Post by Immortal Swine on Oct 27, 2009 17:24:25 GMT -5
Name: Raven Meridius Vladmir
Sex: Female
Age: 416
Born: 3E 113-Raven's birth
Race: Imperial~Pureblood Vampire
BirthSign:Warrior
Hair: Dark black hair, straight and loose, shoulder length.
Eyes: Yellow and red (Vampire)
Guild/Faction Part of: Crimson Scars, Dark Brotherhood, The Order of Cyrodiil's vampires, Dugal's pirate crew(Temporary), The Usurper's Undead legion(Former), the Imperial army.
Appearance:
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"I am beautiful, in the outside. In the inside, something entirely different. Men want me, women envy me. I care not for attachments. Attachments can bring the strongest down."
Raven is a slim, angular girl with a well muscled body. Her features were severe and somewhat pointed, with fierce red eyes. Her face was clean, her body well built for battle. Fair skinned with jet black hair, Raven seems to fit the mold of most vampires in her outward appearance. Her crimson eyes have a feline quality to them, shifting to blood red or sulfuric yellow any time she makes use of her vampiric abilities. Raven known to most as a beautiful woman. Her charms and seductive attitude gives her an advantage in almost situation. Her body was always in shape throughout her years, this can be explained from her brutal lifestyle of war and battle. A gentle face she bears, but within her is a dark cold soul, brutal frozen heart and a dark mind bent on the destruction of whomever gets in her way or her goals. As she progress through the stages of Vampirism, Raven become more and more light-sensitive. The light glares more and more, especially when there is a great deal of light around her. At night or in the dark she sees much more clearly. When Raven does not feed for 72 hours or more, her skin turns pale and her skeletal features begin to show. The flesh in her face have a chalky white pallor, her cheek bones begin to show, her eyes appear sunken and her fangs appear more, her nails grow long and veins begin to show all over her hands and arms. Raven is at her most powerful at this stage, but also more vulnerable to fire. When feeding, her frightening appearance fades away to a more soothing look. Golden eyes, smooth, white skin and a wonderful sensual feel to her voice.
Personality:
"My wonderful youngest sister; beautifully crafted from the Kin-Father and the Patron themselves. Molag Bal shines his ways upon us, she is cold, ruthless, full of strife and discord, violence and hatred, her vengeance is never ending. Like Clavicus Vile, often humorous but entirely manipulative and tricky. Like his famed Masque, Raven is able to gain affection from others just by appearing as she is, with the satisfaction of the thirst. I love my sister for what she is and I always will, even if she is a Bloodsponge"
-Draken Decimus Vladmir
Raven may seem like a friendly, wonderful mortal Imperial girl, however there is much more to her than it is to be thought. Raven is nothing more than a murderous killer. Very ambitious and very power hungry, believing in her own morals on how to approach life..or take it away. Raven loves the soothing lullaby, the orchestration of Sithis..death itself. Raven is not among the living, so she cannot die, but neither is she dead. Being a pure-born vampire, she holds a small disdain towards any turned vampires, while she believes her blood was pure from birth, while the others were just infected. The only ones she respects and treats as her equal(If not better) is Janus Hassildor and Vicente Valtieri. By having a treacherous appearance, Raven doned the manipulative habits, her kind has learned to manipulate and deceive society, and Raven learned to deceive just about everything to get her way. Skilled in the arts of killing and subterfuge, infiltration and assassination, Raven often kills her foes and enemies with a slice of the throat or a stab in the back. Despite this, she was born under the Birth-sign of the Warrior and carries two scimitars and swords, often fighting many enemies at once. Raven hates mortals with a passion and wishes them to be dead and remain dead, but she known that they are just cattle and they are the grass on which she graze. Everything in life is hated by Raven, from the insects to Arkay himself, she sees them as a true abomination of nature, rather than herself. This explains her natural violence towards everything and anything. Being born from a noble family, Raven is very snotty and very overconfident in her abilities, which granted her some defeats, but with centuries of practice, Raven was able to learn from her mistakes. Even though she hates mortals, she does not seclude herself from society as other vampires do. Raven joined and even began to cherish some of her mortal subjects, when they only shared her sense of destruction and honor through the sword. From the Imperial army to the Undead legion of the Usurper to the dark nature of the Dark Brotherhood and the Crimson Scars, Raven was never far from killing or violence, which makes her an extremely dangerous individual to mess with. This vampire had a knack of manipulating and deceiving just about anything that could be deceived, she possesses great patience and her maneuverings are as a grandmaster moves pieces on a board game, Raven lived long enough to study and understand the mind of mortal men and women. Her displays are similar as loving woman and a caring person, it served only to bolster her true nature. Her true nature, defined her as being a manipulative and seductive megalomaniac, easily bending others to her will in her never ending quest for ultimate power and conquest. Raven infiltrated the enemy side and destroyes them from within, both mentally and if needed, phisically. Turning friends against each other, and weakening them, thus able to destroy them in one swift stroke. As Raven progressed through different factions, she began to realize she had a good chance in serving herself rather than others. After the Crimson Scars, no matter what side she "Joined", she was manipulating both sides to meet her agendas, never actually making any friends. While she may have a genteel and friendly manner, she is contantly lying and deceiving, only telling the truth to mix it with lies, creating the ultimate deception. She cares not for anyone, a true dark heart, Raven was responsible for many deaths of innocents and corrupted alike. Only a true fool would ever trust Raven and think she was their friend, even other vampires themselves depending on who they are. Despite all this, the only ones Raven truly cares about is her own family and her Clan. Raven respects her tribal brethren and sees that their needs are met.
Clothes/Armor:
"That one who wears the hood as black as night, the quiet one who's shoes quietly stalks the ground on which her prey walks upon, that young child who thinks the cloak will shadow her intentions"
-Coven Witch
Raven often garbed herself in a tight fitting black robe with wrappings along her arms and legs, often wearing a floor-length black hooded cape over top. For footwear, she often wore knee-high combat boots. She wore armored outfit whenever she went to large battles in the field. Raven had two sets of armor, a black, grayish heavy cuirass with boots and gauntlets, she later forged a similar set of armor, but light. Raven`s light armor is smaller and more fitting to her, nothing exposed, Raven bears a hood to cover her face. The helmet for each armor is made from an expensive material that can endure and withstand numerous amount of punishment, the helmet is similar looking to a skeleton or Undead warriors that plagued the area when Raven was born. She modified the helmet similar to these gruesome warriors. When not in battle, she wears a fancy ancient aristocratic outfit, red and black color with silk and expensive linen. Occasionally, a black or gray corset when walking around the castle grounds or in important meetings or ceremonies.
Jewelry:Ravens Jewelry is a many, ranging from bat rings to symbols of bats and skeletons on her necklace. Chokers and bracelets. All dark in various sorts of manners.
