Krytus was a young man from Tantalus. He lived with his Mother. His brother, Aelon, went to war and one night his ghost appeared to Krytus asking him for help. Krytus found Hercules and asked him to return to Tantalus to help. There, it turned out Ares had caused a war and was feeding the bodies of dead soldiers to Graegus. Krytus briefly joined Daulin's army before Hercules and Iolaus ended the conflict. He told Iolaus that he wanted to be a scholar, following in the footsteps of his father.