Jassid Yakatash

Jassid Yakatash the first king of Yada was born in Rasa where he would grow up. It is there where he got his start as a horse trader. Years of attacking looters and selling their loot allowed him to finance a caravan herding war horses between his home city and the towns of the Lavender Steppe, building himself and his upstart clan impressive wealth. Using his hard earned fortune Jassid slowly bought workshops all over the valley. This allowed him some pretty hefty political sway.
Having enough of horse trading Yakatash turned his focus to studying weapon smithing. Jassid thought if he could supply his caravans with high quality weapons to sell that he would be the richest person between The Lavender Steppe and Rasa. He trained under Olither the Stallion who was the finest Smith in all of the Lavender Steppe. Olither was the master to teach Jassid, Leon, and eventually even Khilam. 
A few tedious years of work later he finally mastered bladesmithing and built quite a wealth. This prestige allowed him to marry into the royal family of Cealthor. The beautiful princess Leon would be his wife. Soon after Yakatash joined the employ of his father in law Lord Cealthor leading an party of around 150. Eventually after months in the service of the army, he was finally rewarded his first fief. A castle and it's lands on the border with a warring city state. That is where the beginning of his empire started.
Sadly he would pass of old age before fully realizing his kingdom. His wife Loen would forge on building the empire for their children. She was a grey eminence, highly skilled in the ways of words and the court.