Dark Raven (Prime Earth)

Dark Raven, also known as Doctor Hate, was the demonic half of Raven's soul which was freed from the soul gem and become an independent being.

History

After the Titans battle with Neron, Raven sensed that a part of her went missing.^[1] It was later revealed that Neron freed her demonic half from the soul gem as a last-ditch effort to hurt her when he was defeated.^[2] This independent aspect of her^[3] would make a deal with Amanda Waller to be empowered as Doctor Hate using the Nightmare Stone and the Helmet of Hate (which she had her operatives retrieve during the Lazarus Planet and Insomnia's nightmarish assault on Earth) to further the cause of Chaos in exchange for her assistance in Waller's schemes.^[4][5][6]

Later, Waller had Doctor Hate repress Beast Boy's mind when he took on the form of the psychic alien conqueror Starro in a bid to save the planet, to give his bestial nature control and driving him to spread mutagenic spores across the world.^[7]

During the Beast World event, Hate attempted to destroy "The Kingdom", a nexus between the Elemental Parliaments. She was defeated by an alliance of Black superheroes and the villain Black Manta.^[6]

As part of her ongoing plan to become the de-facto dictator of the United States, Waller "saved" the world from the beast plague by teleporting Chester Runk inside Beast Boy, destroying his brain with Runk's black hole.^[8] Raven and Nightwing broke into the Bureau of Sovereignty and confronted Waller. Doctor Hate attacked her counterpart and revealed her true identity.^[3]

Raven teleported Nightwing away and the two of them battled across the world. During the fight Hate threw Raven into a crowd of Beast-People but they did not attack her, as they each contained a small fragment of Beast Boy. Even though the heroes managed to turn the tide and rescue the Beast-People, Doctor Hate was still determined to kill Raven. However, Starfire swooped in to save her friend and ripped the Helmet of Hate off her, which The Flash then destroyed by dropping in a volcano.

With the helm destroyed, Raven told her friends to leave so she could face Doctor Hate in a fair fight. She reconstituted the soul gem and attempted to trap Hate in it again. However, Doctor Hate defeated her and trapped Raven in the gem instead, then assumed her identity.^[9]

Dark Raven went on to trap her half-brothers Trilogy, Suge and Belial in soul gems, constructing a "Crown of Cages" which vastly increased her powers. Finally, she even managed to trap The Spectre and assumed her true form as the "Dark Winged Queen". Trigon manifested on Earth and Nightwing called for every hero on Earth to respond.^[10]

Nightwing sent out an emergency broadcast, calling on every hero on Earth to help.^[11] Waves of heroes arrived and Trigon battled them, easily defeating them all. However, the Dark Winged Queen simply watched. At Beast Boy's direction, Tempest destroyed the central gem in the "Crown of Cages" which held Raven, freeing her. Raven squared off with her counterpart, but Beast Boy asked her to put the three of them in a psychic link. He pointed out that Dark Raven had not actually harmed anyone since losing the Helmet of Hate, and that she had the ability to choose who she wanted to be rather than accept the "destiny" Trigon had planned for her. Raven and Dark Raven fused together into a single entity, and Raven harnessed the full power of the Titans to defeat Trigon and banish him back to Hell.^[12]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Demon Hybrid Physiology
  • Flight^[9]
  • Magic: Doctor Hate possesses her own magical abilities separate from those granted by the Helmet of Hate.
    • Darkness Manipulation^[9]
    • Size Alteration^[10]
    • Telepathy^[2]
    • Teleportation^[9]
      • Dimensional Travel^[13]
  • Superhuman Strength: Dark Raven can easily lift Nightwing with one hand.^[14]

Abilities

• Deception^[9]
• Occultism: As Doctor Hate, Amanda Waller considers her an "8th level magic user" and a "prime level threat".^[6]

Weaknesses

• Power Limitation: Doctor Hate has apparent but currently unknown limits to her magic.^[7]
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Helmet of Hate: (Formerly) The Helmet of Hate is a potent artifact crafted from a fragment of the original Helmet of Fate. Composed of Nth Metal, it has transformed into a complete helmet. When worn, the helm bestows the wearer with a range of mystical abilities, including:
  • Magic: Doctor Hate can command powerful magic for a variety of effects.^[6]
    • Chaos Magic: Doctor Hate can manipulate Chaos Magic for a variety of purposes. She can invoke the Lords of Chaos in order to fuel her magic, as well through channelling chaos energy and metahuman life-force energy.^[6]
      • Animal Control: Through use of Chaos Magic, Doctor Hate can channel the power of The Red, allowing her to unleash and command deadly creatures from The Kingdom, that are made up of both plant and animal DNA.^[6]
      • Dimensional Travel: Doctor Hate was capable of entering and exiting The Kingdom at will, a realm where the Parliaments of the universe converge in harmony.^[6]
      • Infection: Doctor Hate can leave a "Mark of Chaos" on a person, which infects them with supernatural spores that transform them. She was capable of twisting the souls of The Kingdom's inhabitants, transforming them into mindless beasts and forcing them to do her bidding.^[6]
        • Mind Control^[6]
      • Necromancy: Doctor Hate can manipulate life-force energy to fuel her spells, as well as corrupt the souls of others.^[6]
      • Summoning^[6]
    • Flight^[7]
    • Interstellar Travel^[7]
    • Teleportation: Doctor Hate can use her magic to create portals, allowing her to instantly teleport anywhere she chooses.^[6]
• Nightmare Stone
  • Hypnosis: Doctor Hate is able to forcibly induce people to sleep. She was also able to remove the human aspect of Beast Boy's mind, leaving behind only the beast.^[7]
• Phantom Zone Projector: Doctor Hate acquired a Phantom Zone Projector that allows her to enter and exit the Phantom Zone at will.^[6]

Related

• 21 Appearances of Dark Raven (Prime Earth)
• 22 Images featuring Dark Raven (Prime Earth)
• 4 Quotations by or about Dark Raven (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Dark Raven (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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