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Tom:

2025-02-16T23:13:09Z

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The [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard Raven Guard] are a Chapter of the [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marines Adeptus Astartes].

There are various reported sightings of Raven Guard Astartes operating within the [[Achernar sector]], at least one of which was [[Purging the Tethytheria|proven to be false]]. Due to the secretive and often uncooperative nature of the Raven Guard, as well as their advanced stealth capabilities, the exact details are unknown. What is known is that the fifth company of the Raven Guard, or a significant portion thereof, are known to have been operating in the [[Achenar sector]] and were a key participant in [[the Samalut IX Campaign]] and have since been spotted in the [[Eridani sector]].

=Primaris joining the Raven Guard=
The Raven Guard have, historically, had difficulty with their geneseed and consequently have very slow recruitment rates. In the wake of a disastrous war with the T’au that had taken the life of the Chapter Master and left the chapter decemated, they were at a particular low. When Roboute Guilliman arrived during the Indomitus Crusade with his “Unnumbered Sons” and delivered fresh recruits and the technology to produce the more stable Primaris Marines, the response from the Raven Guard was cautious optimism. The new Shadow Master Kavaan Shrike in particular embraced the Primaris as the saviours of the Chapter.

Despite that, initial integration was difficult. The “Awoken” Primaris provided by Guilliman and Cawl were trained only in a single battlefield role and even after the combat experience and training from veterans they received in the Indomitus Crusade, had little focus upon the stealth and ambush tactics favoured by the Raven Guard. As such they initially filled out the Support Companies. As they have gained experience, and new Primaris Marines have been inducted with more traditional Raven Guard training, they have begun to populate the Battle Companies as well.

The MkX Phobos Armour is particularly favoured within the Raven Guard, over and above the Intercessor and Gravis patterns, and much of the production of Kiavar has been turned to producing more armour of this pattern from designs provided by Cawl. Nevertheless, the Raven guard have always been wont to modify standard Imperial designs, and have produced a helmet variant that incorporates the superior sensor suite found in MkVI Corvus pattern armour.

=Raven Guard 5th Company 'The Watchful'=
The Raven Guard Fifth company, also known at The Watchful, is a Battle Company, however the Raven Guard do not strictly adhere to [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Codex_Astartes Codex Astartes] disposition of their troops. Additionally at the time of the Samalut Campaign, the Fifth was still under strength. The Company relied heavily on it's Scouts, and fielded enough aircraft and jump packs that the entire company was air-mobile during the Campaign.
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==Known Members during the Samalut Campaign==
*Shadow Captain Yiraka - Commander of the 5th, often seen leading the Vanguard Veterans 'The Unkindness'.
*Lieutenant Nykona - Battle Lieutenant.
*Lieutenant Colfaen - Intelligence and Strategy Lieutenant.
*Chaplain Bran the Blessed - Spiritual Leader, often seen leading the Assualt Marines.
*Librarian Nironen - Defeated the deamon known as Baraqiel on [[Samalut IX]] alongside Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel.
*Veteran Sergeant Maun - Leader of the Sternguard Veterans, best soldiers in the 5th.
*Sergeant Khira - Leader of the Scouts. Personally responsible for the rescue and return of Planetary Governor Suhaniya Singhe on Samalut IX.
*Techmarine Jadyr
*Apothecary Kolyk

==Primaris in the 5th Company==
The 5th company is ever observant and does not rush to action. In the wake of the Samalut IX campaign, the 5th Company returned to the Ravenspire for repairs, to inter their heroic dead, and to collect reinforcements. Many of those reinforcements came in the form of Primaris Marines, bringing the 5th company up to a full fighting strength of 100 full Astartes Battle Brothers, plus support staff, for the first time in living memory. Nevertheless Shadow Captain Yiraka was cautious of these new Primaris Marines and wished to see them performing on their own for a fully independent assessment, without the support of the more experienced Firstborn.

Primaris Librarian Aethon was selected to lead this Strike Force, however Firstborn Lieutenant Colfaen, who had followed Shadow Master Shrike’s example in crossing the Rubicon Primaris, joined them to assist and also observe. As the 5th Company returned to the Segmentum Pacificus, Strike Force Aethon would be one of several subformations operating independently, only coming back together when Shadow Captain Yiraka requires the full force of his Company in one place.

==Strike Force Aethon==
Strike Force Aethon had a fairly loose remit. As ever the Raven Guard deploy as and where they see fit, often preferring to go to the aid of the alone and the abandoned, rather than joining larger ongoing conflicts. One target Aethon had identified was the Pheraean Rift in the Eridani Sector, where increasing losses of smaller stations and colonies seemed to have gone largely unaddressed by local Imperial commanders. Aethon was also keen to visit Samalut IX, if the tides of war allow, to see for himself the most recent major victory of the 5th and ensure the efforts of the Chapter were not being wasted by the current Imperial Guard forces who have taken over, as well as look into some of the information he learned from Librarian Nironen.

During their investigations into the Pheraean Rift and the Necrons therein they have been joined by [[Inquisitor Michael]], although draws on his time are many and he comes and goes.

Over time, Strike Force Aethon proved the value of Primaris Marines to the Chapter, and reinforcments have come in the form of more former Unnumbered Sons, newly indoctrinated Primaris initiates and increasingly veteran firstborn marines that have crossed the Rubricon Primaris as the proceedure has become safer and more reliable. With the defeat of the Necrons on [[Xise Yuan]] the Strike Force was folded back into the bulk of the 5th Company and under the direct command of Shadow Captain Yiraka.

==Mission logs:==
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

==Key Members==
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===Shadow Captain Yiraka===
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Shadow Captain Yiraka commands the Raven Guard 5th Company "The Watchful" and embodies their ideals. He is patient and watchful. He preffers to gather as much information as possible before he acts. In conversation with others he often holds back his council in silence and lets the conversation play out, only interjecting when he feels it necessary and prudent. Under his leadership the 5th Company gather information in silence and secrecy and reveal themselves only when they are ready to strike. Depsite that, his experience during the [[Samalut campaign]] with the Blood Angels has shown him the value of overt heroism, as well as the cost, and he is perfectly capable of adapting to the situation as required.
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===Lieutenant Nykona===
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Lieutenant Nykona was promoted to Lieutenant at the same time as Shadow Captain Yiraka, but from the two of them Yiraka was picked for the Captaincy when Kyrin Solaq died. Nykona is a capable leader but more hotheaded than Yiraka.

His performance in [the Samalut IX Campaign] was excelent, leading several missions on his own and working well with the Blood Angels. In the final defence of Tarno he initially took command of the battle line whilst Yiraka waited in reserve ready to deply where needed. He personally killed the Kommando leader after they overran the North-Eastern flank. The heroic Blood Angels he fought alongside only encouraged his straightforward and valourous approach.

He was dissapointed when Lieutenant Colfaen was chosen to be first to cross the Rubricon Primaris and lead Strike Force Aethon into the [Pheraean Rift] rather than him, instead Nykona was one of the last of the 5th company to cross the Rubricon. Nevertheless he paired well with Colfaen and laments the passing of his brother.
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===Librarian Nironen===
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Epistolary Nironen is the senior Librarian attached to the 5th company. Recruited from the Scholastica Psykana, rather than directly from Deliverance like most of the Chapter, Nironen originally felt like and outsider, but he has since grown to be confident in his place amongst the Raven Guard. A logical man, he approaches the real of psykana with a scientific rigor.

On Salamut IX Nironen, along with Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel, he encountered and banished the deamon known as Baraqiel. During the battle Baraqiel evicerated and nearly destroyed the soul of Gabriel, but Nironen and the Raevn Guard 1st Company Terminators managed to destroy it before it could finish Gabriel off.

Nironen ensured the deamon was completely defeated, but when he later called upon his powers during the defence of Tarno the deamon attacked him pschically. During this assualt he was nearly killed by the surprise attack of the StormKommandoes and their leader Bozzgit Kawsmash, but for the timely intervention of Shadopw Captain Yiraka.

Immediately after the initial banishment of the deamon, Nironen, with the agreement of the Blood Angel Appothecary, entered the mind of Gabriel to ensure there was no sign of possesion or warp taint. Whilst he confirmed no melefic taint was present, he did discover the darker side of Gabriel's psyche, and suspects this could extend to all Blood Angels.
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===Librarian Aethon===
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Aethon has no memories from before he awoke in the bowels of the Zar-Quaesitor. He has theorised that either he has received a complete mind-wipe, perhaps related to his nature as a powerful psyker, or he was created artificially in a vat. He came into the galaxy with no name but the designation 07-395-2801, and no history but the genetic legacy of his gene-father Corax. Whilst he may not be a true son of Deliverance, the Raven Guard are his entire identity and he is determined to live up to their legacy.

From the moment of his emergence from stasis, the pressure has been on and expectations have been high. During his time amongst the Unnumbered Sons of the Indomitus Crusade, he often felt he was not up to standard, his psychic gifts being far more ephemeral and less overt than the battle psykers of other chapters. This drove him to work even harder to live up to what he felt was expected of him and prove his worth. When he finally joined the Raven Guard, who appreciated his more subtle gifts, he found acceptance at last. They, in turn, received a Librarian that had driven himself to achieve far more than they would have expected in such a short time.

Adapting to the Raven Guard methods of warfare was like a homecoming for Aethon, and it was not long before he rose to the rank of Codicier. When Shadow Captain Yiraka drew up his plans for integrating the Primaris into the 5th he personally petitioned Shadow Master Shrike for Aethon to be assigned to his Company. Aethon was granted command of several dozen of his Primaris Brothers and dispatched to lead an independent Strike Force and prove the value of the Primaris Marines to the 5th Company.
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===Chaplain Moradus===
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===Apothecary Orlos===
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Apothecary Orlos is dedicated to the troops under his care, his focus upon which can sometimes distract him from the importance of the mission at hand.
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===Techmarine Tykor===
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Whilst any Techmarine is dedicated to and diligent in maintaining the wargear of the chapter, Tykor is personally most interested in learning and discovery. He has worked well in the past with [Inquisitor Michael] to investigate the workings on of the Xenos Necrons.
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===Former Lieutenant Colfaen===
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Colfaen was promoted to Lieutenant from being the Sergeant of a Devastator squad, intended as a more calm and strategic counterbalance to Lieutenant Nykona’s aggression. During the Samalut campaign he spent much of his time aboard the Strike Cruiser Sable Sword organising logistics, redeployments and reserve forces. His work was vital to the cause and helped secure the ultimate victory, but he did not personally see combat during the entire campaign. He has also acted as spymaster for the 5th, although in this role he has occasionally been more hands-on.

When the 5th Company returned to Deliverance for resupply and repairs, they learned that they would be receiving Primaris reinforcements, and that Shadow Master Shrike had undergone the procedure to cross the Rubicon Primaris. Colfaen, concerned that he was becoming more of an administrator than a warrior, volunteered to undergo the procedure himself. Nykona also volunteered, however Shadow Captain Yiraka was not unaware of what he had asked of Colfaen during the Samalut campaign, and chose Colfaen to be the only member of the 5th Company command staff to undergo the risky procedure at that time.

Colfaen was assigned to Strike Force Aethon as the sole Firstborn veteran of a force entirely composed of Primaris Marines that were either awoken from Cawl’s vaults or recently inducted since the Indomitus crusade. Librarian Aethon lead the force, and Colfaen was present acting as both adviser and observer. This role frees him of the strategic command responsibilities he bore during the Samalut campaign and he was better able to engage in combat directly.

