Editing Riven of a Thousand Voices

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|name= Riven of a Thousand Voices
|image= [[File:Riven face.jpg|380px]]
|species= [[Ahamkara]]
|faction= [[The Reef]] {{C|formerly}} <br> [[Blood of Oryx]] <br> [[Savathûn's Brood]] {{C|allied}}
|rank= [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Taken]] Ahamkara
|mission= [[Last Wish]] <br> [[Nothing Left to Say]] {{C|[[Voice of Riven]]}}
|gender= Female
|height= Ever changing 
|othernames= The Last Ahamkara <br> The Dreamer
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{{Quote|Most of those who bargain with me do not win."<br><br>"O murderer mine.|Riven of a Thousand Voices}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Bond_of_the_Great_Hunt|Bond of the Great Hunt]]''</ref>

'''Riven of a Thousand Voices''' was originally considered the last living [[Ahamkara]] after the [[Great Ahamkara Hunt]] before the discovery of an uncorrupted clutch of her eggs; having formerly served [[Mara Sov]] and the [[Awoken]] as their greatest kept secret. She was instrumental in the creation of the [[Dreaming City]] and [[Eleusinia]] until the [[Taken War]], during which she was [[Taken]] by [[Oryx, the Taken King]] before his death and later then conspired with his sister: [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]].

Now corrupting the city from its heart, the [[Keep of Voices]], the Taken Ahamkara became the underlying main antagonist of the ''[[Forsaken]]'' expansion. Riven would play a prominent role behind the creation of the [[Scorn]] and worked her way into [[Uldren Sov]]'s mind like a parasite, impersonating his sister and deceiving him into unsealing the [[Dreaming City]] in an attempt to free her from its prison. 

Riven serves as the final boss of the ''[[Last Wish]]'' [[Raid]] when [[Guardian]]s would storm the Keep and slay her at the behest of Queen Mara and [[Petra Venj]]. However, this served as a ploy to draw the attention of the Guardians for them to end her Taken curse by killing her. Despite her physical death, her consciousness persisted and granted the Guardians one final wish: using her wish magic to curse the Dreaming City in a three-week-long temporal loop.

==Biography==
===Accompanying the Queen===
{{Quote|We built those walls, you and I. Such elegant spires. A beautiful prison.|Riven}}{{Citation needed}}
Riven was young during the earliest days of the [[Reef]]. When she encountered [[Uldren Sov]], who was on a mission to find a power that would allow [[Mara Sov]] to build an impregnable [[Awoken]] city, she was drawn to his unfulfilled ambitions and allowed him to present her to [[Mara Sov]]. The Ahamkara took the name Riven, in honor of her host. <ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The_Awoken_of_the_Reef#Telic_I|Telic I]]''</ref><ref name = "Telic II">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:The Awoken of the Reef, [[Lore:The_Awoken_of_the_Reef#Telic_II|Telic II]]''</ref><ref name="Riven">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:[[Lore:The Dreaming City|The Dreaming City]], [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Riven|Riven]]''</ref>  Through the years, she grew and accompanied Mara Sov in her ventures, becoming one of the most significant members of her entourage. Riven's wish-granting faculty played a key role in the construction of the Dreaming City. However, Mara remained wary of Riven's fundamental untrustworthiness and appetite as an Ahamkara. Mara constructed a [[Wall of Wishes]] to make bargaining with Riven safer,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Helm_of_the_Great_Hunt|Helm of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> and made sure to keep her away from Uldren and other potential sources of trouble.{{Citation needed}}<ref name = "Telic II"/> Indeed, Riven's work on the Dreaming City included small but deliberate flaws that would make it vulnerable to attack.<ref name="Gauntlets">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Gauntlets of the Great Hunt|Gauntlets of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> She would also construct her own [[Riven's Lair|lair]] hidden away from the Awoken.{{Citation needed}}

