Vladimir Raven

Vladimir Raven is a character role-played by Lt_Raven.

General Description
Vladimir Raven is a Trooper for the San Andreas State Police, Badge #286.

Background Information
Vladimir Raven was born on September 5th in Russia. He and his family later moved to Australia, though he does not remember much from his childhood. However, he does remember that he was close friends with Gazz Maloo, as the two of them grew up together. He served in the Australian army for many years, eventually leading to him being investigated for various war crimes, though he has been cleared of them since.

Raven sustained many injuries from his time in the war (leading to various body parts having metal plates implanted into him), and suffers from PTSD. During this time of his life, Raven became severely addicted to morphine and potentially crack, in order to cope with the pain.

The court case filed against him for his alleged war crimes was based in Los Santos, thus leading to him moving there to appear in court. He chose to stay following the court case; later joining the police force.

After arriving in Los Santos, Raven met up with an old friend from school, Brian Crane (head of Emergency Medical Services at the time), and soon began a very unhealthy relationship with him. Raven was deep in his morphine addiction, and Brian was abusive towards him. Brian Crane died of a mysterious illness, and Raven has moved on in a much more positive direction in his life. He has successfully broken himself of his morphine addiction and continues to stay sober.

Raven was formerly in an incredibly supportive marriage with the former Chief of Police, Bob Smith. The two are now separated, as of December 2019, and have filed for divorce - court case date pending. However, according to a conversation between Raven and Luka Kozlov during March 2021- they are "bitterly married, but together" and "trying to make it work" and still refer to each other as husbands.

Raven joined the Los Santos Police Department with 2 of his friends - Owen Svensen and Luka Kozlov. He has a long, storied history as a detective within various law enforcement detective agencies. He was a Detective for the Criminal Investigation Division, a Captain for the Joint Task Force, and most recently a supervisor for the Major Crimes Division. He has since moved on from detective work in order to focus primarily on the SWAT and HVTU unit.

He is well known for his pro-union views, previously serving as the Union Boss within both the Criminal Investigation Division and the LSPD.

Trivia

 * Loves Warrior Cats, is Milkbag of the Jug Clan.
 * Raven is five inches.
 * Raven has shown to be prone to uncontrollable bouts of rage and violence against those who upset him.
 * He has admitted to being a "functioning alcoholic".
 * He has been tried for war crimes.
 * Was once shot over a flat screen TV.

Highlights

 * Raven tells Luka Kozlov that he and Bobby are "bitterly married, but togethe r" and "trying to make it work" on March 12, 2021.
 * Raven trips Trooper Snow.