Also heard as: Donovan, Johnny, Jonathan
A human witch, roughly 50 years old and twice divorced, with a familiar zoog that prefers eating sentient beings. Casts hexes (Misfortune, Cackle, Ear-Piercing Scream, Evil Eye), Cure Light Wounds, Fly, Remove Curse, and Air Bubble. Dies partway through the campaign and rises as Strahd’s vampire thrall under the name Donovan, ultimately betraying the party before being lost to the Astral Plane.
History
- Introduced as a human witch with a sentient-being-eating zoog familiar 2022-12-06 @ 00:46:55.
- Casts Remove Curse on Irina with no effect 2022-12-06 @ 03:08:25.
- Accidentally splashes Madame Eva with holy water, ending the tarot reading early 2022-12-06 @ 04:00:19.
- Rejoins the party partway through the dinner session; casts Remove Curse to cure the familiar’s cauldron-induced brain-craving 2022-12-18 @ 01:46:49, @ 02:08:49.
- Pickpockets a chained bookkeeper for 333 gold undetected 2022-12-26 @ 04:22:30.
- Flies down a 400+ foot shaft to scout the catacombs, then ferries party members down one at a time 2023-01-30 @ 01:54:00.
- Splashes holy water on Sergei von Zarovich’s body, triggering a mind-link that reveals Strahd’s murder of Sergei and Tatiana 2023-01-30 @ 04:00:19.
- Chasing a lost familiar, crashes into the warded bars guarding Strahd’s coffin, is fatally drained, dies, and rises on the spot as a chaotic-evil vampire thrall 2023-01-30 @ 04:56:54–05:19:31.
- As “Donovan,” wins initiative and flees the party as mist through a gap near the ceiling, along with his zoog 2023-02-12 @ 00:03:28–00:10:31.
- Revealed to have secretly been serving Strahd the whole time, ambushing the party from a dark bedroom; dominates Jake and summons a delayed pack of wolves 2023-03-18 @ 00:48:16 onward.
- Dropped to 0 HP and turns to vampire gaseous/mist form; Jess scoops him into her handy haversack for containment 2023-03-18 @ 02:04:54–02:06:49.
- Flung into the Astral Plane when Todd (Nutty) destroys the haversack mid-fight; given two hours to find a resting place or be destroyed forever — fate never resolved on-screen 2023-03-18 @ 02:30:46, @ 02:43:09.
Unresolved
- The character’s real name is never cleanly stated — “Raven” is used before the vampirization, “Donovan” afterward, and the DM calls her “Johnny”/“Jonathan” at least once, possibly a running joke rather than a real name 2023-01-30 @ 03:39:55, @ 05:16:39.
- Donovan’s fate after being flung into the Astral Plane is never shown or mentioned again in the recorded sessions.