When she spotted the Ahamkara known as [[Taranis]] around the [[Spine of Keres]], she pinned him to the ground and questioned him about his presence within her territory.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/12/26)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Wish]] - Lore:[[Lore:Gifts and Bargains|Gifts and Bargains]], [[Lore:Gifts and Bargains#First Gift|First Gift]]''</ref> 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.<ref name="SG"/>

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 Whims, with her as the sire, and Taranis as the dam.<ref name="SG">'''Bungie (2024/1/2)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - Lore:Gifts and Bargains, [[Lore:Gifts and Bargains#Second Gift|Second Gift]]''</ref>

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. 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.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/1/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - Lore:Gifts and Bargains, [[Lore:Gifts and Bargains#Third Gift|Third Gift]]''</ref> Riven would remain in the keep for the rest of her life, though the Queen visited her regularly to make bargains.<ref name="Gauntlets"/>

===Taken by the King===
[[File:Screenshot 20240628 120041 YouTube.jpg|thumb|300px|Riven being Taken by Oryx]]

{{Quote|Before me stands a [King]. He offers to take me away. But I know he will not let me leave, either. An unfavorable position. I never made a [bargain] with a [King]. I would like to try it. I tell him to take whatever he [wishes]. As long as he [wishes].|Riven's thoughts while bargaining with Oryx}}<ref name="Hood"/>
Shortly after the [[Battle of Saturn]], the [[Darkness]] from Oryx's [[Dreadnaught]] Took the Techeuns from the battle, and the Taken invaded the [[Dreaming City]], which was inadvertently revealed, en masse. At the Keep where Riven was kept, Oryx offered to [[Taken|Take]] Riven away, although she knew that Oryx would not let her leave the Dreaming City. Nonetheless, Riven, eager to try bargaining with a king, told Oryx to take whatever he wished, as long as he 'wished' it. Riven and Oryx both knew they were attempting to deceive each other and began laughing together at the irony of their scenario.<ref name="Hood">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Hood of the Great Hunt|Hood of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> As a Taken, Riven's identity seemed to merge with Oryx's will, being simultaneously the Taken King and Riven. She could feel Oryx's anger to the [[Guardian]]s for killing [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], as well as his fear for the power they wielded.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Robes_of_the_Great_Hunt|Robes of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> When Oryx was defeated by [[The Guardian]], Riven felt the Taken King's despair at not being able to avenge his son [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]]. Although her will was partly restored, Riven reflected that she was still trapped within the Dreaming City and could not escape, while also having no one within the City to talk to as the Techeuns, despite also being Taken, did not have free will as she did.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Gloves of the Great Hunt|Gloves of the Great Hunt]]''</ref>

===Witch's Bargain===
{{Quote|I can tell this is not a part of [[Savathûn|her]] grand design. This is an introduction. She is at play. <br>Through our new bond, I glimpse her intention. <br>And I hope she remains at play.|Riven}}<ref name="Boots"/>

Years after Oryx's defeat, [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]] infiltrated the Dreaming City and revealed herself to Riven. Without a Taken King, the Taken Riven was directionless, and asked Savathûn to "take up those strings." After this was done, Riven's Taken directive changed again. She became capable of exerting her influence outside the Dreaming City, and through her bond with Savathûn caught a glimpse into her plans. What Riven saw unsettled her.<ref name="Boots">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Boots_of_the_Great_Hunt|Boots of the Great Hunt]]''</ref>

At this point, Riven made contact with Uldren at the [[Tangled Shore]], taking advantage of his overwhelming desire to hear from Mara again. She granted his wish by masquerading as Mara in his thoughts,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:[[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]], [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#After_the_Fall|After the Fall]]''</ref> and in that guise began manipulating him into eventually freeing her from the Dreaming City.<ref name="Awakening"/> Her influence also quickened the infection of Darkness within him.

