Kaivonov Makovich (Alpha Earth)/Expanded History

# Early Life

## Zakovan-Syvirian origins

**Kaivonov Valery Vladimyr Makovich** was born in Hospital 71 in Vysokiy Bashnya during the onset of the Syvirian-Zakovan war. His parents, Nikita Makovich and Sasha Chapinoga,

As the child of the President of Zakova, Nikita, Makovich was raised in an upper-class enviornment. He spent most of his time in the Capitol building of Zakova. Unbeknownst to Ivo, his father was a Western sympathizer, and was working with the United States to guarantee a democratic future of Zakova. Kaivonov's mother, Sasha, was a member of the CIA.

## Leaving Home

After the Cold War had ended, Zakova lost its largest ally, the Soviet Union, and fell into a state of economic disaster. The United States attempted to assist the nation directly. The people of Zakova were fed up, and led a coup. Kaivonov's father was executed, and so he and his mother were forced to flee. They became American citizens and eventually eased into Western society. Sasha eventually had Yulia Malikova erase Makovich's memories of Zakova.

# The GSOB

## Hostile Takeover

Businessman Deemer Winston, owner of NewArm Weapons Company, was under investigation for treason after prototype weapons made by his company were used by Russian soldiers in Khamandir. Winston publicly addressed the accusations, revealing security footage of one of his facilities in Connecticut. The FBI then began an investigation into Winston. The circumstances of the robbery were suspicious, paired with the fact that Winston waited until after the weapons were seen to show anyone the footage. Unable to find any evidence linking Winston with the Russians, the case was closed. The GSOB kept the case open after Makovich pleaded with Josaiah Wilthrone, with Winston classified as a person of interest. Makovich set up a team to investigate a specific spot in New York City that was believed to be a hideout for the businessman. Winston was eventually caught selling weapons to CHIMERA members (who were disguised as members of a terrorist faction in Khamandir) thanks to Ivo Makovich's team and got in a shootout with police. He escaped, and became wanted internationally. The GSOB narrowed his location to two places: Mukhtabi in Saudi Arabia and Vysokiy Bashnya. The GSOB sent Makovich and Hunter Morales to the latter. The two did not find Winston in the city, however bought some bagels and *smeshivaniye*, a Zakovan dish. Winston was in Mukhtabi, and had killed himself moments after revealing that he had Russian connections that were in D.C. to kidnap and assassinate the president, Barrett "Badger" Carson.

On July 4, president Barrett Carson was being driven through Washington, D.C. when members of Cronus set off an explosive below his car, flipping it over. Stealth Rockets developed by NewArm were shot from as far away as Baltimore, and destroyed most of the security detail accompanying the President. Cronus members rushed the car the President was in, killed his bodyguards, driver, and wife, then fled the scene. All while this was happening, Makovich and Hunter were being notified of the plot by the team sent to Mukhtabi. After being evacuated from Vysokiy Bashnya, Makovich was briefed about the kidnapping of the President.

The Joint Intelligence Collective instantly assigned several teams to determining the location of the President. One of these teams, Team Delta, had Ivo Makovich as the second-in-command. In a joint operation with the FBI and CIA, the JIC were able to pinpoint the President's location: an abandoned bunker in Syviria. Makovich felt suspicious about the way the intelligence was gathered.

Five strike teams were assembled for the operation to save the president, with Makovich part of Delta Team. After intense planning, the operation went into action. The teams deployed near the bunker and pushed toward it. The team faced heavy resistance during the operation, with several members Team Delta being shot and killed by Cronus. Makovich was at one point The team pushed through the bunker until they finally discovered the president cowering in fear in a hidden trapdoor inside the bunker. After securing the President another large force of Cronus operatives began a siege around the bunker. The helicopter meant to evacuate the president was shot down by a member of Cronus with one of the NewArm prototype weapons. Makovich was able to kill the aforementioned member and steal his weapon. With such a powerful weapon on their side, Team Delta was able to cut through the siege and Makovich was able to lead the president to a secondary LZ.

## **Levi Soldner's War**

Ivo Makovich was informed by his friend Fatima Prifti that his cousin, Levi Soldner, had become a criminal overlord known as the Hybrid. Being a personal matter, Ivo decided to do his own investigation into his cousin. He traveled to Altland to see if he could extract any information from anyone relating to the whereabouts of Soldner. While investigating in the city Bargaville, Ivo was approached by Soldner, who at that time was known as the Hybrid. Soldner kidnapped Ivo, and took him to a church.

