Count Elrell Mikin was a strict man in business, and a strict man when it came to fathering his four children. He was in an arranged marriage with Lasata Seamel from his 10th Birthday and was married to her on his 18th, in the year 582 ATA. He grew to like, if not love her, as any husband might love his wife; she gave him healthy children and he gave her protection and livelihood. It was the classic marriage. He died from a fever he had taken over the winter months, that had weakened him to the point of death on the 18th of Greening, 618 ATA.