The False Heritage Of The Raptors - 40K Theories

[Music] uh [Music] the raptors are a loyalist chapter of the adeptus astartes created during the course of the second founding the chapter's history is somewhat paradoxically both utterly glorious and unbelievably tragic for while the raptors have achieved countless victories against the enemies of man they have also sustained an equal if not greater amount of misfortune and loss over the millennia not only would the child to be pushed to the very brink of extinction on more than one occasion but they would even lose their very home world during one of the earliest black crusades of abaddon the spoiler as a result of the many hardships endured by the chapter the raptors would over time become increasingly pragmatic while the raptors are officially documented as adhering to the tenets of the codex austerities the chapter itself only abides by its teachings in the loosest possible sense despite acknowledging that the codex is an important tried and tested guide in regards to military tactics and strategies the raptors nonetheless maintain that the codex should be treated only as a guide as opposed to the quasi-religious doctrine that many other chapters often regarded as because of this the raptors unlike the majority of codex compliant chapters will bend or even outright break the often strict and overly rigid rules of the codex should the situation demand it instead choosing to place a greater emphasis on adaptability and tactical flexibility this in turn has resulted in the raptors becoming highly unconventional by the standards of the adepted societies even to the point of applying war zone specific camouflage to their armor weaponry and even their vehicles a tactic which other space marine chapters are known to dismiss due to it being perceived as cowardly the raptors are also known to favor stealth and hit and run tactics dealing as much damage as possible to the enemy and slipping away before they can retaliate while other chapters may look down upon the raptors for their methodology it has proven to be undeniably effective within imperial records the raptors are said to be descended from the ranks of the 19th legion of the legionaire astartes the raven guard according to legend the chapter was founded by asperant members of the raven guard legion who had avoided the events of the east fan five drop sign massacre due to the fact that their training upon the moon of deliverance had yet to be completed while the chapter itself appears to be named after the raven guard legion's raptor project there is some debate as to whether or not the founders of the modern day raptors chapter was somehow connected with the raptor project itself like other raven guard successors the raptors not only share a similar preference in their methods of waging war favoring guerrilla tactics as opposed to pitch battles but they also share a number of key physical traits with their primogenitors thanks to the unstable nature of coraxian gene seed and the resulting genetic deficiencies contained within the warriors of the raptors chapter not only lack a functioning mucronoid organ rendering them incapable of producing a waxy secretion to protect their skin from extreme changes in temperature but their melanchromic organ also appears to be defective resulting in the chapters warriors developing deathly pale skin as well as dark hair and eyes somewhat surprisingly however the raptors unlike other chapters descended from the 19th legion have access to a fully functional betcha's gland an organ that allows an asterisk to produce an acidic saliva as to how the raptors were able to seemingly retain the capability to produce this particular organ when others of their gene line could not none can truly say some have speculated that the chapter was able to somehow restore the necessary zygotes within their gene seed starks whereas others have suggested that the gene seed of the raptors have been split away from the bulk of the raven guard before the legion had lost the ability to produce the betch's gland but some have suggested a more outlandish possibility could the reason behind the raptors retention of the badgers gland be due to the chapter being a raven guard successor in name only since the raptors are officially listed as a second founding raven guard successor chapter the odds of them being truly descended from the gene line of corvus corax are indeed incredibly high if not all but a certainty however there is a possibility albeit a minor one but the current incarnation of the raptors chapter is not the same chapter that was established during the course of the second founding the reason for this particular train of thought is due to the fact that according to imperial armor vol 9 the raptors chapter was repeatedly reported as being utterly destroyed or at the very least declared missing in action at some indeterminate point in time during m37 if the raptors chapter was indeed destroyed then it's possible that an entirely new chapter could have been founded inheriting the name colour scheme and heraldry of the original raptors chapter but all the while drawing their gene seed stocks from an altogether different source while such an idea may sound fairly implausible it is important to note that karaxian gene seed as detailed within the first iteration of the 8th edition space marine codex has experienced incredibly high levels of genetic degradation and deterioration over the millennia forcing those chapters descended from the raven guard to utilize the purer and more stable supplies of gene seed drawn from the terran gene vaults when creating new space marines because of this