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She challenged the other candidates for Beron I's heir to single combat, and one by one, defeated them all. Earning the respect of the family, and humiliating her rivals, Elenei earned the distinction of being named Beron I's uncontested heir, and she took up the name Elenei to signal her rise and to honor her ancestors. | She challenged the other candidates for Beron I's heir to single combat, and one by one, defeated them all. Earning the respect of the family, and humiliating her rivals, Elenei earned the distinction of being named Beron I's uncontested heir, and she took up the name Elenei to signal her rise and to honor her ancestors. | ||
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, | 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. | ||
Elenei then planned on reconquering the Rainwood, though tried peacefully appealing to the lords there first. Her vision of a united Stormlands that could withstand future Andal invasions was broken by the lords' refusals, and so she declared the Rainwood a province in open rebellion, and began taking steps to bring it back into the fold by force. | Elenei then planned on reconquering the Rainwood, though tried peacefully appealing to the lords there first. Her vision of a united Stormlands that could withstand future Andal invasions was broken by the lords' refusals, and so she declared the Rainwood a province in open rebellion, and began taking steps to bring it back into the fold by force. |