Dark Raven

Dark Raven is the main antagonist of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.

Appearance
Dark Raven is by far the tallest bird in Morning Land and appears as a giant humanoid bird with claws for hands instead of wings. He wears a crescent moon shaped crown atop his head, carries a large scepter around and wears regal clothing with a high collar, and belt adorned with diamond shaped glowing gems that change colour depending on the magic Dark Raven uses at the time.

In his Giant Egg awakened form, Dark Raven is transformed into a giant raven made of dark energy with more traditional bird anatomy. When he is hit with the power of light he transforms into a purple ball with a dark heart on it.

History
Dark Raven and his crow army invaded Morning Land, capturing the Chicken Elders of each land and trapping them in golden eggs. With the Chicken Elders captured, there would be no one to crow and bring the sun, allowing Dark Raven to rule over an eternal night version of Morning Land as it's new king.

When Billy Hatcher, Rolly Roll, Chick Poacher and Bantam Scrambled were sent to Morning Land, Dark Raven instructed his crow army bosses to capture the chosen children to prevent them from saving the Chicken Elders and unraveling his plans. Whilst his army was able to overwhelm and capture Rolly, Chick and Bantam, Billy managed to save the Chicken Elder Oma Oma, defeat Era Gecko the crow boss in charge of Forest Village before rescuing the other Chicken Elders, freeing Rolly, Chick and Bantam and defeating each of Dark Raven's generals including Dark Corvo, his right hand man.

Dark Raven makes his way to the Giant Palace, planning to use the Giant Egg, an item said to be able to grant the wishes of the one who hatches it. With this he plans to take control back over Morning Land and make himself unstoppable.

Billy Hatcher eventually makes his way to where Dark Raven is and the two face off. Upon defeating Dark Raven by cleaning up his dark energy puddles and causing him to be hit by his own magical missiles to drop his shields, it seems Billy has won the battle.

Just then, the Giant Egg hatches, transforming Dark Raven into a giant crow made of pure dark energy. In this new, stronger monster form, Dark Raven manages to hit Billy hard enough with his razor sharp claws that he destroys the Legendary Chicken Suit Billy is wearing, taking away his ability to roll eggs.

After Billy dodges a few deadly attacks by sheer guts alone, Menie-Funie calls down to him telling him to use his courage and grants him a brand new super powered version of the Legendary Chicken Suit. Billy is told to gather his courage and catch the dark energy Dark Raven is firing at him. Billy manages to grab the dark energy, transforming it into light energy with his own courage and rolls it into Dark Raven, blasting away the dark energy, exposing Dark Raven's soul. Billy picks up an egg and rolls it into Dark Raven's soul repeatedly until he is defeated. Upon Dark Raven's soul exploding into a purple mist, morning returns to Morning Land.

Trivia

 * Dark Raven's puddles must be completely cleared up in order for him to drop his shield. The best method for this is to race back and forward slowly making your way through a single puddle. If done quickly enough the ground will light up, indicating success. If this doesn't happen after the player thinks they have cleaned it up, Billy should retreat quickly as the puddle will return dealing damage.
 * After the initial stun, Dark Raven will launch missiles and fire out puddles. Whilst it's possible to clear up the puddles still, the far easier solution is to run behind Dark Raven forcing his homing missiles to hit him to stun him.
 * This is the only fight Billy Hatcher does not have access to fruit in, forcing him to use only the smallest eggs available.
 * This battle is also only one of two times Billy is temporarily not wearing his Legendary Chicken Suit in the game, the other being the very start of the game.
 * Dark Raven is the only boss in Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg that has two phases.