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{{Infobox NPC
|name = Ravanna
|release = 15 April 2025
|update = RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out!
|location= Unknown
|race = Human
|gender = Female
|aka=}}

'''Ravanna''' is a necromancer who arrived on [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]] while fleeing from pirates. She formed a partnership with [[Dragonwilds:Ulv]], a [[Dragonwilds:Wild Knights|Wild Knight]], and together they protected the forests around [[Dragonwilds:Bramblemead]].

== History ==
=== Arrival on Ashenfall ===
Ravanna arrived on [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]] by boat while fleeing from pirates seeking revenge for her misdeeds.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=For a short time, a necromancer arrived on Ashenfall. She had found her way here by boat, fleeing pirates who wanted revenge for her misdeeds.}} At this time, her necromantic abilities were limited and she could not raise the undead -yet - but she a knack for controlling simple fangs and bones.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=Her skills were limited; she could not raise undead legions, but she had a knack for controlling simple fangs and bones.}}
When the pirates tracked her down, she fled into the forests and attempted to defend herself with fang arrows. Her efforts failed, and broken and she prepared herself for death.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=She fled into the forests — pirates having found Ashenfall and hunting her down — where she would unleash fang arrows against her foes in the hope of stopping their chase. It didn't work. Broken, lost and without hope, she prepared herself for death.}}

=== Partnership with Ulv ===
Ravanna was rescued by [[Dragonwilds:Ulv]], a [[Dragonwilds:Wild Knights|Wild Knight]] who wore a mask made from the skull of a wolf. He pushed back the pirates and brought her to safety.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=But death never came for her. Instead, a Wild Knight, who wore a mask made from the skull of a wolf, rescued her. He pushed back her assailants and brought her to safety.}}
Their fellowship after this became unbreakable, though their relationship was platonic. She made the arrows, he fired the bow, and together they feasted on their victories as they kept the woods safe from unwanted intrusion.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=Their fellowship after that was unbreakable, though no bond of romance flowed between them. She made the arrows, he fired the bow, and together, they feasted on their victories and kept the woods safe from unwanted intrusion.}}
Despite their close friendship, Ravanna proved to be a poor hunter. While Ulv was quiet and could hold his position for hours, Ravanna was undisciplined and noisy, often causing their prey to flee.{{CiteJournal|journal=Willow Longbow|quote=Ulv had many skills, but hunting was his strongest. He was inherently quiet, still as the night, and he could hold his position, in the trees or bushes, for hours at a time. Ravanna was never good at this. When the two of them hunted together, Ravanna would sneeze, cough or scream at the sight of an unexpected insect, and the two of them would watch their quarry disappear off into the night.}}
Although this would occasionally test their friendship, Ulv never held it against her. He continued attempting to teach the necromancer the ways of the forest and the techniques the [[Dragonwilds:Wild Knights]] used to track down game, but it never took - try as she might, Ravanna was never going to be silent as a shadow.{{CiteJournal|journal=Willow Longbow|quote=Although this would occasionally test their friendship, Ulv never really held it against Ravanna. Instead he continued attempting to teach the necromancer the ways of the forest, and the techniques the Wild Knights would use to track down game. It never took. Try as she might, Ravanna was never going to be silent as a shadow.}}
In apology for her noisy nature, Ravanna sought to create a weapon that would reduce its impact. She traveled into [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]] in search of material strong enough to craft one, and returned with willow branches that she fashioned into a longbow as a gift for her friend.{{CiteJournal|journal=Willow Longbow|quote=In apology, she looked for a way to create a weapon that would reduce the impact of her noisy nature. Longbows fired further and faster, meaning that less stealth was needed. She made her way into Fellhollow in search of a material strong enough, and returned with willow branches that she crafted into a longbow as a gift for her friend.}}

