To be frank, nobody would have guessed that Rige of Applestone would become the sixteenth Suitovwarlord. Anyone sensible, particularly Rige himself, expected that of his sister, Betel of Applestone.
However, Betel died with her mother in an accident at the age of six, shortly after her father's death in more suspect circumstances, leaving her bewildered older brother the sole heir by blood to the title.