Guylos Empire

The Guylos Empire is a nation that features in Zoids.

History

The Guylos Empire

The exact origins of the Guylos Empire are somewhat unclear. In ZAC 1958, mysterious Zoids from the Dark Continent of Nyx attacked the Central Continent, apparently controlled by Guylos, one of the rulers of the Central Continent. The Zoids were eventually driven off by the forces of the Helic Kingdom. Guylos himself was exiled, travelling across the oceans to Nyx. At some stage he managed to unify the savage tribes of the Dark Continent into a single Empire. Guylos established an iron-fisted rule over the continent, building a powerful army of savage warriors who had a reputation for fighting until they or their opponents were utterly destroyed. Despite this, many wild tribes remained on the Dark Continent, fighting amongst each other in near-constant battles. By the ZAC 2030s the Empire was ruled by Emperor Guylos(still the same individual, due to the long life-span of human beings on Planet Zi). A dark and enigmatic man, he had a reputation for cruelty, as well as a desire to rule the entire planet. The Guylos Empire remained largely unknown to the outside world until ZAC 2039. After the defeat of his empire, Zenebas fled to the Dark Continent. Once there, he formed an alliance with Guylos to retake the Zenebas Empire and take over the entire continent. Guylos provided Zenebas with a new army, composed of new Zoids like the Black Rhimos, Warshark and Dimetrodon, as well as creating the massive Deathsaurer. Zenebas invaded the Central Continent in ZAC 2042, initially steamrolling the Helic forces. However, the Helic Army counterattacked with the Mad Thunder, pushing Zenebas back. In ZAC 2049, as his empire faced defeat, Zenebas made a fateful decision to call for help from Guylos. Zenebas knew that the Guylos Empire would likely destroy the entire continent, but he felt that it would be better to lose everything than let Helic rule it.

The Guylos Army invaded the continent, but rather than attacking the Republic, they instead struck the Zenebas Empire. Zenebas himself was killed and the Guylos Empire took control of its forces. As the Guylos forces attacked the Republic, their effects could be felt across the continent. Plants and animals began to die, the ground became parched and lakes and rivers dried up, as if the continent itself was dying. The source of these events was the 'Dark Zoids' powered by Deochalcum that the Guylos Forces used. The Helic forces invaded the Dark Continent, only to find themselves in conflict with the strange Zoids of the Guylos Empire. The two forces bogged down in a bloody eighteen-month stalemate in the Devil's Maze, the Helic forces unable to advance past the Guylos defenders. Only the arrival of the Salamander F2, the Republic's new aerial Zoid, was enough to break the stalemate. Guylos had prepared for this eventuality. He had forced Störmer, the Zenebas Empire's top ace, into his service. Armed with the massive Gilvader, Störmer attacked the Helic air forces and wiped them out. In desperation, the Helic Forces tried to push through with their Mad Thunders; however, the Gilvader descended on them and destroyed them as well. The Guylos army attacked the Central Continent again, using the Gilvader Force. The Gilvaders wreaked havoc on the Republic, until counter-attacked by a force of Orudios. The lead Gilvader (possibly Störmer's) was speared through the cockpit, and apparently destroyed. Despite this, the Empire continued its attacks, using swarms of the new Gungyarados. It was only with the arrival of the King Gojulas that the war turned in favour of the Republic. The massive Zoid was able to decimate the Empire's forces, destroying all in its path. The King Gojulas forces advanced towards the capital, with only the Emperor's bodyguards, the Descats, to stop them. Before that battle could occur, a terrible disaster struck Zi. An asteroid struck one of the three moons of Zi, shattering it and causing debris to rain down on Zi. The meteors devastated the planet; the Central Continent was split into three sections while a portion of the Dark Continent sank into the ocean. Both the Republic and the Guylos Empire suffered severe losses and were unable to wage war; instead they were left struggling to survive.

The Guylos Empire, now confined to the ruined Dark Continent, struggled to rebuild following the devastation. The Empire's population and culture changed as it absorbed the remnants of the Zenebas Empire into it. The Empire became a lot less brutal and savage, ironically becoming more like Zenebas then it originally was. In ZAC 2097, Guylos died, leaving his ten-year-old grandson, Rudolph, as his only heir. The chief of the armies, Gunter Prozen, was appointed as his regent. In ZAC 2099, Prozen declared war on the Helic Republic, aiming to crush it for once and all. However, due to the presence of Triangle Daras, the so-called Sea of Witchery, a massive impenetrable storm between the two continents, the Guylos Empire could not directly attack the Republic. Instead, they invaded the Western Continent of Europa to use it as a staging ground. The Guylos forces initially saw great success, crushing the various local forces and the few Helic unis deployed there. They managed to seize Mount Olympus, the highest peak on the continent and a vital strategic point. In there, they found the ruins of an ancient yet advanced civilisation, as well as a Deathsaurer. Using the information found here, the Empire was able to develop new Zoids and launch a new offensive. Despite this, the Republic launched a counter-offensive that forced the Guylos forces back to the Dark Continent. The Republic's army pursued them across the oceans, aiming to invade the continent and capture or eliminate the Emperor. The Republic's armies were blocked and defeated by the Guylos navy, and were forced into the Sea of Witchery where the troops became disorientated and fell into disarray. Prozen secretly sent a Zoid to lead them out of the sea region and launch a new attack on the Dark Continent with the intent of creating chaos within the Guylos Empire. In the midst of the invasion, the Prozen Knights, the elite bodyguard unit of Regent Prozen, launched a coup d'état and seized power in the capital. The Guylos units loyal to Rudolph joined the Helic Republic's invasion forces, and the combined unit attacked the Knights. All three forces were almost completely destroyed when Prozen's Deathsaurer exploded. In the aftermath, the Eisen Dragoon force, a Guylos unit made up of Zenebas soldiers, took control of the Guylos Empire and renamed it as the Neo-Zenebas Empire. However, elements of the Guylos Empire's government and army survived, fleeing to the Eastern Continent. These forces later allied with the Helic Republic to help defeat Neo-Zenebas.

Members

• Zeppelin II :
• Rudolf Gerhardt Zepplin III :
• Gunther Prozen :
• Karlton Lichen Schubaltz :
• Raven :

Notes

• The Guylos Empire featured in the setting of the Zoids universe.

Appearances

• Zoids:

External Links

• Zoids Wiki Entry

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