Ravanna and Ulv worked together to defeat [[Dragonwilds:Shatterfang]], a notorious alpha wolf terrorizing [[Dragonwilds:Bramblemead]]. When the Wild Knights' hunters failed to stop the clever and cruel wolf, Ravanna used dark magic to lock the wolf's bones in place, while Ulv struck from the shadows with blades forged from the wolf's kin.{{CiteJournal|journal=Leather Chaps|quote=He was finally felled when an unlikely ally used dark magic to lock the wolf's bones in place, while her companion struck from the shadows with blades forged from the wolf's kin.}} The grateful villagers offered them any reward they desired - money, weapons, or gems - but the pair asked only for Shatterfang's skull in return.{{CiteJournal|journal=Leather Chaps|quote=The villagers offered any reward to their saviours. Money, weapons, gems, yet the pair asked only for Shatterfang's skull in return.}}
Evidence of their friendship can still be found throughout the forest in the form of miniature carvings of a wolf skull and a bat in places that meant something to them.{{CiteJournal|journal=Fang Arrow|quote=Even now, there are signs of their friendship. Hidden across the forest, miniature carvings of a wolf skull and a bat can be found in places that meant something to them.}} At some point after the longbow is gifted, Ulv is killed by [[Dragonwilds:Garou]].

=== Life in Fellhollow ===
Ravanna eventually came to [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]], impressed by what the people who had left Bramblemead had created. The community was peaceful, with amalgamated and non-amalgamated people working side by side.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=amalgamated and, for lack of a better word, normal people working side by side}} The village was watched over by dragons who helped with construction and farming, and who gave the villagers something called a Blessing that bound them together in ways Ravanna found intriguing.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=They even give them this weird little thing they call a Blessing, which somehow binds them together in a way I'm seriously going to need to study later}} The people didn't worship the dragons, and different faiths coexisted peacefully - Saradominists greeting Zamorakians without conflict.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=Saradominists greet Zamorakians and no one starts a fight}}
Ravanna set up a small shop in the village, selling potions, salves, and services for those who needed to speak with the dead.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=I set up a little shop. Can you imagine? Me, with a shop! Just selling little potions and salves, and services for those that need to speak with the dead}}

=== Imaru and Ravanna ===
Following Ulv's death at the hands of the [[Dragonwilds:garou]], Ravanna sustained her existence through hatred and desire for vengeance. She learned that continued existence was surprisingly easy to maintain, all it took was hate.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's First Journal|quote=The odd thing about life is it's surprisingly easy to maintain. For all the work of alchemists and scheming sorcerers, continued existence is child's play really. All it takes is hate}} She vowed never to forgive the garou for the death of her friend, maintaining that as long as she cursed them, her soul would not fade to the world below.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's First Journal|quote=I will never forgive them for the death of my friend. Never. And as long as I curse them, my soul will not fade to the world below}} When she lost Ulv, Ravanna attempted to bring him back through necromancy. The result of this attempt was disastrous, "Something better buried and left unspoken."{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=When I lost Ulv I tried to bring him back and… well… the result of that is better buried, I confess}} Despite the failure, she continued to visit what remained of Ulv, not wanting him to be lonely even though nothing of her friend remained there.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=I visit him from time to time. There's nothing left of my friend there, hasn't been for some time, but I don't want him getting lonely}}
Some time after this, Ravanna gained a new customer, the dragon [[Dragonwilds:Imaru]].{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=I have a new customer, and she won't fit through the door}} She found herself empathizing with the dragon, as everyone in Fellhollow had witnessed what had happened to her.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=Odd to empathise with a dragon, but I do. We all saw what happened}} Imaru came to Ravanna seeking a way to bring him back. Necromancy didn't work that way, at least not within Ravanna's skill set, but she thought she could offer something almost as good - she offered revenge.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=Imaru. After the death of her mate she came to me seeking a way to bring him back. Necromancy doesn't work like that, at least not yet and certainly not within my skill set. Yet, still, I thought I could offer her something almost as good. I offered her revenge}}
Ravanna created a curse within Imaru, using the dragon's grief and rage as a focus to strengthen her against [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]]. Imaru was to become a devouring force that would feast on the Godeater's very soul.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=I created a curse within her, using her grief and rage as a focus, so that it might strengthen her against Kuldra. She was to become a devouring force that would feast on the Godeater's very soul}}
The curse did not work. Kuldra proved to be stronger than Ravanna had imagined, her essence more powerful than either of them could have guessed.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=It did not work. Kuldra is stronger than I imagined. Her essence more powerful than either of us could have guessed}} As Imaru raged at her, Kuldra simply laughed and rebuffed her, barely even registering the unholy force hurled against her.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=As Imaru raged at her Kuldra simply laughed and rebuffed her, barely even registering the unholy force hurled against her}} Imaru fell to the ground in a crumbled heap, and Ravanna wished that were the end of it.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=So Imaru died. Fell to the ground in a crumbled heap… and I wish that were the end of it}}

