Raven

Ravens were black birds similar to crows. They were opportunistic eaters, feeding on carrion, insects, grains, fruits, and small animals. These birds thrived in most northern climates and were very long-lived, making them ideal pets and companions.

"Ravens are liars. Though most people don’t believe animals to be part of the struggle between good and evil, no one, including the Ravenwitch, ever asked the ravens. Of course, even if she did ask, she probably wouldn’t get a truthful answer. The Ravenwitch knew her creatures enjoyed falsehood for its own sake and maliciously sought to trick and fool other creatures—and each other—whenever they could. They laughed at the misery and confusion of others and relished the infliction of pain and the letting of blood."

- Excerpt from The Glass Prison.

Behavior
These creatures were very literal minded and often distracted by shiny objects. They were intelligent enough to be taught how to speak.

Habitats
Ravens could be found across much of the continent of Faerûn, so much so that it was difficult to find an area devoid of them. Some regions included the High Moor and the fens and moors of the Moonshae Isles. Beyond Faerûn, ravens inhabited the continent of Kara-tur. .

Beyond the surface of Toril, large numbers of ravens could be found living in the asteroid known as the Castle, in the center of the Tears of Selûne.

Outside of the Prime Material plane, ravens inhabited the Celestial Bureaucracy's plane of Qui, the Domains of Dread, the plane of Acheron, and along the most commonly traveled branches of Yggdrasil, the World Ash.

Relationships
These creatures typically harbored animosity towards owls.

The Raven Queen commanded numerous flocks of ravens from her divine realm in the Shadowfell. The ravens acted as the Queen's scouts and messengers across the multiverse, also alerting and guiding her shadar-kai servants to the location of items and memories that she wished to collect.

Ravens were also allies to wereravens and were usually found together. It was very common for kindnesses of wereravens to hide in plain sight among unkindnesses of ravens.

In the city of Ravens Bluff, a business known as the Raven Express used trained ravens to deliver mail.

Trivia

 * Some Ysgardian dwarves could assume the form of a raven.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds • Curse of Strahd
 * Novels
 * Azure Bonds • The Glass Prison
 * Video Games
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea