Zviad Baazovi

The Samaritan

Zviad Baazovi

## Biography

### Early Life

In conversation, Zviad Baazovi claims he was born from a secret affair between a Georgian woman and a Soviet spy. By all estimates, he was born in 1971. Medical records show an unnamed pregnancy on January 3rd, 1971 to a woman named Natia Quench, ARGUS believes this birth to be Baazovi.

Natia and her son, at the time named Alden later moved from Georgia to Bialya City, the capital of Bialya at the time. Immigration records track this move to have occurred in 1984. Three years later, Adrian Veidt’s attacks caused the destruction of several records in Bialya City. Alden and Natia are still listed as missing persons.

In 1992, in Science City, a man named Zviad Bazzovi was arrested by the Red Rocket Brigade on suspicion of leaking government records. Zviad was thrown in prison. An extensive background check found no record of Zviad before that, which leads ARGUS to suspect Zviad to be an alias, however he has never revealed any other name he has gone by.

### The Samaritan

Eventually, Zviad was released from prison in 2002. He disappeared from Russia, and the trail on Zviad goes cold here.

Around 2007, in the pirate nation of Coryana, rumors began spreading of a power broker, simply known as the Samaritan, who was willing to spill government secrets. Following the success of Task Force X during the supernatural event in Star City, it was decided that they would go to Coryana in an attempt to assassinate the Samaritan.

Following the success of one of their missions in Markovia, Batman’s secret black-ops team the Outsiders were also sneaking into Coryana, not for any action, but to do recon on the Samaritan. When Batman recognized Floyd Lawton, he attempted to pull out of the mission, but found that the Samaritan’s personal security force, the Many Arms of Death, had been on the trails of both teams.

The Samaritan personally confronted both Batman and Colonel Rick Flag, and killed Task Force X operative Blackguard, who had sold out his team. Task Force X and the Outsiders both escaped the nation.

In Markovia, Zviad Baazovi turned up yet again, claiming to be a Quarci political refugee. He was granted admittance to the city, where he began trying to find jobs, to little success. Eventually, he was recruited for an operation known as Bedlam, set on trafficking metahumans. Zviad, however, fell victim to Bedlam, and went through a painful operation in which he gained metahuman abilities.

Since Zviad has never been captured, the full extent of his abilities is unknown. Similar to those of Mister Terrific, he has become undetectable to any type of technology, most importantly - security cameras. Zviad also appears to have some level of hypnosis and psychological control.

Zviad used these newfound powers to associate himself with the secret leader of Bedlam, Baron Federick DeLamb. After the two executed the assassination of King Viktor and Queen Ilana, Zviad was given a place as an advisor to Princes Brion and Gregor Markov. Over the next few months, with subtle manipulation, Zviad gained close trust with Gregor.

Upon uncovering his involvement with Bedlam, Brion murdered Frederick DeLamb, causing him to be barred from entering Markovia. Under Zviad’s advice, vigilantes were altogether banned from Markovia, alienating Prince Brion and Princess Tara from re-entering their home country.

### Prime Minister

   As Gregor soon discovered, metahumans’ existence within Markovia was causing problems amongst the citizens. Soon, mobs began forming to hunt these metahumans down. Thus, Gregor and Zviad created their own metahuman team, sponsored by the Markovian government to enforce peace within Markovia’s borders. The team became known as the Crusaders. The Crusaders were also aided by Dr. Helga Jace, a former Bedlam scientist, and collaborator of DeLamb and Baazovi.

Baazovi worked in secret with the Light, allowing the metahuman assassin Everyman to murder Gregor. With no heir apparent, Baazovi took over as Prime Minister of Markovia, where he closed down their borders, and the country became a reclusive dictatorship, with him manipulating his own metahuman team as his enforcers.

Little information escapes Markovia, as Baazovi remains silent to the press and has withdrawn from the United Nations. The Outsiders have gathered intel leading them to believe that Baazovi has partnered with HIVE, and ARGUS now suspects Zviad to be involved in the supervillain conspiracy the Light.