Ravvas Arkanen

**Ravvas Arkanen** is the drow warblade/crusader of the party in Welcome to the Show during season 3.

In season 4, Ravvas becomes the primary antagonist, having orchestrated a war between Directian and Sabaton with the intent of eventually leading the drow to take over the whole of Alatastica.

## Appearance

Ravvas stands tall for an elf at about 6 feet. He has shoulder-length white hair, gold-colored eyes, and a squarish jawline. He wears a chain-mail top with a long sleeved black shirt underneath, gold arm-guards, a leather waistband with black metal leg guards, black pants, and brown boots. He also wears a long purple cape held up by a silver brooch with a scorpion emblazoned on it.

## Personality

Ravvas is a very stern, serious individual. He is rather extremist in his views, believing that loyalty to anything consists of ruthlessness and single-mindedness, and that anything less is tantamount to betrayal. He comes across as straight-forward in his mannerisms, but he is very capable of manipulation and deception as necessary. He has a very tactical mind, and he holds great respect for those who use their heads before just rushing into battle.

Ravvas can also be very sarcastic and sassy when he feels the situation calls for it.

Season 4 reveals that Ravvas's extreme loyalty views fall into fanatical territory. He sees true loyalty as being to one's own race first and foremost and anything else as treachery. He in fact views his feelings towards the party as a sin, a betrayal to the drow, and believes it to be a weakness on his part.

## Early Life

Ravvas was born to a couple in a drow platoon. The entire platoon ended up raising him, teaching him about combat and strategy. It continued until he was ready for combat himself. He performed very well although unaware that his goddess demanded treachery and cruelty.

Eventually his platoon had to take a self-imposed exile from Laath Nalore thanks to Lolth's matriarchy spreading rumors. Ravvas being on the cusp of manhood thought that this was a mistake and asked his family to explain themselves. They refused multiple times so Ravvas sought to explain their standings to the matriarchy himself. He explained his situation to a matriarch who played the role of a sympathizer masterfully. She gave him a hot bath and plenty to eat as Ravvas told them everything about his platoon. He was then imprisoned and forced to watch as his family were killed trying to save him.

He lived as a slave for several years until he was picked up by Urdusk who was a colonel at the time. While living conditions under him were better, Ravvas didn't like the man too much. Once Urdusk saw Ravvas' skills in action, they became quite the pair with Urdusk taking the glory while Ravvas planned everything.

During this time Ravvas was allowed to study and learned of Kelriss the undying. From this legend he learned that Lolth herself needed to die too. While studying the gods, he also learned the art of diplomacy from Urdusk. He also found out about Urdusk's goals to ask the surface world for help in getting supplies for their people and making him a powerful influence.

Ravvas' diplomacy came in handy when trying to get monsters from a criminal lord for their battles. There Ravvas fought and befriended Kruul. He began teaching the barbarian kindness and respect while eating and training with him. He saw potential in Valill and Sorn as they were trying to pickpocket him. He also met Elvana and she joined forces with him when they knew about each other's hatred for the matriarchy.

Later Ravvas got a message from a bat saying that someone wanted to talk to him. Ravvas accepted the invitation warily and met the druid, Zelniss. The two conversed about how in nature it was 'survival of the fittest.' From this conversation, Ravvas knew he needed to elevate the drow above other species. Zelniss joined his team as his advisor after and even recommended Zeylin to Ravvas. Because of that, Venom was born.

Not long after this he learned that Sorn was born from a human. His first instinct was to execute him for the half-blood that he was. However when Kruul stood up for him, saying the same words that Ravvas did long ago, he hesitated. He decided to delay Sorn's fate another time.

Ravvas was then tasked alongside Urdusk to escort one of Lolth's priestesses down to Cania. Apparently Lolth lost one of her consorts and was having a fit about it. Ravvas looked for any weaknesses to Lolth he could find but couldn't find anything. The lord of devils, Asmodeus, noticed this but kept silent. Ravvas did note that gods didn't like to lose their property.

