Raven (Gargoyles)

Raven was one of the immortal Children Of Oberon and an antagonist from the animated series "Gargoyles" - much like Anansi he was based on a real-world trickster spirit but was portrayed as more of an outright villain than his traditionally anti-heroic persona.

Raven was in continual conflict with the benevolent spirit known as Grandmother and tricked the Manhattan Clan into fighting her by convincing them she was an evil sorceress when in reality she was trying to aid her people against Raven's bid for conquest.

Raven is noted for being one of the more unpleasant of the tricksters, using any trick necessary to get the upper-hand and often taunting his opponents whenever he had the chance: he was also a very sore loser and very arrogant (though many of the Children Of Oberon were arrogant, a natural result of having such great power).

One of Raven's more despicable tricks was posing as a gargoyle himself alongside several illusions, pretending to be the survivors of a clan that had been slaughtered by the local humans - although Angela saw through his deception this was undoubtably a low-blow on Raven's part as gargoyles are all too aware of their pasts and actively seek out others of their kind (many of which were slaughtered - however that, as they say, is another story).

In the end Raven was exposed for what he truly was and left the island, claiming it no longer interested him (though in truth he was simply angered at having lost, once again, to Grandmother).