762
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
m
→The Sable Brand
Since the earliest days of the Raven Guard, some of their number have been prone to a battle madness known as the '''Sable Brand'''. This consists of cold-blooded determination to fight on with no regard for self-preservation coupled with an inability to separate the whispers of the dead from the words of the living. Thought to be an original flaw in Corax's gene-seed that he himself may have suffered, it is marked by one's eyes becoming completely black. Though its effects are not permanent, it is often ever-present amongst those who suffer from it. During the [[Great Crusade]], Corax organised those afflicted into units of Shadow Killers. However, after the Legion's near extinction on [[Isstvan V]], the Primarch could no longer waste troops like this.{{Fn|36g}}
After Isstvan V, Corax labored laboured with various methods to control the Sable Brand. He developed the [[Trifold Path of Shadow]] as a result in an attempt to control the outbreaks of madness. The doctrine has indeed led to fewer battle-brothers becoming afflicted with the Sable Brand. However, should the afflicted not be slain in battle, they are eventually incarcerated in the [[Ravenspire]] and used in experimentation by the Chapter's [[apothecaries]]. This attempt to cure their gene-seed is carried out in total secrecy.{{Fn|36g}}
===Successors===
