Rieya

Rieya is one of three agents of the Guardian who operated near the garrison of Serpent's Fang during the events of The Silver Seed (Ultima VII Part Two's expansion pack).

Description
Some time prior to the Avatar's arrival at Serpent's Fang, Rieya and her associates Drusilla and Solaria journeyed to the nearby area, where they hoped to await a hero whom they deemed to be the "pawn of prophecy." While the Order-affiliated forces stationed at the keep were markedly wary of them, they allowed the three women to remain following the establishment of a treaty, which permitted the three sorceresses to stay in the vicinity of Serpent's Fang so long as they repelled any interlopers from the nearby, monster-filled caverns.

The Avatar could meet Rieya near the entrance to the Abandoned Outpost to the east of the garrison, where the enigmatic woman would offer her assistance to the hero in navigating the nearby area. Despite initially seeming to ally herself with the Avatar's goals, her attitude towards them was snappish and generally condescending, and she made no secret of her disdain for the hero's ignorance of their mission. She was similarly free in voicing her contempt for the Ophidians, mocking their religious conflicts and cynically explaining how the Champions of Balance had engaged in the persecution of those Serpent Islanders holding non-Ophidian beliefs. Like her companions, she would indicate that her personal allegiance lay with an entity known as "The Guide," mentioning that there were philosophies worth considering that rejected the pursuit of Balance and nihilistically suggesting that the world she inhabited was not worth saving.

Rieya's proffered "assistance" to the Avatar would be an incorrect and potentially lethal clue as to how to deactivate one of the traps in the nearby outpost, and later, when the hero managed to gain possession of the Silver Seed, Rieya appeared along with her sister monks and attempted to stop the Avatar from planting it. At this juncture, Solaria would accidentally reveal that the "Guide" with whom the three women were allied was none other than the Guardian, who wished to prevent the restoration of the Tree of Balance. Following this revelation, Rieya and her fellows attempted to kill the Avatar, and the hero would be forced to slay them or to retrieve from their possession by other means a set of keys they had somehow obtained, which unlocked the doors securing the entrance to the nearby vale where the Tree was to be planted.

Trivia

 * Rieya, Drusilla, and Solaria are the only in-games examples of individuals from the age of the Ophidians who hold non-Ophidian beliefs.