Rhoaban Gustaf I (Total War)

King Gustaf was the first ruler of the Ancient Hylians. He appears in the Hyrule: Total War opening cutscene, fighting Sulkaris.

Description
The First King of Hyrule, King Gustaf took direct command of the Ancient Hylian armies and lead the final defense against an unending horde of Gohma. There he faced with Sulkaris, the Fallen Sage in the pivotal battle that would determine Hyrule's true masters.

Involvement
In 5000 BG, Sulkaris, the First Sage of Forest, became corrupt and attempted to steal the Triforce of the Goddesses for herself, and was banished from the Sacred Realm for eternity. However, Sulkaris possessed a giant beast, a massive Gohma that controlled all other Gohma like an ant hive and engaged a genocidal campaign against all who follow the Goddesses with an unending tide of the arachnid spawn. King Gustaf strikes an alliance with Emperor Torkulon of the Huskus, lures the Gohma into Ordona Province, where the Huskus would attack them from behind. Eventually, the Ancient Hylians defeated the armies of Sulkaris. Her forces were utterly crushed, despite outnumbering those of Gustaf. After the battle, King Gustaf duels with Sulkaris, until Sulkaris knocks Gustaf's sword out of his hand and prepares to kill him. As Sulkaris prepares to kill him, King Gustaf grabs a bow and arrow from a fallen soldier and shoots an arrow imbued with the Goddesses' power, killing Sulkaris.

With the death of Sulkaris and the Gohma disbanded, the Kingdom of Hyrule was established. This new empire crossed the land and made many allies in its time such as the Zora and the mysterious Wind Tribe. While many of these nations remain autonomous, the Wind Tribe became close to the Hylians after King Gustaf's rise to power.

In 4992 BG, the Darknut Legion from the western Gerudo Cliffs suddenly began a crusade towards the far east of Hyrule. They marched past the Hylian and Zora nations and instead invaded the mystical lands of the Wind Tribe known as Holodrum. A bloody war between the Darknut Legion and the Wind Tribe broke out, and the hidden cities in Holodrum were left in ruins. Queen Siroc of the Wind Tribe, a friend of Gustaf, came before him to plead for aid from the Hylian army.

Gustaf lead the Hylian army to the Tarm Ruins, the last bastion of the Wind Tribe. The Darknuts were defeated at this last junction, allowing the Wind Tribe to escape to the skies.

Gustaf dies of natural causes shortly after Siroc's departure, between 4992 BG and 4962 BG. His death would mark an important event in the history of Hyrule.

Custom battles
Gustaf and the Ancient Hylians are fully playable in custom battles.