Editing Elenei I Durrandon

'''Elenei I [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]]''' (123-180 A.I.), born Rhonda Durrandon, was the youngest daughter of [[Beron I Durrandon]] and the first ever Storm Queen regnant. She ascended the Storm Throne in 149 A.I. after the death of her father. She inherited a peaceful, stable realm after the defeat of the [[Marcher Rebellion]], but after a decade of rule, pushed for reconquest of the [[Cape Wrath#The Rainwood|Rainwood]]. She became known as '''Elenei Stormsword''' after creating Tempest, a legendary blade reforged of bronze by lightning.

Elenei was a broad-framed, densely muscular woman. Though she had the blood of the Children of the Forest within her, she carried none of the features that would indicate such. She had black hair and stormy blue eyes, and usually styled her hair in a single long braid. After the forging of Tempest, her right arm became blackened, like cooked meat, and smelled rancid, though retained its function, strength, and supposedly caused her no pain or discomfort.

Elenei was born Rhonda Durrandon to Beron I, his youngest daughter. During her childhood, she was often bullied by her elder brother, [[Silas Durrandon (son of Beron I)|Silas]]. She was sent to ward with Lady Daria [[House Borrell|Borrell]] of the Sisterfolk, which likely had an influence on her desire to be Storm Queen, given the Sisterfolk possessed a more matriarchal worldview. She excelled in their court, proving herself a peerless warrior and skilled in martial maneuvers. When she returned to Storm's End, she knew she wanted to rule, and she would have her opportunity upon Silas's sudden, tragic death in 146 A.I.

Elenei became Storm Queen after her father's passing in 149 A.I. She was left to deal with the remnants of the Marcher Rebellion, and in 157 A.I., dispatched Lord Willas [[House Dondarrion|Dondarrion]] to capture the rebellion's leader, Mace [[House Caron|Caron]], who had fled after the war's end. Mace gave himself up peacefully, and Willas's son, Glendon, responded by brutally beating the man and stealing his crown. When presented to Elenei, Mace reported this event to her, and swore before the gods on its veracity. She arrested Glendon, who gave up the crown but not its jewels, and he was condemned to the dungeons until he would give them up. She then took Mace Caron to the castle godswood, and per his wishes, executed him before the central weirwood.