Alten (4041-4080) was an heir to the Rivan Line, the son of Davon and Alnana. Born in Muros, he was initially apprenticed to a cobbler, but after the family's location was discovered by the Murgos, the sorceress Polgara uprooted them and moved them to her home on Lake Erat so that Alten's grandparents, Geran I and his wife Eldara could pass on. In 4080, a pestilence spread through Darine, and Alten, Ellette, and Davon all died. Polgara took Geran and raised him herself.