Riven is ultimately responsible for the creation of the [[Scorn]]: when Uldren wished he had the power to save the mortally wounded [[Fikrul]], Riven granted his wish by transmitting some of the Darkness in his body into the Archon's [[Ether]], transmuting it into [[Dark Ether]] and reanimating Fikrul as the first Scorn.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:The Forsaken Prince, [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Fanatic_.7C_Part_II|Fanatic | Part II]]''</ref>

===Forsaken===
{{Quote|Ah, I've waited so long to fulfill one last wish…|Siren of Riven}}<ref name="LW"/>
Ultimately, thanks to the actions of Uldren Sov, the gateway into the Dreaming City became unsealed, allowing Riven the chance to unleash a Taken Chimera to devour Uldren. Though the Guardians and Reef agents ended Uldren and destroyed Riven's agent, the [[Voice of Riven]], Riven herself remained a threat that the Awoken knew had to be dealt with immediately, especially since she was now Taken.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref> Pleading the Vanguard and Guardians for aid, the Awoken succeed in gaining the support they need to launch an assault upon the heart of the corrupted Dreaming City and end the Taken Ahamkara.<ref name="Awakening">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Awakening]]''</ref>

A Guardian Raid team was formed and breached into the [[Keep of Voices]] at the heart of the city, the Guardians battle two of the Taken-corrupted [[Techeuns]]: [[Kalli]] and [[Shuro Chi]]. Not only were they successful in defeating the Taken Techeuns but were able to actually free them from the Taken's influence. Gaining their aid, the Guardians finally confront and battle with Riven. The battle takes them between the physical and Ascendant planes but they were able to mortally wound Riven. Ensuring that the Ahamkara never becomes a threat again, the Guardians enter the Ahamkara herself and destroy the [[Blight]] surrounding her heart, taking the relic back to the Queen's [[Techeuns]] to finish cleansing it of the Taken corruption.<ref name="LW">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Last Wish]]''</ref>

This was, however, exactly what Riven wanted. As an Ahamkara, Riven was able to transcend death in order to grant one last wish made by the Guardians' collective wish to save the city: Altering the rules of ascendancy within the Dreaming City as the realm became cursed partially into the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] and trapped in a three-week time loop actualized by the Taken [[Quria, Blade Transform]].{{Citation needed}} Even after death, Riven was freed from her prison and her soul became tied to her killers as her Siren would continue to whisper at them, specifically when they reach Mara Sov's former throne world, [[Eleusinia]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[The Shattered Throne]]''</ref>

===One Final Wish===
{{Quote|Such a long slumber. Such a rude awakening. Grant the Witch Queen's final wish, you say? I… refuse.|Riven upon awakening.}}<ref name="FW"/>
Years after Riven's corporeal death, which freed her from her Taken curse,<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 1|Wishing All the Best: Step 1]]''</ref> the Guardians and the Vanguard Coalition, following various conflicts and unnerving revelations, would be forced to raise the Last Ahamkara's spirit so she can perform the 15th wish, the Witch Queen's wish before her demise and being made a Lightbearer. Using the Wall of Wishes once more and Queen Mara's Techuens performing a spell to awaken Riven's spirit with her heart and tooth, the Guardians and Mara asked for the Wish for a new pathway to follow the [[The Witness|Witness]] through the portal on the Traveler to prevent the [[Final Shape]]. Riven's spirit, though diminished yet still strong enough to perform one more wish, awakened as planned but to the Awoken Queen's surprise and frustration, the Ahamkara refused to grant them their wish.<ref name="FW">'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Final Wish (mission)|Final Wish]]''</ref> In a private conversation with Mara, Riven stated she had no reason to grant it as she was dead, along with the rest of her kind. Riven recounted how it wasn't enough for the Awoken Queen to send the Guardians to slay her, but also have her forces destroy her eggs. Or so Mara thought, as Riven admitted that she hid some of her eggs within the bowels of her lair to protect them from Mara's wrath and, if she were to ensure their safety, then the Ahamkara would perform the final wish. Despite the risk of allowing the Ahamkara species to thrive and terrorize the Sol System once again yet desperate for the means to follow the Witness, the Awoken Queen agreed to Riven's bargain.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [https://youtu.be/-RRWH2dkOyI?t=86 Bargain Cinematic]''</ref>
[[File:SotW-Riven-Mara-Bargain.png|thumb|right|320px|Riven's spirit bargains with Queen Mara]]
Though the bargain angered many, [[Petra Venj]] and Crow among them, Mara believed there is little choice and thus instructed the Guardians to descend into [[Riven's Lair]] to find her clutch of eggs, slaying [[Sol Divisive]] Vex and rampant Taken throughout the way. However, after reaching the end and opening the vault, they find it empty, angering Riven. Mara voiced her innocence before ordering Petra and her Techuens to find out what happened.{{Citation needed}} In time, Petra uncovered that Riven's eggs were somehow cast into the Ascendant Plane, leaving them to orbit the material plane like comets to a sun. However, Petra believed that they could employ the same strategy of using the Ley Lines in the Dreaming City to "catch" them, similar to how the Queen's Techuens were lost in the Ascendant Plane.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 3|Wishing All the Best: Step 3]]''</ref> The plan succeeded in catching one egg, bringing it to a secure location before the Vex could capture or destroy it themselves. During the whole mission, Riven continually taunted the group alongside thinly veiled threats to them should her clutch of eggs come to harm, promising they will get nothing from her if such an event occurs.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Polysemy]]''</ref>

