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== History ==

Raised by her mother at court in Storm's End, Vika was the youngest daughter born to Elenei I. She was the most like her, though, and took a liking to her mother where her other sisters found her to be dispassionate and too focused on politics and ruling. Vika's keen interest in the gods, and her conviction, led to her bonding quite closely with Elenei, and she soon became the favored heir over any of her other children. Plagued by the rumor that she was no Durrandon, but a Gardener bastard fathered by Gwayne V [[House Gardener|Gardener]] on Elenei, she felt compelled to do everything in her power to ease those concerns by marrying her cousin, Durran Durrandon. This would ensure that their children would be Durrandons in name and blood, to satisfy the more patriarchal traditionalists of the Stormlands. Their marriage was considered loveless, and staunchly political, as Durran's father was an insane man and his own claim to the throne was in jeopardy because many feared his father's madness would pass to him.

When her mother died, her uncle Beric called for the Stormlords to assemble at Storm's End and choose their new monarch. Vika and her younger brother Durran the Debauched were the principal choices, but the two had grown exceptionally close in their youth. They'd been best of friends, supporting one another's ambitions. Durran longed more for the physical pleasures of the world, whilst Vika was committed to saving the realm from the Andal faith. Vika was crowned Storm Queen in 180 A.I., after narrowly beating out Durran for rule. Vika's husband became known as Durran the Consort, to distinguish him from Durran the Debauched and others bearing his name.

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 == History ==
+Raised by her mother at court in Storm's End, Vika was the youngest daughter born to Elenei I. She was the most like her, though, and took a liking to her mother where her other sisters found her to be dispassionate and too focused on politics and ruling. Vika's keen interest in the gods, and her conviction, led to her bonding quite closely with Elenei, and she soon became the favored heir over any of her other children. Plagued by the rumor that she was no Durrandon, but a Gardener bastard fathered by Gwayne V [[House Gardener|Gardener]] on Elenei, she felt compelled to do everything in her power to ease those concerns by marrying her cousin, Durran Durrandon. This would ensure that their children would be Durrandons in name and blood, to satisfy the more patriarchal traditionalists of the Stormlands. Their marriage was considered loveless, and staunchly political, as Durran's father was an insane man and his own claim to the throne was in jeopardy because many feared his father's madness would pass to him.
+When her mother died, her uncle Beric called for the Stormlords to assemble at Storm's End and choose their new monarch. Vika and her younger brother Durran the Debauched were the principal choices, but the two had grown exceptionally close in their youth. They'd been best of friends, supporting one another's ambitions. Durran longed more for the physical pleasures of the world, whilst Vika was committed to saving the realm from the Andal faith. Vika was crowned Storm Queen in 180 A.I., after narrowly beating out Durran for rule. Vika's husband became known as Durran the Consort, to distinguish him from Durran the Debauched and others bearing his name.
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 == Quotes about Vika ==

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