Meliàr Ironfist fan Mardelli Relesárizi

Meliàr fan Mardelli Relesárizi (1845 - 1895), also known Meliàr Ironfist and posthumously as Meliàr the Smith and the Smitten was a prince and potential heir to the Asatic Empire. He was the middle of three sons; his eldest brother - Ratsa II becoming emperor in 1862 4A while his youngest brother, Fedula led a generally simple and worry-free life.

Meliàr married Beleto fan Daruti, the daughter of a newly-made noble, and named the eldest of his two sons Darute after his father-in-law. His other son was also named Meliàr.

Life
Meliàr, being a prince of the Empire, was subjected to a wide programme of education as a child, covering history, philosophy, music, literature, martial arts, strategy and, his favourite and a rather unusual subject for a prince, smithing. Even as an adult he continued this hobby of his.

Meliàr was believed to be happy in his marriage - Beleto was an intelligent and good looking woman, their two sons were healthy and often showed interest of stately matters, something which hardly interested Meliàr himself.

A rather popular rumour has it that Tsante the Smith, a metalworker of legendary talent that lived and work at approximately the same time in Araero, was actually Meliàr in disguise.

Death
An early summer morning in 1895, while Meliàr was returning from his smithy, he was struck by lightning and lost consciousness for several days. Miraculously, he survived and woke up without any evident long-term damage (except for scarring from the lightning strike). A few days later he was going for a walk in his garden, not yet ready to take up smithing again, when he was struck by lightning the second time, this time killing his instantly.