The Night Lords paid no heed whatsoever to civilian casualties in battle. They lurked in the shadows, using bloody massacre scenes to terrorize the planet's resistance.
Whether in back alleys or lavish palaces, one could find corpses tortured beyond recognition. These ever-present dead, combined with the unseen Night Lords, formed the most exquisite part of their terror tactics.
That was why Corax so deeply despised the Night Lords and Konrad Curze. He believed such large-scale slaughter was a sign of incompetence.
That disgust was in turn passed down to Corax's Legion. Before the Primarchs were found, every Legion was under the direct control of The Emperor.
The first warriors of every Legion were recruited on Terra, which was why they were known within their Chapters as Terran-born. As the Primarchs were found one after another, the worlds where they had grown up became new recruitment grounds.
Take the world where Corax had grown up: Kiavahr Forge World. It was later renamed Deliverance in honor of Corax's achievements. Soldiers born on that planet differed greatly from Terran-born soldiers in their approach to battle.
Holy Terra was now the heart of the Imperium of Man, its ignorant atmosphere so thick it could almost solidify into blocks. But when The Emperor had first begun the Great Crusade, Terra had been so cruel and chaotic.
Ruled by techno-barbarians, Terra had found it difficult to shed its bloody nature in a short time even after returning to The Emperor's embrace. Barbarian tribes and warlords occupied every region, imposing their rules upon the survivors and profoundly reshaping their minds.
The soldiers born in that chaotic land were all cold-blooded and ruthless, because the enemies they faced lacked even the most basic humanity and compassion.
The Raven Guard Legion's Terran-born soldiers were no different. They often employed