He quickly developed a reputation amogst the strike force for reckless heroics and resilience, repeatedly throwing himself into danger to preotect his troops. Aethon began to fear he may be showing signs of the onset of the [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard#The_Sable_Brand Sable Brand]. During a chance encounter with the hated [[Alpha Legion]], Colfaen was mortally wounded, however Apothecary Orlos was able to inter him in the sarcophegus of a Dreadnought, from whench he can continue to serve the Chapter.
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===Squad Kasz - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Kasz is a competent Sergeant and has adapted well to the Raven Guard manner of warfare, but privately he struggles with his hypno-indoctrinated Intercessor training conflicting with his later learned infiltration skills. On one occasion this nearly cost him his life, but he keeps a tight grip upon it. It has left him a careful and conservative leader.

Helix Adept Orevis is on the path to becoming a fully fledged Apothecary, and at the start of the task force's deployment he acted as the medic for the entire Strike Force.
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===Squad Ordaris - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Odaris is particularly adept in stealth and infiltration, and his unit is normally the first picked for scouting and flanking assignments. He was born in Kiavahr not long after the Great Scouring and volunteered for service with the XIXth Legion, however Cawl’s minions whisked him away for the Primaris project. His joining the Raven Guard chapter is the fulfillment of his destiny ten thousand years delayed.

Brother Shykos is the lead signals operator for the squad. Due to his squad often being deployed away from the rest of the Strike Force he is particularly experienced. When not deployed with his squad he tends to act as lead signalman for the entire Strike Force. The Techmarines of the chapter have their eyes on him for his technical prowess, however Lieutenant Colfaen is also considering him for a command promotion. This may be jeopardised however as the Squad suffered from battle fatigue after being isolated and assaulted by a massive Necron fighting automaton that they lacked any suitable weapons to combat.
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===Squad Klyvorn - Incursors===
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Squad Klyvorn epitomise the nature of the 5th Company. Careful and watchful, they focus on gathering and sharing intelligence over direct conflict.

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===Squad Phryn - Intercessors===
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Squad Phyrn is one of the first squads of Indoctrinated to make it into the battle companies of the Raven Guard. As newly created Primaris Marines they are distinct from the Firstborn, but neither do they share the camaraderie and history of the Awoken, who rose from Cawl’s cryo chambers and fought together in the Indomitus Crusade as Unumbered Sons before joining the Raven Guard. Squad Phyrn are different from all their brothers in the 5th, and the least experienced, but they were determined to prove themselves and earn their place. Having assassinated a Necron overlord in melee, and fought in many of the most brutal encounters of the campaign, they have earned Bladesman's honours and become grizzled veterans respected by their peers. Sergeant Phryn in particular has formed a personal relationship with Inquisitor Michael, having shared quite a few adventures together, and has even corresponded with [[Inquisitor Lear]].
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===Squad Vykus - Intercessors===
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Sergeant Vykus is an up and coming dualist. Whilst he is most skilled with a sword, he prefers his squad to primarily be armed with bolt rifles as he finds Assault Intercessors to be something of a simple blunt instrument and favours the tactical application of ranged firepower.
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===Squad Qeld - Heavy Intercessors===
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Off the battlefield Sergeant Qeld is a keen musician, renowned across the chapter for his skill and subtlety with an Eigenharp. On the battlefield he favours the brutal straightforward approach of Gravis Armour and Hellstorm Bolt Rifle. As such he is most heavily used as the ambushing force that his lighter Phobos armoured brethren draw their enemies into.
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===Brother Draevus - Redemptor Dreadnought===
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Brother Draevus was critically wounded in the Indomitus Crusade whilst serving the Unnumbered Sons as a Lieutenant. When the remaining Unnumbered Sons were split up and assigned to Chapters of their lineage, he was sent to the Raven Guard who accepted and honoured the fallen hero and transferred him into their stasis vaults alongside the other Dreadnoughts of the chapter.

Despite being relatively young amongst Dreadnoughts, Draevus is the oldest Primaris Marine to be interred and as such the newer Primaris Marines direct respect and honour towards him that he feels is more appropriate for a much older venerable Dreadnought. Nevertheless, as an experienced Lieutenant he is aware of the motivational effect of such an icon and tries to strike a balance of humility and inspiration.
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===Squad Aevar - Vanguard===
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Trained initially as Reivers, when the Greyshields of Squad Aevar were assigned to the Raven Guard they excelled in adopting the fighting style of their new Chapter. Equipped with Shrike pattern jump packs designed and built in the forges of Kiavahr, and Necromunda pattern collapsable storm shields, they are depended upon to go wherever they must to achieve their goals and survive.
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===Squad Estavo - Bladeguard===
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Elite veterans of the first company "Blackwings", Squad Estavo lend their strenght and experience to the 5th Company. But occasionally they must return to Deliverance and take thier turn guarding the Ravenspire’s forbidden Apothecarion on Farmoon Night.
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===Squad Slyte - Aggressors===
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Sergeant Slyte is a solid and dependable leader, but not imaginative when it comes to tactics. His unit largely avoids this issue by deploying in Gravis armour armed with flamers and power fists, an extremely blunt approach. Generally his commander simply points him where to deploy and the rest works itself out.
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===Squad Strekys - Reivers===
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Sergeant Strekys took well to his Reiver training, and performed admirably in the role during the Indomitus crusade. When the Unnumbered Sons were united with the Raven Guard there was friction between the Chapter and the Reiver squads. One of Corax’s first acts as Primarch was to turn his legion away from the terror tactics Horus has been using them for. In time the Reivers adapted to the ways of their chapter, however Sergeant Strekys still sometimes skirts close to the line.
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===Squad Drysk - Supressors===
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Sergeant Drysk is the antithesis of Sergeant Strekys. Starting out as a Reiver drop trooper he took well to the change to Raven Guard tactics. A smart tactical thinker, he is often trusted to drop into a battle as and when he deems it right, and do whatever is necessary to secure victory. This was soon recognised when he was awarded [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Crux_Terminatus Terminator Honours] in the battle of First Contact on [[Xise Yuan]].
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===Squad Saserys - Eliminators===
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No Raven Guard can reach the rank of sergeant without strong skills in both stealth and patience, and Saserys is definitely excellent in these areas, but his outstanding talent as an Eliminator is his ability to predict the movements of the enemy. A strong support unit, they have become somewhat grizzled.
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===Squad Rescydic - Eliminators===
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Sergeant Rescydic is, bluntly, a big game hunter. His passion is tracking and killing the biggest nastiest threats he can find.
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===Squad Kraephen - Eradicators===
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Whilst he is as versatile as any initiate of the Raven Guard, Kraephen’s defining traits are patience and stubbornness. As such he is well suited to his role leading the Eradicators. Wearing Gravis armour and carrying heavy weaponry, Squad Kraephen is often found in an ambushing force, a brutal surprise waiting for whatever prey their more mobile Brothers to lure into their sights. This was proven when they ambushed and destroyed a dangerous unit of Destroyers, earning them Marksman's Honours.
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===Squad Tyrvus - Hellblasters===
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The first reinforcements to reach Task Force Aethon, Squad Tyrvus comes from the 9th Company fire support reserves. Unlike the majority of Task Force Aethon, they are newly created Primaris Marines on Deliverance, not veterans of the Indomitus Crusade. In their first battle they were decisive and heroic, charging into melee combat to keep the enemy from their fallen Brothers. Due to this heroism Sergeant Tyrvus was granted Terminator Honours.
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===Gontrand - Storm Speeder Hammerstrike===
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Providing some fast moving heavy firepower for rapid strike actions and highly available support fire, the Storm Speeder Gontrand is short ranged but hard hitting.
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===Badb - Storm Speeder Thunderstrike===
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Badb is less heavily armed than Gontrand, its role on the battlefield is of support and precision strikes.
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===The Morrígan - Gladiator Lancer===
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Raven Guard traditonally made limited use of tanks, not typically being suited to their style of warefare, however with the new vehicle designs being produced by Cawl that had the ability to be air-dropped, they have started to make more use of them. The Morrígan acts more like a sniper than a battle tank, being dropped in to appear fomr unexpected quarters, eliminate it's target with precision strikes, then fade away.
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==Fleet Elements==
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===Strike Cruiser - Sable Sword===
Captain Radha
===Gladius Squadron - Nyctimus Squadron===
====Nyctimus====
Captain Abimael
====Mellori====
Commander Dimitris
====Psophis====
Commander Meissner

=Raven Guard Actions in Achernar and Eridani=
See also: [[:Category: Raven Guard Missions]], [[:Category: Raven Guard Conflicts]]
*[[The Samalut IX Campaign]]
*[[Purging the Tethytheria]]
*[[Raven Strategems]]
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Season of Fire]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

[[Category: Crusade Forces]] [[Category: Adeptus Astartes]] [[Category: Raven Guard]]

Raven Guard

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The [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard Raven Guard] are a Chapter of the [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marines Adeptus Astartes].

There are various reported sightings of Raven Guard Astartes operating within the [[Achernar sector]], at least one of which was [[Purging the Tethytheria|proven to be false]]. Due to the secretive and often uncooperative nature of the Raven Guard, as well as their advanced stealth capabilities, the exact details are unknown. What is known is that the fifth company of the Raven Guard, or a significant portion thereof, are known to have been operating in the [[Achenar sector]] and were a key participant in [[the Samalut IX Campaign]] and have since been spotted in the [[Eridani sector]].

=Primaris joining the Raven Guard=
The Raven Guard have, historically, had difficulty with their geneseed and consequently have very slow recruitment rates. In the wake of a disastrous war with the T’au that had taken the life of the Chapter Master and left the chapter decemated, they were at a particular low. When Roboute Guilliman arrived during the Indomitus Crusade with his “Unnumbered Sons” and delivered fresh recruits and the technology to produce the more stable Primaris Marines, the response from the Raven Guard was cautious optimism. The new Shadow Master Kavaan Shrike in particular embraced the Primaris as the saviours of the Chapter.

Despite that, initial integration was difficult. The “Awoken” Primaris provided by Guilliman and Cawl were trained only in a single battlefield role and even after the combat experience and training from veterans they received in the Indomitus Crusade, had little focus upon the stealth and ambush tactics favoured by the Raven Guard. As such they initially filled out the Support Companies. As they have gained experience, and new Primaris Marines have been inducted with more traditional Raven Guard training, they have begun to populate the Battle Companies as well.

The MkX Phobos Armour is particularly favoured within the Raven Guard, over and above the Intercessor and Gravis patterns, and much of the production of Kiavar has been turned to producing more armour of this pattern from designs provided by Cawl. Nevertheless, the Raven guard have always been wont to modify standard Imperial designs, and have produced a helmet variant that incorporates the superior sensor suite found in MkVI Corvus pattern armour.