Riven would continue to observe the Guardians as they acquire the second egg before the Taken could capture or corrupt it. Before then, Riven voiced her distrust of Mara Sov to the Guardian, even going as far as to state that the Awoken Queen was "no different to an Ahamkara", as she offers riches and rewards but requires something in return.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Tautology]]''</ref> Even so, Riven continued to taunt her Awoken handlers, going so far as to use Shaxx's voice to send a message to Mara before threatening to use the voice of [[Sjur Eido|someone]] more intimate with her, much to the Awoken Queen's anger.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[H.E.L.M.]] Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#tabsection-1-9|Shaxx reaches out to Mara]]''</ref>

Later, Riven would target her taunts and mocking towards Crow as he worked with Petra, Mara and the Guardian in modifying the Oracle Engine within the Dreaming City to help them guide Riven's clutch towards them. Crow tried to ignore Riven as much as possible but her words but he nonetheless becomes angered by the fact that they have to work with the Ahamkara that played a large part in his fall from grace and eventual death. Fortunately, Mara and Petra convince Crow to stay the course as the Guardian succeeded in acquiring another egg.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Enthymeme]]''</ref> Riven would later actually confide with the Guardian on the natures of humans and Ahamkara, wondering about the possibility that more of the Ahamkara could have survived the Great Hunt had they acted more "human" but sadly concluded that such a bargain was simply not part of their nature.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 24|Wishing All the Best: Step 24]]''</ref>

As the Guardians made progress in gathering the eggs, Riven wondered how her clutch was even set adrift in the Ascendant Plane before concluding that only a wish could have made such a thing possible.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 26|Wishing All the Best: Step 26]]''</ref> During a mission to gain an egg before the [[Sol Divisive]] do, the Guardians arrived too late just as the Vex teleport it to the Black Garden, enraging Riven.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Apophasis]]''</ref> Desperate to save her egg, Riven revealed a secret path into the Black Garden, giving them a chance to save the egg. After battling scores of Vex, the Guardians succeed in rescuing the egg but further investigation in the area revealed Wish energy that doesn't belong to Riven before finding the fossilized remains of an Ahamkara. Riven revealed, in sadness, that they belong to her mate: Taranis. Begging Crow to allow Taranis to speak through him, to which he reluctantly agrees, letting Riven have one last moment with her mate. With this, Riven and the others figured out that it was Taranis who sent their brood into the Ascendant Plane, fearing for their safety following Riven's bargain with Oryx as they were beginning to show signs of being corrupted. However, making such a wish on their own is detrimental for an Ahamkara, as it required their own energy to complete it. In the end, Taranis sacrificed himself to preserve his and Riven's children.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Starcrossed]]''</ref> Riven was despondent at the loss of her mate but understood his reasons as it was his nature to be humble and stay true to the intent of the wishes he granted, a peculiar trait that originally drew her to him. To honor her mate, Riven allows the Guardian to wield the [[Wish-Keeper]] Bow that was found in Taranis's remains, so it can aid them in rescuing their clutch.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 30|Wishing All the Best: Step 30]]''</ref>

