Ravenala

Ravenala is the clan historian and storyteller. She has excellent observational skills so she can remember events with startling accuracy. Due to that skill, she is also useful as a spy and messenger of valuable secrets - her second and less well-known career. Because of her willingness to dabble in politics for the good of the clan she has earned the scorn of Najas, the clan historian/librarian.

As a child, Ravenala found learning to read and write difficult. It took her years to learn that it was because of dyslexia and not just that she was 'stupid'. Her clan was unsympathetic and did nothing to help work around her disability. Eventually, she decided that reading and writing was more trouble than it was worth. She has cultivated a top-notch memory so she doesn’t miss the written word for her own personal notes. Few in Corpse Flower know that she basically can’t read or write- her familiar takes care of most of it for her.

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Ravenala are the travelling palms. The scientific name Ravenala comes from Malagasy 'ravinala' meaning "forest leaves".


"There is quicksand under our feet - move forward, fool, move forward; we are all fools, grasping for the kernels of truth, and there shall be no rest in this life or the next. This is my life, and this is my love; lay the books before me, pile them higher than any feast; I shall see what they did, I shall know how they lived, I shall see their eyes as my own, know the kindness of steel and the hollowness of stone. Have you seen them, can you tell me - where lies the deep mines where the dragon-lords wept in vain? Where lies the lofty summit where the astronomers saw naught of earth for the stars? And have you seen it - the places we will go, the currents of history so bound and brought forth?"-by SilverSilver