Hey Wilson, I think you more specifically hit on the {riddle's answer} references any of which may have been potentially better topics. Was hoping together they would lead to the answer as a WAI. Suspected someone would discover the answer from the PoWs more quickly tho.
You did indeed nail the third play on words in the riddle (for arise I did mean go up; like you read a page from the top down, to read up might mean to read backwards?). This one was obviously the most obscure but all three where supposed to blend into the WAI portion of the riddle, as well. Nice find/solve.
Excuses below. Hope I did not unnecessarily drag this one out too much longer than needed. Most enjoyable on this end. Hope all had fun. Thanks