Knights of the Raven
Warcry	Unknown
Founding	Unknown
Successors of	Raven Guard
Successor Chapters	Unknown
Number	Unknown
Primarch	Corax
Chapter Master	Unknown
Homeworld	Coralax
Allegiance	Imperium of Man
Colours	Silver, Black, and White

The Knights of the Raven is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter. The Chapter was created from the rare gene-seed of the Raven Guard, though their Founding remains unknown. Due to many similarities with the Raven Guard, it has been debated whether they are actually a Second Founding Successor Chapter. The Chapter's homeworld is the planet Coralax.

Contents 1 Chapter History 1.1 Notable Campaigns 2 Chapter Appearance 2.1 Chapter Colours 2.2 Chapter Badge 3 Sources

Chapter HistoryEdit

The Knights of the Raven Space Marine Chapter is of an unknown founding. They are a Successor Chapter of the Raven Guard. For unknown reasons, the Knights of the Raven "came to blows" with Astartes from the Aurora Marines Chapter; the resulting conflict was apparently ended by Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines. In penance for shedding the blood of fellow Astartes, they are currently fighting a guerrilla war against the Tyranids of the remaining splinters of Hive Fleet Kraken.

Notable CampaignsEdit

• Jeghan Insurrection (Unknown Date.M41) - At the outset of the 41st Millennium the Imperial Hive World of Jeghan rose in revolt. The roots of the rebellion lay in resentment at what were felt to be excessive demands for tithed troops to fight in the campaigns being fought against the Great Tyrant of Jagga. These flames of resentment were fanned by subversive elements in the population, leading to outright rebellion. The Knights of the Raven Chapter acted quickly to crush the rebellion, which was quickly suppressed everywhere with the exception of Jeghan Hive Secundus. It was here that the rebellion had started, and where the rebels were strongest. The Knights of the Raven soon found themselves embroiled in a protracted siege against a tenacious and well dug-in foe. There are no records that establish who first developed the Hellstorm combined-fire tactic that was employed by the Knights of the Raven as part of this campaign. All that can be said with certainty is that it was an effective tactic that was quickly adopted by Land Raider Redeemer squadrons throughout the Chapter. The tactic relied on split-second timing to launch a simultaneous attack by all of the Flamestorm Cannons in the squadron against a single target point. The resulting inferno of fire was so intense that nothing was capable of withstanding it, no matter how well armoured or protected it might be. Within weeks of the tactic being developed Hive Secundus fell and the rebels capitulated.
• Zeist Campaign (999.M41) - The Zeist Campaign was a military conflict fought between the Imperium of Man and the Tau Empire, in the Zeist Sector of the Ultima Segmentum in early 999.M41. This campaign occurred during the Tau Empire's Third Sphere Expansion. This campaign ran concurrently with Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade and the assault on Imperial space by the Tyranids' Hive Fleet Leviathan. While the Imperium's military was heavily involved with preventing the breakout of the Forces of Chaos from the Cadian Gate on the other side of Imperial space, the Tau took advantage of this distraction to rapidly expand their territory. The Knights of the Raven contributed three companies to the Zeist Campaign against the Tau Empire, a war lead by 2nd Company Captain Cato Sicarius of the Ultramarines. With the victory of the Imperium, the Zeist Campaign marked the end of the Tau's Third Sphere Expansion.

Chapter AppearanceEdit

Chapter ColoursEdit

The Knights of the Raven's Power Armour is painted burnished silver with black trim, Aquila, and markings. The shoulder plate insets are white. The Chapter may follow the Raven Guard's custom of having the trim colour on the right shoulder plate indicate a specific company.

Chapter BadgeEdit

The Chapter badge is a black raven similar to the Raven Guard's own badge. The only difference is that it is black on white, not white on black

SourcesEdit

• Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), p. 48
• Insignium Astartes
• Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (5th Edition)
• Games Workshop Liber Apocalyptica - Forces of the Space Marines (Article)