Dec 07, 2010 14:59
What is Raven?
Raven is Gilbert's chain that he worked hard to be able to contract, to help his master get out of the Abyss. The contract of the chain he keeps on his person. What he used to seal the contract was a mirror, which he used to soak in the blood of the chain he was making a contract with.
Raven is a giant bird or crow like bird that is bound by chains. It is considered one of the most powerful chains in canon. It had taken Gilbert so many years and three attempts to be able to make a contract with it. Raven also seems to be used on Gilbert's left arm which is why he wears gloves most of the time and only takes them off when he has to use the chain's power.
What is a chain?
A chain is a monster that comes from the Abyss that usually were once people who have been sent to the Abyss through a certain type of method, most likely by making an illegal contract and being sent down to the deepest part of the Abyss after the contract had made it's full way around.
What is the Abyss?
The Abyss is a place where the chains live when not used by an illegal contractor aka when they don't have one for the time being. The place looks like one giant broken toy box when you first enter, although it is very rare for someone to enter the Abyss without being an illegal contractor, or if a chain has the ability to go there, like for example Eques and Raven are so far the only two who have shown the ability to go back and forth willingly.
What does Raven do? / How does Raven work?
Raven, canon wise comes with three separate abilities, which include:
Intimidation: It does exactly what it says on the tin, Raven is able to become one with the darkness and only show's one yellow eye, it can then use create copies of this eye to intimidate the person it is targeting. Since Raven is such a large bird it can be quite intimidating even without this ability in the first place. This is something that would be rarely used, or is rarely used except when Raven was trying to find a contractor in the first place.
Teleportation: Like the apparate ability in the wizarding world, it is able to teleport a person or more than one person from one place to another. In Raven's case it is able to take people from this world to another place called the Abyss and even back again, but this puts a big strain on the user that uses it at the time. Also after it is used black feathers are left behind.
Sealing Powers: This ability is used to be able to seal ones powers if they overbear a user, he can later use the power to help unseal it for a moment if it's needed and then able to seal it again when needed. This one canon wise is the one he uses most often by taking off his left glove and lightly placing his hand on someone head to be able to use it