Rivan

Liator greets the away team with calm dignity and polite embraces, showcasing his quiet leadership. He participates in and helps lead the communal jogging ceremony, supporting Edo traditions with measured …

Liator embraces the away team with calm dignity and polite warmth, demonstrating cultural pride and leadership. He moderates the pace, invites discussion of visit limits, and encourages the jogging ritual, …

Liator, another Edo leader, exudes calm dignity as he embraces Troi and Tasha, discusses social limits, and invites the away team to the Council Chambers, embodying Edo cultural authority and …

Liator calmly and warmly introduces Wesley to the Edo children, facilitating cultural integration with steady hospitality, embodying Edo dignity and pride while underscoring the society’s communal values.

Liator announces the arrival of a new friend to the children, facilitating Wesley’s integration and reinforcing a warm, communal spirit among the Edo youth.

Liator gestures invitingly to the away team, encouraging them to enjoy the plentiful food and drink, projecting calm dignity and serene confidence in their cultural rituals.

Liator calmly explains the Edo history and rationale for absolute justice and the punishment zone to Tasha and others, embodying serene cultural authority and pride in ancestral wisdom.

Liator articulates the Edo system's strict justice and punishment zone with calm confidence and polite demeanor. He explains the random selection of the zone and the uncompromising consequences, embodying serene …

Liator calmly explains the Edo justice system and cultural laws, suggesting the use of a beam device as a subterfuge to save Wesley yet sarcastically mocking Starfleet's perceived moral superiority. …

Liator calmly articulates the Edo's absolute justice system and cultural pride, setting the execution deadline at sundown. He proposes the use of the transfer device to secretly remove Wesley, framing …

Liator calmly defends the Edo's absolute justice system, rationalizing capital punishment as foundational to their peaceful society, and candidly suggests covertly beaming Wesley away to safeguard appearances.

Liator calmly and confidently defends the Edo’s rigid justice system, proposing the use of the ‘beam’ device to clandestinely evacuate Wesley. He sets sundown as the deadline for enforcement, embodying …

Liator calmly defends the Edo’s absolute justice system and capital punishment while diplomatically negotiating with Picard. He proposes the clandestine use of the transporter device to secretly remove Wesley, displaying …

Liator, an Edo leader, explains the Edo’s strict justice system and the rationale behind capital punishment, suggesting a secret use of the transporter to allow Wesley escape while maintaining Edo …

Rivan walks with Picard and Troi, visibly astonished by the technological marvels of the Federation city, yet her demeanor shifts to guarded and proud when questioning Picard’s respect for Edo …

Rivan, visibly astonished by the advanced Federation environment, questions the logic of Picard’s restraint given their superior power. She embodies the Edo’s rigid justice system, defending her culture’s laws while …

Rivan exhibits astonishment and incredulity, questioning Picard’s respect for Edo laws given the power the Enterprise wields. She embodies the Edo’s cultural absolutism, adding palpable pressure to the ethical conflict.

Rivan walks with Picard and Troi, visibly astonished by the advanced Federation city elements she observes. She expresses Edo cultural pride and challenges Picard’s restraint, questioning why Federation power is …

Rivan kneels trembling with eyes shut, overwhelmed by fearful reverence at the sight of the Edolord. She weakly confirms its identity as their god, receives Picard's insignia as a protective …

Rivan arrives on the bridge visibly shaken and reverent, immediately recognizing the looming vessel as the sacred 'God' of her people. She physically manifests her terror and submission by falling …

Liator sits calmly with Rivan, defends the Edo’s legal system with quiet resolve, negotiates with Picard and mediators about law, order, and consequences, maintaining a composed cultural dignity.

Liator sits calmly beside Rivan, engaging in reasoned defense of the absolute justice system. He participates thoughtfully in the dialogue, balancing hospitality with firm adherence to Edo laws and traditions.

Liator calmly defends the Edo's absolute justice system and their laws, accompanying Wesley and the mediators. He disputes Picard's interference but also displays measured dignity and cultural pride, representing the …

Mentioned as the renowned mediator being transported to Ramatis Three, adding tension due to his prolonged absence from mediation.

Commanding the room effortlessly with regal poise, studying each away team member intently before suddenly testing Picard with an aggressive outburst about speaking protocol.

Riva projects calm authority, studying each away team member intently before revealing his deafness provocatively. He commands the Chorus fluidly and pushes Picard to address him directly.

Riva commands attention through silent authority, studying each Enterprise officer with penetrating appraisal. His sudden outburst ('Speak to me!') serves as both a test of Picard's diplomacy and a demonstration …

Projects serene authority through silence, deliberately provoking Picard to test Federation adaptability before committing to the Solais mission.

Riva commands the room with his presence, communicates through his Chorus, and challenges the away team by demanding direct speech to provoke a reaction.

Riva makes a commanding entrance, studying the away team with a bemused expression. He directs the Chorus with subtle gestures, revealing his reliance on them for communication. His demeanor shifts …

Riva demonstrates immediate curiosity about Geordi's VISOR through his Chorus, probing its purpose with pointed questions. His body language shifts from professional assessment to visible kinship, culminating in a tactile …

Engaging directly with Geordi through physical touch and personal connection while using his Chorus to communicate, demonstrating both professional confidence and personal warmth.

