Hello Owl House fandom! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack~
Before we begin, I would like to say that this story of mine will have Norse/Viking elements included in it. But not much, because I don't know much about that kind of stuff.
You might be asking 'why are you including these elements if you don't know much about them?'
That's easy.
Because it's cool.
Enough said.
Anyways, let's get to the responses:
Shaeril McBrown: Thank you.
Patricia Louise A. Pena: Thanks, and here's another chapter.
Guest: Just did.
Ok, let's get this show on the road!
I don't own anything except for my oc.
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Boiling isles, one week later...
It's been an entire week since Emperor's soldiers and enforcer had the unfortunate encounter with the one known as Ravenhawk. Long story short, the guards that got attacked by the swarm of ravens were scared shitless at the thought of encountering him again.
But of course, the Emperor wasn't having any of it. He demanded that they bring him in. Fearing punishment, the guards were sent back into the woods, with more guards this time, and split into groups. The groups entered the woods once again, with one group being lead by Lilith.
Five groups have entered the woods... but they didn't come out unscathed. Once again, Ravenhawk attacked them.
One group was attacked by wolves, big wolves, instead of ravens.
A second group was attacked by lightning strikes.
A third group was attacked by fireballs, suffering severe burns.
A fourth group was attacked by ice, and left frozen like statues.
Lilith's group, the fifth group, were attacked by Ravenhawk himself. He used shadow abilities to attack the guards first. They were knocked out, but severely injured. He then attacked Lilith. While Lilith defended herself the best she could, she was no match for Ravenhawk's swiftness. He used hit and run tactics, so Lilith couldn't land a single hit on him. It wasn't until Lilith was on the brink of collapsing from exhaustion when he finally stopped. Ravenhawk grabbed her by the throat, pinned her against a tree, and gave her a message.
"You should know by now that you cannot defeat me so easily. Didn't I tell you to tell your damn ruler that if he wants me so badly, that he'd have to do it himself? I want you give your fool in king's clothing a message... LEAVE. ME. ALONE. Or else." He warned.
"O-or else what?" Lilith croaked.
Ravenhawk leaned closer to Lilith's face. The only thing she could see of his face is his dark grey beak, and his blue glowing eyes, which changed to red. Any other features were hidden by the hood of a cloak he wore.
"... Or else I won't be so merciful to his soldiers." He growled.
He then knocked Lilith out with a punch.
She later woke up, beaten, and scarred. She managed to round up the guards, and returned to the Emperor's castle. Lilith, despite getting knocked out earlier, managed to relay the message to Belos. Infuriated, Emperor Belos demanded that they send out more soldiers after him as soon as possible! However, the currently injured soldiers were so scared that they begged the Emperor to never send them after him again.
Despite his disappointment in his soldiers for their cowardice, he reluctantly complied. He said that they would put their hunt for Ravenhawk on hold... until further notice. The reason behind it is because Belo's claimed that while Ravenhawk poses as a potential threat, he isn't necessarily their top priority... the Owl Lady is.
So with a silent sigh of relief from his soldiers, the hunt for the elusive Ravenhawk was put on hold... for now.
Since Lilith, and the guards, returned from their unsuccessful hunt for the fugitive, they were taken to the emperor's special healer to treat their injuries. (The healing spells the healer used was able to leave no scars).
Ever since then, numerous sightings of Ravenhawk have been reported throughout the isles. Whether it be him surveying the isles, causing mischief, or just him beating the tar out of someone that was dumb enough to pick a fight with him.
Speaking of which, for those who wonder what happens when the most horrible, devious, evil people go up against Ravenhawk... they're fed to the wolves.
Since then, he's been as well known as the Owl Lady.
He's mysterious, powerful, and feared.
But there is one question on everyone's mind... just who is he?
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Boiling isles, one year later...
It's been one year since Ravenhawk fought the Emperor's enforcer, aka Lilith, twice. Ever since then, the emperor's coven has been wary of him whenever they enter the woods for any reason. But so far, no incidents involving a conflict with him have arose. They theorized that as long as they're not going after him, he'll leave them alone. Sometimes. He does have the tendency to show up out of nowhere, and watch them like a hawk.
Currently, the man, or monster I should say, known as Ravenhawk is seen perched on a branch of a large tree. As he overlooked the landscape of the isles with an emotionless expression with his hood down, his face hidden within the shadows of the other tree branches while his glowing blue eyes pierced through said shadows.
