Grytu

Grytu was a male Human who served as the last Iloisa Emperor. He was born in 397 AT in Ilois, the nation's capital.

The future conqueror was a member of the Imperial Family. He was the oldest heir to his mother, Empress Ylema, and ascended to the Imperial Throne in 440 AT after her death. Grytu firmly believed in the destiny of the Ilois Empire to expand, and decided that all lands should belong to Ilois. A Tulkonist, Grytu understood that the Tulkon's support would be needed for the world to accept him as its leader, but the current Tulkon, the young Dwarf Rum, publicly rejected Grytu's government. The next race in the Tulkon Cycle was the Humans, so Grytu knew that after Rum's death the new Tulkon would be born into the Iloisa Empire. Grytu began a campaign of genocide against the Dwarves, which claimed Rum as a victim along with nearly 80% of the Dwarven population. Rum reincarnated as Ytinise, who was born to parents that strongly opposed Grytu's policies. He had them quietly killed and adopted Ytinise, raising her to be a blindly loyal soldier and with the idea that the Tulkon's purpose was to serve the Iloisa Empire.

After the Dwarven Genocide, Grytu declared war on the world's other nations, waging campaigns in Ynoforan Country, northern A'Roastad, and the Gardenian Regions and Western coast of Orcanth, while colonizing former Dwarven territory on the Onor Peninsula as well as Däe Ydelhiad. The battles were long and costly, but Grytu was unyielding. Ytinise served as his top general, with uncompromising tactics and loyalty to the Empire.

In 471 AT, Ytinise discovered that the Tulkon was never meant to serve only Ilois, but the world, and had a change of heart and defected. She declared the region of Uzybad's independence as a new nation, the Usybork Republic, and fought back against Grytu's regime. With the help of allies such as the Dwarf Balgro, Ytinise was able to destroy the Iloisa Empire by 476 AT. Grytu was captured and placed in a prison, where he lived until his death in 485 AT.