Nasos Kostides

Nasos Kostides was the King of Ilaka, reigning in the aftermath of the Asger War and his father's death. Though, most of his reign was covered by regency, only having a year unguided before his assassination in **530PR**.

## Early Life

Nasos was born in the city of Kras, the capital of Ilaka, in **511PR** to King Argiris Kostides and Arima Kinyo.

The couple later had another child, a daughter named Loukia in **512PR** and another son in **519PR** named Arima Narihasa.

Until his reign, most of his time was spent with his mother in Kras Castle.

## Reign

### Regency

In **518PR** King Argiris was slain by Vibius Calenus in the Battle of Dimale in a pitiful display of a duel. Without a monarch, Nasos was called to the throne, crowning him King by the end of the year.

Too young to rule himself, the Kostides Council acted as regent, opening up negotiations with the Nirvan Republic. When their representatives, Vibius and Arruns, arrived they discussed a surrender, giving up the ability to wage war, accept the conquered lands and let Vibius take the Ilakan Crown.

Most of the regency was spent dealing with the aftermath of the Asger War, which had cost the lives of 43,000 of capable men. By the end of it, they had only just managed to restore their nation back to their pre-war stance, an impressive effort despite a smaller amount of land.

### Sole Leader

At the age of 18, in **529PR**, Nasos was old enough to leave his regency and rule alone. Despite a lot of influence and power still being held by the council, he managed to make a lot of decisions. Still, this didn’t exactly mean his decisions were good. By the end of the year he had made a lot of unsatisfactory decisions, often using violent means to get his way in order to distance himself from the council.

One of these acts was arresting his Uncle Apelles. Afterwhich, he exiled his mother Kinyo, sister Loukia and Narihasa to Hashin, claiming that they were conspiring with Hashin and the council to overthrow him, though was more likely to remove any claims to the throne.

As Apelles was a popular noble with not only the people but the nobility as well, his arrest angered a lot of people and placed a large target on his back.

Oblivious to it all, Nasos continued ruling as if nothing had changed, slowly making preparations for his next target, the council.

## Assassination

Nasos continued to anger the people by the end of **529PR**, causing some riots in the street that overwhelmed the prison and allowed Apelles to walk free. Furious, Nasos met the protesters with violence, sending his guards in to disperse the crowd and take everyone home.

Outnumbered, the guards didn’t stand a chance, retreating back to Kras Castle where the King yelled at them for their failure. The protests continued in Janu of the next year, forcing the King to remain isolated in his castle, even the council abandoning him.

On the night of the 3rd of Janu, the guards got together and made a pact, believing that the King was too incompetent for the task and would likely get them killed. Marching up to the room, they surrounded Nasos and captured him, bringing him up the tower to a balcony. There, with the protesting King, they slit his throat, throwing his body over. When it hit the ground, the protesters cheered, returning home.

## Succession

After his death there were multiple claims to the throne. As Nasos had no child there was no direct heir, making murky water. The closest and best in the line of succession was Narihasa, but as he was exiled to Hashin and seemingly happy there, this left Apelles.

Being already popular and in control of the council, this was the best bet, staking his claim with the army and scaring off anyone else. At the end of Janu he was declared King, crowned in **530PR**.