History Characters / MetroidTheChozo

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Diggernaut is attacking Samus because it has gone haywire or if its regular security protocols have GoneHorriblyRight in targeting intruders. Even the official Prima Guide brings up this ambiguity.

* MeaningfulName: Thoha is likely derived from 鳩 (''hato'', "pigeon/dove") and Mawkin from 猛禽 (''mōkin'', "bird of prey"), marking their hawks-vs-doves ideological conflict.

* KilledOffscreen: He's presumed dead in the fall of Zebes, though it's possible he simply fled.

** Taken UpToEleven in the manga, where the present Chozo race has a mental block against violence -- harming sentient beings for any purpose causes a Chozo to experience immense pain or even death. [[LoopholeAbuse Training Samus to do it is fine, though.]]

The Chozo who colonized [=SR388=]. Upon discovering the X Parasites and realizing the threat the organisms posed, they decided to create the Metroids as the ultimate predator.

The Chozo of ZDR. Unlike the other Chozo tribes, these Chozo never gave up their warrior ways, as evident by their military factories spread across the planet. They have no benevolent intentions as they were responsible for slaughtering the Thoha tribe on [=SR388=] after sealing the Metroids away.

A prominent Chozo scientist on ZDR who is on friendlier terms with Samus than the others -- and is the last survivor of the Thoha tribe of [=SR388=] held captive by Raven Beak. As such, Quiet Robe knows more about the Metroids than anyone else, including their creation and powers.

* ReluctantMadScientist: Quiet Robe was coerced by Raven Beak into working on his Metroid bioweapon project after the latter massacred the Thoha tribe, but is against Samus' plans

* ReluctantMadScientist: Quiet Robe was coerced by Raven Beak into working on his Metroid bioweapon project after the latter massacred the Thoha tribe.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: One explanation for QR-X's actions at the end of the game. Their choice to help subdue Samus's out of control Metroid powers act in both of their best interests - for Quiet Robe, Samus is able to escape, and for the X, the last remaining Metroid's powers are brought under control.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Their interactions with the Reptilicans of Bryyo proves they had enough knowledge of magic to forewarn against the conflict between magic and technology. After the Chozo's disappearance much of their technology is successfully reverse-engineered by the Space Pirates and the Federation, but certain Chozo designs leave them completely stumped. The Federation's attempts to replicate Samus's power suit resulted in gigantic unwieldy mech suits, and the Space Pirates morph ball prototypes wound up horribly maiming their test subjects. Whether Samus's suit has magical aspects or simply technology far beyond the current level is left open to interpretation.

''' Chozo''' ([[Characters/MetroidRavenBeak Raven Beak]]) | [[Characters/MetroidBountyHunters Bounty Hunters]] | [[Characters/MetroidOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] [[Characters/MetroidOthers Others]] | [[Characters/MetroidNoncanonicalCharacters Noncanonical Characters]]-]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hadar... sen olmen."'' [[labelnote:Translation]]Power... is everything.[[/labelnote]]]]
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--->'''Voiced by:''' Dave Rogers Ruiz

The leader of the warrior Mawkin tribe who once helped the Thoha tribe of [=SR388=] seal away the Metroids underground, only to then have his warriors slaughter the tribesmen, as seen in the Chozo Memories. He returns in the present day on ZDR, armed with his silver Power Suit, waiting for Samus to arrive and investigate the planet for his nefarious agenda.

For tropes concerning Raven Beak X, see [[Characters/MetroidXParasites Metroid - X Parasites]].

