Bastiaan the Gladehearted was a Dragonlord 500 years ago. Preferring natural places to the cities and great wonders of the other Dragonlords, he tended to patrol the Oldwoods atop his dragon.
However, when his dragon died, he was never the same - he grew disillusioned with the Dragonlords and left to found the settlement of Akanthos. He died not long after this; but left behind a lineage of elves of which Helikaon is a part.
He was buried in a large burial mound underneath the village hall in Akanthos. There was also a statue remembering Bastiaan in the centre of the settlement; though it is unknown if this is still there after the village was burnt down.
At some point during his life, he became indebted to Jasena Ventrak; a debt that passed down to his children and grandchildren.