Ratsa III fan Mardelli Relesárizi

Ratsa the Third fan Mardelli Relesárizi (1867 - 1896 4A), commonly simply relesár Ratsa III, was an emperor of the Asatic Empire from his father's abdication in 1880 until his own death in 1896 4A. Ratsa III was the sixth monarch descendant from the line of Luidare fan Relesári.

Ratsa III married at the age of 13, just after his coronation, and took the Coeric noble Gaudhe na Suinneor as his wife. The union never bore any children.

Appearances and character
Like his father, Ratsa III was relatively fair-skinned, red-haired and green-eyed. He was a tall and very handsome man, and the marriage with the similarly red-haired, green-eyed Coeric beauty Gaudhe was celebrated as a union of two exceptionally beautiful people.

Despite his appearances, Ratsa III was a bitter young man. He had frequent mood swings and was prone to sudden anger. In his youth he enthusiastically participated in hunts, fights and poetry contests; these interests waned to give way to equally enthusiastic drinking. Ratsa's mental health began to deteriorate more rapidly a few years in his reign and continued to do so until his death.

Reign
Ratsa was crowned after the abdication of his father. A few years after the coronation, approximately in 1885 4A, Ratsa stopped paying attention to stately matters. The major challenges of his reign - the ongoing border conflicts with Danoedan in the East and the newly started conflicts with Magorion in the West was dealt with by his wife and his trusted advisers.

Death
Ratsa the Third had been experiencing deteriorating mental health nearly ever since his coronation. The two years his father spent bed-ridden was a particularly hard time for Ratsa. The father's illness and eventual death, the tragic death of his uncle Meliàr coupled with the decade-long severe depression (potentially at least partially caused by his inability to father a heir) led to Ratsa committing suicide in 1896 4A by ingesting aconite-laced wine.

House Mardelli Relesárizi