Ravi
Type: Raven (large, black; speaks Common via The Raven Queen's grace) Role: Raven-Queen courier / scout-of-the-wood Patron: The Raven Queen ("my mistress") Status (latest): Free-flying; has flown south at session 035 close to direct KeYs and Moist to the Dread Ring — en route, off-screen as of session-end. First Appearance: Session 035
Description
A large black raven. His nest is at the top of the ruined tower at the former Cragmaw / Heiress's keep. Unfazed by the party when he returns to find them sitting at the nest; speaks Common back when Ubys addresses him — the Raven Queen's grace, the same channel by which Ubys has communed with ravens since session one.
His name is Ravi. He briefly tried Bradford and Burb, in some confusion of register; settled on Ravi. He accepts cookies from rations as currency.
What the Party Knows
- The Raven Queen sent him. His exact line: "My mistress sent me. I can see why she has great favor for this one." — of Ubys, on the cookie.
- He led Crowley, Ubys, Lessie, and Dhuxtyn four hours north through the Neverwinter Wood to the Dread Ring clearing. He flies up through the canopy to check direction, then back down to lead — visible, attentive, useful.
- He flagged four pursuers with four pebbles thrown at the party's feet: "There are four very dangerous people following you. They will be here before nightfall." He said one was "closest" to Crowley in nature — humans, not the same kind as the party.
- He refused to enter the Dread Ring itself — "You are about to enter into an area that I do not like."
- He flew south at session-end to retrieve KeYs and Moist from the south edge of the Neverwinter Wood — redirecting them to the Dread Ring instead of the prior rendezvous.