=Raven Guard 5th Company 'The Watchful'=
The Raven Guard Fifth company, also known at The Watchful, is a Battle Company, however the Raven Guard do not strictly adhere to [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Codex_Astartes Codex Astartes] disposition of their troops. Additionally at the time of the Samalut Campaign, the Fifth was still under strength. The Company relied heavily on it's Scouts, and fielded enough aircraft and jump packs that the entire company was air-mobile during the Campaign.
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==Known Members during the Samalut Campaign==
*Shadow Captain Yiraka - Commander of the 5th, often seen leading the Vanguard Veterans 'The Unkindness'.
*Lieutenant Nykona - Battle Lieutenant.
*Lieutenant Colfaen - Intelligence and Strategy Lieutenant.
*Chaplain Bran the Blessed - Spiritual Leader, often seen leading the Assualt Marines.
*Librarian Nironen - Defeated the deamon known as Baraqiel on [[Samalut IX]] alongside Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel.
*Veteran Sergeant Maun - Leader of the Sternguard Veterans, best soldiers in the 5th.
*Sergeant Khira - Leader of the Scouts. Personally responsible for the rescue and return of Planetary Governor Suhaniya Singhe on Samalut IX.
*Techmarine Jadyr
*Apothecary Kolyk

==Primaris in the 5th Company==
The 5th company is ever observant and does not rush to action. In the wake of the Samalut IX campaign, the 5th Company returned to the Ravenspire for repairs, to inter their heroic dead, and to collect reinforcements. Many of those reinforcements came in the form of Primaris Marines, bringing the 5th company up to a full fighting strength of 100 full Astartes Battle Brothers, plus support staff, for the first time in living memory. Nevertheless Shadow Captain Yiraka was cautious of these new Primaris Marines and wished to see them performing on their own for a fully independent assessment, without the support of the more experienced Firstborn.

Primaris Librarian Aethon was selected to lead this Strike Force, however Firstborn Lieutenant Colfaen, who had followed Shadow Master Shrike’s example in crossing the Rubicon Primaris, joined them to assist and also observe. As the 5th Company returned to the Segmentum Pacificus, Strike Force Aethon would be one of several subformations operating independently, only coming back together when Shadow Captain Yiraka requires the full force of his Company in one place.

==Strike Force Aethon==
Strike Force Aethon had a fairly loose remit. As ever the Raven Guard deploy as and where they see fit, often preferring to go to the aid of the alone and the abandoned, rather than joining larger ongoing conflicts. One target Aethon had identified was the Pheraean Rift in the Eridani Sector, where increasing losses of smaller stations and colonies seemed to have gone largely unaddressed by local Imperial commanders. Aethon was also keen to visit Samalut IX, if the tides of war allow, to see for himself the most recent major victory of the 5th and ensure the efforts of the Chapter were not being wasted by the current Imperial Guard forces who have taken over, as well as look into some of the information he learned from Librarian Nironen.

During their investigations into the Pheraean Rift and the Necrons therein they have been joined by [[Inquisitor Michael]], although draws on his time are many and he comes and goes.

Over time, Strike Force Aethon proved the value of Primaris Marines to the Chapter, and reinforcments have come in the form of more former Unnumbered Sons, newly indoctrinated Primaris initiates and increasingly veteran firstborn marines that have crossed the Rubricon Primaris as the proceedure has become safer and more reliable. With the defeat of the Necrons on [[Xise Yuan]] the Strike Force was folded back into the bulk of the 5th Company and under the direct command of Shadow Captain Yiraka.

==Mission logs:==
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

==Key Members==
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===Shadow Captain Yiraka===
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Shadow Captain Yiraka commands the Raven Guard 5th Company "The Watchful" and embodies their ideals. He is patient and watchful. He preffers to gather as much information as possible before he acts. In conversation with others he often holds back his council in silence and lets the conversation play out, only interjecting when he feels it necessary and prudent. Under his leadership the 5th Company gather information in silence and secrecy and reveal themselves only when they are ready to strike. Depsite that, his experience during the [[Samalut campaign]] with the Blood Angels has shown him the value of overt heroism, as well as the cost, and he is perfectly capable of adapting to the situation as required.
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===Lieutenant Nykona===
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Lieutenant Nykona was promoted to Lieutenant at the same time as Shadow Captain Yiraka, but from the two of them Yiraka was picked for the Captaincy when Kyrin Solaq died. Nykona is a capable leader but more hotheaded than Yiraka.

His performance in [the Samalut IX Campaign] was excelent, leading several missions on his own and working well with the Blood Angels. In the final defence of Tarno he initially took command of the battle line whilst Yiraka waited in reserve ready to deply where needed. He personally killed the Kommando leader after they overran the North-Eastern flank. The heroic Blood Angels he fought alongside only encouraged his straightforward and valourous approach.

He was dissapointed when Lieutenant Colfaen was chosen to be first to cross the Rubricon Primaris and lead Strike Force Aethon into the [Pheraean Rift] rather than him, instead Nykona was one of the last of the 5th company to cross the Rubricon. Nevertheless he paired well with Colfaen and laments the passing of his brother.
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===Librarian Nironen===
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Epistolary Nironen is the senior Librarian attached to the 5th company. Recruited from the Scholastica Psykana, rather than directly from Deliverance like most of the Chapter, Nironen originally felt like and outsider, but he has since grown to be confident in his place amongst the Raven Guard. A logical man, he approaches the real of psykana with a scientific rigor.

On Salamut IX Nironen, along with Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel, he encountered and banished the deamon known as Baraqiel. During the battle Baraqiel evicerated and nearly destroyed the soul of Gabriel, but Nironen and the Raevn Guard 1st Company Terminators managed to destroy it before it could finish Gabriel off.

Nironen ensured the deamon was completely defeated, but when he later called upon his powers during the defence of Tarno the deamon attacked him pschically. During this assualt he was nearly killed by the surprise attack of the StormKommandoes and their leader Bozzgit Kawsmash, but for the timely intervention of Shadopw Captain Yiraka.

Immediately after the initial banishment of the deamon, Nironen, with the agreement of the Blood Angel Appothecary, entered the mind of Gabriel to ensure there was no sign of possesion or warp taint. Whilst he confirmed no melefic taint was present, he did discover the darker side of Gabriel's psyche, and suspects this could extend to all Blood Angels.
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===Librarian Aethon===
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Aethon has no memories from before he awoke in the bowels of the Zar-Quaesitor. He has theorised that either he has received a complete mind-wipe, perhaps related to his nature as a powerful psyker, or he was created artificially in a vat. He came into the galaxy with no name but the designation 07-395-2801, and no history but the genetic legacy of his gene-father Corax. Whilst he may not be a true son of Deliverance, the Raven Guard are his entire identity and he is determined to live up to their legacy.

From the moment of his emergence from stasis, the pressure has been on and expectations have been high. During his time amongst the Unnumbered Sons of the Indomitus Crusade, he often felt he was not up to standard, his psychic gifts being far more ephemeral and less overt than the battle psykers of other chapters. This drove him to work even harder to live up to what he felt was expected of him and prove his worth. When he finally joined the Raven Guard, who appreciated his more subtle gifts, he found acceptance at last. They, in turn, received a Librarian that had driven himself to achieve far more than they would have expected in such a short time.

Adapting to the Raven Guard methods of warfare was like a homecoming for Aethon, and it was not long before he rose to the rank of Codicier. When Shadow Captain Yiraka drew up his plans for integrating the Primaris into the 5th he personally petitioned Shadow Master Shrike for Aethon to be assigned to his Company. Aethon was granted command of several dozen of his Primaris Brothers and dispatched to lead an independent Strike Force and prove the value of the Primaris Marines to the 5th Company.
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===Chaplain Moradus===
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===Apothecary Orlos===
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Apothecary Orlos is dedicated to the troops under his care, his focus upon which can sometimes distract him from the importance of the mission at hand.
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===Techmarine Tykor===
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Whilst any Techmarine is dedicated to and diligent in maintaining the wargear of the chapter, Tykor is personally most interested in learning and discovery. He has worked well in the past with [Inquisitor Michael] to investigate the workings on of the Xenos Necrons.
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===Former Lieutenant Colfaen===
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Colfaen was promoted to Lieutenant from being the Sergeant of a Devastator squad, intended as a more calm and strategic counterbalance to Lieutenant Nykona’s aggression. During the Samalut campaign he spent much of his time aboard the Strike Cruiser Sable Sword organising logistics, redeployments and reserve forces. His work was vital to the cause and helped secure the ultimate victory, but he did not personally see combat during the entire campaign. He has also acted as spymaster for the 5th, although in this role he has occasionally been more hands-on.

When the 5th Company returned to Deliverance for resupply and repairs, they learned that they would be receiving Primaris reinforcements, and that Shadow Master Shrike had undergone the procedure to cross the Rubicon Primaris. Colfaen, concerned that he was becoming more of an administrator than a warrior, volunteered to undergo the procedure himself. Nykona also volunteered, however Shadow Captain Yiraka was not unaware of what he had asked of Colfaen during the Samalut campaign, and chose Colfaen to be the only member of the 5th Company command staff to undergo the risky procedure at that time.

Colfaen was assigned to Strike Force Aethon as the sole Firstborn veteran of a force entirely composed of Primaris Marines that were either awoken from Cawl’s vaults or recently inducted since the Indomitus crusade. Librarian Aethon lead the force, and Colfaen was present acting as both adviser and observer. This role frees him of the strategic command responsibilities he bore during the Samalut campaign and he was better able to engage in combat directly.

He quickly developed a reputation amogst the strike force for reckless heroics and resilience, repeatedly throwing himself into danger to preotect his troops. Aethon began to fear he may be showing signs of the onset of the [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard#The_Sable_Brand Sable Brand]. During a chance encounter with the hated [[Alpha Legion]], Colfaen was mortally wounded, however Apothecary Orlos was able to inter him in the sarcophegus of a Dreadnought, from whench he can continue to serve the Chapter.
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===Squad Kasz - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Kasz is a competent Sergeant and has adapted well to the Raven Guard manner of warfare, but privately he struggles with his hypno-indoctrinated Intercessor training conflicting with his later learned infiltration skills. On one occasion this nearly cost him his life, but he keeps a tight grip upon it. It has left him a careful and conservative leader.

Helix Adept Orevis is on the path to becoming a fully fledged Apothecary, and at the start of the task force's deployment he acted as the medic for the entire Strike Force.
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===Squad Ordaris - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Odaris is particularly adept in stealth and infiltration, and his unit is normally the first picked for scouting and flanking assignments. He was born in Kiavahr not long after the Great Scouring and volunteered for service with the XIXth Legion, however Cawl’s minions whisked him away for the Primaris project. His joining the Raven Guard chapter is the fulfillment of his destiny ten thousand years delayed.

Brother Shykos is the lead signals operator for the squad. Due to his squad often being deployed away from the rest of the Strike Force he is particularly experienced. When not deployed with his squad he tends to act as lead signalman for the entire Strike Force. The Techmarines of the chapter have their eyes on him for his technical prowess, however Lieutenant Colfaen is also considering him for a command promotion. This may be jeopardised however as the Squad suffered from battle fatigue after being isolated and assaulted by a massive Necron fighting automaton that they lacked any suitable weapons to combat.
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===Squad Klyvorn - Incursors===
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Squad Klyvorn epitomise the nature of the 5th Company. Careful and watchful, they focus on gathering and sharing intelligence over direct conflict.

