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Valravns - Behavior

This is just my personal take on valravns. Many elements present here are not found in the source material and instead are inferences or were wholly invented by me. Feel free to use these ideas for your own valravn or valravn-inspired characters!

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By the nature of their existence, valravns are intelligent and dangerous creatures. A hunger for human hearts does not easily lend itself to a charitable personality. Their hunger dictates their every action.

They are experts at fighting in their many forms, striking precisely where and how they need to. Most of the time, however, valravns pick alternatives to outright violence. A clever predator does not need to hunt prey, all it needs to do is trap it.

A valravn always has some sort of deceptive plot in mind. They have a habit of using trickery in their words or only telling half-truths when making deals with mortals. Unlike the fae, this is not a case of magic compelling them to do so. They simply have a sick sense of humor, taking joy in the despair of the mortals they have tricked.

Valravns can either be nomadic or have a set territory. Typically, younger ones are nomadic while older ones settle, but this is by no means definite. Nomadic valravns fly from one bloodied battlefield to the next, something that is easy for their keen senses to find. Settled valravns typically take up some remote locale, like a forest or island, and reign it with iron claws and beak.

Valravns, much like mundane ravens, are mostly solitary. They may take on a mate, typically another valravn, but sometimes some other monster, or rarely even a human. Valravns are fiercely loyal to their mate, to the point of madness. Anything less than perfect for their other half is unacceptable and must be corrected. A valravn separated or, gods forbid, denied their mate would be a truly twisted and insane monster indeed.

Valravns may also be accompanied by their young. These chicks may be naturally born, humans they turned into their own, or even a mix of both. Their young typically accompany their parents until they reach maturity, at which point they leave their parents' side and strike it out on their own.

quick digital doodle of Valravn for Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

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Take flight on bladed wings and gloriously cleave through the world’s deception

Valravn having a sneaky chat

Valravns on the prowl!

Ever since I finished my valravn mass attack last year, I asked myself, how could I ever follow it up? I missed quite a few characters last year (I am SO sorry that I missed you guys) and there's going to be newcomers this year. What should I do? Another valravn mass attack, of course.

You can find this piece on Art Fight here. As for what all of these characters are up to and where they're going...well, who knows? Surely nothing nefarious.

Valravn - eurekaclown | Valravn - Ruakku | Valravn - @naldthal-thetraders | Innocence - @whitewingedcrow | Capri - Ophiu_chuss | Sklaer - sshrimpmeal | Connor - SelkieFromNorth | Valdern - 0tesmeal

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When you hear the Old Church bell toll and a sad wail echo through the forest, do not approach. For the Weeping Raven is there, grieving for all she lost.

It is best not to disturb her, lest you want to join her in sorrow.