The Raven emerged as the central antagonist within Drosselmeyer’s abandoned tale *The Prince and the Raven*. When its creator perished, the Raven and Prince Siegfried spilled into reality, bound in endless battle. To imprison the Raven’s devastation, Siegfried shattered his own heart through forbidden magic, dispersing its fragments and erasing his memories and feelings. Crippled by this seal, the Raven sustained himself by devouring human hearts, weaving a centuries-spanning web of manipulation and decay to reclaim his strength. He ensnared a human child, Rue, molding her into Princess Kraehe—his false daughter—by feeding her his blood to grant her crow-like abilities. Exploiting her loyalty, he tasked her with corrupting Mytho, Siegfried’s reincarnation, by poisoning a recovered heart shard symbolizing love. Once returned to Mytho, the tainted shard warped his soul, bending him toward the Raven’s will. The Raven’s ruthlessness surfaced when he threatened Kraehe’s life after her shortcomings risked his plans, exposing their bond as a calculated ruse. His resurrection depended on Mytho’s restored heart shattering the magical seal. As Kraehe uncovered her stolen humanity, she rebelled, yet the Raven briefly reclaimed his full might, overpowering Mytho and nearly devouring Kraehe’s heart. Mytho’s awakening love for Rue, Princess Tutu’s selfless sacrifice, and Fakir’s rewriting of fate converged to challenge the Raven. United, Mytho and Kraehe wielded the Prince’s Sword to obliterate him, severing his hold on their world. A parasitic manipulator, the Raven thrived by exploiting fractured identities and fragile bonds. Kraehe’s defiance and Mytho’s reclaimed autonomy unraveled his schemes, cementing his downfall through the resilience of human connection against his corrosive hunger for control.