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'''Corvus<sup>2</sup> Corax''' is the [[Primarch]] of the [[Raven Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion]].
==Youth==
[[File:Deliverance Lost cropped.jpg|250px|right|thumb|'''Corax''', [[Primarch]] of the [[Raven Guard]] Legion<sup>1</sup>]]
Corvus Corax was separated from the [[Emperor]] while still an infant by the four [[Chaos]] gods. He was discovered on Lycaeus, the desolated moon of the planet Kiavahr. At this time the planet was a technologically advanced [[Forge World]], providing its city-size factories with minerals extracted from the non-atmospheric moon by legions of mine-slaves.
Under the iron watch of heavily armed guards, the inhabitants of Lycaeus; criminals, political opponents and workers who had failed to match their quotas, had long provided the rulers of Kiavahr a free and unlimited source of manpower. When they discovered the white skinned child who became Corax, "The Deliverer" in their tongue, they kept him from their masters, training him in the various skills they believe a leader and warrior needed: urban warfare, close combat and demolitions as well as political and philosophical matters. Ultimately, his abnormally fast maturation comforted the slaves and fixed Corax in their belief that he was the savior they waited for.
==Notes==
Corax's last words are taken from the poem [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_raven 'The Raven'] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe Edgar Allan Poe], and his name comes from the Greek word ''Corax'', which means Raven and is also the species name for the Common Raven (''Corvus corax'').
Corax's full name, Corvus Corax, is the species name for the Common Raven.
==See also==
*[[Index Astartes IV]]
*[[Horus Heresy: Visions of War]]
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Horus Heresy: Deliverance Lost, Dramatis Personae]]
