Raven (Tekken)
Raven is a male video game character who features in Tekken.
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Biography
Raven (Japanese: レイヴン Hepburn: Reivun) was a black male human who operated in the modern age where he came to operate for an unknown and mysterious government intelligence agency. During this time, he came to be a skilled and ruthless agent where he operated under his superior Master Raven.
While on a mission investigating connections between the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation, he came to witness Heihachi Mishima and Kazuya Mishima being ambushed by a deployment of Jacks. Although Kazuya managed to escape, the Jack robots were able to restrain Heihachi where they came to self-destruct thus causing a massive explosion. From his report, it came to be seen that Heihachi Mishima was killed in the resultant blast and he was presumed dead. Afterwards, news came to reach Raven that the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 had been announced by a mysterious figure. Raven came to participate in the tournament in order to gather intelligence about the event and the motives of those behind it. During the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Raven encountered Heihachi Mishima who had seemingly survived the explosion with the two battling one another. Their fight was interrupted though when Raven came to receive orders to return to headquarters forcing him to withdraw from his battle with Heihachi. After their encounter, the battle between both the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation intensified, with the Mishima Zaibatsu declaring itself an independent nation and even declaring war on the world in the process. In order to prevent any further losses, Raven was sent to investigate the Mishima Zaibatsu once again via the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.
Raven acts as a spy throughout the story, aiding Lars Alexandersson by silently observing him and passing information to Yggdrasil and Lars's second-in-command, Tougou. Raven gets involved personally when Lars and Alisa Bosconovitch are confronted by the Mishima Zaibatsu's robot, NANCY-MI847J. Raven defeats NANCY and meets up with Lars, only to find him grieved by the loss of Alisa, who has been turned against him by Jin Kazama. Raven then accompanies Lars to the Middle East, where they help Zafina and then, using the information she provides, locate the temple of Azazel. Raven helps Lars defeat Azazel and they then escape the temple together as it collapses. While leaving the desert in a jeep and taking Alisa’s body to be repaired by Lee in Violet Systems, Raven tells Lars how he wonders if Jin really wanted it to end this way. At Violet Systems, before Raven leaves Lars, it is revealed that he was given a Tekken Force badge by Lars’ late friend Tougou, so that he could give it to Lars in case of Tougou's death. After Jin sacrifices himself to finally defeat Azazel, Raven and his UN forces find Jin's body out in the desert. The Devil Gene mark is still on his arm. Raven orders his soldiers to recover the body and take it with them.
Afterwards, he and his men found the comatose body of Jin Kazama in the desert whose devil powers activated causing the U.N. helicopter at the scene to be blown away. Later on, his superior Master Raven came to believe that Raven required further training and she came to step in to take over the mission.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Raven was a black male with a muscular body with him having a thin moustache and shot, bleach-blonde hair with his most distinctive feature being a 'X'-shaped scar on his face. On his left arm, it was shown tha he had a Japanese tattoo on it.
He tended to be distant and business-like in all his associations.
Powers and abilities
As a trained martial artist, Raven came to be a skilled practitioner in the art of ninjutsu.
A technique allowed him to briefly produce of a double of himself that helped him in executing some of his attacks.
Raven was shown to use a number of ninja based weapons as part of his arsenal such as shurikens.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Undertaker :
- Grave Digger :
- Orbiting Moon :
- Salamander :
- Alter Ego :
- 10 Hit Combo :
It was known that he worked for a mysterious intelligence agency with ties to the United Nations. He came to be ranked as an international intelligence agent considered highly skilled and iron-hearted. The secret intelligence agent was actually part of an independent unit under the UN who has engaged in multiple missions to prevent conflicts worldwide.
Notes
- Raven was created by Namco where he was voiced by actor Kenichiro Matsuda and featured in the setting of the Tekken universe.
In other media
Films
- In Tekken, Raven appeared in the setting of the 2010 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Darrin Dewitt Henson.
Video games
Appearances
- Tekken 5:
- Tekken 6:
External Links
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