Editing Raven Guard (section)

==Mutations and Origins of the Emo meme==
The Raven Guard suffered low-level gene-seed deterioration (due to [[Raptors (Raven Guard)|Corax's attempt to bolster the legion's numbers at any cost]], which was cloning thousands of Space Marines that turned into genetic rejects), which means that like [[Matt Ward]]'s brain, several of the unique organs of the Space Marines no longer work entirely properly. Raven Guard Marines do not have functional Mucranoids (glands that helps them survive space vacuum without protection) or Betcher's Glands (which allows them to spit acid). Additionally, the Melanchromic Organ has a unique mutation that causes the skin of the Space Marine to grow paler with age. This imbalance eventually causes each Raven Guard Marine's skin to become bone-white while their hair and eyes darken, becoming pitch fucking black. So [[grimdark]].

There's also the ''Sable Brand'' a sort of gene-curse manifested as an emo-tier disregard for self-preservation in the field of battle. These marines turn utterly kill-crazy and are thus marshaled into their own little [[Death Company]]. While Corax had the acumen and numbers to afford throwing these guys together as his shadow killers and then use them as an elite strike force, the Raven Guard of the modern day aren't quite as able to do so and began experimenting to figure out why they became so emo. The Brand is a good deal more psychological than matters like the [[Red Thirst]], as Corax reshaped his battle doctrine in order to limit how his men get afflicted - it worked at limiting how many turned super-emo, but this also led to the Brand being a point of no return, whereas before there was at least a chance to come back from the edge. This later resulted in [[Roboute Guilliman]] to adopt this into the [[Moritat]] after the [[Ultramarines]] got their power butts kicked by the Ash Blind during training sessions with Corax and his sons. It is worth of note that the Primarch of the Ultramarines made sure the Moritat would make its way into every Legion, making this one formation the only one that spread unlike the likes of the [[Fulmentarus|Fullmentarus Terminators]] he planned to include into each Legion. They are also noted for going batshit crazy against any of the Legions who did that fun thing on Istvaan called the [[Drop Site Massacre]]. Corax also exiled the Terran-born [[Ashen Claws]] to [[Ghoul Stars]] as they did not fit his visions of the Legion. They would later build an empire there.

Their visual style is mostly vanilla marines, mostly due to the lack of care GW has provided for them. Forge World and the Horus Heresy novels seem to push them more towards a native american style, with fetishes (not the Slaanesh-kind of fetish, you pervert) made from various kinds of animal bones and, you guessed it, black feathers.