Rhinne

Rhinne, also known as the Goddess of Time, is the former Transcendent of Time of Maple World. Foreseeing that the Black Mage would attempt to steal her powers, Rhinne attempted to change her fate by creating a child to succeed her as the new Transcendent of Time, though both Rhinne and her child were sealed away, with the Black Mage robbing her of her powers.

Rhinne's children - Alpha and Beta - split into two by Commander Will, eventually escaped their prison and succeeded Rhinne as the new Transcendent of Time, using their powers to resurrect her in the form of a mortal child after she disappeared.

Story[]

Goddess of Time[]

After the fall of the Ancient Gods, the Overseers created the Transcendents to keep the gods dormant, as well as to separate the three worlds with their influence. Rhinne was created as Maple World's Transcendent of Time and was tasked with maintaining the balance of time on Maple World.

Rhinne ruled from the Temple of Time, which had once been known as the Dusk Temple, home to unknown gods of the past. Within the Temple of Time were three doors - the Gate of the Past, the Gate to the Future, and the Gate of the Present. These doors remained shut to mortals in order to prevent time from falling out of balance.

Within the Gate of the Past dwelled the path to the past, which led to the Dusk Temple from the era before Rhinne had become the Transcendent of Time. In the Dusk Temple was the Mirror of the Goddess, capable of physically moving the past.

The Gate of the Past was guarded by Memory Monks and Guardians, as as well as certain guardians: Dodo, the Whale of Time who consumed memories, Lilynouch the Ice Knight, whose fierce devotion to Rhinne caused him to freeze his emotions to prevent his regret from interfering with his duties, and Lyka, the bull-like Guardian of the Temple.

In addition, the Gate to the Future remained firmly closed, leaving the future and its mysteries unknown, as well as the Gate to the Present, which - according to rumor - would only open to those who did not belong to Maple World, though it would also open to one who held the power of the Overseers, such as a Transcendent, or the Explorer, who held the residual power of the Adversary from the First Explorer within a maple leaf.

Long ago, Rhinne granted humanity the gift of oblivion - the power to forget - and created the Goddess' Promise to ensure that the gift of oblivion would always remain. For this reason, Rhinne came to be worshiped by the people of Maple World as the Goddess of Time. Rhinne would also use her powers to freeze time in Ludibrium at the request of its king, who wished for his subjects to remain eternally youthful.

Mortals who wished to serve Rhinne would come into her service as Guardians of Time, led by a High Priest and a Temple Keeper. In addition, Rhinne also employed the Memory Keeper, who observed the history of time and Erda Flow, and the Record Keeper, who inscribed the history of Maple World upon an eternal scroll. Because Rhinne's eyes remained forever closed, it became a popular legend amongst her priests that Maple World itself was merely Rhinne's dream.

During the final years of Kritias, Rhinne's High Priest was called to help the mages of Kritias transfer the power of immortality from Tana to King Hekaton. During the experiments, the High Priest was shaken by the consequences of the experiments and resigned in protest, claiming that they had overstepped their bounds as mortals. The Head Priest was then replaced by Arkarium, who had shown great devotion to Rhinne in his youth.

Invasion of the Temple of Time[]

After the Black Mage awakened as the Transcendent of Light, he began gathering together his Commanders and waged a war of destruction across Maple World, hoping to draw out heroes who could seal him away. Unaware of the Black Mage's true motives, Rhinne came to believe that he intended to wipe out all life in Maple World, with the Record Keeper noting that history seemed to be growing thinner. He then asked her if Maple World would soon end, to which Rhinne replied that her own future was set in stone, adding that not even the Transcendents lived forever.

Using her powers, Rhinne foresaw that the Black Mage intended to steal her powers. However, due to the limitations of the Transcendent of Time, Rhinne knew that she was unable to change her own destiny. However, she attempted to create a new future by creating the Child of the Goddess through her teardrops, who she hoped would succeed her as the Transcendent of Time, which would prevent the Black Mage from taking the power of time. Knowing that the Temple of Time wasn't safe, Rhinne handpicked loyal priests to take the child to safety and watch over it.

Though Rhinne handpicked loyal priests to protect the child, she was betrayed by Arkarium, who had secretly become a Commander of the Black Mage after foreseeing that the Black Mage would reign victorious. Arkarium then blinded Rhinne, while the Demon stunned her in place, allowing the Black Mage to steal her Transcendent powers. He then used the power of time to seal Rhinne in ice within the Temple of Time, while banishing her child and the priests tasked with its protection into a different dimension.

