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Homeworld

The Blood Ravens are a fleet-based chapter and have no official homeworld, living on board of several Battle Barges and Strike Cruisers instead. Their Fortress Monastery is the Battle Barge Omnis Arcanum. Also, many of the chapters' marines were born on the planet Cyrene but it was destroyed by an Exterminatus order issued by Brother-Captain Gabriel Angelos.

In the Dawn of War: Soulstorm campaign line, if played as the Space Marines (Blood Ravens) and win, the epilogue notes that they were given their own fortress-monastery on Kaurava II in the Lands of Solitude, renamed Borealum in honour of Brother-Captain Indrick Boreale, the force commander who led the five Blood Raven companies to victory.2

Beliefs

The Blood Ravens value information and knowledge greatly. They are known to seek out sites of lost artefacts and ancient significance to deny them to the enemy. The Blood Ravens rely heavily on their Librarians to keep the secret archives in order and compile new records, but just as important as their custodial tasks is their duty to seek out new information to bolster the archives and guide the Chapter in its quest for knowledge. Obviously Librarians are highly regarded within the chapter, and recruits are drawn from worlds with high numbers of psykers.

Geneseed

The Blood Raven geneseed seems to be stable, though the high proportion of psykers in the Blood Ravens ranks has resulted in more regular testing of the purity of their geneseed tithe. Thus far, there has been little evidence of mutation. There is, however, a slight mutation in the Catalepsean Node, which grants Blood Ravens perfect recall, but renders them unable to experience R.E.M. Sleep.

Organisation

The Blood Ravens follow the standard organization laid down in the Codex Astartes. Due to the higher proportion of Librarians within the Blood Ravens, it is not unknown for Librarians to lead companies into battle.

The higher echelons of command within the Blood Ravens reflect the high proportion of psykers within the Chapter and many of the Secret Masters of the Chapter are themselves psykers. These warriors obsessively study the ways of the enemy to better fight them.

Second Company

The Second Company, along with small elements from the other companies, engaged the Necrons army in a legendary battle beneath the Thur'Abis Plateau on Kronus. They emerged victorious after Captain Davian Thule successfully planted a bomb deep within the Necron catacombs, which detonated and collapsed the caverns on top of the still waking Necrons. In reference to this great victory, the Second Company later added the Necron skull to their heraldry and adopted the motto "Victory Over Death." 3 (confirmed in Dawn of War 2)

The Fated

The Blood Ravens 5th company is known as the 'Fated', and though the reasons for this are obscure, it may go back to an incident recorded in the annals of the Chapter's Librarium, but never spoken of openly. In M38 the entire 5th company was recorded as having been lost in the Warp, but the truth of the matter may be by far darker. It is whispered that one of the company Librarians was seduced by the lure of the ruinous powers, and turned his fellow brethren to Chaos. This notion is by and large dismissed by the Chapter today, but for unknown reasons the current members of the Blood Ravens 5th Company wear badges of redemption, penitence and shame upon their armour suits. None either will, or can, reveal the reasons for this.

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panzerwzh

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kamek0wnzj00

我不是这种人...真的......

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Index Astartes:Blood Ravens里写的比这个全

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stefan

我也来转一些，全部E文

Blood Ravens Origins in Warhammer 40,000
-As many of you know, most chapters that are official in 40k have maybe a short story, perhaps a few lines in a notable Campaign. Perhaps a single page on a GW website somewhere, chapters like the Celestial Lions, Raptors and more. The Blood Ravens did not appear in this way, instead they are unique in that they are the first Chapter to be designed for a video game. Dawn of War was the first attempt by GW to create a video game that actually did well. Dawn of War was a big hit in the gaming industry and the Blood Ravens led the way. The game (an RTS) featured four races, the Orks, Eldar, Chaos and Space Marines. The Blood Ravens taking center stage in the linear campaign. Not long after the game became popular a book was written, titled Dawn of War, which went more in depth into the events of the game. Now the Blood Ravens had a firm foothold in the fluff with a book and a game where they were the stars. It did not end there however, the expansion Dawn of War: Winter Assault once again put DoW on the map, this time adding the Imperial Guard as a playable race, the guard had been in DoW only as a few squads and tanks in a couple of the missions. Now they had an entire campaign for them, Chaos, Imperial Guard, Eldar and Orks had seperate but connected Campaigns in Winter Assault, detailing the vicious fighting on the benighted world Lorn V. The Space Marines involved were not the Blood Ravens however, they were the Ultramarines. Yes the boys in blue stole the lime light. This most certainly could not be allowed, the Blood Ravens taking it back in the book Dawn of War: Ascension, detailing what the Blood Ravens were up to during the events in the Lorn system.

If the story ended there the Blood Ravens would still have more fluff material than most other chapters in the universe. But it didn't, for the next expansion Dawn of War: Dark Crusade was the most advertised, and anticipated release yet. Adding the Necrons (who had made a minor appearance in Winter Assault) and the Tau the expansion now featured a map based campaign involving all 7 playable races. For the Space Marines race the Blood Ravens were back. This time led by the zealous Captain Davian Thule. But there cant be a Dawn of War game without a book and indeed the third book in the series Dawn of War: Tempest was not long in coming. However Tempest did not cover the events on Kronus, instead finishing the fighting on Lorn V. Perhaps there will be a fourth book in the series, if so the Blood Ravens will be one of the most detailed chapters in the 40k universe, perhaps even ousting the Ultramarines with the most written pages, if they don't already.

History (warning spoilers from BL books DoW, DoW: Ascension and DoW: Tempest)
-The Blood Ravens history is an odd mystery in the Imperium. The Chapter's history goes back to M.37 before suddenly cutting out almost completely. Though vague references and mentions of the Blood Ravens can be found in Imperial records prior to that date. However the records mentioned are either missing or locked away under an Inquisitorial Seal. The gaps in the records are so extensive that the chapter does not even know the Origins of its Gene Seed or their father Primarch. The fact that the Blood Ravens own records are lost along with those throughout the Inquisition from one side of the Galaxy to the other has dark indications. It suggests that a concerted effort from operatives within many Imperial Organizations including the Inquisition and the Blood Ravens worked together to eliminate almost all trace of the Blood Ravens past. Why this might have been is unknown but the event is known as the "un-founding" by the Blood Ravens. What is odder still is that records on the Blood Ravens were discovered on Eldar knowledge worlds hidden in the Eye of Terror and guarded by the enigmatic Harlequins themselves.

