*The [[9th Company (Raven Guard)|9th Company]], known as the '''Dirge Singers'''. The 9th act as the Raven Guard's [[Fire Support Squad]] reserves.{{Fn|36k}}
*The [[10th Company (Raven Guard)|10th Company]], known as the '''Subtle'''. The 10th acts as the Raven Guard recruiting force and operates both [[Scout]] and [[Vanguard Space Marine|Vanguard]] forces.{{Fn|36l}}
==Recruitment==
[[Image:RavenGuardReiver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Raven Guard [[Reiver]]{{Fn|34a}}]]
Owing to the instability of the Raven Guard gene-seed and the experiments of Corax, much of the Chapter's genetic stock has been irreparably damaged. Now, much of their genetic material comes from supplies held on [[Terra]]. This means the cycle of recruitment for the Raven Guard is much slower than other chapters and fewer Raven Guard candidates for the Chapter prove able to survive their training and genetic modification. This means the Chapter is constantly short-handed.{{Fn|2}}
The Raven Guard's homeworld [[Deliverance]] is said to lack the population resources available on other chapters' homeworlds. By the time of the Horus Heresy only a few thousand marines in the Raven Guard's number were recruited from Deliverance, the rest made up of the original [[Terra]]n forces inducted before the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}
Today, [[Aspirant]]s are considered to be given a high honour of receiving the rare and unstable Gene-seed of the Chapter. They are thus subjected to harsh training in the force-domes of [[Deliverance]] and [[Kiavahr]]. They face lethal conditions with little food, water or sleep, and are required to evade or kill monsters and [[Mutant]]s and must learn patience, stealth and the art of the hunt in order to survive. In the Trial of the Watcher, an Aspirant is required to navigate the ganglands of Kiavahr and undertake missions with only the most minimal of visual clues to guide them to their objective.{{Fn|43a}}
In the Trial of Justice, they are tested to see if they can uphold the ideals of Corax. In this challenge, Aspirants are strapped to a chair in near total darkness and have their mind examined by Chapter [[Librarian]]s as they are given questions by [[Chaplain]]s on questions relating to loyalty, courage, freedom and justice. They are often given hypothetical scenarios and complex moral dilemmas and forced to give solutions. There are no true right or wrong answers to these questions, though due to the presence of Librarians an Aspirant cannot lie and give responses he knows will please his overseers. A mere attempt at dishonesty sees one killed on the spot or made into a [[Servitor]].{{Fn|43a}}
The Trial of the Wraith is a more physical challenge and forces Aspirants to be dropped alone into the Ologothien Wastes on Kiavahr. They must then traverse 199 miles of lethal territory in three days without sustenance and evade detection by native predators. Thus aspirants are forced to utilise their stealth training to the utmost extreme.{{Fn|43a}}
Those that complete their trials can expect long service in the [[10th Company (Raven Guard)|10th Company]] as [[Scout]]s, of which the Raven Guard maintains a higher number compared to other chapters. Upon proving themselves after years of service in the 10th Company, a full Battle-Brother can take on a new name, often that of a past Chapter champion or a Kiavahran word for a beast, weapon or folk hero.{{Fn|43a}}
==Equipment==