Ivo was forced to make a deal with Hybrid in order to survive the encounter. Hybrid then forced Ivo to travel to Argent Château in order to complete an assassination mission. The target was Pierre Jourdain, a man affiliated with the French street gang ASP. Makovich was ultimately unable to carry out the hit, however the sitaution still went in Makovich's favor, as Jourdain ended up being killed by who Makovich believed to be a rival gang member. After taking credit for the killing, Makovich was able to receive payment from the Hybrid while resuming his GSOB duties.

Months after the killing of Jourdain, Hybrid discovered that he was not killed by Makovich, but killed by the vigilante Watchdog. Hybrid scheduled a visit with Makovich, and informed him of the discovery. After threatening his family and altering the deal, Hybrid forced Makovich to deal with a man named Ian Kurtz in Isla Halcón to experiment with a material called *pure imperium*. Following the interaction, Makovich reported his findings to the GSOB, and helped stage an operation to capture Soldner.

Ivo traveled to Isla Halcón alongside the rest of his team, and set up an ambush on Ian. However, Soldner had anticipated an ambush, and had traveled to Isla Halcón himself before the team got there. He killed Ian, and strapped explosives to his body, set to explode if anyone interacted with the body. Makovich and his team fell for the trap, which ended up severely injuring Sarah Spinzer. Instantly following the explosion, Makovich attempted to fight Soldner, however was beat senselessly. The two were found by GSOB agent Cassius Redd, who instantly called for reinforcements and medevac.

Makovich went into a coma, waking up a week later in Hendrix Medical Centre. Makovich was able to recover quickly due to the Imperium cells that had gotten into his body during the explosion. A day after his recovery, he searched for Sarah Spinzer, only to discover she was approaching death. The next day, he visits her room in the HXMC only to be forced to leave when Doctors Larz Lorenz and Viktor Kilberg protected by GSOB guards break in. Makovich was unaware of the initial experiments done on Spinzer.

## Becoming the Peacekeeper

Ivo traveled to Switzerland and made a weapons deal with Kajetan Kilmek. After the deal, he traveled to Santa Vida, California in order to get a bulletproof combat uniform from Hans Kielland. The two worked on the design for a week before eventually finalising the design, creating the first Peacekeeper Suit. Ivo Makovich then began traveling across the world, in order to kill criminals. He did this because the GSOB had become stagnant in their persecution of criminals.

## Hunting the Necro-Merc

His first true target was the Necro-Merc who operated within the Asian country of Khilmaj (Alpha Earth). After narrowing the location of the merc down to a city called Khoron, Ivo illegally ordered a shipment of weapons to the city, and easily gained access to multiple different firearms. After asking around, acting as a potential buyer of the Necro-Merc's services, he was given a location and time to contact the killer. Ivo arrived at the StyleKing Sports Bar late at night to negotiate a deal with the Merc. Seeing Ivo, the merc forced him to take off his jacket, and stay still. He commanded he put and keep his hands in the air. After making himself known, he stepped out into the street and talked with Makovich. After patting him down, the merc asked who Ivo wanted dead. Ivo paused, and said grimly: "You." Ivo activated a hidden blade in his shoe and kicked the blade into the merc's shin. He then grabbed the handgun holstered on the merc's hip and shot him in the head, killing him instantly.

## The Tarshovsky Threat

Ivo quickly returned to Zakova after killing the Necro-Merc. A week after returning to the country, he hears about a power outage in the city of Tarshovsky and missing energy cores in a Potentia-COR Labratory. Intrigued by these occurrences, he begins to work with the Zakovan Investigation Directive. One day, while strolling down a sidewalk in the city of Tarshovsky, Ivo begins to listen to police radios through an ear piece. He hears about an attack on another Potentia-COR Lab, this time near the Chernovod Lake.

## The Red Fist's Ultimatum

In response to the Tulaan's insurgency in Khilmaj, several GSOB agents were put into the Joint Intelligence Collective, including Makovich. Their first mission was the demolition of The Warmaker, a factory that created vehciles which were supplied to the Tulaan. It was owned by a company named KZ, assumed to be owned by the Khilmaji businessman Khondi Kulak.