Raven
Backstory:
Raven, also known as Rachel Roth, is a superhero with dark magic powers. Her strong personal motivations and desire to do good conflict with her heritage, as her father is a powerful demon named Trigon who wants to enslave the planet. Her mother is a human woman named Arella who was living in the mystical realm of Azarath.
At all times, Raven must keep her emotions in check lest she risk unleashing the terrible might within. Despite this, she has still managed to find a second family in her friends who love and accept her regardless of her troubled past. She is a regular member of the Teen Titans, and has also been a member of the Sentinels of Magic.
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics
Empathic Manipulation (Relieved the pain of a man so he could die peacefully with pleasant thoughts and memories. Removed a crowd's anger with a swipe of her hand. Devoured the emotions of a museum security guard.),
Statistics Amplification (Used the "strength" of her family members and people around her, and uses it to defeat the Thing with her soul-self. Can transform herself into her demon form to gain more power),
Fear Manipulation (Induced in two terrorists. Can attack soldiers using their own fears),
Pain Manipulation (Absorbed the pain of dozens of people. Calmed a person who attempted to attack Beast Boy by sharing Gar's anguish with him),
Sleep Manipulation (Made Goliath go to sleep. Casually put one of Ra's Al Ghul guards to sleep. Made a leopard sleep by telling him to do so),
Transmutation (Claimed she could've transmuted a robot to inert molecules using her soul-self),
Age Manipulation: (Accidentally turned herself into a kid while worrying about Trigon, and turned herself back to normal later on),
Healing (Healed a girl that was nearly vaporized by a energy blast. Healed Damian Wayne's stab by swallowing his pain. Healed Wonder Woman's carotid artery. Cured a guy that was blinded by a magical force),
Soul Manipulation (Absorbed some guards' souls to allow them to experience less painful deaths. Absorbed the souls of her sister to enhance herself and defeat Trigon),
Mind Manipulation (Read Tim's thoughts while he was speaking to the Titans through a monitor, and showed everyone what he was thinking. Read through Grymm's mind even if he had multiple layers of defenses. Made two security guards think Beast Boy was "normal"),
Memory Manipulation (Caused a nurse and a doctor to forget their memories about an event that happened to her. Removed everyone's memories about the Thing after he tried to obliterate San Francisco. Removed her aunt and uncle's memories about a discussion she just had with them),
Telepathy (Distracted Starfire, Kid Flash and Aqualad long enough so she could run away with Savior and Beast Boy. Heard Tim's thoughts from a distance. Can speak telepathically),
Illusion Creation (Showed a Shadow Rider an illusion of her becoming a demon and killing the other Riders in order to scare him. Casted an illusion that made the Teen Titans believe that Beast Boy and Cyborg are 2 separate people, while they were actually fused together at the time.),
Enhanced Senses (Located Manchester Black with her powers and teleports herself to his location. Smelled Trigon's presence from Los Angeles even while he was at Time Square. Can tell when people are lying. Sensed the emotions of over 27,000 people. Capable of sensing souls. Located Superboy once he had an emotional spike. Found a hidden chamber beneath her by sensing its residual emotions),
Enhanced Extrasensory Perception (Could sense the malice from people entering the bar she was in. Sensed dark thoughts focused on a single location and the word "perfection" echoing through the minds of people. Sensed her sister getting hurt in a lab from where she was. Watched a psychic echo that showed her what previously happened to Red Robin. Could "see" the psionic trail left behind by someone and follow it. Used an arrow that had been fired at someone to locate the person who fired it. Could see through the eyes of her soul-self when separated from her, which she uses to help her in a test. Could see a invisible enemy and hit him. Sensed that an energy was dissipating. Saw Baron Winters and Merlin while they were invisible, something even angels and demons have failed to do),
Astral Projection (Casted a projection of someone dying in a hallway. Could astral projects her soul self into Jericho, who uses it to follow Wally West through the Speed Force),
Mind Manipulation Negation (2 layers: Shielded the Titans from a psionic wave that controlled the minds New Orleans from the H.I.V.E Queen, who was engineered by Brainiac to be the most powerful psionic on Earth, though this took a lot of effort, and could keep protecting the Titans against the spell later on, although she had a limited range. Negated the H.I.V.E Queen's mind control),
Possession (Possessed Jinx by splitting herself. Empathically merged with a woman, allowing Raven to see what the woman sees),