* AbusiveParent: Though he considers himself to be Samus' father due to donating his genes to her, he only sees Samus as a weapon for his goals, and won't hesitate to kill her so he can get his Metroid army.
* AbusivePrecursors: Unlike the BenevolentPrecursors status of the rest of the Chozo thus far, Raven Beak distinctly is a warmongering sociopath who wants to clone the Metroids to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]], making him this by default.
* TheAce: Quite possibly the most powerful Chozo. Quiet Robe states that he possesses "superior physical prowess and intelligence" and he demonstrates it not only by besting the already top-tier Samus in their initial fight and one of the seemingly unstoppable E.M.M.I, but also by manipulating her from behind the scenes. He is also able to imitate ADAM's text-to-speech generated voice in a perfect and non-native English and operate the Chozo's already advanced technology. He is only surpassed in intelligence by Quiet Robe- whose expertise is needed for his ultimate plan.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is one of the very few characters able to actually ''best'' Samus in combat, utterly curb-stomping her in their first battle, and the only reason he let her live was due to Samus inadvertently awakening her Metroid powers. Adam outright tells Samus that even at her full power with all of her abilities, she wouldn't stand a chance against him, a statement that is proven true in their second battle as despite Samus faring much better, Raven Beak still manages to gain the upper hand and the only reason he lost was due to Samus using her Metroid powers to drain him, giving her a massive power boost and weakening him enough for an X Parasite to mutate him into a form weak enough for Samus to finish off. This makes sense when it's revealed that Samus inherited his genes.
* AmbitionIsEvil: He was once a great warrior, but his lust for power led him to turn against those of his own species that attempted to stop his plans to clone a Metroid army to conquer the galaxy.
* AnimalisticAbomination: His X form is a twisted combination of himself, Kraid, and likely more creatures, which has his head inside of Kraid's, can barely so much as crawl forward and drones out Chozo sentences.
* ArchnemesisDad: It is revealed that he donated his Chozo DNA to Samus, making him a biological father to her. However, he only sees her as a weapon for his goals and won't hesitate to kill her so he can have his Metroid army. And Samus is more than willing to kill him.
* ArmCannon: Raven Beak's Power Suit, like Samus', is equipped with an energy cannon on his right arm that can fire a wide array of projectiles. However, a flashback to Samus' childhood shows it wasn't always equipped to his Power Suit.
* AssholeVictim: After all the crimes he committed; no tears are shed when he's absorbed by X, then [[DeaderThanDead absolutely obliterated]] by Samus.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: While it doesn't apply to his boss fight, the crack on his helmet from his initial fight with Samus is still there -- and since Metroids siphon energy from the ''head'', Samus just needs to reach that crack with her free hand. She can't overpower Raven Beak to do this at first, but once her Metroid DNA fully awakens after the boss fight, she latches on and doesn't let go.
* BadassArmfold: He'll sometimes make this pose. It even serves as one of his attacks in his boss fight.
* BadassCape: He shown to wear a long cape, and it's one of the most formidable foes Samus has ever faced. During the final boss fight, his cape gets destroyed by a point-blank blast from Samus.
* BadBoss: His rule over ZDR, as shown in the Chozo Archives, depicts him as a brutal dictator who abuses Kraid in captivity and feeds Chozo tribesmen (implied to be Mawkin dissenters) to Drogyga. Even the picture showcasing the discovery of an X Parasite Chozo soldier depicts Raven Beak to be unmoved by this predicament, as if he saw his soldier's death to be an inconvenience or worse, an opportunity. Given he's the SoleSurvivor of the Mawkin in the present, it's even subtly implied that he abandoned his troops to the X while he holed up in Itorash.
* BaldOfEvil: After being beaten by Samus and his armor getting destroyed beyond repair, he distinctly lacks any feathers on his body and instead has a skull-white head.
* BattleAura: Raven Beak's armor is equipped with the Lightning Armor Aeion ability, causing it to glow with a magenta aura that deflects Samus' shots. He has a golden version that makes him immune to Samus' beam and missile attacks.
* BeamSpam: One of his attacks in the second phase of the boss fight is a Beam Burst barrage from his ArmCannon.
* {{BFG}}: Wields an arm cannon that's roughly about as large as Samus is.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Metroid Dread'', responsible for trapping Samus deep underground of ZDR and corrupting the E.M.M.I. robots to hunt her down. It's revealed that he's the one who sent the transmission video to lure Samus in, and his ultimate plan is to extract the Metroid DNA from Samus' body so he can build an army of cloned Metroids to take over the galaxy.
* BigBadEnsemble: With the X Parasites in ''Dread''. While Raven Beak is the more personal threat of the two, the X are as every bit as dangerous as they break out, and both of them need to be dealt with to save the galaxy.
* BigNo: Gives off something that sounds like this when Samus jams her fingers into the side of his face and starts draining his energy using her Metroid DNA.
* BilingualDialogue: Even though Raven Beak is the chief of the supremacist Mawkin tribe who almost certainly looks down on the rest of the galaxy, he is fully fluent in English, which he utilizes to impersonate ADAM and guide Samus throughout the course of ''Dread''.
* BookEnds: It's only fair that the final adversary of Samus's MythArc is a member of the Chozo, the same race that taught her everything she knows.
* BringIt: One of his attacks is to taunt Samus with this gesture, complete with a BadassArmfold. If she takes him up on the offer and tries to hit him with a Melee Counter, it leads into an extended sequence with two Counters, but a much longer timeframe to fill him up with missles than usual.
* BrutalBirdOfPrey: Without his armor, he looks like a giant humanoid eagle, and he's the main villain of ''Dread''.
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: A non-comical example. While impersonating [=ADAM=], he will sometimes speak highly of himself, especially later in the game when [=ADAM=] [[OutOfCharacterAlert starts acting more and more out of character]].
* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he wasn't a great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization, being a megalomaniacal warlord that values power above all else, even if that power comes from killing a countless number of beings. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through [[MakeAnExampleOfThem executing dissenters]]. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence, and which has killed several of his tribespeople while trying to contain them. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus at his disposal (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) shows he's very impulsive and wasteful with assets when it comes to changing plans, and there are parts of this new plan he hasn't thought through (such as [[UnderestimatingBadassery Samus becoming strong enough to defeat him]], and even without her personal hatred for Raven Beak, the clones likely still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin, and with Quiet Robe dead, no scientist to modify that behavior out). In his lust for power, Raven Beak also failed to consider that the Metroids were keeping the much worse X Parasites in check (which is why the Thoha planned to just annihilate both species until Raven Beak ordered the tribe's massacre), which eventually migrated to ZDR and infected the rest of his tribe before he could carry out his plans, something he shows very little (if any) concern about aside from how he can use the X to cultivate Samus's Metroid powers, as he later releases them from quarantine and infects the entire planet. His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization, only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.
* CallBack: His moveset as a boss in ''Dread'' includes not only abilities Samus can use in that game, but also two Aeion powers from ''[[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns Samus Returns]]'' (the Beam Burst and Lightning Armor).
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: After slaughtering the Thoha tribe, he spared Quiet Robe as he was the only one who could control the Metroid. Likewise, after Samus accidentally awakens her Metroid powers in their first fight, Raven Beak decides to spare her and lets her run around ZDR to test her strength.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hadar sen olmen", Chozo for "Power is everything". He says it when he first fights Samus in Artaria, he says it again when he's about to kill her in Itorash, and his X Parasite form says it repeatedly as a MadnessMantra. It's even embroidered on his clothes in Chozo script.
* ClippedWingAngel: After he's defeated by Samus, an X Parasite strikes from behind and absorbs the evil Chozo, mutating him into mishmash of all the bosses that Samus had faced on ZDR, including Kraid. This monstrosity, however, is slow and it only takes one carefully aimed Hyper Beam from Metroid Samus to destroy him for good.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To much of the series' other main antagonists.
** Most of them such as [[VideoGame/Metroid2ReturnOfSamus the Queen Metroid]] and [[VideoGame/MetroidFusion SA-X]] are just instinct-driven monsters with only vaguely implied intelligence.
** [[VideoGame/Metroid1 Mother]] [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid Brain]] is a megalomaniacal mastermind with mostly simple-minded beasts working under her through mental manipulation rather than brute force. This is best seen with Kraid's status under her versus his status under Raven Beak.
** [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Dark Samus]], while about as cruel, had only greed for Phazon and OmnicidalManiac goals.
** Alarmingly, the one that Raven has the most in common with is ''[[ArchEnemy Ridley]]'', in that they are both violent, narcissistic and destructive commanders with no redeeming qualities to speak of; and even then, while Ridley's monstrous personality is only implied in certain sources like the ''Manga/{{Metroid}}'' manga and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Raven's depravity is made front and center from the get-go. To top it off, the other antagonists were but {{Arc Villain}}s at the very least. Raven Beak singlehandedly kickstarted the entire series' MythArc, indirectly causing all of the abovementioned's own schemes or conceptions. In contrast, Ridley is consistently TheDragon to the true BigBad, [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon in spite of his rivalry with Samus]]. It's telling when, according to sources such as the Manga, Ridley at least had a measure of [[FauxAffablyEvil camaraderie]] with his men despite being a BadBoss and seemingly had an [[OddFriendship actual friendship]] with Kraid, while Raven has loyalty to absolutely no one but himself and seemingly left his men to fend for themselves during the X outbreak. Their relationships to Samus are are also polar opposite, with Ridley having orphaned Samus by killing her human parents, while Raven Beak considers her his daughter due to him donating his DNA to her.
* ControlFreak: He doesn't tolerate disobedience at all, to the point that he drops his ADAM impersonation and commands Samus to join him when she shows signs of resistance. In the Chozo Archives, he's seen overseeing the execution of Chozo prisoners implied to be Mawkin dissenters, and his ultimate plan is to bring order to the galaxy.
* CreateYourOwnHero: Raven Beak is revealed to have been another DNA donor for Samus- even believing her to be his daughter because of this. That means he is responsible for her development of combat capabilities and pretty much made the heroine that would eventually bring him down.
* CreepyCrows: He goes by "Raven Beak" and is one of the most terrible villains Samus has ever faced. Notably, his Chozo head looks different from the other Chozo in the franchise, causing him to resemble a raven, and during his boss fight he sprouts black-feathered wings.
