Raamia
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Raamia is a character from CrossGen Entertainment's Sigilverse
. She appeared in The First
. She was, for some time, the consort of the original god Altwaal and was killed in a failed assassination attempt on Altwaal. She was brought back from death by Altwaal.
and comedy
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Raamia is the personification of drama
but does not wield great power on her own. As the lover of Altwaal she was accorded a fair degree of respect and was part of the ruling council of House Dexter. Altwaal did not inform Raamia of his whereabouts after he split the two houses so there was something missing in their relationship.
When Evinlea leads the attack on the planet of the First, Raamia is the first to die in the attack. Whether Altwaal would again raise her from death remains unknown as the CrossGen company went bankrupt and the series came to a halt.
Sigilverse
The Sigilverse, also known as the CrossGen Universe, is a fictional shared universe which served as a setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. Except for El Cazador, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a handful of flashbacks, all CrossGen Universe titles are set in the future...
. She appeared in The First
The First (comics)
The First are a group of fictional gods who appear in a self-titled comic as well as other various comic books published by CrossGen. Styled after the Greek gods in many ways, the First represent very powerful, nearly immortal beings, who are each based on a certain emotion.The full powers of The...
. She was, for some time, the consort of the original god Altwaal and was killed in a failed assassination attempt on Altwaal. She was brought back from death by Altwaal.
Character details
Raamia is always shown as a voluptuous beauty with a huge mane of dark hair, wearing a metallic bikini and accompanied by two objects with the Greek masks of tragedyTragedy
Tragedy is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of...
and comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
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Raamia is the personification of drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
but does not wield great power on her own. As the lover of Altwaal she was accorded a fair degree of respect and was part of the ruling council of House Dexter. Altwaal did not inform Raamia of his whereabouts after he split the two houses so there was something missing in their relationship.
When Evinlea leads the attack on the planet of the First, Raamia is the first to die in the attack. Whether Altwaal would again raise her from death remains unknown as the CrossGen company went bankrupt and the series came to a halt.