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The right shoulder guard trim denotes the type of Space Marine. Green is for tactical squads, red is for assault squads and yellow is for devastators. The left kneepad displays the company number{{Fn|5}}
===Traditions===
====Corvia====
All Raven Guard during their initiation or as a form of meditation or spirit quest hunt the tiny ravens native to the forests of [[Kiavahr]]. It takes months of training and practice for recruits to sneak up on the small and alert birds, grab them in their bare hands and snap their necks. The skulls of these birds are worn as small totems hanging from a marine's belt on small chains. These totems are known as Corvia and represent a warrior's honor. If a battle-brother falls, one of his surviving comrades will recover his Corvia and carry it, and thus the fallen warrior's honor, into battle until he can return to Kiavahr and bury the small skulls in the soil of the Chapter's homeworld. {{Fn|27}}
====Treatment of the Dead====
Upon death, where practical, the body of the Raven Guard will be stripped of it's equipment and trappings (including the Corvia), harvested of it's [[gene-seed]] and left for the local carrion birds to feed upon {{Fn|21b}}
==Organisation==
* [[Nykona Sharrowkyn]] - [[Battle Brother]] of the Raven Guard {{Fn|13}}
* [[Navar Hef]] - [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] of the Raptors {{Fn|20}}
* [[Hriak]] - [[Librarian]] of the Raven Guard {{Fn|2121a}}* [[Avus]] - [[Battle Brother]] of the Raven Guard {{Fn|2121a}}
====Post-Heresy====
**{{Endn|19c}}: pg. 30
*{{Endn|20}}: [[The Shadowmasters (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|2121a}}: [[Vulkan Lives (Novel)]] by [[Nick Kyme]], {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|21b}}: Chapter 13
*{{Endn|22}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)|The Unremembered Empire]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Chapter 4
*{{Endn|23}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]]
*25: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|25a}}: pg. 64
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Index Astartes: Battle Barges]], pg. 4
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Helion Rain (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Vulkan Lives (Novel)]]
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