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Ravens were black birds similar to crows.

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.[3]

Behavior[]

These creatures were very literal minded and often distracted by shiny objects. They were intelligent enough to be taught how to speak.[5]

Ecology[]

Habitats[]

White raven

Sometimes ravens had white feathers.

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[6] and the fens and moors of the Moonshae Isles.[7] Beyond Faerûn, ravens inhabited the continent of Kara-tur.[8].

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.[9]

Outside of the Prime Material plane, ravens inhabited the Celestial Bureaucracy's plane of Qui,[10] the Domains of Dread,[11] the plane of Acheron,[12] and along the most commonly traveled branches of Yggdrasil, the World Ash.[13]

Relationships[]

These creatures typically harbored animosity towards owls.[5]

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.[14]

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.[15]

In the city of Ravens Bluff, a business known as the Raven Express used trained ravens to deliver mail.[16]

Trivia[]

Appendix[]

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Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Adventures
Curse of the Azure BondsCurse of Strahd
Novels
Azure BondsThe Glass Prison
Video Games
Idle Champions of the Forgotten RealmsNeverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea

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References[]

  1. Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 335. ISBN 978-0786965614.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 278. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Monte Cook (April 1999). The Glass Prison. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4, p. 62. ISBN 978-0786913435.
  4. Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 302–305. ISBN 978-0786965622.
  5. 5.0 5.1 David Howery (December 1993). “Familiar Faces”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #200 (TSR, Inc.), p. 32.
  6. Tim Beach (October 1995). “The High Moor”. In Julia Martin ed. Elminster's Ecologies Appendix II (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 0786901713.
  7. Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.
  8. Rick Swan (July 1990). Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur Appendix. (TSR, Inc.), p. 61. ISBN 0-88038-851-X.
  9. Dale "slade" Henson (April 1991). Realmspace. Edited by Gary L. Thomas, Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 30. ISBN 1-56076-052-4.
  10. Rick Swan (1990). Test of the Samurai. (TSR, Inc), p. 51. ISBN 0-88038-775-0.
  11. William W. Connors (1996). Monstrous Compendium - Ravenloft Appendices I & II. (TSR, Inc.), p. 71. ISBN 0786903929.
  12. Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 124. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
  13. Wolfgang Baur, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (April 2007). Expedition to the Demonweb Pits. Edited by Michele Carter, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7869-4038-7.
  14. Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 59–61. ISBN 978-0786966240.
  15. Christopher Perkins, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman (March 2016). Curse of Strahd. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7869-6598-4.
  16. Brian Vogel (August 1994). “The Raven Express: They Deliver Messages - And More”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #98 (TSR, Inc.), p. 31.
  17. Wolfgang Baur, James Jacobs, George Strayton (September 2004). Frostburn. Edited by Greg Collins. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 125. ISBN 0-7869-2896-4.
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