Likes: Feeding, hunting, bugging her brother, Blood baths. Fighting and combat. Revenge and war.
Hates:Weak people, humans and mer, Vampire hunters, traitors, Necromancers and Conjurers, few select Daedra.
Favorite Food: Venison, Human and Daedra hearts, meat, eyes, lungs and livers.
Favorite Drink: Blood.
WeaknessesSunlight, holy places, silver, Daedric weapon's, stronger opponents. Overconfidence.
Weapon:
"The Scimitars, two swords, twin swords, working together for one purpose; to kill and defeat an enemy. They may be different, but they are pieces of the same whole. It makes sense to strike with both ends. Those who use claymores, axes and other weapons are limited in what they can accomplish. They either strike defensively or offensively..I strike at once, I defend my ground while bashing away at their barriers."
Her special weapons are her both sharp Scimitars, given to her for bravery in battle long ago during the time of the usurper. Her bow and arrows, few daggers. She also has some skill with hidden weaponary, as she has shown the intent to use them during battles. Raven has been shown to be an extremely cunning strategist. When she was a child, she displayed antics and habits of Clavicus Vile, such as treachery and lies. She has mastered the skill with a bow and arrow, able to pin a fly in the wall with pin-point accuracy. Her black bow dubbed the "Night Shriek" and her black arrows where her favorite of weapons. Raven received them as a gift from her mother, who use to fight in battles long ago at the time of Tiber Septim, who then settled down to a more "Peaceful" position, so she passed on the bow to Raven.
The dark vampire also had needs to poison her enemies if she did not want to risk exposure or detection. Raven loved to use her poisoned food, Poisoned Apples and Poison Choke Berries. Raven found it amusing to poison gluttonous people and fat nords, for their own greed and hunger brought their deaths even quicker than they anticipated.
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Powers/ Magicka:
"Lightning..it brings down my enemies. Just as the storm in the sky can bestow its wrath, so shall I."
Vampire`s seduction, Embrace of Shadows, Hunter`s sight, Reign of Terror, Vampire`s kiss, Electric storm(Destruction Magic spell) and Immolating Blast. Raven`s intelligence makes her very skillful in manipulating people. She has used this skill on many people, including her brother Vaultren, her mother, Rayne, and even her father. Raven relies heavily on her vampiric abilities and powers.
Abilities and Fighting style:
"Quickest way to bring down an opponent is by attacking his legs. Once his legs are removed, the rest of the body shall tumble to ruin. The other way to bring down an opponent is by removing his head. Any foe, no matter how large, can do nothing once its head has been decapitated. Once his head is gone, his body cannot be controlled and thus it will fall into ruin. This tactic works when fighting enemies of flesh and blood, or when overthrowing a Kingdom and its ruler. Both serve for one thing; Domination."-Raven Meridius Vladmir
Raven is a very difficult person to defeat in a single combat. Her excellent sword abilities, hand-to-hand combat skills, intelligence, and quickness has made her a formidable opponent to many supernatural foes. Raven was trained by the cunning martial artists of the land, able to do mid-air twirls and flips and different styles of melee combat. Raven is proficient in the difficult technique of using lightning and a powerful fire blasts. Raven also displays a favor for duel wielding, as she has been shown many times with her Scimitars and shortswords.
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Friends:
"Allies are worth for one thing; to further my agendas and my will, to aid an enemy that has overpowered me. Allies are tools, expendable, useful for one thing, then worthless for another"-Raven Meridius Vladmir
Raven made many friends during her four hundred years of life. Some of them perished while most of them are still breathing. Raven was good friends with Annabella and Verlayne, members of another wealthy and noble family of the Order. The friends she considers best are Draken and her closest sister, Irvana. Outside of family, Raven never succumbed to the sad and pitiful emotion known as compassion, she believed they were the great reason many fell, for compassion brings about mercy, mercy brings stagnation.
Residence:
"Surface dwellers. They just never quit with the "Cyrodiil is sooo beautiful" talk. You'd think Cyrodiil was a perfectly lush world full of dense forests, majestic mountain ranges, and teeming cities the way these sun-loving idiots go on and on about the place. I prefer the warm glow of torch light and the quaint, quiet beauty of a cozy dungeon. Why venture above ground at all when a good dungeon offers dark corridors to explore, nice slabs to rest, coffins to slumber and store treasure. A place far from the sun and its blinding light...I like the world under the sun."
The Vampire societies are tribally organized and rooted to their "feeding" territories, with market shares either assigned by Cartel agreement, or direct competition. Raven's stronghold and home is Cyrodiil. Cyrodiil only has one clan, the Order. Raven's clan is strictly competitive, noble and ruthless, they accept no other clans in Cyrodiil and often have different territories within the Imperial land. Raven stays in a large underground headquarter near Blackwood, by the ocean, it is similar to a grotesque monastary. The large lair is complete with a library and archives, a large dining area. A clandestine training room includes a small pond full of slaughterfish. Dorm rooms and feeding quarters with human prisoners enchanted with a deep sleep, never to be awoken. along with dungeons and cells. This ancient lair is crafted with ancient vampiric tools and items, from the pillars to the black and red carpet to the metal coffins. Raven built the lair alone, with few architectural influences. It took her a long time to finally complete it. A perfect place to live, a world under the sun. Whenever she is in over her head and needs to make a quick getaway, she retreats to her lair.
History/More Info: Raven Meridius Vladmir is a Imperial pureborn vampire that lived in Tamriel for at least four centuries. Raven is part of a family mostly made up of vampires. Raven grew up to be ruthless, cunning and manipulative, even at a young age. Growing up, Raven learned the basics and the advanced behavior and ways of vampirism, she was favored by her father, shunned by her mother, who saw Raven as a animal. The unapologetic, natural-born vampire hated her mother for it however, she learned to keep her mouth shut. Her mother, favored Draken and Sepultora. Raven, obviously became jealous and extremely angry at them both. Despite being the father's daughter, the family's prodigy, the intelligent Raven, long fang(Nickname given to her due to her unusual longer fangs) or Blood-sponge by her malevolent brother, Draken. Raven became extremely competitive, drilling herself to ultimate perfection and violent ways, always angry, strife in her mind at all times, Raven became a great asset to the vampires of Cyrodiil. Draken took notice and decided to imitate and do just about everything Raven did, for he knew she was popular and well admired.
Raven was assigned to watch and spy on the other clans of Tamriel, from the dry Dunmer Homeland of Morrowind to the lush jungles of Valenwood. Raven made sure that the rival clans would not encroach upon Cyrodiil's territory. By doing this most of her life, Raven became a skilled spy and a cunning assassin, using her slim body and prowess to quell and silence key rival members that were deemed a threat to the vampiric way of living in Cyrodiil. Most of her targets were vampire hunters or those who were negatively obsessed with hunting the creatures of the night. As the years passed, Raven enjoyed full responsibility for the conflicts that arised. From murdering traitorous clan members, to full assaults in other parts of Tamriel to the infiltration of political parties in the Imperial Hierarchy and Aristocratic positions.
