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Raven

Name: Raven "Rachel" Roth
Franchise: Teen Titans/DC comics 
Gender: Female 
Species: human-demon hybrid 

Ah, Raven. My favorite character of them all. Never such a person ever touch me like Raven here. I understand her situation in life, it's not too unlike my own. Especially with my life right now. How tortured a soul she has. Things might not be the same for you if you read this page. This is rather brave of me to talk about Raven, but she's been through Hell nearly all her life, and with me, so I can at least let more people aware of her situation in life.

Raven(picture above) is a girl of rather horrible origins. Her father Trigon, a world conquering demon, and her mother Arella Roth, who was depressed to begin with and came close to committing suicide by sleeping pills after finding out she was pregnant with Raven. Though throughout DC comics the story, even as early on as this, changes somewhat depending where you look. This first part of the story is based on the original comic book version of the story. Others say that Raven's mother was in the occult and met Trigon through that. Arella somehow got to the world of Azeroth, place of peace, tranquility, and magic arts. Raven was born here. While Raven was growing up, she didn't actually grow up with her mother per-say, she grew up with a guardian so her demon powers can be kept in check, though Arella was sure to check on Raven so as to be close to her as a mother should.

No, wait, that's a lie. Raven wasn't allowed to stay with her mother even as a newborn baby, and Arella rarely saw Raven after that at all. Apparently the people of Azeroth felt Arella would get in the way of teaching Raven to surpress her emotions, for they were the key to her demon powers.

It wasn't till Raven was around 11 years old when she was with her mother full-time, but the reason why this decision was made was just as tragic as Raven's birth. Her guardian, the leader of Azeroth whose name I can't remember, attempted to get rid of Raven due to her demon powers within, but they ended up getting destroyed in the process. Truth be told, how that happened is actually quite something worth noting. Though Raven doesn't remember it, Trigon himself sensed hos daughter was in danger, and before her guardian could throw her into another dimension, Trigon appeared and destroyed him, technically saving his daughter, an act Trigon is definitely not known for. Arella was then finally allowed, by Trigon himself actually, to raise Raven as her child.

Things only get worse from there. According to the Teen Titans animated series from 2003, Raven was only 14 years old when she was taken from Azeroth by none other than Trigon. Again the story varies here, saying that Raven accidentally brought Trigon to Azeroth, though most say Trigon came on his own terms. What happened to Azeroth after this also varies, from being destroyed during or after Raven's kidnapping to long after Raven managed to escape Trigon. Most accounts say Raven trapped her father in his own hellish realm through some kind of magic. The comic book version says that, after she escaped, she went to the the Justice League for help, but Zatanna, a very powerful magician girl, sensed Raven's dark powers and refused to help. The animated series version says she went straight to Earth, eventually meeting the other Titans. The comic book version says that it was Raven that brought the Titans back together after they had separated some time before, this time recruiting the likes of Cyborg and Starfire. In the animated version, this is somewhat true, as Raven convinced Robin and the others to cease attacking Starfire, who had just escaped from the Citadel and had been trying to break her handcuffs and, though she was hesitant due to her demon heritage, assisted them to defend Earth from the Citadel, and later joined them as a Teen Titan.

That's where everything starts branching out in separate directions depending where you look. The villians, the adventures, and even the Titan's looks change in every version. From the comic book to the animated series to the multi-verse of DC comics to, and I have to say it, Teen Titans Go. Though Raven's powers pretty much stay the same. Many people remember Raven's pychic powers, ranging from telekinesis, telepathy, and even empathy, which heals others by taking on other's traumas, but this hurts Raven in return and allows her to see bits and pieces of other's life and even them into her's. This usually leds to Raven being knocked unconscious from the pain of other's emotions and the constraint of her powers. She also has an Astral form, known more commonly as her Soul-self, where she can manipulate her own soul as a way to travel between places and even worlds and dimensions. In the comic book, her soul can only last five minutes outside the body, though the animated series suggests that isn't the case, plus in the comic books she eventually overcame said limitation. She's also known for teleporting and moving through walls. This is her dark magic at work. With dark magic, Raven can move through portals to move through walls and pop up in places with or without someone coming with her. Then you get to her demon powers, which isn't shown very often. It's makes sense, considering Raven's demon half was the part Raven loathed about herself.