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In the same year, the Marcher lords banded together to form a united front against the Storm King, finding Beron I's generosity to the Dornish refugees and enforced peace with the new Dayne kingdom an affront to their very way of life. They crowned Mace [[House Caron|Caron]] their king, and marched to war, aiming to slaughter the Dornish and Sisterfolk near their lands. The [[Marcher Rebellion]] lasted for a year, after the Storm King's host broke army after army of relentless Marchers. Despite his defeat, Mace Caron was never captured, and fled. The Marcher lords were imprisoned and ransomed back to their families, and their taxes were raised for their crimes. Lord Waldon [[House Dune|Dune]], for his family's loyalty, was made lord of Broad Arch and the Valor Meadows, the title stripped from [[House Clover]] for rebelling with the Marchers. The Clovers would then on rule Cloveridge. [[House Dondarrion]] also remained loyal, despite being offered the crown by the Marcher lords. Storm King Beron I would die two months after the war's end, having grown feeble in his old age.

His successor was Storm Queen [[Elenei I Durrandon]], the first ever ruling Storm Queen. She was named his heir after the tragic death of Silas, and won the respect of the other claimants by defeating them each in single combat. She inherited a realm of peace, thanks to Beron I's struggles and sacrifices. For near a decade, she oversaw a period of stability. During this time, she mothered three bastard girls, and refused to take a husband, vowing to never marry and claiming her ~~daughters~~ were the progeny of the storms themselves.

His successor was Storm Queen [[Elenei I Durrandon]], the first ever ruling Storm Queen. She was named his heir after the tragic death of Silas, and won the respect of the other claimants by defeating them each in single combat. She inherited a realm of peace, thanks to Beron I's struggles and sacrifices. For near a decade, she oversaw a period of stability. During this time, she mothered three bastard girls and one bastard son. She refused to take a husband, vowing to never marry and claiming her children were the progeny of the storms themselves.

In 159 A.I., ten years after her ascension to the Storm Throne, Elenei I launched an offensive against the Rainwood. Seeking to restore Durrandon rule to what she considered a long-rebellious province, and wanting to secure her southeastern flank against potential Andal invaders, she took the Estermont Isles with the aid of House Blacktyde. While she did this, the Green Queen marched on Red Watch in righteous fury, and in revenge for the seizure of the Estermont Isles, conquered Corningstone and razed Stonehelm, the ancestral seat of [[House Swann]]. This war lasted two years. Afterwards, Elenei spent the summer years preparing for an offensive into the Rainwood itself, looking to avenge the slight of Stonehelm's pillaging and to fulfill her dream of uniting the Rainwood with the Kingdom of the Storm. In 163 A.I., Elenei I claimed to have reforged a ceremonial bronze greatsword using lightning. She told tale that she went out into a great storm, and when the blade was struck, it became a wholly new metal. Sharper, lighter, and stronger, this new blade was named Tempest, and would become something of a family sword for House Durrandon.

In 167 A.I., Elenei I launched her offensive to reclaim Corningstone and shatter the marcher lord [[House Mertyns|Mertyns]]. The terrain had changed, however. During the interwar years, the Green Queen had shrouded the Rainwood in a vexing fog, and the lands outside of the Rainwood along Cape Wrath and the Drench were stricken with a deadly, massive flood. The lands from Corningstone to Weeping Tower, and from Corningstone to Griffin River, became a treacherous, muddy mire. After a year of heavy fighting in this muck, Elenei I turned her men back home, and the Green Queen had won another victory against her.

In 170 A.I., Elenei I and her long-time lover, King Gwayne V [[House Gardener|Gardener]], made an ambitious move and attempted to unite their realms. With both monarchs still ruling, a realm of two crowns was forged against Andal influence and Andal invasion, but it has yet to have its first true test... Six years later, Elenei I and Gwayne V marched together on Duskendale, and shattered the kingdom. Andal vassals such as Toyne and Cargyll declared themselves independent kings from Darklyn authority, and House Dorwent swore to the Rivermark instead of Duskendale. During the war, House Peake and Dondarrion marched on House Dune to expel them from the Stormlands, and killed the lord's second son. Elenei I returned home, but died before she and Gwayne V could marry and truly unite their realms. Her death was seemingly at the hands of the gods, struck by lightning from Tempest in her own throne room.

In 180 A.I., after a council to determine the heir, Storm Queen [[Vika I Durrandon]] was crowned Elenei I's successor. Vika I was left to resolve the problem with House Dune, and she continued to back them over the wishes of the Marchers, angering the Dondarrions. They attempted to rally support against the Storm Queen, but when none came to his aid, Lord Brandon Dondarrion made a desperate move. He surrendered himself to Storm's End, and attempted to assassinate Vika I. He died to the guards, though this would only be the first attempt on Vika I's life in her early reign. Fearing that Vika I would come to conquer him, King Thaddeus Toyne orchestrate an assassination attempt against her. But this also failed, and she learned that the Toynes masterminded the plot, leading to the Stormlands crushing the Toyne navy in the Gullet. Supporting the Darklyns, the Durrandons ousted the Toynes from Driftmark, and put an end to his fledgling kingdom.

In 182 A.I., a year after defeating the Toynes, Vika I turned her attention south. Attacking in concert with Reach and Marcher forces, Durrandon and Dondarrion forces poured into the Stone Way. For three years they pillaged and sacked across the land, taking not just Castle Wyl, but many castles south of it. With winter starting to set in, the Stormlands took Castle Wyl as their prize, and returned home. Vika I held that castle for five years, before it ultimately fell to a Dornish counterattack led by Dayne. She did not dispatch any of her own troops to this effort, however, and left the Marcher lords led by Dondarrion to hold the line.

