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==History==
[[Image:Raptor_Taros.jpg|thumb|right|[[Space Marine Veteran|Veteran Brother ]] [[Kalius]] of the [[3rd Company (Raptors)|3rd Company]] of the Raptors Chapter ([[Taros Campaign]]){{Fn|4e}}]]
As many records of the Chapter's history are lost, the Raptors' exact origins are unclear. It is generally accepted that the Chapter is descended from the Raven Guard and was one of the first new Space Marine Chapters created during the Second Founding in [[M31]]. According to one widely believed theory, the Raptors originated as a Raven Guard [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] company of new [[initiates]] training on [[Deliverance]] at the time of the [[Drop Site Massacre]].{{Fn|6x}}{{CME}}{{Fn|14}} This company was subsequently sent against the followers of [[Horus]] in remote parts of the [[Galaxy]], thus diverging from the rest of the Raven Guard.{{Fn|14}} Having distinguished itself in the civil war, the company was subsequently reorganized as a Chapter amid the reforms initiated by the [[Codex Astartes]]. The fledgling Raptors then began their service to the [[Imperium]] as a [[fleet based]] Chapter hunting down the forces of the [[Traitor Legions]] in the [[Great Scouring]].{{Fn|6x}}{{CME}}{{Fn|14}}