Raven was born premature and abandoned by Aredhel, wife of Eöl. Raven was found in the wild soon afterward by a scouting party of the men of Bëor as they came west into Beleriand. It was they who gave her the name of Raven, for her dark crop of hair covered her head, and a flight of the dark birds hovered about where she lay in the grasses, leading the men to her. Raven had always a liking of the Edain, but her serious love interests were that of the Eldar. She took up with the twin sons of Fëanor, and she loved them both. But tragedy was the lot fo the Feanorean line, and soon dispair came to her with their passing. Raven drifted about and journeyed east, crossing the Ered Luin before the destructive days that brough tthe age to an end. She then dwelt among the Noldor of Eregion, and in time became betrothed to Celebrimbor, grandson of Fëanor. He and Raven were near the same age, having been born in Middle Earth, but they never met until their days in Ost-in-Edhil. Raven learned much from her beloved, and smithing and herblore were her trade then. They would walk long nights under the stars and plighted their troth, and Raven had found true happiness in him. But tragedy again struck before their marriage. Sauron waged war and destroyed Ost-in-Edhil, and Celebrimbor was slain. Raven fought beside him, but was carried away by others who retreated before Sauron. She was safe in Rivendell, but she grieved and became very ill. Elrond's hand did heal much of the wounds that Raven suffered, but he was ill at ease with her there, knowing the secret she had kept. Fearing she was a curse, she left Rivendell with a party of men of Numenor, and for a long time dwelt in the Numenorean settlement of Tharbad. There she could see the mighty Numenoreans fade with age, and their mortality would claim them. She drew near many, but their fading to death saddened her greatly. Feeling as a curse to the Eldar, and not of the Edain whom she felt closer in kin, Raven's life meandered through the years, drifting from land to land, Inn to Inn, and her sadness was only relieved by giving a moment of happiness in the life of mortal men.

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