Wereraven

Mythic History
The Bran-ddyn served on the side of Arawn during the Cad Goddeu. They were led by King Bendigeid Vran and Queen Branwen; it was a duel fought between Bendigeid Vran and Gwydion the served as the decisive challenge and merited Gwydion the victory. Branwen was given to Gwydion's ally Matholwch, son of Math and Goewin as a war prize. Bendigeid Vran was told he could ransom her by stealing Arawn's cauldron. When Branwen learned of this, to spare her brother from becoming an oathbreaker, she killed herself. Arawn placed her within the cauldron and restored her and made the Bran-ddyn his special servants.

During the Age of Saints
Few in number, the Bran-ddyn were highly susceptible to the magic of the saints but they could only be banished rather than permantly killed; as Arawn's special messengers who had been dipped in his cauldron, they would return to life under the next new moon. They learned to manipulate the saints by identifying themselves as Samael or Azrael, angels of death. Following the War of Salt & Silver, the Bran-ddyn and the Gwdihŵ-ddyn emerged as the only creatures that could safely travel back and forth between underhill, Annwn and the human world. They typically disguised themselves as humans or angels, depending on the nature of their mission.

During the Interregnum
During the Black Death, so many humans were dying and otherworld so distant that the nebulous gloaming began to spread, strengthened by human belief in hell and purgatory. This "ghostland" became a battleground between the servants of Annwn and the servants of Hafgan. Sometimes living humans, particularly the remaining saints and magicians, were caught up in it.

During the Resurgence
The leader of the Bran-ddyn in the ghostlands was Bedwyr. When Diangeuaw and Doamna Zinelor preformed the Great Rite at Lake Nemi, he was among the first to sense it. He traveled there and presented himself to them, refusing to give his name but offering to be their guide. Doamna gave him the name Lucian; they became lovers for a short period of time and she bore him a daughter, Ezmerelda who in turn became the lover of Jewellian Veluchi. Ezmerelda and Jewellian's son Marcus Veluchi/Storm Delucian is one of the few "hybrid" who draws heavily upon both his Bran-ddyn and Luperci heritage. The Bleid-ddyn have declared him a Herwr - outlaw.

During the Blood Reign Chronicles
Lucien, Storm Delucian and an amnesiac were-raven called Brandon are all important characters in various books.

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