Gregor Rivers

Rivers, Gregor (c. 1150-1192) was, at the time of his death, King Consort of Scotland, husband to God-Queen of Hunt and Battle, Wilfrida the Wolf. The exact date and circumstances of his birth are unknown, but by 1178 he was a prominent gang leader in the districts of London. Some secondary sources indicate that he may have risen to power even before this, and also that his mother may have been one of the gang leaders before him. In those early days he was one of the many followers of the god-eater Dii Casses.

His first well-recorded act was what is now known as the Downfall of London, in October of 1188. Together, Rivers and his various associates (notably both Wilfrida Hunter and Wymond Payne before their ascensions, as well as infamous assassin James Tilley), organised a Pagan ritual which resulted in the destruction of the Tower of London and the death of Queen of France Isabelle de Hainault, and worked the peasants of London into a frenzy that toppled the established order. In the chaos that followed, Rivers established himself as the most powerful individual in London; some sources even refer to him as “Lord Rivers”. Although there is no mention of it until later works, it is assumed that this was when Rivers, as an agent of downfall, became the husband of Dii Casses.

It is shortly after this time that he began to take an active role in the politics of the country. After the French invasion of that same year, Rivers subsequently defended Prince Geoffrey’s claim to the throne as well as had a hand in stabilising the political situation of Ireland, and promoting Wilfrida Hunter as Queen of Scotland.

He was certainly an influential voice of the time; by the winter of 1189-1190, only two years after his rise to power in London, Rivers had seemingly left his life of crime behind him as his marriage to Queen Wilfrida secured his position as King Consort of Scotland. After that, it is difficult to find any political development that he was not involved in, from first contact with the Seol Eile, to the Pagan reclamation of Ireland, and the opening of trade routes to Cathay and the Far East.

Quite how he managed his joint marriage to Dii Casses and Queen Wilfrida (who herself ascended to godhood in 1191) is unknown, particularly given Dii Casses’ views on those who held high social status as well as her power to consume other deities.

In March 1192, he vanished without a trace - but he will always be remembered as one of the greatest generals and politicians of his time. Although he never held such a large empire, there are many who compare him to the likes of Holy Roman Emperor Eckehart, as well as Genghis Khan, in his aptitude for leadership. He is also the only individual in recorded history to have been married to two separate deities.

- Entry from the Aachen Dictionary of National Biography

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