Adonis Lazaridis

"Lazaridis on the Eve of the Siege of Thia", photograph taken by Nadia Karloff, who won a Pulitzer Prize for it. November 2, 2021.

### Position

General, Pontian Liberation Front
 Member of the Triumvirate of the Pontian Government in Exile
 Leader of the PLF Liberal Bloc

## Out-of-Character Details

### First Appearance

Not yet appeared

**Adonis Lazaridis**, also known by his Posocco honourific name **Iytecca su Pontus** *(Saviour of Pontus)* is a Pontian rebel, co-leader of the Pontian Liberation Front alongside Mirion Staniadis, leader of the liberal faction within the PLF, and former rebel under the NATO-backed Democratic Alliance of Pontus. Since the onslaught of the 3rd Pontian Civil War, he has become an icon of rebellion who has been favourably compared to [Che Guevara]. He has also become an icon for the Thosovusu diaspora across Earth.

Widely popular amongst the Pontian rebel forces, he is generally assumed to be the PLF's presidential candidate should they win the civil war. The Pontian Government has issued a -D25,000,000 (equivalent to $2,500,000) bounty on his arrest or death.

## Early Life

Lazaridis was born April 16th, 1991, to Posocco immigrant parents. He was educated in political theory in order to eventually take over his father's position as Official Record Taker of the Pontian Politburo.

## 2nd Civil War

Lazaridis joined the Pontian Liberation Front (part of the Democratic Alliance of Pontus) at the outbreak of the 2nd Pontian Civil War. Assigned to a platoon under Dorothea Zervou, he soon rose to becoming 2nd in command of his platoon, taking over fully after Zervou's death in the Battle of Sampsounta.

### Battle of Artuin

On the 4th of February, 2021, Lazaridis' father was killed during a bombing in Trebizond, prepetrated by the Pontus Pano. In response to this, Lazaridis ordered an attack on the Pontus Pano stronghold of Artuin, in which leading Pontus Pano general Mihalis Cosmilis (known primarily for his role in the 1999 assassination of Nikos Zorbellis) was killed. The PLF leadership reprimanded him for his reckless actions; nonetheless, he rose very quickly through the PLF's ranks to become a commander by October of 2021.

### Battle of Thia and Becoming Interim Leader of the PLF

During the November 2021 siege of Thia, Lazaridis led his platoon in the evacuation of Pontian civilians; due to the levelling of the city, it is thought he saved roughly 15,000 civilians in doing this. After the execution of the majority of the PLF's leadership during the Sampsounta Trials (including leader Zoe Spirelli), he became the interim leader of the PLF until later elections (due to his popularity as the hero of Thia).

## Interwar Years

During the January 2022 PLF leadership conference, he was near unanimously voted as the president of the PLF. Due to his political stances, he became the de facto leader of the PLF's liberal faction.

### 2024 Manoleas schism

In the spring of 2024, the leader of the conservative bloc within the PLF, Gianni Manoleas, was assassinated by a Pontus Pano-hired mercenary. In the ensuing political chaos within the PLF, former WPP Minister of Foreign Affairs Miron Staniadis rose to prominence as de facto new leader of the conservatives. Many of the liberal faction disliked having a former high-ranking WPP member as a PLF leader, and the ensuing tensions threatened to destroy the PLF. In a successful effort to smooth things over, Lazaridis (who by this point was beloved by the liberal faction) appointed Staniadis as co-leader of the PLF, which he has remained.

## 3rd Civil War

During the 3rd Pontian Civil War, Lazaridis became a figurehead for the revolutionary cause, similar to that of Che Guevara.