Raven (dog)

Raven was/is the pet dog of Claire Dupont, first introduced at the end of the miniseries The Heist. Unlike other sorcerer pets Raven is not an Arcane Animal and is a normal non-magical/non-blood dog. At some time prior to the end of 2015 Raven died of natural causes much to Claire's depression. However, following Claire's success of hacking the DSC Headquarters to allow Isabelle and Alistair to pull a Heist for his missing shards part of Alistair's reward was a resurrected Raven. While Claire was overjoyed to see a reborn Raven now a puppy again Isabelle was concerned knowing Alistair must have used Necromancy to revive her. Alistair refrained from admitting it but explained how since a Dog's soul and mind were much less complex than a human's he was able to use Necromancy to revive the body but to avoid the draw backs duplicated the soul of another dog to place inside the revived Raven thus giving Claire her dog back with a new replacement soul and reverted into a puppy. While Claire seemed to be either oblivious or simply indifferent to the circumstances, she happily embraced Raven who cuddled up to her just as the original did. (Though it's possible Alistair used other magics to essentially "train" the new Raven before gifting her to Claire) Following Claire receiving her she thanks Alistair and praised him and Izzy in their success before leaving, eager to start taking pictures of Raven thinking she was even more adorable now that she was a puppy again. 
Raven is seen again in the miniseries "Swap Poker" sitting on Claire's lap as she talks with Chris and Izzy and asks her boyfriend Brian for another Margarita. She can be seen a couple times in the background on her dog bed as the group plays Strip/Swap Poker. 
== Design/Appearance ==
Raven seems to be either a Rottweiler or Rottweiler-German Shepherd breed dog and while Claire and Alistair both described her as once being a "really old dog" she is only ever seen on screen as a puppy. 
== Gallery ==
Raven-with-Claire.jpg|Claire holding Raven (image from Brittany Lauda's Twitter)
== Trivia ==
* Raven is currently the only known character to have been successfully revived by Necromancy. While other characters have mentioned trying to revive others such as Amber Huntington and Caroline Rose no known degree of success has ever been accomplished in reviving them.
* Raven is based on the real-life dog of Brittany Lauda, Claire Dupont's voice actress.https://twitter.com/BrittanyLaudaVO/status/848587269795655681
== See also ==
== References ==
Category:Animals