V Is For Valravn By Deimos-Remus

More valravn art

I love my boy so much, valravn is my favorite coaster and uhh oc? Also I did the cat trend to draw this!! :3333

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My shoulder has been wrecked since christmas so I haven’t been able to draw or write for weeks. But got this one I did earlier in december that I really liked. It’s been quite a while since I allowed myself to do some grittier stuff.

I forgot how fun it was! Being a werebird.. less fun though hah!

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.

I thought I had a pretty good grasp on what the mythical creature valravn from Danish folklore is but after diving deeper it’s more versatile than expected.

The version I was originally told is that a valravn (means “war raven” or more precisely “raven of the fallen” as in fallen people on the battlefield) is a normal raven that gained human intelligence by eating the flesh or brain of dead people after a battle. With the gift of intelligence also came the curse of only being able to fly at night. The only way to gain the ability to move around in daylight was to eat the heart of a young boy. Then the valravn would be able to turn into either a human or a raven/wolf beast and go wherever it wanted whenever it pleased.

But in the most well known song about valravens they’re all human men who were turned into ravens by either a witch or a female troll. A women was told her husband could only turn back if he drank her blood so she asks another valravn for help. It agrees in exchange for the life of her first son as soon as he has spoken his first three words, suggesting an infant would be too young.

In yet another version the valravn is a human who cannibalised dead people on the battlefield and turned into a raven or a human/raven/wolf monster that could only travel at night but would continue the cannibalism until it ate a young boy at which point it would be able to turn back to a human form.

So take your pick. You want a weird creepy raven that has decided it wants to be a human? Or a tragic story of someone who can only turn back by hurting their beloved? Or perhaps a wendigo style creature who became a monster after committing the taboo of cannibalism? Or maybe a mix? Because clearly Danish people in the past weren’t too worried about the valravn canon. The only generally agreed on lore is that they’re always male, can only travel at night and they eat humans or drink human blood to reach their final form or be cured.

Valravn 2.0

finally made a character sheet for them :>

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a valravn. knight & companion of claire levitt.

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BASICS.

Name: Aiedail. Preferred name: Dai. Gender: Male. Species: Valravn. Birthday: May 10th. Age: Unknown. Sexuality: Straight. Status: Single. Occupation: Knight. Contracts: None. Location: Second circle of Hell, Paris, France, and wherever else needed.

APPEARANCE.

Hair: Black with an iridescent sheen of blues. Eyes: Like that of ember. Height: 5'7". Body type: Ottermode. Scent: That to whatever attracts those around.

ABOUT.

A lazy valravn currently the companion of Claire Levitt.

He has some past history with Claire’s so called uncle Drago Sinetta and boyfriend Dante Caivano.

Dante being the one who had taken one of his eyes in the past and left the valravn bitter towards the both of them ever since.

Nothing much is known about Aiedail unless you ask him directly.

He might be titled as a knight, but he is far from what you think.

Care for a contract?

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