Mequen Balitang (pronounced MEHK-wenn BAHL-ee-tahng) was a member of the luarin nobility of the Copper Isles, and held the title and position of Duke. Mequen was the first cousin of King Oron, and thus a relation of House Rittevon, the ruling family of the Isles, as well as a member and head of the Balitang family. Because he was King Oron's first cousin, his mother would have been a Rittevon princess. After King Dunevon took the throne, he was heir presumptive to the throne, and would have inherited if King Dunevon had died before him.