RAVEN GUARD - Victorus Aut Mortis | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@WarriorTier]

This might be my favorite video, Corax is so underrated!

[@Furzkampfbomber]

This might be because most people barely have him on the radar. For some reason, even most channels dedicated to Wh40k lore rarely seem to talk about him, which is sad, because he is such an interesting character. If you ask me, far mor interesting and complex than fan favourites like Rogal Dorn, not that I want to belittle him. Damn, I am a Wh40k fan and lore nerd for ages now and even I did not appreciate Corax as I should have, until watching The Amber King's excellent 1.25 h long video about him. I think (hope) it's okay to mention this channel here, his introduction videos about the Primarchs are quite something and I would suggest watching them to everyone who is interested in the lore.

[@commissaryarrick9670]

Brother that is what corax wants . He wants to be under the radar . It is his specialty

[@adrienwatson2179]

@@Furzkampfbomber Mostly because he vanished after book 18 of the Horus Heresy, Who else fought against The entire World eaters legion with help from 3 other traitor legions.. with no ships, no air support, no tanks, no Mechnicus or auxilia.... With 3000 Ravengaurd only For 100 days Corax and thr Ravengaurd were absolutely monstrous

[@samuelbenefiel5362]

As is Jaghatai

[@HXGJ2]

Coral is the Goat 🐐 The Emporer fux with him for a reason.

[@serbubogdan3284]

Corax and the Ravenguard certainly deserve more praise. They are all about doing their job not caring about the Emperor’s attention and being in the spotlight (literally they don’t want that). For all they’ve been through and still being loyalists and staunch defenders, goes to show how well they emulate the stoicism and tactical prowess of their Primarch

[@inquisitorgarza312]

There have been sayings that the Raven Guard are a dishonorable Legion compared to the others for their usage of stealth and surgical strikes to win any battle, but it is because of these tactics that allow them to achieve victories from impossible odds.

[@spartanx9293]

So fighting like a contemporary army is cowardly my response to anyone who claims that is if it works it works

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Who cares about honor when it comes to protecting lives and standing up for liberty? Those defeated by guerilla tactics label them cowardly because they're mad they lost. It's like people that play fighting games then scream how "unfair" their opponents tactics are when they lose.

[@blakecouch4621]

@@spartanx9293you can argue that when facing odds against you it’s the best way to do it is ensure that you’re cutting their troops down as you keep as many of you alive to keep it going all the time

[@inquisitorgrynthebandito2736]

Istvaan only reinforced these methods

[@magiciansforce]

I choose to counter with an ME3 quote. "Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer."

[@bradulovic82]

"Wherever you tread, tread lightly. We are closer than you think, and our blades are sharp." Shadow Captain Kayvaan Shrike

[@jaegerbomb269]

Personal favorite Chapter/ Legion. Underrated as hell too. Hope when Corvus Corax return, the Ravens will have its vengeance!

[@islayreptilianhybrids8947]

So do I brother

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

How do you feel about the raven being more warp entity like now? I always like the raven guard, I prefer the space sharks and the exorcists a bit more but hands down a chapter I feel pull at my heart. The fact they dropped the raptor space marine plot line for these new super space marines will always make me face palm but to keep lore well made would have required Matt ward and gw to be competent.

[@jaegerbomb269]

@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus it's cool.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

​@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus The raptor plot point was completed tho It was a Alpha legion plot

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@mk_gamíng0609 it’s called expanding and building on lore rather than ignoring it.

[@normtrooper4392]

I would imagine that if Konrad was less damaged, he and Corax might have been good friends

[@tomdeneen4880]

They probably were designed by Big E to work together. If Curze got some therapy from Sanguinuis prior to the heresy he'd probably be pretty normal

[@ricardoandre7049]

probably, both are very similar.

[@bigbardvods]

They could’ve been a perfect combo

[@robertlogan5354]

imagine how much more terrifying the raven guard would be if they had turned to chaos...

[@cwpv2477]

i want corax and the lion meeting. They both always seemed like the perfect combination.

[@Tommy1977777]

The term for Ravenguard tactics are "Force Multipliers". They are small in number but have a disproportionately large effect in comparison to other larger forces.

[@paulellington1505]

Thank you for this video. I love the Raven Guard and Primarch Corax. I've just finished his Horus heresy books. Ya can't beat an assassin who can go invisible and move in silence while wearing a ton of power armor. Keep it Remembrancer.

