Elin:Yevan of Strife

Yevan, the god who presides over war, is known as an oddity among deities for his lack of interest in divine squabbles and his focus on engaging with the mortal world instead. Viewing conflict as the driving force between life's evolution and harmony, he finds the endless struggles and ravages of war amongst humans to be supremely delightful. Often seen in simple robes at the aftermath of battles, his polite demeanor belies his penchant for ominous statements, making him considered as dangerous as Opartos(sic) amongst the gods.

Overview

Fan the flames of war.

Yevan is the offensive warrior's choice as opposed to Opatos' defensive, granting bonuses to strength, dexterity, and perception to help warriors hit hard, accurately, and critically. While ranged attackers can make use of some of these stats, his skill bonuses to two-hand and dual wield cement him as the pick for players who wish to play a berserker archetype. Combined with riding to cover melee attackers' need to close in on enemies and an oddball travel to get to where the fighting is taking place, Yevan is a sword compared to Opatos' shield.

Yevan worshippers are made to deal with swarms of weaker enemies - his initial god perk increases a player's physical damage in stages as the player kills creatures, with more kills required for each level.When the player ceases killing, the buff gradually decreases back to nothing. It's possible to kill friendly creatures to increase the kill counter in case there aren't any enemies around.

Apostle

The militant, Yevan's god pet, increases the strength, dexterity and perception of all allies in proportion to how many enemies are currently on the map. He is a dedicated support unit made to bolster frontline melee fighters and cure critical wounds, and ideally should be ridden or hosted in order to allow him to safely exercise his abilities as he has increased potentials in a wide variety of melee weapons. If the militant dies, all stat bonuses from his presence are immediately lost. His Frontline commander feat increases in effectiveness with the number of owners, so it is effective when he fights alongside Eureka or other militants.

Warmonger

Warmonger grants a bane attack against dragons, animals, humans, and machines as a faction effect, allowing it to inflict heavy damage on numerous enemies. In addition, benefits available only to those who equip it include additional cut damage, cut resistance, and activation of neck hunting, making it a rare means of gaining cut resistance outside of innate feat.

How to gain piety

Gaining Yevan's piety is somewhat difficult. He accepts long swords, axes, and any kind body armour as offerings, and you can craft and offer a stone breastplate, but this alone will tend to be insufficient in terms of resources. As a follower of Yevan, you may need to go to Nefia and collect heavy metal equipments, or earn a lot of corpses by accepting war requests.

Mechanics

Flames of Strife

The additional damage from the flames of Strife and the number of kills required to level up are as follows.

	Lv.0	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7
Bonus	0	1d3	1d5	1d7	1d9	1d11	1d13	…
Kills to reach the next level	1	4	9	16	25	36	49	…

There seems to be no upper limit to the level (confirmed up to Lv. 11), but as the level increases, the rate at which the kill count decreases due to the passage of time accelerates, making it more difficult to maintain.

As a rough guide, the bonus of the Flame of Strife will give you about level 1 to 2 in a raid on an wildness map, and about level 3 to 5 in a multi-floor Nefia diving.

Frontline Commander

The Frontline Commander feat held by Militants and Eureka increases the Strength, Dexterity and Perception of the entire party in proportion to the number of enemies on the floor.

The maximum bonus is 30%, and the rate of increase increases in proportion to the number of people holding the feat.

Hypothesis:

The multiplier for the bonus from frontline commander is 5% + (number of enemies x number of frontline commander x 0.3%). If there are no enemies on the map, you will not receive the bonus.

The number of enemies required to reach the maximum value of 30% is 84 for one frontline commander, 42 for two, and 28 for three.

Signals from God

Action	Message
Converting	"A new follower, huh? Interesting choice."
Turning Apostate	"You know, I was growing pretty fond of you. Well, time to show my divine wrath."
Taking Over An Altar	"Mhm, nice work."
Failing to take over Yevan's altar	"Ah, a mediocre attempt. My least favorite."
Offering items worth high value	"Interesting. You have my thanks." "Ah, nice gift. Much appreciated." "I don't mind the gift, but make sure you're spending on equipment too, alright?"
Load Game/Entering Home	"Good timing, right when I was getting bored."
Sleeping	"Eat well and sleep well. Simple, but crucial for overcoming challenges."
Praying	"Need a hand?" "Mhm, faith can be decisive in some battles. I'll lend a hand when you need." "Make sure you're facing a challenge from time to time. Weaker opponents get boring quickly." "I have a lot respect for Kumiromi and Jure. Can't enjoy some healthy combat without supplies and medication, after all." "This scar on my eye? Well, it's like a badge of honor." "Watching you makes me want to return to the battlefield." "You make sure to pave your own way. Nothing more entertaining for me than that." "May the blessings of strife be with you."
Killing	"How fun! Exactly how combat should be." "Nice mincemeat!" "Looks like you're putting on some valuable experience. Just as you should!" "Haha, you can feel yourself growing more and more, can't you?"
Activating Ability	N/A
Granting Pet	"Lend him your strength. Don't worry, you'll be fine."
Granting Artifact	"Your efforts haven't gone unnoticed. Here's a little something to recognize it."

Lore and Trivia

Yevan of Strife is a backer god, and you can read some comments by his backer on his character design here.