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The '''Blood Ravens''' are a mysterious [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marine]]s dedicated to the acquisition of knowledge as well as service to the [[Imperium of Man]]. Possessed of powerful [[Librarians]], the Blood Ravens are noted for their ability to predict enemy movements and fall on them with the precise application of force required. Their origins are unknown and a cause of much speculation to themselves and to others.^2d

The precise Founding in which the Blood Ravens were created is unknown; their own chapter histories only begin in [[M37]], though other [[Imperial]] records contain some small references to the Chapter as existent before then. It is important to note that the Blood Ravens' histories are ''completely absent'' before the M37 date; they are not just spotty or fragmentary records. As a result, the [[Astartes]] of the Chapter know absolutely nothing about their origins, including having no knowledge of their [[First Founding|primogenitor legion]] or [[primarch]]. This absence of information about a primarch has resulted in the Blood Ravens focusing their spiritual reverence on the [[Emperor]]. However, they do have one particular mytho-historical figure of reverence in the form of [[Azariah Vidya]], known as the '''Great Father''' of the Blood Ravens.^2d

Vidya was asked by the ''''Secret Masters'''' of the Chapter to officially become Chapter Master; something he did while retaining his position as Chief Librarian.^2d This resulted in the tradition of the Blood Ravens whereby Librarians are afforded dual-roles as command officers.^2b

The Blood Ravens of fact, not of legend, are driven by the need to discover the truth about their origins, as well as the philosophy of the gaining of knowledge. To this end, they have developed friendly interactions with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and have often been assigned to [[Explorator]] missions to unknown/uneplored areas of the [[galaxy]] as a result. Combined with their own missions to seek out ancient ruins, mythic sites or other sources of information, the Blood Ravens have done much to expand the boundaries of both Imperial knowledge and space.^2e