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m (→History: Read the two citations, and neither of them actually confirm that he joined the Ire. One says he wasn't a member earlier but doesn't confirm he became one after, and the other makes it sound like he would technically be considered to be one, which hardly sounds like he joined them formally.) |
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Riino becomes an Elantrian at some point before the [[Reod]]; he eventually becomes a Hoed, repeating a mantra of "Beautiful, once so very beautiful...", referring to the lost beauty of Elantris and the Elantrians.{{book ref|elantris|4}} He survives until [[Raoden]], ten years after the Reod, realizes what his mantra means and attempts to get information on [[AonDor]] from him. Riino displays just enough rationality and memory to direct Raoden to put him into [[Devotion's Perpendicularity]], where he appears to dissolve.{{book ref|elantris|25}}{{wob ref|8649}}
In actuality, he is transported to the [[Cognitive Realm]], where he seems to recover his mind. Eventually, he takes up a post at a lighthouse on the Rosharan subastral of the Cognitive Realm, in the [[
When [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan]], [[Adolin]], their spren and [[Azure]] accidentally enter Shadesmar, their travels bring them to Riino. Kaladin attempts to sneak up on Riino, who detects him anyway. Riino introduces himself as the "Rii Oracle" and offers to tell Kaladin's fortune during a [[highstorm]], using a large globe filled with what appears to be [[Stormlight]]. When Kaladin touches the globe and has a vision of his own, Riino is surprised, and manages to guess how Kaladin has access to Investiture required.{{book ref|sa3|97}}
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