Riff The One

"You're chill. But you're, like, aware."

- Mistic Audalad to Riff Riff_The_One, simply known as Riff, was an active player between around August, 2020, and December, 2021. He spent his time in various endeavors as a recluse writer, noble, bureaucrat and trader.

Wandering Writer
Yimmu-Audal was the nation where Riff first spawned in Rathnir. He spent his early days wandering about and visiting each town of the empire at the time. He wrote a book about his travels, simply named On Yimmu-Audal, describing every place in great visual detail. In his journey, Riff met Grey Is Yes while Grey was starting off the construction of Eldal-Adadi. In the capital, Riff also met Ghastly_Bespoke building the First Holy Temple Of Mónath in Urnu-Arrak.

Going South
After publishing his book, Riff went on to found a settlement in the southernmost region of Yimmu-Audal at the time, across the Atsyllean Sea. There were no buildings anywhere near him, aside from the abandoned Monestary Against Bread. Despite this, the Kingdom of Tálor, part of Yimmu-Audal, had a claim to the land. Shortly after Riff settled, he was contacted by Arch Canon Ghastly_Bespoke, who proposed he should join her kingdom. Riff accepted the invitation and would live in that region for the most part of his active days.

In his settlement, Riff spent most of his time alone. He built a farm to help him get materials to craft books so he could make a living selling copies of his. He managed to get a few deals with librarians, but eventually went inactive for a few months. He lost the claim to his settlement after not paying upkeep and upon returning, found his home had been ransacked.

Baronos
With his first settlement ruined, Riff decided to found Baronos in a coastal island west of his old home. Grey_Is_Yes helped with money and materials. However, due to its remote location, Riff didn't manage to find people who wanted to live there. He was left mostly on his own once again, and eventually decided to start a potion-trading business in the town.

Baronos joined the Kingdom of Tálor from the start, thus also becoming a town of Yimmu-Audal. This earned Riff a position in the small nobility of the empire. After the First Coalition War, Tálor became independent, but inactivity from its members allowed a takeover by the United Empire of Akratia. With no chance to fight, Riff accepted to join the invaders peacefully. However, he'd later help MysticCrafter and Ghastly_Bespoke in diplomatic missions that allowed Theios-Essukdal to take back the territory of Tálor and integrate it to the empire as the Atsyllean County, with Ghastly still ruling over it.

Some time after this, Ghastly stepped down as the leader of the County and appointed Riff as her successor. He would keep Baronos, but moved to the Island of Tálor. The Atsyllean County would later become the Duchy of Tálor, and Riff rose to the rank of Duke in the Audalad nobility.

Duke, Trader, Treasurer
Ruling over Tálor, Riff made efforts to revitalize the island, resuming the construction of Ghastly's unfinished works and developing some of his own. The Motte Lodge, an establishment Riff inherited from Ghastly, would become his main base of operations as duke, but also as a trader. Taking his potion-trading business along with him when he moved to the island, Riff opened a few potion shops in towns across central and southern Alteniquia. He supplied them with the help of his business's own nether highway, which connected the Motte Lodge to every shop.

Aside from that, Riff also became the Royal Treasurer of Yimmu-Audal. In that position, he made monthly-ish census for a while to collect data about the wealth distribution and concentration in the nation by players and towns. The treasury would, of course, also be a concern of his, which he addressed by implementing the Pumpkin Pie Policy (PPP) to raise funds. He also tried to create the Audalad National Bank to promote businesses and trade, but the initiative fell through due to a lack of funding. He also made efforts to promote trade by the Audalad people.

One Last Journey
In his later days in Rathnir, Riff greatly helped Ghastly_Bespoke on a mission to check the state of almost every single road accross the Empire of Astyllea in order to help the Imperial Guild Of Masonry decide which ones should be improved on. In his journey, he ended up revisiting every town in Yimmu-Audal he had first visited in his earlier days in the server, while writing his book. In the end, the empire fell after a coup attempt and the data collected by Riff was never used. But he did enjoy to see how Alteniquia changed over time.

Unceremoniously, Riff became inactive shortly after this, leaving his posts and possessions to people of his trust.