Yraelzin was born and bred in Razmiran, the country ruled by Razmir, the Living God. The youngest son of a content farming family, Yraelzin's penchant for reading and devotion to the faith caught the eyes of the local clergy. By 16, the young man was being indoctrinated in the tenets of the church, by 19 he was ordained to preach, and now, at 21, his request to take part in the Bountiful Venture Company's colony ship was only recently approved by his superiors. Promising to proselytize and convert the colonists and any natives to the Living God, Yraelzin is full of missionary zeal. Three secrets, however, have shaped his fate.
First, his superiors in the church gave him permission to go because his natural intelligence and curiosity were becoming increasingly problematic--better, they thought, to have the shepherd actively trying to gather more sheep than sitting on his hands and thinking about whether being a shepherd was a good idea to begin with!
Second, the Bountiful Venture Company agent who interviewed Yraelzin for a spot on the expedition didn't particularly like the young priest and didn't think he'd be all that useful--but attempts to open Razmiran up to trade made a "diplomatic overture" to the country a wide decision.
Third, and finally, Yraelzin himself has a secret: one day, while plowing the family's farm as a young boy, he found a strange ring buried in the earth. It took him months of digging through rotting old tomes in an abandoned bookseller's shop before he discovered the origins of the strange markings--ancient Azlant! The ring almost called to him, and he considers it his most valuable possession.
