Darren Olah

Darren Olah is the author of the original Mysteries of the Rift story. Here on wikia he is known as Sylor_0.

Early drafts of Mysteries of the Rift
Darren wrote the very first versions of Mysteries of the Rift during middle school. At that time he was writing them as a "script in story form" they turned out very plot and dialogue based, with little to no description or characterization. They were also split--somewhat arbitrarily--into two parts: MotR 1 & 2. MotR was originally intended as another one of Atomic Entertainment Industries' no-budget films, so the story's events were limited to only what could be plausibly done by a group of teenagers. This approach was admittedly bad, resulting in a poorly written story overall.

Complete Mysteries of the Rift Rewrite and Revision
After coming to the realization that his first version of MotR was not exactly top-notch, Darren decided to start from scratch rather than trying to patch up the original version. This gave the opportunity to make many changes to the story. Notable changes include: Overall, the rewrite, as it is often called, is far superior to the first drafts of Mysteries of the Rift. This site uses the rewrite for most of it's information, and the first drafts are no longer considered canon. Darren has not yet completed the rewrite, but is still longer than all of the old MotR 1 & 2.
 * The story now begins at an earlier point in the Mysteries of the Rift timeline.
 * This allows Sylor and Drake to be introduced, rather than being with Raxus from the beginning.
 * Only Sylor dies in the archer attack instead of both Sylor and Drake.
 * Blackheart is seen several times before her official meeting with Raxus.
 * Nyrok is seem much earlier in the story than before.
 * Raxus has an actual reason for trying to stop Nyrok.
 * Nyrok is an old villian in A'thos
 * Raxus' father told him to go to Eni, unlike before where he was on "a routine scouting mission."