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There is much speculation around the exact origin of the Blood Ravens, most specifically about which of the [[First Founding]] Legions they are derived from. Several possibilities have been presented by various interested parties, which can be found below.
*[[Thousand Sons]]: Told by [[Ahriman]], evidenced by the red armour of the [[Horus Heresy]]-era [[Thousand Son]]s and the [[Rubric of Ahriman|Rubric]]-blue armour of Blood Raven [[Librarian]]s.{{Fn|24}}{{Fn|Note}}
*[[Blood Angels]]: Argument principally based around the Chapter's name and heraldry.{{Fn|2e}}{{Fn|11l}}
*[[Raven Guard]]: Argument principally based around the Chapter's name and heraldry.{{Fn|2e}}{{Fn|11l}}
====Possible Thousand Sons connections====
{{Endn|Note}}: While direct in-universe mentions of a connection between the Blood Ravens and the [[Thousand Sons]] is nonexistent, and [[Black Library]] authors [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]] and [[Laurie Goulding]] have denied it,{{Fn|25}}{{Fn|26}} a significant amount of allusion has been made to the subject in a variety of sources. A summation of these incidences and their implications follows:
*The Blood Ravens are established to have enough similarities in battle doctrine (i.e. high number of [[Psyker]]s and the use thereof) to the Thousand Sons that it has been noted by observers within the fiction itself.{{Fn|2b}}
*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}}
