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Educated to be a leader as well as a rebel, he rapidly began his task by organizing the workers into fight teams, promoting the best of the men as squad leaders. He began building huge stockpiles of weapons, concealing them in numerous secret caches. He ordered a campaign of psychological warfare, launching riots and strikes to build up followers in the worker's rebellion and to stretch the garrison strength and morale to breaking point. Waiting for the opportune time to strike, Corax's forces launched their attack, taking key security points and destroying them by crude force or sabotage, killing every man of the Lycaeus defense forces.{{Fn|2d}}
When Kiavahr's rulers struck back, Corax was ready for them. He outmanoeuvred and ambushed their forces on Lycaeus with his battle hardened warriors, crushing their supply lines and striking the five biggest cities in Kiavahr with one atomic mining charge each. The charges were embarked on small transport shuttles and reached the surface via a supply gravity well. Soon, their forces nearly destroyed, their vast factories unable to produce anything due to the minerals shortages, the Tech-Guilds collapsed in civil war. While thousands had died in the nuclear bombardment of Kiavahr, millions of its people had been freed.{{Fn|1212a}} Celebrating their victory, the inhabitants of Lycaeus renamed their home "[[Deliverance]]".{{Fn|2e}}
[[Image:CoraxYoung.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Young Corax{{Fn|16}}]]
It is said that the Emperor appeared on Deliverance that day and, after a day and a night with his son, appointed him Primarch of the Raven Guard Legion. Nothing is said of their conversation but one condition of Corax's acceptance was the help of the Emperor in the task of bringing peace on Kiavahr. Soon the Adeptus Mechanicus stepped in and the world was rebuilt to the benefit of the [[Imperium]] while the black tower which once housed the guards of the moon became the [[Ravenspire]], the [[fortress monastery|fortress]] of the Legion.{{Cite This}}
== Wargear and Abilities ==
In battle, Corax favoured a [[Heavy Bolter]] for long-range killing, which he hefted and aimed as easily as an ordinary man would lift a battle rifle. He wielded two [[Archeotech]] pistols as additional firepower. For close quarters fighting he carried a three-headed [[Power Weapon|power whip]] specially crafted for him by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] as well as a pair of [[Lightning Claws]] known as the [[Raven's Talons]], all part of [[The Panoply of the Raven Lord]]. {{Fn|12b}} In the absence of these weapons, he was more than able to tear apart enemies with his bare hands.{{Fn|6}} Corax wore a jet-black suit of [[Power Armour]] known as ''[[The Sable Armour]]'' which incorporated an advanced [[Jump Pack]] known as the ''[[Korvidine Pinions]]''. The Sable Armour was also capable of masking his energy signature and could be used to jam nearby enemy communications.{{Fn|7}}
Corax's most potent ability, however, was his "wraith-slip", also called a Shadow-Slip or Shadow-Walk. This allowed him to seemingly meld with the shadows around him, disappearing from the view of his foes before striking unseen.{{Fn|8}} Following his reappearance sometime after the Heresy, Corax became empowered by the [[Warp]] itself. Able to contend with the [[Daemon Primarch]] [[Lorgar]], Corax is now capable of transforming himself into shadows, darkness, and unkindnesses of ravens.{{Fn|13}}
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 137–145
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Corax (Anthology)]] — ''The Weregeld''
*12: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]]**{{Endn|1212a}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 133**{{Endn|12b}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 283
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Shadow of the Past (Short Story)]] — [[Sons of the Emperor (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Corax: Lord of Shadows (Novel)]] — Chapter 4