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===Squad Phryn - Intercessors===
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Squad Phyrn is one of the first squads of Indoctrinated to make it into the battle companies of the Raven Guard. As newly created Primaris Marines they are distinct from the Firstborn, but neither do they share the camaraderie and history of the Awoken, who rose from Cawl’s cryo chambers and fought together in the Indomitus Crusade as Unumbered Sons before joining the Raven Guard. Squad Phyrn are different from all their brothers in the 5th, and the least experienced, but they were determined to prove themselves and earn their place. Having assassinated a Necron overlord in melee, and fought in many of the most brutal encounters of the campaign, they have earned Bladesman's honours and become grizzled veterans respected by their peers. Sergeant Phryn in particular has formed a personal relationship with Inquisitor Michael, having shared quite a few adventures together, and has even corresponded with [[Inquisitor Lear]].
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===Squad Vykus - Intercessors===
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Sergeant Vykus is an up and coming dualist. Whilst he is most skilled with a sword, he prefers his squad to primarily be armed with bolt rifles as he finds Assault Intercessors to be something of a simple blunt instrument and favours the tactical application of ranged firepower.
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===Squad Qeld - Heavy Intercessors===
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Off the battlefield Sergeant Qeld is a keen musician, renowned across the chapter for his skill and subtlety with an Eigenharp. On the battlefield he favours the brutal straightforward approach of Gravis Armour and Hellstorm Bolt Rifle. As such he is most heavily used as the ambushing force that his lighter Phobos armoured brethren draw their enemies into.
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===Brother Draevus - Redemptor Dreadnought===
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Brother Draevus was critically wounded in the Indomitus Crusade whilst serving the Unnumbered Sons as a Lieutenant. When the remaining Unnumbered Sons were split up and assigned to Chapters of their lineage, he was sent to the Raven Guard who accepted and honoured the fallen hero and transferred him into their stasis vaults alongside the other Dreadnoughts of the chapter.

Despite being relatively young amongst Dreadnoughts, Draevus is the oldest Primaris Marine to be interred and as such the newer Primaris Marines direct respect and honour towards him that he feels is more appropriate for a much older venerable Dreadnought. Nevertheless, as an experienced Lieutenant he is aware of the motivational effect of such an icon and tries to strike a balance of humility and inspiration.
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===Squad Aevar - Vanguard===
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Trained initially as Reivers, when the Greyshields of Squad Aevar were assigned to the Raven Guard they excelled in adopting the fighting style of their new Chapter. Equipped with Shrike pattern jump packs designed and built in the forges of Kiavahr, and Necromunda pattern collapsable storm shields, they are depended upon to go wherever they must to achieve their goals and survive.
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===Squad Estavo - Bladeguard===
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Elite veterans of the first company "Blackwings", Squad Estavo lend their strenght and experience to the 5th Company. But occasionally they must return to Deliverance and take thier turn guarding the Ravenspire’s forbidden Apothecarion on Farmoon Night.
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===Squad Slyte - Aggressors===
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Sergeant Slyte is a solid and dependable leader, but not imaginative when it comes to tactics. His unit largely avoids this issue by deploying in Gravis armour armed with flamers and power fists, an extremely blunt approach. Generally his commander simply points him where to deploy and the rest works itself out.
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===Squad Strekys - Reivers===
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Sergeant Strekys took well to his Reiver training, and performed admirably in the role during the Indomitus crusade. When the Unnumbered Sons were united with the Raven Guard there was friction between the Chapter and the Reiver squads. One of Corax’s first acts as Primarch was to turn his legion away from the terror tactics Horus has been using them for. In time the Reivers adapted to the ways of their chapter, however Sergeant Strekys still sometimes skirts close to the line.
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===Squad Drysk - Supressors===
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Sergeant Drysk is the antithesis of Sergeant Strekys. Starting out as a Reiver drop trooper he took well to the change to Raven Guard tactics. A smart tactical thinker, he is often trusted to drop into a battle as and when he deems it right, and do whatever is necessary to secure victory. This was soon recognised when he was awarded [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Crux_Terminatus Terminator Honours] in the battle of First Contact on [[Xise Yuan]].
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===Squad Saserys - Eliminators===
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No Raven Guard can reach the rank of sergeant without strong skills in both stealth and patience, and Saserys is definitely excellent in these areas, but his outstanding talent as an Eliminator is his ability to predict the movements of the enemy. A strong support unit, they have become somewhat grizzled.
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===Squad Rescydic - Eliminators===
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Sergeant Rescydic is, bluntly, a big game hunter. His passion is tracking and killing the biggest nastiest threats he can find.
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===Squad Kraephen - Eradicators===
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Whilst he is as versatile as any initiate of the Raven Guard, Kraephen’s defining traits are patience and stubbornness. As such he is well suited to his role leading the Eradicators. Wearing Gravis armour and carrying heavy weaponry, Squad Kraephen is often found in an ambushing force, a brutal surprise waiting for whatever prey their more mobile Brothers to lure into their sights. This was proven when they ambushed and destroyed a dangerous unit of Destroyers, earning them Marksman's Honours.
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===Squad Tyrvus - Hellblasters===
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The first reinforcements to reach Task Force Aethon, Squad Tyrvus comes from the 9th Company fire support reserves. Unlike the majority of Task Force Aethon, they are newly created Primaris Marines on Deliverance, not veterans of the Indomitus Crusade. In their first battle they were decisive and heroic, charging into melee combat to keep the enemy from their fallen Brothers. Due to this heroism Sergeant Tyrvus was granted Terminator Honours.
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===Gontrand - Storm Speeder Hammerstrike===
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Providing some fast moving heavy firepower for rapid strike actions and highly available support fire, the Storm Speeder Gontrand is short ranged but hard hitting.
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===Badb - Storm Speeder Thunderstrike===
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Badb is less heavily armed than Gontrand, its role on the battlefield is of support and precision strikes.
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===The Morrígan - Gladiator Lancer===
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Raven Guard traditonally made limited use of tanks, not typically being suited to their style of warefare, however with the new vehicle designs being produced by Cawl that had the ability to be air-dropped, they have started to make more use of them. The Morrígan acts more like a sniper than a battle tank, being dropped in to appear fomr unexpected quarters, eliminate it's target with precision strikes, then fade away.
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==Fleet Elements==
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===Strike Cruiser - Sable Sword===
===Gladius Squadron - Nyctimus Squadron===
====Nyctimus====
====Mellori====
====Psophis====

=Raven Guard Actions in Achernar and Eridani=
See also: [[:Category: Raven Guard Missions]], [[:Category: Raven Guard Conflicts]]
*[[The Samalut IX Campaign]]
*[[Purging the Tethytheria]]
*[[Raven Strategems]]
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Season of Fire]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

[[Category: Crusade Forces]] [[Category: Adeptus Astartes]] [[Category: Raven Guard]]

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The [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard Raven Guard] are a Chapter of the [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marines Adeptus Astartes].

There are various reported sightings of Raven Guard Astartes operating within the [[Achernar sector]], at least one of which was [[Purging the Tethytheria|proven to be false]]. Due to the secretive and often uncooperative nature of the Raven Guard, as well as their advanced stealth capabilities, the exact details are unknown. What is known is that the fifth company of the Raven Guard, or a significant portion thereof, are known to have been operating in the [[Achenar sector]] and were a key participant in [[the Samalut IX Campaign]] and have since been spotted in the [[Eridani sector]].

=Primaris joining the Raven Guard=
The Raven Guard have, historically, had difficulty with their geneseed and consequently have very slow recruitment rates. In the wake of a disastrous war with the T’au that had taken the life of the Chapter Master and left the chapter decemated, they were at a particular low. When Roboute Guilliman arrived during the Indomitus Crusade with his “Unnumbered Sons” and delivered fresh recruits and the technology to produce the more stable Primaris Marines, the response from the Raven Guard was cautious optimism. The new Shadow Master Kavaan Shrike in particular embraced the Primaris as the saviours of the Chapter.

Despite that, initial integration was difficult. The “Awoken” Primaris provided by Guilliman and Cawl were trained only in a single battlefield role and even after the combat experience and training from veterans they received in the Indomitus Crusade, had little focus upon the stealth and ambush tactics favoured by the Raven Guard. As such they initially filled out the Support Companies. As they have gained experience, and new Primaris Marines have been inducted with more traditional Raven Guard training, they have begun to populate the Battle Companies as well.

The MkX Phobos Armour is particularly favoured within the Raven Guard, over and above the Intercessor and Gravis patterns, and much of the production of Kiavar has been turned to producing more armour of this pattern from designs provided by Cawl. Nevertheless, the Raven guard have always been wont to modify standard Imperial designs, and have produced a helmet variant that incorporates the superior sensor suite found in MkVI Corvus pattern armour.

=Raven Guard 5th Company 'The Watchful'=
The Raven Guard Fifth company, also known at The Watchful, is a Battle Company, however the Raven Guard do not strictly adhere to [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Codex_Astartes Codex Astartes] disposition of their troops. Additionally at the time of the Samalut Campaign, the Fifth was still under strength. The Company relied heavily on it's Scouts, and fielded enough aircraft and jump packs that the entire company was air-mobile during the Campaign.
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==Known Members during the Samalut Campaign==
*Shadow Captain Yiraka - Commander of the 5th, often seen leading the Vanguard Veterans 'The Unkindness'.
*Lieutenant Nykona - Battle Lieutenant.
*Lieutenant Colfaen - Intelligence and Strategy Lieutenant.
*Chaplain Bran the Blessed - Spiritual Leader, often seen leading the Assualt Marines.
*Librarian Nironen - Defeated the deamon known as Baraqiel on [[Samalut IX]] alongside Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel.
*Veteran Sergeant Maun - Leader of the Sternguard Veterans, best soldiers in the 5th.
*Sergeant Khira - Leader of the Scouts. Personally responsible for the rescue and return of Planetary Governor Suhaniya Singhe on Samalut IX.
*Techmarine Jadyr
*Apothecary Kolyk

==Primaris in the 5th Company==
The 5th company is ever observant and does not rush to action. In the wake of the Samalut IX campaign, the 5th Company returned to the Ravenspire for repairs, to inter their heroic dead, and to collect reinforcements. Many of those reinforcements came in the form of Primaris Marines, bringing the 5th company up to a full fighting strength of 100 full Astartes Battle Brothers, plus support staff, for the first time in living memory. Nevertheless Shadow Captain Yiraka was cautious of these new Primaris Marines and wished to see them performing on their own for a fully independent assessment, without the support of the more experienced Firstborn.

Primaris Librarian Aethon was selected to lead this Strike Force, however Firstborn Lieutenant Colfaen, who had followed Shadow Master Shrike’s example in crossing the Rubicon Primaris, joined them to assist and also observe. As the 5th Company returned to the Segmentum Pacificus, Strike Force Aethon would be one of several subformations operating independently, only coming back together when Shadow Captain Yiraka requires the full force of his Company in one place.

==Strike Force Aethon==
Strike Force Aethon had a fairly loose remit. As ever the Raven Guard deploy as and where they see fit, often preferring to go to the aid of the alone and the abandoned, rather than joining larger ongoing conflicts. One target Aethon had identified was the Pheraean Rift in the Eridani Sector, where increasing losses of smaller stations and colonies seemed to have gone largely unaddressed by local Imperial commanders. Aethon was also keen to visit Samalut IX, if the tides of war allow, to see for himself the most recent major victory of the 5th and ensure the efforts of the Chapter were not being wasted by the current Imperial Guard forces who have taken over, as well as look into some of the information he learned from Librarian Nironen.

During their investigations into the Pheraean Rift and the Necrons therein they have been joined by [[Inquisitor Michael]], although draws on his time are many and he comes and goes.

Over time, Strike Force Aethon proved the value of Primaris Marines to the Chapter, and reinforcments have come in the form of more former Unnumbered Sons, newly indoctrinated Primaris initiates and increasingly veteran firstborn marines that have crossed the Rubricon Primaris as the proceedure has become safer and more reliable. With the defeat of the Necrons on [[Xise Yuan]] the Strike Force was folded back into the bulk of the 5th Company and under the direct command of Shadow Captain Yiraka.

