Riven Staigus

Riven I Staigus was the former Primonarch after having usurped the Throne from Tias I Amberfern and Sovereign-Commander of The Ignasdiate before his death in 1774 ASE. He was the first Primonarch in history to seize the Throne from the Amberfern bloodline. After conspiring to indirectly murder his predecessor, Riven devised a plot to demonise the current Primonarch along with the Amberfern name by manipulating the public's view of long-standing royal family.

He was successful in convincing Tias to lead an army into Urgunthour to find the Grey Bastion and eliminate the known Afterkind presence, selling the idea that Tias' nemesis would likely be there, knowing with certainty that it would be a suicide-mission. Upon his lord's departure, he began sowing seeds of doubt in the public eye, and after receiving news that Tias would not return from the battle, he took his place as Regent until Tias' death was 'confirmed'. By which point, he'd turned practically the entire nation against his predecessor.

Despite his given surname, Riven's family roots came from House Vrithalidas, making him a distant relative of Tias (his claim to the Throne wasn't changed by this fact as the Staigus name had married far away from Royal standing).