[@eichler721]

Love the Raven Guard and their closest to modern tactics approach to warfare.

[@imperatorlightoneous1382]

Vox in the void has awesome raven guard stories! Vanguard and ravenfall were absolutely fantastic. It's a shamed he never finished a black ship comes

[@Azzie420]

“All that happens in just a few minutes” out of character for Iron hands but very honourable of them, shame that all of them who pushed on died

[@shadowwalker3958]

Raven Guard deserves more love from the fans and GW.

[@juhel5531]

Ravenguard raptor explaining how he stealths: you'd be surprised how few people look directly up and along with the lasbolts and artillery, few enemies will ever hear you coming.

[@meshuggahshirt]

Raven Guard Land Raider crew explaining how they stealth: First, our detachment is off the roster and the Force Commander will neither confirm or deny we exist, so they know he has tanks but not HOW MANY tanks and that gives us initial time to do our thing. Second, they won't know we're here if we don't leave witnesses

[@docvaliant721]

The primaris really saved the genetic stability of every chapter but especially those that had severe issues like the raven guard. What it most be like to recruit easily and now have all organs functioning at 100%.

[@UsualMotives]

Even after a few years of reading and learning the lore, there are many chapters I still do not know that well. Thank you for the video

[@frazergreen6786]

This might be the most in-depth lore video I've seen on my beloved 19th. Well done good sir.

[@markgrehan3726]

They must be a pain to work with on a day-by-day basis and organizing joint operations must involve a lot of patience and just shrugging "Sir they are doing stuff, we just don't know what until something blows up. Yes Sir we have tried to contact them over the Vox but all we get back is.....wind?"

[@ElJorro]

The Raven Guard needs more love.

[@nikolashug4619]

Thank you. Building a raven guard Phobos kill team and this was super helpful especially with the pauldron iconography information.

[@katefresina832]

The Raven Guard was my first introduction to 40k and to quote Rose from Brooklyn Nine -Nine to sum up how I feel about about them ''I've known Corvas and the Raven Guard for a day and a half, but if anything were to happen to them I would kill everyone and then myself.''

[@gravey_official]

I dislike the notion that the ravenguard are "emos"; but it's basically saying that batman is emo. Sure they've got the fitting hair, but their aesthetic is purely to their advantage

[@bill1398]

Yup, it's the same kind of pejorative as calling Space Wolves "furries."

[@juhel5531]

I bet ravenguards that can't do the whole wraith slip thing just use the "fog of war" for stealth. If you were a hulking power armored man that could sprint at 55mph and pull off trickshots while jumping and sliding, wouldn't you? Imagine you're a chaos warband fighting the imperial guard and then suddenly a bunch of drop pods pop up and half the ravenguards just start bunnyhopping and pulling off 360 noscopes while the other half find cover snipe your warband, they'd seem like ninjas.

[@ButchersNailsEnjoyer]

I find it funny when legions are mocked/punished for doing exactly what they were made for. Raven guard-stealth, night lords-fear/keeping order, world eaters-savagery, thousand sons-psykers

[@Nykona-Sharrowkyn]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, my favourite Legion gets the ultimate treatment, having a video done by you, THE Remembrancer 😎

[@DragonboneWarhammer]

Good to see another 40k lore channel making quality half hour videos. Keep it up.

[@Cmdtheartist]

If i HAD to be an Astartes, id probably pick Ultramarine, because theyre the most stable genetically. But the Raven Guard aesthetic and methods are the ones I relate to best. Screw the medals and ribbons, just matte black, please.

[@PeachDragon_]

Ultramarines are stable but not the most stable

[@redsteel3891]

@Cmdtheartist I will see you in the Shadows of Warhammer Space Marine 2 brother

[@meshuggahshirt]

Let other Chapters boast; the sons of Corvax know what they did

[@thegamingbully7586]

Beginning to dive deep into Warhammer. When I got space marines 2, The Raven Guards was my first option as my main chapter. Thanks to this video I got newfound love for them. As soon as i finished this video, i knew I picked the right chapter to main on space marines 2. Appreciate the lore here. Keep ‘em coming. Praise the emperor!

