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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 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}}He established a System were Sozial Staus was directly based on personal Income elevating Rich man to Nobels and poor men to somthing anking Slaves. If a Nobel no longer had the Finanzes Assosiatet wiht his Status he Would lose his Titel. 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 to object when the priests took his son.{{book ref|Elantris|1}} Shortly after Princess [[Sarene]] arived in Arleon.

Shortly after, Princess [[Sarene]] of [[Teod]] arrived in Arelon. As Iadon was extremlyextremely Sexistsexist, he didn't caredcare abautabout her as long as she secured his Contractcontract whitwith Teod, and believdhe believed her to be stupid. Sarene, howerverhowever, was in fact extrmlyextremly clever and encuregedencouraged this in order to Manipulatemanipulate him. When GyronGyorn [[Hrathen]] arrived in ArleonArelon, he visited Iadon demanding the king should Convertconvert but Iadon disimissddismissed him, stating the [[Fjorden|Fjordell Empire]] empier had gone under centuries ago. Hrathen stardetstarted planingplanning IadonsIadon's downfall and tried to bring a Kingking on the Throne more friendly to his cause. Hrathen tried to take advantage of Iadons MoneyWealth =based statusRuling system by suportingsupporting Duke [[Telrii]]. If TelriisTelrii's Incomeincome would suprassesurpass IadonsIadon's own, Iadon would lose his Thronethrone to Telrii, as the System requierd the King to be the Richest Man. In exchange for the promisspromise to Convertconvert once he was King, Hrathen got Telrii extremly profiableprofitable deals whitwith Fjorden and used FjordischFjordell Shipsships to sink most of IadonsIadon's Tradetrade Fleetfleet. So Iadons income and reputation took a heavy dent. HrathensHrathen's plan to depose Iadon however failed when Sarene got Iadon a profitabelprofitable deal whitwith Teod in exchange for the right to give out food in [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]]. After the Madmad Elantrians atacked Sarene, Iadon tried to use this as an Excuseexcuse to murder all Elantrians, but Sarene shut his atemptattempt down by publicly lecturing and humiliating him. At the next greategreat Feast whenfeast, Iadon sudenly left earlyvanished. Sarene wentsearched afterfor himIadon, toand seeshe wath he was up to. She Fundfound Iadon Nakednaked, coverdcovered in Bloodblood Performingperforming a Jeskerisacrifice murder Ritual atof a young Womanwoman for the Jeskeri Mysteries. IadonsIadon's accomplices tried to kill her, but herSarene's allyedallied lords came to her rescue and arrested Iadon.{{book ref|Elantris|32}}

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}}