This archive tracks four layers. A record present in 1 of them (M41) is silent in the rest, and says so.
The Horus HeresyM30–M31
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in The Horus Heresy.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Age of the ImperiumM32–M40
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Age of the Imperium.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
The 41st Millenniumpre-Rift
imperium
Raven Guard strike cruiser
The strike cruiser that carries half of the Raven Guard's 5th Battle Company, under Brother-Captain Corvane Valar, to Kathur during the 13th Black Crusade.
Position: Kathur System (Kathur) Raven Guard strike cruiser carrying half of the 5th Company under Captain Corvane Valar to the Kathurite Reclamation Cited in Cadian Blood
Era Indomituspost-Rift
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Era Indomitus.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Position
A mobile record: it carries a position timeline rather than a fixed point. The archive places it in 1 of the four eras (M41); each era section above carries that era's entry.
Books set here
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Every fact in this record, and where it came from. Editorial derivations say so.
identityhigh
wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Corvane_Valar (read directly in a browser on 2026-10-02): 'Under his command the Raven Guard deployed half of 5th Company and the Strike Cruiser Second Shadow', cited to Cadian Blood (Novel), Chapters 1-2. No Lexicanum article of its own. NAME-COLLISION CHECK: no other index record uses the name.
archetypemedium
'cruiser' (the capital-ship hull): a Strike Cruiser per Lexicanum Corvane_Valar; the alias table has no strike-cruiser shape, and a strike cruiser is a cruiser, not an escort.
positionshigh
m41, the Kathur system, the only place any source puts the ship (Lexicanum Corvane_Valar).
erashigh
m41 only, the era of the novel. Allegiance 'imperium'.