[@zilvertron]

I recommend you find more info about Nykoma Sharrowkyn, the utter MVP of the Raven not being a Primarch. He among other things almost assassinated a chaos corrupted Fulgrim, and killed without consequence Lucius the immortal. Proof how broken Lucius is since he returned anyways and how little credit Raven Guard gets no matter what they do

[@alexfrost2799]

Raven Guard. The Masters of Stealth and Sabotage. The closest the Space Marines get to real-life Special Operations save for perhaps the Alpha Legion. I've always had a love for these guys simply because of their stealthy, underhanded tactics. To be able to sneak around in what is noisy, bulky power armor is no mean feat, something that only they seem to have mastered. They know how to be smart, silent, and maneuverable. If it weren't for the series of incredibly misfortunes they constantly suffer, I think they would've been the most effective Legion. They are certainly good enough to tango with the Tau, no small feat considering the xenos' advanced weapons and tactics.

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

I think that Alpha Legion is more of Black Op type, CIA spook espionage while Ravenguard is more conventional in a military

[@jakehughes6087]

@@MyH3ntaiGirl both are on the same coin but different sides, both deal with sabotage and intrigue however the ravens focus on assassination and quiet assault compared to the alpha legion sabotage of infiltrating with facial surgery and mischief without being noticed

[@igalnagar4851]

By far the best video on the Raven guard

[@brockwilkie6022]

Sooo good, and really got me excited about the Dark Angels because yeah pride is a problem for many marines but for Dark Angels, and to some extent their Primarch, it really is a defining feature.

[@Sophie-h5b]

My favorite loyalist legion. Amazing work as always.

[@HelmandTemplar]

Still an absolute solid video. The lore in this video is impeccable I come back to it time and time again!

[@genefactor007]

Wow, what an amazing breakdown. I'm new to Warhammer 40K lore and was looking for a legion to follow. The Raven Guard is very interesting. Thank you so much for helping me broaden my Warhammer 40k knowledge.

[@danielward-smith9466]

I feel like they have always been one of the least popular of the loyalist founding legions (everyone loves darks angels and space Wolves, and then blood angels, imperial fists and Ultramarines, even white scars and salamanders I think are more popular. And of course iron hands have been popular more recently due to them being strong competitively. But ravenguard always have been and always will be my favourite.

[@genefactor007]

@@danielward-smith9466 Yeah, I'm really digging the Raven Guard. I've always had a thing for stealthy characters which goes back to Metal Gear, Siphon Filter, and Splinter Cell. The abilities of the Raven Guard just sounds so cool and their history is also damn tragic which gives the legion so much character I think. I have been hearing a lot about the Dark Angels with all the talk about Lion elJonson that's been blowing up in several Warhammer 40k videos. I haven't looked into playing the games so I have no idea how effective the Raven Guard is in that regard. But as someone who has fallen in love with the lore, they are very cool.

[@LuckySevenSamson]

The Raven Guard are lethal strike forces whom without their "dishonorable" tactics, the Imperium would have been crushed long ago. Call it nasty if you wish. Do not call it ineffective.

[@jamesbraden5516]

May the Emperor’s light shine upon you, Remebrancer! Keep up the great work, brother!

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Again, Congratulations Master Narrator!

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Excellent! Enjoy all lore regarding the XIX & their successors. Many thanx for a "High End" quality piece. 👍👍

[@Nyctophora]

Very comprehensive, thank you!

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

Highly underrated and underutilized in the lore, my Horus Hersey legion of choice and second favorite in the 40k setting just behind the Black Templars in my book

[@Furzkampfbomber]

Since other commenters here have already suggested other Wh40k channels, I hope it is okay to mention one as well? Because The Amber King has an excellent. long video that introduces Corvus Corax. I am a Wh40k fan and lore nerd for a long time now and even I never appreciated Corax as I should have until watching this video. He is such an interesting and complex character, much more interesting and complex than fan favourites like Rogal Dorn, for instance. Not that I want to belittle Dorn, to make that clear. For some reason, people rarely have Corax on the radar, since for whatever reason, GW as well as many channels dedicated to Wh40k lore treat him as an orphan and barely mention him.

[@adrienwatson2179]

One of thr unfortunate reasons is.. We heard NOTHING about Corax 5 months after Isstvaan. He got a book, Geneseed, etc... then gone for the rest of the Heresy, got seriously mistreated

[@alohi79]

Ty for the heads up on that channels corax episode.

[@-Ravenscroft-]

@@Furzkampfbomber The XIX Legion: so stealthy even GW doesn't see them.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@-Ravenscroft- Maybe that's what really happened to the lost Primarchs/Legions? Maybe they never really vanished, but just are even sneakier than the XIX.?

