Difference between revisions of "Riina"

== History ==

 

She was among the five members of the Ire that set out on an expedition to try and capture [[Preservation]]'s [[Shard]]. She rode on horseback and carried a decoy version of the [[Ire's orb]]. She abandoned the expedition with the rest of the group when [[Kelsier]] used [[Alonoe]]'s robes to make it appear that she had disintegrated.{{msh ref|5|3}}

 

Many years later Riina came into the possession of a [[Sorceress's tower|spaceship]] and used it to travel to Lumar. She chose Lumar because she believed that the planet was unimportant and that none of its inhabitants posed a threat to her.{{book ref|Tress|64}}{{book ref|Tress|60}} Whilst there, she set up her defences and eventually became known to the planet's inhabitants. Over the years, she earned the title of ''Sorceress''. Under this name she cursed or killed anyone who dared visit her island in the Midnight Sea, inspiring fear among the population.{{book ref|Tress|64}}{{book ref|Tress|5}} The kingdom on the [[Emerald Sea]], and possibly others, attempted numerous wars against her and her army but each ended in failure.{{book ref|Tress|5}}{{book ref|Tress|9}} This led to further raids launched by Riina against the kingdoms.{{book ref|Tress|5}}

 

Eventually [[Hoid]] noticed Riina's presence on the planet and decided to approach her. For a long time Hoid had desired to become an Elantrian and learned that the only way to achieve this was to be invited to become one. He decided that Riina was someone who could make this happen. Hoid travelled to her island and made a bet with her, stipulating that he would allow himself to be cursed on the condition that if he broke the curse, he would become an Elantrian. Riina agreed to these terms and cursed him, causing him to lose most of his mental faculties. The only way for Hoid to break the curse was for him to re-enter her tower.{{book ref|tress|64}} Over the ensuing years, Riina kept an eye on Hoid, but never felt worried that he would actually break the curse.{{book ref|tress|63}}

 

Following her curse of Hoid, the Sorceress continued her raiding of the Emerald Sea. Due to these pressures the king eventually began to consider it necessary to wage war against the Sorceress. In order to justify this, he began seeking out more support for a war among the populace.{{book ref|Tress|5}}{{book ref|Tress|9}}{{book ref|Tress|17}} As part of this effort, he sent [[Charlie]] to Riina with a marriage proposal under the guise of that this arrangement would be a path toward peace. In truth, he expected the Sorceress to harm Charlie, giving him the ammunition he needed, as well as popular support, for a war.{{book ref|Tress|5}} Upon Charlie's arrival, Riina ordered her troops to take him to his tower. Whilst there, she sent a ransom to the king demanding he hand over souls of the Royal family for the freedom of Charlie. Whilst waiting for his response, she and Charlie talked for a time and she learned of his love for [[Tress]]. When it had become clear that the ransom would go unpaid, Riina elected to curse Charlie, turning him into a rat. She set the terms of breaking the curse to be for him to bring Tress to the Sorceress to be cursed herself.{{book ref|Tress|5}}{{book ref|Tress|61}} Following this, she allowed him to leave and began further raids against the Emerald Sea.{{book ref|tress|9}}