| #2DiffanMay 03, 2011 11:01:40 | So I found this thread (bereft of any posts) floating around page 29 of the forums and I thought I'd do some Thread Necromancy to bring it back to life.
So how I incorporated the Raven Queen into my Realms was this...
The Raven Queen was one of many god(dess) of a decaying world where Necromancy (and the undead) were reigning supreme. Much like other worlds, the deities of this world needed prayer of the faithful to remain intact. But two gods (Geldhara, Goddess of necromancy and the undead; and Typhos, God of disease and pestilence) brought a plague of unimaginable terror and pestilence down upon the world in a vain attempt to become the two most power beings in their cosmos. What resulted is a festering world of mindless undead, mastermind necromancers, and plague priests.
As the people of the world fell to the destruction of the pestilence and undeath resurrection, the Deities waged a separate war in the Cosmos. Lead by The Raven Queen (Goddess of Natural Death), she took the forefront of the Gods to the very domain that Geldhara and Typhos dwelt. The battle was long and fierce and resulted in Tyhos's death. However, other deities fell as well including Lumeria, the Radiant Star and hope for the people of the planet fell too.
The Raven Queen, desperate to save what she could, sent a calling to her devoted on the planet. The message was to destroy every necromancer as possible, as fast as possible. Alas, the undead threat was too great and most of her followers were reanimated as the living dead. Losing a great deal of power, the Raven Queen fled her home world across the cosmos to a place un-heard of. A place called Faerûn.
But there were already gods here who called Death their domain and the Plane Below their home. As she emerged into Realmspace, she was quickly assaulted by two distinct deities. The first was a God known as Jergal, a lesser deity but a formidable foe against a greatly weakened Raven Queen. The assault was quick and fierce and the Raven Queen would've quickly fallen had she not found a strange essence floating in the Ether. With a small spark of the divine left, she consumed an entity known to Realmspace named Velsharoon. This essence was enough to drive off Jergal and at least shift into a darkened place within the Cosmos of the Realms. This area, known as the Shadowfell (more commonly known as the Plane of Shadow) was also habited by more sinister deities.
The second attack on the Raven Queen was made by a blackened whirl of darkness and shadow later to be named as Shar. Shar was powerful and the Raven Queen's small, underdeveloped domain of the Shadowfell was quickly sundered. Caught between the nexus of two planes, the Raven Queen was sure to meet her fate. But as she slowly unraveled, a strong and firm hand pulled her into the Fugal Plane. This hand was none other than Kelemvore himself. Witnessing the assault from his enemy Shar on the new Goddess roused a protective feeling within the God of the judged dead. He saved the Raven Queen from destruction and in turn, allowed her to remain in the Ether between the Fugal Plane and the Shadowfell, protecting it's boarders and ushering those souls caught in the Plane of Shadow to the Fugal Plane for judgment.
The two of them started to share feelings for one another and the Raven Queen bowed to Kelemvore and proclaimed herself his Consort. From then on, the Raven Queen's ideals and faithful have started to become stronger on Faerûn. |