Editing Yesteel

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'''Yesteel''' is one of the [[Five Scholars]] on [[Nalthis]], and a master of [[Lifeless]] [[Awakening#Awakening Commands|Command]]s.{{wob ref|7471}} He is [[Arsteel]]'s brother. His most well-known achievement is his discovery of [[ichor-alcohol]].{{book ref|wb|epilogue}}

==Attributes and Abilities==

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|You're not any better at this than Vasher is. You people can’t sneak at all! Yesteel would be so disappointed in you.

|[[Nightblood]] on Vivenna.{{book ref|wb|55}}

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As a Returned, Yesteel can have the Fifth Heightening whenever he desires, and all the effects that implies, such as agelessness.{{book ref|wb|prologue}}{{book ref|wb|part=ars}} Like Vasher and Denth, Yesteel probably is well aware how to hide his divine Breath and appear as he wishes.{{wob ref|6808}}

Yesteel is very skilled at sneaking around, a fact which Nightblood knows of and mentions to [[Vivenna]].{{book ref|wb|55}} This could mean that Yesteel is especially good at surpressing his divine Breath and shaping himself to whatever he needs. At the very least, he is much better at stealth than Vasher and [[Vivenna]].{{wob ref|7403}}

As one of the Five Scholars, Yesteel is extremely knowledgable about [[Awakening]], and he is an expert in [[Lifeless]] Commands. Jewels seems to believe that Yesteel could bring back the memories of Arsteel's Lifeless body, which is far beyond Vasher's capabilities of working with Lifeless.{{wob ref|7471}} He invents [[ichor-alcohol]] during the Manywar,{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} and around the time of the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], he has devised a stronger form of the substance.{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} Despite Yesteel's knowledge of Lifeless, he didn't create the original Command to make Lifeless with a single Breath--Shashara did.{{book ref|wb|53}}

He knows Shashara's secret on how to make Awakened swords.{{wob ref|7357}} However, it's unclear if he knows how to make swords on the power level of Nightblood, or more on the level of [[Vivenna's Blade]].

Yesteel's current Heightening is unclear, but if he discovered advanced Lifeless Commands, he had to have at least attained the Sixth Heightening at some point.{{book ref|wb|part=ars}}

==History==

===Return and Scholar===

Like all of the Five Scholars, Yesteel was a [[Returned]].{{wob ref|5839}} It's unclear how both he and his brother, Arsteel, Returned and how they know that they are brothers. Since Returning, they lack memories of their past life.

He joined the Five Scholars, and there was a golden age in discovering [[Awakening]] Commands for several years. Among them, Yesteel was considered a master of Lifeless Commands.{{wob ref|7471}} Unfortunately, these discoveries were part of the reason for the [[Manywar]], such as [[Shashara]]'s discovery of a Command that could create a Lifeless with a single [[Breath]].{{book ref|wb|32}}{{book ref|wb|53}}

===Involvement in the Manywar===

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|Shashara had been spurred on by the knowledge that she’d been shown up by Yesteel and the development of ichor-alcohol. She had studied, experimented, practiced. And she’d done it. She’d learned to forge the Breath of a thousand people into a piece of steel, Awaken it to sentience, and give it a Command.

|Vasher on what drove Shashara to make Nightblood{{book ref|wb|51}}

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During the Manywar, The Five Scholars split, joining different sides.{{book ref|wb|32}} [[Vasher]] persuaded [[Denth]] to join his side of [[Hanald]],{{wob ref|6806}} and it seems likely that Shashara also joined Vasher. It is likely that Yesteel and Arsteel went to different kingdoms and opposed Hanald, but it's unknown which kingdoms they went to. They could have gone to [[Kuth]] and [[Huth]], Hanald's primary enemy in the Manywar,{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} or one of the many nations in the [[Pahn Unity]], who also opposed Hanald.{{book ref|wb|26}}

During the Manywar, Yesteel developed [[ichor-alcohol]] for Lifeless,{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} blood for a Lifeless that meant a Lifeless could stay active longer without requiring additional Breath.{{book ref|wb|33}} It also made it so Awakening them was cheaper.{{book ref|wb|58}} The discovery of ichor-alcohol drove Shashara to research a way to make an Awakened sword--a [[Shardblade]]--eventually resulting in [[Nightblood]].{{book ref|wb|51}} Somehow, Yesteel secretly learned how Shashara and Vasher created Nightblood.{{wob ref|7357}}

Nightblood hastened the end of the Manywar, but Yesteel's involvement in the war's finale is unclear.

===Post-Manywar===

At some point, Yesteel went in hiding, his whereabouts unknown to [[Vasher]].{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} This could be because of Yesteel's skill in stealth.{{book ref|wb|55}}

Three hundred years after the Manywar, an unknown tyrant recruited Yesteel to restore [[Kuth]] and [[Huth]], an action which finally revealed Yesteel's whereabouts to Vasher. Yesteel had created a stronger form of ichor-alcohol, and could be helping the tyrant to cause conflict on Nalthis.{{book ref|wb|epilogue}}

If, during the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], the Hallandren Lifeless army had not been stopped, Yesteel would have brought Kuth and Huth to [[Idris]]'s aid, revealing the secret of the Awakened swords to them. He would have pressed towards Hallandren and destroyed [[T'Telir]].{{wob ref|7357}}{{wob ref|7407}}

In the aftermath of the Pahn Kahl rebellion, [[Jewels]] sought out Yesteel, bringing Arsteel's Lifeless corpse. Jewels hoped that Yesteel, with his mastery of Lifeless, could help bring back some of Arsteel's personality and memories.{{wob ref|7471}}

==Relationships==

===Arsteel and Vasher===

Little is known about Yesteel and his brother's relationship. It seems likely that he and Arsteel joined each other during the Manywar. It's unknown how Yesteel feels about Vasher killing his brother,{{book ref|wb|29}} but the murder probably doesn't endear Vasher to Yesteel.

===Shashara===

It seems as though Shashara and Yesteel had a competitive relationship when it came to their scholarship. Shashara came up with the first Command for creating Lifeless with a single Breath,{{book ref|wb|53}} but since Yesteel is referred to as a master of Lifeless Commands{{wob ref|7471}} he was likely spurred forward to do more with Lifeless. He eventually created ichor-alcohol,{{book ref|wb|epilogue}} and the creation of the substance made Shashara want to show up Yesteel. She did this by researching and creating Awakened swords, resulting in Nightblood.{{book ref|wb|51}}

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