Editing Blood Ravens (section)

==Bloody Magpies==
[[File:Magpie Missle.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Blood Ravens "acquiring" a master-crafted artillery shell from a Forgeworld. The next day, the Magos simply said: ''"THEY TOOK WHAT?!"'' after hearing the report that their entire artillery battery was reported missing.]]
[[File:Warhammer_40k_blood_ravens_magpies_comic_bolt_down_everything_1335786405659.jpg|200px|left|thumb| It’s too late brother captain, they’ve taken the vault And everything in it, including the bolts. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKIKY0CuAKo NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!]]]

Throughout the Dawn of War II trilogy, the Blood Ravens have numerous opportunities to receive wargear for them to use in battle. When you read the flavor text, a good number of them are obtained through vague circumstances or described as "gifts", either implying that they were salvaged from the dead who aren't Blood Ravens or were downright stolen from both loyal and traitor marine chapters and other Imperial organizations. How they got away with that is something only the Emperor would know. Seeing as their battle gear includes (and is not limited to) scraps from Ultramarines, Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Salamanders, Dark Angels, Iron Snakes, Blood Angels, Black Templars, Iron Hands, Grey Knights, even the Adeptus Custodes and at least one Primarch, the Emperor probably is the only one that could know.

''Why'' they do this is a much more obvious matter, and doesn't even need old memes to justify it: they are not an official chapter and must make do with what they find. In case you haven't noticed thus far: they are (One of several chapters) named after an intelligent bird known for feasting on the dead, which makes them value the spoils of war more than any other chapter. In addition, they are always on the move, implying heavily that they are the Space Gypsies of the Warhammer 40k. This makes further sense when you consider that "Gypsies" is derived from "Egyptian", and the Thousand Sons are Egyptian-themed (although gypsies are actually ethnically Indian). Maybe the White Scars like them, but they only hang out with their successors anyway.

Even before Dawn Of War II, they already got their talons on wargear from other Chapters. Brother-Captain [[Indrick Boreale|Indrick Baldeale]] could get "Rogal's Fist" as a replacement for his chainsword. A mace that is rumored to have been made by Rogal Dorn himself to lay waste to foes that stand before it. How it ended up in the hands of the Blood Raven's instead of being locked up somewhere in the Imperial Fist's Phalanx because it was (supposedly) made by their Primarch is a mystery. A small taste or preview to the insane kleptomania that we see in Dawn of War II before we even knew it.

So [[Bjorn_the_Fell_Handed#Bjorn.27s_Happy_End|how will this end?]] I don't know...But I'm pretty sure they are a textbook case of mass kleptomania, which could be explained as an [[Kender|unnoticed gene-seed corruption]] (because when you're checking for thing like growing the wrong number of limbs, a compulsion to steal is going to be a lot less visible).

Of course, will you question the Omnissiah and the Machine Cult when it comes to handling artifacts?

They’ve even started to steal vehicles now. With them “Acquiring” an assortment of [[Nephilim Jetfighter|Nephilim Fighters]] from ravenwing. Of course, they’re being surprisingly generous with them, considering the second batch they acquired. Is due to br given to the [[Hawk Lords]].

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File:StealingBastards.jpeg| We came here to do two things: purge heretics and stehl property, and we already stole all your property, so let’s do this.
File:BloodRavensTacticals.jpg|This official artwork's concept was in fact stolen from a depiction of [[Imperial Fists|the VII Legion]] on page 15 in [[Index Astartes]] II.
Image:Baalpistol.png|Also known as the Bloody Magpies.
File:BloodRavensBook.jpeg| A Blood Raven, 'protecting' a first edition crisp condition Codex Astartes from the Ultrasmurfs first company...
File:BA Flamer.jpg|When the Bloody Magpies were victimizing the Blood Angels, they didn't just settle for the Pistol of Baal.
Image:Inquisitorpistol.png|Weight on the word "discovered".
File:DoomEagle.jpg|This is primarily because the Doom Eagles didn't think to look at their own Chapter armoury.
File:Benediction.jpg|Even the Inquisition is not safe.
File:Custodes bolter.jpg|HOW THE FUCK DO YOU STEAL CUSTODES EQUIPMENT?! They could have had it "gifted" from the Deathwatch. [[Derp|But that means somebody was stupid enough to promote a Blood Raven to a Watch or Forge Master in the first place.]]
File:Jump Pack.jpg|Even the lost and dead are not safe.
File:Heretical Shotgun.jpg|Even the ruinous powers are not safe.
File:Alpha legion armor.jpg|When we said Chaos wasn't safe, we weren't kidding.
File:Termi tele.jpg|Techmarines from different chapters swear to the Emperor that they've seen this before in another chapter's armoury.
File:Artificer termi.jpg|Refusal is futile.
File:Nova Termi.jpg|The Novamarines were puzzled to see the Terminator armour gone from their honored battle brother's body after he fell against the Tau... 30 seconds later when they glanced aside.
Image:evenyoumartellus.png|Curiously, the Techpriests of Mars refused to recruit any more potential Techmarines from the Blood Ravens after Martellus' release.
Image:bloodmagpies.png|Spoiler: They don't.
File:Snakes banner.jpg|Emphasis on "recovered".
File:CustodesArmor.jpg|This really puts the achievements of all other chapters to shame.
File:Forgebreaker.png|Not even the Primarchs are safe.
File:SkarbrandMaul.jpg|[[Skarbrand|Skarbrand’s]] weapon is pretty cool too, I guess.
File:BTThunderHammer.jpg|Legend. Apocryphal. You made it up. You made it the fuck up.
File:Ancient Bolter.gif|Even [[Matthew_Ward| Matt Ward's]] beloved [[Ultramarines|Ultrasmurfs]] aren't safe...
File:GKArmor.jpg| And neither are his other beloved [[Grey_Knights|Special Snowflakes]].
File:Dawn_of_stubbornness.png| Even the fan chapters have witnessed this.
File:Blood_Raven_1.JPG|"[[Roboute_Guilliman|Lord Commander]], a batch of [[Primaris Marines]] went missing just after the visit of-" "I know."
File:PrimarisAngelos.png|Well, we know where at least some of that missing Primaris geneseed went...
File:20180902093627 1.jpg|Not even the xenos are safe...no, really. How do you steal a Wraithlord?
File:Dd6.gif|A Blood Raven Space Marine in their natural habitat.
File:Blood Ravens Shao Kahn.jpg|Shao Kahn should have lurked moar.
File:Blood Ravens Meme.png|Memes were never save.
File:un-steal-able text.png
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===Rumours===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3uEf8sJt1s&feature=g-all-lik A Blood Raven marine sneaking off with an Ultramarine Land Raider with incomprehensible stealth.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4om7AuID6BY&feature=related It is worse than we imagined.] [[heresy|Also note Boreale's face while holding the Eldar]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enua52rXfmQ Much worse.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tavp0vrBOLA So bad, they would steal from each other (Though why would they want THAT particular relic is anybody's guess).]
*Stole not one, but two whole [[Primarch]]s before they were even found.