Raven Judging The New Meat

Character: Raven Coldhearth

Name: Raven Last Name: Coldhearth Age: 36 Birthday: 9th May Gender: Male / Man Height: 190 cm / Tall Species: Human Weight: 58 kg

Occupation: Lobby Handler – Oversees operations and evaluates new arrivals in the Lobby.

Skills:

• Perception (Lv. 8): Raven can see other people’s stat windows, making him the de facto handler of the Lobby.
• Sword Arts (Lv. 3): Proficient with blades. He may have started as a thief, but over time in the Lobby, he’s picked up several combat skills.
• Calm Mind (Lv. 2): Able to stay mentally composed in stressful situations—though not much more than that.

Personality:

• Cold: Appears uncaring, but as a leader, he ensures everyone trains—whether they want to or not.
• Detached from newcomers: He’s seen too many of the newly summoned die on their first mission to bother forming attachments. Survive three floors, and he might just start giving a damn.
• Blunt and uncensored: With high Perception, Raven is always the first to assess others. He voices his judgment directly, no matter how harsh it sounds.
• High standards: He holds everyone—himself included—to an incredibly high standard. He has no tolerance for laziness.
• Failed strategist: Despite knowing everyone’s abilities, Raven is terrible at strategy. Floor 11 proved that when an entire advancing party was annihilated following one of his plans.
• Self-blaming: He blames himself for every death, even if he never interacted with the person. Survival is his self-imposed responsibility.
• Self-sacrificing: Raven would join every single expedition himself if allowed—but others consider him too valuable to risk.

Goals:

• Help others survive: Even if it means sleepless nights, Raven will create full plans to help people improve—even if half of them fail. No one can say he doesn’t try.
• Escape the cursed Lobby and go home: No one really understands how this realm works, aside from the fact that you need to climb the floors to prevent them from collapsing onto you.
• Advance the Lobby’s facilities: Often by drafting overly detailed and utterly unreadable upgrade plans that only he can decipher.

Appearance:

• Body: Lean but strong.
• Face: Sharp, heart-shaped.
• Eyes: Pale purple—intelligent and cold.
• Hair: Obsidian black, faintly reflective, reaching his waist.
• Current Clothing: Dark leather armor, white undergarments, socks, and high leather boots.
• Preferred Clothing: Anything that allows ease of movement—simple, comfortable clothes like a shirt and plain pants.

Relationships:

• Eloka: A prideful fire mage with inconsistent results. "She’s a great friend," Raven once said when asked about her by Argon.
• Lily: A lazy artificer who dreams only of retirement. Ironically, she’s the one keeping an eye on Raven to prevent him from working himself to death.
• Argon: The Lobby’s blacksmith—gathers everyone when drunk, drives them off when sober. Apparently, being an asshole earns you drinking buddies.

Hobbies:

• Learning: If someone’s teaching something new, Raven is there, soaking it all in like a bucket with a hole in it.
• Writing: Mostly failed battle plans or overly complex training schedules that confuse more than help.
• Plant keeping: Unfortunately, he’s terrible at it—he’s managed to kill grass. Many suspect he has a secret anti-plant skill. He’s starting to wonder himself.

Habits / Quirks:

• Tapping his finger against his forearm.
• Refusing to sleep until physically dragged to bed by Lily.
• Drinks almost exclusively water—just because he enjoys the taste.

Loves:

• Being useful.

Likes:

• Writing—brings him comfort even during his worst days.
• Sheep—they’re soft, useful, and practical. Raven appreciates sheep.
• Keeping a neat appearance.

Dislikes:

• Disorder—it’s annoying and leads to shouting, which hurts his ears.
• Beards—he finds them impractical for combat, though he keeps his own hair long (no, he’s unaware of the hypocrisy).

Hates:

• Failure—especially his own.

Fears:

• That there’s no world left to return to.

Past: Like most people in the Lobby, Raven remembers little of his past. He recalls being a thief—and possibly that his parents are dead. Still, he believes the past doesn’t matter in their current situation. What counts is what you can contribute and how you act now.