Corva

Once a mere mortal, now the most powerful member of the Court, Corva is the master of Life and Death, of Fate and Destiny. She hears the first cries of newborn children, and the dying words of all mortals. She weaves the complicated tapestry of destiny, deciphering its meaning, and watching its threads twist, turn, bind, unbind, tangle, and detangle. And once a mortal's life is complete, it is Corva's pallid face that is the last they see.

She is the Ascendant Mortal.

The greatest of the Court.

The history of Corva is well-known by almost all Aurians. It is common knowledge that long ago, during the ruinous time of the Dragon Age, Corva was an incredibly gifted mortal warrior. As the Spirit Beasts destroyed the lands and as the Dragon Lords began to tear Auria apart, every god chose Corva out of every other mortal to join their Court.

She was fed the ichor of all nine deities, and with Kophos and Adrestus’ magic, granted the Rite of Ascension. With her newfound power, Corva along with the other First Ascended and the rest of the gods, defeated the Dragon Lords. She and the other gods created the Celestial Aegis: a divine shield that stretched across the entire surface of Auria to protect it from danger, to defend it from any other threats of similar scale to the Dragon Lords.

Appearance. Corva typically appears as a pallid woman with medium-length, silky black hair, dressed in loose fitting white and gold cloth. Her most defining features are the crow wings which extend beautifully out of her back, and her four arms and four hands. 

Divine Portfolio

Corva’s thrones are FATE & DESTINY, and THE INFINITE CYCLE OF LIFE & DEATH. 

FATE & DESTINY: While she is able to watch the complicated lives of mortals dance and entangle themselves in each other, Corva makes it a point to rarely ever interfere in their lives herself. Having lived as a mortal, Corva still holds that part of her past close to her chest. 

INFINITE CYCLE OF LIFE & DEATH: She does her duty as the goddess of fate and destiny following a simple mantra: mortals make their own fate. 

History

The history of Corva is well-known by almost all Aurians. It is common knowledge that long ago, during the ruinous time of the Dragon Age, Corva was a mortal. Yet she was no mere mortal. As the Spirit Beasts destroyed the lands and as the Dragon Lords began to tear Auria apart, every god chose Corva out of every other mortal to join their Court.

She was fed the ichor of all nine deities, and with Kophos and Adrestus’ magic, granted the Rite of Ascension. With her newfound power, Corva along with the other First Ascended and the rest of the gods, defeated the Dragon Lords. She and the other gods created the Celestial Aegis: a divine shield that stretched across the entire surface of Auria to protect it from danger, to defend it from any other threats of similar scale to the Dragon Lords.

Introducing Corva

Denied Life. A player character has resurrected too many souls; Corva visits them and challenges them on their insistence of defying death and rejecting fate.

Restless Spirit. A friend of the player characters dies, but their soul refuses to carry on, tormenting those around them; Corva visits the party to resolve the issue.

Death Jail Break. This also introduces Auril and the Faceless. For higher-level characters, a friend of the party dies. The party is visited by Auril and the Faceless— they must break their friend out of Corva’s Realm of the Dead and return them to the Material Realm.