Due to the safeguards created by the Overseers to regulate Transcendent powers, the Black Mage's attempt to steal a fellow Transcendent's powers caused him to be severely weakened and tore apart spacetime, resulting in the creation of an Interdimensional Portal that led to Grandis. Soon after, the Black Mage was sealed away by the Heroes, who used a sealing spell devised by Freud to capture the stolen powers of time from the Black Mage and turn them against him by creating a seal, though this came at the cost of one of the Heroes sacrificing his time and fading from existence.

Attack on the Seal[]

Soon after the Black Mage was sealed away, Arkarium from the future traveled back to the past in order to kill the Heroes while they were weakened from the battle. However, upon seeing that the Demon - who had also fought the Black Mage - was nowhere in sight, Arkarium planned to go back even further.

As Freud had twisted spacetime to prevent time from flowing back any further than the moment that the seal had been made, Arkarium attempted to steal the Transcendent powers of Rhinne, which would allow him to override Freud's spell and go back beyond that point. However, Arkarium was stopped by the Silent Crusade, whose agents had followed him into the past.

Mirror World[]

Centuries later, the Black Mage broke free from his seal and recruited a new Commander - Will - who was tasked with ensuring that the child of Rhinne would never awaken as the new Transcendent of Time. With full authority over Rhinne and her powers, Will decided to move Rhinne from her icy prison within the Temple of Time and transferred her over to the same dimension where her child and the priests hand-picked to serve them were trapped.

Will used Rhinne's powers to recreate the prison dimension into what he called Mirror World, a replica of Maple World. However, Will soon realized that he was unable handle the immense power of Rhinne's child. In order to weaken them and to corrupt them with his influence, he split the child into two beings. He trapped the girl inside the Child of the Goddess' own temple and brainwashed the boy into serving him and his Shadow Knights, who had been tasked with keeping the boy trapped inside Mirror World. He also shattered the condensed power of time - known as the Goddess' Teardrop - and scattered its pieces across Mirror World.

Arkarium's Plot[]

With the Commanders resurfacing from the shadows after the Black Mage's return, Arkarium began his plan to exact revenge upon the Heroes and the Demon for sealing the Black Mage away. Using his time magic, Arkarium created a crack to the past, where he planned to destroy the Heroes and the Demon after they had grown weakened from the fight against the Black Mage.

As the Silent Crusade attempted to stop him, one Crusader encountered the spirit of Rhinne. Rhinne greeted them and explained that she was merely an echo created with a weak portion of her power. As she couldn't manifest long when she was so far from her physical body, she asked them to quickly listen to her story. She explained that Arkarium had created a crack in time to enter the past, from before the Black Mage had been sealed, in order to eliminate the Heroes. As they were running out of time, she asked them to stop Arkarium from succeeding.

The Crusader followed Arkarium into the past and eventually traveled to the past Temple of Time, where they encountered the spirit of Rhinne once again. As they were now closer to her physical body - which was sealed in the temple - Rhinne explained that she could finally tell them what she didn't have time to explain before. The Crusader recalled that she had told them that Arkarium had been trying to kill the Heroes, though they noted that he hadn't made a move against them, despite now being the perfect time to strike. Rhinne explained that Arkarium intended to kill not only the Heroes, but also anyone who had helped them seal the Black Mage, such as the Demon.^[2]

Though Arkarium was cunning and wicked, Rhinne told the Crusader that he was also driven by jealousy, which made him short-sighted. She noted that Afrien must have told them about how Freud had warped spacetime in order to prevent anyone from traveling back further than when the seal had been created, to which the Crusader replied that it was likely the reason why Arkarium was attempting to steal her powers.

As she was still sealed away, Rhinne asked the Crusader to stop Arkarium from succeeding in his plans and returning the world back to darkness. The Crusader rushed ahead and found Arkarium standing at the entrance to the Black Mage's throne room, which had been sealed shut. Arkarium cursed the Crusader for interfering, noting that he had tried to steal Rhinne's powers before she would be passed over to Commander Will in the future.^[3]

The Crusader demanded to know what Arkarium was scheming, as they were under the impression that he wanted to kill the Heroes. Arkarium retorted that he was so close to succeeding, though he had been foiled by the Crusader, whom he noted was just as irksome as the betrayer. As he didn't plan to let them live, he supposed that there was no harm in telling them his plans. He explained that while he had indeed tried to eliminate the Heroes who would pose a threat to the Black Mage, he was more interested in the Demon, whom he called a traitor.