Dimensional Travel (Entered the Dreaming, who is, in this case, the world inside the dreams of the Titan's Tower),
Duplication (Can split her soul and her physical body into 2 entities. Can split her soul self into multiple other avatars),
Non-Physical Interaction (Her soul self could punch away an attack from the Thing. Her magic is capable of affecting ghosts. Was able to punch away a ghost),
Regeneration through her soul self (Low-Mid: Could regenerate her wings without trouble),
Forcefield Creation (Trapped a man inside a forcefield),
Invisibility (Nobody was able to detect her invisible soul self),
Intangibility (Made herself intangible and evaded all of Superboy's punches and energy attacks),
BFR (Can trap people inside her shadows. Sent one of Ra's goons to a McDonald's restroom in Nebraska. Teleported multiple enemies to a desert. Sent 2 enemies to Azarath. Banished demons back to the spirit world),
Size Manipulation (Can make her soul self grow larger. Grew the size of the Spectre to fight him. Made a girl revert back to normal after relieving her pain),
Paralysis Inducement (Covered Mongul in her soul self and instantly incapacitated him. Obscured a helicopter pilot's vision),
Explosion Manipulation (Blew up Wally's phone),
Durability Negation (Nearly killed the Disruptor by damaging his internal organs and ripping his soul out of his body),
Telekinesis,
Flight,
Teleportation (Could teleport by phasing through dimensions. Teleported herself along with Superboy 7,200 miles away from her original location),
Portal Creation (Created a giant portal that sent a massive amount of water to a forest fire 7 miles away. Used a portal to banish Chemo, who was the size of the Statue of Liberty),
Sealing (Sealed Brother Eternity into the Phantom Zone),
Time Manipulation (After the Teen Titans were being transported to different points of time, she manipulated the energy of the Timestream to bring them back together, and sent them 20 years in the future instead),
Power Nullification (Shut down a metahuman's lightning powers),
Time Stop (Stopped time so she could spend time with Gar),
Space Survival (Can survive in space),
Attack Reflection (Reflected Garth's energy blast with a swipe of her hand),
Weapon Mastery (Was skilled enough to use a sword at some point),
Clairvoyance (Can sometimes get visions from the future),
Magic,
Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection,
Absorption (Absorbed the 4 Horsemen of Apocalyspe),
Possession Negation (Could free Wonder Woman from the Marquis of Darkness possession),
Fire Manipulation (Can shoot purple flames),
Pain Manipulation (Absorbed and withstood the pain of multiple people around her),
Mind Manipulation (2 layers: Mentally shut down Doctor Psycho after he tried to enter her mind. Was able to shut down the H.I.V.E Queen's mind control over her. Seemingly unaffected by a mysterious blue sphere that mind controlled everyone around her. Seemingly resisted the effect of the Lasso of Truth),
Power Absorption (The Disruptor's power couldn't work on her soul self due to being an astral being),
Hellfire Manipulation (Sheathed herself in Soul-Self energy to be protected from the heat of Belial's fire, and coats Superboy in this energy, allowing him to fly through the flames without harm. Raven states she can only sheathe others in the energy if they are "resilient" enough),
Heat Manipulation (Tanked Martian Manhunter's heat vision),
Radiation Manipulation (Unfazed by the radiations of space),
Time Stop (Could move around normally when time was stopped),
Electricity Manipulation (Withstood the electricity produced by Beast Boy in his Electric Eel Form. Took some electric blasts),
All previous abilities to a far greater extend:
Existence Erasure (Implied she could erase Black Adam. Countered Mitchell Shelley ressurection ability by making him no more),
Nonexistence Erasure (Nature Type 1; Aspect Types 2 & 5 [Other: Concepts & History: Implied she would destroy everything as far as the Speed Force, which would include the Comic Book Limbo, a place that doesn't exist in the conventional sense, as well as lacking time in the same way),
Space-Time Manipulation (Capable of consuming entire Universes. Absorbed Gold Beetle's timeline),
Empowerment and Enhanced Absorption (Absorbed all of Hell),
Higher-Dimensional Manipulation (Destroyed the Speed Force Wall),
Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1: Can interact with the Speed Force Wall. Destroyed New Genesis),
All previous resistances to a far greater extend:
Space-Time Manipulation (Can survive the destruction of her own timeline)
Weaknesses: She usually holds back her true power in case her demonic self takes control of her. She cannot heal people from death. Has shown to struggle to heal powerful infections. Struggled to search an area with her empathic powers due to Starfire and Robin's emotions being too strong. Being very close to a crowd with too many conflicting emotions makes it hard for her to concentrate, albeit she has shown to be able to withstand this later on.
