Dread raven

For the mount, see  [Reins of the Dread Raven].

Dread ravens
Classification	Large bird
Faction/Affiliation	Independent, Arakkoa Outcasts, Adherents of Rukhmar, Order of the Awakened, Sethekk
Racial leader(s)	Anzu  Ka'alu
Homeworld	Draenor (alternate)
Area(s)	Spires of Arak, Shadowmoon Valley, Talador

Dread ravens are a species of giant birds native to the world of Draenor. They are the children of the "Raven God", Anzu, and have close ties to the arakkoa.

Background

Two dread ravens in the Spires of Arak.

The dread ravens are the children of the Raven God Anzu, as the kaliri are to Rukhmar and the wind serpents were to Sethe. Long ago, after a battle with Sethe, Anzu was cursed never to fly again. He disappeared into the shadows, later to become the patron God of many flightless arakkoa outcasts. His children, the dangerous and shadowy dread ravens, still populate the Spires of Arak to this day. Fiercely strong and surprisingly intelligent, dread ravens are dangerous when their territory is breached, particularly if their hatchlings are jeopardized. They are a grave threat on land and even more terrifying when they strike from above. Adventurers should be wary of their powerful headbutt or deafening screech. Stronger dread ravens use their wings as weapons, buffeting explorers with winds that threaten to blow them off the spires' high cliffs. Ka'alu is the current leader of the dread ravens; Anzu left her to watch over them when he retreated into a world of darkness.

The dread ravens seem to have mostly gone extinct when Draenor became Outland, likely because they were native to the Spires of Arak which were destroyed. Yikkan Izu, who was transported to Azeroth to serve as a Brawler's Guild gladiator, is one of the few remaining specimens.

Bathed in the blood of demons, corrupted dread ravens are significantly more aggressive, and will often kill one another if kept in confinement.

Notable

•   Anzu is the Raven God and the father of all dread ravens.
  •   Alternate Anzu
•   Ka'alu is the demigod consort of Anzu, left behind to lead the ravens after her mate vanished into the shadows.
•   Bleakclaw
•   Darkscreech <Ornekka's Raven>
•   Darktalon
•   Darkwing
•   Deathtalon <Avatar of Iskar>
•   Duskclaw <Akeeta's Raven>
•   Nisha <Rexxar's Mount>
•   Oskiira the Vengeful
•   Raketalon
  •   Roast <Raketalon's Ghostly Offspring>
  •   Shatter <Raketalon's Ghostly Offspring>
  •   Twister <Raketalon's Ghostly Offspring>
•   Yikkan Izu

Types

A dread raven nest in Sethekk Hollow.

•   Adolescent Dread Raven
•   Darktalon Hatchling
•   Darktalon Young
•   Dread Raven (NPC)
•   Dread Raven (mob)
•   Dread Raven Hatchling
•   Lunarfall Chick
•   Lunarfall Matriarch
•   Lunarfall Raven

As a mount

A dread raven in Hearthstone.

•  [Reins of the Raven Lord] has a chance to drop from Anzu in Sethekk Halls on Heroic difficulty.
•  [Reins of the Dread Raven] is granted upon purchase of the Warlords of Draenor Collector's Edition.
•  [Reins of the Corrupted Dreadwing] can be purchased from Dawn-Seeker Krisek <Order of the Awakened> in Tanaan Jungle at a cost of 150,000 upon reaching Friendly with Order of the Awakened.

As a companion pet

 [Dread Hatchling] is granted upon purchase of the Warlords of Draenor Collector's Edition.

As a hunter pet

Main article: Bird of prey#As a hunter pet

Dread ravens are tamable by hunters as part of the bird of prey family. The flightless, corrupted model is unique to only one tamable NPC: Blaithe, as Anzu cannot be tamed.

Notes and trivia

A dread raven Spirit Healer in Spires of Arak.

• A dread raven Spirit Healer can be found in a corner of Skettis in the Spires of Arak, surrounded by several kaliri spirits.
• Dread ravens use the same skeleton and animations as skyscreamers.
• Dread ravens were originally untamable by hunters due to their rarity and their ties to the arakkoa. They were made tamable in patch 8.3.0.

Possible dread ravens

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

These ravens may be dread ravens, or may simply be reusing the model:

•   Blaithe, the consort of Aviana.
•   Huginn and Muninn, Odyn's pets.
• Cunning Nightwings, Monstrous Shadefeathers, Screeching Nightwings and Shadefeather Ravens, mobs on Island Expeditions.

In addition, the Dire Ravens in Blade's Edge Mountains are probably meant to be dread ravens given their association with the Grishna who follow Anzu, but the model did not yet exist at the time they were implemented.

Gallery

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  A Fel Raven.