Iadon
| Iadon | |||||||
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| Fallecido | Suicidio[1] | ||||||
| Títulos | Rey de Arelon | ||||||
| Residencia | Kae | ||||||
| Nacionalidad | de Arelon | ||||||
| Mundo natal | Sel | ||||||
| Universo | Cosmere | ||||||
Iadon es el primer rey de Arelon tras el Reod en Sel. Es el padre de Raoden.
Apariencia y personalidad
Iadon es un hombre delgado con una cara astuta.[2]
Es de personalidad decidida y fuerte, con poca consideración hacia los demás. Su trato hacia Sarene indica que es un poco egocéntrico e irrespetuoso. Prefiere ser conciso e ir al grano cuando habla. Iadon es oportunista y aparentemente corto de miras, pero tras su muerte se descubre que tenía más visión de lo que la mayoría de la gente creía.
Historia
Antes del Reod, Iadon era un exitoso mercader areleno. Tuvo un hijo con su primera mujer, Raoden. Su mujer murió aproximadamente dos años antes del Reod.[2] Para cuando la Reod apareció, se había convertido en 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.[2] After 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. One of his greatest misdeeds was the implementation of a feudal system, where nobles practically owned their farmers. Iadon introduced a system in which titles of nobility were awarded according to wealth. In this system, a noble would lose his title if he no longer possesed the necessary funds for his position. The greatest source of opposition during that time was his own son Raoden, who openly spoke against him and made clear he would undo most of Iadon's deeds once he took over. At some time in his rule, Iadon turned to the Jeskeri Mysteries and eventually started to perform human sacrifices. By the time Raoden was taken by the Shaod, their relationship had soured so much that Iadon didn't even try object when the priests took his son.[3]
Shortly after, Princess Sarene of Teod arrived in Arelon. As Iadon was extremely sexist, he didn't care about her as long as she secured his contract with Teod, and he believed her to be stupid. Sarene, however, was in fact extremly clever and encouraged this in order to manipulate him. When gyron Hrathen arrived in Arelon, he visited Iadon demanding the king should convert but Iadon dismissed him, stating the Fjordell Empire had gone under centuries ago. Hrathen started planning Iadon's downfall and tried to bring a king on the Throne more friendly to his cause. Hrathen tried to take advantage of Wealth based Ruling system by supporting Duke Telrii. If Telrii's income would surpass Iadon's own, Iadon would lose his throne to Telrii. In exchange for the promise to convert once he was King, Hrathen got Telrii extremly profitable deals with Fjorden and used Fjordell ships to sink most of Iadon's trade fleet. So Iadons income and reputation took a heavy dent. Hrathen's plan to depose Iadon failed when Sarene got Iadon a profitable deal with Teod in exchange for the right to give out food in Elantris. After the mad Elantrians atacked Sarene, Iadon tried to use this as an excuse to murder all Elantrians, but Sarene shut his attempt down by publicly lecturing and humiliating him. At the next great feast, Iadon vanished. Sarene searched for Iadon, and she found Iadon naked, covered in blood performing a sacrifice of a young woman for the Jeskeri Mysteries. Iadon's accomplices tried to kill her, but Sarene's allied lords came to her rescue and arrested Iadon.[4]
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 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.[5]
Creencias
Iadon sigue los Misterios Jeskeri, un hecho descubierto por Sarene cuando le sigue a una reunión del culto, donde se lo encuentra realizando un sacrificio de una chica de su edad. Entonces Iadon y los sacerdotes se dan cuenta de su presencia e intentan atacarla.[4] 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.[Falta cita]
Relaciones
Eshen
Iadon se casa con Eshen únicamente por motivos políticos. Tal y como hace con otras mujeres, la considera estúpida, superficial y centrada en cosas como la moda. Habla con ella sólo lo estrictamente necesario.[2]
Notas
| Antecesor Colapso |
Rey de Arelon |
Sucesor Telrii |