* CurbStompBattle:
** His first battle ends with Samus utterly defeated as her weapons fail to scratch his armor. The only wound he suffers is a blast to the face from a missile and the only reason he doesn't kill Samus right then and there is because of her awakening her Metroid powers, convincing him to spare her life and test her strength.
** That wrecked E.M.M.I. Samus encounters in the beginning of the game? A gallery picture reveals that that was Raven Beak's doing, which shows just how powerful he is considering that Samus, even with her full arsenal, can't destroy them without the use of the Omega Beam.
* CurbStompCushion: Though Samus fares much better against Raven Beak in their second battle, he still manages to gain the upper hand in their fight. The only reason he lost is due to Samus using her Metroid powers to drain him, weakening him enough for an X Parasite to mutate him into a form weak enough for Samus to finish off.
* DarkIsEvil: His power suit has many dark colors to it, he fires blasts of dark energy, and he's even got it right in his name: '''Raven''' Beak. Fittingly, he has a black beak and feathers under his armor.
* DarthVaderClone: This Chozo is a tall and fierce enemy that wears body-concealing silver armor with black accents and glowing red eyes and a flowing cape, has a deep, synthesized voice, wields an ArmCannon mirroring Samus's but with a red interior (similar to Vader's lightsaber), and easily defeats her during their first encounter, which results in her [[BagOfSpilling losing her abilities]]. His use of neck lifting mimics Vader's habit of force choking others. He even has a LukeIAmYourFather moment when he reveals that it was his genes that Samus inherited, making him a biological father to Samus. Finally, his BigNo when being drained by Samus sounds ''almost exactly'' like Darth Vader's infamous cry in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
* DeaderThanDead: Samus destroys both his X-infected physical form and the X Parasite containing his genetic material and memories at the conclusion of ''Dread'', ensuring that no trace of him will come back to threaten the galaxy in the future.
* DeathByIrony: Raven Beak wanted to use the Metroids as bioweapons for galactic domination. He ultimately meets his end at the hands of the most powerful Metroid, Samus Aran herself.
** Also heavily ironic that his actual killer, an X Parasite, was only able to do so because '''''HE''''' deliberately set them free as an obstacle to Samus to test her abilities.
* DidntNeedThoseAnyway: During their final battle, Samus manages to shoot one of his wings off. Raven Beak simply rips the other wing off and resumes fighting on foot.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** He is first introduced in the Chozo Memories of ''Samus Returns'', and his first action is murdering the Thoha tribe in a surprise attack. This instantly tells players that he is not a benevolent Chozo and his unexplained agenda on [=SR388=] will have greater implications in the future.
** In his proper debut in ''Dread'', Raven Beak quickly establishes himself as a powerful warrior who is Samus' superior in almost every way, easily defeating her with only a crack on his helmet caused by a Super Missile. During this first fight, he shows off a few moves that he will use against Samus in their final fight onboard the Itorash.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Power is everything to him, and thus he cannot understand anything beyond that parameter. He believes that because Samus has his DNA from a genetic infusion, that makes him her father and therefore he owns her. He expects Samus to join him because of the potential power they would have over the galaxy, never once thinking that Samus would disobey thanks to her moral upbringing. This failure to understand Samus ends up being his downfall.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Raven Beak has all of Samus' weapons and abilities, and the skill to match, but none of Samus' morality or humanity. Also doubles as a SpearCounterpart. He also serves as this to Gray Voice as he was an additional genetic donor to Samus during her Chozo blood transfusion. But whereas Gray Voice sacrificed himself to save his adopted daughter from Mother Brain, Raven Beak sees Samus as nothing more than a tool to carry out his plans of galactic conquest.
** He is also one to Adam, another father figure to Samus. Adam was strict, but never thought of Samus as a tool and was disgusted and horrified by the Galactic Federation's attempts to revive the Metroids as a bioweapon. As such, it's no wonder Samus is furious when it's revealed Raven Beak's been impersonating him the whole game.
* EvilIsBigger: About twice as tall as the already taller-than-average Samus, and is quite a strong and vicious opponent of hers.
* EvilGloating: After overpowering Samus in their second fight, Raven Beak grabs her in a NeckLift and starts boasting about how he'll be able to clone Samus herself and turn her into an army to rule the galaxy, giving Samus enough time for her Metroid DNA to take over and drain him of his life energy.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Owing to his arrogance, Raven Beak believes he can harness and weaponize Metroids and X Parasites, only for it to backfire on him.
** He tries manipulating Samus into getting stronger to use her Metroid DNA. Though he overpowers her again after their second fight -- even telling her he doesn't need her anymore -- Samus transforms and turns the tables against him with her newfound power.
** Though he ''did'' manage to contain the X infestation on ZDR that was killing his Mawkin, Raven Beak purposefully releases them on the planet to test Samus' strength further. Shortly after his ship crashes after their second fight, Raven Beak gets infected by a X -- the same fate he was carefully avoiding.
* EvilIsPetty: Not only did he have the Thoha on SR-388 killed, he had a ''mural'' of the incident made in lower Ferenia, showing how unrepentant and proud he is about the massacre. And right outside the lab where [[SoleSurvivor Quiet Robe]] was forced to work, no less.
* EvilOverlord: He's a militant Chozo dictator clad in black armor with ambitions for galactic conquest and a huge ego to go with them. Not only has he committed genocide against the Thoha tribe for going against his plans to use the Metroids for conquest, he's just as oppressive to his fellow Mawkin. The Chozo Archives show him carrying out executions on other Mawkin soldiers by [[FedToTheBeast feeding them to a Drogyga]], with the implication being that these Mawkin were dissenting against his rule and were being executed to quell any further opposition to his rule. When several of his warriors died trying to seal the Metroids on [=SR388=], the only thing he saw in the Metroids was an asset to help him rise to power and not a threat to galactic civilization like the rest of his species wisely feared. When an X Parasite snuck onboard the Mawkin ships and came to ZDR following the Thoha genocide, his only response to his tribe getting infected was to quarantine them in Elun and leave them to die. Even though he's the only member of his tribe left by the time of ''Dread'', Raven Beak still kept his desire to rule through the power of Metroids, filling the gaps in his army with robotic imitations of his former soldiers and {{bioweapon beast}}s.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is a growling hiss with his helmet on, and even his agonized screams as an X Parasite kills and assimilates him have a very low octave.
* EyeScream: Possibly. When Samus jams her fingers into his face and drains his energy with her Metroid DNA, one of the fingers appears to go into his eye. His last appearance only shows the other side of his face, so we never get a look at the aftermath.
* FallenHero: He was once one of the Chozo’s greatest warriors, until his lust for power drove him to slaughter the Thoha tribe, intending to clone a Metroid army with which to conquer the galaxy.
* FascistButInefficient: While many forces who've tried to weaponize Metroids failed to realize that they are really difficult to control (and the AI they create to control them [[AIIsACrapshoot end up becoming just as megalomaniacal]] before turning on them), Raven Beak was at least smart enough not to kill ''all'' of the Thoha tribe: [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he spared Quiet Robe and conscripted him as a scientist]] so he could control the Metroids. However, after the massacre of [=SR388=], an X Parasite snuck aboard the Mawkin ships and infested the rest of the tribe, and his only reaction was to leave them in quarantine to die (and while he was dealing with that, the rest of the Metroids were exterminated by Samus). Even before the X outbreak, the Chozo Archives show that his rule over the Mawkin was generaly oppressive, as he often [[FedToTheBeast fed dissenters to Drogyga]] to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem ensure his tribe's blind loyalty]]. Once Samus comes to ZDR with a Metroid DNA infusion, Raven Beak has Quiet Robe killed [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness right after Quiet Robe tells Samus about what's going on]], banking on a plan to [[WeCanRuleTogether get Samus to fight by his side]] by using his status as [[LukeIAmYourFather one of her Chozo gene donors]] as leverage, and if that fails, making an army of Metroid Samus clones that are much more cultishly devoted to him. However, not only did Raven Beak give Samus countless reasons to hate him, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he also ended up giving her the means to destroy him while trying to win her over]].
* FatalFlaw: Fittingly for a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, Pride. While undeniably dangerous, Raven Beak's arrogance leads him to overestimate his abilities and underestimate his opponents. Rather than kill Samus and extract the Metroid DNA like he originally planned, he decides to let Samus run around ZDR to test her strength after she unwittingly awakens her Metroid powers, never once considering the possibility that Samus may become strong enough to actually defeat him. And sure enough, this leads to his downfall as Samus uses her Metroid powers to drain him, weakening him enough for an X Parasite to mutate him into a form Samus could defeat once and for all.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While pretending to be ADAM, Raven Beak feigns kindness and concern for Samus just so she can unlock her true potential, and then tempts her to join his cause of bringing order to the galaxy. When Samus rejects him, Raven Beak drops his act and tries to kill her in a brutal manner.
* FinalBoss: Not only is he this for ''Dread'', but also for the Metroid story arc as a whole.
* FinalExamBoss: A given since the villain has the full power of Chozo technology at his disposal. Each of Raven Beak's moves can be countered or avoided by almost every weapon or ability in Samus' arsenal. The player must make very effective uses of Storm Missiles, Power Bombs, Super Missiles and Flash Shifts to win the battle.
* FinalSolution: He had the entire Thoha tribe wiped out to prevent them from destroying [=SR388=] and thus the Metroids, literally sparing only one Thoha Chozo, Quiet Robe, because that's all he needed to enact his plan to control the Metroids.
* FlashStep: He is capable of using the Phase Drift Aeion ability to rapidly close the distance between himself and Samus. He can also Shinespark at will during the third phase of the boss fight.
* {{Foil}}: To Samus. Besides the obvious similarities (i.e. Power Suit, Arm Cannon, Aeion Abilities), his treatment of his daughter is a twisted reflection of how Samus treated the baby Metroid. While Samus spared the baby out of selfless mercy, Raven Beak spared Samus so he could selfishly use her power. As a result, when the baby attacked Samus it came to its senses and eventually saved her life: when Samus attacked Raven Beak she went through with the deed.
* GalacticConqueror: What he aspires to be. He plans to capture Samus and extract her Metroid DNA so he realize that dream. It's disturbingly similar to Mother Brain's agenda, almost as if the Chozo computer got this idea from his philosophy.
* GeniusBruiser: In addition to being a powerful warrior that outmatches Samus herself, Raven Beak is also shown to be quite cunning and intelligent by reprogramming the E.M.M.I drones into targeting Samus for her Metroid DNA as well as being a skilled enough linguist to perfectly impersonate [[MissionControl ADAM]]. Quiet Robe himself describes Raven Beak as having "superior physical prowess and intelligence".