Some time n the Chapter's history during their early campaigns in the Gothic Sector the Chapter took immense losses to the forces of Chaos the Chapter Master and Master of Sancity fell covering the retreat of the Chapter's first company. With heavy cassualties and no strong replacements for the fallen Chapter Command, the Chief Librarian Azariah Vidya stepped forth and took command of the Chapter, becoming the first in the Blood Ravens to hold the duel mantle of Chapter Master and Chief Librarian. Known as the Great Father, Azariah Vidya used his psychic power and traditional methods to learn his enemies in minute detail and then launch devastating attacks against weak points in the enemy forces.

Azariah Vidya led the rebuilding of the Chapter after its losses and the current organization of the Blood Ravens has been influenced strongly by the teachings of the Great Father. The Blood Ravens will study their adversaries closely before launching precise attacks at key points. The Chapter also has one more distinct trait, it gathers and guards knowledge with great zeal. A tendency that catches the attention of some individuals in the Imperium, something that is not necessarily a good thing.

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The Tartarus Campaign
In the Blood Ravens recent history, five events stand out. Captain Gabriel Angelos of the 3rd Company, Commander of the Watch and commander of the Battle Barge the Litany of Fury and the Strike Cruiser the Ravenous Spirit. Gabriel uncovered a deep stain of taint on his home planet of Cyrene, one of the main recruiting planets for the chapter and was forced to call on the aid of the Inquisition to perform Exterminatus on the planet.

Shortly following the destruction of Cyrene, the 3rd Company went to aid the Imperial forces on the planet Tartarus, a strange planet in Imperial history. Over the course of the campaign the Blood Ravens uncoverd the planet's dark history, locating numerous sites of Chaos power and relics of the Eldar, left behind to aid future generations in continuing to battle the forces of Chaos trapped on the planet. Over the course of the fighting most of the population that was not evacuated fell to chaos, the rest falling to the Orks and very few escaping. For the Ork invasion had been only a diversion. A forcce of Traitor Marines from the Alpha Legion, led by the Chaos Lord Baal and the Sorcerer Sindri. Gabriel Angelos disregarded the warnings of the Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Mordicai Toth and continued to hunt down the hidden forces on the planet. Finally Gabriel discovered that a force of Eldar from Biel Tan had come to re-seal a powerful Daemon in a stone known as the Maledictum that had been hidden on the planet, underneath its capitol city. However the Blood Ravens broke the back of the Eldar forces, slaying the Avatar of Khain and killing many of the Eldar warriors. Despite their intervention Sindri managed to steal the Maledictum and its key from underneath the Imperial and Xenos forces.

Perhaps the most regretable event of the fighting on Cyrene was not the many battle brothers lost, but the treachery of Librarian Isador Akios, who had been an initiate with Gabriel became corrupted by the power of the Maledictum, and it was he who handed it over to Sindri, despite believing himself to be in control he had been manipulated by the Chaos Sorcerer from the begining, his treachery could not be forgiven and Isador proved the weaker when he was faced in personal combat by Gabriel Angelos.

At the conclusion of the Campaign, Gabriel shattered the Maledictum with a Daemonhammer forged from a shard of the Wailing Doom, the blade of the Biel Tan Avatar of Khaine. This only released the Daemon however, due to the amount of blood shed on the planet, which was in essence an alter for chaos. When the Daemon was released it hinted at a connection between itself and Inquisitor Toth. It would appear that the Inquisitor was not as pure as he seemed to be. However Gabriel was unable to pursue the matter further, having to escape the planet with the wounded and the single recruite taken from the planet, Storm Trooper Sergeant Ckrius. The young guardsmen had been taken under the wing of Terminator Sergeant Tanthius and despite being badly wounded in the fighting was taken aboard the Litany of Fury where he began the long and painful process of becoming a Space Marine. On Tartarus the Scout Sergeant Corallis suffered grevious injuries to the Eldar Warp Spiders, however he survived and returned to service bearing a number of Bionics.

The Rahe's Paradise Discovery
This was not the only event Captain Angelos was to take part in. The 9th Company took command of the Litany of Fury during the reclamation of the planet Lorn V where an Imperial Warlord Titan had been discovered. The Ultramarines took center stage in the fighting and the Imperial forces there showed great suspicion towards the Blood Ravens. A Chaos Lord of the World Eaters legion, servants of the Blood God of Khorn was defeated and the Ork Warlord Gorgutz escaped to later plague the Blood Ravens. Meanwhile Gabriel took the 3rd Company aboard the Rage of Erudition to the planet Rahe's Paradise, a recruitment world for the Blood Ravens where they kept a training outpost under the command of Father Librarian Jonas, an elder Librarian of the chapter who took the assignment to continue his hobby of archeology. For the Blood Ravens outpost had been built ontop of the ruins of an ancient astartes fortress. Jonas, working with elements of the Adepta Sororitas uncovered a great many relics underneath the monistary, including most surprisingly an Eldar artifact contained in a stone chest built by both Eldar and the Astartes. Such a thing led to strange indications of ties between the Astartes of Rahe's Paradise and the vile Eldar xenos.

