Aradan Yomen
SupportingA bald, middle-aged man with a completely shaved head covered in intricate black obligator tattoos that sweep across his eyes, forehead, and face, the patterns appearing to curl toward the single sparkling silvery bead of atium tied prominently to his brow. His thoughtful eyes watch with calm intensity from within the tattooed mask while he wears the dark, flowing robes of his religious station that mark him as both holy man and king. He carries himself with straight-backed composure and an aura of disciplined authority, his features reflecting the deep warm hues of sunset when standing near a window.
Aradan Yomen emerges in the final throes of the Mistborn Era One trilogy as the obligator-king of Fadrex City, a steadfast devotee to the fallen Lord Ruler whose shaved head and intricate tattoos symbolize his unyielding faith. Ruling with disciplined authority from his fortified bastion, Yomen staunchly resists Elend Venture's burgeoning empire, viewing it as a blasphemous usurpation of divine order. His dramatic demise amid the world's cataclysmic unraveling underscores the collapse of the old regime, marking the irreversible dawn of a new age.
Physical Description
A bald, middle-aged man with a completely shaved head covered in intricate black obligator tattoos that sweep across his eyes, forehead, and face, the patterns appearing to curl toward the single sparkling silvery bead of atium tied prominently to his brow. His thoughtful eyes watch with calm intensity from within the tattooed mask while he wears the dark, flowing robes of his religious station that mark him as both holy man and king. He carries himself with straight-backed composure and an aura of disciplined authority, his features reflecting the deep warm hues of sunset when standing near a window.
Evolution
The Hero of Ages
A bald, middle-aged man with a completely shaved head covered in intricate black obligator tattoos that sweep across his eyes, forehead, and face, the patterns appearing to curl toward the single sparkling silvery bead of atium tied prominently to his brow. His thoughtful eyes watch with calm intensity from within the tattooed mask while he wears the dark, flowing robes of his religious station that mark him as both holy man and king. He carries himself with straight-backed composure and an aura of disciplined authority, his features reflecting the deep warm hues of sunset when standing near a window.
- Rules Fadrex City as its obligator-king, maintaining order and loyalty to the Lord Ruler's legacy.
- Resists Elend Venture's diplomatic overtures, refusing to join the empire and branding Elend a god-killer.
- Reveals possession of the hidden atium cache at his storage cavern, becoming a prime target.
- Dueling Elend at a ball, showcasing his skill as a coinshot Allomancer.
- Perishes during the onslaught of koloss and Ruin's machinations as Fadrex falls.
Relationships
Yomen's rivalry with Elend intensifies as a clash of empires and ideologies, with Yomen decrying Elend as a usurper who slew his god; this antagonism peaks in personal confrontations like their ballroom duel before culminating in Fadrex's siege.
Yomen's unwavering devotion to the Lord Ruler as a divine figure defines his rule, driving his every action to preserve the old order in the sole book of his appearance.
Book Appearances
The Hero of Ages
First appears Ch 26