Rachel Roth - Raven
BiographyRaven appeared in the pages of Phantom Stranger as a teenager living in fear of becoming like her father. The Phantom Stranger intervenes when she comes under attack and seems to be interested in protecting her, but instead delivers her to her awaiting father despite her pleas as he was poised to invade the Earth to find her.
During the issue it is revealed Raven had escaped to Earth when her father Trigon had invaded Azerath some time ago, ending up at Stonehenge that serves as a portal between Earth and Azerath. It wasn't specified how long ago this exodus was or what Raven had been doing since then other than trying to help people with her empathic powers and avoiding the Church of Blood, Trigons earthly followers. The Queen of the Under-RealmLater Trigon revealed more of Raven origins. He has a son from each of the Under-Realms he's conquered, but Raven is his only daughter. Trigon let Raven's mother, Arella, live because he needed Raven to be raised by humans so she could recreate the seven under realms in her own image. Arella fled with her daughter to Azarath where the monks taught her how to control her bad side and avoid Trigon`s influence on her till her escape years later. After her capture, Raven spent time in the Under-Realms where time flows faster or was compressed. Trigon considered he just needed to liberate her by keeping her close to him, letting her supressed heritage reemerge and not directly control her to remake Raven in his own image. Impressed after having fought many battles by his side,Trigon handed her the Throne of the Under-Realms to rule as a Queen. Now, Raven supposedly is allied with his father to defeat the Teen Titans, but Trigon is weary of her as he knows she is making her own plans without his blessings. It is not determined exactly which side she is on as she has so far remained vague about her intentions and has taken mental control of Beast Boy before they seemingly attacked the Teen Titans who were fighting Trigon and Psimon. She wants to help the team defeat Trigon but is a mystery If she is someone to be trusted. Tim Drake has so far decided she remain around despite Wonder Girl's objections, due to what her armor is telling her. Before Raven can explain anything, she looses control of herself and launches herself at Wonder Girl, though the reaction is due to the proximity of Raven's three brothers; Belial, Suge and Ruskoff who had just arrived to retrieve her for their father. |
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