On Rahe's Paradise Gabriel clashed with Farseer Macha, who had commanded the Biel Tan forces on Tartarus. For unbeknownst to Gabriel at the time, the planet was a Necron Tomb World. The Eldar had apparently aided the Astartes on the planet in centuries past and left them as its guards, only for the Astartes to have abandoned their outpost for some unknown reason later. Chaplain Prathios fell to the Eldar on Rahe's Paradise, however his wounds did not finish him, while grave he survived long enough to be interred in the sacred sarcophagi. However whether he will be interred within a Dreadnaught is as yet unknown. Despite the valiant attempts of the Eldar and the Blood Ravens the Necrons awoke, the fragile technologies of the Eldar that had been set to keep the Necrons in stasis failing with the death of a Dark Reaper frigate and the scattering of its malice filled Spirit Pool. The death of the Dark Reaper's Dragon Class warship was due to the Strike Cruisers the Rage of Erudition under command of Sergeant Saulh of the 9th Company and the Ravenous Spirit under command of Sergeant Kohath of the 3rd Company. Working together the Blood Ravens and Eldar managed to defeat the Necrons, but again taking heavy cassualties and forced to perform exterminatus on the planet. However once again Tanthius recovered a number of worthy initiates who had survived battle against the Eldar, rising from hidden tunnels in the desert to tear apart an Eldar skimmer with their bare hands. Leading them was a promissing young potential psyker named Varjak.

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The Necron Killer
Following these events the Blood Ravens 3rd Company, and even the 9th Company had suffered heavy losses. The 9th Company still waged battle over Lorn V as Gabriel made for the planet with the Ravenous Spirit. However before her ship was destroyed the Farseer Taldeer teleported herself abourd the Litany of Fury. Despite his instincts Captain Ulantus of the Blood Ravens 9th Company did not kill the Eldar but waited until Captain Angelos arrived. When Gabriel met with the wounded Farseer he did something highly unusual, Launching a Thunderhawk gunship in the warp, guided by Taldeer to reach a hidden Harlequin knowledge world.

During the trip through the warp to Lorn V the Litany of Fury was breached by a warp energy, defending the implantation chamber the 9th Companies three Librarians fought the warp entity. Librarian Rhamah was sucked into the warp to defend the implantation chamber. Librarians Zhaphel and Korinth watched Rhamah dissapear, but the Implantation chamber was safe, the gene-seed protected. However when Rhamah was sucked into the warp he had been deposited on the same world of Knowledge Gabriel was heading towards. Rhamah unknowingly carried a force sword forged from a piece of the broken blade of Vaul, the single flawed sword that led to the death of many Eldar heroes in the titanic battle between Khaine and the Necrontyr war hoste.

Ahriman of the Thousand Sons and his Prodigal Sons had gotten to the world first. Helping Rhamah, Ahriman hinted at a possible connection between the Blood Ravens and the Thousand Sons, even revealing a text bearing the Blood Ravens symbol in the library on the dead Eldar world. Despite this however Rhamah fell to a Harlequin solitair during a dance to reforge the blade of Vaul. Gabriel Angelos, Korinth, Zhaphel, Jonas and others of the Blood Ravens fought Ahriman on the Harlequin stage, not knowing that they were playing into the performance of the Harlequins. When the dance was completed Ahriman dissapeared through a portal he thought would lead to the Black Library, his ultimate destination and why he had come to the world, seeking a pathway there. Gabriel used another portal to reach the bridge of the Litany of Fury. Giving the re-forged Blade of Vaul to Farseer Macha, so she could use it to defeat the Necrons. Shortly after this event Ckrius finished his implantation, which had been almost completely successful. However the accelerated process caused his hands to mutate, but the chapter accepted that as a necessity to recover from their immense cassualties.

Campaign for Kronus
The last notable event in the Blood Ravens recent history was the campaign for the world of Kronus. The Blood Ravens uncovered artifacts of their past on the planet, in the frozen wastes of North Vandea. Under orders from the Chapter Master three companies were dispatched to cleanse the world. However after discovering a great Titan gun dating back to the Horus Heresy, General Lucas Alexander was named Governor Militant and ordered to take back the planet. This order clashed directly with the Blood Ravens and caused the two Imperial forces to clash in a bloody contest. Forces from the Word Bearer's Traitor Legion, Ork Warlord Gorgutz, the Tau forces under Shas'O Kais and Eldar under Farseer Taldeer were also present. The Blood Ravens forces were led by Captain Davian Thule of the 5th Company, and the Battle Barge the Litany of Fury was present as well. These facts suggest the events took place prior to Cyrene and Tartarus. The world also happened to be a Necron Tomb world. However due to the nature of these events the true outcome is not, as of yet, known.

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The Omnis Acranum
-The Omnis Arcanum is the flagship of the Blood Ravens fleet and where the primary Librarium of the chapter is located. However little more is known about the venerable ship.

Recruitment
-The Blood Ravens, like many fleet based chapters, recruits from a number of different worlds, however the class of worlds they recruit from is not limited, they draw initiates from feral worlds and hive worlds. The only similarity between the worlds is the higher volume of psykers they contain, leading to an increased number of Librarians in the chapter.

Librarians
-The Blood Ravens chapter has a much higher saturation of Librarians than most chapters. It is not uncommon for multiple Librarians to be attatched to companies, Librarians to be in charge of outposts and ships and even companies when necessary. The 1st Company of the Blood Ravens includes several squads made up entirely of Librarians, that are dispatched on only the most important missions. Though what these may be is unknown. The Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens also traditionally holds the duel role of Chapter Master and Chief Librarian, a tradition dating back to when the Great Father Azariah Vidya was the first to do so. Whatever the reason for such an increased number of Librarians, they are an integral part of the Chapter, for instance the 9th Company had no less than three Librarians attatched to it, though with Rhamah's death that number drops to two. Other Librarians of note in the Chapter are Isador Akios, former Librarian of the 3rd Company before turning traitor, Father Jonas previously stationed on the recruiting world of Rahe's Paradise and the two other 9th Company Librarians, Zhaphel and Korinth.

Inquisitorial Relations
-The Blood Ravens have an interesting relation with the Inquisition. Blood Ravens Librarians can be found in the Death Watch and the chapter appears to have close relations with the Grey Knights of the Ordo Malleus. It would appear that the all Psyker Grey Knights feel an affinity for the Blood Ravens and trust the chapter with knowledge of their existence. The Grey Knights attatched a task force to the Blood Ravens during the Kronus incident for reasons unknown. However due to the presence of the Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers Eliphas and his creation of a massive warp gate, the Grey Knights presence could only be expected, though it is interesting to note that the Grey Knights worked so closely with the Blood Ravens and not with the other Imperial forces on the planet, indeed the two came into conflict because of the unflinching and conflicting orders of Governor Militant Lucas Alexander and Captain Davian Thule.

