Riven of a Thousand Voices - The Last Ahamkara

Appearence - Riven is a dragon like beast, with 4 legs, a long serpent like tail and her front bears a hump before her head which is placed in line with her body. Each of her legs ends in a massive 4 fingered foot with sharp claws. Riven's head is covered in 4 bone white plates, that jut outward at an angle from her face. These plates open up to reveal her monstrous face, she has 9 glowing shadowy white eyes spread across the upper half of her face in a random pattern. Her mouth is split down the center and each side is filled with sharp teeth. In the center of her mouth is a ball of Taken energy. One each side of her head are 3 tentacles which end in sharp spikes Riven's skin is a light purple and her underside is a creamy white. Dotting her body are a few zit like blobs of Taken energy. She is 118 feet tall when she stands on her hind legs. Personality and Traits - Riven is calculating and fundamentally self-interested. She enjoys riddles and bargains, and has no issue manipulating the wishes and desires of others to serve herself, even very powerful beings. Though unknown to anyone but her, she cares very much for her egg clutch which she has hidden throughout her lair, and she would rather die than give up that secret. Riven can mimic the voices of others and speak telepathically, which is how she communicates and she can do so over incredibly long distances. Since Riven is and Ahamkara she can grant wishes but she is especially adept at granting wishes and even better at twisting them. She also loves basking in the revelry of peoples realization, it entertains her. The only way to counter her wish-twisting is to go to the Wall of Wishes which is located within the Tower of Opened Eyes in the Dreaming City. The Wall consists of a four-by-five grid of circular panels suspended above a pool of water. When one of these panels is struck by a projectile, it will illuminate and display one of sixteen images, which it will cycle through upon repeated impacts. These images display stylized fish, snakes, dragons, and hawks in various poses. When arranged in various patterns on the Wall, the images form the basis of a symbolic language that can be interpreted by Riven; this language was designed by the Techeuns to be difficult for Riven to willfully misinterpret. When the wish-maker stands upon a circle on the floor in front of the Wall, the pattern of images will be transmitted to Riven, who will grant the wish specified by the pattern. History - Riven is an Ahamkara, one of the wish-granting dragons that used to roam the Sol system. Riven lived in The Reef, a place in the outer reaches of the system, when she was young she found Mara Sov, the queen of the Awoken. Mara convinced Riven to join her entourage and Riven currently without a name took on "Riven" and it has been with her since. Much later in their time together, Mara realized the danger of making wishes with Riven and made a device that would allow her to make wishes safely without Riven twisting them. Then Mara would ask Riven to make the Dreaming City, an impregnable place for the Awoken to safely live and prosper, though unbeknownst to Mara, Riven made some faults in its design. The Dreaming City is a mystical place, with a misty garden like appearence, with lush foliage and white rock. The architecture is curved and made of a glistening white stone, with sparling blue accents woven elegantly into its design. Though hidden deep in the Dreaming City was Riven's lair, a place for her to retreat and to be alone. One day in the Dreaming City she spotted an Ahamkara known as Taranis around the Spine of Keres, she pinned him to the ground and questioned him about his presence within her territory. Despite this prejudgment, Riven decided to give him a tour around the Dreaming City. After some time bonding together at the Divalian Mists, Taranis discovered an Awoken named Gwilym, who wished for sesame pastries soaked in honey. After Taranis grants Gwilym's wish, the Awoken holds out his hand in thanks and is startled when Taranis grows out a thumb to grasp it. When Taranis climbed back up to the cliff, Riven expressed her astonishment at how small he was due to his refusal to grasp for more. Taranis claimed that it was enough for his nourishment, which Riven called foolish, something he acknowledged. Following their bonding for some time, Taranis invited her to his lair within the Black Garden, to which she agreed. When they arrived at his nest, the two decided that if Taranis wouldn't let himself grow, they would make something that would. Together, they formed a bridge to each other's lairs and produced a clutch of eggs, with her as the mother, and Taranis as the father. However, their prosperity would not come to last as the Great Ahamkara Hunt was enacted by the Vanguard, with the Reef assisting them. To keep Riven contained, Mara would wish for her to be trapped inside the Keep of Voices at the heart of the city. At the center of the Dreaming City is a large white tower with split in half with a sparkling blue marble between it and then it separates at the top where an empty circle sits, it is known as the Keep Of Voices. Underground below the Keep resides Riven's prison, a massive carved out room with a large oval like rock in the center, Riven uses this rock to traverse her prison. At the top of this carved out space is a window like terrace that Riven can stick only her head through. Desiring to keep her mate safe, she would warn Taranis about the Hunt and ordered him to stay within his nest. However, believing he could reason with them, Taranis returned to the city, much to Riven's dismay as she roared from her cage. After surviving an encounter with a Corsair, Taranis returned to his lair, telling Riven she was right. Due to their separation, they would whisper to each other from across space, eventually becoming the last of their kind. Riven would remain in the keep for the rest of her life, though the Queen visited her regularly to make bargains. Later, long after the Great Hunt, Mara Sov would die during the Battle of Saturn and Oryx, the Taken King would invade the Dreaming City and find Riven. He would then Take Riven, putting her under his control, although she still had some semblance of free will. While Oryx was alive, Riven had some connection to him, being able to feel his anger towards the Guardians and the loss of his son Crota. Again Riven would wait and wait, Oryx would be slain and her free will granted once more, then Savathun would seize her Taken reigns at Riven's request and being to enact her plan. Riven could see Savathun's plan and it unsettled her. She then tricked Uldren Sov into begin freeing her from the Dreaming City by masquerading as Mara Sov. She would fail to do this and then the Awoken would realize the danger she possessed and would call on the Last City to send 6 Guardians to go and slay her in the Keep Of Voices.

One single Guardian has managed to fight their way through the Keep Of Voices and into Riven's prison. There they fought and the Guardian is ready to strike the killing blow when they falter ever so slightly.