Terra Branford
Backstory:
Terra Branford is the child of the Esper Maduin and a human woman named Madeline, she was discovered and taken away by the Gestahlian Empire to be raised as a living weapon, being controlled through a slave crown placed upon her by Kefka Palazzo.
After being sent to capture the frozen esper Valigarmanda, she is knocked unconscious while her handlers were killed. She is then discovered by Locke Cole, realizing that she cannot remember anything prior to her awakening, later joining the Returners in their quest to free the world from the machinations of Emperor Gestahl and later save it from the wrath of Kefka.
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics,
Immortality (Type 2, 3, and 7; Scales from other Espers, who can live despite being drained of their life energy, can regenerate their body from their Magicites, and can live on despite being dead as a Magicite),
Regeneration (Low-Godly; Espers can regenerate their bodies from their Magicites, which is confirmed to be their souls),
Shapeshifting (Espers are stated to take many shapes),
Extrasensory Perception (Mages have shown to naturally possess this),
Magic,
Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost, and time and space were twisted to the point the past, present and future existed as one),
Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of things),
Subjective Reality (Magic, in its basest form, is projecting one's inner mind onto reality, and is powered by intelligence and mental strengh),
Durability Reduction (Magic ignores durability to physical attacks requiring specific resistances to reduce the damage of),
Forcefield Negation and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the mind and spirit),
Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation, Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic ability),
Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the flow of time itself, to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness),
Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Types 1, 2, 3, and 7. Was capable of killing God of Magic Kefka, who took the power of the Warring Triad and became the source of all magic and Espers, including Gilgamesh),
Limited Durability Negation,
Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit),
Statistics Amplification,
Power Nullification,
Time Manipulation,
Transmutation,
Holy Manipulation,
Petrification,
Earth Manipulation,
Air Manipulation,
Flight,
Death Manipulation,
Resurrection,
Soul Manipulation (via Death and Raise, the Death spell reaps the targets soul; killing them, and the Raise spell can bring back a spirit to a deceased body),
Gravity Manipulation (via Gravity magic, the Haste and Slow spells are stated to control gravity),
Energy Manipulation,
Healing,
Madness Manipulation (Users of this type rely upon directly interacting with the minds of their victims, utilizing various forms of mental attacks to drive them insane.) and Morality Manipulation (Can inflict targets with the Confuse status ailment, driving the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies),
Teleportation and Spatial Manipulation (via Teleport, which is stated to warp space),
BFR (The teleport/Warp spells are capable of banishing targets to the Void, which inflicts the following abilities on the victim: Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (which includes Madness Manipulation (Those who possess this type drive others insane as a side-effect of the nature of their being, with the very act of looking at or attempting to perceive them being enough to send victims into a state of madness or terror. More extreme forms are capable of outright killing those who suffer from their effects.) and Perception Manipulation),
Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption,
Berserk Mode,
Size Manipulation,
Attack Reflection Negation (Several spells pierce through reflect such as Tornado, Flood, Drain, Ultima and Gravity spells),
Resistance to Absorption (Can harm Kefka with magic after he absorbs the goddess statue which is stated and shown to absorb magic),
Subjective Reality,
Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation,
Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things),
Dream Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Is unfazed by the dream stooges ability to go into dreams and take their souls),
Power Mimicry (Her Desperation Attacks cannot be copied by Mimics),
Damage Boost (The Gigas Glove and Earring boost the physical and magical damage of the user's attacks),
Statistics Amplification (Several relics enable constant Protect, Shell, and Haste),
Resistant to the Following:
Status Effect Inducement (can resist a wide variety of status ailments in the game),
Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind),
Poison Manipulation, Disease Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison and bio spell, which is stated to corrode the target, and inflict the target with a disease respectively),
Berserk Mode (Can resist the Berserk status effect),
Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood,),
Necromancy (Can resist the Zombification status effect),
Transmutation (Can resist the Imp status effect),
Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status effect, which render one's abilities null),
Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which drives the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies),
Sleep Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep spell, which can affect the target's cerebral cortex),
Life Manipulation (Can resist the Sap status effect),
Resistant to the Following:
Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of resisting the Fire and Ice spell, which is capable of affecting the target's electrons),
Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves),
Earth Manipulation,
Air Manipulation,
Water Manipulation,
Holy Manipulation (via Several armors and shields),
All previous abilities enhanced:
Immortality (Type 8, reliant on her Crystal which let her return from fading from existence after Cosmos' death) & Regeneration (Low-Godly),
Self-Sustenance (Type 2, has no need to eat or drink), Willpower Manipulation (a person's will is power there and enables them to do a multitude of things the stronger their will),
Reactive Power Level (the greater someone's will, the greater their power]),
Law Manipulation (Beings with strong wills can overwrite the laws of the world and bend them to their will),
Creation (With a powerful enough will, once can create various things such as phone lines, airships and even entire countries and worlds),
Sealing (Can seal off large areas and people with her will, such as Cecil sealing himself in Castle Baron or the cast sealing Kefka inside a Torsion),
Dimensional Travel (Characters can open Torsions, rifts in space-time to travel various dimensions),
and Immortality (Due to the crystal core of darkness's influence in the hands of Ardyn, warriors will not die no matter how injured they are),
Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Via Zalera, the Death Serpah, who was going to absorb the souls of every living being on the planet),
Corruption & Body Puppetry (Due to their light, Warriors of Materia can dispel attempts to control them),
Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet),
Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from),
Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space, crush enemies down to a molecular level, and can warp them into another dimension),
Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon),
Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust),
Memory Manipulation & Dream Manipulation (Diabolos can enter dreams and alter memory)
Equipment used for this fight: Earring and Hero's Ring (Both increase maic damage output by 50% together), Golden hairpin (Makes casting spells easier and more frequent.) Soul of Thamasa relic, which changes the Magic command Command to Dualcast, as it allows her to optimize her limited time in Trance by casting two spells per turn, redoubling her magic damage output. Celestriad (reduces the MP cost of spells to 1, meaning Terra with Trance can cast unlimited spells with no drawbacks.) Flametongue, Rune Blade and Lightbringer. Minerva Bustier (Provides a unique combination of bonuses for females, including 25% Maximum MP, a slew of stat bonuses, and various elemental resistances and nullification.) Princess Ring (Does not provide any stat bonuses when equipped, but it casts Protect and Shell when HP gets low.) Genji Glove (It allows the user to wield two weapons, one in each hand, meaning an attack will hit twice, once with each weapon.) Master's Scroll (It causes the user's Attack command to attack four times in a row against random enemies. Given each attack is half the damage of a normal attack, this effectively doubles the physical damage output of the user.)
Weaknesses: None notable
Song: Titans of Fantasy
In the desolate realm of the Land of Ruin, chaos and destruction reigned supreme as Kefka Palazzo seized the mantle of the 'God of Magic.' His malevolent actions fractured the world, leaving it in disarray. However, humanity endured, clinging to life in small pockets. One such sanctuary was the island of Mobliz, where the children survived under the sacrificial protection of almost all the adults. Terra Branford, a half-esper, stood as the sole guardian and caretaker of these vulnerable orphans.