==Mission logs:==
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

==Key Members==
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===Shadow Captain Yiraka===
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Shadow Captain Yiraka commands the Raven Guard 5th Company "The Watchful" and embodies their ideals. He is patient and watchful. He preffers to gather as much information as possible before he acts. In conversation with others he often holds back his council in silence and lets the conversation play out, only interjecting when he feels it necessary and prudent. Under his leadership the 5th Company gather information in silence and secrecy and reveal themselves only when they are ready to strike. Depsite that, his experience during the [[Samalut campaign]] with the Blood Angels has shown him the value of overt heroism, as well as the cost, and he is perfectly capable of adapting to the situation as required.
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===Lieutenant Nykona===
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===Librarian Nironen===
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===Librarian Aethon===
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Aethon has no memories from before he awoke in the bowels of the Zar-Quaesitor. He has theorised that either he has received a complete mind-wipe, perhaps related to his nature as a powerful psyker, or he was created artificially in a vat. He came into the galaxy with no name but the designation 07-395-2801, and no history but the genetic legacy of his gene-father Corax. Whilst he may not be a true son of Deliverance, the Raven Guard are his entire identity and he is determined to live up to their legacy.

From the moment of his emergence from stasis, the pressure has been on and expectations have been high. During his time amongst the Unnumbered Sons of the Indomitus Crusade, he often felt he was not up to standard, his psychic gifts being far more ephemeral and less overt than the battle psykers of other chapters. This drove him to work even harder to live up to what he felt was expected of him and prove his worth. When he finally joined the Raven Guard, who appreciated his more subtle gifts, he found acceptance at last. They, in turn, received a Librarian that had driven himself to achieve far more than they would have expected in such a short time.

Adapting to the Raven Guard methods of warfare was like a homecoming for Aethon, and it was not long before he rose to the rank of Codicier. When Shadow Captain Yiraka drew up his plans for integrating the Primaris into the 5th he personally petitioned Shadow Master Shrike for Aethon to be assigned to his Company. Aethon was granted command of several dozen of his Primaris Brothers and dispatched to lead an independent Strike Force and prove the value of the Primaris Marines to the 5th Company.
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===Chaplain Moradus===
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===Apothecary Orlos===
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===Techmarine Tykor===
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===Former Lieutenant Colfaen===
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Colfaen was promoted to Lieutenant from being the Sergeant of a Devastator squad, intended as a more calm and strategic counterbalance to Lieutenant Nykona’s aggression. During the Samalut campaign he spent much of his time aboard the Strike Cruiser Sable Sword organising logistics, redeployments and reserve forces. His work was vital to the cause and helped secure the ultimate victory, but he did not personally see combat during the entire campaign. He has also acted as spymaster for the 5th, although in this role he has occasionally been more hands-on.

When the 5th Company returned to Deliverance for resupply and repairs, they learned that they would be receiving Primaris reinforcements, and that Shadow Master Shrike had undergone the procedure to cross the Rubicon Primaris. Colfaen, concerned that he was becoming more of an administrator than a warrior, volunteered to undergo the procedure himself. Nykona also volunteered, however Shadow Captain Yiraka was not unaware of what he had asked of Colfaen during the Samalut campaign, and chose Colfaen to be the only member of the 5th Company command staff to undergo the risky procedure at that time.

Colfaen was assigned to Strike Force Aethon as the sole Firstborn veteran of a force entirely composed of Primaris Marines that were either awoken from Cawl’s vaults or recently inducted since the Indomitus crusade. Librarian Aethon lead the force, and Colfaen was present acting as both adviser and observer. This role frees him of the strategic command responsibilities he bore during the Samalut campaign and he was better able to engage in combat directly.

He quickly developed a reputation amogst the strike force for reckless heroics and resilience, repeatedly throwing himself into danger to preotect his troops. Aethon began to fear he may be showing signs of the onset of the [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard#The_Sable_Brand Sable Brand]. During a chance encounter with the hated [[Alpha Legion]], Colfaen was mortally wounded, however Apothecary Orlos was able to inter him in the sarcophegus of a Dreadnought, from whench he can continue to serve the Chapter.
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===Squad Kasz - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Kasz is a competent Sergeant and has adapted well to the Raven Guard manner of warfare, but privately he struggles with his hypno-indoctrinated Intercessor training conflicting with his later learned infiltration skills. On one occasion this nearly cost him his life, but he keeps a tight grip upon it. It has left him a careful and conservative leader.

Helix Adept Orevis is on the path to becoming a fully fledged Apothecary, and at the start of the task force's deployment he acted as the medic for the entire Strike Force.
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===Squad Ordaris - Infiltrators===
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Sergeant Odaris is particularly adept in stealth and infiltration, and his unit is normally the first picked for scouting and flanking assignments. He was born in Kiavahr not long after the Great Scouring and volunteered for service with the XIXth Legion, however Cawl’s minions whisked him away for the Primaris project. His joining the Raven Guard chapter is the fulfillment of his destiny ten thousand years delayed.

Brother Shykos is the lead signals operator for the squad. Due to his squad often being deployed away from the rest of the Strike Force he is particularly experienced. When not deployed with his squad he tends to act as lead signalman for the entire Strike Force. The Techmarines of the chapter have their eyes on him for his technical prowess, however Lieutenant Colfaen is also considering him for a command promotion. This may be jeopardised however as the Squad suffered from battle fatigue after being isolated and assaulted by a massive Necron fighting automaton that they lacked any suitable weapons to combat.
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===Squad Klyvorn - Incursors===
[[File:Squad Klyvorn.jpg|400x180px|left]]
Squad Klyvorn epitomise the nature of the 5th Company. Careful and watchful, they focus on gathering and sharing intelligence over direct conflict.

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===Squad Phryn - Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Phryn Full.jpg|400x200px|left]]
Squad Phyrn is one of the first squads of Indoctrinated to make it into the battle companies of the Raven Guard. As newly created Primaris Marines they are distinct from the Firstborn, but neither do they share the camaraderie and history of the Awoken, who rose from Cawl’s cryo chambers and fought together in the Indomitus Crusade as Unumbered Sons before joining the Raven Guard. Squad Phyrn are different from all their brothers in the 5th, and the least experienced, but they were determined to prove themselves and earn their place. Having assassinated a Necron overlord in melee, and fought in many of the most brutal encounters of the campaign, they have earned Bladesman's honours and become grizzled veterans respected by their peers. Sergeant Phryn in particular has formed a personal relationship with Inquisitor Michael, having shared quite a few adventures together, and has even corresponded with [[Inquisitor Lear]].
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===Squad Vykus - Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Vykus.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Sergeant Vykus is an up and coming dualist. Whilst he is most skilled with a sword, he prefers his squad to primarily be armed with bolt rifles as he finds Assault Intercessors to be something of a simple blunt instrument and favours the tactical application of ranged firepower.
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===Squad Qeld - Heavy Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Qeld.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Off the battlefield Sergeant Qeld is a keen musician, renowned across the chapter for his skill and subtlety with an Eigenharp. On the battlefield he favours the brutal straightforward approach of Gravis Armour and Hellstorm Bolt Rifle. As such he is most heavily used as the ambushing force that his lighter Phobos armoured brethren draw their enemies into.
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===Brother Draevus - Redemptor Dreadnought===
[[File:Brother Draevus.jpg|300x300px|left]]
Brother Draevus was critically wounded in the Indomitus Crusade whilst serving the Unnumbered Sons as a Lieutenant. When the remaining Unnumbered Sons were split up and assigned to Chapters of their lineage, he was sent to the Raven Guard who accepted and honoured the fallen hero and transferred him into their stasis vaults alongside the other Dreadnoughts of the chapter.

Despite being relatively young amongst Dreadnoughts, Draevus is the oldest Primaris Marine to be interred and as such the newer Primaris Marines direct respect and honour towards him that he feels is more appropriate for a much older venerable Dreadnought. Nevertheless, as an experienced Lieutenant he is aware of the motivational effect of such an icon and tries to strike a balance of humility and inspiration.
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===Squad Aevar - Vanguard===
[[File:Squad Aevar.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Trained initially as Reivers, when the Greyshields of Squad Aevar were assigned to the Raven Guard they excelled in adopting the fighting style of their new Chapter. Equipped with Shrike pattern jump packs designed and built in the forges of Kiavahr, and Necromunda pattern collapsable storm shields, they are depended upon to go wherever they must to achieve their goals and survive.
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===Squad Estavo - Bladeguard===
[[File:Squad Estavo.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Elite veterans of the first company "Blackwings", Squad Estavo lend their strenght and experience to the 5th Company. But occasionally they must return to Deliverance and take thier turn guarding the Ravenspire’s forbidden Apothecarion on Farmoon Night.
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===Squad Slyte - Aggressors===
[[File:Squad Slyte.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Sergeant Slyte is a solid and dependable leader, but not imaginative when it comes to tactics. His unit largely avoids this issue by deploying in Gravis armour armed with flamers and power fists, an extremely blunt approach. Generally his commander simply points him where to deploy and the rest works itself out.
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===Squad Strekys - Reivers===
[[File:Squad Strekys.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Strekys took well to his Reiver training, and performed admirably in the role during the Indomitus crusade. When the Unnumbered Sons were united with the Raven Guard there was friction between the Chapter and the Reiver squads. One of Corax’s first acts as Primarch was to turn his legion away from the terror tactics Horus has been using them for. In time the Reivers adapted to the ways of their chapter, however Sergeant Strekys still sometimes skirts close to the line.
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===Squad Drysk - Supressors===
[[File:Squad Drysk.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Drysk is the antithesis of Sergeant Strekys. Starting out as a Reiver drop trooper he took well to the change to Raven Guard tactics. A smart tactical thinker, he is often trusted to drop into a battle as and when he deems it right, and do whatever is necessary to secure victory. This was soon recognised when he was awarded [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Crux_Terminatus Terminator Honours] in the battle of First Contact on [[Xise Yuan]].
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===Squad Saserys - Eliminators===
[[File:Squad Saserys.jpg|400x120px|left]]
No Raven Guard can reach the rank of sergeant without strong skills in both stealth and patience, and Saserys is definitely excellent in these areas, but his outstanding talent as an Eliminator is his ability to predict the movements of the enemy. A strong support unit, they have become somewhat grizzled.
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===Squad Rescydic - Eliminators===
[[File:Squad Rescydic.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Rescydic is, bluntly, a big game hunter. His passion is tracking and killing the biggest nastiest threats he can find.
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===Squad Kraephen - Eradicators===
[[File:Squad Kraephen.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Whilst he is as versatile as any initiate of the Raven Guard, Kraephen’s defining traits are patience and stubbornness. As such he is well suited to his role leading the Eradicators. Wearing Gravis armour and carrying heavy weaponry, Squad Kraephen is often found in an ambushing force, a brutal surprise waiting for whatever prey their more mobile Brothers to lure into their sights. This was proven when they ambushed and destroyed a dangerous unit of Destroyers, earning them Marksman's Honours.
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===Squad Tyrvus - Hellblasters===
[[File:Squad Tyrvus.jpg|400x120px|left]]
The first reinforcements to reach Task Force Aethon, Squad Tyrvus comes from the 9th Company fire support reserves. Unlike the majority of Task Force Aethon, they are newly created Primaris Marines on Deliverance, not veterans of the Indomitus Crusade. In their first battle they were decisive and heroic, charging into melee combat to keep the enemy from their fallen Brothers. Due to this heroism Sergeant Tyrvus was granted Terminator Honours.
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===Gontrand - Storm Speeder Hammerstrike===
[[File:Storm Speeder Hammerstrike.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Providing some fast moving heavy firepower for rapid strike actions and highly available support fire, the Storm Speeder Gontrand is short ranged but hard hitting.
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===Badb - Storm Speeder Thunderstrike===
[[File:Storm Speeder Thunderstrike.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Badb is less heavily armed than Gontrand, its role on the battlefield is of support and precision strikes.
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===The Morrígan - Gladiator Lancer===
[[File:Gladiator Lancer.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Raven Guard traditonally made limited use of tanks, not typically being suited to their style of warefare, however with the new vehicle designs being produced by Cawl that had the ability to be air-dropped, they have started to make more use of them. The Morrígan acts more like a sniper than a battle tank, being dropped in to appear fomr unexpected quarters, eliminate it's target with precision strikes, then fade away.

