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{{Infobox non-player character
|name = King Tyras
|image = [[File:Mystery king tyras.png]]
|release = [[20 September]] [[2004]]
|update = Plague City Part 4 Released
|race = [[Human]]
|members = Yes
|quest = [[Regicide]]
|location = [[Tyras Camp]]
|shop = No
|gender = Male
|examine = N/A
|features = King of [[West Ardougne]], later presumed to be deceased
|map = no
}}'''King Tyras Ardignas''' was the king of [[West Ardougne]], a part of the capital city of [[Kandarin]]. Tyras and his brother, [[King Lathas]], each ruled half of Ardougne, essentially giving the city two completely separate governments. During the [[Regicide]] quest, the player assassinates Tyras at the order of [[Lord Iorwerth]], an [[elves|elven]] lord from [[Prifddinas]], with proof of his death coming from talking to General Hining and trying to enter Tyras's old tent, which now belongs to General Hining. After the [[Regicide]] [[quest]], it is revealed to the adventurer that he wasn't the main antagonist in the quest, and that his brother, [[King Lathas]], is the main antagonist and is serving Zamorak. According to the [[Making History]] quest, he is a Saradominist.

== History ==

=== Rise to Power ===

Tyras was born to [[King Ulthas]] [[Ardignas]], the king of [[Ardougne]] from approximately the years 100 to 139 of the [[Fifth Age]]. Little is known of Tyras's early life, although he and his brother [[King Lathas|Lathas Ardignas]] seemed to have a rivalry even at an early age.

In the year 139, King Ulthas was killed by a stray arrow during a hunting trip, leaving the job of leading his kingdom to his heir. Prior to his death, Ulthas had it written that, when he died, his two sons would each be given an equal half of Ardougne to rule. Tyras was given the city's western half, whilst Lathas became king in the east.

=== The Tirannwn Expeditions ===

Tyras ruled West Ardougne for some time, not immensely popular but accepted nonetheless. The city grew under his rule, expanding further west to the nearly impassable [[Arandar]] mountain range. As the city expanded west, a section of a small mountain on Arandar's edge was opened to make way for construction. This digging, however, uncovered the [[Underground Pass (dungeon)|Underground Pass]], an ancient elven tunnel system that had once connected the lands of Kandarin with the realm of the elves, Tirannwn.

[[File:TyrasCamp and PortTyras.png|right|thumb|The final camp of King Tyras.]]

Tyras found the prospect of exploring Tirannwn impossible to resist. Taking a highly trained division of the Ardougne Army, King Tyras travelled through the Underground Pass, which at the time was largely abandoned.

With Tyras gone, though, West Ardougne began to weaken. Even as its [[East Ardougne|eastern neighbour]] grew in wealth and political influence, West Ardougne found itself led by Tyras's inexperienced assistants. Public morale plummeted, and King Tyras quickly became unpopular.

Tyras, after spending some time in Tirannwn, temporarily returned to West Ardougne with his surviving men to recruit new soldiers and resupply. His time spent in West Ardougne was brief, though, and before long he returned to Tirannwn.

=== The Plague of West Ardougne ===

Shortly after Tyras left his steadily declining city, a major [[Plague of West Ardougne|plague]] swept West Ardougne. A group of [[mourners]] sent by King Lathas immediately placed the city under quarantine, fortifying its walls and sealing any known entrance to the city. The mourners, protected by insulated gear, began to take those they believed diseased in an effort to control the outbreak. Those infected initially displayed flu-like symptoms. When informed of this, the mourners would take the infected to an undisclosed medical centre, where they were treated in a way that would not spread the plague. This mortality rate once infected, though, was reportedly 100%.

In reality, the plague was part of an elaborate plot devised by King Lathas and Lord Iorwerth, an elven lord responsible for betraying and conquering the elves' capital city of Prifddinas in the late [[Fourth Age]]. The plague was actually non-existent, and those diseased inhabitants of West Ardougne were only infected with a minor illness caused by a deliberate poisoning of the city's food supply. Those taken by the mourners were brought to an excavation beneath Arandar, where they were enslaved and forced to dig for the [[Temple of Light]].

