Iedolas Aldercapt

Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt is an antagonist in Final Fantasy XV and the secondary antagonist of the feature film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. He is the ruler of Niflheim.

Appearance
Iedolas is an elderly man with silver hair and blue eyes. He wears decorative, gold armor over a white dress shirt. He wears a black robe lined with silver buttons that has a goldenrod trim at the bottom. Over this he wears a white robe that has a large collar and red trim. He has black boots, black fingerless gloves and silver forearm armor.

Personality
Iedolas is a ruthless supremacist dedicated to expanding his territory, although he is semi-retired from frontline politics. Having conquered every other nation in the world of Eos but Lucis, he seeks to steal Insomnia's Crystal to increase his power even further. Iedolas employs flattery and feigns benevolence to help accomplish his goals, and uses this tactic to manipulate his adversaries. Despite this, Emperor Iedolas was, for a long time, a benevolent ruler and loved by the masses.

Iedolas wants the power of the Ring of the Lucii, and is even prepared to kill the last remaining Oracle to obtain it. Iedolas is himself manipulated by his chancellor, Ardyn Izunia. With his dying breath, he expresses his intention to rule the world and see his empire flourish.

Story
Iedolas Aldercapt travels to Lucis under the false pretense of signing a peace treaty with the kingdom's reigning monarch, Regis Lucis Caelum. On the day of the treaty signing, Aldercapt and Ardyn Izunia steal Insomnia's Crystal. The two return to Niflheim while their forces raze the crown city.

Admiring his stolen Crystal, Iedolas meets with Ravus Nox Fleuret, Aranea Highwind, and Verstael to discuss the Oracle, Lunafreya. Luna holds the Ring of the Lucii that lets one wield the combined powers of the old kings, a power that stems from the Crystal itself. He orders Ravus to terminate her, but is asked to reconsider by Verstael. Why the Empire has taken the Crystal is not publicized, but Aranea later says she heard the Empire believes the Crystal to pose a threat to daemons, monsters of the dark that the Empire has begun to employ in their warfare.

As Ardyn Izunia prepares to bring about the Starscourge, Iedolas is transformed into a powerful daemon, Foras. He attacks Noctis Lucis Caelum in Gralea in an attempt to obtain the Ring of the Lucii now in Noctis's possession, but he is defeated and killed when Noctis reunites with his allies. In the throne room in Zegnautus Keep, Noctis can observe the late Emperor's regalia slumped on the seat, possibly from the time he caught the "vanishing disease" and turned into a daemon.

Ten years later, Ardyn creates an illusory version of Iedolas's corpse and hangs it in chains from the ceiling of the Citadel's throne room. He uses it in an attempt to intimidate Noctis before their final battle.

Creation and development
The likeness of David Gant is used to portray Iedolas in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV.

Voice
Iedolas's Japanese voice actor is Shōzō Iizuka. He was originally portrayed by, but the actor passed away during the development of Final Fantasy XV.

Iedolas's English voice actor in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is David Gant, and he is voiced by Bob Joles in Final Fantasy XV. Joles previously voiced Grimoire Valentine in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.

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 * Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Etymology
"Iedolas" is derived from Idola, the plural form of the Latin word Idolon (which, in turn, comes from the Greek word "Eidolon").