Raven Queen

The Raven Queen is the God of Death. She is a mysterious entity from the Shadowfell who was revered by the shadar-kai, her people.
She is described as a tall and slender woman, with flowing black hair and pale, porcelain skin. She almost always wears a blank, porcelain mask. On the rare occasions she removes it, she is described as a beautiful woman with red irises.
The Raven Queen is obsessed with collecting and observing mementos and fragments of memories and essences. Many sages speculate that she is in fact insane, believing her methods and behavior little more than aimless curiosity or a desperate attempt to prevent her fragile existence from fading into oblivion. Others maintain that there was a cosmological function that was performed by the Queen's actions, as she purified souls by forcing mortals to deal with their fears and pains.
Before she became a goddess, she and her elven tribe tried harness divinity to create another plane. Kelemor, the God of Death, and some defectors of her tribe tried to stop them. The ritual ended up failing failed and Kelemor slain. She took his divinity stolen from his corpse and she became the new Goddess of Death. She punished the defectors by cursing them, turning them into hideous creatures. She know resides in her half finish plane, the Shadowfell.
The whole existence of the Raven Queen is focused on collecting memories and strong emotions, typically associated with loss and tragedy. To that end, she dispatchs shadar-kai and other servants to the far confines of the multiverse to wait for such an event to unfold, as scouted by her ravens. Then they collects mementos, such as trinkets, memories from the living and the souls of the dead, and brings them back to her.
One of the Raven Queen's greatest enemies is the demon lord Orcus, who constantly seeks control of the Shadowfell. He hopes to find a weakness in her domain by discovering her true name.
Another devout enemy of the Raven Queen is Vecna, God of Secrets who envies her for her unique abilities to tap into the flow of souls and to harvest knowledge. One of his goals is to overthrow the Queen and rule the entire Shadowfell from her Fortress of Memories. Vecna's servants constantly battle with the Raven Queen's shadar-kai followers.
Other wizards and necromancers craved the Raven Queen's knowledge and domain over souls. Attempts at conquering the Fortress of Memories were constant, but were always thwarted by her more fanatical shadar-kai defenders.

Type

Greater Deity

Title(s)

The Matron of Ravens
The Matron of Death

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Symbol

raven's head, in profile, facing left

Edicts

strive to understand ancient prophecies, destroy undead, lay bodies to rest

Anathema

create undead, desecrate a corpse, rob a tomb

Areas of Concern

birth, death, fate, prophecy, and time

5e Domains

Grave, Life, Death, Twilight

P2 Devotee Benefits

Divine Ability

Constitution or Wisdom

Divine Font

heal

Divine Sanctification

none

Divine Skill

Medicine

Favored Weapon

dagger

Domains

death, fate, healing, knowledge

Alternate Domains

soul, time, vigil

Cleric Spells

1st: mindlink, 3rd: ghostly weapon, 4th: vision of death

Divine Intercession

Those who would prevent a soul from reaching the afterlife draw the Raven Queen’s ire, but those who merely dabble in pursuits like lengthening their life or resurrection are usually ignored, as eventually death comes for all.

Minor Boon:

You see a momentary, prophetic glimpse of your fate. Once, you gain a +2 status bonus to a single check; you can apply this bonus after you determine the result, and it can potentially change the degree of success.

Moderate Boon:

You gain a greater mastery over the energies of life and death. Your Strikes deal 1 positive damage to undead. Your spells that deal positive damage to undead gain a +1 status bonus to damage per spell level, and your spells that heal the living gain a +1 status bonus to the Hit Points restored per spell level.

Major Boon:

The Raven Queen keeps you alive to fulfill your fate. The GM secretly chooses a fate Pharasma knows you must fulfill. Until you fulfill this fate, any time you would die, a grave but nonfatal misfortune instead befalls you. You take at least a full day to recuperate and you potentially face permanent consequences, but you don’t die. If you would have died even once without this boon, once your fate is complete, you let out a final sigh and then die peacefully.

Minor Curse:

Horrifying or enticing visions of your final judgment distract you from the task at hand. You take a –2 status penalty to initiative rolls.

Moderate Curse:

Fate turns against you and reveals dire portents. Divinations such as augury cast by you or that involve you always suggest woe. Once per day after you attempt a check, the GM can make the result of the roll a natural 1.

Major Curse:

The Raven Queen wills the end of your life and your lineage. You become unable to have children (or otherwise procreate by any means, including create spawn abilities) and are permanently doomed 2.