“Yona is a Yak student at Twilight’s School of Friendship. She thinks her home of Yakyakistan is the best, and found joining the school quite hard at first, as her classmates were not at all like Yaks. But the warm heart of her friends, the Young Six, helped her to feel at home and she grew to be more gentle and smash things less.  
Yona’s Element of Harmony is Honesty.”
 
Yona is Cutest Yak Ever! Is fact. Like the rest of her bovid race, Yona has great pride in her heritage and herself. Of course, when she came to Twilight’s School, she came to take pride in her new friends. There are times when she can be insecure, especially when she tried to be more pony like for Sandbar. Good thing he reassured her that he likes her for who she is, and I have a feeling their friendship will definitely become something more than that. Being strong like Applejack and being a big fan of Rockhoof, they are only a small portion of clues of what Yona’s element is: Honesty. Of course it comes as no big surprise given what we’ve seen of her culture. Yaks are are a strong and proud people, but they’re also quite blunt and direct. With Yona, her bluntess isn’t about being mean or causing offense, but simply because she sees no reason to be anything other than completely upfront. Being honest with herself, Yona knows exactly who she is and she owns it at all times, both her strengths and her shortcomings. She knows yaks are supposed to be tough and fearless, but she never tries to hide her own fears. Yona best exemplifies honesty not because she particularly values being honest, but because to her telling lies or denying the truth is a waste of time that benefits nobody.
 
I would place Yona as either my second or third favorite of the Young Six. She is really adorable, she’s strong but gentle, and I definitely love the shipping between her and Sandbar. If we would never get an interspecies relationship with Spike and Rarity, we definitely got one between Yona and her pony pal. Yonabar forever!
 
Making Yona’s vector was pretty enjoyable. The shawl on her back was tricky in terms of the thin outlines, but nice all the same. This was one of the Young Six bios that I struggled with the most, particularly in background. At first I was unsure what would work for her. But then I thought about doing a snowy theme, since she and the other yaks live up in the north. I found a really great wallpaper of the snowy mountains. To match with Yona’s color scheme, I made it slightly green like her shawl. Definitely a great selection. More students to go.