Kaedes Nex
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This article is about the Raven Guard member; for the Raptors Captain, see Kaedes. |
 Kaedes Nex[1] | |
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| Title(s) | Blood Crow |
| Homeworld | Deliverance |
| Born | c. M30 |
| Active Period | M30 - ??? |
| Species | Human |
| Type | Astartes |
| Gender | Male |
| Relatives | Corvus Corax ("Father" via gene-seed) |
| Occupation(s) | Moritat Prime of the Raven Guard's 14th Interdiction Company |
| Affiliation(s) | |
Kaedes Nex, also known as the Raven's Huntsman and Blood Crow, was a Moritat-Prime of the Raven Guard Legion's 14th Interdiction Company during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. He was known for his macabre obsession with the hunt.[1]
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Biography
A dark figure among the kin who followed Corax from Deliverance, Kaedes is seen as an ill-omen by his brothers. On Kiavahr in his youth he was known as Blood Crow, an infamous murderer condemned to prison. There he remained, until Corax offered him a pardon if he fought alongside him. After enduring a painful transformation into a Space Marine, only through the favour shown to him by Corax was he able to overcome the disdain of his fellow legionaries and rise through the ranks. In the grim shadow-wars fought by the Raven Guard, his murder-honed skills were employed with grim regularity.[1] Before battle, he did not take part in strategic briefings but merely honed his skills by hunting Servitors in the depths of vessels.[5a]
When the Raven Guard came to Isstvan V, Nex was assigned by Corax to infiltrate the northern traitor tunnel network by himself.[5b] During this operation, he ambushed Sons of Horus Captain Horus Aximand and managed to wound him. However Nex was in turn severely wounded, but saved when Corax arrived at his position.[5b] He was thought dead, but later reappeared on Mars during the Perditum Incursion to aid his Legion and Primarch in their escape from the Traitor-occupied world.[3]
Kaedes was next reported to be part of the Shattered Legions warbands present at the Siege of Cthonia.[2]
Wargear
Nex wielded a pair of Fulcrum Hand Cannons.[4]
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Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination, pg. 280
- 2: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia, pg. 32
- 3: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Martian Civil War, pgs. 42-43
- 4: Warhammer Community: Heresy Thursday – The Blood Crow is on the hunt (posted 27/2/2025) saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/wj9xgot4/heresy-thursday-the-blood-crow-is-on-the-hunt/ (last accessed 28/2/2025)
- 5: Dropsite Massacre (Novel)