Draken, doing the same, often followed Raven and aided her in her quests, often to try and best her to rub it in his father's face. Strangely, the competitive behavior led Raven and Draken to get closer to each other, being the two siblings among the four to have a special bond. When the Third Era arrived, most of the other clans were a good distance from Cyrodiilic borders, Raven and Draken eventually went separate ways and parted off when they came of age. While Draken pursued a noble life, Raven chased one with violence and destruction, she decided to fight the Vampiric clans in Morrowind, taking the fight to them. While it amused her for awhile, she grew bored and traveled across Tamriel for expeditions and adventures for the purpose of finding any ancient relics. Expeditions such as the legend of Berithu and the tomb of Lamae, even the Rise of Cameron the Usurper, whom Raven joined wholeheartedly. In the third era, hundreds of years before the Oblivion crisis and the fall of the Crimson Scars, Raven sailed to Valenwood to "Get things done", however, when she arrived there, the promise of power from the Usurper kept her in Valenwood for many years. The people of Dwynnen were ruled by a lich and its armies of zombies, ghosts, vampires, she considered it all a blessing. 3E 249, the Camoran Usurper began his methodical invasion of Tamriel. From out of a nightmare, in the words of Eraintine, the Camoran Usurper had led an army of daedra and undead warriors on a rampage through Valenwood, conquering kingdom after kingdom. None could resist his onslaughts, and as month turned to bloody month, fewer even tried. Cephorus II sent more and more mercenaries into Hammerfell to stop the Usurper's northward march, but they were bribed, turned into undead, or slaughtered. In short, the destruction of the forces of the Usurper had little do with efforts of the Emperor. The result was a great regional victory and an increase in hostility toward the seemingly inefficacious Empire. The thing that Raven learned about war is that it's profitable for just about everyone except for the ones that actually have to go in and fight it. While the Navy were busy putting down the revolution, they were too busy to worry about a bunch of pirates running up and down the Gold Coast. And even better for Dugal, the Navy was needing a stream of supplies up in High Rock to fight and then have the ships to escort them. Raven was tasked by the Usurper's generals to find the special crystal ball that was looted from the caverns in Valenwood, Raven tracked down the thieves and discovered them to be the members of the Red Saber, under the command of Torradan Ap Dugal. Dugal had every buccaneer from Anvil to Valenwood flying under his flag. They had dozens of ships and crew and more men joined on every day. Soldiers and sailors, castoffs from the war, escaped prisoners -- they were the best cutthroats and sons of whores that a pirate captain could ever wish for. But even better than the men were the ships: Captured navy cutters. Refitted privateer Galleons. Even had a few of the bosmer ships with the funny living sails in his fleet. The finest ship he saved for himself. “The Black Flag”. They were so feared that most crews just abandoned ship when they saw their flag on the horizon. With no Navy to stop them, Captain Torradan ap Dugal and the Red Sabre were known all over the east.The empire had a bounty on Dugal of forty thousand coins. They could never collect it. Anvil being the wretched den that it is - Most sailors there worked for me anyhow -- the Legion couldn’t get anyone to give him up. Raven searched for the captain but was never able to find him, however she did find the Crystal ball, only to discover she was far too late, The Usurper rumored to be killed. Raven re-united with Draken and tried to find a way to escape the carnage the enemy wreaked upon with their army. Raven escaped with Draken and the seperate clan members and Undead sailors, they were finally surrounded in the Abecean sea, only to be swallowed up by the Maelstrom of Bal, thus being cast into Oblivion, Coldharbour. After these events, Raven was able to talk to the Daedric Prince and negotiate her freedom back to the mortal plane, for a lifetime of servitude and souls that needed to be collected. Raven accepted easily and was sent back to Tamriel. With nothing left, no gold, no weapons, Raven decided to start over and reclaim everything she had lost in the war. Raven thought of joining the Imperial Navy, it was the only quick way to gain access to the regions far from Cyrodiil, other continents as well were expected to be visited. The female Vampire had been recruited into the Imperial Forces, commanded by the Emperor, Raven went on a spree of battles. In full battlegear, the soldiers gathered in the center of camp during that year. They were a motley collection of men and women, Cyrodiils, Nords, Bretons, and Dunmer, youngbloods and old veterans, the sons and daughters of nobles, shopkeepers, serfs, priests, prostitutes, farmers, academics, adventurers. All of them under the banner of the Red Diamond, the symbol of the Imperial Family of Tamriel.
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"My children. We have fought in many battles together, over mountaintops and beach heads, through forests and deserts. I have seen great acts of valor from each one of you, which does my heart proud. I have also seen dirty fighting, backstabbing, cruel and wanton feats of savagery, which pleases me equally well. For you are all warriors. War is in your blood, in your brain, in your muscles, in everything you think and everything you do. When this war is over, when the forces are vanquished that seek to deny the throne to the true emperor, Uriel Septim III, you may cease to be warriors. You may choose to return to your lives before the war, to your farms and your cities, and show off your scars and tell tales of the deeds you did this day to your wondering neighbors. But on this day, make no mistake, you are warriors. You are war." -The Wolf Queen
3E 127 — Queen Potema goes into madness and surrounds herself with Undead skeletons and zombies, and vampiric generals. Raven is among her forces at the time but left as the Wolf Queen died.
3E 271 — Uriel V Conquers Roscrea
3E 276 — Uriel V Conquers Cathnoquey
3E 279 — Uriel V Conquers Yneslea
3E 284 — Uriel V Conquers Esroniet
In 3E 285—Raven and Draken were expelled for "Disruptive behavior" years before the Emperor invaded Akavir, they were stripped from their ranks and were given a chance to join the Imperial Navy back in Cyrodiil. Draken agreed, Raven declined, angry at the fact that she was kicked out on her brother's account from such position of might, even when given a chance to join in a lesser rank, Raven refused. Raven exacted her revenge and her greed all at once, without bringing her brother to direct ruin. Raven joined the very enemy the Imperial Navy was after, the Red Sabers. Uriel V embarked on his most ambitious enterprise, the invasion of the continent kingdom of Akavir. This endeavor was ultimately a failure, for two years later Uriel V was killed in Akavir at the Battle of Ionith and four legions were lost along with most of the invasion fleet. Raven was glad to hear the tale, as she presumed she would be killed along with the rest, she thanked Draken for this and called it "Fate's choice".
