Raven

Unknown

Allies:

Only Mir for now

Religion:

He doesn’t believe in gods.

### SKILLS & ABILITIES

* His eyesight is extraordinary. Seeing things, smaller than him, comes pretty easy to him. His eyes are used to the darkness.
* Despite his unusual appearance, he can still mix into the background pretty well. Be it traveling groups, towns, or even the wilderness.
* Raven has a great power of seeming nearly invisible. He can hide in dark places or just stir up some potions.
* He’s knowledgeable about fire, showing interest in setting things aflame.
* On the topic of alchemy, he’s a master of involved items and effects. In mere seconds he can list off everything involving that field.

### PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

* Age: 21 Height: 1,83m Weight: 65Kg Species: Faceless Gender: Male

### APPEARANCE

* Skin Pigment: Black Hair Pigment: He doesn’t have any hair.

Eye Pigment:

* He only has empty sockets.

### OTHER INFORMATION

* Raven always has a grayish-white mask on, covering his head with a gray hood.

### EARLY LIFE EVENTS

Raven, at this point in time known as Alex, had a lack of luck ever since he was born. He never got to truly meet his parents, as they were afraid. They were simple middle-class humans, and so they thought this child was a curse.He looked soulless - black eyes, pitch skin, seemingly not even having a face. Their choice wasn’t really shocking - they left him in an orphanage.

During his young childhood, the other children really weren’t sure of approaching him. Despite his best efforts, making a friend seemed like an impossible goal. Sure, it was a mixed-race orphan camp, but not quite many wanted to come near the boy. Due to the abandonment, not even the caretakers knew about his roots. For all they knew, he could’ve been a nether-spawn. That, of course, made the child feel sad and lonely. He wasn’t evil, it wasn’t his fault that he looked this way!

The older he got, the more he distanced himself from any social circles. He made the big decision, that instead of continuing to crave the attention he was never given it was better to force it out, any means involved. With that in mind, Alex focused on his interests - Magic, alchemy, flames.

That’s how one day he ended up stealing a book full of flame-focused spells. He saw practicing it as fun, relaxing in a way. It was powerful, and in some sense gave him a feeling of being in control. Then, it all went down in flames.

As the saying goes; “The child who is not embraced by the village, will burn it down to feel its warmth”. The place where many were supposed to feel safe after losing their whole families was suddenly known as the place where many took their final breath. Of course, he didn’t come out without any damage. He was not immune to fire, and the boy was injured pretty badly. When local people arrived, they did not know who set the building on fire - just an innocent, injured child. They rushed him away from the flames, and after a while he recovered. The scars remained. People truly believed it was God's intervention that anyone survived the burst of flames that happened in the building. Over time, he got older. People were still afraid of him. However, one woman gifted him a mask that he wore (and still is wearing) with pride. This wasn’t the end of tragedies for the little Alex - his town got raided by a band of murdering-thieves. Took people and their valuables as cargo, slaughtering anyone who would put up a fight, or the ones too weak to travel or work. Of course, he ended up being one of the targets. But as a teen with not a single soul close to him, he made it very clear that he wasn’t going to give up without a fight. That’s when his knowledge of fire came in handy. The intruder had a hard time even getting near - the boy was spitting flames everywhere. After seemingly backing off, Alex just had to settle down. He was exhausted, barely keeping himself awake. He was unable to sense the danger of this moment; Another member of the band crept up behind him, knocking him out quickly.

. . .

He awoke in a dimly lit room, with a masked person looming over him. The guy, in the calmest tone possible explained his offer; The kids skills were amazing, and he could help him master them. However, he’d have to help them, as they just couldn’t teach Alex with no gain from it. The other two choices of his were to either die of starvation, or be sold as a workforce.  He quickly agreed to the first choice, joining the group. He was given clothes and resources to care for himself, while also joining their gang in their ravaging. From that point on, the boy was told to forget about his past and move on, being given the new name ‘Raven’. Of course his moral compass was swirling - he felt bad. Really bad. But after quite some time it hit him; if he wouldn’t do it, somebody else would do it to him. Raven then went on for quite some time, witnessing and being involved in many deaths.

He was already an adult when he reached his first failed mission. Their plan backfired, when the people they attacked turned out to be full of skilled fighters. That was the day he saw many of his people die, and the person who previously told the others about that place got executed. That prompted his decision to leave the place. On a quite stormy night he took most of his valuables and escaped the camp with little trouble. This triggered his switch into a wandering lifestyle.

### RECENT LIFE EVENTS

He was barely making enough to survive everyday. You’d think someone his age would know the basic survival skills, like how to hunt, build a shack, ect. But he knew none of that. Living in a community has kept him from doing the hard labor, but now that he’d been alone everyday just seemed to get harder. Doing his daily fishing for survival, he suddenly felt the weight increase by a ton. The line was about to break, when something, or rather someone leapt out at him. It was a Sarkoi, who just got their mouth pierced while peacefully trying to eat the fish. After a quick scuffle, the two stopped fighting and just.. stared at each other. Both swiftly left the place, just to not speak about what happened again.

Overtime, the boy began making more money - he did what he could before, which was murder. If it meant survival, he would do it. And he just kept on wandering.

### PRESENT LIFE

Very recently, he stumbled upon the humanoid shark again. Instead of a fight, they actually spoke to each other. They made the key decision that staying together is the best way to go. There are threats everywhere in the world - And Raven could use a helping hand. And so, the shark and the criminal began their swift decision of living together.

### PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION & QUOTES

**‘’See you on the other side.”**

Raven is more of a closed-off person, avoiding contact with most of humanity. A part of him is afraid of people, even though he should be the one making them feel scared. He’s very serious, consistent, and mature for his age. Raven seems to not have any mercy left in him. Despite his antisocial behavior, he’s able to open up to people after getting to know them. It’s widely known he’s an assassin, and so he’s always neutral towards the people he works with - No emotions, no judging, only getting the job done and getting paid.

**“What is the truth for you?!”**

### FUN FACTS!

* His theme song;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZkVKezP34
* It might be his dreams or hallucinations, yet he witnesses dead people in his dreams. He’s partly afraid of death after witnessing and listening to their stories.
* He’s a paid killer - in short, an assassin. For the right amount of money or items he’s willing to go after someone.
* Before undergoing an identity change at the hands of the murder clan, his name was Alex Dudway.

### Credits:

**Żmija** - overall stuff, most of history and character, and funfacts

**Curs** - helping with translation, history, and most of the clean-up, made skin