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Line 1: {{retcon}} (OOC: Nothing on this page is canon anymore) [[Category: Dylan's links]] {{Infobox royalty Line 34 ⟶ 35: \| birth_place = Kentos, Donomere, [[Caltharus]] \| death_date = 16 March 1001 \| death_place = Sander, [[Staynes#Politics\|~~Lamboleperto~~Barkoln]], [[Staynes]] \| burial_date = \| burial_place = New Gartier, Aurama, <br /> later translated to Gartmoor Abbey \| signature = \| religion = }} '''Slek the Gentle''' (c.955 – 16 March 1001) was King of the [[Staynes\|Staynish]] from ~~899~~981 until his death in 1001. He was the elder son of [[Pip the Gallant]] and his wife Kælwith. When Slek succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Rænald, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Pip's elder brother and predecessor, Rænouart. ==Childhood== Line 53 ⟶ 54: Pip died on 7 October 981 and Slek succeeded to the throne, but Rænald disputed the succession. He seized the royal estates of [[Staynes#Politics\|Horilan]], symbolically important as the place where his father was initially buried, and Fort Staynnica (now Fort Staynes), both in Horkalo. Slek marched with his army to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Bilbury Downs. Rænald declared that he would live or die at Horilan, but then left in the night and rode to Tangder, where the Tangs accepted him as king. Slek was crowned on 3 May 982 at [[Fort Vitrayn]]. In 983, Rænald came with an army to Redrugus, and the following year he persuaded the Tangs to invade the westlands, where his army looted and then returned home. Slek retaliated by ravaging Fort Rosten and other areas around ~~South~~southern Corstania, but when he retreated the men of Corstania disobeyed the order to retire, and were intercepted by the Tang army. The two sides met at the Battle of the Krev on 13 September 984. According to the Staynish Chronicle, the Tangs "kept the place of slaughter", meaning that they won the battle, but they suffered heavy losses, including Rænald and a King Grenar, possibly of the South Corstanian Tangs. Corstanian losses included Segrad, ealdorman of Corstania and father of Slek's wife, Edgiva. Rænald's death ended the threat to Slek's throne.