Raven Potts

Raven Potts is a South Park fan character owned and developed by CosmicCrayons. Any questions can be sent via DeviantArt. Many of the OC images used here were created in SP-Studio with minor edits.Raven Potts is a 9 year old little girl who attends school at South Park Elementary. She has spent most of her life traveling around from place to place due to her mother’s Traveling Metaphysical Shoppe’ and has attended 5 different schools within the past 3 years. Raven is hesitant when it comes to making friends due to her expectancy to move again before the year is over. Her social skills aren’t poor, but could certainly be better. Despite this, she has developed a friendship with Wendy Testaburger, who has introduced her to many of her classmates in school including the four main boys.
== Appearance ==
Raven has black hair styled into blunt bangs across her forehead. She dresses in a black coat with white baby-doll collar and a black and white striped skirt with fishnets and boots. Fluffy white earmuffs cover her head. As an adult, Raven has split dyed hair that is black and purple. She dresses in a black laced corset top with see through mesh long sleeves and a matching black skirt with striped leggings and knee high boots.
== Personality ==
Raven is a very reserved girl who prefers to keep to herself. She is somewhat stand offish and cynical of those around her, though her softer demeanor comes through when she is around people she likes. Although she is sardonic, Raven has shown genuine love and kindness to animals around her, especially cats. 
When around people she likes, Raven becomes very soft hearted and open. She is a hopeless romantic and is very selfless, willing to take damage and fight for whatever is important to her, especially her dearest friends. When Raven is around Kenny, her feelings cause her to become insanely scatterbrained, nervous and even borderline flirty.
== Background ==
=== Past ===
Raven was raised by her single mother, Marsha Potts, in their ‘Traveling Metaphysical Shoppe.’ She has never known who her father was and her mother changes his identity every time Raven asks about him. Constantly moving from place to place, Raven’s mother continuously brought new men into her daughter’s life, most of whom treated her like a burden, or even acted as if she wasn’t there. 
=== Present ===
By the time Raven turns 9 years old, her mother moves them to the town of South Park, where she has now attended five schools within the last three years, and doesn’t expect she will stay very long in this little mountain town. Raven is unaware just how important this little town will become to her.
In her previous schools, Raven was constantly bullied and made fun of thanks to her way of living out of a caravan. This, however, caused her to develop a thick skin and quick tongue, something which helps her stand up against current day bullies in her life, primarily Cartman. 
Raven ends up spending many months in South Park and grows very close to Kenny, relating to him on various levels such as financial difficulties. The two are very open about their grade school crushes on one another and look to pursue a relationship, but are promptly cut off when Raven’s mom announces they are moving to Denver to be with a man she met online. Raven is extremely distraught and tells her mother she likes South Park more than anywhere else they’ve been, but is still forced to leave. She promises Kenny she’ll come back when she’s grown up and leaves him with a picture of her cut out of her mom’s scrapbook.
=== Future ===
Raven and her mother ‘settle’ down in Denver with an extremely abusive man that her mom refuses to leave. Once in middle school, Raven develops borderline delinquent behavior and constantly gets into fights at school. She often tries to get after school detention in an attempt to avoid going home to an abusive situation. In 8th grade, Raven starts experimenting with other boys in her school and develops a reputation for being a skank. With a bad home life and brutal school life, she turns further to boys for validation but always feels unfulfilled and empty. She hardly thinks about South Park anymore. In high school, Raven starts turning to magic for answers, much to her mother’s satisfaction. Her mother teaches her everything she can and the two begin to share a bond, much to the boyfriend’s upset. Feeling as if she is trying to take his place, the boyfriend begins hitting Raven in private and tells her that the moment she turns 18, she’s out. In 12th grade, Raven begins partying heavily and sleeping over at various houses and clubs to avoid her mother and her boyfriend. Raven herself ends up in a relationship with a boy named Paul, who isn’t much different from her mother’s boyfriend, repeating the cycle of abuse. 
A few more years pass and Raven is now college aged. She ends up going to community college but drops out after her mom passes away. With her inheritance being her mom’s metaphysical assets, Raven feels the urge to open a shop and finally remembers her time in South Park as one of the best times she had as a kid. She promptly packs everything and makes her way to the mountains, setting out to open a permanent shop in town. When she eventually gets back to South Park, Raven finds a place to rent out as a shop/apartment and starts working on improving her life. She ends up reconnecting with Kenny and the two of them frequently spend time together over the coming months. They eventually decide to pursue a relationship together.
== Hobbies ==
Raven’s favorite hobby is star mapping. She secretly plays the hurdy-gurdy for her mom’s enjoyment but would rather sing. Raven has a few witchy hobbies such as spell casting and crystal “healing” which she is sometimes skeptical about. She is also a very talented cook and loves to make delicious meals, spoiling her friends with treats.