which in turn would also appear to imply that supplies of caraxie and gene seed are gradually dwindling over time the high lords of terror may have instead chosen to utilize the gene seed stocks of another legion entirely with which to re-establish the raptors chapter but if this were indeed the case and that the raptors are in truth not sons of the primarch corvus corax then from which of the other first founding legions could this modern day incarnation of the raptors be descended from of all the original space marine legions only one is shown to display physical characteristics that are in any way similar to those exhibited by the raven guard the eighth legion of the legionnaire started the night lords after all as detailed within index astarte's volume two those implanted with nightlord's gene seed will over time develop incredibly pale skin while their eyes will become an oily black in coloration traits which are incredibly similar if not outright identical to those exhibited within the gene seed of the raven guard unlike the raven guard however the gene seed stocks of the nightlords are described as being incredibly pure as well as demonstrating a high degree of stability exhibiting little to no signs of genetic degradation or mutation if the raptors chapter were created through the utilization of nightmares gene seed as opposed to that of the raven guard then this could very well explain as to how the chapter was able to retain the use of the becha's gland organ when other raven guard successors could not in addition it is also worth mentioning that the night lords also made frequent use of specialist jump infantry known as knight raptors which the modern day raptors chapter could very well have taken their name from if they were indeed created utilizing kersey and jean seed although there is little in the way of actual evidence to support this particular notion but if the raptors are indeed unknight lord's successor chapter as opposed to being descended from the raven guard then why do the raptors lack the mutanoid organ when the nightlords themselves retain it this could be due to the simple fact that the gene sees stock of the raptors may have simply begun degenerating over time perhaps even to the point of experiencing its own unique scent of zygote deficiencies after all chapters of differing genetic lineages can share a number of overlapping flaws within their gene seed even though the exact combination of flaws and deficiencies are ultimately different from one another for example both the raven guard and imperial fist chapters lack functioning glands within their respective gene seed starks although the imperial fists are still capable of producing a muconoid organ while the raven guard unlike the imperial fists have retained the use of the susan membrane an organ which allows an astartes to undergo a state of suspended animation as well as this a number of chapters known to have independently developed a number of genetic defects which do not appear to correspond to any of the pre-existing flaws exhibited by the first founding legions the original incarnation of the soul drinkers chapter for example were known to have sported an overly active homophasia an organ that allows a space marine to relive the memories of the recently deceased by consuming their flesh resulting in the soul drink is experiencing such sensations with a greater intensity than other chapters as such it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility for the gene seed stocks of a figurative night lord's successor chapter to over time mutate and eventually lose the ability to produce one or more of a space marine's unique organs or perhaps the raptors instead of being a night lord's successor chapter are indeed descended from the raven guard but that their chin seed had been for lack of a better term contaminated by night lord's genetic material while this may seem incredibly unlikely it is worth noting that at least one loyalist nightlord a warrior named cassati nuwan had fought alongside the forces of the raven guard as an honorary yet an official member of the 19th legion during the course of the horus heresy however prior to the battle of yarend nuan along with a number of other loyalists who had fought alongside the raven guard would be dispatched to the imperial frameworld of terror in order to aid in the defense of the imperial palace while it currently remains unknown as to what became of cassatti new one following the events of the horus heresy if he had indeed survived the siege of terror it's entirely possible that he could have been officially inducted into the ranks of the raven guard prior to the introduction of the codex austerities before going on to become one of the founding members of the raptors after the space marine legions have been broken down into smaller chapters if this were indeed the case and new one had retained his own cursing jean seed as opposed to having his progenoid glands removed and replaced with those of the raven guard then it is theoretically possible that his original progenoids after being harvested could have somehow tainted the gene seed stocks of the raptors which in turn allowed the chapter to retain the use of the bech's gland organ admittedly however there is little else to support this particular possibility whatever the truth may be the raptors will nonetheless continue to embody the teachings of corvus corax by delivering swift and silent death from the shadows what do you think leave a comment below and thanks for watching [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 12min 50sec (770 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 14 2021