When Ravvas returned, he found that a whole decade has passed and Sorn had taken over leadership of Venom. When he confronted Sorn about it, Sorn immediately returned command to Ravvas. Ravvas' response was an embrace as he now knew that corrupted blood didn't effect the drow at all.

He then found various books on the gods including a ritual that the gods feared. Ravvas chose not to pursue it though. After that the consort was found and Ravvas was put through the Lolthtanchwi Games fulfilling his first act when he saved Kruul all those years ago. He looked through the writings from the Abyss seeing as how Lolth was originally from there. He stumbled upon the works of Aymer Helegolar. He tasked Venom with finding them only to find out that he was part of a coup with Simula Malum. Ravvas then brought the idea of helping the princess with the coup in exchange for farmland to Urdusk, who was now a general.

Urdusk organized a meeting with Simula. It went well aside from Arkoth Wormwood staring at them. Ravvas earned his second spider from the meeting. He headed to meet Aymer next and was appalled to see that the elven sorcerer was trying to summon a demon. He stopped the ritual personally and took various texts much to the silver elf's protests.

The next day Simula gave them two assignments. The first was a fertility potion that the drow could easily make. The second was to capture various individuals: a traveling gnome, a twelve-year old druid girl, a citizen of Gatless, a saurian vigilante, a dwarf nomad, the estranged daughter of Aymer and a rebel leader. Naturally Ravvas was confused as only the rebel leader, the vigilante and the daughter of Aymer made sense in his eyes. Eventually he learned that the rebel leader killed Sorn's father personally and asked Simula if the rebel leader were to be killed. Simula refused so he sent Venom to kidnap the group. He personally captured the citizen of Gatless by disguising himself as a merchant and poisoning her with a needle.

After this, Ravvas learned of Simula's plan to open a portal and bring forth a demonic army. He brought this to general Urdusk and they agreed that the princess needed to be stopped. With Urdusk's help, he made sure that they stayed on Simula's good side while they worked to undermine her. He also learned of Queen Jeminya Malum leading the Heroes of Directian against her sister.

He tried to go after Aymer himself but Simula had increased security around him. Things eventually reached a head where Simula died surprisingly. Arkoth blaimed the drow but Simula came back alive explaining that her and her sister are connected. When one died, so did the other. It was the same for reviving them as well. Ravvas made a note of that.

A week later Arkoth seemed to betray his queen. Without Simula, the drow pair joined the rebellion forming. However what shocked Ravvas was that the prisoners he was tasked with capturing were leading this rebellion with Jeminya. He was wondering what they could have possibly done until he heard of their exploits. The greatest exploits came from the vigilante's son, Reyin. From him he learned that Solonor, god of the hunt, died by breaking the primeval pact, a set of rules that even the gods couldn't break without facing oblivion.

With a new idea in the mix, he soon learned of Jeminya's true origins as a teifling. With knowledge of Faerthurin's attempt to purtify Jeminya, and what he picked up from Lolth and Asmodeus he scryed the king of Baator with an orb telling him of some important information.

## Abilities

Ravvas is a highly trained military swordsman, utilizing battle maneuvers to organize and/or aid his comrades in battle. His combat skills are highly refined, making him a deadly foe even to demons. He is also a skilled diplomat, able to use words in a similar manner to Ivan to bargain with archdevils and garner favors and contracts.

## Relationships

### Jeminya Malum

Ravvas sees Jeminya Malum as a great leader. That said he feels like he has to kill her in order to free his people.

### Faerthurin

Faerthurin initially was incredibly wary of Ravvas due to his being a Drow, something which Ravvas was aware of. As they journeyed through Baator, the two grew a mutual respect and understanding of each other. Ravvas does view Faerthurin in a respectable light, given that she was multiple times able to make him stop his behavior and reconsider his actions, and Fae did gradually come to view Ravvas as a comrade and a friend.

When his betrayal is revealed in season 4, Fae is distraught and hurt. She spends time going back over her journals and realizes there were several points that should have tipped the party off to his true nature, which frustrates her tremendously.

### Oin Lightbringer

Seeing as how Oin didn't trust Ravvas at all, their relationship was rocky to say the least. This eventually escalated to the point where Oin put Ravvas to sleep for a time.

