When his grandparents died, his life became traumatic and began to act tyrannically and oppressively. Alexander governed tyrannically and was constantly seeking to control Thessaly and the kingdom of Macedonia. Sixteen years later, the Shadow Lord tyrannically rules Deltora. The mother of the groom runs the family tyrannically. In Arabic, the verb "tafar'ana" meaning to act tyrannically literally translates as "acting Pharaohically".