Yen 'Vadum

Summary
Yen 'Vadum was the daughter of the famed and beloved Sangheili Emperor, Wyrda 'Vadum. Though she had an enormous figure to replace as Empress of the Sangheili Republic, she would surpass her father in time, both in fame and devotion to her Empire. Throughout her life, she would face turmoil and war, deceit and betrayal, and an Empire barely back on its feet battered from every side. The only thing that seemed to keep her alive was her gift, the final dying wish of her father.

Childhood
Yen was born in the year 2758, second in line to be the next ruler of the Sangheili Republic, and head chairman of the United Coalition of Sentient Republics. Unlike her father, Wyrda, Yen never caught the attention of the spotlight, as the Republic was content with its current Emperor, and made it clear they had no intention of thinking about his death. However, Wyrda grew attached to the young Princess, and took the utmost care in raising her. Every moment not spent working or with Yen's older brother, Solna, Wyrda spent with her. At the age of three Wyrda instructed her in sword dueling, and by the age of five she was as good of a duelist as her Brother, Solna.

As she grew older, Yen became more and more attached to her father. At the age of 6, she discovered that Wyrda was going to a planet far away to conduct a search. Desperate to go with him, Yen convinced Solna to come with her, and they snuck aboard the ship. Once they had arrived at the planet, most of the crew went groundside, so the sibling duo found it easy enough to live comfortably on the ship without being found by the guards. They expected the search to take weeks, but the weeks turned to months, and two years went by without them seeing their father on the ship. Curious as to what happened, they staked out in the hangar, and when a dropship prepared to go groundside, they snuck aboard. This was difficult, as almost two dozen Sangheili Commandos their father had trained were aboard the dropship.

When they hit the ground they discovered why. They looked out a small porthole to see hundreds of explosions and mushroom clouds rising from the surface. The planet was in a state of total war. They landed at the main camp, and attempted to blend in. However, Solna was tall for his age, nearly seven feet, and was mistaken for an adult. The Commandos were short on troops and drafted him to join a unit of new recruits to fight in an upcoming battle. Solna was given a Ghost to ride into battle, so Yen clung to its underbelly to tag along. In the first engagement, an entire legion of some dark-skinned human like aliens marched towards the unit of seventy Ghost-mounted recruits. The orange-armored soldiers opened fire with everything they had, tossing grenades from their Ghosts, firing the plasma cannons, several tried to ram them with a brutal result for the Sangheili. Nothing they could do would penetrate their armor, so they decided to try a sword's effectiveness. The recruits dismounted, and charged the vast army to fight them in, they were unaware of, their single greatest field of battle.