![[RivenPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Riven _Living Statue | [[Cursed Lakelands]]_ ## Summary Lover of the medusa queen [[Zalena]], kept alive as a living statue with a life-giving gem from the [[Wizard of Wines]] set in his chest. He held the [[Sunsword]] in the couple's bedchamber. The party caught him off guard and subdued him; Duras tore the gem from his chest, and he crumpled, lifeless. %% ## Now _Concluded._ Dead. His life-gem ripped out by Duras, the animating statue collapsed. ## Appearance A living statue of a man, a glowing green [[Wizard of Wines]] life-gem set into his chest. ## Connections **[[Zalena]]** — lover; kept him animate with the stolen life-gem. ## Background **The bedchamber.** The party climbed to a third-floor window into Zalena and Riven's bedchamber, hung with portraits of the couple in happier days before the curse. Riven emerged and was subdued in a surprise assault; Duras wrenched the life-gem free with excessive force, killing him. The [[Sunsword]] was found hidden in a closet nearby. %%