Sloane

The Raven is a half-elf whose real name is Sloane. She commands the Gaia Sash.

Description
When the party first meet the Raven in Ep. , she is wearing an outfit of black leather, a full-face Raven mask, and at her waist, the Gaia Sash (which honestly kind of clashes with the black leather). She has a thorny vine whip, called, apparently, Thorn Whip.

The Gaia Sash (which is one of the Grand Relics) has no clasp and is made of what looks like brown rubbertree reeds. When Magnus touches the Gaia Sash in the Goldcliff Trust, he can see her glowing blue eyes (and he gets zapped with what feels like 10000 bolts of energy).

Character History
When the party first comes upon her on Floor 20 of the Goldcliff Trust, she expresses a desire to not hurt anyone in the party, and encourages them to leave. She has become unto a god, she says, amused at her own power.

Having tried to reason with them, she brings out the Thornwhip, which means Magnus rushes in to attack.

She can’t take the belt off — it has become a part of her in a way nobody else can understand. Part of her wishes she could, but there is literally no way she could take it off.

The Raven is incredibly powerful, managing to kill/knock two members of the party unconscious in their first fight. Magnus lands a hit on her shoulder, and she is very surprised that he managed to hit her. She bleeds green.

When Hurley swings into the room, she insists that The Raven is not a killer, and that her real name is Sloan. Sloan has a history with Hurley, which we learn about from Hurley a little later.

The Raven is under the thrall of the Gaia Sash, but, as Taako points out in Ep. 21, it’s almost like she is aware of the thrall and bought into it a little bit.

Gaia Sash
The Gaia Sash is a Grand Relic, which renders its user unto a god of nature. With the Gaia Sash cinched at her waist, The Raven can turn the natural word to her will. We see this in her ability to control the weather, grow plants (specifically, vines and Trent), and turn herself into a gray cloud and fly away.

When we first meet The Raven, although she is under the thrall of the Gaia Sash, she is working within the thrall to try to bend it to her will. She does not want to hurt our heroes who happen upon her.