Saul II

Saul II was King of Kurosekai from 18 bsr until he was deposed during the Scientarian Revolution. A member of the ancient House Hurin, he had publicly ruled his realm justly, while secretly engaging in personal cruelty. King Saul was a philandering dilettante who abused his power to find sexual pleasure, including a particular Oyashiman harem slave he had purchased. It was from this woman that he had a bastard son, Kusetare. 
When the Scientarian Revolution came to Kurosekai, Saul diligently defended the realm, but was no match for the might of Alek Tellumnar's forces. Captured alive, Saul was kept under a moderately comfortable imprisonment until 14 asr, when he finally succumbed to an illness. Before he died, he was met by his bastard son Kusetare, who had managed to break into his underground prison. There, Kusetare lambasted his father for his vile treatment of his mother, and took a magical ring from Saul that proved his Hurin lineage, as only that bloodline could use the power within. It was this, as well as his anti-scientarian credentials, that helped secure Kusetare the crown after the defeat of Kalderus a year later.
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