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→Possible Thousand Sons connections
*The pre-[[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] heraldry of the Thousand Sons is similar to the heraldry of the Blood Ravens; specifically the Thousand Sons [[Corvidae]] cult, who as well as wearing the red armour of all Thousand Sons, also sport a black raven insignia (though admittedly of just the raven's head rather than the whole bird).{{Fn|12a}} But since the there are many successor chapters that have notably different colours and chapter symbol from their founding Legion is this not the greatest of connections. Just as the in-universe speculations about the Blood Ravens being [[Blood Angels]] or [[Raven Guard]] successors based on similarities in names and heraldry.{{Fn|2e}}{{Fn|11l}}
*The [[Psyker]] [[Kallista Eris]] had a vision concerning the fate of the Thousand Sons shortly before the [[Burning of Prospero]]. Among other things she mentioned "The Ravens. I see them too. The lost sons and a Raven of blood. They cry out for salvation and knowledge, but it is denied!"{{Fn|12b}} There are several possible interpretations of these words, but the language used is clearly pertinent to Blood Ravens speculation.
*The Blood Ravens' motto ''"Knowledge is power"'' was uttered by the Thousand Son [[Corvidae]] member [[Revuel Arvida]] upon his decision to dedicate himself to discovering the true causes of his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s destruction and combat them. Arvida was a member of the fleet-elements of the Thousand Sons who were sent into hiding by [[Magnus the Red]] prior to the [[Space Wolves]]' attack upon the Legion and therefore did not fall to [[Chaos]] during the [[Burning of Prospero]].{{Fn|10}}<sup>,</sup>{{Fn|12c}} Thus we have a (at that moment) non-Chaos aligned Corvidae Son dedicating himself to fighting the Ruinous Powers in the future. It is also worth mentioning that in his name, Revuel Arvida, certain stylistic similarities could be claimed to that of [[Azariah Vidya]], [[Great Father]] of the Blood Ravens. This motto was also stated by the Thousand Son [[Mhotep]] whilst locked in combat with a [[daemon]].{{Fn|13}} A counter-point to this potential link is that the Blood Ravens motto is a tenet uttered by various, non-Blood Raven individuals in a variety of other sources. However recently in [[The Last Son of Prospero (Short Story)]], Arvida is revealed to be [[Janus]], founder of the [[Grey Knights]], as opposed to having any connection with the founding of the Blood Ravens.{{CME}}
*The Blood Ravens' [[Rahe's Paradise]] outpost was discovered to be built upon the ruins of a previous [[Space Marine|Astartes]] structure, one that dated from "ten millennia ago". While no identification markings could be found upon it, a red-painted Astartes shoulder plate was excavated from these ruins. Additionally, these ancient Astartes were revealed to have allied themselves with [[Eldar]] forces present upon the planet to defeat a [[Yngir|great evil]], and to have agreed to maintain stewardship over the world in order to thwart this evil should it return.{{Fn|8c}} Ten millennia ago possibly references the birth of the [[Imperium]], although the Thousand Sons were not the only Astartes [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] to wear red as their primary colour at this time, seeing as the [[Blood Angels]] continue to do so (and one cannot dismiss the notion that this may include the [[Two unknown legions|two unknown Legions]]), there is also the possibility of members from other Legions with a red pauldron as part of their personal heraldry. It's also possible that the pauldron is from a [[2:nd Founding]] Chapter.
*During an incident on the planet [[Arcadia (Eldar)|Arcadia]], [[Librarian]] [[Rhamah]] of the Blood Ravens suffered amnesia and fell in with the [[Prodigal Sons]] warband of Thousand Sons [[Sorcerer-lord]] [[Ahzek Ahriman]]. Throughout this association Ahriman and his warband referred to Rhamah variously as "Son of Ahriman", "friend of Ahriman" and as a "lost brother". Furthermore, when Rhamah locates an ancient [[Eldar]] tome - called ''[[Quezul'reah]]'' — that bears the crest of the Blood Ravens upon its cover, Ahriman concedes that he once owned a copy of the book and that another one was in the possession of [[Azariah Vidya]] (of whom Ahriman states, "I knew Vidya better than you might expect"). He further states to Rhamah "We are not so different, you and I. We were not always so different...there was a time, long ago, before the [[Rubric of Ahriman|Change]], when the Thousand Sons of [[Magnus]] wore the blood-red armour of their [[Primarch]]."{{Fn|8d}} No explanation is given for what any of this means, and it should be noted that Ahriman is a master of deceit and trickery who was attempting to use Rhamah for his own ends.