Despite the hurdles Riven's revelation had made, the Guardians continued gathering the last of the eggs but the second to last of them was on the verge of being claimed by the Taken. Racing through Riven's Lair, the Guardians managed to slay the Taken leading the assault, revealing their connection to Xivu Arath, but discovered too late that the egg had already been corrupted by Taken energies. Wailing in sadness at the fate one of her clutch will have to endure, Riven threatened to go back on their bargain but Mara managed to quell Riven's fury, stating they have a method to reverse the corruption. Skeptical, Riven nonetheless allowed them a chance to save her egg.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Synchysis]]''</ref> The Guardian and Mara ultimately come through in saving the corrupted egg by using a manner similar to how they saved her Techuen Coven from Taken Corruption, bringing relief to Riven.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 34|Wishing All the Best: Step 34]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 36|Wishing All the Best: Step 36]]''</ref>

After this, Riven revealed a final detail in Savathûn's Wish to the Guardian, Mara and Osiris: Riven would be able to adjust the Ley Lines to open a path in the Gateway on the Traveler but allow only ''one'' individual to pass. This revelation infuriated the Awoken Queen, enough to nearly strike at Riven's spiritual form but was restrained by Osiris using [[Strand]]. The former Warlock stated that despite this unfortunate new detail, it was still their only chance to follow the Witness and stop its plans to enact the Final Shape.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 38|Wishing All the Best: Step 38]]''</ref> Further, Osiris, after having an epiphany regarding this new information with his knowledge of the Veil, stated one person getting past the gateway would be all that they would need to "open the door" for the rest.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 39|Wishing All the Best: Step 39]]''</ref> With this knowledge, Crow volunteered to be the one to pass through the gateway in the Guardian's place, as his unique connection with Mara would allow them to know that Crow had made it through and could guide the rest.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Wishing All the Best#Step 43|Wishing All the Best: Step 43]]''</ref>

After the Guardian collected the last egg before the Scorn could claim it, Mara, Petra, Crow and the Guardian made the final preparations for the 15th Wish. Returning to the Wall of Wishes once again, the Guardian enacted the final wish for Riven to grant, creating a portal for Crow to pass through. With the wish complete, Riven's essence became spent and begins to slowly fade away. She bid Mara farewell, who had taken responsibility for the Great Hunt by deciding to look after Riven's Clutch as they grow.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Wish - [[Final Words]]''</ref> However, when Crow finally arrived within the Pale Heart, Riven's last wish had one final twist. As Crow took the plunge through the portal, he thought about [[Cayde-6]] staring up at him without a Ghost or Light, fearlessly aiming his gun at him. As a result, Riven's wish brought Cayde back to life as a construct of pure Light energy.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Ascent]]''</ref>

==Inventory==
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==Personality and traits==
As an [[Ahamkara]], Riven is calculating and fundamentally self-interested. She is extremely adept at wish-magic, having been the architect of the Dreaming City itself. She enjoys riddles and bargains, and has no issue manipulating the wishes and desires of others to serve herself, even those of the Queen, who was her confidant for centuries. Riven is more placid than most Ahamkara, however, and initially stayed with the Awoken despite the rich hunting in the inner system because she enjoyed basking in the "heat" of Mara's self-realization.<ref name="Riven"/>

Riven is capable of mimicking the voices of others,<ref name="LW"/> perhaps earning her epithet "Of A Thousand Voices". During her corruption of Uldren, after being Taken, she showed the ability to invade his thoughts and project the image of Mara into his surroundings.

