MASTER YON-WAY
Title: The Unexpected Master & Keeper of the Sanctuary
Estimated Age: “I stopped counting about 20 years ago”
Race: Human
Length: 6 ft 0 (1,85m)
Likes: Harmony, Smiling faces, Teaching, A good laugh, Training
Dislikes: Watching others get hurt, disturbances of harmony, Lying
Combat specs:
It’s not entirely clear how much martial art experience Yon-Way has accumulated in detail. But it is said by experts and those who trained with him, that there is no physical style of hand-to-hand combat that Master Yon-Way does not at least have an intermediate to highly proficient grasp on.
Characteristics:
The exact origin of Yon-Way is hard to pinpoint, as he doesn’t like talking about his origins and where his life started. He has however often said that he spent his earliest years in the western lands between the port town of Garu and the Kingdom of Tyona. It is said that he still has a relatively secluded place there which he frequents for part of the year to keep himself in shape mentally and physically in solitude.
Master Yon-Way got his ‘master’ title after defending the people of Ran-Dena from a grand calamity that took place a long time before now. The exact dates and timespan of this are not remembered and he also prefers not to look at the years that passed in between. Often just laughing off the questions saying things like:
“Shouldn’t we be remembered for what we actually stood for and did? The time before and after is not really relevant now is it?”
Those that do actually find out more about Yon-Way’s past however, will find that beneath his calm and mindful exterior, lies a deep complex soul, that often searched for answers in fighting in his early years. His inner anger and energy would often lead him into trouble. He would spend his days searching for fights (with lone criminals, gangs, pricefighters etc) just so that he could sharpen his skills, but also find a place where he could vent the anger and frustration that was clearly deeply rooted within him. The cause of this anger & frustration however is not clear, but the few times people asked, he really firmly asked them to respect his wishes and stop asking…
However, during those younger years, he met 2 other invididuals with which he would form a bond that would send his life on a new trajectory. It was together with them that he ended up defending the city of Ran-Dena from the earlier mentioned calamity. And that experience, plus the journey that lead to that moment, changed Yon-Way’s outlook on life completely. Leading him to the life he lives now. A life of harmony, inner peace and love for those he cares for.
“Take life as seriously as it deserves to be taken. Life and death are at times the most serious matter in the world.
Yet at other times, they are the most useless silly things you ever experienced. Finding peace in that idea will help you find your footing.”
Master Yon-Way is voiced by Bryan Ramage
