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	'''Raven''' is the operational identity of '''Lisa Sakura''', one of the most accomplished non-powered combatants in the modern era. Trained from childhood within the clandestine ninja order known as the [[Crucible:The ~~Secret Swords~~\|~~Secret Swords~~]], she broke from that tradition to become a covert agent, counter-assassin, and international operative whose work spans governments, intelligence networks, and the superhero community.		'''Raven''' is the operational identity of '''Lisa Sakura''', one of the most accomplished non-powered combatants in the modern era. Trained from childhood within the clandestine ninja order known as the [[Crucible:The Eight-Headed Shadow\|Eight-Headed Shadow]], she broke from that tradition to become a covert agent, counter-assassin, and international operative whose work spans governments, intelligence networks, and the superhero community.

	== Background ==		== Background ==

	Lisa Sakura was born in Kyoto into a lineage tied for generations to the ~~Secret Swords~~, a covert organization that existed beyond conventional law, bound by its own internal codes and purposes. Taken as a child and raised within a hidden mountain stronghold, she was trained relentlessly in the arts of stealth, infiltration, and assassination, shaped into a weapon intended to act without hesitation or doubt.		Lisa Sakura was born in Kyoto into a lineage tied for generations to the Eight-Headed Shadow, a covert organization that existed beyond conventional law, bound by its own internal codes and purposes. Taken as a child and raised within a hidden mountain stronghold, she was trained relentlessly in the arts of stealth, infiltration, and assassination, shaped into a weapon intended to act without hesitation or doubt.

	What the clan did not anticipate was resistance from within.		What the clan did not anticipate was resistance from within.
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	== Later Career ==		== Later Career ==

	After leaving the Sentries in the early Modern Age, Raven partnered with [[Crucible:Avenger\|Avenger]], forming both a professional alliance and a personal relationship. Together, they targeted remnants and splinter factions of the ~~Secret Swords~~, dismantling operations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. Their work became the subject of both admiration and apprehension, defined by precision and an unwillingness to allow the past to persist unchallenged.		After leaving the Sentries in the early Modern Age, Raven partnered with [[Crucible:Avenger\|Avenger]], forming both a professional alliance and a personal relationship. Together, they targeted remnants and splinter factions of the Eight-Headed Shadow, dismantling operations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. Their work became the subject of both admiration and apprehension, defined by precision and an unwillingness to allow the past to persist unchallenged.

	Though their romantic relationship eventually ended, their partnership endured in a different form, grounded in mutual respect and shared experience.		Though their romantic relationship eventually ended, their partnership endured in a different form, grounded in mutual respect and shared experience.

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	== The Sentries ==		== The Sentries ==
			[[File:RavenI.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|Raven, during her time with the Sentries]]
	Raven’s growing prominence led to her recruitment as a founding member of [[Crucible:The Sentries\|the Sentries]], where she brought a grounded, disciplined perspective to a team often dealing with escalating and unconventional threats. While she possessed no superhuman abilities, her precision, awareness, and decisiveness allowed her to operate effectively alongside powered individuals.		Raven’s growing prominence led to her recruitment as a founding member of [[Crucible:The Sentries\|the Sentries]], where she brought a grounded, disciplined perspective to a team often dealing with escalating and unconventional threats. While she possessed no superhuman abilities, her precision, awareness, and decisiveness allowed her to operate effectively alongside powered individuals.

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'''Real Name:''' Lisa Sakura

'''Background: '''Lisa Sakura, known to the world as Raven, is one of the most skilled and enigmatic operatives to emerge from the shadowy world of espionage and martial arts. Born in Kyoto to a family with centuries-old ties to [[the Secret Swords]], a covert ninja clan that operated beyond the reach of law or honor, Lisa was taken from her family as a child and raised in a hidden mountain fortress. There, she was trained to be a silent blade—swift, loyal, and merciless.

But Lisa possessed something the clan did not train for: a conscience.

In her late teens, after her first sanctioned assassination of a political dissident, she fled the fortress under the cover of night, wounded but alive. She survived alone in the Japanese underground before being quietly recruited into a secret counter-clan task force under the Japanese government's Cabinet Special Bureau. It was during this time that she took the codename Raven—a symbol of both death and wisdom in Japanese folklore.

Raven’s skills in infiltration, silent combat, and psychological manipulation made her indispensable during high-risk counterintelligence missions. Her reputation spread beyond Japan, and [[PHASE II|PHASE I]]I began using her for deep-cover operations where even the elite Phoenix Division hesitated to tread. She later joined the international superteam [[The Sentries]], where her quiet pragmatism and moral clarity often served as the team’s moral compass during ethically gray assignments.

After leaving the Sentries during the early Bronze Age, Raven became the partner and lover of [[Avenger]], one of Earth’s most prominent street-level heroes. Together, they fought against the Secret Swords’ criminal resurgence, dismantling sects of the clan across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. Their partnership was legendary: tactical precision fused with raw passion. Though their romantic relationship eventually ended, they remain close allies.

Raven is currently an elite agent of the Japanese government, authorized to operate internationally on sensitive black ops missions. Her connection to PHASE II remains unofficial but deep: she is often consulted in matters involving rogue operatives, ninja clans, and arcane assassination cults.

'''Group Affiliation:''' [[The Secret Swords|Secret Swords (former)]], [[The Sentries|Sentries (founding member)]], [[PHASE II|PHASE II (frequent operative)]], Japanese Cabinet Special Bureau (current)[[File:Raven.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Raven during the Bronze Age]]'''Status: '''Active

'''Skills:''' While Raven possesses no superhuman abilities, she is considered one of the world’s deadliest non-meta combatants.

* '''Master Ninjutsu Practitioner:''' Trained in the full range of traditional and modern ninja arts, including silent killing, concealment, climbing, tracking, and psychological warfare.
* '''Hand-to-Hand Combat:''' Her martial prowess allows her to fight metahumans on equal footing using speed, precision, and technique.
* '''Weapons Expertise:''' Proficient in shuriken, tanto, kusarigama, garrote, and firearms. Her preference is for silent, close-range weapons.
* '''Infiltration & Espionage:''' Capable of penetrating high-security installations and vanishing without a trace. She’s been known to live under assumed identities for years while embedded deep in hostile organizations.
* '''Polyglot and Code Expert:''' Fluent in multiple languages and adept in codes, ciphers, and dead-drop communication.

Personality: Raven is a solemn, introspective figure—an assassin who chose not to be one, forever living in the long shadow of her past. She carries a deep sense of guilt for the lives she took as a girl, and channels that guilt into discipline and action. She rarely speaks unless necessary, but when she does, her words carry weight. Among intelligence circles, her name is whispered with respect and no small measure of fear. Her allies in PHASE II and the broader hero community know they can count on her when the stakes are highest and the night is darkest.

'''Creator: '''Ed Messina

'''First Appearance:''' AVENGER #3
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