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|titles=King of [[Arelon]]
|family=[[Arelene Royal Family]]
|world=Sel
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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'''Iadon''' was the first king of [[Arelon]] after the [[Reod]] on [[Sel]]. He is the father of [[Raoden]].
== History ==
Before the [[Reod]], Iadon was a successful Arelene merchant. He and his first wife had one son, [[Raoden]]. His wife died approximately two 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}}
Shortly after, Princess [[Sarene]] of [[Teod]] arrived in Arelon. As Iadon was
To maintain some dignity and forgo the humiliation of having to abdicate after his heavy involvement with the Jeskeri Mysteries became public, he eventually committed suicide. 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 were to be frozen, and that nobility would henceforth be based on inheritance and not on wealth.{{book ref|Elantris|38}}
== Beliefs ==
Iadon follows the [[Jeskeri Mysteries]], a fact discovered by [[Sarene]] when she follows him to a meeting of the cult, where she finds him performing a sacrifice of a girl her age. She is then noticed by Iadon and the priests, who try to attack her.{{book ref|Elantris|32}} The human sacrifice is then implied by others to represent Sarene herself, in an attempt for Iadon to overcome the hardships Sarene deals to him.{{cite}}
== Relationships ==
=== Eshen ===
Iadon married [[Eshen]] for exclusively political reasons. As he does with other women, he considers her stupid, superficial and focused on things like fashion. He speaks with her only when necessary.{{book ref|Elantris|2}}
== Notes ==
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