I used to write stories. A few of my old short stories in years past have been published in various places.
Raevael was the name of a character of mine in my longest running series of stories. When I designed him, I took aspects of my own personality. Over the years, the character on paper and I became reflections of each other. I eventually shortened the name to Raev. When it came time to choose a stage name as well as an interwebz alias, I couldn't think of anything better.