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She also seems to enjoy the reputation of the Sorceress, despite it being unneeded she is known to speak in rhyme whilst placing a curse on someone.{{book ref|tress|29}}{{book ref|tress|60}} Though at the same time she shows a certain level of disdain for those on Lumar, thinking anyone unable to get past her trials as being not worth her time,{{book ref|tress|46}} considers folklore about her to be funny nonsense{{book ref|tress|60}} and dismisses their technological achievements.{{book ref|tress|60}}
Riina herself, like most elantrians, is known to be very cautious and not being willing to take any risks that may involve her dying. This was a motive for her arriving to Lumar, a system where she did not think she could be opposed and whose technology was vastly inferior to her own, when faced with a force that actually has a chance of stopping her she retreats.{{book ref|tress|60}}{{book ref|tress|64}} Even the knowledge that a [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragon]] is on the same planet as her is enough to spook her.{{book ref|tress|64}} Riina is paranoid to the extent that she keeps vats of acid near by on the of chance that a [[Kandra]] will try to act against her in some way.{{book ref|tress|60}} Despite this caution however [[Hoid]] considered Riina easy to manipulate.{{book ref|tress|64}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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, part of her motive to do this was because of her opinion of the planet being unimportant and the fact that no one on the planet could oppose her in any meaningful way.{{book ref|Tress|64}}{{book ref|Tress|60}} Whilst there she set up her defences and the locals noticed her presence on the planet, over the years she earned the title of ''Sorceress''. Under this name she went to cursed anyone who dared so much as try to speak to her, inspiring fear among the population.{{book ref|Tress|64}} As well as this she was also known to sometimes simply kill visitors.{{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 done by Riina against the kingdom.{{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 was to be invited to become one, in order to achieve this he decided that Riina would be the most likely to do so. Therefore Hoid arrived on her island and made a bet with her, he would allow himself to be cursed on the condition that if he broke it he would become an elantrian. Riina agreed to these terms and cursed him so as to lose most of his mental faculties and set the term of breaking it to be entering her tower.{{book ref|tress|64}} Following this Riina kept an eye on Hoid over the ensuing years 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 try and go attempt another war to stop her. In order to attempt this he began seeking out for 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 being a path to peace, in truth however he merely needed a sacrifice to gain further support and also simply wanted to be rid of him.{{book ref|Tress|5}} Upon his arrival Riina ordered her troops to take him to his tower, whilst there she sent out 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]], upon it becoming clear that the ransom would go unpaid Riina then elected to curse Charlie into a rat and set the terms of breaking it to be for him to grab Tress and bring her down 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}}
She was eventually forced to leave by [[Hoid]] and [[Tress]].{{book ref|Tress|64}}
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