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Rhivi

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Rhivi

Race: Rhivi

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Appearance: small, brown-skinned

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Further info: Found on the Rhivi Plain on Genabackis

A people of the continent of Genabackis.

The Rhivi: pastoral nomadic society in central plains of Genabackis

MoI, glossary

'the Rhivi, who travelled with the herds and raised no walls of stone or brick'

MoI, UK Trade, p.66

"Even the massive herds of Bhederin, which the Rhivi were in the habit of following, had disappeared."

GotM, US HC, p.245

"Another warrior approached...His dust-streaked face was stitched with dyed threads, blck and red, from high on the cheeks down to the jawline then up and around the mouth. A Bhederin hide rode the broad line of his shoulders...The Rhivi smiled, stepped back and loosed a high-pitched, ululating cry."

GotM, US HC, p.351

'The centre of the Plain was home to the Rhivi, those small brown-skinned people who moved with the herds in a seasonal cycle. Though not warlike, the Malazan Empire had forced their hand, and now they fought and scouted alongside Caladan Brood’s Tiste Andii legions against the Empire.'

GotM, UK Trade, p.198

"Squatting on their grass mats, local Rhivi plainsmen called out in their nasal singsong endless descriptions of fine horseflesh..."

GotM, US Hc, p.264

Rhivi customs

'to accept the half-braids of grass that numerous young, virile men had set down before the entrance to her tent...to entwine her own braid and thus bind herself to marriage.'

MoI, UK Trade, p.66