The children, playing joyously outdoors, abruptly ceased their activities upon spotting the sudden opening of a dark portal. The unexpected sight alarmed them, prompting a collective rush towards Terra. Stepping through the portal, a woman emerged, draped in a blue cloak over her black outfit. It was none other than Raven, a member of the formidable Teen Titans, who had foresee a powerful, magical threat in this dimension that posed a potential danger to her home and comrades.
Raven, attuned to the danger, allowed her soul-self, the raven-shaped construct of darkness, to surface, shielding against the incoming fireball. Once the threat was neutralized, the soul-self retracted, revealing Raven's stern gaze fixed on Terra, the half-esper. Her empathic senses picked up Terra's stoic but displeased demeanor as she issued a warning, commanding,
"That was a warning. Leave us alone."
Raven remained outwardly stoic, her emotions firmly under control as she addressed Terra,
"There's a threat that I sensed here. I came to put it to an end."
Each word was concise and calculated, not betraying a hint of feeling. She locked eyes with the half-esper, awaiting a response. Terra, seemingly interpreting Raven's words strictly in regards to this immediate locale rather than the overarching danger looming over the larger world, called upon her twin swords, Flametongue and Lightbringer. With Lightbringer aimed directly at the Teen Titan, Terra made her stance clear, declaring,
"I won't allow you to take away the precious things I still cherish in this world."
Before Raven could utter another word to alleviate the mounting tension, Terra swiftly launched a flurry of sword strikes. Although Raven agilely evaded the swings, the half-esper's surprise proved costly when Lightbringer's shining conjured a blinding Holy blast. Taken aback, Raven was unprepared for the divine onslaught that forcefully repelled her, causing her inherent demonic nature considerable pain. With a calm but resolute tone, Raven firmly declared,
"You've made a grave error."
As the words left her lips, a horde of black tendrils burst forth from the abyss of her cloak, encircling Terra in a swarming onslaught. Despite her valiant efforts, the half-esper's attempts to fend them off with slashes, fire, and further Holy attacks proved ineffective against their sheer numbers. Before long, she was ensnared from all sides, engulfed in the writhing mass of tendrils.
Caught off guard and disarmed, Terra helplessly watched as her trusted weapons, Flametongue and Lightbringer, shattered under the oppressive force of the tendrils. Before she could react, Raven's soul-self surged forth in the form of a dark raven construct, its shrill screech preceding its collision with Terra. The half-esper was brutally impacted, crashing into a stand of trees, which collapsed upon her in a flurry of splinters. The soul-self returned to its master's being, and Raven silently hoped the assault had been sufficient to end the confrontation.
The children of Mobliz, filled with worry and hope, called out to Terra, imploring her to make a strong come-back. After a pause, the trees covering Terra were violently dispersed, revealing her transformed into a full Esper form, her hair flowing freely and her body radiant with a purplish-pink glow. Floating defiantly towards Raven, she moved past the children who cheered her on, steadfast in her refusal to surrender. Terra defiantly declared,
"No, it is you who has made a grave error. Firaga!"
In a decisive show of magic prowess, she hurled a powerful Firaga spell, summoning dual explosions of roaring flame towards Raven. However, the Teen Titan responded swiftly, quickly enveloping herself in a protective shield of dark magic, effectively parrying the fiery assault. Raven commanded,
"Darkness take you!"
As the words left her lips, the Teen Titan allowed her innate darkness to surge forth, blanketing the surroundings in an enveloping abyss. Terra was left disoriented, unable to discern her whereabouts as she flailed within the oppressive blackness. She could already sense the darkness exerting its influence, attempting to stifle her power.
"What's the matter? Afraid of the dark?"
Terra channeled her magic with unyielding resolve, and shouted,
"You will not defeat me, demon!"
