King Astaphon IV

King Astaphon IV is the current ruler of Yre.

Personality
King Astaphon IV is described as a cowardly and hermetic man.

Background
The son of the former Queen of Yre, Urbau XVII, Ten years ago, after Sunfall, Astaphon assembled his wealthiest allies and they locked themselves away in the Palace Compound of Yre to hide from the problems of the outside world which suffered from the dying sun and demon attacks. In a few years, a revolution was launched against Astaphon and after nearly a decade of fighting, Astaphon had lost control of the city to the revolutionaries and his forces had been pushed back to the compound walls.

His defeat seemed imminent, but then the sun went dark. The revolutionaries and the King's forces negotiated and signed a peace treaty to work together to find a remedy for the dying sun. Shortly after this treaty was signed, the sun reignited.

Four months after signing the peace treaty, the Phenomenon erupted out of the Palace Compound, leaving the fate of King Astaphon IV unknown.

Knights of Astaphon
Among his faction Astaphon has leadership over the city's army, the Knights of Astaphon, who have three known Classes identified by the type of bronze cherub masks they wear. All are fiercely loyal and fight to the death in his name and believe that he will save them from the destruction of the sun.

Third Class Knights are identified by the masks with a down turned frowns, white armour with gold studs and wield bone white ceramic scimitars.

Second Class Knights are identified by masks with an angry face and come equipped with range weapons and chain mail armour.

First Class Knights are identified by their masks bearing a rictous grin as well as the the gilded artificial wings they wear. They wield large stone swords and silver edged shivs, and have the ability to summon knights of the lower classes to aid them in battle.

Some knights of note include Moraine Dower, a Knight 2nd Class guarding Father Hadrax at the temple of Corinae and the Shadow Touched Udama, the Blood Knight.

Astaphon's Beloved
A group of would be assassins, once members of the leading council to the Dust of the Earth, they now serve Astaphon after he bound their souls to him. Ursa the Death Druid, Sund, Melqart and Ashur. A new member of the Beloved was recently discovered, Constantious, though who he is and where he came from is still a mystery.

Mages
Several groups of Mages also provided aid to Astaphon and his plans, but where one group still resides in the palace, another led by the Arcanomancer Quinn Tara, split from Astaphon's faction to follow their own methods in solving the problem of the sun's destruction. Among those notable mages who served at one point or another, includes Utu the Spear, who helped bind and direct Solar Demons and Ihraman, the Grey Dwarf whose magic created the Solar Dome around Yre.

The Devotees of Azi Dahaka
Archbishop Gloic, once the head of the Church to the Sun God Coranae, now leads the followers from the Place Cathedral of Yre. However, he and the worshipers have since lost the faith of Astaphon. The worshipers believed that by summoning their god to devour the world they would be safe in his celestial realm and thus avoid the destruction of the world by the death of the sun. A faction of the followers attempted to summon an Avatar of Azi Dahaka but the summoning was interrupted and the Avatar was incomplete and later slain.

The Queen of Urr
Present in Yre on the day the Dust of the Earth attacked the palace, she was seen meeting with Utu the spear, discussing not saving the sun, but planning what to do for after its death. She may also have links to Warlocks of Ahtikusu and was responsible for sending Sarrek to Yre.