== Family ==
=== Marsha Beth Potts ===
Marsha is Raven’s only parent and caregiver. She is a nomad at heart and loves to travel, even if this means uprooting her daughter and putting her through many difficult situations. She has a bad habit of going through many different boyfriends, which Raven calls her ‘Flavor of the Month.’ Marsha loves her daughter but is terrible at parenting her and wants to be more like a friend. She does not force any structure on her daughter and even encourages Raven to make her own meals. Marsha is an active Wiccan and loves it when her daughter joins her for witchcraft. She is a borderline alcoholic and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The thought of having a conventional job outside of her shop makes her terrified.
=== Bernie Cecil Duvall ===
Bernie is the future “step-father” to Raven, although he never marries her mother. He lives in Denver and is very charming at first during his online relationship with Marsha. He convinces her to pack up her daughter and move in with him in Denver, which leads to his personality change where his true colors show. Bernie is a textbook manipulator and abuser. He actively uses drugs and alcohol and is very aggressive when drunk. He is Marsha’s longest lasting relationship.
== Relationships ==
=== Kenny McCormick ===
Raven and Kenny grow close during her time at South Park. They both relate to each other on financial difficulties. Raven finds Kenny to be extremely funny, and slowly develops romantic feelings for him. Kenny ends up feeling the same way towards Raven. This is exposed when he stands up to Cartman for bullying her, who then reveals Raven as Kenny’s ‘Freaky Ass Witch Bitch Crush.’ Once both their feelings are open, they pursue a relationship which is short lived once Raven is forced to move to Denver. 
=== Stan Marsh ===
Raven and Stan are very indifferent to each other’s existence and they like it that way. Raven is often too confused when it comes to Stan’s board games and avoids them. They get along, but do not actively seek one another to hang out, unless Wendy is involved. 
=== Kyle Broflovski ===
Kyle and Raven are very good friends and will get together to study. Raven almost views Kyle as a tutor due to her struggles with math. Kyle and Raven have a shared interest in science, but will argue one another about their respectful religions. It wasn’t until Raven showed him how actual witchcraft worked that Kyle actually understood the sentiment behind it.
=== Eric Cartman ===
Cartman is Raven’s biggest bully during her time in South Park. Always bullying her for living out of a caravan or being “even poorer than Kenny.” Raven does her best to avoid him, even though his blatantly disgusting nature can be hard to ignore. Cartman ends up going too far one day, which causes Kenny to fight him. After the incident, Eric doesn’t seem to bother Raven as frequently anymore.
=== Butters Stotch ===
Raven finds Butters to be cute but absolutely taxing to be around. His socially awkward nature throws her off, though she tries to give him the benefit of the doubt. He is one of the more genuine people she’s ever met and appreciates that aspect of him.
=== Wendy Testaburger ===
Wendy is the first person Raven ever became friends with at South Park Elementary. The two of them like to play various games together during recess. Wendy has introduced Raven to the other kids at school and sticks up for her when the other girls talk about her behind her back.
=== Goth Kids ===
Raven has multiple interests that align with the goth kids, but is rejected by them multiple times for various reasons from ‘not looking goth enough’ or ‘not smoking’. Raven’s appreciation for morbid and witchy things don’t get her far with them until she returns to South Park in her college years.
=== The Girls ===
Many of the girls at school are put off by Raven’s secluded nature and will talk behind her back when she isn’t around, much to Wendy’s dismay. Raven finds most of the girls she goes to school with to be superficial and ugly and is ok with not befriending any of them outside of Wendy.
=== Craig’s Gang ===
Raven doesn’t get along very well with the kids in Craig’s gang outside of Tweek, who she will beg for coffee when she’s out. She constantly argues with Clyde and has gotten into physical altercations with Craig before.
=== Karen McCormick ===
Raven meets Karen after spending one night over at Kenny’s house while hiding from her mom. She finds Karen to be sweet and makes her think of herself when she was little. Raven likes to spoil Karen when she can and has given her many of her handed down toys.
=== Kevin McCormick ===
Raven meets Kevin after spending one night over at Kenny’s house while hiding from her mom. The two of them don’t really interact and she senses tension between him and his other siblings.
=== Khloe Babineaux ===
Khloe is simultaneously Raven's biggest nuisance and biggest supporter during her time at South Park. Raven is constantly being dragged away from her other friends in some attempt to make her more conventionally attractive, with Khloe treating her like a dress up doll. Raven appreciates the effort but hates being treated like she's charity. When Khloe isn't too busy trying to shop for Raven, the two of them do tend to have meaningful conversations about their terrible home lives. They ride the bust to and from school together.
=== Mina Stoker ===
Mina Stoker is one of the only goth kids that Raven is genuinely friends with. The two of them love to discuss horror media and goth rock, often sharing new finds with each other. Mina has pulled for Raven to join the rest of the goth kids, but Raven insists she isn't 'goth enough' for them. It isn't until she hits middle school that she becomes goth enough, but has already moved away at this point.
