Balthasar III

Balthasar III ruled Schonen during a peaceful period. The reign saw movement of people west of the river Aader and south towards the river Himm. He is said to have founded the port town of Wieck. Balthasar III died from what is seen as godly intervention. The myth claims he spent the night at a farmers house during his travels. The farmer, who was a heretic, planned to murder Balthasar III in his sleep. Accounts from the night tell of a large flare across the night sky and how the fields lit up as it were day. When day came, people tell of how the farm was replaced with an enormous rock. Historian Dieter Ordensburger tell of how the people on the southern side of the large rock found a cave. In the cave Balthasar IIIs skull was burning with holy fire. Ordenburgers account of the event tells that people claimed that when they entered the cave, they could hear God. They say that God told them the story of Balthasar and the farmer. The event is called "Gods Gift" in Ordenburgers History of the Griffins. Balthasar III's skull can be found at a cave by the now holy site called Balthasars Rock, Schonen.