![]() Unbeknownst to any of these descendants, they all bore the mark of the Orb, a white circular birthmark in the palm of the right hand that had been in the Rivan line since the first child of Riva and Beldaran. Through the centuries following, the two of them kept the Rivan line hidden maintaining only small families of two people and their child. Little did the historians know that the Rivan line was saved due to the clever intervention of Belgarath and his second daughter, the sorceress Polgara. Generations later the Rivan line was, according to historians before Belgarion was revealed, broken due to the efforts of Nyissan assassins under the command of Queen Salmissra, who had been influenced by Torak. Later Riva married Beldaran, daughter of Belgarath, bonding the line of Belgarath to that of Riva. ![]() After the Orb was reclaimed, Riva left his father's kingdom and founded the Kingdom of Riva on the Isle of the Winds. Riva was the only man in the party who carried no ill intent in his soul, and was thus pure enough to carry the Orb from Torak's realm. It was Belgarath the Sorcerer who was enlisted by Riva, along with his father and brothers in a quest to reclaim the Orb of the god Aldur from Torak, the one eyed god of the Angaraks. The progenitor of Garion's line was Riva Iron-Grip, who was the youngest son of the ancient Alorn King, Cherek Bear-shoulders. ![]()
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