4th Company (Raven Guard)
The 4th Company of the Raven Guard, known as "The Silent", is one of the Chapter's Battle Companies.[1a][1b][2]
Overview
The 4th strives for the second aspect of the Trifold Path of Shadow, stealth. While all Raven Guard are trained in stealth, the 4th takes it to a whole new level. The Silent are therefore contemplative and methodical in their approach to battle, judging rash action to be as dangerous as any foe. Their squads tend to be deployed on campaigns known from the outset to be long and arduous, where positioning matters more than sheer fury. Once unleashed, the Silent infiltrate deep behind enemy lines, carrying out precision operations of sabotage and disruption that leave the enemy True to their title, the 4th takes to war with no words or war cry and do not even use Vox commands lest they give away their position. Instead, orders are given by coded vox-pip or gestures. Both methods use Corspake - a secret language once used by the rebels of Deliverance in Corax's time. Specializing in infantry squads, what vehicles they do use are further modified to reduce sound and energy signature and are often used to distract from incoming foot assaults. In the Age of the Dark Imperium, the 4th has made prodigious use of Repulsor tanks.[1b]
As the 4th often operates behind enemy lines and provides targeting data for orbiting war fleets, the Shadow Captain of the 4th is the Master of the Fleet.[1b]
Known Battles
Known Members
- Vynda Aason - Current Captain.[1a]
- Aethon Shaan - Former Captain[2], now First Captain.[1a][4]
- Ardaric Vaanes - Former Captain, now a Chaos Space Marine.[4]
Sources
- 1: Codex Supplement: Raven Guard (8th Edition):
- 2: Codex Supplement: Angels of Death (7th Edition), pg. 46
- 3: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition) (E-Book Edition), pg. 213
- 4: The Chapter's Due (Novel), Chapter 3
- 5: Apocalypse (Novel), Chapters 1-2
