Many centuries later, in 812 PD, Vecna returned and successfully completed the ritual.Īt some point after her ascension the Matron of Ravens made Letherna her realm in the Shadowfell. She foresaw this disaster and, through her champion Purvan Suul, attempted to warn the governing body of Avalir, The Septarion, to pay close attention to Vespin's affairs, but Purvan was largely derided or ignored. The Raven Queen's ascension also inspired Vespin Chloras to release the imprisoned Betrayer Gods back into the Material Plane, leading to the Calamity. However, another powerful mage of the Age of Arcanum, Vecna, reconstructed the Ritual of Seeding and attempted it, but the ritual was interrupted and he was all but destroyed. In fear, the remainder of the pantheon swiftly destroyed and prohibited these rites. She sundered his name from reality, so that it even disappeared from his temples at the moment of her ascension likewise, her name was taken even from the memories of those who knew her and was later believed to be either lost to or removed from the historical record. Her rise to godhood is variously described as either involving her challenging her predecessor and overtaking him or as having instantly destroyed him upon her ascension. She was a follower and partner of the previous god of death, but between 119 and 126 years before the Calamity, she developed rites that allowed her to destroy him and take his place, becoming the first mortal to achieve godhood. The Raven Queen was originally a mortal wizard who lived during the Age of Arcanum, possibly in Avalir, theorized to have been Ruidusborn. Official art of the Raven Queen's ascension to godhood, by Jessica Nguyen from " Exandria: An Intimate History" (S圆1) at 3:24. The Raven Queen noted that giving of her essence in this way would expose her already-precarious position in the pantheon to even greater risk:
Not long before Vox Machina's final confrontation with Vecna, Vax'ildan visited the Raven Queen to ask for a bead of divinity, used in the creation of weapons that could banish the ascended Vecna. Personality Īs a mortal, the Raven Queen developed the Ritual of Seeding and wrested a position in the pantheon from the previous god of death. However, certain sects in Marquet (in which she is worshiped as Duskmaven) depict her as a keen-eyed vulture with plumage varying from the shades of a sunset to the black of midnight in this representation the goddess also covers her face, in this case with a golden funerary mask.
Her general iconography in Issylra, Tal'Dorei and Wildemount represents the way in which the goddess appears to mortals, almost always adding elements of black feathers such as a cape or wings. On the rare occasions she removes it, she is still described as beautiful, and her eyes have red irises. She almost always wears a blank, porcelain mask. After becoming a goddess she is described as a tall and slender woman, with flowing black hair and pale, porcelain skin. When she was alive, the Raven Queen was described as a beautiful woman with raven hair. 3.16 "Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 2" (E2x02).Īs an NPC, the Raven Queen is played by Matthew Mercer in Critical Role and Courtenay Taylor in The Legend of Vox Machina Blood, which plays a large part in the ritual of communing with the goddess within her temple, is one of many very powerful tools in the worship of the Matron of Ravens and sometimes blood magic is utilized by her followers. The Duskmeadow District of Vasselheim is devoted to worshiping her and is also where her temple, Raven's Crest, is located. Her devotees seek her favor to guide them in death and prevent the curse of undeath from falling on them.īecause of her hatred of undeath, she and the Demon Prince of Undeath, Orcus, are fierce enemies. After her ascension, her true name has long been lost. Originally a mortal woman in the Age of Arcanum, she ascended to godhood and destroyed the previous god of death. The Raven Queen, Matron of Death, also commonly known as the Matron of Ravens and the Duskmaven, is the goddess of death, fate, and winter she is also considered the goddess of twilight, inevitability and the passage of time, presiding over the transition between life and death.
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