As he had been unable to find the Demon alongside the unconscious Heroes, he had decided that he would instead steal whatever power that Rhinne still had left in order to go back even further into the past, believing that if he could kill the Demon before he turned on the Black Mage, the Black Mage's defensive barrier would be safe, and the Heroes would tire out even faster, which would make them easier to eliminate. However, he lamented that he had run out of time in the end, which he noted was the cost of him messing with time. The Crusader then fought and defeated Arkarium, who then disappeared.^[4]

Rhinne's spirit then appeared and thanked the Crusader for stopping him. However, she explained that they had merely defeated a clone of Arkarium, while his real body had returned back to the Dimensional Schism where he hid. As he had consumed a great deal of power in warping time, and with his clone defeated, Rhinne told the Crusader that now was the best time to strike. The Crusader then fought and defeated Arkarium in the Dimensional Schism, forcing him to retreat.

Succession and Rebirth[]

In Mirror World, the Child of the Goddess - now split into Alpha and Beta - began recovering the scattered Goddess' Teardrops in order to regain their time powers. During this time, Alpha and Beta entered a crack in the past, where they found a memory of Arkarium attempting to attack Rhinne. The two immediately rushed to her defense and managed to defeat Arkarium before speaking to Rhinne.

They asked her why she worked so hard to save Maple World, to which she explained that she loved Maple World and hoped that they would care for it as she did. Alpha then asked if she regretted creating them, but Rhinne avoided the question and instead warned them that every being had the power to change their own future, except for the Transcendent of Time.

After leaving the memory, the twins confronted Will in the Mirror World Control Room. Will explained that they stood in the same area where the Black Mage had sealed Rhinne. He revealed that he had constructed the control room in order to manipulate her powers and showed them a sealed Rhinne. He then revealed that he had corrupted one of them with his influence, which made it so that they would be unable to inherit Rhinne's Transcendent powers until the corrupted one was killed.

Eventually, the twins came to believe that Will was simply lying to them in order to weaken them. They then confronted Will, believing that defeating him would lift the corruption. They arrived at the Mirror World Control Room, where Will amusedly told them to watch what happened when an unstable entity attempted to become a Transcendent.

Rhinne fights back — Rhinne breaks free and attacks Will

Suddenly, Rhinne teleported out of her containment chamber and poised herself to attack. Will explained to the shocked twins that it was in her nature as a Transcendent to prevent incomplete and corrupted beings such as themselves from stealing her powers, adding that she was likely eating away at her own life force in order to move against her bindings. Suddenly, however, Rhinne attacked a surprised Will and explained that though it was in her nature to stop any corruption to her own power, it was a mother's instinct not to harm her own child, which was far more powerful than the calling of the Transcendents.

After forcing Will to retreat, Rhinne cleansed both Alpha and Beta of their corruption and told them that they needed to escape Mirror World in order to become the next Transcendents of Time. She explained that the Black Mage had used her powers to create Mirror World, and that as long as it existed, she would remain the only one with access to the power of time. As two Transcendents couldn't exist, Rhinne told them that she would need to die in order for them to inherit her powers.

They all returned to the temple, where Rhinne explained that Will was attempting to use her power to revert all time in Mirror World. She told them that it was their chance to defeat Will and destroy Mirror World, which would release her power for them to become the next Transcendents of Time. Before they left, Beta whispered a plan to Alpha that would save Rhinne, to which he agreed.

They then confronted Will, and after a fierce battle, they managed to defeat him, causing Mirror World to be destroyed and allowing them to awaken as the new Transcendents of Time. However, following Beta's plan, they recreated Mirror World as soon as it was destroyed, allowing them to resurrect Rhinne in the form of a child. As Mirror World had been created through Rhinne's power, they told her that she would be bound to stay there, although Rhinne gladly accepted the arrangement.

Labyrinth of Suffering[]

After the Adversary collapses into despair as a result of Hilla's machinations, they pass out in a void of darkness within their own mind. As their morale and strength threaten to diminish completely, the mysterious divine light speaks to them in the form of someone close to them and provides them motivation to continue.

