Balerion
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also known as King of Cymberia, His Majesty, His Royal Highness
Frivolous monarch who steals bodiesThe childish King of Cymberia who forces his court to play games and solve riddles. He impulsively uses Trurl's personality transformer to steal his body, followed by a sailor's, and then the Commissioner's, before finally being trapped in a cuckoo clock.
In The Fifth Sally or The Mischief of King Balerion (Stanislaw Lem, 1965)