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=Raven Guard Actions in Achernar and Eridani=
See also: [[:Category: Raven Guard Missions]], [[:Category: Raven Guard Conflicts]]
*[[The Samalut IX Campaign]]
*[[Purging the Tethytheria]]
*[[Raven Strategems]]
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Season of Fire]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

[[Category: Crusade Forces]] [[Category: Adeptus Astartes]] [[Category: Raven Guard]]

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Tom:

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Tom:

Raven Guard

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Tom:

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The [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard Raven Guard] are a Chapter of the [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marines Adeptus Astartes].

There are various reported sightings of Raven Guard Astartes operating within the [[Achernar sector]], at least one of which was [[Purging the Tethytheria|proven to be false]]. Due to the secretive and often uncooperative nature of the Raven Guard, as well as their advanced stealth capabilities, the exact details are unknown. What is known is that the fifth company of the Raven Guard, or a significant portion thereof, are known to have been operating in the [[Achenar sector]] and were a key participant in [[the Samalut IX Campaign]] and have since been spotted in the [[Eridani sector]].

=Primaris joining the Raven Guard=
The Raven Guard have, historically, had difficulty with their geneseed and consequently have very slow recruitment rates. In the wake of a disastrous war with the T’au that had taken the life of the Chapter Master and left the chapter decemated, they were at a particular low. When Roboute Guilliman arrived during the Indomitus Crusade with his “Unnumbered Sons” and delivered fresh recruits and the technology to produce the more stable Primaris Marines, the response from the Raven Guard was cautious optimism. The new Shadow Master Kavaan Shrike in particular embraced the Primaris as the saviours of the Chapter.

Despite that, initial integration was difficult. The “Awoken” Primaris provided by Guilliman and Cawl were trained only in a single battlefield role and even after the combat experience and training from veterans they received in the Indomitus Crusade, had little focus upon the stealth and ambush tactics favoured by the Raven Guard. As such they initially filled out the Support Companies. As they have gained experience, and new Primaris Marines have been inducted with more traditional Raven Guard training, they have begun to populate the Battle Companies as well.

The MkX Phobos Armour is particularly favoured within the Raven Guard, over and above the Intercessor and Gravis patterns, and much of the production of Kiavar has been turned to producing more armour of this pattern from designs provided by Cawl. Nevertheless, the Raven guard have always been wont to modify standard Imperial designs, and have produced a helmet variant that incorporates the superior sensor suite found in MkVI Corvus pattern armour.

=Raven Guard 5th Company 'The Watchful'=
The Raven Guard Fifth company, also known at The Watchful, is a Battle Company, however the Raven Guard do not strictly adhere to [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Codex_Astartes Codex Astartes] disposition of their troops. Additionally at the time of the Samalut Campaign, the Fifth was still under strength. The Company relied heavily on it's Scouts, and fielded enough aircraft and jump packs that the entire company was air-mobile during the Campaign.
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==Known Members during the Samalut Campaign==
*Shadow Captain Yiraka - Commander of the 5th, often seen leading the Vanguard Veterans 'The Unkindness'.
*Lieutenant Nykona - Battle Lieutenant.
*Lieutenant Colfaen - Intelligence and Strategy Lieutenant.
*Chaplain Bran the Blessed - Spiritual Leader, often seen leading the Assualt Marines.
*Librarian Nironen - Defeated the deamon known as Baraqiel on [[Samalut IX]] alongside Blood Angel Librarial Gabriel.
*Veteran Sergeant Maun - Leader of the Sternguard Veterans, best soldiers in the 5th.
*Sergeant Khira - Leader of the Scouts. Personally responsible for the rescue and return of Planetary Governor Suhaniya Singhe on Samalut IX.
*Techmarine Jadyr
*Apothecary Kolyk

==Primaris in the 5th Company==
The 5th company is ever observant and does not rush to action. In the wake of the Samalut IX campaign, the 5th Company returned to the Ravenspire for repairs, to inter their heroic dead, and to collect reinforcements. Many of those reinforcements came in the form of Primaris Marines, bringing the 5th company up to a full fighting strength of 100 full Astartes Battle Brothers, plus support staff, for the first time in living memory. Nevertheless Shadow Captain Yiraka was cautious of these new Primaris Marines and wished to see them performing on their own for a fully independent assessment, without the support of the more experienced Firstborn.

Primaris Librarian Aethon was selected to lead this Strike Force, however Firstborn Lieutenant Colfaen, who had followed Shadow Master Shrike’s example in crossing the Rubicon Primaris, joined them to assist and also observe. As the 5th Company returned to the Segmentum Pacificus, Strike Force Aethon would be one of several subformations operating independently, only coming back together when Shadow Captain Yiraka requires the full force of his Company in one place.

==Strike Force Aethon==
Strike Force Aethon had a fairly loose remit. As ever the Raven Guard deploy as and where they see fit, often preferring to go to the aid of the alone and the abandoned, rather than joining larger ongoing conflicts. One target Aethon had identified was the Pheraean Rift in the Eridani Sector, where increasing losses of smaller stations and colonies seemed to have gone largely unaddressed by local Imperial commanders. Aethon was also keen to visit Samalut IX, if the tides of war allow, to see for himself the most recent major victory of the 5th and ensure the efforts of the Chapter were not being wasted by the current Imperial Guard forces who have taken over, as well as look into some of the information he learned from Librarian Nironen.

During their investigations into the Pheraean Rift and the Necrons therein they have been joined by [[Inquisitor Michael]], although draws on his time are many and he comes and goes.

Over time, Strike Force Aethon proved the value of Primaris Marines to the Chapter, and reinforcments have come in the form of more former Unnumbered Sons, newly indoctrinated Primaris initiates and increasingly veteran firstborn marines that have crossed the Rubricon Primaris as the proceedure has become safer and more reliable. With the defeat of the Necrons on [[Xise Yuan]] the Strike Force was folded back into the bulk of the 5th Company and under the direct command of Shadow Captain Yiraka.

==Mission logs:==
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

==Key Members==
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[[File:Shadow Captain Yiraka.jpg|400x200px|right]]
===Shadow Captain Yiraka===
[[File:Captain Yiraka.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Shadow Captain Yiraka commands the Raven Guard 5th Company "The Watchful" and embodies their ideals. He is patient and watchful. He preffers to gather as much information as possible before he acts. In conversation with others he often holds back his council in silence and lets the conversation play out, only interjecting when he feels it necessary and prudent. Under his leadership the 5th Company gather information in silence and secrecy and reveal themselves only when they are ready to strike. Depsite that, his experience during the [[Samalut campaign]] with the Blood Angels has shown him the value of overt heroism, as well as the cost, and he is perfectly capable of adapting to the situation as required.
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===Librarian Nironen===
[[File:Librarian Nironen.jpg|400x120px|left]]
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===Librarian Aethon===
[[File:Librarian Aethon.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Aethon has no memories from before he awoke in the bowels of the Zar-Quaesitor. He has theorised that either he has received a complete mind-wipe, perhaps related to his nature as a powerful psyker, or he was created artificially in a vat. He came into the galaxy with no name but the designation 07-395-2801, and no history but the genetic legacy of his gene-father Corax. Whilst he may not be a true son of Deliverance, the Raven Guard are his entire identity and he is determined to live up to their legacy.

From the moment of his emergence from stasis, the pressure has been on and expectations have been high. During his time amongst the Unnumbered Sons of the Indomitus Crusade, he often felt he was not up to standard, his psychic gifts being far more ephemeral and less overt than the battle psykers of other chapters. This drove him to work even harder to live up to what he felt was expected of him and prove his worth. When he finally joined the Raven Guard, who appreciated his more subtle gifts, he found acceptance at last. They, in turn, received a Librarian that had driven himself to achieve far more than they would have expected in such a short time.

Adapting to the Raven Guard methods of warfare was like a homecoming for Aethon, and it was not long before he rose to the rank of Codicier. When Shadow Captain Yiraka drew up his plans for integrating the Primaris into the 5th he personally petitioned Shadow Master Shrike for Aethon to be assigned to his Company. Aethon was granted command of several dozen of his Primaris Brothers and dispatched to lead an independent Strike Force and prove the value of the Primaris Marines to the 5th Company.
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===Chaplain Moradus===
[[File:Chaplain Moradus.jpg|400x120px|left]]
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===Apothecary Orlos===
[[File:Apothecary Orlos.jpg|400x120px|left]]
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===Former Lieutenant Colfaen===
[[File:Lieutenant Colfaen.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Colfaen was promoted to Lieutenant from being the Sergeant of a Devastator squad, intended as a more calm and strategic counterbalance to Lieutenant Nykona’s aggression. During the Samalut campaign he spent much of his time aboard the Strike Cruiser Sable Sword organising logistics, redeployments and reserve forces. His work was vital to the cause and helped secure the ultimate victory, but he did not personally see combat during the entire campaign. He has also acted as spymaster for the 5th, although in this role he has occasionally been more hands-on.

When the 5th Company returned to Deliverance for resupply and repairs, they learned that they would be receiving Primaris reinforcements, and that Shadow Master Shrike had undergone the procedure to cross the Rubicon Primaris. Colfaen, concerned that he was becoming more of an administrator than a warrior, volunteered to undergo the procedure himself. Nykona also volunteered, however Shadow Captain Yiraka was not unaware of what he had asked of Colfaen during the Samalut campaign, and chose Colfaen to be the only member of the 5th Company command staff to undergo the risky procedure at that time.

Colfaen was assigned to Strike Force Aethon as the sole Firstborn veteran of a force entirely composed of Primaris Marines that were either awoken from Cawl’s vaults or recently inducted since the Indomitus crusade. Librarian Aethon lead the force, and Colfaen was present acting as both adviser and observer. This role frees him of the strategic command responsibilities he bore during the Samalut campaign and he was better able to engage in combat directly.

He quickly developed a reputation amogst the strike force for reckless heroics and resilience, repeatedly throwing himself into danger to preotect his troops. Aethon began to fear he may be showing signs of the onset of the [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard#The_Sable_Brand Sable Brand]. During a chance encounter with the hated [[Alpha Legion]], Colfaen was mortally wounded, however Apothecary Orlos was able to inter him in the sarcophegus of a Dreadnought, from whench he can continue to serve the Chapter.
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===Squad Kasz - Infiltrators===
[[File:Squad Kasz.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Kasz is a competent Sergeant and has adapted well to the Raven Guard manner of warfare, but privately he struggles with his hypno-indoctrinated Intercessor training conflicting with his later learned infiltration skills. On one occasion this nearly cost him his life, but he keeps a tight grip upon it. It has left him a careful and conservative leader.

