Rhoaban Gustaf I (Total War)

Rhoaban Gustaf was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Akkala, the predecessor to the Kingdom of Hyrule.

Appearance
Rhoaban was a male Akkalan, with crimson eyes and grey hair. He sported a grey beard and mustache.

He wore a set of ornate bronze-hued armor decorated with sapphires, as well as a crimson cape and tunic. In battle he utilized an ancient Goddess Sword and Shield.

Power and Abilities
Like many Akkalans, Rhoaban possessed to ability to channel searing light from his blood, and was able to apply this power to the arrow he slew Sulkaris with.

History


Ancient Age
In 3000 BG, the fallen Sage of Forests, Sulkaris, innumerable years after being cast out of the Sacred Realm, encountered the Gohma, a race of arachnids still wandering aimlessly as she was after the destruction of their creator, Iemanis. Under Sulkaris, the Gohma engaged a genocidal campaign against all who follow the Goddesses with an unending tide of the arachnid spawn. Rhoaban struck an alliance with Emperor Torkulon of the Huskus, lured the Gohma into Ordona Province, where the Huskus would attack them from behind. Eventually, the Akkalans defeated the armies of Sulkaris.

After the battle, Rhoaban duelled with Sulkaris, until Sulkaris knocked Gustaf's sword out of his hand and prepared to kill him. As Sulkaris prepares to kill him, Rhoabangrabs 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 Akkala 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 Akkalans after Rhoaban's rise to power. This led Rhoaban to wed the Wind Tribe's queen, Siroc and have several children with her. During his reign, Rhoaban greatly expanded the territories of the Kingdom of Akkala, colonizing the Gerudo desert and much of the western Kokiri Forest and Faron Woods after the near-destruction of the Huskus Imperium.

In 2992 BG, the Darknut Legion from the western Gerudo Cliffs suddenly began a crusade towards the far east of Hyrule. They marched past Akkala and the Zora Dominion 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 came before him to plead for aid from the Akkalan army. Rhoaban lead the Akkalan 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.

In 2991 BG, Rhoaban Gustaf I was killed and overthrown by Baolin Nohansen. His children fled to northwestern Hyrule and founded the kingdom of Calatia. This knowledge is largely unknown to the people of Hyrule; due to the meddling of the Order of the Wizzrobe, Hylian historical records would later remember the founder of the Kingdom as a celibate, childless man who died of natural causes.

Quotes
''The Goddesses chose their pride. Fighting against that shows how wrong you all are.''