Sharbaraz King of Kings was a ruler of Makuran and the direct descendant of Peroz King of Kings. His marshal and most trusted captain was Abivard who's sister, Danek, was his wife. After Peroz's death in the Pardrayan steppe at the hands of the Khamorth, who were paid by the Videssian Avtokrator Likinios, Sharbaraz was forced to renounce his throne by a power-hungry bureaucrat, Smerdis, and imprisoned at the stronghold of Pradtik called Nalgis Crag.