Engages with the crew, forming an immediate kinship with Geordi and showing fascination with Data, while requesting Counselor Troi's escort to his quarters.

Riva communicates through his Chorus, forming a bond with Geordi over their shared reliance on adaptive technologies, and expresses contentment with who he is.

Communicates through the Chorus while forming multiple connections—intellectual with Geordi, romantic with Troi—demonstrating his mediation skills through attentive questioning and physical expressiveness.

Commands the space through expansive signing—teaching Troi with theatrical flair, insisting she sign 'like you mean it' while locking eyes, then guiding their hands into synchronized butterfly motions that dissolve …

Riva transitions from defensive mediator to sensual instructor, using full-body sign language to teach Troi intimate gestures. His corrections ('Like you mean it') carry erotic weight, and his unbroken eye …

Responds to Troi's accidental insult with graceful pedagogy, using his entire body to teach sign language with magnetic intensity—particularly during the intimate 'love' and 'butterfly' gestures that dissolve professional boundaries.

Riva arrives with confident authority, immediately commanding attention and leveraging his mediation reputation to halt hostilities through a charismatic appeal to the warring factions.

Riva, brimming with confidence and a touch of arrogance, takes command of the situation, positioning himself before the viewscreen. Through his Chorus, he delivers an impassioned appeal that instantly silences …

Riva confidently takes charge of the situation, using his reputation and the Chorus' performance to command attention and temporarily halt hostilities.

Riva assumes center stage with theatrical confidence, his slight arrogance emerging as he commands the viewscreen. His eloquent appeal demonstrates his unique mediation style, temporarily silencing weapons.

Riva watches Starfleet’s phaser preparations with quiet disapproval, his serene confidence in mediation techniques radiating through his dismissive remark. His posture remains intentionally weaponless.

Assumes immediate command of the ceremonial space, transforming the war-scarred terrain through ritual precision and symbolic positioning of torches and indigenous furnishings.

Riva assesses the mountaintop with a mediator's precision, directing the placement of torches and the creation of a stone table to transform the battleground into a sacred space.

Riva moves forward with calm assurance as the factions arrive, nodding welcome to each leader until his Scholar/Artist chorus malfunctions—his expression shifting to stunned confusion as the mediation collapses.

Initially exudes confidence as he surveys the negotiation area, then becomes stunned when his chorus technology fails catastrophically mid-sentence, triggering the crisis.

Begins confidently mediating between factions, demonstrating calm assurance until his Scholar/Artist chorus member malfunctions, leaving him stunned and unable to communicate effectively as tensions escalate.

Expressing raw panic through fluttering hands and widened eyes—his usual theatrical control shattered as he grapples with sudden existential erasure.

Riva's usually elegant signing deteriorates into frantic gestures, his body language screaming panic that his face cannot voice. The sudden loss of his technological voice reveals raw existential terror beneath …

Riva is physically and emotionally crumbling, silently panicking as he's led to sickbay. His entire identity as a mediator dissolves when separated from his Chorus and facing his incurable deafness.

Experiences profound vulnerability and terror as his lifelong mediation system fails, reduced to silent nods when prompted about sign language knowledge, appearing physically diminished when escorted to Sickbay by Worf.

Riva undergoes profound psychological transformation—his usual composed mediation persona crumbling as he silently processes Pulaski's offer. His eventual nod signals reluctant surrender to vulnerability, a stark contrast to earlier aristocratic …

Riva remains mostly silent, overwhelmed by his sudden isolation, nodding mutely to Pulaski's medical offer while panic flashes across his face. His physical fragility contrasts sharply with his earlier commanding …

Riva endures Pulaski's diagnostic procedures with mounting dread, his face collapsing into despair as she concludes his deafness is neurologically permanent. His entire body language shifts from dignified mediator to …

Undergoes medical tests with mounting dread, his face revealing utter despair when Pulaski delivers the irreversible diagnosis that threatens his professional identity.

Riva physically collapses in on himself as his last hope for communication fails, burying his face in his hands in silent agony. His gesture of giving up requires no translation, …

Collapsed onto an engineering stool, face buried in hands after a single devastating 'How?' gesture. His entire posture screams silent surrender.

Riva's body language speaks volumes—his powerless gesture, head shake, and face buried in hands convey complete despair. His silent anguish becomes the emotional core of the scene.

Riva cycles through defiance, despair, and rage, his signing becoming increasingly violent as Picard dismantles his professional identity, culminating in a physical lunge restrained only by self-control.

Riva reacts sharply to Data's literal translation, expressing frustration at the lack of nuance. When Picard accuses him of being a 'fake', Riva first responds with anger, then smirking defiance …

Transforms from composed diplomat to panicked fugitive when Picard's verbal attacks strike at the core of his identity, first responding with physical threat before choosing desperate escape from the emotional …

Transforms from slumped resignation to energized engagement through Picard's intervention, his signing becoming increasingly animated as intellectual sparks fly.

Progresses from resigned nods to active engagement—his final handshake with Picard physically manifests his psychological shift. Communication through Data becomes increasingly animated as he rediscovers agency.

Silently observes the weapon preparations with calm detachment, his physical stillness contrasting the Starfleet officers' tactical movements.

Liator gestures the away team forward and explicitly invites them to partake in food and games; he functions as a hands-on host, translating ceremonial welcome into embodied hospitality.