Case file RR-0012 · Retrospective Review · Irish tradition
The ríastrad, a violent bodily distortion in battle, described in detail by the earliest scribes who wrote the Táin down.
Archive verdict
Consistent
The Táin Bó Cúailnge describes the ríastrad, a change that twists the hero's body and leaves him far stronger and almost beyond reason. The Archive finds the description consistent with a Class 3 transformative effect. The surviving manuscripts were written down centuries after the events they describe, which limits what can be said.
MDRI Archive · Series RR Retrospective assessments are provisional. They are made from surviving accounts, not from testing, and the Archive revises them as sources are recovered. A verdict of Consistent describes a pattern in the record. It is not a finding of identity. Issued for public information.