Raven Ruhodesu

Raven Ruhodesu (often shortened to 'Rae' by Crystal and Naomi) is a character from the series Bleach: The Forgotten, and is Captain of Squad 3 in the Gotei 13. His lieutenant is Izuru Kira. Raven starts out in a minor antagonistic role to the main group of protagonists (Ketu, Ratiasu, Haruka and Hikari), but later matures and is more supportive to them, after his backstory is established.

He is a slight self-insertion character by Elemental Hero Raeven, and is constantly rated as a popular character by friends of the authors, and some reviewers.

Appearance
Raven has a striking appearance, being completely dressed in black. Along with his long black hair and near-black eyes, he wears a normal black kimono underneath his captain's haori which has the inverse colours of the normal haori. He also wears fingerless black gloves, which he uses to keep a better grip on his scythe in battle. His hair is styled similar to Ukitake's, with one long bang loose in the middle of his face, brushed slightly to the side.

Personality
Raven usually has a melancholic or apathetic expression, but has been known to smirk or wear a look of shock if the circumstances require it. This is based on the sheer amount of Squads he has been assigned to. He gets excited in a fight if it meets his expectations, from his time under Kenpachi, yet has a bleak outlook on violence as a whole since he is the 3rd's captain. Since he had to work to achieve the level he is at, he seems to despise people who were born with natural talent, such as Ketu or Toushiro.

Raven has a keen intellect, and can pick up on the slightest of things in an instant, after seeing them just once. He displays this especially in his battles with the vizards Kaede and Rei Yokoshima, in which he then uses the things he picks up in quickly formulated plans that usually result in his victory. When actually ready for an opponent, he can produce hundreds of possible scenarios dependent on environments, personalities and possible unseen circumstances with which he can use in battle against them, and can switch to others when the conditions are met.

Behind his apathetic and dark persona, he does care for those close to him: namely his twin sister Naomi and his girlfriend Crystal Kyouraku. He does show that he cares what happens to members of his squad, particularly Izuru and Zeo, with whom he works with closely in squad matters.

He is quite well-versed in matters of the workshop, and when he came to captaincy of squad 3, he ordered that all members should be versed in at least basic sword-smithing. This stems from the way he formed his zanpaku-to, which was made from the Kyouraku clan's 'tenshi steel' before Raven's soul gave life to it. He also trains his squad in different ways: he trains fully in kidou or swordsmanship to help better those artforms. He is also known for his rather extreme training methods, training Terri by using his zanpaku-to's bankai ability as a bigger drive to win.