Vera Levedeva was an Ekklesiovskian military leader who was a primary antagonist of the December Crises in 3021. Levedeva led the short lived Protector-General government in the Pontifical States, vying for power against conspirators Yuri Lenkov, and Talbot Roberts. She would die in the culminating Battle For Ekklesiovsk, which saw Konstantin IX rescued from imprisonment and returned to power.
Early life
Levedeva was born an only child to an Ekklesiovskian family in 3001. Her parents died in the NCR-Ekklesiovsk Conflict when a bomb dropped and exploded in her residence while she was away at school. According to her friends at her university, this event traumatized and radicalized Levedeva, who joined the Pontifical States Armed Forces the following day.
Military career
Levedeva entered the Pontifical States Army as a commissioned officer. By the time her training had completed, the Concordat of 3021 (Treaty of Novenae) had already been ratified by Pontifex Rokossovsky, and the defeat of the Pontifical States and its subsequent tributary status to the NCR cemented. Hoping for a combat-ready assignment, Levedeva was instead assigned as a mess officer in the Pontifical Palace.
Levedeva held this position though to and until her introduction to Pontifex Konstantin IX, who reassigned her to be his Junior Personal Secretary under the Senior Viktor Novikov.
Konstantin IX personally nominated Levedeva for several military promotions during her assignment as his personal secretary, eventually bringing her to the status of Major-General, the youngest in the Pontical States Armed Forces history. Levedeva commanded a division of five thousand soldiers, frequently personally oversaw training, and many of whom would follow her orders in forming the Protector-General military government.
Personal secretary to Konstantin IX
Levedeva's tenure as Konstantin IX's personal secretary has been the subject of much debate amongst journalists and persons of interest in the December Crises. Her rapid military promotions and exclusive access to the Pontifex as his secretary have prompted widespread rumors of a romantic affair. The topic has been censored in the Pontifical States media spheres.