it would be revealed that she was in fact the illegitimate child of Emperor Hengist Duval.

She would become a person of note in her own right as a standout Senator. Whilst many Senators seemed disinterested in their patrons once their seat was secure, Arissa Lagnivy-Duval made a point of dealing with them and their issues personally, even when the Senate was not sitting.

Empathising with their concerns over the lack of social mobility in the Empire she, much to her family’s disapproval, went undercover as an Imperial Slave at House Lagenay on Achenar. There she witnessed widespread corruption ranging from the bribing of Senators and officials to the forging of company accounts. Although horrified at the criminality all around her, her experiences as a slave did reinforce her view that the Imperial system provided a far higher standard of living for the lowest in society compared to the Federation.

Returning to the Senate she was determined to clean up the Imperial institutions and extend the rule of law to all. This garnered her huge public support and popularity.

Thus, in 3301 after Emperor Hengist Duval’s assassination she was in a position to claim the throne after providing DNA evidence showing she was in the line of succession.

Current Role and Position
Arissa Lavigny-Duval is the 16th Emperor of the Empire of Achenar. She is generally a popular leader with the people and pursues an agenda to restore the Empire and its institutions to their prime. However, amongst extreme traditionalists she is someone who should never have been put upon the throne due to her gender with some going further and vowing to depose her.