Gabriel Angelos, Captain of the Blood Ravens 3rd Company also appears to be under Inquisitorial investigation after the events on Tartarus and suspicions around Inquisitor Mordicai Toth. The truth of those events that saw the entire planet fall to chaos and be exterminated are highly suspicious and it is unknown as to the Inquisition's position on the event. It does not help matters that Captain Angelos has encountered both the Necrons, Eldar and Chaos forces so often in recent times and even temporarily sided with the Eldar. What exactly Gabriel is up to, his mental state and whether his actions are in danger of bringing an Inquisitorial Purge on the chapter is as yet uncertain. However what is noteworthy is that the Blood Ravens forces on Kronus had a team of Grey Knights attatched to them during the campaign and Davian Thule was gifted with a Daemonhammer as well as a number of powerful Chapter relics for the campaign. Meaning it must have been highly important to the chapter. It is suspected that he died during the campaign.

Beliefs
-The Blood Ravens have a deep belief in the Emperor, more so than the average marine, perhaps because they do not know who their Father Primarch is. A common battle cry of the Chapter is: "for the unknown Primarch and the Emperor!" The Blood Ravens venerate knowledge and constantly seek it out and guard it. Their moto is "knowledge is power, guard it well," a maxim held firmly by all the Chapter's Librarians and central to the Chapter.

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Noteworthy Figures

Librarians

Great Father Azariah Vidya
-The first to hold the duel role of Chapter Master and Chief Librarian, it was Vidya who re-built the chapter after its near destruction and the un-founding.

Father Librarian Jonas
-An elder Librarian of the chapter, Jonas was stationed on Rahe's Paradise in command of the outpost there. Scouts freshly inducted into the chapter were stationed there in rotations to train before the world was revealed to be a Necron Tomb World. Jonas headed excavations underneath the outpost along with Sister Ptolmea of the Adepta Sororitas, uncovering an ancient Astartes fortress. Jonas has currently attatched himself to the 3rd Company under Captain Angelos and serves as a temporary replacement for the lost Isador Akios. His force weapon takes the form of a staff.

Librarian Isador Akios
-Former Librarian attatched to the 3rd Company, Isador had been a talented and extremely powerful warrior who served honorably until the 3rd Company arrived on the planet Tartarus. The Chaos Sorcerer Sindri of the Alpha Legion slowly manipulated Isador until he stole the Maledictum, a stone containing a trapped Daemon of great power, from his comrades. Isasdor was slain by Captain Gabriel Angelos soon thereafter. Isador's force staff was tipped with a spread winged raven with the stylised teardrop of the chapter.

Librarian Korinth
-Korinth is one of the Librarians attatched to the 9th Company. An intelligent and potent Librarian he was one of the Librarians in charge of the secret beacon aboard the Litany of Fury. His force weapon of choice is in the form of a staff. Temporarily attatched himself to the 3rd Company to investigate the loss of Rhamah.

Librarian Zhaphel
-Zhaphel served with Korinth and Rhamah in the 9th Company, but like Zhaphel attatched himself to the 3rd Company in search of his lost comrade. Zhaphel fights with a strange force axe and has even stranger eyes, one black, the other red. Like many Blood Raven Librarians he is a potent psyker and talented warrior.

Captains

Captain Trythos
-Captain of the Blood Ravens dating back to the last time Tartarus was ravaged, a thousand years prior to Captain Angelos' captaincy. Trythos served in the Death Watch team that recovered a fragment of the Biel Tan Avatar of Khaine's Wailing Doom on Tartarus. Working with Inquisitor Jhordine of the Ordo Xenos and Librarian Prothius of an unknown chapter. Trythos was mortally wounded serving the Death Watch and his dying body was returned to the Blood Ravens where it was interred into a Dreadnaught. Trythos then returned a thousand years later to Tartarus with the 3rd Company and fell in battle to the Eldar during that campaign.

Captain Gabriel Angelos
-Gabriel Angelos is the Captain of the Blood Ravens 3rd Company and also serves as the Master of the Watch. His ship is the Battle Barge the Litany of Fury, which is home to a secret beacon designed by Azariah Vidya himself, but its purpose is lost to the chapter. Gabriel is suspected to have latent psychic potential that could be brought out with training, but the Chapter Librarium decided against putting the pure hearted Angelos through the trials of becoming a Librarian. However Gabriel may yet have to do so as he has a strange connection to the Astronomican, perhaps enhanced by the secret power aboard his ship. Angelos has come under great scrutiny and suspicion regarding his most recent actions which include the performing of Exterminatus on no less than three planets, two of which were recruiting worlds for the Blood Ravens, and his rather strange and unorthodox, if temporary, alliances with the Eldar of Biel Tan, concerning the mysterious Farseer Macha.

Captain Ulantus
-Ulantus is the captain of the 9th Company and his company resides together with the 3rd Company on the Litany of Fury. Ulantus does not hide his doubts about Captain Angelos but he is too good a soldier to let them get in the way. Ulantus commanded the Battle Barge above the world of Lorn V and personally went to fight off the Necron forces who attempted a boarding action against the ship.

Captain Davian Thule
-Thule was the Captain of the 5th Company during the Kronus campaign, he was given overall command of the Blood Ravens forces and even had a task force of Grey Knights seconded to him. Thule had overall command of 3 companies including elements from the 1st Company. But his orders brought him into conflict with the Imperial Guard on Kronus. His ultimate fate is unknown.

Sergeants

Scout Sergeant Caleb
-Sergeant of the scouts assigned to the training and recruitment outpost on Rahe's Paradise under the command of Father Librarian Jonas. Caleb lost his men to the Eldar scouting for Sergeant Tanthius but Caleb managed to return and report the discovery.   

