Raven Union

The **Raven Union** is an English fascist militant fraction that is the successor of the Raven Society.

## History

The Union was formed after Lord James Harwood escaped from the Tower of London. The Raven Union is engaged in a civil war with the English League for control of England. The English Armed Forces have sworn loyalty to the union and they have conquered over 90% of England. Even though the Union officially controls Manchester and Liverpool they still face holdout forces that they are unable to subdue. The Raven Union is currently planning to invade London, subduing the English League’s capital. Lord Harwood wishes to attack London using Project Stormcloud which would eliminate the capital’s population while preserving the infrastructure of the city.

Colonel John Salt craved power and used his position and tensions about Project Stormcloud to rise through the ranks of the Union. Salt notice that Lord Harwood was becoming more and more unstable and he manipulated him into removing Deputy Chancellor Frances Gaunt. Harwood later decided to make Salt the new Deputy Chancellor and had The Duke of Windermere bestow Salt with a knighthood. After Salt was made the Deputy Chancellor he switched Harwood’s medication and manipulated him into murdering a soldier. General Nelson Thursday later put Harwood under house arrest and Salt took over as acting leader of the Union. Harwood would later provoke Union soldiers forcing them to kill him which temporarily kept Salt from amassing more power.

Sir John Salt was able to convince the Raven Union High Council to make him Pro Tem High Chancellor of the Union. Once Salt received his new position he planned to unleash stormcloud on London wiping out the last opposition to the Union. The Chancellor entered in bad faith negotiations with the English League so that he could sneak the stormcloud weapon into London in Harwood’s casket. The Union gave the League an ultimatum demanding they surrender before a deadline. Salt had no intention of accepting the League's surrender and only wanted to destroy enemies. Salt was delayed in activating the device since Bet Sykes and Peggy Sykes attacked him in his suite. By the time he was able to activate the weapon, Gulliver Troy was able to swallow the core of the device which prevented the gas from spreading. General Thursday and Dr. Gaunt deposed a wounded Salt and reform the Raven Union into the New Raven Alliance.

## Union Government

The Raven Union has a constitution that is used to govern the regime. The Constitution establishes that a High Chancellor will serve as the head of the Union and it gives them complete control over the nation’s government and military. The High Chancellor has the authority to appoint a Deputy Chancellor who's role is to help the Chancellor govern and is expected to take over as the acting leader if the Chancellor becomes incapacitated. If it is determined that the High Chancellor is unable to return to duty the Union holds an election where a new High Chancellor is selected. The organization also had an advisory board known as the Raven Union High Council. The members of the Union Council are responsible for electing the High Chancellor of the Raven Union. The Duke of Windermere serves as the official monarch to the Raven Union but the position is mostly ceremonial and the constitution does not grant the Duke any power.

The Raven Union military is a combination of Raven chapter militia forces and the traditional UK Army. The majority of the Union’s military might come from the nation's Armed Forces. General Nelson Thursday is the Field Marshal of the Raven Union and is the head of the Army Council Command that oversees all Raven Union military assets including Project Stormcloud. Thursday claims that the Army sided with the Raven Union because they feel that they are above political affairs and focus solely on warfare. The Army seems to have decided to join up with the Union because they are fed up with the parliamentary system and democratic rule.

## Known members

### Former members

* Captain Bet Sykes (Defected)
* Dr. Frances Gaunt (Former Deputy Chancellor, Former Prisoner, joined the New Raven Alliance)
* Dr. Lucius Fox (Project Stormcloud staff, CIA Infiltrator, Extracted)
* Lieutenant Greaves (Deceased)
* Lord James Harwood (High Chancellor, Deceased)
* Arthur Pennyworth (High Council Member, Defected)
* General Nelson Thursday (Field Marshal of the Raven Union Armed Forces, Deposed, joined the New Raven Alliance)
* Sir John Salt (Pro Tem High Chancellor, Former Deputy Chancellor, Colonel, Head of Project Stormcloud, Deposed)
* Miss Dixon (secretary/telephone operator)
* Sergeant Riley
* Aleister Crowley
* The Duke of Windermere (Puppet Monarch)

## Appearances

Season 2
* *The Heavy Crown*
* *The Burning Bridge*
* *The Belt and Welt*
* *The Hunted Fox*
* *The Bleeding Heart*
* *The Rose and Thorn*
* *The Bloody Mary*
* *The Hangman's Noose*
* *Paradise Lost*
* *The Lion and Lamb*