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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
|name=Gehn | |name=Gehn | ||
|dni-name=gen | |dni-name=<dni>gen</dni> | ||
|image=Gehn.jpg | |image=Gehn.jpg | ||
|race=1/2 human, 1/2 [[ | |race=1/2 human, 1/2 [[D'ni]] | ||
|born=[[9392 DE]] | |born=[[9392 DE]] | ||
|father = Aitrus | |father = Aitrus | ||
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===Return to D'ni=== | ===Return to D'ni=== | ||
Following Keta's death during the birth of his son, he returned to D'ni, making his home on K'veer with a mute servant he called [[Rijus]]. There, he developed a rather skewed vision of D'ni culture, viewing them as gods among men, and mistaking ''regestoy'''s ability to bridge pre-existing worlds with that of true creation. Over the ensuing 14 years, he became determined to rebuild D'ni single-handedly, and tried to teach himself ''regestoy'' so that he could rebuild the catalog of Ages in the D'ni empire, adding new worlds filled with primitive natives whom he subjugated and forced to worship him as a deity | Following Keta's death during the birth of his son, he returned to D'ni, making his home on K'veer with a mute servant he called [[Rijus]]. There, he developed a rather skewed vision of D'ni culture, viewing them as gods among men, and mistaking ''regestoy'''s ability to bridge pre-existing worlds with that of true creation. Over the ensuing 14 years, he became determined to rebuild D'ni single-handedly, and tried to teach himself ''regestoy'' so that he could rebuild the catalog of Ages in the D'ni empire, adding new worlds filled with primitive natives whom he subjugated and forced to worship him as a deity. | ||
Gehn also developed a considerable obsession with numerology, especially as it pertained to the D'ni's use of the number five. He was convinced that the number had some deeper, almost cosmic significance, and tried to force everything in D'ni culture into this view of the world. Of the six symbols the D'ni used to depict primary and secondary colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), he believed that only five were truly important. | Gehn also developed a considerable obsession with numerology, especially as it pertained to the D'ni's use of the number five. He was convinced that the number had some deeper, almost cosmic significance, and tried to force everything in D'ni culture into this view of the world. Of the six symbols the D'ni used to depict primary and secondary colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), he believed that only five were truly important. In his attempts to rebuild the D'ni guild system by conscripting [[ahrotan|ahrotantee]], he abandoned the 18 major D'ni guilds in favor of a five-guild system focused around the manufacturing of Ages. | ||
Fourteen years after moving to K'veer, Gehn returned to the Cleft to retrieve his son Atrus and take him down to D'ni, where Gehn taught him ''regestoy''. | Fourteen years after moving to K'veer, Gehn returned to the Cleft to retrieve his son Atrus and take him down to D'ni, where Gehn taught him ''regestoy''. Atrus eventually rebelled against his father's authority, finally trapping him on the Age of [[Riven]] with the help of a Rivenese native named [[Catherine]]. | ||
===Imprisonment on Riven=== | ===Imprisonment on Riven=== | ||
During the thirty years that he was trapped on Riven, Gehn established near-total dominion over the Age's inhabitants, and even attempted to re-establish several D'ni Guilds – Maintainers, Surveyors, and Bookmakers, along with the Builders and Educators, which seemed to consolidate various tasks from other major and minor Guilds – with the help of the natives. Despite this dependence on them for help and manpower, Gehn never seemed to fully trust his Rivenese Guild members, and often seemed frustrated by their "lesser" intellect. | During the thirty years that he was trapped on Riven, Gehn established near-total dominion over the Age's inhabitants, and even attempted to re-establish several D'ni Guilds – Maintainers, Surveyors, and Bookmakers, along with the Builders and Educators, which seemed to consolidate various tasks from other major and minor Guilds – with the help of the natives. Despite this dependence on them for help and manpower, Gehn never seemed to fully trust his Rivenese Guild members, and often seemed frustrated by their "lesser" intellect. | ||
Eventually, Gehn discovered how to manufacture new Books, and began writing a series of test Ages, finally achieving his first success with [[Age 233]]. Knowing that Riven would eventually collapse, as many of his Ages did, he began writing another Age—[[Age 234]]—where he and the Rivenese villagers would be safe | Eventually, Gehn discovered how to manufacture new Books, and began writing a series of test Ages, finally achieving his first success with [[Age 233]]. Knowing that Riven would eventually collapse, as many of his Ages did, he began writing another Age—[[Age 234]]—where he and the Rivenese villagers would be safe. Gehn would never complete this Age, as he was imprisoned by the [[Stranger]], who had been sent to Riven by Atrus to rescue Catherine. | ||
According to a journal left by [[Yeesha]] in [[9660 DE]] (2005 CE), Gehn remains locked in his prison to this day. It is unknown whether he is still alive. | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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* [[Uru: Ages Beyond Myst]] | * [[Uru: Ages Beyond Myst]] | ||
* [[Myst Online: Uru Live]] | * [[Myst Online: Uru Live]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] |