=== Undeath ===
The situation became far worse than Ravanna had anticipated. The {{RSL|River Noumenon}}, the way to the Afterlife, was now blocked. Imaru had somehow wedged herself in the underworld using the curse Ravanna had given her, her own sheer rage and will.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=Things are so much worse than I thought. The River Noumenon, the way to the Afterlife, is blocked. Imaru has somehow wedged herself in there, using the curse I gave her and her own, sheer, bloody-minded rage to stick her in place}} She clawed at the edge of the Underworld, creating rifts that bled the Noumenon's waters into the mortal world.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=She claws at the edge of the Underworld, creating rifts that bleed the Noumenon's waters into our world like some deadly poison that rips out the soul}} Imaru used her Blessing as an anchor to her people, dragging their souls to her so that she could grow stronger.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=She uses her "Blessing" as an anchor to her people, dragging their souls to her so that she might feast and grow stronger}}
Ravanna's own soul was protected, warded by the curse that raged inside her, but the other villagers of Fellhollow weren't so fortunate.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=My soul is protected, warded by the curse that rages inside me, but the other villagers aren't so lucky}} She could see tendrils of their spirits being dragged from their chests though the villagers couldn't see it themselves, they could only feel that something terrible was happening.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=I see tendrils of their spirits being dragged from their chests like a ragged cloak billowing in the wind. They don't see it, of course, but they can feel it}} Ravanna recognized this was all her fault.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=This is all my fault}}
Fellhollow was doomed. Imaru's mouth consumed all the souls flowing down the River Noumenon, and with each soul she devoured, she grew stronger and her grip tightened.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=Fellhollow is doomed, there's no other word for it. Imaru's wedged herself in this part of the underworld and her mouth is wide and consuming all the souls that flow down the river Noumenon. With each soul she devours she grows stronger and her grip tightens}} The necromantic energies of the Underworld washed back through the Blessing and into Imaru's subjects, animating their bodies and filling them with an unquenchable thirst for more souls.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=The necromantic energies of the Underworld then wash back through the Blessing and into her subjects, animating their bodies and filling them with an unquenchable thirst for more souls}} They became nothing but withered husks of themselves, all humanity drained away, leaving only a terrible, clawing need.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=They're nothing but withered husks of themselves, all humanity drained away and all that's left is a terrible, clawing, need}}
Ravanna had seen this before in the forbidden texts her master kept hidden from her. The source of this evil was Imaru, an evil of her own making.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=I've seen this before, in the forbidden texts that my master kept hidden from me. Only the source of this evil isn't some nebulous power that dwells in the shadows, but an undead dragon. An evil of my own making}} She realized she could not break the curse or end Imaru's wrath, as she was no match for the dragon in battle.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=I cannot break the curse. I cannot end her wrath. For all my skills I am nowhere near a match for her in battle}} All she could do was protect the rest of Ashenfall and [[Dragonwilds:Gielinor]] by keeping Imaru locked away.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=All I can do is protect the rest of Ashenfall, and Gielinor, by keeping her locked away}} She would seal Imaru in her tower, then complete the ritual to take essence of her curse and bound them to three plinths across Fellhollow, in hope that someone strong and skilled enough is able to take on Imaru, using the very curse that strengthen Imaru, to empower the future [[Dragonwilds:Player|hero]]{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Seventh Journal|quote=I’ve caused by binding Imaru to that curse. I have taken the essence of her curse and bound it to the plinths, in hope that someone stronger than me might yet claim them.
Doing so will bind them to her curse in the same way that she is, but only for a while. Strong enough to challenge her. Strong enough to harm her. Without the curse she’s invulnerable, but the very same thing that makes her powerful, makes her weak.

I have split them across the region, so that someone will not stumble on them by mistake. It will require dedication, focus and skill to overcome this monster of my own making, I’m sorry I cannot be the one to do it.

But, at least, I can help the one who can.}}.

==Gallery==
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File:Ravanna cursing Imaru.png|Ravanna casting the curse on Imaru to empower her
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