Raven Dark

> Um, I have a question…It's just that…What if I don't want to sign the Storybook of Legends?
>
> Raven Dark to Benson Grimm in "Raven's Tale: The Story of a Rebel"

## Raven Dark

### bffs

Madeline Joker
Starla Star
Jane Little
Clarice Hood

### romantic interests

Benjamin Charmer (secret admirer/boyfriend)

### side

Rebel

**Raven Dark** is a 2023-introduced and all-around character. She is 15 years old and is the main character. She is part of *The Legend of Zelda* as the next Hilda, and she is a student at Disenchadants High. In the destiny conflict, she is on the Rebel side. In fact, she technically is the founder of the Rebel movement, because it was her rejection of her destiny that inspired others. She dislikes this situation, however, because it makes the other students, Rebels, and uncertain Royals alike, come to her for guidance, which she cannot provide. Raven is not evil by any stretch of the definition and so playing the role of villain does not sit well with her. Nor does she enjoy the prospect of the punishment that she, as a villain, is destined to. Resolving only her own problem already takes a lot of her energy and as such, she cannot help others make their own personal decisions.

## Portrayers

In English, Raven Dark is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald.

In Latin American Spanish, Raven Queen is voiced by Mildred Barrera.

## Character

### Personality

Contrary to popular belief at Disenchadants High, Raven Dark is not evil or even so much as mean. She is kind, smart, extremely loyal to her friends, and considerate with a sarcastic side born from frustration over her unjust reputation. When people try to socialize with her, she is skeptical about their intentions, but not so much that it limits her ability to make new friends. Raven loves music, she is often seen with her headphones on and she plays the guitar, piano, and sings when no one is around. One of her most favorite artists is Tailor Quick.

Raven is not the first student to dislike where her story is taking her, but she is the only one in her class to take actions towards free will: starting with the small step of pursuing her love and talent for music, a subject usually reserved for good princesses.

Her "Magic Touch", is that she can cast spells.

### Appearance

Raven has long, wavy black hair with purple streaks tied into a single braid at the back, and parted at the top to back room for her spiky tiara. She has violet, magenta, and purple-maroon streaks in her black hair. Raven has fair skin, or rather, pale skin, and purple eyes. She has long, thick lashes, dark purple lipstick, and light-purple eye shadow. Her eyelashes go into a wing at the end and so does her shadow. She usually wears gothic clothing. Raven wears a black and purple dress with a silver shoulder-pad-for-sleeves holder with silver feathered sleeves and a high, feathery collar, and a purple pendant in the middle; her dress also has a chain, belt-like accessory around the waist, she wears fishnet stockings, and open-toed short-wedged-high-heeled boots with buckles and an opening in the backs for shoes.

## Relationships

### Family

Raven Queen is the daughter of the Hilda from *The Legend of Zelda*, but also a daughter of the King of Hyrule. According to "Raven Dark's Story", Raven and her mother have a strained relationship, though they did share several happy memories when Raven was younger. She does miss her mother, though. The Evil Queen is currently locked up in mirror prison and often speaks badly about Raven's father, the Good King, whom she considers spineless and pathetic. Template:Source This angers Raven, as she has a good relationship with her father. Raven has no mentioned cousins or siblings. Raven's mother wanted to escape from Mirror Prison, and the Hilda tried to trick Raven into getting supplies that could set her free in *The Unfairest of Them All*, along with Raven's possible relative Starla Star. Specifically, they were gathering a will o' the wisps, a dragon skull, a giant's hair, and an arrow,[1] but there was one thing added: the egg of the Chicken Hut of Baba Yaga. Template:Source

According to *The Storybook of Legends*, the Evil Queen is the stepmother of Snow White in the original story. Even though no confirmation has been made that the current Evil Queen, Snow White, Apple and herself are related, which possibly means the original bloodlines have strayed so far apprt from that little to no relation is there at all.

### Friends

Raven is best friends with Madeline Joker, who originally was going to be her roommate until Starla Star requested that she be roommates with Raven instead. At first, Raven and Starla weren't friends, although they attempted to be on friendly terms at least. The destiny conflict often kept them at odds. Though in "Way Too Prank World", Starla admits that Raven's heart is too good for evil, so she should be free to write her own destiny, meaning that they've worked things out. They are now very close friends. Raven is also close friends with Claire Wood and Clarice Hood and has been in friendly terms with Benjamin Charmer from the start, even calling him a friend. She also gets along quite well with Ashlynn Martin, Lila Beauty, Jane Little, Kitty Monroe, Stella Marks, Ginger Foster and Lizzie Tylers. *The Storybook of Legends* has the same story as "Apple's Tale: The Story of a Royal" and "Raven's Tale: The Story of a Rebel" where Apple requests to be roommates with Raven, only a little differently than what was shown in the webisodes.

