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Riina is known to be unusually cruel. She curses anyone who enters her domain and survives, as well as anyone who attempts to talk to her.{{book ref|tress|23}}{{book ref|tress|64}} She personally delights in coming up with cruel curses, spending her spare time coming up with new ideas for them.{{book ref|tress|64}} As part of this she also ensures that the cursed individual is aware of the full details of the curse, but also are incapable of talking about it with others and thus unable to ask for help. This is done intentionally on her part in order to make the curse cruellermore cruel for the afflicted.{{book ref|tress|24}}{{book ref|tress|29}} All those who have met her attest to her being a cruel and heartless individual.{{book ref|tress|29}}{{book ref|tress|61}} Even [[Xisis]] considers imprisonment under him to be a mercy when the alternative is meeting Riina.{{book ref|tress|52}}
 
She also seems to enjoy the reputation of the Sorceress. Despite it being unneeded, she is known to speak in rhyme whilstwhile placing a curse on someone.{{book ref|tress|29}}{{book ref|tress|60}} At the same time, she shows a certain level of disdain for those on Lumar, as she considers folklore about her to be funny nonsense{{book ref|tress|60}} and dismisses their technological achievements. She is also opinionated about seemingly inconsequential things, such as believing that spaceships should have sliding doors.{{book ref|tress|60}}
 
Riina herself, like most Elantrians, is known to be very cautious and not being willingunwilling to take any risks that may involve her dying. This wasis a motive for her arriving to Lumar, a system where she diddoes not think she couldcan be opposed and whose technology wasis vastly inferior to her own,. whenWhen faced with a force that actually has a chance of stopping her, she retreats.{{book ref|tress|60}}{{book ref|tress|64}} Even the knowledge that a [[Dragon (cosmere)|dragon]] is on the same planet as her is enough to spook her.{{book ref|tress|64}} Riina is paranoid to the extent that she keeps vats of acid near bynearby on the of chance that a [[Kandra]] will try to act against her in some way.{{book ref|tress|60}} Despite this caution, however, [[Hoid]] consideredconsiders Riina easy to manipulate.{{book ref|tress|64}}
 
She believes that spaceships should have sliding doors.{{book ref|tress|60}}
 
== Attributes and Abilities ==
{{image|Midnight.jpg|side=left|width=250px|Midnight Essence under Riina's control}}
 
Riina is an Elantrian and Awakener. Riina is also capable of using [[AonDor]] in order to grant '''curses''' to others.{{book ref|tress|5}}{{book ref|tress|13}} They are formed through long strands of Aons, which can be seen wrapping around the cursed, lining up with Aon Equations;{{book ref|tress|64}}{{wob ref|1938}}{{wob ref|15860}} the person given the curse is aware as to what the stipulations of the curse are.{{book ref|tress|24}} When placed upon someone a requirement is made to break the curse, other than meeting this requirement there is no way to break the curse, not even Riina herself can achieve this. The curse itself however can be altered by other elantriansElantrians.{{book ref|tress|epilogue}} An aspect of the curse is always consistent which is that the cursed individual can notcannot discuss the curse with others,; any attempt to do so leads to them stuttering.{{book ref|tress|24}} The curses are flawed, however, in that since they can notcannot be changed, they can be manipulated if one finds a way to do so that Riina failed to prevent,.{{book ref|tress|29}} oneOne way to do so is by identifying what an individual can notcannot talk about. This indirectly reveals aspects of their curse.{{book ref|tress|42}}
 
She is possibly capable of investing common animals to grant them self-awareness, making them her familiars.{{book ref|tress|28}} Although it isn't clear if this is what she does, or if it just humans that she transforms into animals.{{book ref|tress|64}}