Scout Sergeant Coralis
-Sergeant in command of the scouts of the 3rd Company. Captain Angelos assigned him to his command squad directly from the scout squad. However during the fighting on Tartarus Coralis suffered terrible injuries at the hands of Warp Spider Aspect Warriors from the Biel Tan craftworld. However with Bionics to replace his damaged limbs and organs Coralis returned to service in a short ammount of time.

Terminator Sergeant Tanthius
-Tanthius is the sergeant of the Terminator squad attatched to the 3rd Company. Fiercly loyal to Gabriel, Tanthius is a stalwart leader in the company and a symbol of power around which his comrades rally in battle. It was Tanthius who led the charge many times in the fighting on Tartarus and Rahe's Paradise. Tanthius also managed to fight and defeat a powerful Dark Reaper Exarch in single combat. Scout Ckrius owes his initiation into the chapter to Tanthius who took a liking ot the young sergeant on Tartarus and made sure to keep the young guardsmen alive.

Sergeant Saulh
-Saulh is a trusted sergeant of the 9th Company. Who took the Strike Cruiser the Rage of Erudition to find out what was going on with Captain Angelos when he was delayed on Rahe's Paradise. Saulh commanded his ship in conjunction with the Ravenous Spirit in fighting the Dark Eldar Dragon Ship above Rahe's Paradise.

Sergeant Kohath
-Kohath has command of the Strike Cruiser the Ravenous Spirit, a trusted naval tactician, Kohath nevertheless does not enjoy fighting in space, like all Astartes he preferes to get to grips with his foe. However Kohath accepts his assignment dutifully despite whatever objections he may have.

Other Noteworthy Figures

Chaplain Prathios
-Prathios was the chaplain of the 3rd Company. Prathios was Captain Angelos' closest friend and mentor and the only one who he could confide in after Isador's betrayal and death. Prathios was mortally wounded on Rahe's Paradise however and interred in a sarcophagi. He may eventually be placed in a Dreadnaught to fight the Emperor's enemies once more. For the time being however he remains in the Apothecarion aboard the Ravenous Spirit.

Ckrius
-A young Guardsmen on Tartarus, Ckrius was quickly given command of a Storm Trooper squad for his steadfastness and skill. The young sergeant gained the attention of Sergeant Tanthius of the Blood Ravens when he was sent to aid the chapter in storming a corrupted cathedral and fight the Alpha Legion as they tried to recover the key that would unlock the Maledictum and release the Daemon trapped inside.

stefan

这是血鸦团在桌面上的规则

Blood Ravens on the Tabletop
-The Blood Ravens traits are an interesting combination that if taken, can lead to a very tactically minded and expencive army. Tactical squads can gain the special rules, Infiltrate, True Grit and Counter Attack, making them well rounded and flexible units that can infiltrate into position and lay down heavy fire. Their defensive abilities mean that it is almost better to be charged than to charge the enemy, a foe thinking to quickly e流氓软件王e Blood Ravens Tactical marines in close combat will usually find it a harder task than first thought.

The Blood Ravens also cannot bring to bear a proliferation of heavy armor meaning heavy support choices are limited and Devastators come out as an obvious choice here, as they too can gain Infiltration. Fast Attack choices may seem not so important with so much of the army having access to infiltration, however mobility after deployment is still important and Land Speeders, Bikes and Assault Marines form mobile reserves in most Blood Ravens forces.

Commanders in a Blood Ravens army almost always include a Librarian, if not as the primary HQ, then as a secondary one, but they are almost always present. However other than that there is no real guidline for the Blood Ravens command structure.

sanke

拿把机关枪去～中世纪的弓兵普及?

那叫普及吗？

红马甲

………………………………
这个根本没耐心去看………………
我不是这个游戏的历史迷……为什么这个部队被大书特书？
我还以为就这一个部队呢。

stefan

其实吧，这东西真的是只能给懂E文又想找资料的朋友看的

学好E文还是很重要的，懂E文了你就能去主动找，不懂的只能被动等别人给你翻译

红马甲

我还是玩游戏算了，嘿嘿。
530709473

panzerwzh

不奇怪...这东西看的懂的人自然明白其的意义...
其他人不明白也没有任何关系,自重就是...

dracowu

历史

    血鸦成为帝国的防御力量已经有上千年了。除了保护帝国以外，作为秘密知识的保护者也是他们的任务之一，就象资料片暗黑圣战所显示出来的一样。但是，就算他们自己也不知道战团起源的详细情况，包括他们的基因原体（以未知的基因原体称呼他），星际战士军团和基因种子。因此他们崇拜皇帝和伟大的父亲Azariah Vidya ，将他们视为最重要的人。血鸦的Catalepsean神经结部分有轻微的变异，意味着他们能够完全醒来但是永远不会做梦，这两种效果对星际战士心智潜在的伤害让战团外的某些人感到担忧。战团目前的形态最早被战士们所熟知的“伟大的父亲”Azariah Vidya 所影响。

    血鸦在星际战士中有着传奇般学者的声望，他们的战吼“知识就是力量”不仅仅是一句格言，而是一种忠实且狂热的信仰。他们在审判庭（发送那些通常不流传出审判庭的研究资料和信息给他们的战团）以及战斗修女团的纯理论研究组织（经常“借”个修女给他们一起合作研究一个项目）中也有着极高的声望。

    至少可以这样说，这是非常不正常的，因为就算是自己组织的分支机构，审判庭也很少信任到这种程度，而且星际战士和Ecclesiarchy的传统矛盾使合作研究成为一种罕见的事。事实上，与那些在不同时期有着上千年不和（似乎是说与帝国其他机构的问题）的其他的星际战团相比恰恰相反，血鸦看起来似乎与帝国的各种权利机构有着非同一般的关系（如审判庭，帝国卫队，Ecclesiarchy等）。

Azariah Vidya
        Azariah Vidya（不久后成为众所周知的伟大的父亲Great Father）在哥特地区一场可怕的战役中是战团总智库馆长，就是那场让战团在对一连串叛军遭受巨大损失的战役。在这场战役中，战团长和圣者（Master of Sanctity）因为中圈套而双双阵亡，看起来血鸦就要这样玩完了。