Like the rest of her kind, Riven is a shapeshifter and typically adopts reptilian or dragon-like forms. After becoming [[Taken]] and corrupting the Dreaming City, she confronted the Guardian as a gigantic clawed and tentacled serpentine beast, with a head covered in numerous eyes, protected by folding bone plates that act as secondary jaws.<ref name="LW"/>

Riven has retained her free will even after being [[Taken]]. At one point, she held complete dominion over the Taken in the Dreaming City, with powerful Taken such as [[Morgeth, the Spirekeeper|Morgeth]] and the Taken [[Techeun]] witches at her command.<ref name="LW"/>

==Quotes==
{{Main|Riven/Quotes}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Forsaken'', Riven exclusively uses the voices of various characters. As of ''Season of the Wish'', Riven is voiced by Debra Cardona.{{Citation needed}}
*Though she is [[Taken]], Riven is the first [[Ahamkara]] ever encountered in the ''[[Destiny]]'' series.
*Due to the complex rituals needed to simply harm Riven without dying, it may be possible that Riven is one of the strongest Ahamkara that existed compared to the other Ahamkara who were hunted like normal, albeit powerful, beasts.
*Riven is the third known Taken entity that retains a sense of free will and independent thought, the first two being [[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]] and [[Malok, Pride of Oryx|Malok]], and is the second that the Guardians actually fight. 
*Riven is the first female final [[Raid]] boss.
*Riven's epithet, "of a Thousand Voices," is reminiscent of that of the Worm God [[Xol]], the "Will of the Thousands". It is unknown what significance this similarity has, if there are any.
**However, it's possible it signifies the [[Voice of Riven]] or the Siren of Riven.
*Riven is believed to be the second largest [[Raid]] boss in ''[[Destiny]]'' history, surpassing [[Argos, Planetary Core]] and [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. She is eclipsed only by [[The Witness]].
**Despite her eventual enormous size, whether due to her shapeshifting ability or simply her young age at the time, Riven was once small enough to curl around Mara Sov's neck like a pet.{{Citation needed}}
*The soundtrack ''Shell of What Was'' is played during the Heart of Riven encounter, but also during the fight with [[The Mad Warden]]. The reason for this might be that both the dead Riven and the Warden have been killed and hollowed, and that their bodies are merely empty shells of something that once "was".
*"Riven" is the past participle for the verb rive, meaning to tear, split or harrow. Riven took this name in honor of [[Mara Sov]], in reference to her nature as a being split between Light and Darkness.{{Citation needed}}
*After you destroy Riven's physical body and go outside, you can hear her "breathing".<ref name="LW"/>
*Riven is one of the only enemy to be seen bleeding.
*Contrary to popular belief, Riven is still dead even by the time the Dawning Celebration begins and not related to the time loop. The Thousand Voices Cookie in a way is to simply obtain more loot.
*A glitch existed for a while during Forsaken where [[Rocket Launcher]]s with the perk Cluster Bombs did a massive amount of damage to Riven when shot into her mouth.
*Riven is the first enemy to later become a vendor.

==Gallery==
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File:Riven-Phase1.png|Riven during phase 1 of her encounter
File:Riven-body.png|Riven facing Guardians in a cutscene
File:Riven Raid.jpg|Riven revealed during the Raid
File:Riven Dead.jpg|Riven's dead physical body
File:Spirit of Riven.jpg|Riven's spirit
</gallery>

;Spirit Concept Art
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Riven Spirit Concept 1.jpg
Riven Spirit Concept 2.jpg
Riven Spirit Concept 3.jpg
Riven Spirit Concept 4.jpg
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Plunder]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]''
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny Grimoire Anthology, Volume IV]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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