### Pet

As a child, Raven had a puppy named Prince, but her mother turned it into a bone rat and he passed away. During Legacy Year, Raven acquires a dragon named Evermore. Steve Charmer tried to slay her, but Raven stopped him with her magic.

### Romance

Raven's priority in life is where her story is and should be going, which leaves no energy or time to spend on dating. Benjamin Charmer has a crush on her, but she is oblivious to this. In "True Hearts Day", Dexter expresses his liking for her through a poem and she eventually figures out that he wrote it. However, at one point Raven believes that Steve is the one who wrote it but only briefly develops feelings for him. In "Cupid Comes Clean... Kinda", it is shown that the Raven and Dexter have mutual feelings for each other. Then, in "Chosen with Care" she got asked out on a date by him and said yes. In "Just Sweet", Raven expressed her excitement for Benjamin asking her out at last, which might indicate that she was waiting for him to ask her out on a date. In "Date Night", she and Dexter go on their first date to the movies. Benjamin expressed worried concern for her "Way Too Prank World" and hugged her when he finally found her, acting very excited about it. According to Truth or Hair, Raven and Dexter were spotted having dinner together at the Green Bean Garden in Book End. In Cerise and the Beast, Dexter asks Raven out on a date to the movies, and she says yes.

## Etymology

Although unconfirmed, Raven's name may be based on the color of her hair.

## Timeline

* May 16, 2023: Mattel requests the trademark for Raven Dark.
* June 1, 2023: The *Disenchadants Girls* website goes live, featuring Raven Dark's profile.
* June 1, 2023: Raven Dark's profile art is revealed.
* June 1, 2023: Raven Dark makes her cartoon debut in "The World of Disenchadants".
* Early July 2023: Raven Dark's first doll is released as part of the '*Signature - Rebels*' series.
* Early July, 2023: Raven Dark makes her diary debut in her '*Signature - Rebels*' diary.
* July 18, 2023: Raven Dark makes her book debut in "Raven Dark's Story".

## Notes

* Raven's dragon's name is Evermore, which is a clear reference to and nod to Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem "The Raven", to which the bird, the Raven, shrieks only one word: "Nevermore!"
* Raven is best friends with Madeline Joker and Clarice Hood, though Madeline is best friends with Raven and Cedar Wood instead; Raven does not say on her BFFAs part on her bio that she is best friends with Madeline and Claire, she says she is best friends with Madeline and Clarice; on the other hand, Cerise is best friends with all three Raven, Madeline, *and* Cedar according to her profile bio, and according to Cedar's profile bio, Cedar is best friends with Raven, Madeline, and Cerise. However, in truth, Raven is best friends with *all* three Madeline, Cedar, and Cerise, as Madeline and Cedar are childhood friends of Raven since the Freedom Year at Disenchadants High, and she's befriended Cerise in *The Unfairest of Them All*. In “Dragon Games”, she also calls Darling her friend.
* Following up that fact, when Raven befriended Cerise, Raven was the only one Clarice trusted with her secret about her father and her mother. The two went to Cerise's home in Hood Hollow and met up with her mother, Red Riding Hood. Red, Cerise's mother, told Raven all about the true story behind her and her husband, and Raven listened intently and, also asked questions. This is also how Raven found out that Badwolf has a human form, and that the family Wolfs can transform into humans.
* Raven finally signed the Storybook of Legends in "Way Too Prank World", where Apple realized that Raven cannot be evil and Apple saves her from turning permanently evil; however, Apple changes her mind in "Dragon Games." This is not the first time, as Apple wanted Raven to sign and changed her mind in "Thronecoming".
* In ”The Legend of Shadow High”, Raven is mistaken for a vampire due to her gothic appearance.
* Raven's smile when she turns evil from signing the Storybook of Legends in "Way Too Wonderland" is bigger than Kitty Cheshire's, and around the same size as Courtly Jester's.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Unfairest of Them All*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *The Storybook of Legends* Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content
3. ↑ Starla's Tale: The Story of a Royal
4. ↑ Raven's Tale: The Story of a Rebel