Reldegen is an Asturian count. He is the Uncle of Lelldorin and the father of Torasin. He has been a friend of Belgarath for years. In his younger years (described in Belgarath the Sorceror), Belgarath described him as "seemed fully intent on going through his life with his rapier half-drawn. Reldegen was sort of what they had in mind when they came up with the term 'hot-head.'" But Belgarath liked him. (We can estimate this around 5340-5343.) According to the Rivan Codex, Reldegen is also Governor-General of Asturia in 5386, and mediates between Emperor Varana of Tolnedra and the Vordues.