The war ended, and Commodore Fasil Umbranox turned his attention to the Red Sabre. A couple of months after the war, that fat pompuss bastard decided to come down to Anvil and take up port in Dugal's town, looking to break up the Red Sabre. The Emporer gave him whatever he asked for to campaign against them, despite the coffers being empty from the war in High Rock. Raven joined with the Red Sabers, desguising herself as one of them. The crew was characterized as a group of scoundrels, scallywags, murderers, idiots, drunkards and desperadoes. For four years, Raven remained in contact with Draken, who at the time was working in the Imperial Navy. Keeping incognito her two darkest secrets. Raven often fed on the crew members, mostly her bunk mate, Lydia Eye-bringer and Claudia Sparran, but never did she turn any of them. Raven plundered, killed, murdered and stole, but never did accustom to the pirate lifestyle, for all these posturing displays and falsehood, her goals mattered more than her current suffering. Raven persuaded Dugal to make a final stand to destroy their enemy, the count. Dugal agreed and fled to Anvil, making a false lead. Raven notified Draken, who went and told the Imperial Navy captain and commanders, who awaited in Anvil. Draken was questioned on how he came by this information, Draken replied that he hired a Khajiit spy to carry out the task. When Dugal discovered he was surrounded, he tried to make a daring escape, Raven attempted to kill him that moment after having what she needed, but she was outnumbered by the pirates and the Imperials. Raven abandoned ship and swam to shore, the fire spread through the town and the ships were locked in combat. Raven was eventually captured inside the basement of a ancient manor, she surrendered to Draken, who had commanded them to take her to the Imperial Prison to be jailed for life. The fact that they were related and the jailing was false escaped the knowledge of the Imperial Navy. Raven witnessed Dugal being 'Killed" by the Mages, as the stones fell on him. She was taken away to the Imperial Prison and escaped a couple of days later.
The years passed and Raven decided to take her journeys alone. Raven went alone most of the time. These adventures caught the attention of some of the ruling class of Cyrodiilic vampires, they deemed her a potential threat and a liability including Janus Hassildor, Count of Skingrad. Raven denounced her Undead life of adventure and resumed to live like a pampered brat and groomed child for the sake of her own safety. Raven hated this, but she understood that the vampire way of life meant more than her own adventures, which most of the time drew far too much attention. As the years passed, Raven had nothing better to do but to study more the art of combat and subterfuge and infiltration, stealth and open combat. By reading all the books she found during her travels, Raven was able to learn more than Draken and the others did.
Making her abnormally obsessed with violence and murder and manipulation, slowly making her cold and calculating. When Raven returned home, she discovered Draken already moved out, and owned a fair bit of land in Cyrodiil. Irvana had moved to the borders and began her own business somewhere else. Hunting down and fighting rivaling clans and tribes in their own land could spark a fight between them, Raven did not allow herself to go and fight them, as the price came too high. Instead, masquerading as a noble widow and a lonely woman, Raven made up a story of her father and mother being killed by vampires, so she began a crusade against the creatures of the night. Raven had a few followers willing to get a fortune if they did her bidding. Raven payed them half at first then she payed them full if they returned. Eventually, some of the Bretons that were sent out to Hammerfell were infected with vampirism and were payed even more to kill whoever sent them. Being traitors, they returned to Cyrodiil in obediance from their new "Family". Upon returning, the ultimate deception was revealed to them when they discovered the "widow" and the "lonely" was infact a vampire herself. It was too late, the group were killed when an ambush awaited them.
Eventually, Raven was recruited by the Dark Brotherhood. A new life began, Raven started to take new role serious, killing her assigned targets with precision and glory, often drinking their blood when she was allowed to. These actions were not ignored, Greywyn Blenwyth took notice. Raven's life was great until a familiar face came into the family; Draken. Raven was glad to see her brother, as a friendly gesture, they began their competitive habits once more. Both were recruited years later into the Crimson Scars when they were founded. The Crimson Scars was a powerful vampiric organization that existed during the Third Era of Tamriel's existence. The Scars were originally founded in order to destroy the Dark Brotherhood and then to replace it as the foremost assassins guild in Tamriel. The Scars were ambushed by the Dark Brotherhood who had gotten word of the rebellion, and were dispersed.
The Brotherhood struck as they slept, not even giving the Scars a chance to fight back. Using their silver weapons, the Brotherhood managed to pierce the hearts of many of Raven's kin. They screamed as they fell, turned into dust. Greywyn himself was able to kill two members of the Brotherhood before being forced to flee. Raven and Draken escaped, parting with Greywyn and Rowly Eardwulf.
The remaining Scars fled with Greywyn and secluded themselves in Blackwood and the town of Weye and would not be heard from again until the chaos created by Mathieu Bellamont within the Dark Brotherhood was at an end and the Dark Brotherhood was near the brink of ruin. Raven retreated to her home and began to resume her life of solitude.
Present day
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Raven continues to walk Cyrodiil, completing perilous tasks by the Order, who accepted Raven once more. Raven awaits a new task, one of action, one of glory, destruction, death. For the glory of vampirism, Molag Baal and Eternal Life. Raven took a new step in life, as the Oblivion crisis emerged, she found herself not as active as she was in the past, however she kept intact. Raven Vladmir went and bought some share of lands in Cyrodiil, from the gold she kept and stored up, gradually making connections with important individuals, aristocrats and nobels, and many politicians in the Imperial city, as Manifesto Cyrodiil Vampyrum instructed. Raven received the deeds to her owned lands. Months later, Raven was tasked to kill Froncua and some of his followers, they were suspected of treachery, so Raven went in and spied on them, the process took months, but Raven discovered that they were indeed trading with enemy clans and drawing needless attention to the neighboring townsfolk. Raven hid and took them out with her trio of allies. Raven was badly injured and sought refuge before the day arrived in an Ayleid Ruin. While inside, Raven encountered her brother again, although she did not recognize him, neither did he recognize her. Both vampires engaged in a fearsome fight to the death until Draken removed Raven's mask and discovered he almost killed his sister.
Her brother came to her with a proposal, to join someone, a new group that presented a new opportunity. Raven had doubts about immedietly joining another group, as previous chances rose but proved failure. Namely the Crimson Scars and the Usurper. However, Raven saw this as an opporunity to change things. Raven joined Draken and followed him to Balindrium. A massive castle imbedded on the mountains near Skyrim. Azmodæum was the name of the mage who owned the location and the "Master" of Draken. Raven followed him and joined. Her first task was to invade Dagon's realm with a skeletal force. The group were victorious and Raven began to study the ones who fought alongside her. Adonis Vile, Merthierry, Varnard. Raven began learning their personnalites and ways to suit her needs. As the group were teleported to Skyrim, they were tasked with killing the Nords of the city, to only make Azmodæum raise them to encounter the Dremora who launched an attack on his castle. Raven began to taunt Adonis Vile and befriend Varnard. For whatever reason Raven is doing this, only one thing is certain; Trust is often its own reward.
