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Before the [[Reod]], Iadon was a successful Arelene merchant. He and his first wife had one son, [[Raoden]]. His wife died approximately 2two years before the Reod.{{book ref|Elantris|2}} By the time the Reod struck, he had become the head of the merchants' guild, a position he used to leverage his bid for kingship during the chaos that followed. He married [[Eshen]] a few months after taking the throne.{{book ref|Elantris|2}} TheAfter becoming king, Iadon started to become paranoid and came at least close to madness. As such, the ten years of Iadon's rule were widely regarded as among the worst that Arelon ever faced. ToOne maintainof somehis dignitygreatest andmisdeeds forgowas the humiliationimplementation of havinga tofeudal abdicatesystem, hewhere eventuallynobles committedpractically suicide,owned aftertheir hisfarmers. heavyIadon involvementintroduced witha thesystem [[Jeskeriin Mysteries]]which becametitles publicof nobility were awarded according to wealth. AfterIn Iadon'sthis deathsystem, a noble would lose his title if he no longer possesed the [[Seinalan|Patriarch]]necessary funds for his position. The greatest source of opposition during that time was his own son [[Shu-KorathRaoden]], camewho toopenly Arelonspoke toagainst readhim aand documentmade clear he would undo most of Iadon's haddeeds givenonce himhe yearstook before,over. whichAt revealedsome thattime Iadon'sin capricioushis reignrule, hadIadon intentionallyturned laidto the groundwork[[Jeskeri forMysteries]] aand mucheventually morestarted stableto systemperform ofhuman governmentsacrifices. FromBy thenthe on,time allRaoden noblewas titlestaken areby to bethe frozenShaod, andtheir relationship had soured so much that nobilityIadon willdidn't hencefortheven betry basedto onobject inheritancewhen andthe notpriests ontook wealthhis son.{{book ref|Elantris|381}}