* GoneHorriblyRight: His ultimate plan is to awaken Samus' Metroid DNA to create his army to conquer the galaxy, sparing her after their initial encounter and allowing her to grow stronger by killing enemies on ZDR. Suffice to say, he succeeded in awakening her dormant powers- only for Samus to become much stronger than him and destroy him for good.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Quiet Robe reveals that Raven Beak is the one ultimately responsible for the Metroid crisis since the first game. Originally, the Thoha tribe of [=SR388=] wanted to destroy the planet after sealing away the Metroids, believing them to be too much of a threat. But Raven Beak desired the Metroids for their power and thus slaughtered the Thoha tribe, only sparing Quiet Robe for his bioweapon project. As a result, the Metroids were left to be discovered by the Galactic Federation and later the Space Pirates, leading to the events of the franchise.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Just when it seems like he's finished in the final battle, he parries Samus and Flash Shifts her into a chokehold just like their first fight. Despite all the damage she's inflicted and the massive fight they just underwent, Samus still isn't powerful enough on her own to beat him. The thing is, he didn't predict her suddenly flipping out and [[DidntSeeThatComing fully converting into a Metroid just to kill him finally.]]
* HiddenDepths: Though he primarily speaks his own language during his on-screen appearances, the fact that he was able to impersonate Adam for much of the game indicates that he's actually fairly fluent in English despite likely viewing the human race as inferior considering his supremacist mindset.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** His entire endgame is to have Samus fully awaken her Metroid DNA and wholly manifest the Metroid power to siphon energy, assured that even if Samus accrues all the power there is to be found on ZDR, she won't be able to beat him if she defies him. And he would have been right about that, were it not for the fact that, in Samus, that very Metroid power he cultivated [[GoneHorriblyRight manifested on a scale so unbelievably strong]] that even ''he'' was helpless against it.
** In order to pressure Samus into cultivating her Metroid powers, he released the X Parasites from their quarantine in Elun, letting them overrun the planet while he sits confortably in his ship waiting for Samus. As soon as his ship crashes, an X Parasite infects him.
** Choosing to leave [=SR388=] intact in order to use the Metroids as a bioweapon also inadvertently spared the X Parasites - a consequence that wound up costing Raven Beak the entirety of his tribe when one of his scouts searching for the former got infected by the latter and returned to ZDR.
* HomingProjectile: One of his attacks is to fire a slow moving orb of dark energy that will follow Samus around the room until it's either destroyed or it hits her. It bears a distinct resemblance to the Darkburst from ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes Prime 2]]''.
* ImplacableMan: Raven Beak demonstrates how tough Chozo technology is with him shrugging off almost everything she throws at him. Her Melee Counter is able to push him back and it takes a super missile to damage his armor. And all that does is make him angry.
* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: It's revealed that he's been impersonating the Adam AI since Samus lost contact. However, Raven Beak constantly refers to Samus by her full name rather than the nickname "Lady". At the climax of the game, his cover is blown completely when he ''orders'' Samus to surrender her Metroid powers, something the real Adam would never do.
* INeedYouStronger: It's revealed that his entire plan was based around "helping" Samus awaken her Metroid DNA so that she would fully evolve into a humanoid Metroid. After he succeeds, he offers [[WeCanRuleTogether a chance to work with him]] to "bring order" to the galaxy, but when Samus refuses, he reveals that he can just kill and clone her to make an entire army of the most powerful Metroid ever.
* ItIsDehumanizing: [[https://metroid.nintendo.com/news/metroid-dread-report-vol-7/ Vol. 7]] of the "Metroid Dread Report" uses the word "it" to describe the warrior, no doubt to make the character feel more mysterious and intimidating. Subverted in the actual game, where it's revealed to be a male Chozo named Raven Beak.
* ItsAllAboutMe: For all his claims of wanting to bring order to the galaxy, it’s clear that Raven Beak cares for nothing but satisfying his ambitions. Even his fellow Mawkin Chozo are not exempt as he would feed them to Drogyga, and basically abandoned them in Elun to die or get infected by the X so that he could save his own skin.
* KarmicDeath: After indirectly causing the events of the entire series and ruthlessly pursuing his ambitions; up to betraying his own kind and seeking to weaponize the Metroid species to take over the galaxy, presenting himself as TheChessmaster all the while by manipulating Samus's growth throughout ''Dread'' to acquire her DNA... it's only fitting that Raven Beak meets his end when his pride gets the better of him and his carefully calculated plans fall apart when Samus manages to overpower him through her [[EleventhHourSuperpower Metroid form]], draining him of his lifeforce... that which, in the process, that leaves him vulnerable to [[AlwaysABiggerFish the newly freed X]] that he callously abandoned his kinsmen to while saving his own skin, which wastes no time painfully assimilating Raven Beak into itself, all while he's aware of what's happening to him as Samus watches before obliterating his X-form doppelganger completely.
* KickTheDog: His appearance in ''Samus Returns'' has him inexplicably killing fellow Chozo as is, but then we find out why in ''Dread'': he was simply annoyed that the more rational and reasonable Thoha tribe had interfered with his plans for weaponizing Metroids. So he ''killed all of them'' but Quiet Robe so they couldn't interfere in his plans, and forced said survivor to work on his weapons and machinations against their consent. A Chozo Archives image even shows that he straight up subjected even his dissenting fellow tribe members to a ShamefulStrip before feeding them to a Drogyga pit, highlighting that unlike Samus and the other Chozo, he holds absolutely no bonds of racial kinship and simply would kill everyone if he was to stand on top at the end.
* LargeAndInCharge: Raven Beak is much larger than the lesser Chozo soldiers, being roughly three times as tall as Samus while the soldiers are just OneHeadTaller.
* LightningBruiser: He's fast, strong, and durable, with Samus being on the back foot during their first encounter. Even during their rematch, he's more than powerful enough to shred through her armor's defences and almost strangles her to death.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Raven Beak reveals to Samus that he was one of the Chozo who donated their genes to her on Zebes, specifically the Mawkin genes. He even calls Samus his daughter.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: The reason why the Mawkin tribe is completely loyal to Raven Beak is because he [[FedToTheBeast fed all Mawkin dissenters to Drogyga]], as revealed in the Chozo Archives.
* MeaningfulName:
** Ravens are often associated as symbols of death and ill omen. True to form, Raven Beak’s presence on [=ZDR=] casts an eerie sense of foreboding throughout ''Dread’s'' story, beginning with his absolute curb-stomping of Samus in the game’s intro. Then there is his [[GreaterScopeVillain being indirectly responsible for causing the Metroid crisis that has caused so much death and destruction in the galaxy]], including the deaths of the [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid Hatchling]] as well as [[VideoGame/MetroidOtherM Adam Malkovich and the 7th Platoon]]. Finally, his face when unmasked looks very similar to that of a raven’s head.
** The word "raven" can refer to an object displaying a dark, glossy appearance. In Raven Beak's case, this is literally the case, as his brief unmasked appearance does feature a dark-ish, possibly cybernetic beak.
* MightMakesRight: Quiet Robe describes Raven Beak as someone who "worships on the altar of power" and viewed the Metroids as a means to conquer the galaxy. As Raven Beak tells Samus:
-->'''Raven Beak:''' Power is ''everything.''
* MirrorBoss: Raven Beak can use all of Samus's Aeion abilities during the final boss fight (even ones from ''[[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns Samus Returns]]''), plus a version of her [[RammingAlwaysWorks Shinespark]], as well as some moves of his own.
* MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: He's ''far'' less potent of a threat after being assimilated by an X Parasite and amalgamated with Kraid, thanks to no longer having his powerful weapons nor his Chozo physique, and also due to Samus having the Hyper Beam to finish him off.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: What makes Raven Beak truly stand out from the rest of the Chozo is how much of antithesis he is to them and everything they stood for. He chooses war over peace, conquers worlds instead of sharing wisdom, and values power over legacy.
* {{Narcissist}}: In addition to being a ruthless warlord bent on galactic conquest, Raven Beak is also shown to be an absolute egomaniac. To wit, he considers himself to be [[LukeIAmYourFather Samus’ father]] just because he was one of her genetic donors when she was infused with Chozo blood. This in spite of the fact that her actual adoptive parents, Old Bird and Gray Voice, are clearly shown in the flashback scene of her blood transfusion. The fact that he believed Samus would end up serving him because of this tenuous claim of parentage despite her knowing of all of his atrocities only highlights what a complete narcissist Raven Beak is. And his admiration for Samus's abilities is tinged with the typical narcissistic parent's view of their children as extensions of themself, complete with reacting violently when Samus asserts herself against his authority. More subtly, he also speaks incredibly highly of himself [[ButHeSoundsHandsome while impersonating Adam]].
* NearVillainVictory: Despite Samus becoming stronger and acquiring new powers - on top of abilities discovered by tapping into her Metroid DNA - Raven Beak still overpowers her in the final battle. Only after her power is fully awakened, right before she almost dies, is Samus able to turn the tables on him.
* NeckLift: Does this to Samus twice, to show he is overpowering her.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The very plan he hoped to enact against Samus winds up being the cause of his defeat. Raven Beak tricking Samus into releasing the X from Elun was implied to be an attempt to make Samus' Metroid DNA grow stronger. The X then possess literally everything organic, living or dead, and since Raven Beak is vulnerable once he makes planetfall back on ZDR, he winds up possessed himself. In the end, the only thing he really accomplished was to make Samus more powerful than ever.
* NoSell: Halfway through the first phase of his boss battle, his Lightning Armor turns gold and protects him from Samus' munitions, up to and including Power Bombs. The operating word is 'munitions;' progress can be made by melee countering him to temporarily deactivate it.
* NotSoStoic: Like Samus, he is a stoic warrior who isn’t easily flappable. That changes, however, when Samus overpowers him while transforming into a true Metroid and drains his energy, causing him to react with [[OhCrap a mixture of fear and anger]] as he futilely attempts to throw her off of him.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He attempts to convince Samus that he is trying to bring order to the galaxy... by mass-producing an army of Metroids much like the Space Pirates and the corrupt faction of the Galactic Federation Army tried to do, and massacring his own people in the process. Samus makes it clear she does not buy his spiel for a second, especially since [[IronicEcho it's the exact same plan Mother Brain described in the manga]].
* OhCrap: The one time Raven Beak is actually caught off-guard and shocked is when Samus forcibly converts her body into a full Metroid Suit form, gaining enough strength to finally grab his face for her EnergyAbsorption. He's left screaming, thrashing and firing off his beam cannon wildly in a [[EyeScream literally-blind]] panic before she finally pins him to the ground.
