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Ravenkeeper

If you die at night, you are woken to choose a player: you learn their character.

My birds will avenge me! Fly! Fly, my sweet and dutiful pets! To the manor and to the river! To the alleys and to the salons! Fly!

Storyteller cues

Other nightsIf the Ravenkeeper died tonight, the Ravenkeeper chooses a player. Show that player's character token.

Jinxes

Leviathan

Each night*, the Leviathan chooses an alive player (different to previous nights): a chosen Ravenkeeper uses their ability but does not die.

Riot

Each night*, Riot chooses an alive good player (different to previous nights): a chosen Ravenkeeper uses their ability but does not die.

How to run it (Storyteller)

When the Ravenkeeper dies at night — whether by Demon kill, execution-triggered ability, or other means — immediately wake them before processing any other night actions that would resolve after death; they choose a player and you privately show that player's character token. The nastiest edge case is Riot and Leviathan: both can trigger the Ravenkeeper ability on an alive Ravenkeeper without killing them, so wake them to choose a player and show the token, but do not place a shroud. Watch for the Recluse in the game — you have discretion to show them as a Minion or Demon to the Ravenkeeper, which can powerfully misdirect a key death-triggered reveal.

How to play

  • Your ability only fires if you die at night, so your primary goal is to survive until the Demon kills you — dying by execution wastes your power entirely.
  • Target selection: choose the player you most want confirmed, not necessarily who you suspect is evil — a confirmed Townsfolk is equally valuable as a confirmed Demon if it resolves a contested claim.
  • Share your result publicly and immediately after the night you die, since dead players can still vote and your information is most impactful while execution decisions are still being made.
  • Pre-commit mentally to your target before you die — if you hesitate when woken mid-night you risk panicking and wasting the pick on a low-value player.
  • The most common mistake: choosing a player you already have soft reads on rather than the one whose identity, confirmed either way, would most break open the game for the good team.

How to bluff as the Ravenkeeper

  • Claim early and loudly — Ravenkeeper is a natural Day 1 or Day 2 bluff because it explains why you have no information yet (you haven't died), buying you several rounds before the claim needs to be tested.
  • Prepare a fake result before you 'die': pick a real player who died at night, claim you chose them and learned a plausible Townsfolk role — ideally one with no conflicting public claim, or one that conveniently corroborates an evil ally's cover story.
  • Coordinate with your Demon: if the Demon kills a good player you can preemptively claim that player was a Minion to misdirect the town, but only if you are confident the real Ravenkeeper is already dead or in play as a different bluff.
  • The biggest tell for a fake Ravenkeeper is claiming a result on a player who was executed rather than killed at night — the ability never fires on executions, so any such claim immediately breaks the bluff.

Key interactions

Riot

Riot can trigger the Ravenkeeper ability on a living Ravenkeeper repeatedly across multiple nights without killing them, potentially giving the good team several confirmed character reads — if you suspect Riot is in play and you survive its trigger, treat each result as a genuine ability use and share the information immediately.

Leviathan

Like Riot, Leviathan can activate the Ravenkeeper's ability without causing death, turning a normally single-use role into a repeatable information engine — surviving past multiple Leviathan triggers while still alive is a strong signal that Leviathan may be the Demon in play.

Recluse

The Storyteller may show the Recluse to the Ravenkeeper as a Minion or Demon instead of the Recluse character itself, meaning a 'Demon confirmed' result from Ravenkeeper is not guaranteed to be accurate and should be cross-referenced with other information before the town acts on it.

Drunk

A Ravenkeeper who is the Drunk will receive a false character token when they use their ability — the Storyteller shows them something other than the target's real role — so if your read feels implausible or contradicts other confirmed information, consider that you may be drunk.