 On 1 July, the Iranian people chose to be under the leadership of Gaumata, as "Bardiya".No member of the Achaemenid family would rise against Gaumata for the safety of their own life.Darius, who had served Cambyses as his lance-bearer until the deposed ruler's death, prayed for aid and in September 522 BCE, along with Otanes, Intaphrenes, Gobryas, Hydarnes, Megabyzus and Aspathines, killed Gaumata in the fortress of Sikayauvati.