Hoyt is the tyrant of the South Island of the Rook Islands, as well as a crime lord who organizes the largest slave trading system in the Southern Pacific. Compared to Vaas, Hoyt is a "demon." He is also the leader of the Privateers and the boss of Vaas and his pirates. He is the archenemy of the Rakyat tribe.

Hoyt is a very sadistic and mentally unstable man and, according to Dennis, he's the "source of evil" on the islands. He has a bloodthirsty army of Privateers and appears to not cope with rule breaking and goes as far as burning people alive in a cage and making other Recruits watch. One of his top men is Sam Becker.