Yaaamemon

Yaaamemon was an Elf male who served as the 19th Tulkon. He was born in Vedas, Däe Ydelhiad, in 1152, at the start of the First Global War.

The conflict was incredibly brutal and was on a scale that the world had not seen in centuries. During the last days of the war in 1160, dozens of meteors landed all over the planet and began sprouting Demon towers, meaning that the Global War set the stage for the Demons to return. The Global War and the Demons’ Second Invasion were together called the 40-Year War. The Global War was immediately ended and the Four Earthly Peoples united to fight the Demon threat.

The Demons established a firm hold on the Southern Garden Continent, wiping out the Orc cities there, and began moving up through Penazaduz and to the west into Däe Ydelhiad. The Northern Garden Continent fell in 1178. Great walls were constructed to slow the demons’ movements but proved to be ineffective. By the time Yaaamemon was fighting age in 1170, nearly 60% of Orcanth had been wiped out.

For most of his early life, Yaaamemon was the prime target of the demons and was kept in various safehouses across Ditarre and Däe until he reached adulthood. Yaaamemon fought alongside the king of Däe Ydelhiad for years until both agreed that the continent was lost, and the country’s inhabitants fled to A’Roastad. Yaaamemon led the refugees while the king remained to fight, although he eventually fled as well. Seeking answers, Yaaamemon travelled to the Temple of the Tulkon. He learned that he could use the Tulkon abilities of ALL of his combined past lives to wipe out the Demons, but doing so could kill him, and he may not reincarnate. Inspired by the sacrifice of his Elf predecessor, Eoonanone, he decided to make the sacrifice and used his power and all of the power of his past lives to Destroy the demons in an explosion of light energy, defeating them once and for all. Yaaamemon died, but saved the world.

At the site of his sacrifice, a huge rock spire sprouted that, unbeknownst to the rest of the world, contained the spirit of the Tulkon. He did not immediately reincarnate, but his spirit eventually reincarnated as the Dwarf Epodora over three hundred years later. In the millennia since his death, Yaaamemon's legacy has been divisive; some view him as a hero, while others view his sacrifice and the destruction of the demons as a genocide. However, it is generally agreed that Yaaamemon's actions, however drastic, saved the world.