Ravenhawk breathed out a sigh from boredom. He hasn't seen any action in months. While he's grateful for taking the time to relax, he'll admit that too much quiet was boring him. But he doesn't wanna jinx it, and get into some unnecessary conflict. Or at least one he deems unnecessary. He's not afraid to get his claws dirty when he needs to.
During his visits in the markets of Bonesborough, he's heard people talk about him. Mainly about how scary and intimidating he is. But he has heard some people question out loud wondering just who he is out of curiosity.
Heh. If they only knew.
Despite the aura of intimidation and fury he presents whenever he's around people he doesn't like, there was also an aura of loneliness mixed in. He has socialized like an average person before, but he hasn't done that since he was a kid. He socialized less in his teens, and then just became a full introvert afterwards. But there's a reason for that. It's just really personal for him.
Ravenhawk wasn't always the way he is now. But that's for another time.
He was drawn out of his thoughts once he heard one of his ravens call out to him as it flew towards him.
Ravenhawk held out his left arm, and the raven perched upon it like a trained falcon.
"What news do you bring?" He asked the raven.
The raven cawed something to him, which he seemed to understand clear as day.
(A/N: Not sure if ravens caw like crows or not).
"The warden is at it again?" He questioned.
The raven cawed something to again.
"What?! A human?! With the Owl Lady?!" He said in disbelief.
The raven continued to elaborate for him.
"Locking up innocent outcasts... stalking the Owl Lady... threatening to harm an innocent human... that son of a..."
Ravenhawk growled in anger, before ordering his raven.
"Get the wolves." He said with a growl in his voice.
With that said, the raven flew off to fetch these wolves of his.
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Conformitorium, an hour later...
After experiencing a prison riot, and a load of fireworks to the mouth, warden Wrath sat in his office as he sulked from his failure of not only failing to capture the Owl Lady, but failing to score a date with her as well.
"Damn wild witch, and her pesky human. I'll get them someday."
"Doubtful."
The warden jumped to his feet at the sound of the strangers voice, his hands morphing into axes as he whipped around. Before he could react, he was soon met with a tomahawk to his left shoulder.
He yelled out in pain, and held onto the weapon imbedded in his bleeding flesh.
He looked for the source of the tomahawk, and what he saw was a figure in the shadows with glowing red eyes. His office wasn't well lit, so he couldn't make out who or what he was looking at exactly.
"You dare attack me?! Who the hell are you?!" Warden Wrath screamed in a pain filled rage.
The figure stepped out the shadows to reveal himself. What the warden saw, shook him to the core a little. Only a little.
What he saw was a humanoid bird with jet black feathers, dinosaur-like legs with predatory bird talons, five clawed fingers, a large set of wings made for soaring high altitudes with a second set of hands with three clawed fingers (the hands were perched on his shoulders, which gave his wings the appearance of a cape or cloak), a raven's tail feathers, and a dark grey beak that looked like a raven beak mixed with a beak of a predatory bird. The rest of his face was hidden by the hood he wore, which is dark purple. His shirt is a lighter shade of purple, and he wore dark grey shorts.
"Ravenhawk." The warden said with a hate filled tone.
"Bastard." Ravenhawk shot back with a growl.
"What the hell are you doing here?" The warden growled as he clutched his bleeding shoulder.
"A little birdie told me that you were locking up innocent people... and among other things. I think you know what else I'm referring to." Said Ravenhawk.
"Why does it matter to you?" The warden scoffed.
"It just does." Was all Ravenhawk said before he snapped his fingers.
Then, one by one, pair after pair of red glowing eyes appeared in the shadows. At least twelve pairs of eyes. Each pair revealed to belong to large black wolves the size of a grizzly as each one walked out of the darkest part of the room.
"What's the meaning of this?!" The warden demanded.
"Don't deny it. You and I both know what this means." Said Ravenhawk.
He then barked like a certain dinosaur from a certain film franchise, and it was the que for the wolves to attack.
The wolves leaped at the warden, who screamed in agony, and began to rip him apart while Ravenhawk watched with a blank stoic expression as he watched his familiars tear apart the abusive warden.
Perched upon the warden's window sill, is the same raven from earlier. It cawed as it too watched the carnage before it.
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And that's a wrap for this chapter! Hopefully you all found it enjoyable.
For those curious about the wolves and ravens, it's mainly because I've seen them in a lot of Nordic art like t-shirts, as well as hearing something about ravens being linked to Odin from Norse mythology, wolves also being linked to Norse mythology, and wolves and ravens sometimes share a symbiotic relationship. Well, either ravens or crows, I can't remember which one exactly.
Anyways, see you all in the next chapter!