At this time, Kiavahr was a technologically advanced Forge World, providing its city-sized manufactoria with minerals extracted from the non-atmospheric moon by legions of mine slaves. Corax was eventually discovered in a lightless chamber far beneath the surface of a barren moon called Lycaeus, the desolated but inhabitable moon of the planet Kiavahr. The Chaos Gods snatched the infant Primarch's gestation chamber and flung it through the Warp half-way across the galaxy. 1.2.4 The Scouring of the Scalland SectorĪn ancient Remembrancer sketch from Carpinius' Speculum Historiale depicting Primarch Corvus Corax.Ĭorax was separated from the Emperor while still an infant in the Emperor's gene-laboratory beneath the Himalazian (Himalaya) Mountains on Terra by the Ruinous Powers of Chaos.His current whereabouts and status remain unknown to his Chapter and the Imperium. In the wake of the Horus Heresy, Corax vanished into the Eye of Terror in search of penance for his shame. The repercussions of those actions came back to haunt him, leading Corax to eventually grant the Emperor's Peace to all the twisted, mutant spawn who emerged as the result of his experiments. With the Emperor's permission, he and his Astartes delved deep beneath the Imperial Palace to recover the advanced genetics knowledge that the Emperor had used to create the Primarchs.Ĭorax then made use of these techniques and a recovered, undifferentiated Primarch genetic template to accelerate the development of new Raven Guard Astartes. Though few even amongst his sons know of it, Corax is blessed with the ability to pass unnoticed should he will it, this preternatural ability allowing him to slip from the perception of his enemies even when he was in plain view.Īfter the near-destruction of his XIX th Legion during the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V at the start of the Horus Heresy, Corax was desperate to rebuild his Legion. The latter was carried as a reminder of the cruelty enacted upon the people of Lycaeus by the tyrannical guild of Kiavahr and with it countless enemies have been laid low. Like most of the Primarchs, Corax was blessed with an extensive armoury of artificer-wrought weapons, but he most often bore to war a pair of metre-long Lightning Claws and a coiled whip at his belt. His sable armour was edged with fine, golden figures and upon his back was mounted a Jetpack formed into a pair of articulated pinions that he wielded as a murderous, blood-edged weapon of war. Most remarkable and unsettling were his eyes, which appeared as entirely black shards of solid shadow.
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His skin was alabaster white and he was possessed of shoulder length hair as black as the feathers of his namesake, the raven. Primarch Corvus Corax leading his Raven Guard Legion against the Traitor Legion of the World Eaters during the Horus HeresyĬorvus Corax, also known as "The Liberator," "The Deliverer," "The Raven-Lord," "Chooser of the Slain" and "The Shadowed Lord", is the currently missing primarch of the Raven Guard Chapter of Space Marines and its Successor Chapters.Ĭorax presented a striking countenance, at least when he wished to be seen. Corvus Corax, Axioms of the Legiones Astartes, Raven Guard Legion The First Axiom of Freedom is that justice without force is powerless force without justice is tyranny." The First Axiom of Stealth is to be other than where the enemy believes you to be. " The First Axiom of Victory is to be other than where the enemy desire you to be.