#medrin

First, we have Medrin and Imyari - Meya’s parents. Medrin was born in Skyrim, where he trained as a blacksmith. He met Imyari when he apprenticed himself to an ebony weaponsmith in Morrowind. They live in Falkreath at a smithy called Blackforge - Medrin gets some work as a regular blacksmith, but most of their income comes from commissions for ebony weapons. He might only make one every few years, but they are phenomenally valuable (going by in-game prices). Meya was a surprise, as Imaryi had long since accepted that for whatever reason, children were not in the cards for her. They are loving, responsible parents, but strict and very reserved in showing affection.

Medrin is unflappable - absorbed in his work, he doesn’t get worked up about wars, politics, whatever adventures his daughter gets up to, and so on. Imyari finds it harder to bear the recent increase in “Skyrim belongs to the Nords” rhetoric.

Merisi, Medrin’s younger sister was the polar opposite to him; warm and expressive, and openly devoted to her husband. Ondrelas and Merisi were hard to dislike, as cheerful, hardworking farmers who welcomed all. Ondrelas was a heartthrob. They had four children - Iredril, Feryn, Faryth, and Isayne - and would have had many more if they had lived. They, and many of their workers died when a fever swept through their settlement - a small town called Lakeview (refurbished as the site of Lakeview Manor by the time of the Skyrim civil war).