Leto returns to wrest the Imperium from Alia and take his rightful place as Emperor. Several pretenders rose up and attempted to wrest the throne from Isaac during his reign. Stalin managed to wrest control of the Communist Party from Trotsky. The war was thus an effort to wrest these social, economic and political advantages back. In early 1962 Nasser again attempted to wrest control of the military command from Amer. Sauron invades Eregion to wrest the rings of power from the Elven smiths. Samson manages to wrest the sword from Abimelech and kills him. Matthias began to gradually wrest territory from Rudolf, beginning with Hungary. The Greeks gather on the plain of Troy to wrest Helen from the Trojans. Taking the bottle, she declares that "only death can wrest me from my cruel father". UNITA tried to wrest control of Cabinda from the MPLA in January 1993. His main residence was at Wrest near Silsoe, Bedfordshire.