Edessa
Freeing King Baldwin
As the Christian army neared Kharput, they learned that they were too late. Balak had already besieged and taken the fortress. He had killed every single person he found inside, saving only King Baldwin and two others. He then took his prize to Harran, which was a much stronger place.
Joscelin could do nothing. With the strength of Harran and Aleppo, Balak couldn't be touched. On the other side, though, Balak found that he had many internal enemies, and he couldn't move against the Christians either. The matter was soon settled when Balak himself was killed while he was trying to take a fortress that had rebelled against him.
With Balak dead, Baldwin was passed to another lord, Timurtash, one of the Caliph's many sons, who at once opened negotiations for ransom. His demands were high: large sums of money, ceding territories, delivering hostages. The Christians agreed to everything, and in June 1124 Baldwin went free. He reneged on everything he could, naturally, and Timurtash did little because he was mainly after the money, which he'd already received.
Death of Joscelin I
Joscelin spent the rest of the 1120s preoccupied in two matters: a rather silly dispute with Antioch, and repeated attempts to capture Aleppo. The dispute with Antioch was finally resolved only through the intervention of King Baldwin, and Joscelin was never able to capture Aleppo. It is possible that, had Antioch and Edessa cooperated rather than quarreled, the great Muslim city might have fallen. But that's only speculation.
Count Joscelin was killed in an accident in 1131, while besieging a fortress north of Aleppo. He was succeeded smoothly by his son, Joscelin II. By coincidence, the Count's long-time friend, King Baldwin II, had died only a month before.