With a surge of will, she broke free from the confines of the dark abyss, reuniting with the tangible world. Her gaze locked onto Raven, and she unleashed Break, causing the Teen Titan's body to begin the petrifying process. Raven, sensing her impending downfall, swiftly duplicated herself, allowing her duplicate to bear the brunt of the spell and become a shattered statue upon impact with the ground. Raven's voice rang out with a grim warning,
"So that's how it's going to be. Experience the agony of your deepest fears."
With a sudden and chilling shift as she disappeared, daylight quickly gave way to night, shrouding the surroundings in a veil of darkness. Terra looked around, her heart gripped with dread as she realized that the precious children she was sworn to protect had vanished. Terra's voice echoed through the darkened village, filled with desperation and maternal anguish as she bellowed,
"Where am I? Where are the children?! Answer me!"
She frantically searched the village, her eyes scanning every corner, every shadow, looking for the missing children. However, as she reached the outskirts of the village, her heart was filled with a profound mix of dread and denial.
Terra's heart froze, as she stared in horror at the lifeless bodies of the Returners, the group of misfits who had rescued her from her brainwashed existence in the empire. But it was not just one Terra who stared numbly at the tragic sight; there was a second Terra, her eyes void of all life, trapped in the same mind control as when she was under Kefka's spell. The sadistic clown himself stood amidst the carnage, his signature laugh echoing through the air as he commended her for succeeding in destroying everything precious to her. In the distance, the once-peaceful town of Mobliz burned and smoldered with cries of children dying for the momma that turned against them.
"No. No! This isn't me! NOOOOO!"
Terra's anguished scream pierced the air as she writhed in mental torment. Gripping her head tightly, she reached deep within, invoking the power of her father's magicite to release a chaotic wave of energy that tore through the deceptive illusion. Tears streaming down her face, she focused her attention on Raven, who had concealed her presence, and fixed her with a gaze filled with a searing mixture of hatred and deep hurt.
"Graviga!"
Immediately, Raven felt a sudden and powerful force pull her ruthlessly to the ground, forcing her to her knees as an intense gravitational acceleration washed over her entire being. She could feel her strength being depleted as the gravitational force magnified her weight exponentially. Breathing became labored, her muscles straining against the crushing pressure.
With burning determination, Terra flew towards the helpless Raven at top speed, but instead of stopping at Mobliz, she utilized Teleport to transport them both far away. Clearly, Terra intended something substantial, and she unleashed Meltdown, creating back-to-back nuclear-level explosions. The force of the detonations was unimaginably powerful, causing a series of cataclysmic eruptions reminiscent of colossal volcanoes exploding point-blank.
Despite deploying her soul-self to defend herself against the devastating attack, Raven's attempts proved fruitless. Even though she had withstood more potent attacks in the past, the overwhelming power of Meltdown tore through her defenses, and the shockwave utterly disintegrated the half-demon's body, leaving not even a trace of ash behind.
Terra, her breath ragged from the intense physical and emotional ordeal, gradually calmed down, believing she had successfully protected both her children in Mobliz and her way of life. However, her relief was abruptly shattered as two golden rings materialized before her, and the revived Raven appeared as a shimmering golden spirit, impervious to the destruction of her corporeal form. Terra's voice quivered with a mix of enraged frustration and raw fury as she exclaimed,
"You again?! I just killed you! Stay dead!"
Speaking with a voice echoing from beyond the confines of death, she calmly stated,
"I transcend death's reach. Even if my flesh perishes, I will continue to fight as long as necessary."
She gathered her magical energy, preparing to release all her available power in a single, momentous onslaught. Terra cried out,
"I won't hold back, then! Ultima!"
With a fierce determination, she unleashed her last resort, channeling all the potent magic at her disposal into a single, cataclysmic explosion. In doing so, she created a field of unparalleled magic force around her, hoping to end the confrontation in one devastating blow. Raven's defiant shout echoed through the air, her voice filled with determination.
"I am not the daughter of a demon. I am the daughter of Azarath! Azarath Metrion Zinthos!!!"
