Īralto IV

**Airamogloz "Airangaroz" Īralto IV** (Īralto Pjosez), also **Īralto the Compassionate**, was the fourth emperor of the Īralto Dynasty of the Sarmelonid Empire. He was best known for making the Vozonid Empire a rich and powerful nation by reforging the scrap of the world.

He ruled for eighty-three years, his life most likely extended by the same elixir that prolonged the wicked Manditur kings before his civilisation.

## His place as emperor

Īralto IV was the fourth emperor of the Īralto Dynasty. As the Īralto Dynasty followed the Early Sarmelonid Dynasty, he was therefore the sixth descendant of Emperor Sarmelon I, and the seventh emperor of the entire Sarmelonid civilisation.

## History

Īralto's third edict as Emperor of Vozolaz was to make Vozolaz "the Forge of the World". He requested almost every nation in Jerde to give him the scrap and rubbish of their lands.

At first, the other nations laughed at his proposal, but eventually, when they saw the many recycling plants built all over the empire, they sheepishly agreed. The rich wanted to find somewhere to dump their excessive rubbish, and so do the poor, who refused to allow their lands to be their dumping grounds. All over the land, the Vozonid peoples built new recycling plants and offices by themselves, even when their Emperor did not command them to do it. After all, they were the ones who proposed it to the Emperor after a nationwide activist movement led to recycling becoming widespread all over the empire.

The programme was a massive success. Day and night, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft brought scrap and literal filth to Vozolaz's recycling plants, and within weeks, they returned with raw materials and machines. This was so popular with the Vozonids, because it meant an end to the shortage all over the empire as more supplies reappeared in its markets. In turn, the Vozonids' products provided a cheaper alternative to the highly-priced businesses that were widespread throughout the world, causing many businesses to curse the Vozonids for stealing their profits.

One factor that led to the Vozonids spending their massive, excessive wealth was a widespread fear of corruption and a duty to "use our wealth wisely". There was too much money in the Vozonid treasuries, more so than all the money needed to push Vozonid infrastructre to higher standards, that the government and many people simply spent it on uplifting people out of poverty.

The excessive amount of money in Vozonid coffers was not seen as a good thing within Vozolaz, but a cause of alarm, because of the fear that excessive money, even from so many sales from recycled wares, will allow evil people to rob the money and stop them from using it for the greater good. The same activist groups that led to a nationwide recycling campaign also spent their money to fund many projects in Vozolaz and in many other nations.

To resolve the looming conflict between Vozonid exports and frustrated foreign businesses, the Emperor decided to launch programmes to help local businesses in various nations all over the world. They would be invited to the embassies, where the Vozonids would supply their businesses. If they were too poor or could not afford, the Vozonids would not punish them, but be invited to build up their infrastructure. Whatever loans owed to the "broken lands" were rather low, low enough so the "broken lands" would receive some of their payments back for the sole purpose of improving their amenities.

Within eight years, Vozolaz grew from the massive influx of materials and the sales of its machines. One decade after Īralto IV became Emperor, Vozolaz became a first-world nation. It enjoyed the support of a growing number of allies, who were happy that the Vozonids used their vast wealth to rebuild their homes and free them from poverty.

## Death and legacy

When Īralto IV finally died of old age, his allies mourned and prayed at his cremation. His own people were very happy that their own work had been accomplished: their Emperor was kind enough to listen to them, allowing them to have more authority to destroy poverty in Vozolaz and the world. In Vozolaz, his funeral became a celebration, with the bearers of his coffin wearing all-white robes to represent his just rule.

His subjects believed that he was so righteous, that he ascended and earned his place in Heaven among the Vozonid gods. The rest of Jerde, even the businesses who no longer hated him for trying to support them after their losses, hailed him as one of the greatest heroes of the world.

## Successors

Ōndyrinoz, his descendant millennia later, followed his footsteps and reforged the scrap left behind by the Konjors to rebuild the Vozonid Empire. Again, the resulting sales and construction made Vozolaz a rich and powerful nation once again, and he also aided an alliance of rebel nations so they were able to win their equal portion of space resources and access.

## See also

* Zoirondo
* Sīlōjennoz
* Zannoz