    Azariah被认为是一个具有高超智慧的勇士，拥有着灵能者的能力。他花了许多时间研究敌人的运动与反击行动，利用帝国卫队与战团的残余力量进行了一连串的佯攻。利用这些信息，再加上他强大的灵能，他发动了一系列攻击针对一些表面上空旷的区域，实际上这些地方是混沌邪教徒们的集结地或是补给点。

    因为Azariah在挫败叛军中所表现出的能力，他被提升为代理战团长（考虑到战团长已死，office of Chapter Master应该是代理而不是助理了- -），同时保留他之前的职务。他领导了一个恢复与重建的计划，没有这个计划战团早就被消灭。

组织

    血鸦被认为是发自内心遵守阿斯塔特圣典，而不是从书面上。尽管小队以连的形式混合被认为是更加灵活多变的，血鸦的部队还是以标准的连组建而成。

    血鸦也因为战团内数量庞大的智库馆长而闻名，他们中的许多人在力量与能力上仅次于灰骑士。总共有多少拥有灵能天赋的星际战士，没人知道确切的数字，但是被认为取决于对于战团智库馆长父亲的崇敬与募兵的程序（意思似乎是说因为对于他们那伟大父亲的崇拜，所以招募新兵的时候似乎更关注灵能者）。

    在战团内部，众所周知存在一个名为灵能团（Ordos Psykana），一个只由灵能者组成的组织。他们在战团的战斗母舰上设立了灵能灯塔，第一个是由Azariah Vidya亲自设立的。对于战团来说设立这些灯塔的原因早已丢失了，但是显然地，他们是一种无限电路，设计用来对抗太空骷髅的一种武器。这些东西也被用在一种仪式中，将快要死去的血鸦智库馆长的灵魂召回。灵能团还设立了几个灵力武器库，其中许多武器是从灵族那里获得的，有些是他们赠送给战团的，说明血鸦与灵族之间有着悠久的关系。

母星
    血鸦没有官方的母星。取而代之的是，他们的要塞修道院位于一艘被称为Omnis Arcanum的战斗母舰上，这艘船也回到他们的Librarium Sanctorum。战团的其余部分在舰队的攻击巡洋舰和战斗母舰上服役。

兵源
    由于血鸦没有母星，他们被迫从一系列临近的世界招募新兵。在被Gabriel Angelos上尉宣布为一个终结目标之前，Cyrene是人数比较多的兵员来源世界之一。另外一个世界是Rahe's Paradise，由于太空骷髅一支军团在这个星球上的神秘出现而在之后被终结。众所周知血鸦也从帝国的其他一些世界招募新兵，一般其他的星际战团不会去，Scholastica Psykana与这些世界签订了一份协议，被允许招募一定的灵能者作为替补智库馆长。这似乎是他们拥有数量如此众多的智库馆长的原因之一。

战吼
在阿斯塔特圣典里（White Dwarf, 2004）战吼是：“知识就是力量，好好保护它。”Knowledge is power, guard it well

在官方战争黎明小说里（Goto, 2004）血鸦的战吼是：“为了伟大的父亲和皇帝”For the Great Father and the Emperor（将Great Father放在皇帝之前，足可见此人在血鸦中的地位）

在Relic的PC游戏里的战吼“我不害怕邪恶因为我就是恐惧的化身”I fear no evil for I am fear incarnate和“战斗到最后一人一弹”To the last man and the last round

战斗信条
    血鸦认为在利用这些情报彻底地消灭敌人之前，应该研究敌人并且预测他们在不同情况下做出的反击行动。但是这些情报在血鸦决定发动攻击前是不会被流传出去的，这种近似于竞争的方式致使其他多个战团批评了他们。

    在战斗中，血鸦的战士们会系统地并且无情且精确地摧毁敌人的单位。他们永远不会改变战斗计划，而且永远没有理由这么做，因为智库馆长们早先就已经预言了和计算了一切可能的情况。

始祖战团
    很有可能血鸦是从还忠诚于皇帝的千疮之子军团中分裂出来的，尽管有证据支持这个观点（高度重视知识，战团中数量众多的智库馆长以及战团的涂装类似于贺拉斯叛乱前的千疮之子）但是GAME WORKSHOP始终没有赞同或者否认外形上的推测。在战争黎明：暴风雨中，在遭遇了Prodigal Sons of Ahriman，第3连的智库馆长Rhamah（患了失忆症）被同意成为千疮之子的一员（是否是确有其事又或者是Ahriman的诡计永远没有得到确认）。另一方面，Rhamah在Arcadian Librarium看到了一本关于战团隐藏历史的书，并且Ahriman和Vidya两人所拥有的知识有着许多相似的地方，暗示着隐藏在其背后的某些真相。

    在PC游戏战锤40K：战争黎明-暗黑圣战中，在Thule上尉指挥下的血鸦被派往Kronus，净化这个世界以保护战团的秘密，他们相信这是血鸦通往过去的关键。不管怎样，当玩家击败血鸦或者是玩家使用血鸦赢得游戏的时候，解说都会暗示着在Kronus上的神圣遗迹很可能和是黑暗起源有关。解说还指出（当使用血鸦赢得游戏）在暗黑圣战后，将会是战团最黑暗时刻的到来。

血鸦的著名人物
      Gabriel Angelos（加百列·安吉列斯）
    在战锤40K战争黎明中，Gabriel Angelos是血鸦第3连的指挥官，the Captain of the Watch，并且是游戏的主角。

    就象许多血鸦一样，Gabriel出生在行星Cyrene，战团经常从这个星球的防御力量中招募新兵。甚至是在他的少年时期之前，Gabriel比起同龄人已经是一个多才多艺的领导，之后顺利通过了血鸦牧师们的血之试炼。