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 In the same year, the Marcher lords banded together to form a united front against the Storm King, finding Beron I's generosity to the Dornish refugees and enforced peace with the new Dayne kingdom an affront to their very way of life. They crowned Mace [[House Caron|Caron]] their king, and marched to war, aiming to slaughter the Dornish and Sisterfolk near their lands. The [[Marcher Rebellion]] lasted for a year, after the Storm King's host broke army after army of relentless Marchers. Despite his defeat, Mace Caron was never captured, and fled. The Marcher lords were imprisoned and ransomed back to their families, and their taxes were raised for their crimes. Lord Waldon [[House Dune|Dune]], for his family's loyalty, was made lord of Broad Arch and the Valor Meadows, the title stripped from [[House Clover]] for rebelling with the Marchers. The Clovers would then on rule Cloveridge. [[House Dondarrion]] also remained loyal, despite being offered the crown by the Marcher lords. Storm King Beron I would die two months after the war's end, having grown feeble in his old age.
-His successor was Storm Queen [[Elenei I Durrandon]], the first ever ruling Storm Queen. She was named his heir after the tragic death of Silas, and won the respect of the other claimants by defeating them each in single combat. She inherited a realm of peace, thanks to Beron I's struggles and sacrifices. For near a decade, she oversaw a period of stability. During this time, she mothered three bastard girls, and refused to take a husband, vowing to never marry and claiming her daughters were the progeny of the storms themselves.
+His successor was Storm Queen [[Elenei I Durrandon]], the first ever ruling Storm Queen. She was named his heir after the tragic death of Silas, and won the respect of the other claimants by defeating them each in single combat. She inherited a realm of peace, thanks to Beron I's struggles and sacrifices. For near a decade, she oversaw a period of stability. During this time, she mothered three bastard girls and one bastard son. She refused to take a husband, vowing to never marry and claiming her children were the progeny of the storms themselves.
+In 159 A.I., ten years after her ascension to the Storm Throne, Elenei I launched an offensive against the Rainwood. Seeking to restore Durrandon rule to what she considered a long-rebellious province, and wanting to secure her southeastern flank against potential Andal invaders, she took the Estermont Isles with the aid of House Blacktyde. While she did this, the Green Queen marched on Red Watch in righteous fury, and in revenge for the seizure of the Estermont Isles, conquered Corningstone and razed Stonehelm, the ancestral seat of [[House Swann]]. This war lasted two years. Afterwards, Elenei spent the summer years preparing for an offensive into the Rainwood itself, looking to avenge the slight of Stonehelm's pillaging and to fulfill her dream of uniting the Rainwood with the Kingdom of the Storm. In 163 A.I., Elenei I claimed to have reforged a ceremonial bronze greatsword using lightning. She told tale that she went out into a great storm, and when the blade was struck, it became a wholly new metal. Sharper, lighter, and stronger, this new blade was named Tempest, and would become something of a family sword for House Durrandon.
+In 167 A.I., Elenei I launched her offensive to reclaim Corningstone and shatter the marcher lord [[House Mertyns|Mertyns]]. The terrain had changed, however. During the interwar years, the Green Queen had shrouded the Rainwood in a vexing fog, and the lands outside of the Rainwood along Cape Wrath and the Drench were stricken with a deadly, massive flood. The lands from Corningstone to Weeping Tower, and from Corningstone to Griffin River, became a treacherous, muddy mire. After a year of heavy fighting in this muck, Elenei I turned her men back home, and the Green Queen had won another victory against her.
+In 170 A.I., Elenei I and her long-time lover, King Gwayne V [[House Gardener|Gardener]], made an ambitious move and attempted to unite their realms. With both monarchs still ruling, a realm of two crowns was forged against Andal influence and Andal invasion, but it has yet to have its first true test... Six years later, Elenei I and Gwayne V marched together on Duskendale, and shattered the kingdom. Andal vassals such as Toyne and Cargyll declared themselves independent kings from Darklyn authority, and House Dorwent swore to the Rivermark instead of Duskendale. During the war, House Peake and Dondarrion marched on House Dune to expel them from the Stormlands, and killed the lord's second son. Elenei I returned home, but died before she and Gwayne V could marry and truly unite their realms. Her death was seemingly at the hands of the gods, struck by lightning from Tempest in her own throne room.
+In 180 A.I., after a council to determine the heir, Storm Queen [[Vika I Durrandon]] was crowned Elenei I's successor. Vika I was left to resolve the problem with House Dune, and she continued to back them over the wishes of the Marchers, angering the Dondarrions. They attempted to rally support against the Storm Queen, but when none came to his aid, Lord Brandon Dondarrion made a desperate move. He surrendered himself to Storm's End, and attempted to assassinate Vika I. He died to the guards, though this would only be the first attempt on Vika I's life in her early reign. Fearing that Vika I would come to conquer him, King Thaddeus Toyne orchestrate an assassination attempt against her. But this also failed, and she learned that the Toynes masterminded the plot, leading to the Stormlands crushing the Toyne navy in the Gullet. Supporting the Darklyns, the Durrandons ousted the Toynes from Driftmark, and put an end to his fledgling kingdom.
+In 182 A.I., a year after defeating the Toynes, Vika I turned her attention south. Attacking in concert with Reach and Marcher forces, Durrandon and Dondarrion forces poured into the Stone Way. For three years they pillaged and sacked across the land, taking not just Castle Wyl, but many castles south of it. With winter starting to set in, the Stormlands took Castle Wyl as their prize, and returned home. Vika I held that castle for five years, before it ultimately fell to a Dornish counterattack led by Dayne. She did not dispatch any of her own troops to this effort, however, and left the Marcher lords led by Dondarrion to hold the line.
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