Sex: Female
Age: 416
Born: 3E 113-Raven's birth
Race: Imperial~Pureblood Vampire
BirthSign:Warrior
Hair: Dark black hair, straight and loose, shoulder length.
Eyes: Yellow and red (Vampire)
Guild/Faction Part of: Crimson Scars, Dark Brotherhood, The Order of Cyrodiil's vampires, Dugal's pirate crew(Temporary), The Usurper's Undead legion(Former), the Imperial army.
Appearance:
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"I am beautiful, in the outside. In the inside, something entirely different. Men want me, women envy me. I care not for attachments. Attachments can bring the strongest down."
Raven is a slim, angular girl with a well muscled body. Her features were severe and somewhat pointed, with fierce red eyes. Her face was clean, her body well built for battle. Fair skinned with jet black hair, Raven seems to fit the mold of most vampires in her outward appearance. Her crimson eyes have a feline quality to them, shifting to blood red or sulfuric yellow any time she makes use of her vampiric abilities. Raven known to most as a beautiful woman. Her charms and seductive attitude gives her an advantage in almost situation. Her body was always in shape throughout her years, this can be explained from her brutal lifestyle of war and battle. A gentle face she bears, but within her is a dark cold soul, brutal frozen heart and a dark mind bent on the destruction of whomever gets in her way or her goals. As she progress through the stages of Vampirism, Raven become more and more light-sensitive. The light glares more and more, especially when there is a great deal of light around her. At night or in the dark she sees much more clearly. When Raven does not feed for 72 hours or more, her skin turns pale and her skeletal features begin to show. The flesh in her face have a chalky white pallor, her cheek bones begin to show, her eyes appear sunken and her fangs appear more, her nails grow long and veins begin to show all over her hands and arms. Raven is at her most powerful at this stage, but also more vulnerable to fire. When feeding, her frightening appearance fades away to a more soothing look. Golden eyes, smooth, white skin and a wonderful sensual feel to her voice.
Personality:
"My wonderful youngest sister; beautifully crafted from the Kin-Father and the Patron themselves. Molag Bal shines his ways upon us, she is cold, ruthless, full of strife and discord, violence and hatred, her vengeance is never ending. Like Clavicus Vile, often humorous but entirely manipulative and tricky. Like his famed Masque, Raven is able to gain affection from others just by appearing as she is, with the satisfaction of the thirst. I love my sister for what she is and I always will, even if she is a Bloodsponge"
-Draken Decimus Vladmir
Raven may seem like a friendly, wonderful mortal Imperial girl, however there is much more to her than it is to be thought. Raven is nothing more than a murderous killer. Very ambitious and very power hungry, believing in her own morals on how to approach life..or take it away. Raven loves the soothing lullaby, the orchestration of Sithis..death itself. Raven is not among the living, so she cannot die, but neither is she dead. Being a pure-born vampire, she holds a small disdain towards any turned vampires, while she believes her blood was pure from birth, while the others were just infected. The only ones she respects and treats as her equal(If not better) is Janus Hassildor and Vicente Valtieri. By having a treacherous appearance, Raven doned the manipulative habits, her kind has learned to manipulate and deceive society, and Raven learned to deceive just about everything to get her way. Skilled in the arts of killing and subterfuge, infiltration and assassination, Raven often kills her foes and enemies with a slice of the throat or a stab in the back. Despite this, she was born under the Birth-sign of the Warrior and carries two scimitars and swords, often fighting many enemies at once. Raven hates mortals with a passion and wishes them to be dead and remain dead, but she known that they are just cattle and they are the grass on which she graze. Everything in life is hated by Raven, from the insects to Arkay himself, she sees them as a true abomination of nature, rather than herself. This explains her natural violence towards everything and anything. Being born from a noble family, Raven is very snotty and very overconfident in her abilities, which granted her some defeats, but with centuries of practice, Raven was able to learn from her mistakes. Even though she hates mortals, she does not seclude herself from society as other vampires do. Raven joined and even began to cherish some of her mortal subjects, when they only shared her sense of destruction and honor through the sword. From the Imperial army to the Undead legion of the Usurper to the dark nature of the Dark Brotherhood and the Crimson Scars, Raven was never far from killing or violence, which makes her an extremely dangerous individual to mess with. This vampire had a knack of manipulating and deceiving just about anything that could be deceived, she possesses great patience and her maneuverings are as a grandmaster moves pieces on a board game, Raven lived long enough to study and understand the mind of mortal men and women. Her displays are similar as loving woman and a caring person, it served only to bolster her true nature. Her true nature, defined her as being a manipulative and seductive megalomaniac, easily bending others to her will in her never ending quest for ultimate power and conquest. Raven infiltrated the enemy side and destroyes them from within, both mentally and if needed, phisically. Turning friends against each other, and weakening them, thus able to destroy them in one swift stroke. As Raven progressed through different factions, she began to realize she had a good chance in serving herself rather than others. After the Crimson Scars, no matter what side she "Joined", she was manipulating both sides to meet her agendas, never actually making any friends. While she may have a genteel and friendly manner, she is contantly lying and deceiving, only telling the truth to mix it with lies, creating the ultimate deception. She cares not for anyone, a true dark heart, Raven was responsible for many deaths of innocents and corrupted alike. Only a true fool would ever trust Raven and think she was their friend, even other vampires themselves depending on who they are. Despite all this, the only ones Raven truly cares about is her own family and her Clan. Raven respects her tribal brethren and sees that their needs are met.
Clothes/Armor:
"That one who wears the hood as black as night, the quiet one who's shoes quietly stalks the ground on which her prey walks upon, that young child who thinks the cloak will shadow her intentions"
-Coven Witch
Raven often garbed herself in a tight fitting black robe with wrappings along her arms and legs, often wearing a floor-length black hooded cape over top. For footwear, she often wore knee-high combat boots. She wore armored outfit whenever she went to large battles in the field. Raven had two sets of armor, a black, grayish heavy cuirass with boots and gauntlets, she later forged a similar set of armor, but light. Raven`s light armor is smaller and more fitting to her, nothing exposed, Raven bears a hood to cover her face. The helmet for each armor is made from an expensive material that can endure and withstand numerous amount of punishment, the helmet is similar looking to a skeleton or Undead warriors that plagued the area when Raven was born. She modified the helmet similar to these gruesome warriors. When not in battle, she wears a fancy ancient aristocratic outfit, red and black color with silk and expensive linen. Occasionally, a black or gray corset when walking around the castle grounds or in important meetings or ceremonies.
Jewelry:Ravens Jewelry is a many, ranging from bat rings to symbols of bats and skeletons on her necklace. Chokers and bracelets. All dark in various sorts of manners.
