Grzkai 'One Eye'

Grzkai 'One Eye'  was the founder of the first Khanate of Jelbania in 620. He subjugated all (then) 61 Jelbeks clans, creating the first Jelbanian state which stretched over the entire southern steppes and part of the plains of the northwest.

Life
Very little is known about the life of the Jelbek folk hero, much of it is recorded only in folk songs which have survived from the latter days of the Khanate and were recorded by Ahmadi scribes hundreds of years later. Grzkai is said to have been a general, serving one of the clan chiefs of the Jelbeks, who seized power and began his famous campaign of conquest around 608, waging war almost continously for 12 years until he gained control over all the Jelbek peoples. He is said to have been slain in battle in 648 while battling an unknown Deltarian tribe. His son, Grzkai II 'Big Nest succeeded him as Khan of the Jelbeks.