Yinower Delas-Nuwan

Yinower Delas-Nuwan is the Yirsidan (Ice King) of the Kingdom of Anglunia. He was half Yirsi and half human. He was married to Sarai Lovesong and the father of Eliyawin, Yinower, Feyer, Alderica, Miyan, Garyen, Aslen, Dardellan, Daviyen, Laerothlynn, Tenshi, Florian Yinower-Nuwan and Leyin Yinower-Lovesong. He was played by JohnnyDJackson, who joined the server on 22nd of June 2021.

Birth & Childhood
Yinower was the son of a minor noble and an Ice Elf. His father, Delas, bought his mother, an Ice Elf maiden named Yeliwin following a dispute between the estate of Seren Farm and a nomadic Hyakki tribe.

His father was a minor noble in the Anglunian city-states. Yeliwin was stolen from her tribe as a tribute to solve a dispute, and thus began a loveless marriage. Yinower was born shortly after, his name meaning “Bringer of Fortune”, a gift from Delas to his wife as it is a common Western Hyakki name.

At a young age, his mother died of illness. This affected Yinower greatly, as is expected. His father taught him everything he knew about statescraft and sought to make a great politician out of him.

Adulthood & Inheritance
At the age of 17, Yinower’s father died of a heart attack. He inherited his father’s entire estate and moved to the capital Isaz shortly after, where he pursued a political career. Soon he became a national council member, gaining influence within the realm.

Yirsidani Elyani Taygen-Blizun, his second cousin once-removed, formed the Kingdom of Anglunia, buying a small area from the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa. Yinower contributed in the Treaty of Myrtle, absorbing the city-state in the kingdom. He built up a great amount of wealth and helped buy the rest of the land in Nefelis.

Path to Chancellor
Yinower’s influence across the country increased and this time he married Sarai Lovesong, Princess of Winterfrost, securing a stable alliance between the two.

Yinower played part in the Andoran-Lechjan War, the Clown War and the Larp Rebellion, where he and his then-fiancée were both nearly killed at the 6 AM Larp Dinner. Hoping to establish an alliance with Sarai Lovesong, he brought her to the diplomatic dinner at Austonia, Little did either of them know that this dinner would become a massacre, where both of them nearly died. For his efforts in the realm, he was named Chancellor by Yirsidani Elyani Taygen-Blizun.

Drake of Arros
On a pilgrimage to Mount Arros, Yinower Delas-Nuwan found a small dragon of an unknown species, later known as the Anglunian Yirsandel (literally translated: Ice Dragon). He named it Ilyarinth and formed a close bond with the beast, having it grow to the size of a house while still being loyal to him. It was a weapon of destruction, though Yinower preferred not to use him that way.

Two years after finding the young drake, Yinower decided it was best to let it free, into the wilderness. He feared of many farmers being rid of their cattle, but his worries were put to a stop when he received no reports of such things. The Anglunian Yirsandel was once again in the wild, free to roam the ice forest of Yirsaad.

Marriage and the Larp Rebellion
Shortly after, Sarai and Yinower married and had their first child. Their first date might have been a disaster, but it still led a prosperous marriage for the two. Following the Larp Dinner, Yinower also started preparing a war against the rebellious Austonians.

Yinower participated in the total revenge against Austonia and Shallowpeak, killing its inhabitants mercilessly. There was one thing Yinower could not stand above all: betrayal. He once rode into Austonia an honored guest, and now left as a murderer.

Post Larp Rebellion
The Larp Rebellion was over, and he could once again continue his work on the realm. He had seven other children, remaining Chancellor even after the governmental reform. And with his children, he sought to gain political influence. Eventually, due to the Larp Dinner killing many members of House Blizun and after the death of Yirsidani Elyani Taygen-Blizun, Yinower Delas-Nuwan became Yirsidan of Anglunia.

Death of Alderica & Neihernspried
Shortly before his reign could begin, however, Yinower was infected with the Neihernspried, a fungal disease that took control of its victims' minds and bodies. Luckily, the disease was slow to Yinower and it didn't affect him too much, though it did make him more explosive as a character, a trait the Neihernspried gave to him. There were signs of another personality taking him over.

During the first year of his reign, his second-eldest daughter, Alderica, died of the Neihernspried. She thought the pain was too much and made the Spried take her life. Yinower was devastated at the loss of his daughter, and he became mad.

There was no response from Yinower for days. That all changed when the Neihernspried suddenly launched another attack on its host, driving Yinower completely mad. He was heard unintelligibly whispering to himself, then screaming, then whispering again. His state of mind switched between complete sanity and complete insanity at a whim, as the Neihernspried had nearly full control of his mind. The Kingdom now had to be managed by his wife and the Chancellor, Sidja Foryel-Goldnyr, his third cousin twice-removed.

And with the sudden disappearance of the sun, the Kingdom of Anglunia was put in an even more tight position. Starvation, mass crazes, closed borders at the behest of the king, rumors of demons roaming the land all contributed to total chaos in the kingdom. Vampires took advantage and sucked life from the peasantry, while Yinower stayed in his castle, at this point immovable.

The Vow
On the day of reswearing the oath he once swore to his wife, Sarai Lovesong, Yinower Delas-Nuwan committed suicide. After a ceremony and a party, Yinower invited all of the guests at the vow to go outside. He climbed on the cathedral it took place in and held a short speech to his guests.

After that he jumped off the cathedral, dying when hitting the ground in front of several of his children. The Neihernspried had caused him to jump off, the pain was too much for him. Shortly before committing suicide, he wrote a will containing his last wishes.

Personality
Yinower Delas-Nuwan was to say the least, a ruthless person. He planned out his strategies, seeking more power wherever he could find it. Like an eagle, he preyed upon any chance he could find to rise through the ranks of society, as he hated his father, who was merely a minor noble. This ambition, this world-hunger, is what brought him to become Chancellor and eventually Yirsidan.

Yinower also had a fierce personal hatred for humankind, as to him, they resemble his father, like most things he hated do. He thought they are lousy, egotistical, uncaring and hateful. He looked down on them, but not to the point he wished them exterminated. No, he wished for Yirsi supremacy in Anglunia, to cleanse the sins of his father.

Beneath his cold facade and his hatred of all mankind, there lied a kind man who wished the best for his children. Through all the forced marriages and strict regime, he deeply cared for his children and wished for them to not have the same childhood as he did. He cared for his people too, even the humans.

Having been infected by Neihernspried, some of his personality began to change. He became more and more erratic, something that is completely unlike him. Randomly screaming, shouting, waving his arms around, all results of the Neihernspried attempting to take over his body. When Panorh Panheddas-Penhator gave him a concoction which included cheese, he became even more erratic, trying to kill himself in various ways, but always failing.

Following the death of his daughter, the infected Yinower Delas-Nuwan was completely devastated, and for a few days completely unresponsive besides screaming every once in a while. With his mind still impaired, he wrote a poem:

A great sorrow cometh upon me / My child, for whom I cared / Alderica, I miss thee / My child, beautiful, white-haired

The disease that took her / For a child, it was too much / How happy we once were / Now her cheek I cannot touch

The Spried, it taketh all! / My head, my body, my child / Spried, you have the gall

Spried, you drive me wild! / My anger stands tall! / Spried, you are reviled