# Raven — Nightmare Abbey character guide

> Raven in Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Raven de butler

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

The lugubrious butler of Nightmare Abbey, fond of funereal pronouncements.

## Relationships

### [Scythrop Glowry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/characters/scythrop_glowry)

_professional_

Raven is the gloomy butler of Nightmare Abbey, serving Scythrop and the household with morbid devotion.

### [Scythrop Glowry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/characters/scythrop_glowry)

_professional_

Raven is the gloomy butler of Nightmare Abbey, serving Scythrop and the household with morbid devotion.

### [Scythrop Glowry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/characters/scythrop_glowry)

_professional_

Raven is the gloomy butler of Nightmare Abbey, serving Scythrop and the household with morbid devotion.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/chapters/i)

The butler at Nightmare Abbey, chosen for his dismal name.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/chapters/xiv)

Reports the departure of all guests, tries to coax Scythrop to dinner, advises him to dine first and be miserable afterwards.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nightmare_abbey_se/chapters/xv)

Terrified butler who is forced by Scythrop to set the watch back an hour under threat of a pistol.

## Links

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