Editing Raven

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| card = Raven card.png
| release_date = December 6, 2024
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}}

'''Raven''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]'', a Russian operative seeking to re-corporealize Catherine the Great by using cunning and tactics to outwit his opponents. Raven Blindsides his enemies with concussion grenades, launching into the air with an Umbrella maneuver to continue blasting and shooting his target with a bonus for shooting them in the back. Against multiple foes, Raven activates his Revelation relic to punish them for looking in his direction, Cursing those who look too long in the process.

As the Spymaster of the Soviet Empire, "The Raven" has sought every scrap of ancient writing, artifacts, and history in an effort to give the specter of Catherine the Great a body once more. In the [[Cursed Apple]], the [[Patron]]s offer him the best chance to achieve his goal. 

Raven was added to [[Hero Labs]] on [[Update:December 6, 2024|December 6, 2024]]. 

== Abilities ==
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|-|(1) Blindside=
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|-|(2) Umbrella Maneuver=
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|-|(3) Full Auto=
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|-|(4) Revelation=
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== Weapon ==
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== Update history ==
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== Background ==
{{Quotation|'''A FATE'S TALE'''|Led by the specter of [[wikipedia:Catherine_the_Great|Catherine the Great]], the Soviet Empire has flourished in a brave new world of mysticism. But while her deeper motivations are often obfuscated from the world stage, one thing is for certain: she hates being a ghost. To this end she has tasked The Empire’s spymaster with one goal: find a way to make her corporeal once more.<br><br>Relentless in pursuit of his task; the operative known only as "The Raven" has scoured the Earth looking for strange artifacts, apocryphal writings, and wisdom of the life beyond. Now in New York, Raven looks to find a way to tether Catherine’s spirit to the mortal coil.}}

=== Lore ===
Raven carries a [[wikipedia:Canopic_jar|canopic jar]], used by ancient Egyptians to store the soul of the dead in the mummification process.<ref name=":0" />

Raven mentions [[wikipedia:Grigori_Rasputin|Rasputin]]<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 08.mp3|transcription=Rasputin had best not meddle in my plans.}}</ref> and the [[wikipedia:House_of_Romanov|Romanovs]].<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 09.mp3|transcription=The Romanovs don't take kindly to failure.}}</ref>

Raven hopes the [[OSIC]] will be cooperative to his plans.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 05.mp3|transcription=Hopefully the OSIC will be cooperative.}}</ref>

== Character interactions ==

* Both Raven and [[Paradox]] claim to be in possession of the Tome of Anubis. [[Wraith]] says she thought the Tome was at [[wikipedia:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art|the Met]].<ref name=":0">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Raven|file=Operative select 04.mp3|transcription=I have the Canopic Jar, I have the Tome of Anubis. All I need to do now is summon the Patron.}}</ref><ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Paradox and Wraith conversation]]</ref>
** At some point, the Tome of Anubis was reportedly seen in New York's black market.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_23.mp3|transcription=The Tome of Anubis, once thought lost to the sands of time, was reportedly spotted here in New York's black market. For this story and more pick up your copy of The New York Oracle today!}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Raven card.png|Portrait
File:Raven MM.png|Minimap icon
File:Raven Render.png|In-game render
</gallery>

== Trivia ==

* Raven is referred to in the files as '''Operative'''.
* The name "Soviet Empire" may be considered an oxymoron in the real world, as the word "[[wikipedia:Soviet_(council)|soviet]]" defines socialist worker councils that were opposed to the [[wikipedia:Russian_Empire|Russian Empire]]. However, the literal meaning of the word before the [[wikipedia:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution]] was just "council".<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)/Soviet The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Soviet] on Wikisource - ''"SOVIET (pron. sävyet'), a Russian word signifying council, advice, harmony, concord; sovietnik = councillor. Under the old régime the Tsar's Council of Ministers was called the 'Soviet of Ministers,' but the term has been invested with a new meaning since the Russian Revolution of March 1917."''</ref> It is currently unclear how much the Soviet Empire diverges from the real world [[wikipedia:Soviet_Union|Soviet Union]] in the ''[[Deadlock]]'' [[Storyline|timeline]].

== See also ==

* [[Raven/Quotes]]

== References ==
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