Riven Daley Rook

# Riven Rook

Riven Daley Rook is an Oath of Devotion Paladin from the House of Rook. Due to Rook's beliefs in neutrality and keeping to themselves, nearly no one outside of their kingdom knows of Riven.

## Biography

Riven is from Rook, a coastal region of X, most known for its stance of neutrality. He was raised solely by his mother and almost entirely within the walls of his family's castle.

Riven appears to be lacking some social skills, but he often attempts to make up for his awkwardness with flattery and acts of kindness. He hopes that by being kind to everyone he meets, regardless of where they hail from, he can portray his family's neutral standing on his own, and possibly even help keep things peaceful between the kingdoms. He is highly intelligent, most likely due to him reading books to pass the time during his childhood, but is rather naïve, as he knows very little about how the world *actually* works from a non-factual standpoint.

Although he is a Paladin, and does consider himself to be a follower of Freyr (Norse god of peace and prosperity), he views his oath to be more towards his family's neutrality than to any god. His holy symbol is a light hammer that he carries, which has imagery of balanced scales and olive branches carved into its head and handle. He speaks Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.

## Campaign

### Episode 1

In Episode 1, Riven arrives to the celebration with his mother's advisor, Dorian. The two of them are greeted with confused looks and whispers, many people not expecting anyone from the house of Rook to even show up due to their beliefs. Riven chooses to speak to Mali Foxglade, knowing she is the youngest Council Member, and feeling a sort of kinship due to both of them being quite young. They have a pleasant, yet still awkward, conversation. He keeps to himself for the rest of the night, trying to bland in with the crowd.

Once it is announced to the gathering that Queen Ophelius has passed away, Riven reaches for his cup of water, trying to calm his nerves with a refreshing sip, only to suddenly end up choking on the water. Some people from the crowd take notice to this and he is embarrassed.

### Episode 2

In Episode 2, Riven has a chance to interact with the other representatives, seeing Elora and Torai both speaking to Elshu, he decides to join in. As he approaches, he stumbles and fall into Elshu, knocking him flat onto the ground. Torai picks him up effortlessly while Riven apologizes profusely to Elshu. After Elshu tears the drawings Torai made, Riven uses a mending cantrip to piece it back together.

After this, Alessandra introduces herself to Riven, who is admittedly intimidated by her but still makes sure their interaction is pleasant. The Chef then comes in and asks for help with a rat problem, which Riven agrees to help with. While in the kitchen, Riven watches Torai break the glass door of a cabinet in order to fetch a bottle of wine for Astrophel. He stays back and casts individual mending spells on each piece of glass in order to restore the door while the others carry on *(Rylan had to go to bed and this was the excuse for Riven to not be in the game past this point)*.

## Relationships

**Cellica Rook**: Riven's mother, she raised him as a single mother and was in charge of his schooling, teaching him everything he knows now.

**Alessandra Wolfram**: During their introductions to each other, Riven found Alessa to be rather intimidating. Since then, they have not spoken much, but Riven respects Alessa authority.

**Elora Alcheron**: Riven relates greatly to Elora's kind nature. He and Elora both expressed kindness and friendship towards Torai when Elshu tore his drawing. Of the people he's met so far, Riven finds Elora to be most like himself.

**Elshu**: Riven feels immensely bad for toppling Elshu, but also found his destruction of Torai's drawing to be very rude. He has mixed feelings about him.

**Torai**: Riven is very impressed by Torai's skilled drawing, especially after finding out he has no proper training. He thinks Torai is friendly and hopes to have a friendship with him in the future.

## Notable Quotes

* [Interrupts silence in response to the Queen's death by choking on water after rolling a Nat 1]

## Fun Facts

* He carries a book on manners and etiquette with him everywhere he goes, inside of it is a pressed 4-leaf clover.
* After the events of Session 2, he put together a gift basket for Elshu in order to apologize once again.
* His birthday is a couple months after the start of the campaign (whenever that is).
* He keeps a journal that he updates frequently, he sees it as a potential primary source for future historians.