Balesir of Geledoth

(also called Balesir of Chybísa) was the twenty-third monarch of the. Balesir succeeded, almost by default, when the tragic death of brought an end to the  in 664. The first ruler of the new, perhaps through no fault of his own, became involved in the with  in 675. After long years of peace, Balesir’s Chybísan army was no match for the Káldôric knights and Balesir soon found himself besieged in. Balesir held out until 678, when plague and rebellion forced him to surrender. Receiving honorable exile from of Káldôr, Balesir and his few vassals journeyed to, where the outcast king was finally able to raise an army in 686 after promising his fealty to Mèlderýn’s. At the in 687, Balesir won back his throne but then broke his promise to swear fealty to Chunel (an act for which, Balesir’s successor, still has ulcers). Balesir himself died of stomach cramps in 691.

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