Likes: Feeding, hunting, bugging her brother, Blood baths. Fighting and combat. Revenge and war.
Hates:Weak people, humans and mer, Vampire hunters, traitors, Necromancers and Conjurers, few select Daedra.
Favorite Food: Venison, Human and Daedra hearts, meat, eyes, lungs and livers.
Favorite Drink: Blood.
WeaknessesSunlight, holy places, silver, Daedric weapon's, stronger opponents. Overconfidence.
Weapon:
"The Scimitars, two swords, twin swords, working together for one purpose; to kill and defeat an enemy. They may be different, but they are pieces of the same whole. It makes sense to strike with both ends. Those who use claymores, axes and other weapons are limited in what they can accomplish. They either strike defensively or offensively..I strike at once, I defend my ground while bashing away at their barriers."
Her special weapons are her both sharp Scimitars, given to her for bravery in battle long ago during the time of the usurper. Her bow and arrows, few daggers. She also has some skill with hidden weaponary, as she has shown the intent to use them during battles. Raven has been shown to be an extremely cunning strategist. When she was a child, she displayed antics and habits of Clavicus Vile, such as treachery and lies. She has mastered the skill with a bow and arrow, able to pin a fly in the wall with pin-point accuracy. Her black bow dubbed the "Night Shriek" and her black arrows where her favorite of weapons. Raven received them as a gift from her mother, who use to fight in battles long ago at the time of Tiber Septim, who then settled down to a more "Peaceful" position, so she passed on the bow to Raven.
The dark vampire also had needs to poison her enemies if she did not want to risk exposure or detection. Raven loved to use her poisoned food, Poisoned Apples and Poison Choke Berries. Raven found it amusing to poison gluttonous people and fat nords, for their own greed and hunger brought their deaths even quicker than they anticipated.
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Powers/ Magicka:
"Lightning..it brings down my enemies. Just as the storm in the sky can bestow its wrath, so shall I."
Vampire`s seduction, Embrace of Shadows, Hunter`s sight, Reign of Terror, Vampire`s kiss, Electric storm(Destruction Magic spell) and Immolating Blast. Raven`s intelligence makes her very skillful in manipulating people. She has used this skill on many people, including her brother Vaultren, her mother, Rayne, and even her father. Raven relies heavily on her vampiric abilities and powers.
Abilities and Fighting style:
"Quickest way to bring down an opponent is by attacking his legs. Once his legs are removed, the rest of the body shall tumble to ruin. The other way to bring down an opponent is by removing his head. Any foe, no matter how large, can do nothing once its head has been decapitated. Once his head is gone, his body cannot be controlled and thus it will fall into ruin. This tactic works when fighting enemies of flesh and blood, or when overthrowing a Kingdom and its ruler. Both serve for one thing; Domination."-Raven Meridius Vladmir
Raven is a very difficult person to defeat in a single combat. Her excellent sword abilities, hand-to-hand combat skills, intelligence, and quickness has made her a formidable opponent to many supernatural foes. Raven was trained by the cunning martial artists of the land, able to do mid-air twirls and flips and different styles of melee combat. Raven is proficient in the difficult technique of using lightning and a powerful fire blasts. Raven also displays a favor for duel wielding, as she has been shown many times with her Scimitars and shortswords.
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"Allies are worth for one thing; to further my agendas and my will, to aid an enemy that has overpowered me. Allies are tools, expendable, useful for one thing, then worthless for another"-Raven Meridius Vladmir
Raven made many friends during her four hundred years of life. Some of them perished while most of them are still breathing. Raven was good friends with Annabella and Verlayne, members of another wealthy and noble family of the Order. The friends she considers best are Draken and her closest sister, Irvana. Outside of family, Raven never succumbed to the sad and pitiful emotion known as compassion, she believed they were the great reason many fell, for compassion brings about mercy, mercy brings stagnation.
Residence:
"Surface dwellers. They just never quit with the "Cyrodiil is sooo beautiful" talk. You'd think Cyrodiil was a perfectly lush world full of dense forests, majestic mountain ranges, and teeming cities the way these sun-loving idiots go on and on about the place. I prefer the warm glow of torch light and the quaint, quiet beauty of a cozy dungeon. Why venture above ground at all when a good dungeon offers dark corridors to explore, nice slabs to rest, coffins to slumber and store treasure. A place far from the sun and its blinding light...I like the world under the sun."
The Vampire societies are tribally organized and rooted to their "feeding" territories, with market shares either assigned by Cartel agreement, or direct competition. Raven's stronghold and home is Cyrodiil. Cyrodiil only has one clan, the Order. Raven's clan is strictly competitive, noble and ruthless, they accept no other clans in Cyrodiil and often have different territories within the Imperial land. Raven stays in a large underground headquarter near Blackwood, by the ocean, it is similar to a grotesque monastary. The large lair is complete with a library and archives, a large dining area. A clandestine training room includes a small pond full of slaughterfish. Dorm rooms and feeding quarters with human prisoners enchanted with a deep sleep, never to be awoken. along with dungeons and cells. This ancient lair is crafted with ancient vampiric tools and items, from the pillars to the black and red carpet to the metal coffins. Raven built the lair alone, with few architectural influences. It took her a long time to finally complete it. A perfect place to live, a world under the sun. Whenever she is in over her head and needs to make a quick getaway, she retreats to her lair.
History/More Info: Raven Meridius Vladmir is a Imperial pureborn vampire that lived in Tamriel for at least four centuries. Raven is part of a family mostly made up of vampires. Raven grew up to be ruthless, cunning and manipulative, even at a young age. Growing up, Raven learned the basics and the advanced behavior and ways of vampirism, she was favored by her father, shunned by her mother, who saw Raven as a animal. The unapologetic, natural-born vampire hated her mother for it however, she learned to keep her mouth shut. Her mother, favored Draken and Sepultora. Raven, obviously became jealous and extremely angry at them both. Despite being the father's daughter, the family's prodigy, the intelligent Raven, long fang(Nickname given to her due to her unusual longer fangs) or Blood-sponge by her malevolent brother, Draken. Raven became extremely competitive, drilling herself to ultimate perfection and violent ways, always angry, strife in her mind at all times, Raven became a great asset to the vampires of Cyrodiil. Draken took notice and decided to imitate and do just about everything Raven did, for he knew she was popular and well admired.
Raven was assigned to watch and spy on the other clans of Tamriel, from the dry Dunmer Homeland of Morrowind to the lush jungles of Valenwood. Raven made sure that the rival clans would not encroach upon Cyrodiil's territory. By doing this most of her life, Raven became a skilled spy and a cunning assassin, using her slim body and prowess to quell and silence key rival members that were deemed a threat to the vampiric way of living in Cyrodiil. Most of her targets were vampire hunters or those who were negatively obsessed with hunting the creatures of the night. As the years passed, Raven enjoyed full responsibility for the conflicts that arised. From murdering traitorous clan members, to full assaults in other parts of Tamriel to the infiltration of political parties in the Imperial Hierarchy and Aristocratic positions.
