Chapter 18, the Reign of Nalaster the Clever: Part 1
Nalaster the Clever, 5th Grand Prince of the Kingdom of Aerdy Born -164 CY, Died -152 CY Reigned -179 CY to -152 CY The Sarcophagus of the Hidden Empress, Mentrey Sidimara Sarcophagus, Roman period, 2nd half of the 3rd century AD, from Konya, Turkey. Now in Istanbul Archaelogical Museums His older brother Gennor having died without any surviving issue, the 28 year old Nalaster( 1 ) was crowned as Grand Prince. He had been with his brother in exiling the dissident Naelax to the north, but had also argued that the church of Hextor shared a large part of the blame for the recent rising. His brother had opposed such a policy, afraid of alienating the large number of Hextoran nobles in Medegia. Nalaster, now as Grand Prince, was given free rein to act against the leadership of the Hextoran priesthood. But he went about this with the guile exhibited by so many of the Garasteth. Divisions had already arisen among the Hextoran faithful who were most concentrated in the nobility of Medeg