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'''Aven''' are a species of humanoid birds native to several [[plane]]s in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. They are predominantly associated with the plane of [[Dominaria]], but have also been seen on [[Amonkhet]] and [[Tarkir]].

The common Dominarian aven resembles a humanoid raptor, similar to the [[aarakocra]] from [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A sub-species which resembles a humanoid owl is also native to Dominaria; whilst both aven can and do make skilled [[wizard]]s, the owl-like aven are less militant than their raptorial cousins, are just as likely to be [[fighter]]s or [[gish]]es. The race suffered greatly when the Mirari poured their magic over Dominaria, mutating them considerable; owl aven transformed into the larger and more monstrous-looking Crookclaws, whilst the hawk avens devolved and became giant eagles with human-like intelligence.

Dominaria is also home to Elens, a hulking race of wingless, featherless mutant aven most likely created by the Order in Otaria to serve as expendable pawns, the Kathari, a race of scavenging vulture-people native to Grixis, and the Raypen, which are sort of the [[halfling]] equivalent of common Aven.

Tarkirian aven are much more feral-looking, as their arms and wings are a combined limb structure, instead of having seperate arms and wings. They come in vulture-like, raven-like, crane-like, and hawk-like subraces.

The Aven of Amonkhet are much more human-looking; taking inspiration from the obvious Egyptian theme of the plane, they resemble humans with bird heads and wings coming out of their shoulders. They come in Ibis-headed (dedicated to the God of Knowledge, who as not!Thoth looks just like them) and Hawk-headed (dedicated to the God of Solidarity, who ironically is a [[catgirl]] goddess) subraces.

The Amonkhetian Avens were made into a playable race for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] with the release of the "Plane Shift: Amonkhet" web expansion. They receive +2 Dexterity, are Medium sized, have a base walking speed of 25 feet, and have a flying speed of 30 feet, although they can't fly if wearing medium or heavy armor, or if they're encumbered. Ibis-headed aven get +1 Intelligence and can add half their proficiency bonus (rounded down) when making Int checks for non-proficient skills. Hawk-headed aven get +2 Wisdom (making them one of a very small number of races with +4 to ability points), free proficiency in Perception, and can ignore the long range penalty when making ranged attacks.

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