=== Annalie Durchdenwald ===
Annalie and Raven get along fairly well, and they both love to have deep conversations about cryptids and spirituality. They aren't best friends but they do enjoy each other's company when they are together. Raven sometimes finds Annalie's socially awkward nature hard to navigate around, but tries to be understanding. he girls ride the same bus, and will sometimes have long conversations on their way to and from school. Annalie feels sorry for Raven, meanwhile Raven feels sorry for Annalie. They share a mutual pity.
== Post Covid ==
During the Pandemic, Raven and her mother are stuck with her abusive step dad in Denver. Her mother eventually snaps and kills her boyfriend, thus getting sentenced to life in prison and leaving Raven to take care of herself. No foster homes would take her in due to a fear she may be ‘too poor to be vaccinated,’ unaware the vaccine was free. Raven grows up to become an adult film actress and uses men to fill the void around her, much like her mother did.
While working as an adult film star, Kenny comes across her and reaches out to contact her after 40 years. She is very excited to hear from him again and the two of them catch up over email and text messages. Raven and Kenny both start to feel romantic tension between their messages and They promise to meet up soon but sadly, this never comes to fruition due to Kenny’s passing.
Distraught and heartbroken at losing another person in her life, Raven ends up going to South Park for Kenny’s funeral and there finds the whole extent of his work to go back and fix the past. She understands the context of some of his more cryptic messages and is able to use these to help the main gang with fulfilling Kenny’s wishes.
When the boys are finally able to go back and save their broship, the future changes. Raven ends up becoming a successful business owner after inheriting her mother’s metaphysical assets. She establishes a shop in South Park that sells metaphysical items as well as locally sourced products and art. She and Kenny get married during their college years and the two are implied to be actively trying to start a family (though this has yet to be decided), while Kenny still pursues his scientific aspects.
== Alter Egos ==
=== Prince Raven/The Enchantress (The Stick of Truth) ===
Prince Raven is an alter ego for South Park: The Stick of Truth. They are a fighting class character.
Prince Raven presents a side quest for the player to help them 'woo' Princess Kenny for a royal courtship. The quest is rigged however, and the player is doomed to fail once giving an unknowingly cursed jewel in the hands of Prince Raven. This cursed object transforms Prince Raven into a dark, bewitching mage known as 'The Enchantress' who can then be defeated and lured onto your side.
=== BatBrat (The Fractured But Whole) ===
BatBrat is the anti-heroine alter ego for Raven. She is a Final Girl class.
She is able to use very small traces of magic to help her escape tight situations. She is good with seeing in the dark and hiding in the shadows. BatBrat holds a side quest where she must be stopped from stealing crystals and jewels around town. She steals them so her mom can re-sell them as 'healing crystals.' She then uses the money her mom gets from the sells to help feed her family. The player can do significant damage to her, but the quickest way to make her stop is by making her fight Mysterion.
As BatBrat, Raven is able to hide in dark spaces easily and can move swiftly, making hardly any noise. She is very flexible but is awful with precision when it comes to landing when jumping from high places. She has a very flirtatious relationship with Mysterion and is able to entice him if the moment is right, however he is also her biggest weakness and she struggles to fight him.
=== Frontier Gal Raven, Freya Raven, Cybergoth Raven (Phone Destroyer) ===
== Outfits ==
== Criminal Record ==
* Vandalism: Raven has destroyed property that does not belong to her, such as bombing outdoor she-sheds, keying cars, and breaking windows.
* Breaking and Entering: Raven has broken into multiple homes and businesses using her anti-heroine persona.
* Theft: As BatBrat, Raven has stolen multiple goods from people around town, mostly gems and crystals.
* Extortion: Raven has obtained many of her gems through threats of violence in her anti-heroine form.
* Arson: Raven has burned down multiple she-sheds in South Park.
* Underage Drinking: She has stolen bottles of absinthe from her mom and hides them to drink for herself when she gets depressed.
* Attempted Murder: After getting sick of Cartman's bullying, Raven has attempted to choke him out multiple times.
== Trivia ==
* Her favorite holiday is Halloween.
* Her mom makes her dress up like a witch for every Halloween.
* She does celebrate Christmas even though she is not Christian.
* She was named after her grandma, Cornelia.
* She is ‘impossibly’ flexible, but very klutzy sometimes.
* She loves to cook and will cook for her family since her mom doesn’t know how.
* She can play the Hurdy-Gurdy but is embarrassed by it.
* She is very shy when she sings.
* She is allergic to shellfish.
== Gallery ==
File:Prince Raven OG.png|Original design for Prince Raven
File:Bat Brat.png|Original design for BatBrat
File:Raven Potts Age Chart.png|Raven Potts age chart until college
File:Post Covid Raven.png|Post Covid Raven
File:Raven's Room.png|Raven's Room
Category:Female Original Charatcers
Category:Original Characters