Helix Adept Orevis is on the path to becoming a fully fledged Apothecary, and at the start of the task force's deployment he acted as the medic for the entire Strike Force.
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===Squad Ordaris - Infiltrators===
[[File:Infiltrators.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Odaris is particularly adept in stealth and infiltration, and his unit is normally the first picked for scouting and flanking assignments. He was born in Kiavahr not long after the Great Scouring and volunteered for service with the XIXth Legion, however Cawl’s minions whisked him away for the Primaris project. His joining the Raven Guard chapter is the fulfillment of his destiny ten thousand years delayed.

Brother Shykos is the lead signals operator for the squad. Due to his squad often being deployed away from the rest of the Strike Force he is particularly experienced. When not deployed with his squad he tends to act as lead signalman for the entire Strike Force. The Techmarines of the chapter have their eyes on him for his technical prowess, however Lieutenant Colfaen is also considering him for a command promotion. This may be jeopardised however as the Squad suffered from battle fatigue after being isolated and assaulted by a massive Necron fighting automaton that they lacked any suitable weapons to combat.
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===Squad Klyvorn - Incursors===
[[File:Squad Klyvorn.jpg|400x180px|left]]
Squad Klyvorn epitomise the nature of the 5th Company. Careful and watchful, they focus on gathering and sharing intelligence over direct conflict.

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===Squad Phryn - Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Phryn Full.jpg|400x200px|left]]
Squad Phyrn is one of the first squads of Indoctrinated to make it into the battle companies of the Raven Guard. As newly created Primaris Marines they are distinct from the Firstborn, but neither do they share the camaraderie and history of the Awoken, who rose from Cawl’s cryo chambers and fought together in the Indomitus Crusade as Unumbered Sons before joining the Raven Guard. Squad Phyrn are different from all their brothers in the 5th, and the least experienced, but they were determined to prove themselves and earn their place. Having assassinated a Necron overlord in melee, and fought in many of the most brutal encounters of the campaign, they have earned Bladesman's honours and become grizzled veterans respected by their peers. Sergeant Phryn in particular has formed a personal relationship with Inquisitor Michael, having shared quite a few adventures together, and has even corresponded with [[Inquisitor Lear]].
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===Squad Vykus - Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Vykus.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Sergeant Vykus is an up and coming dualist. Whilst he is most skilled with a sword, he prefers his squad to primarily be armed with bolt rifles as he finds Assault Intercessors to be something of a simple blunt instrument and favours the tactical application of ranged firepower.
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===Squad Qeld - Heavy Intercessors===
[[File:Squad Qeld.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Off the battlefield Sergeant Qeld is a keen musician, renowned across the chapter for his skill and subtlety with an Eigenharp. On the battlefield he favours the brutal straightforward approach of Gravis Armour and Hellstorm Bolt Rifle. As such he is most heavily used as the ambushing force that his lighter Phobos armoured brethren draw their enemies into.
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===Brother Draevus - Redemptor Dreadnought===
[[File:Brother Draevus.jpg|300x300px|left]]
Brother Draevus was critically wounded in the Indomitus Crusade whilst serving the Unnumbered Sons as a Lieutenant. When the remaining Unnumbered Sons were split up and assigned to Chapters of their lineage, he was sent to the Raven Guard who accepted and honoured the fallen hero and transferred him into their stasis vaults alongside the other Dreadnoughts of the chapter.

Despite being relatively young amongst Dreadnoughts, Draevus is the oldest Primaris Marine to be interred and as such the newer Primaris Marines direct respect and honour towards him that he feels is more appropriate for a much older venerable Dreadnought. Nevertheless, as an experienced Lieutenant he is aware of the motivational effect of such an icon and tries to strike a balance of humility and inspiration.
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===Squad Aevar - Vanguard===
[[File:Squad Aevar.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Trained initially as Reivers, when the Greyshields of Squad Aevar were assigned to the Raven Guard they excelled in adopting the fighting style of their new Chapter. Equipped with Shrike pattern jump packs designed and built in the forges of Kiavahr, and Necromunda pattern collapsable storm shields, they are depended upon to go wherever they must to achieve their goals and survive.
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===Squad Estavo - Bladeguard===
[[File:Squad Estavo.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Elite veterans of the first company "Blackwings", Squad Estavo lend their strenght and experience to the 5th Company. But occasionally they must return to Deliverance and take thier turn guarding the Ravenspire’s forbidden Apothecarion on Farmoon Night.
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===Squad Slyte - Aggressors===
[[File:Squad Slyte.jpg|400x150px|left]]
Sergeant Slyte is a solid and dependable leader, but not imaginative when it comes to tactics. His unit largely avoids this issue by deploying in Gravis armour armed with flamers and power fists, an extremely blunt approach. Generally his commander simply points him where to deploy and the rest works itself out.
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===Squad Strekys - Reivers===
[[File:Squad Strekys.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Strekys took well to his Reiver training, and performed admirably in the role during the Indomitus crusade. When the Unnumbered Sons were united with the Raven Guard there was friction between the Chapter and the Reiver squads. One of Corax’s first acts as Primarch was to turn his legion away from the terror tactics Horus has been using them for. In time the Reivers adapted to the ways of their chapter, however Sergeant Strekys still sometimes skirts close to the line.
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===Squad Drysk - Supressors===
[[File:Squad Drysk.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Drysk is the antithesis of Sergeant Strekys. Starting out as a Reiver drop trooper he took well to the change to Raven Guard tactics. A smart tactical thinker, he is often trusted to drop into a battle as and when he deems it right, and do whatever is necessary to secure victory. This was soon recognised when he was awarded [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Crux_Terminatus Terminator Honours] in the battle of First Contact on [[Xise Yuan]].
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===Squad Saserys - Eliminators===
[[File:Squad Saserys.jpg|400x120px|left]]
No Raven Guard can reach the rank of sergeant without strong skills in both stealth and patience, and Saserys is definitely excellent in these areas, but his outstanding talent as an Eliminator is his ability to predict the movements of the enemy. A strong support unit, they have become somewhat grizzled.
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===Squad Rescydic - Eliminators===
[[File:Squad Rescydic.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Sergeant Rescydic is, bluntly, a big game hunter. His passion is tracking and killing the biggest nastiest threats he can find.
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===Squad Kraephen - Eradicators===
[[File:Squad Kraephen.jpg|400x120px|left]]
Whilst he is as versatile as any initiate of the Raven Guard, Kraephen’s defining traits are patience and stubbornness. As such he is well suited to his role leading the Eradicators. Wearing Gravis armour and carrying heavy weaponry, Squad Kraephen is often found in an ambushing force, a brutal surprise waiting for whatever prey their more mobile Brothers to lure into their sights. This was proven when they ambushed and destroyed a dangerous unit of Destroyers, earning them Marksman's Honours.
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===Squad Tyrvus - Hellblasters===
[[File:Squad Tyrvus.jpg|400x120px|left]]
The first reinforcements to reach Task Force Aethon, Squad Tyrvus comes from the 9th Company fire support reserves. Unlike the majority of Task Force Aethon, they are newly created Primaris Marines on Deliverance, not veterans of the Indomitus Crusade. In their first battle they were decisive and heroic, charging into melee combat to keep the enemy from their fallen Brothers. Due to this heroism Sergeant Tyrvus was granted Terminator Honours.
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===Gontrand - Storm Speeder Hammerstrike===
[[File:Storm Speeder Hammerstrike.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Providing some fast moving heavy firepower for rapid strike actions and highly available support fire, the Storm Speeder Gontrand is short ranged but hard hitting.
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===Badb - Storm Speeder Thunderstrike===
[[File:Storm Speeder Thunderstrike.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Badb is less heavily armed than Gontrand, its role on the battlefield is of support and precision strikes.
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===The Morrígan - Gladiator Lancer===
[[File:Gladiator Lancer.jpg|350x350px|left]]
Raven Guard traditonally made limited use of tanks, not typically being suited to their style of warefare, however with the new vehicle designs being produced by Cawl that had the ability to be air-dropped, they have started to make more use of them. The Morrígan acts more like a sniper than a battle tank, being dropped in to appear fomr unexpected quarters, eliminate it's target with precision strikes, then fade away.

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=Raven Guard Actions in Achernar and Eridani=
See also: [[:Category: Raven Guard Missions]], [[:Category: Raven Guard Conflicts]]
*[[The Samalut IX Campaign]]
*[[Purging the Tethytheria]]
*[[Raven Strategems]]
*[[The Stillness of the Rift]]
*[[Season of Fire]]
*[[Uninvited Guests]]
*[[Hunt of the Ravens]]

[[Category: Crusade Forces]] [[Category: Adeptus Astartes]] [[Category: Raven Guard]]

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2025-02-10T19:00:56Z

Tom:

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2025-02-10T18:57:57Z

Tom:

2024-11-15T18:29:15Z

Tom:

[[Inquisitor Drake]] requests a team acquire a book at a his class auction. [[Oskar Sorakin]], [[Hana Modrak]], [[Acid]], [[Benedikt Kantner]], [[Maddox Kirriad]] respond, acquire the book and then deal with the fallout, namely Oskar’s sister being kidnapped.

=Briefing=
+++TO: Obelisk<br />
+++FROM: Inquisitor Eidan Drake<br />
+++PRIORITY: IMMEDIATE<br />
+++SUBJECT: Auction

Dear whoever's in right now,

Team Trojan is out in Machadon working on a case involving House Damashima's shipping business. Lovely weather here in Corvellum; please see the insufferably smug group photo attached.

We've just learned that House Damashima is hosting an auction at their mansion in Sejanus. Rare goods and antiques, largely irrelevant to us. I think, however, that they’re planning to sell a copy of a very old text called Trice’s Glossary, which I grant you doesn’t sound particularly exciting, but which is far too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands. The trouble is, if you march into the auction and lock it down using Inquisitorial authority, you’ll compromise our operation here in Machadon. I need you to pose as buyers; you’ll need to cobble together some sort of cover story and make sure it holds together if they try to verify your credentials.

Primary objective is to acquire the text. Secondary objectives are to take note of who bids on it, and try and work out if they understand what they’re buying. Most of these up-spire fools might just be bidding for it because it’ll be old and rare, and we don’t want to arrest important people for no reason; that could impact the sector’s political stability. Just note down suspects you’re genuinely concerned about, and my team will handle them when we return.

So far as I know, the Glossary is one of the most extensive intact lists of terms from the Ur-tongue, and contains extensive discussion on the subject. If you don’t know what the Ur-Tongue is, look it up. I’m not discussing it here, even over a secure encryption. Lord Damashina is currently here on Machadon and has, I think, made a copy of the book, but stands to make a huge amount of money by selling the original.

By the time you get this it may only be hours before the auction, and I’m sorry to put you - whoever you are - in such a rushed position. Trust me when I say the stakes of ruining operational secrecy here on Machadon are even higher than the stakes of letting this book be purchased by an unknown buyer.

Emperor go with you.

