Leonidas

Leonidas Pethros

Positions
**•** Legatus of  Southern Empire
(CC23-Present)

Holdings
Towns

Onira

Castles

Villages

Lanthas, Lartusys

**Leonidas** is the Legatus of the Southern Empire.

## Background

### Early Life

Leonidas’ birth was shrouded with mystery, although one thing was certain, he came from a noble family from the Calradic Empire. When the Empire broke into civil war he found himself in the Western Empire legions. He quickly rose the ranks and was a profound warrior in the West attaining the rank of Strategos, gaining the ownership of Amitatys.

He marched against the Unqid's armies towards Husn Fulq in an attempt to solidify the rapidly deteriorating and shrinking borders of the former Calradic Empire. After the battle seeing the role he personally played in changing the outcome of the battle he was granted the title of ''Slayer of The East'' by the Autokrator himself.

While in Amitatys he would learn of his past and his family's history and find out that he was a descendant of a noble family currently in the Southern Empire under Imperator Ethynol. After going on a journey through Calradia in an attempt not to draw Garios' wrath so he wouldn't execute his adopted family he successfully managed to make his way to the Southern Empire and also preserve his adopted family's lives in the West.

### Later Life

After his lengthy journey across Calradia he came to the Southern Empire and the Imperator welcomed with open arms and assured his safety against bounty hunters employed by the Autokrator to bring him back, dead or alive...Leonidas worked hard for his place in the Southern Empire and earned the title of Pagarch for his efforts. After aiding the Imperator's Battanian allies against Vlandia a unique moniker; ''Spatharios'' (Great Warrior) was granted to him personally by the Imperator.

Due to his loyal service to the Imperator he had became part of the inner circle of the Southern Empire's nobility. He lent a hand to the Imperator in the management of the Empire both in matters of war and statecraft alike. The Sultan wished to reclaim Husn Fulq from the Southern Empire so he assembled his host to meet the Imperator, Leonidas was there acting as both an advisor and a commander to support his Imperator, the battle was won however word reached Ethynol that Empress Rhagaea with other likeminded nobles plotted for the Imperator to lose the battle against the Aserai. Shortly after hearing of this Ethynol was carried by his soldiers to depose the Empress and the Imperator created a council of the most loyal and senior members of the nobility to advise him and thanks to his help with Rhagaea, being the first to pledge his loyalty after deposing Rhagaea he was granted the title of Exarch one of 3 to exist at the time.

After a lost against the Khuzaits the Imperator Ethynol decided that the Sultan had betrayed his trust for the last time and took action however this led to the demise of the Imperator as he breathed his last in battle. Leonidas afterwards organized a state funeral for the late Imperator and garnered praise for his efforts so the Imperator's widow Ira declared him Marshall of the South, and after repelling an incursion from the Northern Empire he managed to convice Ira to elevate him further, making him Legatus Leonidas.

## Accomplishments

The Legatus has without a doubt proved himself as a smooth operator, both in statecraft and the battlefield.

* Senator Lucon under the orders of Consul Vaesor Anatis led a Northern Imperial host into the Southern Empire, Lucon a shrewd and expert commander was repulsed in a gorge near Syronea and promptly retreated. After this battle he convinced to Ira to grant him the title of Legatus.