Diablo the Raven



Diablo was Maleficent's pet raven and the secondary antagonist from the 1959 Disney movie Sleeping Beauty. He is a black raven who doesn't want Maleficent to lose. His squawks were provided by Dal McKennon and currently by Frank Welker. He appears to have a similar role to The Queen's Raven in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. However, this raven plays a larger role in the storyline and he is in almost every scene that Maleficent appears in.

Role
Diablo, meaning 'Devil' in Spanish, is first seen with Maleficent, crashing Princess Aurora's christening. There, Maleficent casts a spell on the princess that schedules her death to come at her sixteenth birthday when she pricks her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. After the curse was set, Diablo and Maleficent departed. Oblivious to the villains, Maleficent's rivals Flora, Fauna and Merryweather changed the curse so that Aurora would only fall into a deep sleep when she pricks her finger. Meanwhile, back at the Forbidden Mountains, Maleficent sends her goons on a hunt for the princess but fail to find her after sixteen years. It is revealed that they were looking for a baby for the entire sixteen year hunt. Maleficent explodes in rage and sends Diablo to find her. Diablo begins his search in the forest where he spots magic from wands being blasted out of a chimney. The magic is from Flora and Merryweather who have been hiding Aurora in their forest cottage to keep safe from Maleficent. Diablo knowing about where they live, quickly flies off and sends Maleficent the news to her great delight, and the villains attack but capture Aurora's husband-to-be Prince Phillip instead. They hold him hostage in Maleficent's castle but the Three Good Fairies break him out. Diablo quickly rallies the goons to attack. However, the goons stand no chance against the fairies' magic, so Diablo heads for Maleficent's quarters. Merryweather loses her cool with Diablo and turns him into stone. However, upon witnessing Diablo as stone, Maleficent, horrified at the fate of her most loyal and competent servant, catches on to the situation and jumps into the battle herself.

2014 Maleficent film
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In the 2014 film; Maleficent, the Raven, by the name of Diaval is the secondary protagonist.