Hahns Rives

Black Gauntlet Hahns Rives, also simply known as Hahns Rives, is a human who oversees the Steel Watch Foundry's underground lab area. He is zealous and utterly devoted to Lord Gortash, often chanting Gortash's words back to himself. Hans will be hostile on sight, and so cannot be directly spoken to, but does have a number of ambient lines and battle quips.

Black Gauntlet Hahns Rives
Voiced by	Vangelis Christodoulou
Information
Level 12 Human Stats Size Medium Type Humanoid Armour Class 18 Hit points 106 Movement speed 9 m (30 ft) Weight 75 kg (150 lb) Initiative +0 Ability scores STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 11 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 20 (+5) Proficiency bonus +4 Saving throws Str +4 Dex 0 Con +4 Int +1 Wis +6 Cha +9 Features  Extra Attack Make an additional attack when making an Attack action.  Infernal Weapon Attacks deal additional Poison damage to a target.  Opportunity Attack Make a melee attack roll against enemies who move out of range.  Tactical Discipline Gain advantage on all ability checks and saving throws during combat.

They are referenced by a number of different books and notes that relate to the Iron Throne and Steel Watch Foundry areas.

“	"We seek a realm without conflict, without ego, without free will. We seek unity. We seek the Ultimate State."	„
	— Hahns Rives

Related quests

• Save the Gondians
• Disable the Steel Watch

History

Hahns Rives is the Black Gauntlet of the Foundry Lab Level in the Steel Watch Foundry. He was in charge of overseeing the Foundry's operations, and ordering and controlling the gondian workers. Hans was also in charge of sourcing a vessel and pilot; Redhammer, for transporting gondian hostages to the Iron Throne. Previously a research facility for the Steel Watchers, the Iron Throne was converted into a prison, mainly to contain the hostages.

With the production of Gortash's Steel Watchers reaching completion, Rives was ordered to begin winding down operations in the Foundry and executing any gondians who proved difficult. Hahns also recieved orders from Lord Gortash, which he dispersed to the other banites, to sweep the Iron Throne and dispose of any leftover technical prototypes and experiment logs. With the gondian workers no longer needed, they were ordered to dispose of the remaining hostages as well.

Related literature

• Banite Request Form, orders to protect Gortash's submersible
• Rives' Failures as a Banite, found on the body of another Banite guard and presumably written by that guard. Lists some of Hahns Rives' shortcomings.
• Orders to Black Gauntlet Rives, a note from Gortash to Hans about the Steel Watcher quota, and the use of illithid tadpoles in their production.
• Iron Throne - Windup and Shutdown, orders from Gortash to shutdown the Iron Throne

Written by Rives

• STOP - Do Not Open, attached to a wall in the Lab Level. Instructions include "Do not open this door without my key", and is signed by a "Black Gauntlet Rives."
• Vessel Identified, on hiring Redhammer and his vessel to transport hostages to the Iron Throne.
• Control Centre Guards, a log about the Steel Watcher Titan replacing the guards.