* OldSoldier: As one of the last surviving Chozo he's at least centuries if not millennia old, but age doesn't seem to have slowed him down one bit in combat.
* OneWingedAngel: In his second phase of his boss fight, he sprouts two bird-like wings and begins flying in the air, becoming harder to hit and evade. Samus manages to blast one of his wings at the end of the second phase, which ironically makes him literally one-winged... until he rips out the other wing and proceeds to fight Samus on foot.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: After battling Samus, Raven Beak spends the majority of the game monitoring her progress from behind the scenes. In particular, it's revealed that he's been impersonating Adam since they lost contact. This may be justified in that he has kept the X-infected Mawkin quarantined on Elun while he stays aboard his ship, and thus avoids having to leave his base unless absolutely necessary in case the X manage to escape containment. It also makes sense that he wouldn't be in any hurry to kill Samus, since he wants to observe Samus and see how her Metroid powers would manifest themselves.
* PoweredArmor: Raven Beak's armor is clearly of a similar make and design as Samus's Power Suit -- after all, the Chozo ''were'' the one who originally used them. His even has a modular ArmCannon with a variety of projectiles that far surpass Samus' in power.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Befitting of his status as the most powerful warrior in the Chozo's ranks, he is uniquely the only Chozo depicted that has actually usable wings on his back that gives him the power of {{Flight}} during his boss battle.
* PowerOfTheSun: One of his attacks in his boss fight has him summon a large sun that will release shockwaves all over the room. The sun can be destroyed for ammo. It bears a resemblance to the Sunburst from ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes Prime 2]]''.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: The second phase of his battle (after he [[WingPull sprouts wings]]) includes attacks where he tries to ram Samus, either horizontally or [[DeathFromAbove from above]]. In the third phase this is replaced by a version of Samus's Shinespark technique (which he can use ''without'' charging up first).
* RasputinianDeath: During his final battle with Samus he takes a ridiculous amount of punishment before expiring. He loses both his wings, Samus jams her fingers into his skull and initiates a Metroid energy drain so powerful that it knocks out the entire ship they're fighting on, and then the ship crashes into the ground and explodes with him still inside. After all that, while exhausted, he's still somehow standing. A moment later he's infected by an X Parasite, painfully mutated into a gigantic abomination and finally destroyed by Samus' [[WaveMotionGun Hyper Beam]]. [[DeaderThanDead She then vaporizes the parasite holding his DNA, making sure he'll never come back]].
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He wears dark Power Armor with red accents, a dark arm cannon with red light pouring out of its sides and a dark cape with a red inside, and he happens to be a villain.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has glowing red eyes and is a dangerous foe. Even without a helmet, his eyes naturally glow red.
* SatanicArchetype: If Ridley represents the classic Devil, then Raven Beak represents [[FallenAngel Lucifer]]. He is possibly the greatest Chozo warrior in history and certainly the most prideful of them all. He wears shiny silver armor and possesses two dark feathered wings, giving him the impression of an evil-looking angel, and he tempts Samus to join him through the guise of ADAM, her dear friend. When Samus defeats him, he loses his wings and his personal ship plummets down from the sky to the ground, where an X Parasite absorbs him and transforms into the hideous monster he was on the inside.
* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: His official artwork has him aiming a partially-charged ArmCannon at the viewer.
* SmugSuper: His arrogance isn’t completely unfounded as every time Samus has faced him has had him holding the upper hand in the battle and excels at his abilities far above hers. If Samus hadn’t transformed into a Metroid, he would’ve killed her in the final fight.
* TheSociopath: Raven Beak has all the traits of a classic sociopath. He has no empathy for anyone but himself, ruthlessly slaughtering his fellow Chozo, he will manipulate others with no hesitation, and he is extremely arrogant.
* SoleSurvivor: As it's revealed by Quiet Robe, Raven Beak is the last surviving 'pure' Mawkin (excluding Samus who is only [[BioAugmentation genetically-related]]), as the rest of his tribe were wiped out and assimilated by X. Though, given [[GalacticConqueror his plans]] and being TheSociopath, he's not too broken up being the last of his tribe.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Raven Beak is one for Gray Voice, as the Chozo who became Samus's biological father and wears a Power Suit into battle. For bonus points, he turns on Samus and seeks to harness the Metroids, just as Gray Voice claimed to -- except, whereas for Gray Voice, it was an act to get Mother Brain's guard down, Raven Beak is putting on a show for no one.
** He's also one for the deceased Ridley, namely for his boss battle and the fact he earns Samus' full wrath by murdering the Thoha tribe (similar to how Ridley murdered the Chozo of Zebes). His boss fight in particular depicts as [[LightningBruiser a very fast and brutal fighter]] who could easily destroy Samus if she hadn't mastered her speed reflexes, and has a flight phase that is closest to Ridley's aerial combat.
** His plan for galactic domination and blatant attempt to emotionally manipulate Samus by claiming to be her father echoes Mother Brain from the [[Manga/MetroidManga prequel manga]]. Considering that the late supercomputer brain was also a Chozo creation, this is not surprising at all.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In spite of being of the single openly antagonistic Chozo tribe and very much at odds with the rest, a flashback shows that at some point during Samus' BioAugmentation, he was brought in by Old Bird, Gray Voice and the others as a donor for Mawkin genes, in order to give Samus the ultimate physical prowess that can be found within Chozo biology.
* TinTyrant: He's the leader of the Mawkin Chozo tribe and wears a full suit of evil looking Power Armor.
* TranslationConvention: Referred to in Chozo dialogue as "Ashkar Behek", but in subtitles and English dialogue by the translation "Raven Beak" (even by himself).
* TreacherousAdvisor: The ADAM AI who's been guiding you throughout the game is actually Raven Beak, impersonating ADAM ever since he and Samus lost contact in the begining. Raven Beak tricked Samus into cultivating her latent Metroid powers so that instead of simply extracting her DNA to create an army of Metroids, he can turn Samus into the ultimate Metroid and clone ''her'' once he defeated her.
* TheUnfettered: Raven Beak will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals; whether that means slaughtering his fellow Chozo or attempting to murder his biological daughter in order to make an army of Samus clones to take over the galaxy.
* VilerNewVillain: While prior ''Metroid'' villains were, at least partially, merely acting on the species' natures or only showed their worst [[AllThereInTheManual in side material]], Raven Beak is a sociopathic warmonger acting on his own volition. He contrasts his [[PerfectPacifistPeople fellow Chozo]], and even wiped out the peaceful members of his race for opposing his plans of using Metroids as bioweapons, thus causing entire series' events. He spared Quite Robe but forced them into aiding his plans, killing them right as they bond with Samus. In-game files reveal that he captured and tortured Kraid, executed members of his tribe that questioned him by feeding them to a horrible monster, sealed every other Mawkin away to die from X infestation, and spent the whole game manipulating and plotting to kill his "daughter" Samus to enable his galactic conquest. At the end of their battle, Samus erupts in a fit of rage never seen before, possibly in response to the vileness of her enemy.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Samus transforms into a proper Metroid and thrusts her hand into his face to violently absorb his energy, he reacts by angrily and fearfully screaming and attempting to shake her off of him to no avail. Any words cannot even be heard, as his screaming is mostly drowned out by Samus and her screams of rage.
* WalkingSpoiler: His massacre of the [=SR388=] colonists can only be seen by getting OneHundredPercentCompletion of ''Samus Returns'', and it manages to shed a grim new light on the end of the Thoha tribe. There's also the spoilery aspects of his EvilPlan in ''Dread'', especially his impersonation of ADAM.
* WaveMotionGun: Raven Beak's ArmCannon is outfitted with a gargantuan red laser that leaves tremendous detonations wherever it strikes. During cinematic attacks during his boss fight, he even sweeps it in a sustained fire in a manner akin to a LaserBlade.
* WeCanRuleTogether: As Samus "fulfills her destiny" by becoming the most powerful Metroid, he offers her a place at his side in bringing order to the galaxy. When she refuses, he is disappointed, but [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer needs her]], as he can now clone her to create an ''army'' of unstoppable Metroids.
* WingedHumanoid: During the second phase of his fight he reveals he has a pair of fully functional wings, unlike any other modern Chozo, making him look very much like a {{tengu}}. The second phase ends with Samus blasting one of them off. Raven Beak doesn’t hesitate or flinch at [[MachoMasochism ripping the other one off himself]], since it’s only a hindrance to him now.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He is the ultimate warrior of the Chozo's strongest tribe, and against Samus --lauded until now time and again as the strongest in the galaxy-- at peak condition and the strongest she's ever been, Raven Beak makes incredibly quick work of her with his overwhelming sheer speed, strength and defenses. Even a Super Missile to the face only succeeds in putting a ''scratch'' over his eye. And come their rematch, even though Samus actually forces him to go all-out this time and costs him his wings, he ''still'' decisively trumps her in a head-on battle. The first E.M.M.I. in the game discovered by Samus that was heavily damaged, made of supposedly the hardest materials in the universe making them NighInvulnerable? Yeah, that was entirely Raven Beak's doing, ''[[CurbStompBattle and he didn't even break a sweat doing it with his bare hands]]''.
* XanatosGambit: After Samus awakens her Metroid powers during their first battle. Raven Beak spares her and lets her run around ZDR to test her strength. If she survives, he can capture her and clone and army of her. If she dies, he can simply extract the Metroid DNA from her. The only thing he didn't count on was Samus growing strong enough to actually defeat him.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Raven Beak is quite skilled at changing his plans on the fly in response to unforseen developments. Initially, he wanted to use the Metroids as bioweapons, but when the Metroids were eradicated by Samus, he decides to lure her to ZDR with footage of the X Parasites to extract the Metroid DNA from her and clone an army of Metroids. But when Samus inadvertently awakens her Metroid powers during their fight, Raven Beak spares her and lets her run around ZDR to grow her powers so he can clone her instead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Samus refuses [[WeCanRuleTogether his offer]], Raven Beak says that Samus herself is no longer necessary as now he can simply clone her to create an unstoppable army.
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[[folder:Quiet Robe '''(Major Unmarked Spoilers)''']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am Quiet Robe, a scientist of the Thoha Tribe."'']]
-> Debut: ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' (flashbacks only), ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' (first in-game appearance)
--->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Hughes

