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| | author=[[Gehn]] | | | author=[[Gehn]] |
| | image=Age 233.jpg | | | image=Age 233.jpg |
| | date-written=[[9438 DE]], [[Leevotar 11]] | | | date-written=Leevotar 11, 9438 |
| | dni-name = <abbr style="text-decoration: none;" title="Sev Vahgahtorsee-vahgahsen">sev 98</abbr>
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| | connections=[[Riven]] | | | connections=[[Riven]] |
| | link-ins=[[Gehn's office]] | | | link-ins=[[Gehn's office]] |
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| '''Age 233''' was the last complete [[Age]] written by [[Gehn]]. It was also the first successful Age he managed to write on [[Riven]], far from the pre-made [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]] [[book]]s and the phrases he usually relied upon. | | '''Age 233''' was the last complete [[Age]] written by [[Gehn]]. It was also the first successful Age he managed to write on [[Riven]], far from the pre-made [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]] books and the phrases he usually relied upon. |
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| ==Appearance== | | ==Appearance== |
| Age 233 was an age filled with unusually-shaped islands as far as the eye could see. Just about every island took the form of a mountain sitting atop a mountain. The age was desolate with no plant or animal life visible, and a harsh sun which required Gehn to make modifications to his goggles. | | The unusual rock formations on Age 233 were caused by the acidic content of the seawater, which eroded away the rock. The caustic sea eventually dissolved enough basic material from the rock to neutralize its acidity, preventing additional erosion. When the sea water receded, it left distinctive, unusual shapes behind. It is likely that the water level dropped due to the harsh conditions of the Age, evaporating the water as the planet drew closer to the sun it orbited. |
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| The unusual rock formations were a result of the Age's instability. At one point in the Age's history, the water level was significantly higher, and acid in the ocean eroded away the rock directly underneath the shoreline. Some event caused the water level to drop, perhaps evaporation caused by the planet drifting closer to the sun, leaving behind the distinctive double-mountains. | |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| [[File:Age 233 book.jpg|thumb|An Age 233 linking book.]]
| | This was the first Age that Gehn was able to successfully complete without the assistance of the D'ni reference material from which he typically cribbed the descriptive phrases he needed. He had an [[Gehn's office|office]] constructed for use as an off-world retreat from Riven, with links back to each of Riven's islands for fast travel. There he investigated whether Age 233 was stable, and began working on Age 234, where he planned to move the Rivenese people once Riven finally collapsed. Unfortunately, Gehn was never able to determine whether or not the Age was stable before he was finally stopped by the [[Stranger]] during the events depicted in ''[[Riven (game)|Riven]]''. |
| [[File:Age_233_bedroom.png|thumb|Gehn's living quarters.]]
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| Gehn wrote Age 233 hoping it would be a place that he and the [[Rivenese]] could relocate to after the Age of [[Riven]] collapsed completely. Trapped on Riven, far from the texts and materials of the [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]], he had to construct Age 233 from scratch. It took him many failed attempts before he was able to successfully link to a new [[Age]]. Age 233 proved inhospitable to a permanent population, so Gehn continued work on a [[Age 234|new age]]. In the meantime however he set up an [[Gehn's office|office]] on Age 233 to serve as a retreat away from Riven.
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| [[File:Gehn's_Office.jpg|thumb|Gehn's office.]]
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| His office was a round building constructed on one of the only islands that didn't have a second mountaintop. Fresh water on Age 233 was scarce, so Gehn's office featured a large bowl on its roof to collect rainwater. The main room in the office contained [[book]]s that linked to each of [[Riven]]'s five islands, and a writing desk where he focused on writing [[Age 234]]. An underground lower level served as his living quarters.
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| Gehn powered his faulty [[book]]s with a furnace. It was much smaller than the [[Golden superdome]] on [[Riven]], so it likely drew power from a source natural to Age 233.
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| Gehn was never able to determine whether the Age was fully stable before he was entrapped by the [[Stranger]] in the events depicted in ''[[Riven (game)|Riven]]''. | |
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| ==Gehn's Personal Artifacts==
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| Gehn kept several things of personal significance to himself in his office on Age 233. In his living quarters he had an [[imager]] that held a recording of his wife [[Keta]] reminding him that she loved him. He also had photos framed of her and [[Aitrus]], the only people who after all these years he still cared for and respected. On his wall hung a [[Maral-obe]], a D'ni instrument which he liked to play. A [[Cannen]] on the upper level contained a recording of his playing, which he listened to sometimes while writing.
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