Princess Yan

Yan was found encased in ice as a baby by King Haiqin while he was on a hunting trip. The king adopted her as his own daughter, brought her back to the kingdom and nicknamed her the Ice Princess. No one outside the castle knew until roughly 20 years later, when word got out. This caused Ostin to call for her blood, calling her the second coming of the feather race. He then called for her to be handed over to him by the end of the month, or the Templar will get her themselves.[1]

Kidnapping

Yan was distressed by this, concerned that she would cause a great disaster and hurt people. Despite Kain's best efforts to assure her otherwise, she ultimately ended up distracting him with a nearby injured pigeon and escaping his guard, intending to turn herself in to avoid a confrontation.[2] When she finds some people to take her to Ostin, she is intercepted and kidnapped by Ghostblade.[3]

While they ride, when Ghostblade offers her his cloak to keep her warm, she says the rumors he has probably heard are true, that cold has no effect on her since she was born in ice. Ghostblade remarks on the peculiarity of rumors bothering her, to which she replies that he wouldn't understand fear of rumors the same as someone in her position would never understand fear of starvation.

Trivia

 * Princess Yan's home is inspired by the outskirts of Chicago.
 * Yan is near-universally seen as impossibly beautiful, with pale hair, pale blue eyes and pointed ears similar to the feather race.