Raef

Raven Raef Rook

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

She looks frail and sickly but has strength and constitution fueled by magic. She does not get sick, her wounds heal magically, and she is resistant to necrotic damage. Despite this she has trouble gaining weight, even for an Aarakocra.

Physical quirks

• Pitch black feathers
• Glowing violet eyes
• Large wings for her size

Special abilities

• Defy Death
• Undying Nature
• Spell Sniper
• Among the Dead
• Vampiric Bite
• Eldritch Lance and Repelling Blast

Raef fights by taking to the skies and bombarding the enemies with repelling eldritch blasts from 600 ft. away staying out of the range of regular bows, crossbows, and most balista.

Apparel & Accessories

Large black coat with sleeves rolled up and a warm wool undershirt. She can't feel the cold but the idea of it makes her feel better. Simple light brown pants, and her warlock talisman (onyx in a mithral setting) around her neck when its with her.

Specialized Equipment

Pact of the Talisman.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Raef come from a family that has been a part of the Waterdeep underworld for generations (As Arakocra this goes by pretty quick. Its actually been about a century.) and she was no exception. She joined the guild of the Xanatar by burning down a competitors warehouse, but she hadn't realized there were workers still inside. Despite her and her families best effort she was consumed by remorse for her actions and during her encounter with Kithne, decided to take his offer to leave with him. The 3 escaped and worked for the Highest Sea Co for the next year.
On a contract ferrying a powerful vampire lord to Cormyr (though they did not know this at the time) the ship was attacked and Raef was mortally wounded. As she lay dying on the deck, the rest of the crew too occupied fending off the attack to notice the vampire Lord Umagoth offered to save her life in exchange for her service. She agreed and was pulled from the brink of death into undeath, her feathers turning pitch black and her breathing stopped. She opened her eyes as a Raven of Umagoth and set out back into the battle.
She would come to realize, with both time and explanation by Umagoth during the rest of their voyage, that she would age at a much slower rate than normal, and would have access to power so long as she kept reports to Umagoth about the outside world coming regularly. So she stays with the crew out of love for her found family but now also to keep the flow of exciting news coming, in order to extend her life.

Sexuality

Bisexual

Education

The best money could buy though more tailored to give her the tools to survive in the Waterdeep underground. History, Math, Politics, etc.

Employment

Steady employment with the crew of The Wandering Roost

Accomplishments & Achievements

Despite being ashamed of her past, she is secretly a little proud of having survived her clans harsh training and having what it takes to succeed in a cut throat organization like the Xanathar's Guild.

Failures & Embarrassments

Basically every action she took while involved with the Xanathar Guild she considers a failure.

Mental Trauma

She spent her youth of what was already going to be a short life committing a range of horrible crimes, then died a year into her first taste of freedom so she's working through some stuff.

Intellectual Characteristics

In 'life' she could be outspoken and brash but was able to user her charisma and intelligence to get her way. In undeath she still uses this approach but her expression is muted and ability to emote and express herself is toned down. She comes off (whether or not she intends to) as cold and rational. She needs to feel very strongly about something before it actually starts to show in her voice and actions.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

She had only just found a way of life she enjoyed when she died, so her goal insists entirely of keeping herself and her friends alive and meeting the conditions to keep the warlock pact in effect.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Savvies

• Arcana
• History
• Investigation

Ineptitudes

• Athletics
• Nature
• Religion

Likes & Dislikes

Likes

• Her meat a little on the rare side after her transformation
• Tavern songs
• When her plans work as she expected
• Being a sassy bitch even if she can't express it very well

Dislikes

• Slow walkers
• "Stupid" evil
• Vegetables

Virtues & Personality perks

• Basically no lower limit to the things she'll do for her friends
• Unlike Arri, she's actually hilarious but with very very dry humor.

Vices & Personality flaws

• As she basically is viewing everything from overwatch she gets extremely irritated when things go wrong and tends to rip into people about their performance in the way a genji/sombra will call out their team mates for not doing anything.

Relationships

Arri

Captain (Vital)

Towards Raef

5

2

Frank

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Raef

Crewmate (Vital)

Towards Arri

5

2

Frank

---

History

Raef and Arri got along well together from the start. They came from such wildly different backgrounds and had equally different skill sets. As such, Arri came to value Raef's unique criminal insights when making decisions for the crew. Nothing romantic ever came of this but they did form a quiet bond over the magical transformations of their bodies their relationship has evolved to be each others knowing confidant.

BrightEyes

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Raef

4

3

Honest

---

Raef

Crewmate (Important)

Towards BrightEyes

4

3

Honest

---

History

Brighteyes and Raef have functinoally nothing in common except being hillarious, sarcastic, and judgemental. So naturally offhand remarks and whispered gossip have turned these two into the sassiest bitches on the crew by a mile. Woe is it to thee that does something worthy of mockery in front of either of them.

Gredmar

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Raef

4

4

Frank

---

Raef

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Gredmar

4

4

Frank

---

History

These two bonded over their high standards, reliability, and general life experience. They both expect a lot from the people around them and recognize each other as skilled practicioners of their general trades. Despite this respect they don't have many interactions outside of general crew work.

Evrec

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Raef

4

4

Honest

---

Raef

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Evrec

4

4

Honest

---

History

Raef and Evrec met in a professional capacity most of their interactions have been through that lens. Evrec takes the close quarters combat and tank role while Raef operates as the long range cover. Outside of their roles as the primary fighters of the group they don't have very much in common but both are very protective and watchful over the crew.

Kithne

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Raef

4

0

Honest

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Raef

Crewmate (Important)

Towards Kithne

4

0

Honest

---

History

Raef and Kithne tend to rub each other the wrong way. Raef has very high expectations and thinks Kithne wastes his time and talent on low stakes bullshit. Kithne thinks Raef is spent her entire life as a stick in the mud, got reborn and is still boring in the second life too. But they know that they never would have escaped The Xanathar without the help of the other so under the off hand comments and snipes theres a mutual gratitude and respect.

Currently Boarded Vehicle

The Wandering Roost

Species

Aarakocra

Age

4

Date of Birth

8 Elient, 1490 DR

Date of Death

16 Hammer, 1494 DR

Circumstances of Death

Ressurected by a Umagoth

Birthplace

Waterdeep

Place of Death

The Wandering Roost, over Cormyr

Spouses

Siblings

Pronouns

She/Her

Gender

Female

Eyes

Violet

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Oil Black Feathers

Height

5'1"

Weight

95lb

Aligned Organization

The Highest Sea Co.

Other Affiliations

• Ravens of Umagoth

Known Languages

Common, Elvish, Gnomish