Appearance:Raven has naturally tan skin, probably due to the Cherokee blood that runs in her veins. Her hair is a dark brown that almost appears black and falls around her shoulders. Her eyes are a bright blue and when you look into them you swear that you can see her soul. Raven's not as tall as most in her family, only standing at 5' 5". She's slim with a few curves. Most would call her cute or pretty.
Usually there's a camera hanging around her neck. Her hair other spends it's time hanging loose or pulled back into a pony tail, never anything fancy. Her clothing style is nothing fancy either. She doesn't follow fashion, instead she stick to clothes that she is comforable in.
Personality: Being a shaman, Raven has seen the good and the bad in the world and though the bad always seems to out way the good, Raven still believes in the good. She tends to be a little naive about the world. If someone is hurt, she'll help them out no matter the cost. Kind, loyal, stubborn are all words to describe Raven.
Instead of facing things, Raven will most times run away from them. Avoidice is the key. A brush it under the rug kind of gal. This usually leads to a lot of built up issues. Raven tries to keep these issues locked inside but when they burst lose they really burst.
Special abilities/talents: Raven is great with a camera and even went to school for it. The photographs she takes are breath taking. Some have even said that her photos really capture the soul of the subject.
Supernatural Affinity: Species/Group: Human Shaman Power(s): Those of your normal shaman. Other Info: Raven gets her shaman heritage from both sides of her parents. On her mother's side you have the Celtic Shaman's of old and on her father's side you have the Native American medicine men that are often called shamans in today's society.
History: Raven was born to an Irish mother and an American father with Cherokee blood. The little family of three was very happy. Raven was a good baby, hardly ever crying and sleeping through the night. One of the nights she did cry was the night that their parents were killed. People said that it was just wild animals but other says that it was werewolves. Possibly skinwalkers. Now Raven's parents had hardly any other family, and those on the father’s side refused to take the girl, saying that she was now cursed.
With no family to take her in, Raven was put into the system. Luckily she was adopted soon enough. She went to a loving family that loved her just as if she had been their own child. Raven had a good childhood, growing up an only child and never wanting for anything.
It was when Raven turned 12 years old that she remembers starting to have dreams about a talking fox. Talking foxes weren't that weird right? Right. So Raven never mentioned it to her parents and didn't think anything of it. All went normal for a while, the dreams coming and going throughout the years. Then when she was 17 years old, Raven was in a car wrack.
It happened so fast that Raven didn't even know it was happening until she ran right into a tree. The front end of the car crunched up like a coke can. A piece of mental had broken off and came flying back through the broken windshield, embedding itself in Raven’s chest. The whole thing happened within seconds. Raven only had moments to stare in disbelief before passing out.
Now you probably think that our story ends here. It does not. For while Raven was passed out the rude fox came to her. He explained that he was a spirit guide and that she a shaman. Being a shaman, it was within her power to save herself before it was too late. Believing this was just some odd dream anyway, she went along with it. She did what the strange little animal told her, healing herself from the inside out. The metal was pushed out of her body and the wounds begun to close. When Raven came back around, there was a hole in her shirt and blood, but no mark on her chest.
This began Raven's life as a shaman. She's spent the last few years learning about what she is and testing her abilities, something that has not been easy since she knows next nothing about her birth parents and their family history. Why she's ended up in Mysteria, well, that's her spirit guide's fault and she doesn't even think he knows why she was sent there.
Flaws: Raven can be a bit naive. She seen the bad in the world and as horrifying as it can be, she still believes that things will work out. They have to. Good always wins right? She believes there is good in people and that they can change. This can be a problem when someone wants to kill you.
Man, what a big softy. Raven can't resist a person in need. And animals, well those big eyes just gets to her. She'll give up her sandwich to a hungry stray dog. It isn't uncommon for her to take animals in. Plus Raven's the person giving the bum on the corner a few bucks to buy something to eat right before the bum turns the corner and buys some booze.
Now where did she put those keys…? Raven is a bit absent minded and is forever missing placing stuff. Even if she just sat it down, Raven forgets what she did with it. She often forgets places she's supposed to be until five minutes after she was supposed to be there. And even with a list, going to the grocery store is hell.
Raven is hypoglycemic. Meaning she has low blood sugar. She must eat to keep it up and if she does not, she will get sick. The lower her blood sugar drops, the sicker she gets. If it drops too low without getting something into her, Raven can pass out, even go into a coma.
Merits:
Raven has an animal affinity. Animals like her. They don't follow her around like in Evan Almighty, but even animals that don't normally go near an human allow Raven to touch them.
The photos that Raven takes are so good because she has an eye for detail, lighting, and all the other things needed to make them turn out well.