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| | image = Temple Island.jpg | | | image = Temple Island.jpg |
| | location = [[Riven]] | | | location = [[Riven]] |
| | link-ins = [[Fissure plateau]], [[firemarble dome]] | | | link-ins = [[Fissure plateau]] |
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| '''Temple Island''' (also referred to as ''Allatwan'' or "pool of stars" by the [[Moiety]], and ''Allapo'' or "water pool" by the [[Rivenese]] villagers<ref name="Catherine's Journal">{{cite journal|author=Catherine|journal=Personal journal|journal-page=Reference:Catherine, personal journal (Riven)|game=Riven}}</ref>) was one of five islands on the [[Age]] of [[Riven]]. It consisted of two primary land masses. The main land mass was dominated by the [[Golden Superdome]], which served as a power source for [[Gehn]]'s faulty [[linking book]]s. Pipes connected the superdome to each of the five [[firemarble dome]]s where books to [[Age 233]] were located. Temple Island's firemarble dome was on a small island immediately adjacent to the superdome. | | '''Temple Island''' (also referred to as ''Allatwan'' by the [[Rivenese]]) was one of five islands on the [[Age]] of [[Riven]]. It consisted of a main land mass and two smaller isles. The link-in point from the Riven [[Descriptive Book]] is on the main island, and it also contains the [[gold superdome]] that redirects energy to Gehn's [[firemarble dome]]s, the [[Star Fissure]], and the rotating Beetle Room with prayers to Gehn. |
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| A plateau next to the superdome contained the link-in location for Riven's [[Descriptive Book]]. This is also notably where the [[Star Fissure]] was located, and was the site of the dramatic final confrontation between [[Gehn]] and [[Atrus]]. In the later years of Riven, Gehn constructed a cage around the link-in location, disguised as a shelter. The cage was intended to capture Atrus if he were ever to return.
| | The larger of the two smaller islands contains the [[Temple of Gehn]]. [[Gehn]] would transmit images and messages from a hidden chamber on this island, appearing and disappearing within the massive imager in the temple as if by magic or divine power. |
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| The [[Gate Room]] guarded the entrance to the Golden Superdome. It was a five-sided room that could rotate to five different positions. Its purpose was theoretically to keep people out of areas of the island Gehn wanted to keep private, but it had a second purpose of being a shrine of sorts to the [[Art]]. | | The smallest island, little more than a pinnacle of land, is where the firemarble dome for Temple Island is located. |
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| Temple Island's namesake was The [[Temple of Gehn]], located on the second of the two main islands. The temple consisted of a long room with a large spherical cage at the end that was actually an [[imager]]. Gehn would project his face into the imager from a cave hidden deeper within the temple. From the perspective of the [[Rivenese]] villagers, he would appear and disappear as though by divine power. The villagers would arrive at the temple from [[Jungle Island]] via the [[maglev]], and present offerings to the image of Gehn. This temple was the second temple to be built on the site, as the original had been destroyed by one of the [[Riven daggers|five daggers]] that [[Catherine]] wrote into the Age. | |
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| Temple Island was connected by [[maglev]] to [[Jungle Island]] and by bridge to [[Book Assembly Island]].
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| [[Category:Places appearing in Riven]] | | [[Category:Places appearing in Riven]] |
