Star-Rise Bastion¶
Star-Rise Bastion, or Starrise Bastion, is a fortress built atop a mountain on the Island of Dawn, and the devotion site for Rihelma.
It is home to a group of converted Virmari who began to worship the Sky Aspect after the departure of Virtuo. These Virmari, now calling themselves Star-Kin, are hostile to the player, and the structure is more of a true dungeon than some other devotion sites. This is the only place in the map where multiple Virmari (or "true" Virmari) are found.
Location
Approximate Coordinates: -930, 155, -4138
Entering the bastion for the first time grants the "Place of Conversion" advancement.
Rihelma Devotion Guide¶
Rihelma's shrine is located on the upper floor of the bastion, overlooking the sea to the north of the island. Around it are scattered low-level devotion offerings: copper ingots, feathers, and truesight (spectral) arrows. The hint book nearby, Crystalline Refractions, reads:
Shortly after the Abandonment and our Celestial Rebirth, the Goddess of the Endless Sky began to speak to us in prophecy. Star-crowned crystals erupted all around the island, and within were images of Truth. We must acquire the depicted objects to appease our great-winged Mistress!
Crystals throughout the island, which have extra special swirling patterns around them, contain higher-tier offerings.
Rihelma Accepted Offerings
| Value | Items |
|---|---|
| Liked | Truesight Arrow Copper Ingot Feather |
| Loved | Spyglass Clock |
| Adored | Moonstone Music Disc (Stal) |
Increasing devotion to Rihelma gives players the following rewards. Of note, Rihelma is the only god in the devotion system who has more than 10 devotion reward levels, requiring slightly more offerings to reach max devotion.
Rihelma Devotion Rewards
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| Lvl 1 | Mirror of Frailty |
| Lvl 2 | 32x Cooked Chicken |
| Lvl 3 | 64x Stripped Aventurine Stem |
| Lvl 4 | 9x Amethyst Shard |
| Lvl 5 | Mirror of Lethargy |
| Lvl 6 | 4x Runic Catalyst |
| Lvl 7 | 16x Arrow of Levitation |
| Lvl 8 | Splash Potion of Jump Boost II (1:30) |
| Lvl 9 | Mirror of Miasma |
| Lvl 10 | Runic Book (Mending) |
| Lvl 11 | 3x Budding Amethyst |
| Lvl 12 | Runic Book (Infinity) |
| Lvl 13 | Mirror of Entropy |
Rihelma is unique among the gods in that she does not have one singular relic which upgrades over the course of her devotion path. Rather, she has four variations on a set of mirrors, which give different status effects to fired arrows when held.
Rihelma Mirror Details
| Relic Name | Stat Modifiers | Lore Text |
|---|---|---|
| Mirror of Frailty (+0) | Applies Weakness effect to fired arrows. | Spread your wings, novel Star-Kin. The skies are truly boundless. |
| Mirror of Lethargy (+1) | Applies Slowness effect to fired arrows. | Soar through the skies, pierce the heavens. Look beyond and seek the risen stars. |
| Mirror of Miasma (+2) | Applies Poison effect to fired arrows. | Shine brighter than the stars above. Truth is within your grasp. All you must do is reach out. |
| Mirror of Entropy (+3) | Applies Wither effect to fired arrows. | Star-rise Drake Rihelma, in her deep meditative state upon the moon out of sight, has come to a realization. She is close, closer than any of us could imagine, to true enlightenment. Soon she will blossom and reality shall form around her. |
Like all other devotion sites, a Relic Vessel can be found here. This relic vessel is located in an underground mushroom-themed room behind double iron doors, under a chiseled stone brick.
Lore¶
The warriors of the bastion were devout Virmari followers of Virtuo for centuries, living in service of the Goddess at the edges of the realm. At this time, the fortification was known as Dawnspire Bastion.
The departure of Virtuo at the end of the Third Avihm was a shocking and heartbreaking event for the Virmari left behind, some of whom took their own lives out of despair. However, at this time, they were visited by Rihelma, who inspired them to keep living as her own devotees. This is described in Behold, Starrise Bastion. From this point on, the Virmari lived as "Star-Kin", and devoted themselves to their new mistress, even wiser and older than Virtuo.
Unfortunately, very close to the time that the player arrives, the inhabitants of the fort were visited by Rihelma for the last time. As recounted in Diary of a Star-Kin, Rihelma told the people here that she would be leaving for Lo'Veruhkt permanently, citing a massive upheaval of their world on the horizon.