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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.

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