Illata was a noble of Unta. He had at least some martial background as he owned a boiled leather cuirass studded with iron.
In Return of the Crimson Guard[]
Illata was one of a group of nobles who visited the home of Mallick Rel in the middle of the night to conspire against Empress Laseen. They informed him that Councilman Imry of the Imperial Assembly had resigned just as Mallick predicted and Illata believed it was as a result of threats from the Claw. (Illata and the others did not realize that Imry's resignation had been orchestrated by Mallick himself.)
Nobleman Quall claimed that the nobles needed to act on their own to protect their property. Illata announced that the group would seize the Imperial Arsenal by dawn, and asked that Mallick be their voice to the Empress. Mallick agreed, but after the nobles left he instead ordered the Claw to arrest and enslave the nobles and their families and confiscate all of their possessions. His plans to undermine the Empress were proceeding apace.[1]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.151-153