A prominent Chozo scientist on ZDR who is on friendlier terms with Samus than the others -- and is the last survivor of the Thoha tribe of [=SR388=] held captive by Raven Beak. As such, Quiet Robe knows more about the Metroids than anyone else, including their creation and powers.
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* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he wasn't a great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence, and have killed several of his tribespeople while trying to contain them. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows he's very impulsive and wasteful with assets when it comes to changing plans and there are parts of this new plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus becoming strong enough to defeat him, and even without her personal hatred for Raven Beak, the clones likely still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin and no scientist to modify the behavior out). In his lust for power, Raven Beak also failed to consider that the Metroids were keeping the much worse X Parasites in check (which is why the Thoha planned to just annihilate both species until Raven Beak ordered the tribe's massacre), which eventually migrated to ZDR and infected the rest of his tribe before he could carry out his plans, something he shows very little to no concern about aside from how he can use the X to cultivate Samus's Metroid powers (by later releasing them from quarantine and infecting the entire planet). His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal, and he doesn't seem to care if all of his subjects are dead as long as he gets to rule.

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he wasn't a great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence, and have killed several of his tribespeople while trying to contain them. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows he's very impulsive and wasteful with assets when it comes to changing plans and there are parts of this new plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus becoming strong enough to defeat him, and even without her personal hatred for Raven Beak, the clones likely still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin and no scientist to modify the behavior out). In his lust for power, Raven Beak also failed to consider that the Metroids were keeping the much worse X Parasites in check (which is why the Thoha planned to just annihilate both species until Raven Beak ordered the tribe's massacre), which eventually migrated to ZDR and infected the rest of his tribe before he could carry out his plans, something he shows very little to no concern about aside from how he can use the X to cultivate Samus's Metroid powers (by releasing them from quarantine infecting the entire planet). His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he wasn't a great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence, and have killed several of his tribespeople while trying to contain them. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows he's very impulsive and wasteful with assets when it comes to changing plans and there are parts of this new plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus becoming strong enough to defeat him, and even without her personal hatred for Raven Beak, the clones likely still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin and no scientist to modify the behavior out). In his lust for power, Raven Beak also failed to consider that the Metroids were keeping the much worse X Parasites in check (which is why the Thoha planned to just annihilate both species until Raven Beak ordered the tribe's massacre), which eventually migrated to ZDR and infected the rest of his tribe before he could carry out his plans. His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he wasn't a great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows there are parts of this plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin, and the clones likely still having that trait too). His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In comparison to Old Bird, Gray Voice is much more willing to ShootTheDog without blinking an eye, he's also much less doting to Samus than the elder Chozo is and won't hesitate to criticize her if need be. However, he firmly cares about both the Chozo race and Samus very deeply [[spoiler: To the point he gives his life to her so that she may live.]]

