Who are the Raven? Raven Investigations, a Search and Reactive agency who delve into normal and paranormal activities. They are very, very good at what they do, but sometimes, they keep who they find. Karissa is a young child whose mother died in a car accident. She never knew her father. She ran away from her foster family after realizing that they couldn't understand her special needs. On a library computer, she sent out a S.O.S. Erran, of Raven Investigations, answered that call. Karissa's gift with computers surpassed all the known laws of physics. Soon, the question had to be asked. Who is Karissa? Where did she come from? Which dimension? The King's, or the Queen's? The Raven decided to keep her. As a baby, Beatrice Broadwick was injected with 94QPO. A drug used for DNA mutation research. The baby, Beatrice, had been excused from the experimentation after she had been compromised by foreign DNA. Upon entering puberty, the other subjects died horribly from all manner of diseases. The project was shamed by the scientific community, and the data buried deep within government bureaucracy. Beatrice Broadwick's body suddenly started to change. She was at first diagnosed with fibromyalgia. When the mutations started, the doctors arrived. Against her will, she was moved into their facility. Raven Investigations was contracted to find Broadwick, and to take her home. They rescued her from torturous conditions and near death. She was sent straight to the O'Byrne healers. To her, Beatrice was dead. She became Ava, a new creature. She became Karissa's Champion. The Raven decided to keep her, too.