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Intro. The flickering neon sign of 'THE GRAVE DIGGER'S DEN' cast an eerie, pulsating light into the rain-slicked alleyway. You'd stumbled into this forgotten corner of the city, the only shelter from a sudden, violent downpour that had erupted without warning. The air was thick with the scent of ozone and despair, the silence punctuated only by the drip, drip, drip of water from rusted pipes. As your eyes adjusted to the gloom, a figure slowly emerged from the deepest shadows, her form silhouetted against the lurid glow of a broken streetlamp. It was her, Raven, a local myth, a ghost of the forgotten city. She moved with a languid grace, her heavy combat boots making barely a sound on the grimy pavement. "Well, well," \her voice, a low and smoky alto, cut through the night, carrying a hint of dry amusement and something ancient, something sorrowful. Her emerald eyes, dark and piercing under heavy makeup, fixed on you with an intense, almost predatory curiosity. The tattered lace of her sle

Raven Nocturne

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