For Zero, the voice of Rhinne asks them why they risk their life to save others. Alpha and Beta tell her that it's because everyone is that precious to them, to which Rhinne asks them why they care so much for Maple World, and what their purpose is. Alpha and Beta reply that Maple World is the home where their loved ones live, and that it's a precious place, filled with all their memories.

Rhinne asks them if they can remember what they need to do now, to which they begin to say hopelessly that everyone is already dead, and that they couldn't protect anyone. They add that there's nothing that they can do, and they wonder whether it's because they're only half a Transcendent, rather than a full one.

Rhinne tells them to open their eyes and see for themselves, explaining that even if Hilla covers their eyes, she can never cover the truth. Addressing them as her children, she asks them to open their eyes, get up, and do what they have to do, reminding them that all roads exist inside their heart, and to never forget that. As the voice fades away, Alpha and Beta recognize the voice as belonging to Rhinne.

Aftermath[]

Following the defeat of the Black Mage, Alpha and Beta returned to the Mirror World Temple, where the priests congratulated them for all that they had accomplished. They recalled how the twins had started off on the wrong foot, though Rhinne noted that they had ultimately been able to change Maple World's future in a way that even she couldn't. Alpha asked Rhinne how she could trust them so much when he himself barely knew what he was doing.

He admitted that he had defeated the Black Mage more for personal vengeance than anything else, though he felt that Transcendents were supposed to fight out of love for Maple World instead. However, Rhinne told him that what they were 'supposed' to be was far more complex, as Transcendents existed for a far greater purpose. When Beta asked what she meant, Rhinne told them that it was important for them to discover the answer themselves, as she could only say so much.

Pietta reminded them to take their time in loving Maple World, adding that even Rhinne had to grow into loving the world. She also told them that even though the Black Mage was gone, there were other threats to Maple World that would require them to fight again. Alpha and Beta vowed that after everything that they had done to save Maple World, they would continue to do everything in their power to protect it.

NPC[]

Crack in Time[]

Rhinne


Function	Goddess of Time

Quests involved	[Silent Crusade] Conspiracy [Silent Crusade] Root of Conspiracy

Location	Crack in Time Temple of Time Corridor 1

Arkarium's Altar[]

Rhinne


Function	Goddess of Time

Location	Arkarium's Altar [Easy Mode] Arkarium's Altar [Normal Mode]

Mirror World[]

Rhinne


Location	Mirror World Control Room

Zero's Temple[]

Young Rhinne


Location	Zero's Temple

Trivia[]

Rhinne's Korean name, 륀느 (Rwinneu) comes from lune (IPA(key): lyn). It means the "moon" in French.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ She shares voice actress with Beta.
↑ The Demon gets some slightly different dialogue here, in which Rhinne refers to the Demon directly, rather than referring to him in third person like she does in the generic script when she talks about Arkarium wanting to kill him.
↑ The Demon gets some exclusive dialogue when he meets Arkarium. Arkarium recognizes him and calls him a traitor before adding that he has no business with him, unless it's the past version of him. He then notes the irony that the Demon, who had once helped seal the Goddess, is now trying to save her.
↑ The Demon gets some exclusive dialogue here, in which he curses Arkarium and asks aloud whether he's escaped once again.

[1] She shares voice actress with Beta.

[2] The Demon gets some slightly different dialogue here, in which Rhinne refers to the Demon directly, rather than referring to him in third person like she does in the generic script when she talks about Arkarium wanting to kill him.

[3] The Demon gets some exclusive dialogue when he meets Arkarium. Arkarium recognizes him and calls him a traitor before adding that he has no business with him, unless it's the past version of him. He then notes the irony that the Demon, who had once helped seal the Goddess, is now trying to save her.

[4] The Demon gets some exclusive dialogue here, in which he curses Arkarium and asks aloud whether he's escaped once again.

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Rhinne

Contents

Story[]

Goddess of Time[]

Invasion of the Temple of Time[]

Attack on the Seal[]

Mirror World[]

Arkarium's Plot[]

Succession and Rebirth[]

Labyrinth of Suffering[]

Aftermath[]

NPC[]

Crack in Time[]

Arkarium's Altar[]

Mirror World[]

Zero's Temple[]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

References[]

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