### Ivan Windstrummer

As is his way, Ivan tried his hardest to reach out to Ravvas and at least find neutral ground with the man. Ravvas was very resistant to this for a long while, but he does slowly start to view the gnome as a good friend. He even opens up about his past at Ivan's urging, showing vulnerability for the first time as a direct result.

When Ravvas's betrayal is revealed, Ivan displays true fury and calls Ravvas a deceitful parasite. Ravvas does not even blink at this, and instead runs Ivan through with his blade as he knows first-hand how dangerous Ivan's support abilities are, simply kicking Ivan from his blade carelessly. The encounter left Ivan scarred both physically and mentally, and Ravvas becomes the first person Ivan expresses hatred for, furiously calling for his death. Ivan has stated outright that he will not forgive Ravvas for what he's done.

### Jalerom Tanlaial

Ravvas holds Jalerom in high regard, having a great deal of respect for his ability to take charge, his tactical capacity, and his willingness to get his hands dirty if necessary. Out of the entire party, Jalerom is easily the one Ravvas admires the most.

When Ravvas's betrayal is revealed, Jalerom is enraged and shows little to no hesitation in engaging him in combat. When the two later speak in Lefethyr, they both confirm that they will not hesitate to run their blades through each other's hearts, showing an odd form of respect still exists between them.

### Rose Emeraldsong

Ravvas and Rose Emeraldsong didn't interact all that much.

### General Urdusk

Despite saving Ravvas long ago, he viewed General Urdusk as a loathsome person. To him, Urdusk was a coward and liar.

Despite this, the two did develop a grudging respect for each other when Urdusk's army was ambushed and Ravvas took down the enemy. He realized that while he was the better soldier, Urdusk was the better diplomat. They made a deal to make Urdusk seem like the commander while all the battle plans would be handled by Ravvas. The two were a formidable pair until Urdusk's execution.

### Amber Hawthorne

The two didn't really have any connections is season 1 or 2, But in season 3 things started to change. In Bator a friendship started to form, until Amber truly considered Ravvas part of her friends/hoard. Even giving him a jewel nickname Black pearl. But in season 4 things started to change once again when it was revealed that Ravvas betrayed them. He even went as far as to threaten her kind along with the fire elves by kidnaping their young. After Amber saw this she was furious as she considered him her black pearl and vowed revenged.

### Simula Malum

When Ravvas met Simula Malum, he thought her as a manipulator in her own right. However when he learned about her goals and how foolish they were, he grew thought she didn't care about anyone. Despite that he was willing to work with her to fool Lolth. Only after she's dead did he realize she did care for others by learning her favorite fruit was.

### Sorn Maevalth

Ravvas saw potential in Sorn after he was nearly robbed by them. However he learned after that Sorn was half human and tried to kill him for being 'impure.' He let Sorn live after Kruul protected him. When Sorn became leader of Venom while Ravvas was in Baator, he gave his position to Ravvas upon his return. At that point it didn't matter if Sorn was impure or not, he was a companion till the end.

### Kruul

After winning Kruul in Laath Nalor's gladiator, Ravvas took to caring for Kruul even teaching him social skills. When Kruul protected Sorn, Ravvas was amazed that Kruul forgave him so easily.

### Kylem Oakvale

Ravvas ended up traveling with Kylem to Dis by accident. He felt nostalgia working with him.

### Malachlabra

Ravvas intitally saw Malachlabra as a tool to get the party further into Baator. After running into her seven years later, he's willing to work with her in exchange for getting her further into Baator.

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## Trivia

* Ravvas is the first player character not played by a brony reviewer.
* Ravvas's player stated at the beginning of season 3 that he could not play beyond the one season. This was later revealed to have been a half-truth to conceal the character becoming the primary antagonist in season 4 in a sort of co-DM role.
* Ravvas one-shots a boss character at one point by complete accident. This would unintentionally foreshadow the threat he would pose in Season 4.
* Of all the characters, Ravvas is the only one who outright hates his goddess.