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he was not great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows there are parts of this plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin, and the clones likely still having that trait too). His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent warrior and schemer, he was not great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest have been good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows there are parts of this plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin, and the clones likely still having that trait too). When he accidentally brought the X Parasites to ZDR, the Chozo Archives once again suggest that he ''let'' the X infect the rest of the Mawkin and only went so far as quaranting them in Elun, as opposed to using the Metroids - which were designed to be the X's predator - to stop the spread, and with a Thoha scientist captive to keep the Metroids under control. His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* TheCaligula: While he is a competent schemer, he was not great leader for his tribe, nor would his plans for conquest be good for galactic civilization. The Chozo Archives imply that he kept his tribe loyal to him primarily through executing dissenters. When he got the idea for galactic conquest, he planned to do so using a bio-weapon that has been shown to be incredibly difficult to control without a strong psychic presence. While he spared just Quiet Robe to be able to control the Metroids, the fact that he had Quiet Robe killed not long after seeing the potential of having Samus (or an army of human-Metroid hybrids cloned from her corpse if that fails) at his disposal shows there are parts of this plan he hasn't thought through (such as Samus still having the Metroid's killer instinct against Mawkin, and the clones likely still having that trait too). When he accidentally brought the X Parasites to ZDR, the Chozo Archives once again suggest that he ''let'' the X infect the rest of the Mawkin and only went so far as quaranting them in Elun, as opposed to using the Metroids - which were designed to be the X's predator - to stop the spread, and with a Thoha scientist captive to keep the Metroids under control. His actions resulted in him being a would-be-galactic conqueror in charge of a dead civilization and only having an army of robots and bio-weapons at his disposal.

