Raven

Raven is a recurring character in the Guilty Gear series. He is one of three servants of That Man, and his right-hand man. With an immortal body that cannot die of natural causes, Raven has lived about a thousand years, and nothing stimulates him anymore, except pain.

Pain brings him great pleasure, and he’s a huge masochist.

Raven's most defining trait is the silver-colored metal spike driven through his head, which protrudes from his forehead. He wears a hooded black mantle and his shoulders are draped with blue-green straps with cross-shaped silver buckles. A silver wing design is emblazoned on the back of the mantle. Beneath, he wears a black V-shaped sleeveless vest with crisscrossed white bands, and black pants with baggy chaps attached to his waist with oversized buckles. He also wears rings with long needles affixed to them on the index and middle fingers of both hands.

Raven has a mature personality, being stern but also calm and level-headed, a person that others can calmly communicate with because he isn't swayed by emotions. Although he has good intentions, Raven has grown incredibly jaded with the world, and has lost interest in life, having forgotten what it is like to be a normal "human". Even so, he remains capable of gentleness and empathy. Why he fights for That Man is a mystery, but he agrees with his actions, and his loyalty is absolute. It seems that, in his immortal life overridden by boredom, That Man was able to inspire Raven and offer new stimulation, for which he is extremely grateful.

After living for close to a thousand years, in a constant state of perpetual life, Raven can no longer be moved by any of his five senses. In fact, being in agony and pain have become his only source of pleasure. An unapologetic masochist, the closer Raven comes to death, the more he feels alive, for which he relishes imminent pain with anticipation.