Sincerely,<br />
Drake

+++MESSAGE ENDS

=The Mission=
The team split into two groups, with Acid in reserve piloting a servo-skull. With some difficulty, they managed to acquire the book and identify the other most interested parties; and agent of House Availanti, and [[Sana Queln]], a cousin of [[House Queln]]. Unfortunately this came at the cost of most of House Sorakin’s liquid assets.

Sometime later, the main residence of House Sorakin was raided by extremely competent mercenaries, who searched the library and vault, failed to find the book (which was safely secured in the [[Obelisk]]) and kidnapped Oskar’s eldest sister Sovel Sorakin. Lady Sorakin called Oskar who asked the other Agents to assist him in recovering her.

The Agents rescued Sovel from the mercenaries and traced the client, Sana Queln, catching her as she fled the system. With a thorough interrogation it was discovered that she had been trying to acquire the book in order to impress the main House Queln and be permitted to join in their heretical activities. This testimony very thoroughly confirmed the somewhat suspect information that had been acquired during [[The Heresy Of Bastian Queln]].

=Aftermath=
Oskar spent a long time feeling guilty for financially ruining his family in service to the Inquisition, and then even moreso when his sister was kidnapped. Fortunately later Drake went some way to helping solve this problem.

=Communications=
+++TO: Interrogator Maximus Drent<br />
+++FROM: A(|D<br />
+++SUBJECT: Who's the boss?

Hey, shit-for-brains, when you went galivanting off and left me at the Obelisk did you intentionally leave me in charge or did it not even fucking occur to you? To put it another way, are you a fucking bastard of a fucking idiot?

Oskar came up with a mission and obviously as it was his mission he was in charge, but he was a bit wet about the whole thing and Hana, angel of grace and mercy that she is, wrote to Drake about it, who writes back and says ''I'm'' in charge by dint of time served. In case you somehow failed to notice, I am ''not'' a leader. I’m barely even a field agent, I normally sit in the truck and do the tech work with very occasional moments of mech-based ultra-violence.

So did you intentionally leave me, someone manifestly unqualified, in charge of the fucking fortress of the Inquisition, or did you in fact not even think about who was going to represent to Holy Ordos when you fucked off? Seems like the sort of thing an Interrogator should probably be considering.

I’m not a grass like Hana, so I’m not gonna bitch to Michael about it, but Amon knows, obviously, so don’t be surprised if you don’t get many cookies for a while.

With all due respect to Your Lordship Interrogator Drent, kindly do one.

Acid

P.S. If you don’t get your arse back here to relieve me as soon as your mission can possibly allow, I am going to add you to the blacklist of every pub and eatery in the whole Emperor-forsaken hive.

+++MESSAGE ENDS
----
+++TO: A(|D<br />
+++FROM: Interrogator Maximus Drent<br />
+++SUBJECT: Re: Who's the boss?

So I’m sensing some hostility, however, yes. I did.

Vandemaar needed a scummy type with xeno experience to go undercover, it was between me and you, and I wasn’t sending you. You’ve been doing this just as long as me and you’ve got your shit together. You don’t like leading but that doesn’t mean in a pinch that you don’t know how to do it, dipshit esteemed colleague. This was a pinch.

Did I foresee Oskar’s sister getting kidnapped? Evidently not.

Will I bear your hatred of command in mind for the future? Sure.

Would I make the same decision again between leaving you in the Obelisk or sending you undercover? You bet your fucking ass.

Vandemaar should be done with me in a week or so, if you’re still pissed then you can smack me in person (stepladders permitting), but I maintain you’re an effective (albeit ragey) little shit who I trust to know what she’s doing and apparently you got the job done.

Also: don’t hold a man’s biscuits to ransom. What kind of sicko are you?

Cordially,

His Lordship Interrogator Drent

P.S. Who calls them eateries?

+++MESSAGE ENDS
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+++TO: Interrogator Maximus Drent<br />
+++FROM: A(|D<br />
+++SUBJECT: Re: Who's the boss?

Oh, you did, did you? And did you also consider it might be important to ''fucking tell me''?! Now ''I'' look like a prick to Drake because apparently everyone but me knew I was supposed to be in charge.

I have ''not'' been doing this just as long as you, I happen to know Michael wasn't even an Inquisitor back when you joined! And also, length of service is a stupid metric to go on. I may have my shit together (mostly), and do basically know the ropes, and I don't even mind leading a fire team or whatever, but actual leadership in the Inquisition boils down to making the hard decisions about who lives and who dies. It’s a life of trolley problems Max, that’s what you’ve signed up for, and that’s not me.

Do you remember Sematin? He was a Techpriest aboard the Pollaster. I had to vent him into space to save all our lives. He was a dead man anyway, it was just a matter of time and a question of if we'd go with him, but I couldn't do it. If Ash hadn’t been there shouting at me then you, me and Ash would all be dead now, or worse.

I'm a tool Max, a really incredibly useful and multi-talented tool. I don't make the big decisions, I can't, it's not me. I'm glad people like you and Ash and Michael can, but I can't. It's not that I can't do the maths and understand the optimal option, I just… can't make that choice. It’s not about what I like, it's about me getting everyone killed.

Anyway, I'm not holding your biscuits to ransom, I'm just telling you that it’s a standard pattern that people who upset me get fewer treats from Amon. I don’t make the rules, I just think it's ''only fucking polite'' to tell people about those rules when they are directly affected by them.

P.S. Educated people call them eateries Max, it's a generic term that covers all the places where you can eat food.

+++MESSAGE ENDS
----
+++TO: A(|D<br />
+++FROM: Interrogator Maximus Drent<br />
+++SUBJECT: Re: Who's the boss?

Yes, I remember what happened to Sematin. I was there.

I know why you don't want to lead. I'm not saying I'm going to leave you in charge all the time, or fuck off at every available opportunity. It was an emergency and I made a choice. I told you I was leaving, and that you were the most senior (and incredibly useful and multi-talented) agent. Seniority doesn't automatically mean you're in charge. If it did, Gaius would be running everything. Or that really crusty servitor on floor 22. It's whoever’s best for the job. In this case, it sounds like you were, but it won't always be. I trusted you guys to make a judgement call.

If I didn't make it clear that meant you might have to take charge should something come up, then I'm sorry: that's on me. But I stand by the decision.

Tell Michael, if you really feel I fucked up (he'll get the report saying I left anyway).

Or tell me when I get back.

Or both.

P.S. Barely. I knew Michael as an Interrogator for all of about five minutes before he got raised to Inquisitor. Obelisk wise, there's a couple of months between you and me at best.

+++MESSAGE ENDS
----
Oskar paused outside Drake’s office, wiping already-sweaty palms on his jacket in an effort not to seem quite as much of a nervous wreck as he currently was.

He closed his eyes for a moment, breathed out slowly, reached into one pocket to touch the snack bar he kept there, secure in its silver foil. His heartbeat started to slow. You’ll be fine, he told himself. You’ll be fine. You’ll be fine.

He pulled his hand from his pocket, and opened his eyes. He was fine. He was fine. Or at least - he might be on the way to it.

His knock was answered with a “Come in,” and Oskar pushed the door open with a timid smile. “Inquisitor,” he murmured.

The place looked tidier than when he’d seen it last, papers and detritus in some sort of order. Oskar allowed himself to be ushered towards armchairs in the corner of the room, and took a seat. “Thank you. I - um - I wanted to discuss the mission. That I just went on. With the others.”

Drake raised an eyebrow. ‘I read the post-incident reports. I've no idea what it's like to have a close relative involved in something like that, but I imagine it was rather dreadful. I'm also stunned that you were in operational control during the early stages, even considering the lack of leadership experience among the other agents present. One would like to think colleagues would know when it's time for them to step up in such circumstances. Rest assured we'll be a lot more careful about having experienced team leaders running the Obelisk skeleton crew in future, with backups and hookers and some sort of card game.’

“It wasn’t their fault,” Oskar said immediately, shaking his head. “I should have been more - well - assertive. If someone brought my sister into the infirmary and told me to operate on her, I’d say no. I should have realised that this was essentially the same thing.”

‘Indeed,’ Drake said. ‘Well, now you know. And how are your family?’

He swallowed. “My family. Um. That was actually what I was hoping to talk to you about. Actually. They’re...” Oskar took a deep breath, tried to ignore the little voice in his head which sounded a lot like his sister Savell: you’ve ruined house Sorakin. “They’re in a spot of trouble. Financial trouble. Because of me.”

He could breathe a little easier, now that he’d actually said it. “And I was thinking about what I could do to help them. The only thing to do, really, is to pay back the money. And to do that, I need to come into some rather extraordinary money myself.” He bit his lip. “So. I was wondering.

“I spoke to an old friend of mine in the navy. He says there’s a list of pirate vessels with huge bounties on them. There’s one, the Inglorious, which would more than pay back my family - there would be some left for the Obelisk coffers, too.” Oskar looked over at Drake with a hopeful half-smile. “So I was wondering if...if you could spare anyone to help me hire some mercenaries and go after it.”

‘Well. It's not an Inquisition job, so I can't officially sanction an operation or order anyone into danger for this. There are however people on this ship with large guns and, I imagine, limited fondness for pirates. If you were to send out a ship-wide message asking for volunteers, I wouldn't stop them going.’

“Thank you.” The words rushed out in relief. Oskar nodded, unable to keep a grin from briefly flashing across his face. “Thank you, Inquisitor. Thank you. This means a lot. I’ll - I’ll go and do that now. Thank you.” He left the room as quickly as he could without (he hoped) being too rude, and jogged all the way to his quarters.

-

''Dear all. Oskar here. As you may know, I got my family into some rather dire financial straits on a mission for the Inquisition. The best way I can find to pay them back is to kill some pirates. I’m hoping to hire some mercenaries for this. If anyone on the Trojan would be able to help, I would be hugely grateful.''

''Pros: killing pirates, helping my family avoid insolvency.''

''Cons: potential danger of killing aforementioned pirates.''

''If you’d like to come, please meet me in the shuttle bay at 12:00, where we can form some sort of plan and take the shuttle.''

''Thank you.''

''Os.''

-

At 11:50, Oskar made his way to the shuttle bay. He placed a hand on the panel, sending up a quick prayer to the Emperor - and when the door slid back, he blinked.

Inquisitor Drake was there. Captain Janacek, too.

Oskar opened his mouth to say something intelligent like what? - but then the door opened behind him, and he spun around. People began to file in.

Nadiya, then Míra and Jentiva. Petersen, Jørgensen and the rest of the Stohlbard cohort. Mendoza turned up and was quietly ushered away by one of the dragoons.Magos Valdarius arrived having rather prematurely donned his power armour. Airi turned up, having clearly been uncertain, but latterly convinced by the presence of Jentiva and Nadiya. Berk lumbered in, keen to be helpful. Finally, indifferent to Oskar’s plight but having caught wind of a good scrap, Hana showed herself in.

Fifteen minutes after the appointed time, there was assembled in the Trojan’s shuttle bay a force that had fought and won against entire squads of Heretic Astartes. They would be borne by a ship that outclassed the Inglorious in both speed and firepower. The question of whether or not they could commandeer the target had now passed so far beyond the realm of uncertainty that the very notion of hiring mercenaries was redundant.

Captain Janacek gave Oskar the hint of a smile, a gleam in her eye. “You won’t be needing that shuttle, Doctor.”

=Personnel Involved=

*[[Inquisitor Drake]]
*[[Oskar Sorakin]]
*[[Hana Modrak]]
*[[Acid]]
*[[Benedikt Kantner]]
*[[Maddox Kirriad]]

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