Raven (BBC TV Series) - The Warriors

The Warriors

Warriors are given four, five, six or seven-letter names composed from letters selected from their real surnames and first names. Each warrior is given a standard with their lives and treasure rings on it. They often feel very nervous when this happens. There is always 6 warriors in each of the 3 weeks, including the final week. Sometimes there might be 7 in one week if there is an extra replacement warrior, and normally in nearly every week, with the exception of the final week, there are three male and three female warriors, however in Week 3 of Series 4 there were 4 male warriors and 2 female warriors. There are six different designs and colours to differentiate the contestants: a red outfit containing a sun, a beige outfit containing a cloud, a yellow outfit containing a mountain, a green outfit containing a tree, a blue outfit containing a wave, and a dark grey outfit containing a moon. In the Series 1 there were no symbols and the colours were different (Mauve, Light Blue, Green, Black, Olive and Light Brown). The emblems were first introduced in Series 2, in Series 3 the designs changed and again in Series 4 the designs of the emblems changed and stayed the same from onwards to series 10; however, from series 8 and onwards the color of the emblems changed slightly, so there are three different designs of the emblems; the first ones from Series 2, the second ones from Series 3, and the third and final ones from Series 4 all the way to Series 10. As well as the designs and colours of the emblems changing, the warriors' outfits and boots changed. From Series 7 they had hoods on the back, and then from series 8 the outfits were changed again and were almost similar to what they were like from Series 2 to Series 6. From Series 7 onwards, each warrior had boots of exactly the same design and colour, but in Series 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the warriors in grey with moon emblem would normally have purple boots, the warriors in red with the sun emblem would either have dark red boots or brown boots, the warriors in white with the cloud emblem would either wear white boots or brown boots, the warriors in yellow with the mountain emblem would wear dark brown or light grey boots, the warriors in blue with the wave emblem would wear blue boots, and the warriors in green with the tree emblem would wear either yellow or brown boots. The emblem designs have become bolder through the series, and in the seventh series, the emblems feature more prominently. It is explained that the symbols were forged long ago from gold in order to vanquish the darkness that once shadowed the land. On completion of the final symbol, light and sorcery returned to the land before the evil Nevar appeared, who tried to return the land to darkness.