Unaware of this plot, the people of West Ardougne blamed King Tyras for bringing this foreign and incurable plague from the [[Poison Wastes]] in southern [[Isafdar]]. The city fell into a dilapidated state, its people in constant fear and poverty. Tyras immediately became the city's greatest enemy, and his people began to diminish either by escaping the city or by being enslaved by the mourners.

=== Iorwerth Conflict ===

''The following takes place before and during the [[Regicide]] [[quest]].''

Tyras, unaware of what was happening in his city, continued to explore Tirannwn, eventually making it as far as the [[Western sea]]. His highly trained group of [[Tyras guard]]s, though increasingly few in number, kept him safe from the dangers of the elven forest.

Lord Iorwerth, seeing King Tyras as a foreign invader and a potential meddler in his plan, declared him a rogue attempting to conquer Prifddinas and an enemy of the [[Iorwerth Clan]]. The two soon erupted in armed conflict, though the elves' knowledge of their forest put Tyras and his men at a massive disadvantage. Despite this, Tyras eventually managed to escape from Iorwerth, establishing a [[Tyras Camp|hidden camp]] in the secluded forests of South-western Isafdar. In constant fear, Tyras's men knew that, before long, the clan would find and slaughter them.

Tyras would from that point on spend considerable time in his war tent, attempting to find a way to overcome or, if necessary, escape Lord Iorwerth.

=== Assassination ===

Despite near infinite resources at his disposal, Lord Iorwerth was unable to locate Tyras even with his most experienced trackers. Deciding assassination was the best way to eliminate the threat of Tyras, Iorwerth requested that Lathas send a gullible adventurer to do the dirty work for them.

King Lathas, hoping to use the [[Prifddinas Death Guard]] to claim [[Camelot]], complied, sending an adventurer that had helped him to remove the Zamorakian mage [[Iban]] from the Underground Pass. The adventurer, led to believe that Tyras was an enemy of Ardougne, agreed without question.

[[File:Barrel bomb exploded.png|left|thumb|Tyras' incinerated tent.]]

The adventurer, travelling once more through the again abandoned pass, arrived in Tirannwn shortly after. Immediately upon arriving, they met two elves from [[Lletya]], a group that had been betrayed by Iorwerth and forced from Prifddinas. Hearing of this, Iorwerth's soldiers arrived and killed the rebels before they could warn the adventurer of Iorwerth's true intentions.

Iorwerth, taking advantage of the adventurer's naivety to the situation, instructed them to construct a bomb that could be used to kill Tyras. After constructing this from native explosives, the adventurer gained control of the catapult north of the camp and sent the bomb hurling into Tyras's tent. Tyras was killed in the explosion, his body apparently completely incinerated.

===Aftermath===
After returning to Ardougne Castle to tell of their success, [[Account|the player]] was confronted by an elf from Lletya, who explained that Lathas and Iorwerth were the enemy and Tyras had been an ally of the Lletyans.

Today, Tyras's few surviving soldiers still remain in hiding within their camp, now leaderless and unable to escape the forests of Isafdar.

However Tyras's death is a matter of much objection by the players, some believe that he may be in fact still alive due to the influence of Shakespeare acts on the quest series, this is further reinforced by the fact that himself is not presented personally in the series, using an [[Orb of oculus]] before and after the tents incineration shows that there is nobody inside it, also generally after a king in crusade dies, the king's army usually flees which does not happen.

Some even further theorize that [[General Hining]] is the real Tyras, who expected actions from his brother, Lathas, and prevented his death by using either a double or a dummy in his tent, this speculation comes from the fact that Hining is wearing a cloak of the [[Kandarin]] standard, generals capes are usually white in colour with a blue coat and in the same manner kings capes are usually blue in colour.

These speculations may be cleared by in-game future releases.

[[File:Tyrasguard.png|right|thumb|One of Tyras's personal guard.]]

== See also ==

*[[Plague quest series]]
*[[Mourners]]
*[[Plague of West Ardougne]]
*[[King Lathas]]
*[[Lord Iorwerth]]
*[[Cadern Clan]]
*[[Camelot]]
*[[King Arthur]]
*[[Lord Sinclair]]

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[[Category:Protagonists]]
[[Category:Saradominists]]
[[Category:Regicide]]
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