Yan-C-Bin

Yan-C-Bin, also known as the Prince of Evil Air, was a powerful archomental from the Elemental Plane of Air.

Titles
He was referred to by a number of names and titles, including the Prince of Evil Aerial Creatures, the Shadow of the Four Winds, and the Howling Hatred

Description
Yan-C-Bin commonly appeared to his followers as a tall, thin, elderly humanoid with long hair flowing in the wind. His true form was akin to a tornado.

Personality
Yan-C-Bin was a being of great wisdom and pure malice. His plans began at the forging of the world. The most subtle of the Princes, he operated unseen and studied his foes from afar, attacking swiftly and vanishing before they could strike back.

He cared nothing for those that worshiped him as a god or offered him prayer and sacrifice. All he cared about was seeing realm after realm torn apart by winds.

Relationships
Many primordials considered Yan-C-Bin to be untrustworthy and avoid him.

Yan-C-Bin and those that served him had a strong dislike of the servants of Ogrémoch and the Prince of Evil Earth himself. But his greatest rival is the good Princess of Air, Chan, who he has been waging a secret war of information and sabotage against.

He was worshiped by the Cult of the Howling Hatred, and their companion organization, the Feathergale Knights.

History
During the Dawn War, Yan-C-Bin learned of the existence of the Elder Elemental Eye and convinced other primordials, including Olhydra and Imix, to join forces and serve that power in the hopes that they would be able to conquer the world. Following the Dawn War, the gods sealed Yan-C-Bin inside a mobile palace made of solidified air.

In the, Yan-C-Bin was summoned to the Throne of Blood on Gehenna by the mortal devotee of Bhaal, Amelyssan. The Prince of Evil Air was present during the battle between her and the Bhaalspawn Abdel Adrian.

During the 15 century DR, circa the, Aerisi Kalinoth and the Cult of Howling Hatred sought to summon Yan-C-Bin to Faerûn in the Howling Caves around the ruins of Besilmer.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * Princes of the Apocalypse
 * Video Games:
 * Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal