Raven (character)

Raven is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a special insert in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980), and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. Daughter of a demon father (Trigon) and human mother (Arella), Raven is an empath who can teleport and control her 'soul', who can fight physically, as well as act as Raven's eyes and ears away from her physical body. She is a prominent member of the superhero team The Teen Titans. The character also goes by the alias Rachel Roth as a false civilian name.

Raven has appeared in numerous animated television shows, series and films. Raven appears in the first live-action adaptation of her as one of the lead actors in the Titans television series for DC's new streaming service played by Teagan Croft.

Development

In an interview, Pérez described his design approach for the character, "Following the example that Raven was very mysterious in the style of Phantom Stranger, I took that as a starting point, and used the face shading where half of his face is always shadowed despite the lighting, was a trick I obviously got from Phantom Stranger who also had the same deal. He had a long, flowing cape, just like her, and in her case, since her name was Raven, I decided to create a silhouette for her that The hood was designed so that in profile it ended up looking like the head of a bird, so that When his soul self came out, since that was done in complete black, it looked like a gigantic black crow. Her name and the Phantom Stranger were key to the way I designed her."

When Pérez was asked if the characters' faces were based on any real-life people, Pérez said the following: "Originally, Raven was Persis Khambatta, the actress who acted in the first film of Star Trek, and later she became a young woman named Fran Macgregor, who was a dancer, and I used some of her features, particularly for her figure, for Raven's.

History

First life

A character with a dark past and origins, Raven is the mixed-race daughter of a woman named Angela Roth, known as Arella and the demon Trigon. Raven was conceived as a product of Arella's rape by the demon Trigon. She grew up in an alternative dimension called Azarath, with magical and pacifist inhabitants whose spiritual leader was the mystic Azar, who teaches her to "control her emotions." to repress in this way the demonic inheritance that resided in her. In that process she learned to develop her empathy, her healing powers and to be able to separate her soul from her body and control her Soul-Self. Essentially, if Raven was allowed to feel any emotion, her father would recreate it in her vision to unite and together dominate all possible dimensions. During this time, Raven rarely saw her mother and became estranged from her. Upon Azar's death, Arella began the task of raising and teaching Raven. Around that same time, she met her father face to face for the first time. Shortly after turning 16/18, Raven learned that Trigon was planning to come to her dimension; She swore to stop him.

Raven initially approached the Justice League for help, but they rejected her on the advice of Zatanna, who sensed her kinship and demonic essence. In desperation, she reformed the former Titans as the New Young Ones. Titans to fight his father. The team consisted of Robin, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy. Raven and her new allies would later come to see themselves more as a family than a superhero team.

Trigon soon kidnapped Raven and took her with him to his dimensional home. The team defeated Trigon and sealed him in an interdimensional prison with the help of Arella, who remained at the gate as a guardian. However, Raven continued to fight against her father's influence, as he was not completely destroyed. Over a period of time, Raven lost control of her emotions several times in stressful situations, but she managed to regain control of her emotions before Trigon could assert himself and possess her.

Eventually, Trigon managed to completely corrupt her, and Raven willingly helped him enter reality. Trigon destroyed Azarath and all its inhabitants. He also managed to absorb and corrupt the entire Earth, except for the Titans who were saved by his bond with Raven and Lilith's precise instructions. Trigon, in his desire to destroy them, created for each of them, corrupted versions of themselves that would destroy everything the Titans loved, so that when they killed them they would be corrupted by Trigon. But Lilith managed to take control of the evil duplicates and used them against Raven, attacking her to death, as this would free her from Trigon's power. Once Raven was dead, the goddess Azar was able to use her body as a conduit for her power and the souls of Azarath, stored in Raven's own rings.

As he did so, Raven's soul emerged white, purified of evil, and together with the souls of the inhabitants of Azarath, they enveloped Trigon, who could not bear the purity of said souls and was destroyed.

Raven

After Raven's disappearance, Arella traveled the world in search of her. She tracked her down until she finally found her, but they were both kidnapped by Brother Blood. Brother Blood's subordinates used Raven to control Nightwing (formerly Robin) as part of Blood's plans. The Titans rescued them both and prevented Brother Blood from returning to power.

As a result of Trigon's defeat, Raven was free to experience her emotions for the first time in her life. Raven found that she was able to not only sense, but control the emotions of others. She learned to wield this power only after she unintentionally made Nightwing believe that he loved her when she thought she was in love with him. Raven also fostered a relationship with technopath Eric Forrester, who was using the life force of the women he seduced to regain some of his lost humanity. Forrester knew that Raven's Soul-Self could help him permanently retain her humanity. This attempt was interrupted by the intervention of Joseph Wilson (Jericho), who helped Raven overcome her love for Forrester by destroying him and thus freeing Raven from her influence.

Raven was later kidnapped by The Wildebeest Society during the Titans Hunt storyline. The Wildebeest, led by the souls of Azarath possessed by Trigon, were to use several Titans to achieve the return of Trigon. During a massive battle, Raven was possessed by evil souls and once again became the doppelgänger of her demonic father. Arella, along with Danny Chase, used Azar's soul power to cleanse Raven; Consequently, her body was destroyed, Arella and Danny sacrificed themselves and joined the cleansed souls of Azarath to finally become Phantasm.

Evil Raven

Raven appeared possessed by her negative consciousness and attempted to implant Trigon's seed into new bodies. She interrupted Nightwing and Starfire's wedding and implanted a Trigon seed into Starfire. Instead of corrupting her, she actually implanted Raven's positive soul. This caused Starfire to leave Earth to escape the Evil Raven. The Titans were able to defeat her only because of the help they received from Phantasm.

Raven later returned, still evil, in order to destroy the positive version of herself implanted in Starfire. With the help of the Titans, the Evil Raven was reduced to ashes, and Raven's positive essence was given a new golden spirit body, which was completely free of her father's demonic influence. In New Tamaran, Starfire and Raven's golden spirit form revealed that implanting Raven's soul into Starfire was actually her plan to get rid of her demon soul once and for all.

Golden Spirit

In her disembodied spirit form, Raven returned to Earth to help extract Cyborg's soul and consciousness from the computer mind of the planet Technis. She was later instrumental in defeating Imperiex by helping Wonder Woman and Tempest re-feed Darkseid himself. As a spirit, Raven wandered the land, searching for her place in the world.

Renaissance

As Raven's spirit sought her place in the world, Brother Blood came to claim her. Her spirit was trapped in the body of a teenage girl by the Church of Blood. The Teen Titans (reformed again) discovered that the faithful of the Church of Brother Blood were worshipers of Raven's father, Trigon. They also found a prophecy that told of the marriage between Brother Blood and Raven that would result in Armageddon. The new team interrupted the wedding, and Raven forced the cult to escape. She then joined the new Teen Titans and enrolled in a high school as Rachel Roth, using her mother's original last name.

After her rebirth, Raven began to develop romantic feelings for her teammate, Garfield Logan (Beast Boy), and the two became romantically linked.

Romance with Beast Boy (Before the new 52)

Before 52; Beast Boy and Raven have a talk about his difficulty reading his emotions, and his encounter with Headcase and Solstice. Over time, Raven begins to open up about her true feelings. Even though the darkness within her left scars throughout her life, she was even more afraid of her love for Beast Boy than it would cause. Beast Boy makes it clear that he doesn't want to escape any part of her. Hurt, Raven decides that she needs to embrace the positive feelings within the innermost parts of her, rather than the negative feelings within herself. Beast Boy assures him that this is part of being human, and points out: "I think you've worried enough about the bad... so why don't we focus on the good for a change?"; With that, they share a heartfelt kiss to renew their relationship so she can finally embrace her love for others.

52

In 52, after Superboy's death, the Titans begin to fall apart. Robin joins Batman, and Wonder Girl leaves the team. Beast Boy struggled to maintain the team, and the new members who joined were only interested in seeking fame and honor, rather than seeking justice. When Beast Boy decides to help Steel on a mission, most of the members leave, leaving only Raven and Zatanna. Later, Beast Boy, Raven, Offspring, and Aquagirl assist Steel in launching an attack on LexCorp. Raven also participated in World War III. Eventually, Robin, Wonder Girl, and some new members join the Titans, making a complete team again. Beast Boy and Raven are among the only members to remain on the team during this period.

One year later

Raven left the team after she and Beast Boy broke up. Letting the others think she was leaving because of Garfield, Raven actually left because she discovered a secret from one of the other Titans.

Raven harnesses this power with a book of unclear meaning. Raven has a floppy disk containing Jericho's soul, she performs a cleansing ritual on his soul and transfers it to a new body before returning to the team as a full member.

Without warning, the Titans are captured by the villainous Titans East and transported to the original Titan Island in New York City, where Raven is placed in "care" of Enigma and Duela Dent, who psychologically tortured her. Raven manages to escape. After defeating Titans East, she gives hints that she still loves Garfield, but refuses to dwell on the matter, leaving their relationship uncertain.

After the death of Bart Allen, Raven, along with the other adult Titans, decide to leave the team. Raven then decides to attend high school, never having had the opportunity before.

Raven stars in a five-issue miniseries written by Marv Wolfman, with art by Damion Scott. It takes place during the missing year, following Raven's attempts to live as a normal teenager and attend high school. Unfortunately, she inadvertently gets involved in a mystical struggle involving the Medusa Mask and has to fight to save the lives of her classmates. In Wizard Magazine #177, Wolfman briefly described the series, saying: "She needs to be alone and in charge of herself for the first time in her life." "This is more than a Raven tale" Until her new life.

Titans

Raven discovers that Trigon actually had more than one son, and that a trio of demonic children dedicated to their father are behind the latest attacks on the Titans. She is affected along with many other Titans by these three malevolent beings. Raven's three stepbrothers manipulate her and Beast Boy as keys to open a portal to Trigon's realm. Raven uses her own power to influence the greed of others and make her half-siblings steal what little Trigon had left behind. The portal closes and Trigon's sons, believing they have gained great power, leave.

Raven's stepbrothers later return and provoke her demonic side, causing her to leave the Titans and join them. However, the team was able to track them down and convince Raven to join the side of good once again. Later, she provides the Titans with a series of artifacts, all of them capable of killing her, as a term for her stay on the team.

Rebirth

Some time after leaving the Teen Titans, Raven set out to learn more about her family and her father Trigon. During this time she lived in a museum, until one day she found herself unconscious. When Raven arrived, she found herself in an unknown location alongside several other young superheroes, including her former teammate Beast Boy, the new Kid Flash, and Starfire. The identity of her captor was revealed to be Robin, who explained that she had kidnapped them to recruit them for her new Teen Titans team. She went on to explain that she needed each of her unique abilities to take down her grandfather's Ra's al Ghul, her uncle's Dajjal, and her League of Assassins.

Powers and abilities

Raven is an empath, capable of feeling and altering the emotions of others. She can induce calm, suppress negativity, and even make someone fall in love with her. By absorbing the pain of the wound into itself, it can induce rapid healing for the affected person. Raven can astral project a solid form of black energy that takes the form of a bird, called her own soul. Her soul can travel long distances, become intangible, and can communicate telepathically. She can act as a shield, as she can absorb a limited amount of energy and solid matter, regurgitating them before reintegrating with Raven. Using her soul, she can turn her physical body into her soul and transport or teleport herself and others a limited distance. Her soul can mentally dominate at least one person by enveloping them within herself. Raven' The soul of the self could initially remain outside her body for exactly five minutes; Failure to reintegrate in time would cause her mental torment, although she eventually overcame this limitation. In her third body, Raven gained the ability to fly. Raven is shown to be able to fly unassisted in space.

As the half-demon daughter of the interdimensional, Raven is very powerful and displays a large amount of abilities. She has shown the ability to control, manipulate and/or generate pure shadows and darkness. Raven can manipulate energy, time and emotions. This last ability manifests in different variations, from causing supremely destructive pain, inducing tension, fear-based illusions, and stealing emotions from others. In several cases, Raven has a deep knowledge of magic and has also displayed sorcery abilities, such as inducing Tim Drake's unconsciousness with a touch, releasing fireballs "within the folds of his cape" (as in The New Teen Titans Annual #4 (1988), or launching electrical blasts strong enough to wipe out all of her siblings and all of her adult Titans.

Like her brothers, Raven can induce and amplify one of the seven deadly sins (in her case, pride) in any living being, however, this will cause her to suffer episodes of blood and death for several days as side effects..

Raven also has limited precognition, allowing her to predict future events that are about to occur, although this happens unintentionally and infrequently. She has also been shown to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, despite the fact that she rarely uses these abilities.

Other versions

• There is a radically different version of Raven in Teen Titans: Earth One. Born in the Ramah Navajo Reserve of New Mexico, she has prophetic dreams of the Titans after encountering a starry Tamaranean starship. Later he joins the team.
• In The Books of Magic Annual #3, you can see a version of the Young Titans in the alternative reality of Timothy Hunter. Raven's counterpart is called "Moonchild" and is a companion of the Phantom Stranger.
• In the history of Titans TomorrowDark Raven, a future image of Raven, is a member of Titans Tomorrow. It is known as the "West Witch" because it consumes the emotions of most of the American continent to maintain peace.
• In Amalgam ComicsA merger of Raven and Aliya Dayspring of Marvel is called Raveniya Dayspring.
• In the universe "Superman/Batman Mash-Up"Doctor Destiny caught Superman and Batman in a universe where there are mergers of several DC characters. Ravanna It was a merger of Raven and Zatanna, and he was a dead member of the Justice Titans. His suit is preserved as a memorial.
• In DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar, Raven appears along with the rest of the Teen Titans of the Wolfman/Perez era as part of the plot driven by Chimera's dreams to make Wildstorms, in which usually very brutal heroes act as the heroes of their DC Universe dreams. The initial appearance made the original Titan Tower appear from nothing at the top of the facilities of the Riker's Island prison. Mr. Majestic is sent to investigate, but a Starbolt and a single touch of Raven knocked him down before most of the Titans escape. Then it appears next to the other Teen Titans when involved with Gen13 members. As DC heroes, animated as they are, realize that Chimera is using them and stop fighting and return to a more cautious approach in the world that surrounds them, Chimera decides to dream of villains like Doomsday to continue his wishes before resorting to incubating a Sun-Eater within the moon. While most capable heroes travel to the moon to prevent Sun-Eater from destroying it, Raven along with Midnighter, regardless of each other, deduce where the Quimera was hiding through Edgar Allan Poe's stolen letter, both deduce that Quimera was hiding in sight. After a brief fight with the Thief of Shadows, depressed by a glance at Raven's mind, they finally find the Chimera locked up before waking it up, which makes all DC characters disappear, but leaving the damage behind.
• Raven is a main character in Tiny Titansin which he lives at home with his father Trigon, who replaces him as a teacher in his school.
• In the series Booster GoldBlack Beetle has gone back in time to corrupt history. In the battle between the Young Titans against Deathstroke and Ravager, Black Beetle kills the Titans except Raven, who appeared a moment later. Booster Gold, Skeets and Rip Hunter get to the scene and tell Raven that the story has been rooted, and ask him to help you locate Black Beetle. Raven accompanied them to an alternative future where the New Young Titans never existed and Trigon had taken over the earth. They track Black Beetle but he escapes the temporary current. They return to the time of the battle with the Devastator and to correct the temporary current. Booster knocks deathstroke, puts his armor on and replicates the scene. Before leaving with Ravager's body, Booster tells Robin: "Take your inheritance and guide Damian." Meanwhile, Raven plants false memories in the deathstroke mind, so that he always blames the Titans for the death of his son and becomes the greatest adversary of the Young Titans.
• In the alternative timeline of history FlashpointRaven is a member of Six Secrets, a group of powerful Earth wizards. Raven, Zatanna and Mindwarp are killed by Enchantress, who turns out to be an Amazon spy and was ordered to infiltrate the Seven Secrets. Enchantress is finally murdered by Superman. Curiously, Raven and Zatanna's relationships with their parents seem to have changed.
• In the universe DC BombshellsRaven's mother was from Germany and fell in love with the bestial spirit of the mountains, Das Trigon. Despite the hatred he received from the other villagers for giving birth to Trigon's daughter, Azaria still raised Raven carefully as he taught her some magic. After her people and people of the people were killed by the Germans and Killer Frost, The Daughter of the Joker welcomed Raven and forced her to use her magic for the benefit of the Third Reich. Initially it appears when John Constantine and Zatanna (also victims of the Joker's Daughter) were thrown into the ghetto, but it was revealed that it was the Joker's Daughter disguised who used Zatanna to know the bomb plans. The Joker's daughter then summons the royal crow (which is still under her control) to frustrate the Bombshells against their will. However, part of his magic passes to Miri Marvel, who works with Zatanna to free himself from the curse of the Daughter of Joker. Then he works with the Bombshells to defeat and strip the Daughter of the Joker and his army.

In other media

Television

Live Action

• Raven appears as one of the main characters in the television series Titans, performed by Teagan Croft. After her "mother" was killed by an unknown aggressor, the teenager Rachel Roth shows his exceptionally strong telekinetic skills for pure fury and flees the city. She is quickly abducted and taken to the police station, where she meets the superhero and police detective Dick Grayson, whom she recognizes from her nightmares, and asks for help. Robin finally forms a team of heroes to protect Rachel from her father and acolytes while training her to use her powers for good. Rachel finally defeats his father and imprisons him in a little jewel, which puts him on his forehead to make sure he can never escape.
  • Raven appears at the end of the Arrowverso crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths through archive images of the "Titans" episode.

Animation

All of Raven's appearances are voiced by Tara Strong.

• A teenage version of Raven appears in the animated series Teen Titans. One of the main characters in the program was so popular that her later portraits in comics tried to be closer to this version of her. His suit is relatively the same as his comic counterpart, but his blue dress is replaced with a hooded purple layer and a black leotard to avoid various animation complications. However Raven style Teen Titans in series of 2003 in if he is an easy character to do in female cosplay, so he is popular by the leotard, boots as well as a simple style including his layer, has been appreciated in certain comic conventions and other related events different cosplayers with groups that make their personalities or also the white personality that represents the total control of their power.

• Raven comes back with the shorts New Teen Titans; and in one, she goes to a date with the Gothic child.

• Raven reappears in Teen Titans Go!, while its appearance remains almost unchanged regarding the original series of Teen Titans, later it is shown that your short hair is now black with purple stripes instead of purple violet. In addition, in the "Hey Pizza" episode, his leotard is called a joke like a "bathroom costume". This version of Raven is significantly more talkative and social than in its original appearance of the series, although occasionally shows its dark side (although mainly when it is provoked or agitated). In "Legendary Sandwich", it is revealed that he loves the Pretty Pegasus program (a parody of My Little Pony, for which Strong of his voice as Twilight Sparkle) but is afraid of anything else "feminine" (flowers, hearts, chocolates and rabbits). Similar to comics, she is in love with Beast Boy, which culminates in a real mutual attraction in "Rocks and Water". Formally they become a couple in the double episode "BBRae", which is titled after their "boat name" used by their fans as a couple. She has another superhero identity called "Lady Legasus" ("Mujer Piegaso" in Spain and "Lady Piernazus" in Latin America), a superhero dressed with a yellow leotard, golden armchairs plus her boots equal in yellow and has powerful legs, as her name suggests using in this case a fighting style more focused on fighting body to body. Also in the movie Teen Titans Go! to the Movies doesn't change his outfit much and only his drawing style in "the song that inspires and cheers you up".

• Raven appears at the end of two parts DC Super Hero Girls Season 4 "Nevermore" (with the voice of Tara Strong), in which his demon father is using his magic to open a portal to Metropolis. She returns with the legend Legends of Atlantiswhere he uses the trademark spell of his 2003 series "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos".

• Raven appears in OK KO! Let's Be Heroes in the special "Crossover Nexus". This marks the first time that your character appears on a property that is not DC.
• Raven was scheduled to appear as a secondary character in an animated series planned Nightwing.
• Raven appears in the 2019 series DC Super Hero Girls with Tara Strong repeating her role.

Movie

• Raven appears in the Teen Titans, the animated series of adaptation of the film Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, with Tara Strong resumes her role again.
• Raven appears as a main character in the animated film Justice League vs. Teen TitansWith the voice of Taissa Farmiga. She is the center of history, as she revolves around her father, Trigon, who tries to conquer the Earth by possessing the Justice League, using Raven as the portal. At the age of fourteen, he joined Damian Wayne as they recognized themselves as twin souls. This version looks the gray skin of the version of its TV series 2003, and at a time also uses the standard spell conjure of the latter ("Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos") to effect its magic. He manages to contain Trigon in a magical crystal, which now bears on his forehead at all times.
• Raven appears in the animated sequel Teen Titans: The Judas ContractWith Farmiga I resume her role. She remains close to Damian and has softened emotionally, even making occasional jokes, trying to help Terra with apparent nightmares, and also bringing a black dog as a pet.
• Raven appears once again in the animated superhero movie Teen Titans Go! To The Movies as one of the main characters, with the voice of Tara Strong.
• Raven appears in the movie Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, with Farm in which he shows a weak Raven for having to hold Trigon on his gem. He joins Superman to seek the help of Jonh Constantine to locate Damian Wayne. Together they meet with Lois Lane and the Suicide Squad, they devise a plan to recover the planet. When they're alone, Damian confesses her feelings to Raven and everything points to that they're reciprocated. In Apokolips, Raven witnessed Damian's death when he saves his father, this causes him to lose control and Trigon can leave his prison. Raven confesses to a dead Damian who loves him, he revives when Raven uses his healing powers. At the end of the movie Raven and Damian share a kiss before the Flashpoint.
• Them Teen Titans Go! and the original versions of the animated series Teen Titans de Raven appear on Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen TitansWith Tara Strong repeating the paper for both of us. In addition, several alternative versions of Raven appear throughout the film, including their counterparts Tiny TitansThe comic New Teen Titans and the Animated Movies Universe of DC.

Video games

• Raven is a playable character in console video games and video games Teen Titans Game Boy Advance, with Tara Strong retaking his role in the latter.
• Raven appears in DC Universe Onlinebent by Adriene Mishler. He has been possessed by his father Trigon as part of a demonic invasion of Metropolis and Earth, using Raven. Hero and villain players will fight with or against titans to release or maintain Raven under Trigon's control. If released, Hero's players will be joined together with Zatanna and Dr. Fate in the fight against Brother Blood, which is the catalyst for the invasion of Trigon's. Through small clips of information that are found throughout the game, the player will learn that Circe is quite aggravated by the fact that Raven refuses to surrender and wants to be punished once he has what he wants, while Wonder Woman considers it a true hero to contain the dark forces within it. And continuing the fight against her. Outside the main story, Raven is in the Watchtower. s Magic wing where she is a seller of Level 1 armor set for magically aligned heroes. If you click repeatedly, you will comment that it is not always sarcastic when you speak.
• Raven is a playable character Injustice: Gods Among Uswith Tara Strong once again repeating his role but with a deeper and more demonic voice that sounds (although a trailer with Green Lantern in Story mode had it with the same voice as the incarnation of television, suggesting that Strong's voice was filtered). Trigon appears as part of her super attack, and the Raven notes of the Regime in a confrontation with Wonder Woman that she serves the Superman of her world as Superman's actions will help her father's return. In its single player end, the "normal" Raven, after spending a lot of demonic energy defeating Superman, realizes too late that he has summoned his father Trigon to the world. Thanking him, he calls upon an army of demons and prepares to conquer the world.
• Raven appears as a downloadable character of downloadable content in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
• Raven, in his incarnation Teen Titans Go!, appears as a playable character Lego DimensionsWith Tara Strong repeating her role.
• Raven makes a cameo at the end of Starfire in Injustice 2 since the latter has a flashback of the Titans celebrating their victories. Starfire mentions that Raven is no longer with them, as he has now become a servant of Trigon.
• Raven appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-VillainsWith the voice of Tara Strong.
• Raven appears as a playable character in Fortnite: Battle Royale, as a character of the Battle Pass of the Season 6 of Chapter 2, also appears as NPC on the map of the game with which you can get a weapon of exotic category

Famous phrase

• "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos"
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