Eriel
Andasin III was succeeded by his eldest daughter, Eriel, who was then 22. The Kandians rallied to the beautiful and charismatic new queen and her visits to the besieging army at Sarkum are still remembered with awe. In 692, fire broke out in Sarkum castle and Kabe of Rethem was killed. The castle surrendered but the war continued in the north. Kanday took Dunir in 693bu otherwise the northern frontier remained deadlocked.
Kabe's successor, Chafin I, was determined to win the war by any means and instructed the Agrikan Order of the Crimson Dancer to assassinate Eriel. The murder was carried out in the last month of 694; Eriel was slain in her sewing room at Dyrisa. The assassin, Brenlyn of Shernath, was captured and implicated Chafin I in the crime before she was executed. The queen's murder and the widely believed, and never denied, rumor that her body had been mutilated outraged Kanday. Eriel's crown, adorned with Eladas' Eye a fiery black opal dating from the founding of the kingdom, vanished and has never been recovered.
Kabe's successor, Chafin I, was determined to win the war by any means and instructed the Agrikan Order of the Crimson Dancer to assassinate Eriel. The murder was carried out in the last month of 694; Eriel was slain in her sewing room at Dyrisa. The assassin, Brenlyn of Shernath, was captured and implicated Chafin I in the crime before she was executed. The queen's murder and the widely believed, and never denied, rumor that her body had been mutilated outraged Kanday. Eriel's crown, adorned with Eladas' Eye a fiery black opal dating from the founding of the kingdom, vanished and has never been recovered.
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