* EarlyBirdCameo: In ''Super Metroid'', there's a mysterious corpse lying right outside of Kraid's lair that resembles nothing of either the indigenous life on Zebes, A Space Pirate, or any other entity in the game. It's not until ''Dread'' that it's revealed that, through murals and unlockable images, that this was in-fact a fallen Mawkin presumably serving as a vanguard for their forces in an attempt to retrieve the last Metroid for [[GreaterScopeVillain Raven Beak]].

* KnightOfCerebus: The first Chozo Soldier you fight marks a permanent shift in ZDR [[spoiler:where the X Parasites are released from their containment and begin infecting the wildlife at breakneck pace, dooming ZDR for destruction]]. Bonus points in that they are indeed knights.

[[center:[-[[Characters/{{Metroid}} Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/MetroidSamusAran Samus Aran]] | [[Characters/MetroidTheMetroids Metroids]] ([[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Prime]]) | [[Characters/MetroidSpacePirates Space Pirates]] ([[Characters/MetroidMotherBrain Mother Brain]] | [[Characters/MetroidRidley Ridley]]) | [[Characters/MetroidXParasites X Parasites]] | [[Characters/MetroidGalacticFederation Galactic Federation]] ([[Characters/MetroidAdamMalkovich Adam Malkovich]]) | ''' Chozo''' | [[Characters/MetroidBountyHunters Bounty Hunters]] | [[Characters/MetroidOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] [[Characters/MetroidOthers Others]] | [[Characters/MetroidNoncanonicalCharacters Noncanonical Characters]]-]]]

* {{Foil}}: To Samus. Besides the obvious similarities (i.e. Power Suit, Arm Cannon, Aeion Abilities), his treatment of his daughter is a twisted reflection of how Samus treated the baby Metroid. While Samus spared the baby out of selfless mercy, Raven Beak spared Samus so he could selfishly use her power. As a result, when Samus was attacked by the baby, it came to its senses and later saved her life: when Samus attacked Raven Beak, she finished the deed and killed him off.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: As shown in the Chozo Archives, all Mawkin have red eyes [[spoiler:when they aren't being mimiced by X Parasites]].

[[caption-width-right:350: Click [[labelnote:HERE]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20211023_172411_0.jpg [[/labelnote]] to see them when they [[spoiler:reveal that they are infected by the X]]]]

* BadBlackBarf: Once their [[spoiler:X Parasite forms are revealed, the red and Elite Chozo Soldiers gain the ability to spit a damaging beam of black goop aimed at Samus while clinging to the wall]].

* BreathWeapon: [[spoiler:Once the X Parasites stop pretending to be Chozo, they gain an attack where they spit gobs of black ooze at Samus. Later in the game, they become able to spit torrents of black goo at her.]]

* ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge: Despite having advanced technology such as PoweredArmor and various ranged weapons like power beams and missiles, Chozo soldiers still frequently use melee weapons such as spears.

* RecurringBoss: Samus fights several Chozo Soldiers while in ZDR. More specifically, five times.

[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:HERE]] [[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/central_unit_exposed.jpg]] [[/labelnote]] to see them without their armor]]