Difference between revisions of "Iadon"

|died=suicide{{book ref|Elantris|43}}

Before the [[Reod]], Iadon was a successful Arelene merchant. He and his first wife had one son, [[Raoden]]. His wife died approximately 2 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}} The ten years of Iadon's rule were widely regarded as among the worst that Arelon ever faced. To maintain some dignity and forgo the humiliation of having to abdicate he eventually committed suicide, after his heavy involvement with the [[Jeskeri Mysteries]] became public. After Iadon's death, the [[Seinalan|Patriarch]] of [[Shu-Korath]] came to Arelon to read a document Iadon had given him years before, which revealed that Iadon's capricious reign had intentionally laid the groundwork for a much more stable system of government. From then on, all noble titles are to be frozen, and that nobility will henceforth be based on inheritance and not on wealth.{{book ref|Elantris|38}}