Aviana

Aviana, the Lady Raven
Gender	Female
Race(s)	Raven (former), Demigod
Level	?? Elite
Character class	Rogue, Sorcerer, Mage
Health	44,679
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation	Demigods, Kaldorei, Kaldorei Resistance, Guardians of Hyjal,
Former affiliation(s)	Queen Azshara
Occupation	Messenger of the gods; Mistress of Birds; Lady of G'Hanir; Tactical Spy of Cenarius
Location	The Emerald Dream (presumed and formerly), Shrine of Aviana, Mount Hyjal
Status	Alive
Relative(s)	Blaithe (consort)
Alignment	True neutral

Aviana, the Lady Raven
Level: ?? Elite
The Emerald Dream (presumed and formerly), Shrine of Aviana, Mount Hyjal

Aviana was a winged demigoddess and mistress of the Mother Tree, G'Hanir. She was killed in the War of the Ancients but was resurrected during Ragnaros' siege on Mount Hyjal.

Biography

Gift of Demigod status

Aviana in Shadows & Light.

Long ago, Aviana was a normal raven until she was chosen by Elune to deliver messages from the moon goddess to her son, the demigod Cenarius. Soon she was carrying messages among many of the powers of the ancient world; each power granted the raven new abilities required to carry out her duties until she eventually became an equal among them.

Well of Eternity

As the kaldorei gathered at the Well of Eternity, Aviana took the form of a night elf and joined their studies of magic. When Queen Azshara built her temple and gathered together her chosen servants to revel in their arcane power, Aviana realized the corrupting influence of magic and returned to Elune’s side.

War of the Ancients

Aviana in raven form in Suramar during the War of the Ancients.

During the War of the Ancients, Aviana would occasionally take mortal form and guide groups away from the doomguard. However, most of the time she flew high above the land gathering information for Cenarius on the movements of the Burning Legion.

During this conflict Aviana was one of many Eternals who came to the aid of the Night Elves in defense of their world. Though the shock of their attack initially gave them an edge, the endless numbers of Legion eventually overwhelmed many of them. Aviana was knocked from the sky and Rhonin witnessed her lifeless body fall when a large group of demons attacked her. The doomguard surrounded her and pierced her body with their spears. When Aviana was killed, her realm tree G'Hanir died.

The first druids found her body among the carnage, and bore it up to the highest mountain. She was laid to rest just outside the Shrine of Aviana, within a circle of sacred stones.

Emerald Dream

For ten thousand years Aviana drifted formless in the Emerald Dream while the mortal races continued to worship her; the Druids of the Talon in particular focused their worship around her and learned to take the forms of raven and crows. Her children, the harpies, descended into violence and barbaric behaviour, and eventually forsook their parent for other, darker masters, or struck out on their own. Some worshippers believed Aviana to have survived her death at the hands of demons, and others claimed to have actually had contact with her. However this is unlikely unless it was through the Emerald Dream.

Word of Warcraft

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 [Relics of Aviana] have been stored in sealed reliquaries in the Stormrage Barrow Dens in Moonglade. Clintar Dreamwalker, the current guardian of the relics, retrieves them for the fight against the forces invading the Emerald Dream.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

Aviana makes her appearance in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Ten thousand years after her death, Deathwing the Destroyer returned to Azeroth from Deepholme. Under his command the fire elementals of Ragnaros marched upon Mount Hyjal, to make way for the Firelord himself to set fire to the World Tree Nordrassil. During their siege Adventurers were called from across Azeroth to assist in the mountain's defense. One of the tasks assigned to them was to assist in the resurrection of the demigods, one of whom was Aviana. Besides resurrecting her, Adventurers were also assigned to destroy her fallen children, the harpies, who were attacking their mother's shrine. When all was done however the might Demigod of the Sky was reborn and Aviana returned to the world to help repel the invading Fire Elementals and to send Ragnaros back to the Firelands.

Quests

•  [81] An Offering for Aviana
•  [81] A Plea From Beyond
•  [81] An Ancient Reborn
•  [81] Return to Aviana
•  [81] Aviana's Message to Ysera

Appearance

Aviana takes the appearance of a large harpy with white feathers covering her body, with gold-coloured arms and legs. She wears a gold outfit covering only her groin and breasts, as well as a gold headdress and necklace. The necklace bears a sapphire at its center.

Combat

Aviana prefers to keep her distance from combat, acting primarily as an observer or messenger. When drawn into battle, she will strike from a distance for as long as possible using her magic and her longbow before changing into raven form to charge and claw opponents while trying to make her way to freedom.

Quotes

First vision of Aviana after using the  [Sacred Nectar]. A Mysterious Wing Spirit appears above the circle, hazy and indistinct.

Mysterious Winged Spirit says: Come...closer...<class>. They are pulling me away...

After you use the  [Sacred Nectar].

Mysterious Winged Spirit says: Hurry...

After being freed

• I am the mistress of the skies, and they who threaten my children shall suffer.

During the  [82] Death to the Broodmother.

• You will not defile the winds of Hyjal monster!
• Hurry, she is breaking free!

Greetings

• I am reborn!
• The skies are my domain, mortal.
• Those who harm my children will pay!
• Speak, mortal.
• My winged children fill the skies! They are my eyes, my breath, my life.
• These talons would be your end, mortal! Do not trifle with me!

Speculation

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In the War of the Ancients Trilogy by writer Richard A. Knaak, it is hinted that some night elves were altered and became forest guardians. Some fans speculate that night elves who venerated Aviana may be the harpies. The death of Aviana during the War would have left them without their matriarch, and could explain their now brutal nature (although Aviana herself also hinted to having these streaks).

The relationship between Aviana and the dragons is also touched upon in the book. Aviana calls Krasus one of hers. She reacts to the name of Alexstrasza in a motherly fashion. It is not clear if the dragons are descended from her or if she is commenting on the fact that dragons are creatures of the sky. G'Hanir was also where dragons would go to at the end of their life.

Shadows & Light was published during the same period of time as the War of the Ancients trilogy and the same month as The Demon Soul in October 2004. It might be possible that Aviana died in the new timeline of the war. This is supported when Alexstrasza mentions that G'Hanir died with its mistress. On the other hand, Shadows & Light states that an Eternal may not truly be killed. Even if an Eternal was to die, they may be able to regenerate. It is also possible that it may simply have been a continuity mistake.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.
  

External links

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