Ş`kháφ-arië’llh (old Nel-Gathik) – Pierceblood (Lit. Blood-force/thrust-through) – Ş-prefix (fricative with silent ‘h’) not to be confused with S-prefix (alveolar sibilant). Indicates Sas-a-Shar Clan ancestry, other uses uncommon due to emotional connotations.
A’rie in Iyi-Golik (modern Vulcan) – (fierce) passion
A legendary swordsmith, born roughly 100 years before Surak. His swords are considered cultural treasures by Vulcans and Rihannsu alike. The "Sword in the Empty Chair" in the Romulan Senate is one of the S'hariens given to S'task by Surak when the Rihannsu left Vulcan.
While there are many legends and eyewitness accounts, little is known about the man himself: his birth date is unknown, though he was estimated to be between 140 and 170 years old during the events of The Sundering. His physical description as well as his chosen name strongly indicate he was an offshoot, or likely a direct descendant, of the by then extinct Sas-a-Shar clan. This hypothesis is supported by historical sources indicating said clan had a hereditary affinity for metal.
S'harien was the greatest of all the smiths working by the edge of the desert that other species call Vulcan's Forge, and he was also somewhat of an embarrasment to all who knew him. He lived for metal: beside it, nothing mattererd to him, not his wife, not his children, not eating or drinking. He was usually rude and always unkempt (in Vulcan culture, the most unforgivable of bad habits), one of those people who is always being taken places twice ... the second time to apologize. He was almost always forgiven, for this cranky, perpetually angry creature could create such beauty in steel as had never been seen before. "He works it as a god works flesh," said another smith, one of his contemporaries. Petty kings and warlords had often come offering everything they had to purchase his swords. He insulted them like beggars, and they took it. They had to: he was S'harien.
He was also a diehard reactionary. In a time when so many other Vulcan men were taking the five-letter names beginning with S and ending with K in token of their acceptance (or at least honoring) of 'reality-truth' and its chief proponent, S'harien purposely took a pre-Reformation name, and an ill-omened one: "Pierceblood".