Melisandre is a skilled chirurgeon devoted to helping the poor -- and a beautiful flirt. Played by Marce Connor.
Meli is a friend of Constanza from their days in university. Meli admires dashing bravery and is a romantic at heart. She dreams of El Vago coming to sweep her off her feet, etc. Adventure thrills her but scares her too. She wants to be brave but is unsure she would have the courage. As to the men, well they don't hold a candle to the characters in the books and have no idea how to properly win a lady's attention. So she never really had a boyfriend.
She has run away from home to escape an arranged marriage; and at La Ultima Murala, she joined with don Lucas, don Juan, Baronet Vlad, and Corporal Ferdinand. With them she went to Freiburg when don Lucas was assigned there as ambassador. Moved to pity by the number of needy people, she opened a free clinic in the less savoury part of town, the Shade.
Meli always wears a pin made from the bullets dug out of her patients at El Moro. It was a gift from the men when she left and broke all of their hearts... In her travels she encountered a young Vodacce swordsman she has become quite fond of, Signor Sebastiano Biancastro.
Melisandre recently discovered that she had a family, the Grijalva, and a twin sister, Sarina, also known as Sofia Yanez de Grijalva. She found herself embroiled in the intrigues surrounding the succession of the Castillan throne and despite herself became a forerunner candidate. To prevent the risks of civil war or invasion, she and Prince Javier Bejarano de Sandoval agreed to rule jointly, and are now engaged. However, both are banking on the hopes to get the marriage annulled once peace is restored, since both are in love with other people.
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