Disclaimer: Akatsuki no Yona is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi
Anyone who knew Zeno knew that he loved food. His small, lithe body belied a voracious appetite which was very rarely satisfied despite being on a steady diet of Mother Yoon's cooking.
No one knew exactly why the cheerful little blond held food in such a high regard, but what people did know was that the aroma of cooking food had the ability to achieve what little else could – wake Zeno up from his second favorite activity: sleep. Ah, one of the (extremely) few perks of immortality was being exempt from hell despite being a glutton and a sloth.
Truth was, Zeno had always loved food. Even in the good old days before all the headache-giving business with King Hiryuu and the Dragon Warriors, there had been a travelling priest; and everywhere the priest went, he made sure to sample the local delicacies.
But before Zeno became a priest, food played a significantly smaller part in his life. Zeno grew up in a then unclaimed land, free from the rule of any tribe. His days were simple and carefree, the diet bland and unchanging. All was well.
Eventually however, Zeno decided to leave the safe cocoon of that land, and thus his world – and his relationship to food – began to change. One week after bidding farewell to his home, Zeno arrived at Chi'Shin, the capital of the Earth tribe.