Yonas Asat

Yonas Asát is a former Castellan traveler and citizen of the Second Kingdom of Grand Castell, now citizen of the Third Kingdom of Grand Castell. He was born in Spring of 291 TE, on the island of Farrenore in Rathnir from two Castellan refugees.

Early Life
Yonas was born to an unknown father and mother. His name is derived from the Castellan words 'yos', meaning day, and 'nas', meaning power, so his name literally means 'Power Day'. This name refers to the union of HammerDeep and the Holy State of Averna that happened right before his birth in 291 TE. When he was only 5 months old, his mother passed away from an unknown disease, referred to by his father as the Anti-Flame. During the next years, his father would care for him with the few things he could buy from his job as fruit merchant. Every night, before Yonas went to sleep, his father read him a story about a brave man that met a stranger in a bar, who told this man the secrets of his ancestors. They always sat next to the furnace, and when Yonas asked why, his father told him that it was a beacon of hope and safety.

Traveling Period (304-313 TE)
He lived with his father on the island until he was 13. In that year, his father got extremely sick and passed away in Spring. Yonas suspected this to also have been the Anti-Flame. On his deathbed, his father told him about his Castellan heritage, and he asked him to travel the world, as he once did, and to return to their homeland. In 304 TE, Yonas departed on his world journey, surviving by trading the few things he found on his way. Due to not knowing the names of his parents, he adopted the surname Asát, which means 'traveler'. After 7 years of traveling, Yonas set out to reunite with the Castellans in the Kingdom of Grand Castell, before the arrival of the prophesized Comet of Iristor. He traveled for ten long years along the Northern Sparwood coasts and through Fjelli lands. In 313 TE, he finally arrived in Grand-Castell, with almost nothing to his name. When he arrived there, he discovered that the story his father always told was the life story of Skavier Castellan III and his talks with Meep, the Light Incarnate and the god of the state religion in Grand Castell. It also explained why his father always wanted to be close to the furnace: he was a follower of the Orthodoxy of the Light Incarnate. Yonas immediately converted to the Orthodoxy, in memory of his father's wishes.

March on Urnu-Arrak
After setting up camp outside Gaular's walls, he earned some money to pay for light armor. When StoneyStoner spoke to Rathnir in 317 TE, he went to Urnu-Arrak to see what the prophet had to say, right before the March on Urnu-Arrak. In the chaos, Yonas saw Stoney declare himself the avatar of the Soleannen god Solaris. He barely escaped the slaughter of Rathnirians, and fled home. There, he prayed to Meep to help his fellow Rathnirians destroy Stoney and to save them from the impending doom of the Comet.

Battle of Eyon
Later that year, he heard that the Rathnirians were planning to reclaim Eyon from StoneyStoner and House Paxia. He joined the Rathnirians in the Battle of Eyon, but due to being underequipped, he fought mostly at the back and even had to retreat a few times. In the end, Rathnir won the battle and reclaimed the city, and Yonas returned to Castell.

The Final Battle
Yonas once again answered the call of the Rathnirian Legion in 319 TE to fight in a final battle against StoneyStoner and the pro-Stoney Eldhamites, in the plains of Frostmarch. He fought to claim the bridge with his fellow Rathnirians, but got hit by the immense impact of a meteor fragment that Stoney pulled to the battleground. He luckily got blasted in a stream of water, breaking his fall. He saw Stoney's speech and his death at the hands of Twerkish with the Paxian Bow, followed by StoneyStoner and G0NF ascending and leaving Rathnir for good. He swiftly travelled back home to prepare for the evacuation of Rathnir.

Preparation for Abexilas (319-320 TE)
After the War of the Comet ended, Yonas became involved with the Castellan migration plans. He had joined Sarád Wesllyn Castellan's migration team, due to him seeing the monarch as a competent and respectful leader, and entered the walls of Gaular for the first time for a preparation meeting. He would enter Gaular for the second and last time when Meep created a portal there to transport many Castellans to the New World, Abexilas.

Arrival and Settling of Abexilas
Yonas arrived to Abexilas through one of Meep's portals, alone. The reason why Meep's portals didn't open for everyone at the same time is unknown. Yonas' gut told him to travel north, through the forests and along the rivers. After a few hours, he arrived at Saradímas, the first Castellan town, which was only a village at that time. Being one of the first citizens to arrive, Sarád Weslynn asked him to gather resources in the mines to expand Castell's influence in the region. Around that time, he moved in to a temporary tent like other Castellans. In his early days he explored the northern coasts of Talasi and parts of Norvinia, meeting people of all cultures.