Ryvyr D Goblin

art by PixelWayve

## Album Information

### Album Introduced

Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted TowerKevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant

## Portrayal

### Voiced By

Kerttu Aarnipuu

Ryvyr D. Goblin is a goblin character from the album Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower. She is voiced by Kerttu Aarnipuu.

## Background

Ryvyr D. Goblin was born in a Narrative inhabited by, among other things, her own goblin tribe, its southern rivals, and a worm kingdom. Her tribe was led by the chief Pom-Pom, whose daughter, Hiisi, who would perform a blessing over the tribe once a century, with the condition that she be a virgin while performing the ritual. Hiisi and Ryvyr developed a mutual attraction to each other, and the week before Hiisi was supposed to perform the ritual, went to the woods just to drink and have fun. When they woke the next morning, they realized that they had drunkenly slept together. In search of a solution, they requested the help of Venla, the goblin shaman's daughter, who had wanted them to go on a spirit quest. Venla told the goblin lovers of a mushroom that restored a person's virginity, and so the three goblin girls embarked on a journey to retrieve this mushroom. However, in the caverns where the mushroom was said to be, a trap had been laid, and the goblins fell into it, through a chute connecting to the Worm King's lair.

In the Worm King's lair, the true nature of his scheme was revealed: he and Venla had conspired to kill Hiisi and sell her skull to the southern goblin clan in preparation for the clan's raid and extermination of Ryvyr's tribe, so that they may reanimate it with necromancy. Ryvyr and Hiisi prepare to die fighting the Worm King and his subordinates, but at that very moment, a portal was opened, and Ryvyr was pulled through it into New Albion's Narrative. She found herself in Arcadia Corp's labs, but eventually escaped.

## Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower

Ryvyr initially meets Nash after he helps the other creatures captured by Arcadia escape back to their home Narratives. When he approaches her to ask why she would not go through the portal, she cites the fact that there is a goblin girl at Arcadia who she has to find before leaving. Nash, initially reluctant to help her given his own trouble with Arcadia, nevertheless accompanies her to Arcadia Corp's labs, where Amber finds them and explains Nash's true origins, citing them as the reason he must return home. Nash rejects this almost immediately and moves on to help Ryvyr find the goblin girl she seeks.

After traveling through Arcadia Corp's labs, she finally finds her, before screaming – and committing – bloody murder, much to Nash's shock. It turns out that the goblin girl in question was not Hiisi, as Nash had thought, but Venla, whom Ryvyr had sworn a blood oath to eviscerate. However, when Amber, in pursuit of Nash and Ryvyr, sees Venla dead, she chastises Ryvyr and attempts to prevent Nash from opening the portal to Ryvyr's Narrative, to no avail. They find the Narrative to be destroyed, which Amber explains is a result of Ryvyr's murder of Venla, who had a destiny crucial to the continuation of the Narrative. Amber explains to Nash that the same will happen to his world should he refuse to return, as he is fated to be murdered. With that, Nash and Ryvyr eventually part, and Nash resolves to return to his world and fulfill his role.

## Kevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant

Ryvyr, still in New Albion, enlists Kevin the Mouse and the witch Abi to solve a murder that has just occurred in a high-society party. When they arrive at the murder scene, they find that the suspects have a history with the Pendant of Kultainen, a goblin artifact. The goal of figuring out the murders then gains an additional goal of obtaining the pendant. Throughout the investigation, several time doors are opened, through which it is revealed the pendant can call, which Ryvyr can hear. In the final lineup, she is briefly considered as a suspect, but the suspicion against her is quickly dropped. Eventually, when the culprit, revealed to be a disguised Connor Morgan from an alternate timeline, is discovered, he is magically turned into a frog before he can escape. Ryvyr asks to keep Frog Connor, which she does.

## Helen's Hell Hags

Though she does not make a direct appearance, Ryvyr is revealed to have had a daughter, Joki, who does make a direct appearance, and takes after her mother in terms of propensity for violence.

## Trivia

* While the D in Ryvyr’s middle name is clearly an affectation signifying “the”, the idea from it comes from The Muppet Movie, a film Paul has repeatedly cited as his most influencial movie growing up. In it, Kermit the Frog is listed as Kermit D Frog, which greatly confused the very young Paul. He became obsessed with trying to figure out whether this was in fact Kermit’s proper name and was frustrated that the D was never used anywhere else. He may still be confused over it to this day.
* It was revealed by Paul on Instagram that Ryvyr and the witch Abi eventually entered a relationship and had a child together, Joki.