Draken, doing the same, often followed Raven and aided her in her quests, often to try and best her to rub it in his father's face. Strangely, the competitive behavior led Raven and Draken to get closer to each other, being the two siblings among the four to have a special bond. When the Third Era arrived, most of the other clans were a good distance from Cyrodiilic borders, Raven and Draken eventually went separate ways and parted off when they came of age. While Draken pursued a noble life, Raven chased one with violence and destruction, she decided to fight the Vampiric clans in Morrowind, taking the fight to them. While it amused her for awhile, she grew bored and traveled across Tamriel for expeditions and adventures for the purpose of finding any ancient relics. Expeditions such as the legend of Berithu and the tomb of Lamae, even the Rise of Cameron the Usurper, whom Raven joined wholeheartedly. In the third era, hundreds of years before the Oblivion crisis and the fall of the Crimson Scars, Raven sailed to Valenwood to "Get things done", however, when she arrived there, the promise of power from the Usurper kept her in Valenwood for many years. The people of Dwynnen were ruled by a lich and its armies of zombies, ghosts, vampires, she considered it all a blessing. 3E 249, the Camoran Usurper began his methodical invasion of Tamriel. From out of a nightmare, in the words of Eraintine, the Camoran Usurper had led an army of daedra and undead warriors on a rampage through Valenwood, conquering kingdom after kingdom. None could resist his onslaughts, and as month turned to bloody month, fewer even tried. Cephorus II sent more and more mercenaries into Hammerfell to stop the Usurper's northward march, but they were bribed, turned into undead, or slaughtered. In short, the destruction of the forces of the Usurper had little do with efforts of the Emperor. The result was a great regional victory and an increase in hostility toward the seemingly inefficacious Empire. The thing that Raven learned about war is that it's profitable for just about everyone except for the ones that actually have to go in and fight it. While the Navy were busy putting down the revolution, they were too busy to worry about a bunch of pirates running up and down the Gold Coast. And even better for Dugal, the Navy was needing a stream of supplies up in High Rock to fight and then have the ships to escort them. Raven was tasked by the Usurper's generals to find the special crystal ball that was looted from the caverns in Valenwood, Raven tracked down the thieves and discovered them to be the members of the Red Saber, under the command of Torradan Ap Dugal. Dugal had every buccaneer from Anvil to Valenwood flying under his flag. They had dozens of ships and crew and more men joined on every day. Soldiers and sailors, castoffs from the war, escaped prisoners -- they were the best cutthroats and sons of whores that a pirate captain could ever wish for. But even better than the men were the ships: Captured navy cutters. Refitted privateer Galleons. Even had a few of the bosmer ships with the funny living sails in his fleet. The finest ship he saved for himself. “The Black Flag”. They were so feared that most crews just abandoned ship when they saw their flag on the horizon. With no Navy to stop them, Captain Torradan ap Dugal and the Red Sabre were known all over the east.The empire had a bounty on Dugal of forty thousand coins. They could never collect it. Anvil being the wretched den that it is - Most sailors there worked for me anyhow -- the Legion couldn’t get anyone to give him up. Raven searched for the captain but was never able to find him, however she did find the Crystal ball, only to discover she was far too late, The Usurper rumored to be killed. Raven re-united with Draken and tried to find a way to escape the carnage the enemy wreaked upon with their army. Raven escaped with Draken and the seperate clan members and Undead sailors, they were finally surrounded in the Abecean sea, only to be swallowed up by the Maelstrom of Bal, thus being cast into Oblivion, Coldharbour. After these events, Raven was able to talk to the Daedric Prince and negotiate her freedom back to the mortal plane, for a lifetime of servitude and souls that needed to be collected. Raven accepted easily and was sent back to Tamriel. With nothing left, no gold, no weapons, Raven decided to start over and reclaim everything she had lost in the war. Raven thought of joining the Imperial Navy, it was the only quick way to gain access to the regions far from Cyrodiil, other continents as well were expected to be visited. The female Vampire had been recruited into the Imperial Forces, commanded by the Emperor, Raven went on a spree of battles. In full battlegear, the soldiers gathered in the center of camp during that year. They were a motley collection of men and women, Cyrodiils, Nords, Bretons, and Dunmer, youngbloods and old veterans, the sons and daughters of nobles, shopkeepers, serfs, priests, prostitutes, farmers, academics, adventurers. All of them under the banner of the Red Diamond, the symbol of the Imperial Family of Tamriel.
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"My children. We have fought in many battles together, over mountaintops and beach heads, through forests and deserts. I have seen great acts of valor from each one of you, which does my heart proud. I have also seen dirty fighting, backstabbing, cruel and wanton feats of savagery, which pleases me equally well. For you are all warriors. War is in your blood, in your brain, in your muscles, in everything you think and everything you do. When this war is over, when the forces are vanquished that seek to deny the throne to the true emperor, Uriel Septim III, you may cease to be warriors. You may choose to return to your lives before the war, to your farms and your cities, and show off your scars and tell tales of the deeds you did this day to your wondering neighbors. But on this day, make no mistake, you are warriors. You are war." -The Wolf Queen
3E 127 — Queen Potema goes into madness and surrounds herself with Undead skeletons and zombies, and vampiric generals. Raven is among her forces at the time but left as the Wolf Queen died.
3E 271 — Uriel V Conquers Roscrea
3E 276 — Uriel V Conquers Cathnoquey
3E 279 — Uriel V Conquers Yneslea
3E 284 — Uriel V Conquers Esroniet
In 3E 285—Raven and Draken were expelled for "Disruptive behavior" years before the Emperor invaded Akavir, they were stripped from their ranks and were given a chance to join the Imperial Navy back in Cyrodiil. Draken agreed, Raven declined, angry at the fact that she was kicked out on her brother's account from such position of might, even when given a chance to join in a lesser rank, Raven refused. Raven exacted her revenge and her greed all at once, without bringing her brother to direct ruin. Raven joined the very enemy the Imperial Navy was after, the Red Sabers. Uriel V embarked on his most ambitious enterprise, the invasion of the continent kingdom of Akavir. This endeavor was ultimately a failure, for two years later Uriel V was killed in Akavir at the Battle of Ionith and four legions were lost along with most of the invasion fleet. Raven was glad to hear the tale, as she presumed she would be killed along with the rest, she thanked Draken for this and called it "Fate's choice".