    许多年后，Gabriel与一整支他指挥的血鸦连队回到了Cyrene，负责血之试炼和招募新成员进战团。但是Gabrie在试炼中觉得有些事变的十分的异常，在应征者中出现了混沌的种子，因而打断了他们的试炼。他迅速地返回了攻击巡洋舰，从系统中发出一条电码信号。在持续发送数个月的信号后，审判庭和帝国海军的船只出现在Cyrene的轨道上，然后对这个星球执行了一次终结行动，轰炸整整持续了一个星期，直到没有任何生物活着。与这次事件有关的记录以及Gabriel发送给审判庭的信息已经被封印，但是Gabriel至今仍对那次行动感到内疚，特别是在Tartarus行星的战斗中。一次看起来很寻常的抵抗兽人入侵的作战行动在帝国审判官Mordecai Toth的出现后很快变的错综复杂起来，他无理的要求血鸦立刻离开这个星球。一场亚空间风暴即将到来，并且在几天后会吞没Tartarus。在发现了神灵族和混沌星际战士的迹象后，Angelos决定继续调查这个星球，将Toth的忠告丢到一旁。之后不久他与Biel-Tan 人工世界，由先知Macha所率领的灵族以及血鸦最大的敌人阿尔法军团发生了战斗。

    他暂时与这支灵族部队结盟，但是最后释放了一只关在Maledictum里的恶魔。在面对了恶魔之后，他发誓要消灭它。

    不久后（最后被编入战争黎明：Ascension（Goto, 2005））他航行到了Rahe's Paradise世界，在那里负责血之试炼。起初所有看上去都似乎是例行公事（除了Gabriel预感到灵族的一次入侵外），但是在发现了一块古老的灵族/帝国石板后，一切都被打破了。灵族游侠进行了更加频繁的游击，专门集中针对战团的灵能者以及那些候补试炼灵能者，然后Gabriel再一次会见了先知Macha。她表示他们猎杀灵能者是为了防止Lsantril's Shield被破坏；一种能让神灵族的灵能幻象大量出现这个星球上的装置。这将阻止星球地表下隐藏着的太空骷髅醒来，他们将继续沉睡只要他们认为他们古老的敌人还在支配着这个银河。之后什么事都没发生，但是，直到一次星际战斗破坏了Spirit Pool of the Dark Reaper 的表面，幽魂们的灵能尖啸打碎了Lsantril's Shield并因此而唤醒了骷髅。Gabriel命令摧毁这个星球，然后与那些幸存的候补新兵们踏上了Lorn V路上。

    当他到达了Lorn V，他想尽办法联络上了一支在战斗中幸存的灵族部队，由先知Taldeer率领，当他传送到战斗母舰Litany of Fury后Taldeer就一直在寻找他。在藐视了第九连的Ulantis上尉对他相当于叛乱的指控，Taldeer说服了Angelos，允许她带领他和一小队血鸦去网路的一个裂口处（是在战争黎明：Ascension中由智库馆长Rhamah造成的）试图到达秩序的世界，Arcadia，去找到最后的Blade of Vaul用来对抗唤醒中的骷髅。在这个星球上接下来与阿里曼（Ahriman）的战斗中，灵族丑角将这把剑交给了他，在回到Lorn V后他将剑给了Macha。有了最后的Blade of Vaul，Macha彻底的消灭了骷髅，不过在那之后再也没有人见过或者听说过她。Gabriel之后继续当着他的Captain of the Watch ，然后遇见了the newly transformed Quirus Ckrius（这个不知道怎么翻了），这些人是血鸦从Tartarus上招募的。

    在战争黎明系列小说中，特别是“战争黎明：Ascension”和“战争黎明：暴风雨”，Gabriel与神灵族的Biel-Tan有着神秘的关系，特别是先知Macha。藐视了某些指控甚至被与他共事的指挥官，审判庭，战斗修女团，更甚至是他的好友Isador Akios威胁，Gabriel在企图帮助灵族以及Macha的时候显得十分的顽固。Arcadia的丑角们提到称呼他为“Gabriel of the Hidden Heart”，而且他对于灵族被看成是人形的希望的象征。

涂装与徽章
    血鸦第1，2和4连穿着暗红色的装甲加以黑色的装饰，红色眼部透镜以及骨色/羊皮纸色涂装的肩部装甲。3连穿着稍微光亮一点的装甲以及绿色的眼部透镜。战团的标志是一只飞翔中的乌鸦的轮廓，从下往上看的样子，和一滴血组成。

