Yorak was one of the first childer of the Eldest, and was the the first (and possibly only) one of these childer to have been native to the region that is now known as Transylvania. Despite contests to the territory from Shadow Lord Lupines, the Eldest gradually came to favor its havens in this region. This territorial connection waxed as the Eldest honed the art of koldunism and used it to commune with the demon Kupala that dwelt beneath the Carpathians. When the Eldest vanished in the time of tumult that followed the Deluge, Yorak was the only childe of the Eldest to remain in Transylvania. Over the years that followed, he fostered a bond with Kupala and with the land that bound it.