The war ended, and Commodore Fasil Umbranox turned his attention to the Red Sabre. A couple of months after the war, that fat pompuss bastard decided to come down to Anvil and take up port in Dugal's town, looking to break up the Red Sabre. The Emporer gave him whatever he asked for to campaign against them, despite the coffers being empty from the war in High Rock. Raven joined with the Red Sabers, desguising herself as one of them. The crew was characterized as a group of scoundrels, scallywags, murderers, idiots, drunkards and desperadoes. For four years, Raven remained in contact with Draken, who at the time was working in the Imperial Navy. Keeping incognito her two darkest secrets. Raven often fed on the crew members, mostly her bunk mate, Lydia Eye-bringer and Claudia Sparran, but never did she turn any of them. Raven plundered, killed, murdered and stole, but never did accustom to the pirate lifestyle, for all these posturing displays and falsehood, her goals mattered more than her current suffering. Raven persuaded Dugal to make a final stand to destroy their enemy, the count. Dugal agreed and fled to Anvil, making a false lead. Raven notified Draken, who went and told the Imperial Navy captain and commanders, who awaited in Anvil. Draken was questioned on how he came by this information, Draken replied that he hired a Khajiit spy to carry out the task. When Dugal discovered he was surrounded, he tried to make a daring escape, Raven attempted to kill him that moment after having what she needed, but she was outnumbered by the pirates and the Imperials. Raven abandoned ship and swam to shore, the fire spread through the town and the ships were locked in combat. Raven was eventually captured inside the basement of a ancient manor, she surrendered to Draken, who had commanded them to take her to the Imperial Prison to be jailed for life. The fact that they were related and the jailing was false escaped the knowledge of the Imperial Navy. Raven witnessed Dugal being 'Killed" by the Mages, as the stones fell on him. She was taken away to the Imperial Prison and escaped a couple of days later.
The years passed and Raven decided to take her journeys alone. Raven went alone most of the time. These adventures caught the attention of some of the ruling class of Cyrodiilic vampires, they deemed her a potential threat and a liability including Janus Hassildor, Count of Skingrad. Raven denounced her Undead life of adventure and resumed to live like a pampered brat and groomed child for the sake of her own safety. Raven hated this, but she understood that the vampire way of life meant more than her own adventures, which most of the time drew far too much attention. As the years passed, Raven had nothing better to do but to study more the art of combat and subterfuge and infiltration, stealth and open combat. By reading all the books she found during her travels, Raven was able to learn more than Draken and the others did.
Making her abnormally obsessed with violence and murder and manipulation, slowly making her cold and calculating. When Raven returned home, she discovered Draken already moved out, and owned a fair bit of land in Cyrodiil. Irvana had moved to the borders and began her own business somewhere else. Hunting down and fighting rivaling clans and tribes in their own land could spark a fight between them, Raven did not allow herself to go and fight them, as the price came too high. Instead, masquerading as a noble widow and a lonely woman, Raven made up a story of her father and mother being killed by vampires, so she began a crusade against the creatures of the night. Raven had a few followers willing to get a fortune if they did her bidding. Raven payed them half at first then she payed them full if they returned. Eventually, some of the Bretons that were sent out to Hammerfell were infected with vampirism and were payed even more to kill whoever sent them. Being traitors, they returned to Cyrodiil in obediance from their new "Family". Upon returning, the ultimate deception was revealed to them when they discovered the "widow" and the "lonely" was infact a vampire herself. It was too late, the group were killed when an ambush awaited them.
Eventually, Raven was recruited by the Dark Brotherhood. A new life began, Raven started to take new role serious, killing her assigned targets with precision and glory, often drinking their blood when she was allowed to. These actions were not ignored, Greywyn Blenwyth took notice. Raven's life was great until a familiar face came into the family; Draken. Raven was glad to see her brother, as a friendly gesture, they began their competitive habits once more. Both were recruited years later into the Crimson Scars when they were founded. The Crimson Scars was a powerful vampiric organization that existed during the Third Era of Tamriel's existence. The Scars were originally founded in order to destroy the Dark Brotherhood and then to replace it as the foremost assassins guild in Tamriel. The Scars were ambushed by the Dark Brotherhood who had gotten word of the rebellion, and were dispersed.
The Brotherhood struck as they slept, not even giving the Scars a chance to fight back. Using their silver weapons, the Brotherhood managed to pierce the hearts of many of Raven's kin. They screamed as they fell, turned into dust. Greywyn himself was able to kill two members of the Brotherhood before being forced to flee. Raven and Draken escaped, parting with Greywyn and Rowly Eardwulf.
The remaining Scars fled with Greywyn and secluded themselves in Blackwood and the town of Weye and would not be heard from again until the chaos created by Mathieu Bellamont within the Dark Brotherhood was at an end and the Dark Brotherhood was near the brink of ruin. Raven retreated to her home and began to resume her life of solitude.
Present day
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Raven continues to walk Cyrodiil, completing perilous tasks by the Order, who accepted Raven once more. Raven awaits a new task, one of action, one of glory, destruction, death. For the glory of vampirism, Molag Baal and Eternal Life. Raven took a new step in life, as the Oblivion crisis emerged, she found herself not as active as she was in the past, however she kept intact. Raven Vladmir went and bought some share of lands in Cyrodiil, from the gold she kept and stored up, gradually making connections with important individuals, aristocrats and nobels, and many politicians in the Imperial city, as Manifesto Cyrodiil Vampyrum instructed. Raven received the deeds to her owned lands. Months later, Raven was tasked to kill Froncua and some of his followers, they were suspected of treachery, so Raven went in and spied on them, the process took months, but Raven discovered that they were indeed trading with enemy clans and drawing needless attention to the neighboring townsfolk. Raven hid and took them out with her trio of allies. Raven was badly injured and sought refuge before the day arrived in an Ayleid Ruin. While inside, Raven encountered her brother again, although she did not recognize him, neither did he recognize her. Both vampires engaged in a fearsome fight to the death until Draken removed Raven's mask and discovered he almost killed his sister.
Her brother came to her with a proposal, to join someone, a new group that presented a new opportunity. Raven had doubts about immedietly joining another group, as previous chances rose but proved failure. Namely the Crimson Scars and the Usurper. However, Raven saw this as an opporunity to change things. Raven joined Draken and followed him to Balindrium. A massive castle imbedded on the mountains near Skyrim. Azmodæum was the name of the mage who owned the location and the "Master" of Draken. Raven followed him and joined. Her first task was to invade Dagon's realm with a skeletal force. The group were victorious and Raven began to study the ones who fought alongside her. Adonis Vile, Merthierry, Varnard. Raven began learning their personnalites and ways to suit her needs. As the group were teleported to Skyrim, they were tasked with killing the Nords of the city, to only make Azmodæum raise them to encounter the Dremora who launched an attack on his castle. Raven began to taunt Adonis Vile and befriend Varnard. For whatever reason Raven is doing this, only one thing is certain; Trust is often its own reward.
