MORE RIDDLES!

[Lenna]

Ok, Pride apparantly is the one word being misunderstood the most.

so I looked it up to find these were the most fitting:

# A cause or source of pleasure or satisfaction; the best of a group or class
# A flamboyant or impressive group
# Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association:
# A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.


*more researching*

Ok, I've got a theory, it's probably wrong but it's worth a shot.

Humans dearest friend,
Always there in times of need,
In the ruins of great pride,
I here and now reside,

Cannot act until you see,
In the shards of years gone,
Dreams even desert,

Both of these paragraphs lead me to believe that this riddle is about Holzoff.
The famous Gaia Mountain Climber.

When you need him, he is always there, especially if you end up dying of coldness in the Gaia cliff, you always mysteriously end back up at his. The ruins of great pride could be in reference to his hobby mountain climbing and the fact that he's never been able to fully do it properly, or be able to go back home.
The cannot act until you see refers to the - you cannot go any further than the mountain cabin until you go in and see Holzoff for him to give you advice. The shards of years gone can also refer to the fact he's spent many years up there (20 if I remember correctly). Dreams even desert, leads me to the fact that he's given up on his dream because of how practically impossible it was and is.