The God-King Darius I

The God-King Darius I was born a human but ascended to Godhood through the consumption of human souls. His son, Xerxes, was so horrified by this realisation that he overthrew his father and exiled him to the province of Anatolia. Darius grew a new and powerful Persian enclave in Anatolia and initially held peaceful relations with both his son and his up and coming neighbour Orubashi. This state of affairs was not to last however as war broke out between Darius and Orubashi, during this time unrest built up in Darius' kingdom as more and more souls were being devoured by him coupled with his capital at Ankara being heavily besieged by Orubashi lead to him being killed in his throne room. In a fit of madness at the end he devoured his favourite wife and murdered his other children. Witnesses report seeing a white rabbit, suggesting Kuriosolinus could have been to blame.

Before the war with the Daemon of the East, Darius was a fairly benevolent ruler who despite his penchant for human souls treated his people with respect and was open to diplomacy and trade. It was only after he began to shut himself in did things descend into anarchy.