Mavis Amberhawk

* Art
* In-Game Look (Post-Voidforging)
* In-Game Look (Pre-Voidforging)

Ravenholdt (formerly)

### Occupation(s)

Member of the UnderdogsSpy of Operation: Westraven (formerly)Division Leader of Operation: Westraven's Ashenvale Division (formerly)

### Parents

Seymour Amberhawk ("the Unmasked") †Brigitte Amberhawk (née Falconcry)

### Relatives

Galen Amberhawk † (-4 L.C. - 32 L.C.) (brother)

### Weapon(s)

Trauma & Paralysis (twin daggers)

Mavis Amberhawk (codename: "Raven") (-2 L.C. - 36 L.C.) was an Alteraci rogue, the daughter of Seymour and Brigitte Amberhawk, sister of Galen Amberhawk, significant other of Sophia Blacktalon, and former leader of Operation: Westraven's Ashenvale Division.

## Early life

Born to a dispossessed Alteraci noble family that fell from grace a few years prior, Mavis grew up surrounded by hardships and crime. She was already used to stealing bread at the age of six.

Mavis was often used as an outlet for her alcoholic parents' frustration, which led to her quiet, distant nature.

 The Second War and the fall of Alterac

After the betrayal of Aiden Perenolde and the subsequent destruction of Alterac in 6 L.C., an 8-year old Mavis was trying to hide from the invading Alliance soldiers, only to be cornered and stabbed in the stomach by one of them. She was eventually saved by her brother, but she was barely alive when the agents of Ravenholdt found her. Ivan Carver healed her and stitched up her wounds, but the scar near her navel is still visible to this day.

Her parents went into hiding, and later became prominent Syndicate figures. Mavis despised them for this and the pain she had to endure because of them, and wore the orange mask she stole from her father - whom she later killed - in defiance of them and what they represent. She saw it as a symbol of Alteraci honor, which, in her eyes, members of the Syndicate failed to uphold, and thus, they are unfit to wear it. She returned to her hometown on a few occasions to slay Syndicate members and collect their masks.

 Interlude; Operation: Westraven

During the interlude between the second and third wars, Mavis was trained by the rogues of Ravenholdt Manor. She was later given leadership over a group of rogues. She received the codename "Raven" for her gloomy personality and black hair.

As the Division Leader of Operation: Westraven's Ashenvale Division, Mavis was tasked with travelling to the land of Kalimdor and exploring it.

The goal of Ravenholdt was to build a spy network across Kalimdor.

In her youth, Mavis kept to herself due to the insensitive remarks she got from the others regarding her trauma, some even calling her "Stitchy", amongst several other mean nicknames. As the members of the Operation grew older and matured, they realised how insensitive and rude they were, but Mavis never forgot. She didn't even fully trust her direct subordinates' respect towards her after she was appointed leader of the Ashenvale Division.

## The Third War

Since she was stationed in Kalimdor, Mavis missed most of the war. In the year 20 L.C., Operation: Westraven became isolated from the rest of Ravenholdt and became a self-sustaining, independent organization within Kalimdor.

## The Burning Crusade

When the Exodar crashed into Azuremyst Isle in 28 L.C., a few members of the Barrens and Ashenvale Divisions set out to investigate the crash site. There they found an amnesiac, badly injured Draenei hunter, whom they dubbed "Lexodar" and escorted to Ashenvale to heal.

## Mists of Pandaria

Mavis, while on a Westraven recruitment mission in the Eastern Kingdoms, discovered that her spouse, Sophia Blacktalon, has been kidnapped. While Mavis ultimately failed to save her (despite recruiting the help of the renowned scholar, Acturius Baldwin and risking her own life as well), she played crucial role in uncovering the mistery surrounding the oddly dwindling numbers of the Stranglethorn Guerilla Corps. She decided that although she admired Qvendar's dedication to the cause, she no longer wished to partake in what she regarded as a pointless ordeal that took everything from her, and after travelling back one final time to Kalimdor to help set up the new outposts, deserted from Westraven.

Mavis later joined the Underdogs led by Jaime Sootleaf and Eserill Ambrose, finally believing to have found a place she could call home.

## Legion

Mavis volunteered to partake in Eserill's voidforging attempts. Unlike Mariana Cross, she survived the process through sheer force of will.

## Skirmish on Sydvar

In 36 L.C., a portal, leading to the Legion-controlled world of Sydvar has opened over Elwynn Forest. Exarch Caliestes asked her fellow exarch and friend Vicaaryna to assemble a team to close said portal.

Mavis was amongst the volunteers who joined the team after Vicaaryna turned to her niece Eserill for recruits.

The small team battled valiantly, Mavis eventually had to sacrifice herself to kill the the overseer of the portal, Pit Lord Droth and simultaneously collapse the stronghold he resided in to give her comrades a chance against the seemingly endless stream of demons, fulfilling her lifelong dream of sacrificing herself for someone else after so many have done the same for her.

## Personality

Mavis might have seemed cold, emotionless and rude at first, but she was really just damaged to the core. Her traumatic childhood resulted in her becoming an uncommunicative, introverted woman of very few words.

Mavis never cried in front of anyone else. Her signature "excuse me for a minute" was known by all of her close friends to be a sign of her being upset.

The two people she was ever able to develop a deeper bond with were her brother, Galen, and her division mate - and later lover - Sophia Blacktalon. After losing her brother in 32 L.C. and even her significant other later that year, Mavis became even more reclusive than before.

## Trivia

The name Mavis - meaning "songbird" - was invented by Marie Corelli for her 1895 book, The Sorrows of Satan.

Mavis has a particularly firm grip; Harvey Guildford witnessed that firsthand.