Rivent

Rivent is a Breton sorcerer in A Children's Anuad.

Background
Rivent was born in High Rock, on a small estate with his family, near Farrun. He had a sister, Aria, who was two years older than he was. They lived a simple and peaceful life until Rivent turned seven years of age.

During a particularly brutal winter, Rivent heard banging on the front door of his house. After it persisted for a time, he went to the door and opened it. There, he saw a tall and skinny man, who asked for a place to stay. When Rivent said he'd ask his father, the man barged in and picked him up by his throat.

Rivent lost control of his own body, but his mind was still his own. The mysterious man was magically controlling his body. He handed the young child a knife, and Rivent went upstairs to the room he shared with Aria. He crawled on top of her bed and proceeded to stab her hundreds of times, against his will.

After this, he was discovered by his parents, leaning over his deceased sister with a knife. Rivent immediately ran past them, out into the wilderness, weeping and screaming. Even though his family tried to call him back, he left home, never to return. His family was left in tatters, with a dead daughter and a missing and supposedly psychotic son.

He spent the next three decades wandering Tamriel, his mind shattered, constantly and relentlessly berating and accusing himself in various ways for the sins he didn't even commit. He tried to mend his own mind, which only worked to a certain extent. Throughout this time he also nurtured his spell casting abilities and became a mighty sorcerer, though he rarely used the magics he came to know so well.