Zemarkhos

Zemarkhos was a Videssian priest who preached against heretics like Vaspurakaners and organized pogroms against them.He went so far as to name his dog Vaspur.

Zemarkhos preached against heretics of every kind,including Marcus Scaurus and his Roman legionaries.In one episode,he was put into a bag with and injured by his own dog,an revenge of Vaspurakaner general Baanes Onomagoulos when he came to try an convert the Romans and the Vaspurakaners.

After the death of Mavrikios Gavras and the Yezda invasions,he revolted against the Gavrai regime and tried found his own state.Within his sphere of influence he killed many Vaspurakaners and other perceived heretics.

He was later killed by a trick of Marcus Scaurus and Gaius Philippus.