[@MrMaximkozin]

You should have mentioned how Corax went about getting vengeance - turning into a monster crow and stalking the dude who killed his sons

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Basically Batman but he kills and has a bird theme instead.

[@Thomas-Helios]

Thank you for making a video for the raven guard, they are not talked about enough!

[@dfgndfghdfghdfgh]

Only other 40k lore KZbinr apart from luetin that I listen to consistently

[@brianjohnson5272]

Darkness there and nothing more, Quoth the Raven Nevermore.

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

You make accessing the stories of W40K easy, thank you for doing what you do. Stay away from The Pride of the Emperor lest we lose you 👍🏻

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Cheers fella. Great vid

[@connorpinzon]

Great video boss glad I discovered your channel

[@blagojpejov4155]

Nice work

[@hiki9911]

I got 90% most like the raven gaurd on my space marine chapter test so I needed to know more!

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you talked about these guys, I love them and their fallen brothers.

[@UhGlassBench]

Your videos are badass, the longer the better 🤘

[@nonimport-ante]

"justice without power is impotent power without justice is tyranny

[@PopJacare]

Love the Raven Guard!

[@123123Bear]

best raven guard video tbh🐦🖤

[@doublep1980]

Yes, the Raven Guard and their Crow Daddy definitely deserve more love. Corvus Corax turning into a ''good'' Warp Demon or whatever and kicking the crap outta Lorgar ( who is a frikin' Demon Prince of Chaos Undivided!), so hard that Lorgar is hiding in fear in the Warp, is just badass af. Imagine, if Corax returns into real space and joins Guilliman!

[@unruly_ronin]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Common Remembrancer W

[@islayreptilianhybrids8947]

Dark angles and raven guard will always be my favourite

[@chuck2703]

Love your work. Thank you for your time and effort.

[@HipHopCrusader]

Another great video

[@mr.oddball.]

Ah the Raven Guard, time to get out the black eyeliner and read some Edgar Allan Poe.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Nah, they're more Rambo than goth.

[@TheUrbanSimian]

​@etinarcadiaego7424 if Rambo listened to Type O negative and wrote poetry maybe

[@Rorian_Camus]

really enjoyed this video

[@HelmandTemplar]

Amazing video that has made me question adding all the pouches that come with primaris space marines to my raven guard as they keep their armour clean.

[@pichael38]

Awesome. Loving the content.

[@jamescarter8693]

It's crazy I seem to think that each one of these might be my favorite one I kind of agree down there or up there wherever the shuffle puts us nonetheless the pain of remembrance is upon us we shall not forget

[@randy8897]

excellent lore , well done

[@tannerhull697]

i like how their power is basically depression

[@MagePawle]

All videos are great! Definitely a new fen

[@MrGravylegs]

Would be crazy if that all this time the ravenguard are a MASSIVE legion of Astartes. With all this time they’ve been very successful in their recruitment, but given a false record of their numbers. Their true aspirants just blending into the population through their innate gifts. The entire time growing and growing in number, just waiting until the day their primarc returns and gather them, now legion strong to take up against Abbadon’s last battle!!

[@x0lopossum]

What is the name of the outro church sounding song in your videos? It sounds heavenly, I love it.

[@NoelCo-yd1gu]

Raven guard is the best legion. Not to mention, most savage looking armor

[@Benzo18769]

That's how I would fight,it's seems foolish to throw everything you have at the front,it's wise to conserve your numbers and go around at angles and striking with speed, accuracy and power⚔️🛡️

[@Albeare]

that was awesome! thank you

[@paulellington1505]

Great video. Love me some Raven Guard. Just read the book where Corax becomes a shadow raven demon and he lays waste to some Word Bearers and chases demon prince/primarch Lorgar into tower to where he resides to this day.

[@shafiqali7051]

There was also a side story about a raven guard astartes that was having a slight mutation on his body ( gene seed Minor body rejection)......it turn out that he was an adult guardsmen soldier before accepting the offer to be a raven guards space marine from their apothecaries...... either than that i don't know much about this particular story...🤔🤔🤔

[@commandercostas]

Finally, a video about the best legion

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

Very hyped for my bois in green.

[@stuartnewman6968]

Corax also beat roubute guilliman three times in a row in duels. That says alot. Imagine as a soldier having to live up to that. Also he loved his warriors so much and when the alphas interfered with the gene seed. Just shows how paranoid they was to interfere. The ability to hide and wait. No noise at all. Hand signals and head movements. Very sas sbs stlye. Shame they have been depleted as such

[@Shoelaces77]

Being so little in numbers, they had to be efficient. Their marines are probably a cut above the rest

[@piotrd.4850]

Frankly speaking, putting Alpha Legion in 2nd line was - in retrospect - hughe give away.