夜莺0093

嗯……于是我翻一下panzer那段的吧，这段貌似有一些原来电子书上没有的东西，e文不好……错误在所难免，还请高人指正
Homeworld
The Blood Ravens are a fleet-based chapter and have no official homeworld, living on board of several Battle Barges and Strike Cruisers instead. Their Fortress Monastery is the Battle Barge Omnis Arcanum. Also, many of the chapters' marines were born on the planet Cyrene but it was destroyed by an Exterminatus order issued by Brother-Captain Gabriel Angelos.
母星
血鸦没有官方意义上的母星，将士们都住在战斗母舰和攻击巡洋舰上。他们的要塞修道院始战斗母舰Omnis Arcanum。当然，有很多战团的星际战士出生于行星Cyrene，但是这个星球被Gabriel Angelos（一代原版主角，二代最后出现的披风大叔）签发的灭绝令摧毁。
In the Dawn of War: Soulstorm campaign line, if played as the Space Marines (Blood Ravens) and win, the epilogue notes that they were given their own fortress-monastery on Kaurava II in the Lands of Solitude, renamed Borealum in honour of Brother-Captain Indrick Boreale, the force commander who led the five Blood Raven companies to victory.
在战争黎明：灵魂风暴（SS）的战役流程中，如果玩家操控的星际战士（血鸦）获得了最后的胜利，尾声中会提到他们在Kaurava II（考拉瓦2号星球）上获得了他们自己的堡垒修道院（Lands of Solitude什么意思？享有自治权的地区？)，并被从新命名为Borealum以纪念带领血鸦获得战役胜利的Indrick Boreale连长。（但是在2代的战役流程中我们听见Cyrus说道：考拉瓦上的战役是一个错误。也就是说这场战役他们并没有获胜，于是在此处求教……官方结局应该是谁获胜了？）
Beliefs
The Blood Ravens value information and knowledge greatly. They are known to seek out sites of lost artefacts and ancient significance to deny them to the enemy. The Blood Ravens rely heavily on their Librarians to keep the secret archives in order and compile new records, but just as important as their custodial tasks is their duty to seek out new information to bolster the archives and guide the Chapter in its quest for knowledge. Obviously Librarians are highly regarded within the chapter, and recruits are drawn from worlds with high numbers of psykers.
信条
血鸦重视各种信息与知识。他们四处寻觅失落的神器与上古以防这些宝贵的东西落入帝国的敌人之手的行为十分著名。血鸦依靠他们的智库保存各种秘密档案以及编撰新的纪录，同时智库们也担负着查询各种新的信息与档案并在寻求知识方面引导战团。很明显，智库们在战团中受到很高的礼遇，而且血鸦的新兵中也有相当的一部分是灵能者。
Geneseed
The Blood Raven geneseed seems to be stable, though the high proportion of psykers in the Blood Ravens ranks has resulted in more regular testing of the purity of their geneseed tithe. Thus far, there has been little evidence of mutation. There is, however, a slight mutation in the Catalepsean Node, which grants Blood Ravens perfect recall, but renders them unable to experience R.E.M. Sleep.
基因种子
尽管高比率的灵能者使得血鸦的基因种子要接受更为频繁的纯度测试，但目前看来血鸦的基因种子很稳定。而且目前几乎没有证据表明战团基因种子有变异。然而在改造手术第六阶段――植入Catalepsean神经结的轻微变异使得血鸦们户的了完美的记忆力，但也使得他们无法进入深度睡眠。（有关Catalepsean Node：此器官通常经由头颅后面枕骨上的一个钻孔植入脑部。这个豆粒大小的组织能影响睡眠的生理节律，和身对在睡眠剥夺的反应。平时，星际战士的睡眠方式和常人相同，但出现睡眠剥夺现象时，Catalepsean神经结开始“介入”。植入此神经结的人能够按序“关闭”大脑的不同区域，从而在睡眠时保持警觉。这一过程完全不能取代正常睡眠，但是能让星际战士在休息时对周围环境保持警惕，提高他们的求生能力。[引自fenixbj大大的战锤40k中文资料集——星际战士的制造，原译者kv85]）
Organisation
The Blood Ravens follow the standard organization laid down in the Codex Astartes. Due to the higher proportion of Librarians within the Blood Ravens, it is not unknown for Librarians to lead companies into battle.
The higher echelons of command within the Blood Ravens reflect the high proportion of psykers within the Chapter and many of the Secret Masters of the Chapter are themselves psykers. These warriors obsessively study the ways of the enemy to better fight them.
组织结构
血鸦战团是典型的阿斯塔特圣典战团。尽管战团内有大量的智库馆员，但是目前没有智库馆长带领连队的纪录。战团的高层就像战团本身一样有很高比率的灵能者，甚至有很多连队的Secret Masters（这是什么意思……？显然不是连长……神秘大师？继续求教……）本身就是灵能者。这些战士很乐于研究他们的敌人以便更好的消灭它们。
Second Company
The Second Company, along with small elements from the other companies, engaged the Necrons army in a legendary battle beneath the Thur'Abis Plateau on Kronus. They emerged victorious after Captain Davian Thule successfully planted a bomb deep within the Necron catacombs, which detonated and collapsed the caverns on top of the still waking Necrons. In reference to this great victory, the Second Company later added the Necron skull to their heraldry and adopted the motto "Victory Over Death." 3 (confirmed in Dawn of War 2)
第2连
血鸦第二连以及一步份来自其它连队的战士在克罗诺斯星球Thur'Abis高原之下与那些有着金属躯体的外星人展开了一场传奇般的战斗。最后在连长Davian Thule（就是2代里的那个刚开始端着重型爆矢后来变成无畏的大叔）成功地将一枚炸弹放置在亡灵们的地下墓穴后，被爆炸轰塌的洞顶彻底埋葬了所有的亡灵。这次爆炸也宣告了这场发生在Thur‘Abis高原之下的战役的胜利。鉴于这次胜利，血鸦第二连将一个亡灵的颅骨添加到了他们的纹章上，并加上了格言：超越死亡的胜利。（在2代中被确认）
The Fated
The Blood Ravens 5th company is known as the 'Fated', and though the reasons for this are obscure, it may go back to an incident recorded in the annals of the Chapter's Librarium, but never spoken of openly. In M38 the entire 5th company was recorded as having been lost in the Warp, but the truth of the matter may be by far darker. It is whispered that one of the company Librarians was seduced by the lure of the ruinous powers, and turned his fellow brethren to Chaos. This notion is by and large dismissed by the Chapter today, but for unknown reasons the current members of the Blood Ravens 5th Company wear badges of redemption, penitence and shame upon their armour suits. None either will, or can, reveal the reasons for this.
宿命者
血鸦第五连被人称为“宿命者”，但是这样的理由十分含糊，在战团记录中，第五连的事件被记录为一次意外，但是从没有被公开提及过。在第38个千年，第五连被记录整个连队在亚空间失踪。但是也许真实情况要远比这条记录糟糕。有传言是因为连队的一名智库被邪神毁灭性的力量诱惑，于是便将他的兄弟们都转化成了混沌。尽管这个传言被战团高层所否定，但是由于未知的原因，血鸦第五连的现役战士们都在动力装甲上佩戴着赎罪、忏悔与羞愧的徽章。没有人愿意，也没有人能够解释这么做的原因。

zeroRock

说到灭绝令这个东西，一道灭绝令需要多高权限多少部门签署的？记得好像都是审判庭发布灭绝令，也就是说要审判官才有这权限吧？SM有权限发布灭绝令吗(U团狼团帅哥团等老牌妖孽团除外，我指普通子战团)？

没看过DOW小说不确定具体情况，只是怀疑Gabriel Angelos做为一个小小的子战团连长有没有足够权力牵扯到灭绝令，估计最多不过是前期报告上去建议下，把灭绝令算他头上似乎帽子大了点