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| link-ins = Fissure Plateau, Fire Marble Domes | | link-ins = Fissure Plateau, Fire Marble Domes | ||
| author = [[Gehn]] | | author = [[Gehn]] | ||
| connections = | | connections = [[Age 233]], [[Tay]], the [[Cleft]] (Earth) | ||
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'''Riven''' was the fifth [[Age]] written by [[Gehn]]. All of Gehn's ages were unstable, and though Riven was no exception, it was one of his more successful attempts. Gehn was imprisoned on Riven by his son [[Atrus]] for 33 years. During that time, he appointed himself God of the [[Rivenese]] people, and radically altered the landscape with his own buildings and infrastructure. The people of Riven split into two opposing groups: those who followed Gehn, and the [[Moiety]] who opposed Gehn. | '''Riven''' was the fifth [[Age]] written by [[Gehn]]. All of Gehn's ages were unstable, and though Riven was no exception, it was one of his more successful attempts. Gehn was imprisoned on Riven by his son [[Atrus]] for 33 years. During that time, he appointed himself God of the [[Rivenese]] people, and radically altered the landscape with his own buildings and infrastructure. The people of Riven split into two opposing groups: those who followed Gehn, and the [[Moiety]] who opposed Gehn. | ||
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The [[Wahrk]] was a large fish that held a great importance to the Rivenese. Before the arrival of Gehn, they respected and feared the Wahrk, as it was the most powerful force they knew. Gehn took advantage of their reverence for the fish by co-opting its likeness to use as an instrument of terror. | The [[Wahrk]] was a large fish that held a great importance to the Rivenese. Before the arrival of Gehn, they respected and feared the Wahrk, as it was the most powerful force they knew. Gehn took advantage of their reverence for the fish by co-opting its likeness to use as an instrument of terror. | ||
The Rivenese subsisted mainly on fish, and meat from [[Sunner]]s, an aquatic mammal that | The Rivenese subsisted mainly on fish, and meat from [[Sunner]]s, an aquatic mammal that were hunted nearly to extinction. [[Ytram]]s were poisonous frogs that the Moiety used to make poison darts. [[Scarab]] beetles could be found in the jungle, and were likely similar to beetles found in other D'ni ages, as they were an ingredient of the [[ink]] used to write [[book]]s. | ||
===Water=== | ===Water=== | ||
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[[Gehn]] grew up during the [[fall of D'ni]] and spent his adult life obsessed with the idea of reviving the culture and traditions of his people. With no [[D'ni (race)|D'ni people]] to teach him, Gehn was left with a twisted idea of what D'ni culture meant. Gehn's method of Writing involved copying and pasting from other [[book]]s, which resulted in [[Age]]s that were unstable. He believed that the Ages written in Descriptive Books were Created by the writer, which made the writer God, and that he therefore had the authority to do whatever he wanted with his own Ages and their inhabitants. | [[Gehn]] grew up during the [[fall of D'ni]] and spent his adult life obsessed with the idea of reviving the culture and traditions of his people. With no [[D'ni (race)|D'ni people]] to teach him, Gehn was left with a twisted idea of what D'ni culture meant. Gehn's method of Writing involved copying and pasting from other [[book]]s, which resulted in [[Age]]s that were unstable. He believed that the Ages written in Descriptive Books were Created by the writer, which made the writer God, and that he therefore had the authority to do whatever he wanted with his own Ages and their inhabitants. | ||
Gehn didn't give his Fifth Age a name. Like all of his ages, he only ever referred to it by number, but its inhabitants called it '''Riven'''. Riven along with several of Gehn's other ages such as [[Age 37]] | Gehn didn't give his Fifth Age a name. Like all of his ages, he only ever referred to it by number, but its inhabitants called it '''Riven'''. Riven along with several of Gehn's other ages such as [[Age 37]] served as training grounds to teach non-D'ni the [[Art]]. Gehn established a skeleton of the '[[Guild of Writers]]', teaching [[Rivenese]] natives how to write in [[D'ni language|D'ni]], and construct Ages. His most notable student was [[Catherine]], who quickly excelled beyond what Gehn could teach her. However, he exhibited a callous disregard for the people and culture of Riven. | ||
===The Battle at the Fissure=== | ===The Battle at the Fissure=== | ||
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===Gehn's Banishment=== | ===Gehn's Banishment=== | ||
Once trapped on Riven, Gehn took his place as God of the Rivenese people. He reshaped the Age to his own ends | Once trapped on Riven, Gehn took his place as God of the Rivenese people. He reshaped the Age to his own ends. Gehn spent many years re-creating the Art, and mobilizing Riven's resources to create [[book]]s and [[ink]]. He ruled the Age by way of terror and brute force, but a group of Rivenese who had witnessed the battle at the Fissure formed a group called the [[Moiety]] to fight back. Thus, the Rivenese people became divided into those who followed Gehn, and those who resisted. | ||
===The Collapse of Riven=== | ===The Collapse of Riven=== |