Riv was born on a starship. Her two parents were mechanical engineers from Pamarthe that worked on the ship's hypersystems. Brave and courageous, Riv was eager to join the fight. She had hopes to join the Imperial Navy until Alderaan. After that, an act Riv saw as cowardice, she was wholeheartedly with the Rebellion.

Raised in space around starships, Riv has become very comfortable around the mechanics side of space travel. While she doesn't mind the idea of becoming a mechanic for the rebellion, she has dreams of learning to shoot the big ship guns and maybe pilot her own X-Wing some day.

Honor (AoR:105): Riv has a code of honor by which she lives, derived from her personal ethics and the culture she hails from. She sees the Empire as the antithesis of everything she stands for, and will fight it to the end.

Space Superiority (AoR:47): Riv believes the war will be ultimately decided in the stars. Every space battle is an opportunity to show the rest of the galaxy that the Alliance not only can win the war, but is destined to do so.

Riv is brave and courageous. She gets excited to fight, and sees war as a way to gain honor and reputation. While that can sometimes lead her to be dangerous, she would rather die than be seen as a coward.