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It was not unprecedented for entire companies of Blood Ravens to be formed that consisted of [[Librarian]]s who were under the semi-autonomous command of a Father Librarian. In fact, this is the usual manner through which the Order deploys itself in its own unique way on the battlefield. The complicated nature of its arrangement with the [[Ecclesiarchy]], the [[Scholastia Psykana]] and even to the great halls of [[Terra]] itself meant that the Order Psykana resembled an entrenched organisation itself with its own internal hierarchy and distinct sense of purpose. Ultimately, however, each Librarian in the Order was a Blood Raven first and foremost. Concentrations of Psykana Librarians within normal combat groupings were rarely formed as the mysterious and secretive order reserved the right to organise itself into battle formations when the need arose. However, the Order defined the term dire slightly differently compared to the rest of the Chapter.<sup>1</sup>
It is a highly secret body that relied on this ability to protect both themselves as well as their assets from their enemyenemies.<sup>1</sup>
==History==
At some point in the past, the planet of [[Etiamnun III]] was bequethed to the [[Imperium]] by the Eldar of [[Craftworld]] [[Altansar]] before it was lost in the [[Eye of Terror]]. Etiamnun III was a small distant world that is located on the edge of the [[Eastern Fringe]] and was known to had been a barren as well as inhospitable planet. It was home to a small population consisting of reclusiams and for a number of decades fell under the protection of the Order Psykana; a closely guarded secret from everyone including their own Chapter which was one of the ways that protected the world from attack.<sup>1</sup>
During the Sacking of the Etiamnun Reclusiam, the Order was summoned to protect the world from the attack of a [[Chaos]] [[Sorceror]] who belonged to the [[Thousand Sons]] Marines who managed to conquer it easily. By the time they arrived, the sorceror had gone and it was discovered that he along with his compatriots had disappeared into a secret [[Webway]] portal hidden underneath the ruins of the planet. However, in his haste, he had dropped a copy of The [[Tome of Karebennian]] - a fabled text that is rumoured to had have contained the means of navigating the Webway and finding the Eldars Eldar's [[Black Library of Chaos|Black Library]]. After the recovery of the text, the Order destroyed it as the quest for alien knowledge was forbidden as present within the Edict of Nikaea. This story is not shared to many outside the Order Psykana.<sup>1</sup>
==Members==