With a burst of magical energy, she released a blinding white light that forcefully clashed against Terra's Ultima, the intense surge of power locked in a tense battle of magic might, each side straining to overpower the other.
Despite Terra's considerable magical prowess, even she could not withstand the unstoppable force of Raven's Azarathian attack. With a cry of anguish, Terra watched helplessly as her Ultima was ruthlessly pushed back. Overwhelmed, she was promptly disintegrated. Sadly, sans any external intervention, there seemed no means for Terra to resurrect herself or recover from the devastating onslaught. This tragic moment marked a significant loss for the planet and its once-bright hope for the future. But Raven, unwilling to let despair have the final word, chose to alter the course of events. With a reversal of Terra's personal time, she miraculously brought the Esper back to life. Terra gasped for air as her eyes fluttered open, quickly inspecting her body to confirm her return to the realm of the living. Her gaze fell upon Raven, and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Why... why did you save me? I killed you."
"You were never the threat I came to halt. My intention was to clarify the identity of my quarry before hostilities were initiated, but your preemptive assault prevented that explanation."
Terra's initial sense of foolishness slowly faded, replaced by a deep feeling of humility. She realized that in her passionate desire to protect the orphaned children of Mobliz, she had acted recklessly and died, even if the death was only temporary. With a voice filled with remorse, she expressed her sincere contrition,
"I'm... I'm sorry. I should have listened to you. I've spent the past year protecting my children from countless enemies, and I unfairly assumed you were like them. Please accept my apology."
As Raven was about to accept Terra's apology, the once clear skies darkened, and Kefka Palazzo made his ominous descent, his diabolical laughter foretelling a wave of nihilistic malevolence. Raven turned her unwavering gaze towards Kefka, her expression stoic and unchanging. With a tone of determination, she spoke,
"I'll accept it later. He is the one I have come for. Despite your impressive powers for a mortal, just as I am, are you willing to fight alongside me to protect this dimension you call home?"
"It is the least that I can do. I'll do whatever I can."
Terra agreed, setting aside their prior animosity. Despite having begun as adversaries, they unified in their resolve to face the common enemy. As they charged towards Kefka, their determination to protect the world from the malevolent God of Magic burned brightly.
Strength: Both women are some of the most powerful magic casters in fiction, but Raven dwarfs Final Fantasy by sheer scope. Whereas Final Fantasy bosses are more focused on mainly the 3rd dimension of our plane since that's where most mortals and summons exist, Raven has previously destroyed near infinite timelines along with dimensions, including higher tier ones where they exist even above Final Fantasy's further reaching dimensions like the Void.
Speed: Terra Branford ranks among characters who can travel and react at speeds of 72.4 quintillion times light speed, but Raven has been shown to break time itself, and exceed infinite speed. You know, I just realized that either Final Fantasy characters outstrip anyone else by exponential margins, or are outstripped by infinite speed, like Tifa vs Bullet, or Noctis vs Dante, and Archie Shadow vs Vincent Valentine. At least Sephiroth vs Xehanort is close. But you know Cloud vs Darth Revan, Yuna vs Lucy Heartfilia and Nami vs Yuffie are and would be stomps in FF favor, at least in speed if not anything else. Final Fantasy certainly is a fandom of "Too fast, but still not fast enough."
Skill: Raven has more skill, as she has the better magical training and time to hone her skill.
Experience: Terra, at least, has a resistance to Raven's bread and butter abilities of soul and mental manipulation, so she can't be instantly defeated like those with no or weaker resistances. That, and lots of other abilities that Raven posseses. However, when it comes to matching those numerous abilities offensively, Terra isn't as lucky, because her naturally learned spells are a much shallower pool, and she can only carry so many items to compensate, most of which Raven can resist and block herself except for the strongest spells, which even then don't have any soul destruction feats.
The winner is Raven.
Next time:
"You're wrong, Tirek! I may have given you my Alicorn magic, but I carry within me the most powerful magic of all! The magic of friendship!"
"Dude, I've raced through more Zones, battleships, and death traps than you can imagine. "Go fast" is my answer to everything!"