The Old Prince of Baronkhan

The Old Prince of Baronkhan
First appearance:	"Tale of Rex"
Created by:	Lee Falk & Sy Barry

The Old Prince of Baronkhan was the former ruler of Baronkhan, the greatest country of the misty mountains.

Fictional Character Biography

When he was young, it is said that he fell in love with a young slave girl, Tassia, and although they never married, he made it so that she finally became his servant.

Finally, he became the father of a daughter, Lisandra, his only child, born when he was old. Lisandra went to a school in Europe, fell in love with a fellow student, and married him in secret. The old prince was outraged and tried to annull the marriage, but it was too late; Lisandra was pregnant. At the childbirth, Lisandra died, but her son lived. The day after, Lisandra's husband died mysteriously. The old Prince of Baronkhan then ordered Lisandra's son to be taken away for adoption and forbade anyone to ever mention Lisandra's name again in the whole country. However, his evil cousin Badur tried to kill the baby, only by the brave acts of the boy's nurse, Norada, did the boy survive and was finally found and adopted by the Phantom who named him Rex.

Twelve years later, the old prince found out about the complot. Slavery was then abolished as an honor to Rex. The evil Badur was sentenced to be drawn and quartered, however, Rex made the old prince change the ruling so that Badur was let to live, thereby signaling a new course in punishments. Tale of Rex

Later, another attempt on Rex, and the old Prince's life was made, and count Semon, the mastermind behind it, was, together with his two supporters, informed that the normal punishment would have been drawn and quartered but that Rex had changed it so that they were sentenced to hard labor. Visit to Baronkhan

When count Veronk made an attempt on Rex' life, the old Prince of Baronkhan died of a heart attack. He was succeeded to the throne by his beloved grandson, Rex. Ruler of Baronkhan

Appearances

This list of appearances is considered to be complete, with reservations for the possibility of mistakes.

Daily/Sunday stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Tale of Rex"	Falk	Barry	First appearance
"Visit to Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry
"Ruler of Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry
"The Lion's Head Tamarine"	Reimerthi	Nolan
"The Prince Rex Conspiracy"	DePaul	Nolan