Raven is a character from Twisted Metal: Black. She is the driver of Shadow.
Bio (Manual)[]
Her friends called her "Raven" because of her fixation with the starkly black bird and also the black leather and dark makeup she wears.
Raven despises the "in-crowd" at school and disassociates herself as much as possible. But no matter how much she tries to avoid them, they keep picking on her and her small group of friends. "Why can't they just leave us alone?"
One day, her friend fell victim to a prank gone awry. Soon she'll have the chance to set things right...
Story[]
Raven is a gothic teenager along with her best friend Kelly. One day they were at the pier, looking through tarot cards to see if the boy who Kelly likes will notice her, they drew out a death card. At that moment two guys from school came to the pier and harass Raven and Kelly, calling them witches. One boy grabbed Raven, while other had Kelly by her ankles, saying that he always wanted to see if a witch could swim, Raven shouted Kelly can't swim, but he dropped her anyway. Raven couldn't swim either, so there was nothing she could do, and the two boys fled the scene. Kelly's last words to Raven were that she gets them and makes them pay, then she drowns. Raven's parents sent her to Blackfield Asylum, there she thinks about Kelly, cutting her name on her arm, determined to avenge her. She is visited by Calypso, offering her to join his contest to get revenge. Kelly is her best friend in the world will do anything to fulfill her wish. Raven enters the contest.
Loading Screen Dialogue[]
- "Kelly was my best friend. She was my soul mate. I will win this game and fulfill her dying wish."
- "When I started the game, I thought I'd have a problem killing people. But you know, it actually feels pretty good..."
- "I hope I run across my parents out here. It sure would feel good to run those fuckers over..."
- "Minion won last year's contest. But I'm not afraid. If I can just find a way past his force field, I can beat him."
- "They killed Kelly. But they won't get away with it. When I win, I'll find them both...and I'll kill them."
- "This battleground is real tight and full of danger. I gotta keep moving if Kelly is ever going to have her revenge."
- "100 stories up. I should just drive my car off the edge. Then I'd never have to worry about anything anymore..."
- "I'm so close! I can't let this pig stand in my way! This is the last battle. If I win, Kelly will be avenged..."
Ending[]
Raven wins the contest. As her prize, Calypso throws her a pair of voodoo dolls. She picks them up before driving a needle into the eye of one of them. During this, she swears she could hear something off in the distance. It's then revealed that her voodoo dolls were directly connected to her tormentors, causing their deaths by taking out their eyes. She has taken her revenge, and laments over her friend.
Trivia[]
- There are two differences between Raven's appearance in the character selection screen and her cutscenes;
- In the character select screen, Raven wears a pentagram necklace, but in her cutscenes, it is changed to an ankh necklace.
- In the character select screen, her lipstick color is black, whereas in the cutscenes it is blood-red.
- In Raven's ending, when the back of the boys' car is shown, the license plate reads: A5H 15H, possibly meaning "Ashes".
- She is the youngest known female, and the second youngest character overall (The youngest female being Krista Sparks and the youngest character overall being Charlie Kane's son).
- Raven's prototype name seen in earlier versions of her FMVs was Sad Sally.
- Due to her own mental disorder, perhaps Raven felt fulfilling Kelly's dying wish for vengeance was more important than using the wish to bring her back from the dead.
- It can also be noted that in Agent Stone's ending (who wanted to save the people he accidentally killed), he was shot to death; implying that Calypso can resurrect people, but it comes at the price of someone's life (normally the one who wished it).
- She is the only character whose middle cut-scene shows her facing the steering wheel when unconscious. Everyone else's middle cut-scene shows them facing the camera while unconscious.
- In Tarot readings the death card is depicted as transition or change, as to Raven, Kelly's death was the catalyst for Raven to avenge not only Kelly, but the souls that were carried in her hearse.
- It is implied that Raven has a hatred of men, as the two boys in her backstory killed Kelly. Also, in her character selection bio under 'treatment', it states "Sessions with FEMALE grief counselor!"
- Her first loading screen quotes Kelly as her 'soulmate'. However, it should be taken into account that soulmates can also be seen as platonic. The game itself never specifies if Raven meant it in a romantic way (Though David Jaffe later claimed that Raven and Kelly were in a relationship in a livestream).[1]
- When comparing Raven's self-harm scars between builds of the game, they are considerably more gruesome in the final game than the earlier version. It is unknown why.
Gallery[]
| Twisted Metal: Black Characters | |
|---|---|
| Host | Calypso |
| Contestants | Billy Ray Stillwell • Preacher • Agent Stone • Mr. Grimm • John Doe • No-Face • Bloody Mary • Dollface • Raven • Charlie Kane & Son • Axel • Cage • Black • Sweet Tooth • 1311832119 111145 |
| Others | WarHawk • Annie Stillwell • Benny • Dr. Hatch • Kelly • Kristen • Mary's Groom • Mr. Kreel • Raven's Bullies • The Advisor • The Pilot |