This was a gift to me by a good friend, and it's helped nail down a few things for me.

Ritona is a divinity from the Celtic traditions in Germany. She also appears in the world the Gordon inhabits and is quite literally the first deity that he encounters even before he lands on that world. She has dominion over crossings, especially rivers and the like, and so has dominion over his own crossing onto the planet that she now inhabits. Like all deities she is of variable form, weight and size but prefers this one.

As the goddess of fords and crossings in general she also has dominion over all travelers who attempt to "bridge" onto Ophidea-6 (Or Earta to the locals) and the surrounding system using temporary gates or portals. As such she wields tremendous power and influence over who can access the entire system and must act to keep out malicious entities and safeguard the travel of benevolent or neutral parties and direct them either where they want to go or are needed.

She's generally nice enough but aloof and pretends not to take her job personally. Politeness and supplication, though, are always a good way to curry her favour and the inverse will incur her wrath extremely easily.
Ritona doesn't mind Gordon and may even feel a certain amount of affection for him though she doesn't interact with him often. They have a good working relationship, though, when they do interact.

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