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==History==
===Black Tower===
Before [[Deliverance]] was freed by [[Corax]], The Ravenspire was a tower inhabited by the guards of the guilds and was known as the '''Black Tower'''. It is noted to have a special torture floor called the '''Red Level''' and was banned by Corax sometime before the [[Horus Heresy]]. It is said that not even a [[Space Marine|Legionary]] could survive the punishments it holds.{{Cite thisFn|1a}}
===Heresy===
After the Massacre at [[Isstvan V]], Corax used the Ravenspire as as place to rebuild his legion with the Emperor's Gene tech. However, the gene tech would be lost in the [[Battle of Ravendelve]] against [[Alpha Legion]] [[Operative]]s and Tech-Guilds from [[Kiavahr]].{{Cite thisFn|1b}}
===Post-Heresy===
==Notable Locations==
*'''The Eyrie''' - The tallest tower of the Ravenspire, it was once the roost of [[Corax]] himself. The stasis fields of the Eyrie are only deactivated during times of grave emergency, when members of the Chapter hope to communicate with the spirit of Corax. Of what guidance they do receive, no supplicant speaks. Nor do they recount the contents of the parchments scattered about the Eyrie’s main chamber, saying only that they are inked with a thick black scrawl that becomes increasingly illegible as the verses themselves grow less coherent in meaning.{{Fn|2}}
*'''Rookery''' - The spires of the Ravenspire hold a rookery that includes many vat-grown organic, cybernetic, and wholly mechanical specimens of flight.{{Fn|4}}
*The '''Forbidden Apothecarion''' - A vault that exists beneath the Ravenspire, secret from all save a few venerable battle-brothers. Access to the vault is forbidden save on order by the [[Chapter Master]]. It was here that Corax’s attempts to expedite the regrowth of his shattered Legion reached their full horror, birthing [[Raptors (Raven Guard)|mutated abominations]] bereft of reason. When the Primarch at last realised the terrible depths of his hubris, he ordered the Apothecarion abandoned and forbade all further experimentation. Then he entered its forbidden reaches alone, and personally brought the Emperor’s Judgement to each and every twisted failure therein. While the vault has since been cleansed and purged, it is said the spirit of the Primarch's deeds still echo within. On Farmoon Night, when Deliverance reaches its yearly apogee over [[Kiavahr]], bestial howls echo through the tunnels of the old Apothecarion, and Veterans of the Raven Guard [[1st Company (Raven Guard)|1st Company]] guard its doors.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deliverance Lost (Novel)]] **{{Cite thisEndn|1a}}: Chapter 9**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 17
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex Supplement: Raven Guard (8th Edition)]], pg. 9
*{{Endn|3}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pg. 287
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://archive.ph/vo4im Warhammer Community: Aethon Shaan: Master of Shadows] ''(Saved archive page, dated 2 September 2025, last accessed 2 September 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/8wocrwoc/aethon-shaan-master-of-shadows/)''
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