[@acebubbles5023]

i’ve taken a few chapter tests to see who i should focus on and I always get Raven Guard, with Ultra Marines and Space Wolves coming in a close second

[@Tech419z]

I love me some raven guard! But don’t tell my salamander either!

[@commissaryarrick9670]

What the alpha legion did to raven guard gene seed was just dirty . Makes rogal dorn killing apharius so much sweeter

[@leijensen11]

If you see raven guard or any of their successor chapters,... it's too late. You can run but you will die tired.

[@RahmatRiad]

30:53 does anyone know of the background music?

[@imaginationpersona7961]

Now that I know the lore about the Raven Guard, it makes me feel even more happy that I picked their colors to represent my classes in Space Marine 2. For the Emperor!

[@youngprofit6585]

@@imaginationpersona7961 did the same thing!! Been diving into the lore even more because of it

[@imaginationpersona7961]

@@youngprofit6585 - I salute you, my fellow Raven Guard Brother!

[@polmMM-uk1rz]

It would be really cool to have raptors unit on the tabletop, like raven guard possessed

[@300SonsofOdin]

Holy Emperor! You once again do your name justice, Remembrancer! May his holy light shine upon thee and may your service to his Imperium last long! The Emperor protects!

[@robertflynn4215]

The XIX legion the raven guard and there primarch corvus corax are my favorite loyalist space marine legion and also there successors chapters the raptors, the carcharodons and the death spectres. I just love this legion because of there movable flexibility, stealth abilities, reconnaissance assassination and guerrilla warfare like tactics. As well there looks too. May the emperor's Light shine down you o'great remembrancer Victorus Aut Mortis (Victory or Death) 🖤☠

[@stuartnewman6968]

I am doing a "revilers* successor army from the raven guard

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

Deliverance has come.

[@therobotFrom94]

I love the raven guard but there is something so funny about power armoured super soldiers that tower over the average human having a stealth legion

[@GhstTwnzFnst]

I love the Raven Guard, it's sad what they've become in the past few years.

[@simonoconnor7759]

I play the loyalist successor chapter the Knights of the Raven. My theory and backstory is that they were formed from a very select group after the Heresy, that of the few remaining Terran born loyalist Ravenguard who lived through the attack on gate 41, the dropsite massacre, and the subsequent scattering of the Legion, and who weren't members of the warrior lodges. This group I figure may have been slighty less than 1000 warriors, and was gladly hived off as a separate chapter, due to their differences with their primogenitor. The Knights eschew stealth, and instead wear brightly polished silver battle plate and crusader pattern helms. They are brutally pragmatic and favour orbital drop assaults.

[@r3gret2079]

Holy shit, dude's voice. That shit alone will put hair on your phobos chest piece.

[@Mersaror]

playlist chapter !

[@JoshuaTree-u5w]

Learning who these guys are - have heard of every chapter just don’t know who’s what and where. Took that space marine chapter test and got Ravenguard and Dark angels at 80% so this was great! Cheers

[@elmatamarikas]

Something i still dont understand is why Corax decided to hunt down Lorgar over the alpha legion as a whole, knowing that it was the alpha legion the one that dealt the most devastading blow to the Raven Guard.

[@I_am-lost.]

Probably because he was the og traitor. It was his fault that 70 odd thousand marines died at istvann. And the dude almost killed him at istvann too

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

My chapter would happily welcome the Son's of the Raven to fight beside on ANY Battle field.

[@ConceptsCool4993]

The primarch so chad, he figured out he was a minor abstract concept ffs. Also, does youtube have a grudge against you stronger than fantasy dwarves because this error in the video thing is starting to feel like the website is intentionally hurting you, which I don't like because you are awesome Andy.

[@sancocho1718]

Glorious Man Emperor: Emo Corax, and his damned soul chickens!

[@Azzie420]

VICTORY IS VENGEANCE!!! I loved Sixx but damn his death was written so well, falling back to the lab and asking for orders only for his superior to kill him as the enigmatic alpha legion operative only known as Exodus had taken Sixx’s commanders identity

[@peterga3658]

Re upload ???? wasnt this up yesterday ?

[@TheRemembrancer]

There was trouble with the visuals. The Mechanicus had to be summoned to fix the problem