Dark Crusade - Blood Ravens After Action Report

[@Echelon030]

"the Blood Ravens' faith would never have them turn against the Imperium". That's what they said about the Word Bearers too.

[@normalyoutubechannel1236]

And lorgarms turned his back on emps for burning his church

[@SMAXZO]

You know, the Engineseer did a good job. Can you imagine Kyras with a Hellstorm cannon?

[@Xterminator8411]

That, and his (partial) ascension to daemonhood, Kyras would have had one hell of a time.

[@bossshun9]

SMAXZO I can see Kyras giving such a weapon to the Chaos forces as an offer for additional power, more daemon power, or later, used against the chapter as an offering to create a Daemon of Nurgle.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

He would have to move it first.

[@bayarsejar5831]

He could have also used it to help Eliphas by giving him the hellstorm cannon so they can free the nurgle daemon that is in it with Ulkair

[@genola]

The weapons that the Blood Ravens took from Chaos no doubt show up in Chaos Rising. They were probably taken under orders from Azariah Kyras too, who was already under the influence of chaos.

[@wierdlifedude5283]

thats why the last engine seer destroyed the cannon, imagine what kyras would do with it. i bet Big E whispered it to the techpriest :P

[@finnheisenheim8274]

Dark crusade was kyras securing chaos relics and other heretical artifacts on kronus to solidify his place as a servant of chaos. Soulstorm was a strategic move to discretely kill loyal space marines to secure the blood ravens to serve chaos.

[@nobobonobo]

@@finnheisenheim8274 well damn, I guess it makes sense now why the game is called dark crusade

[@toledochristianmatthew9919]

@@nobobonobo It can be attributed to Chaos too. If you played as Eliphas, it will mention several times of his Dark Crusade. I guess it applies to the Blood Ravens too after what happens in Dawn of War 2.

[@Revan085]

Now it makes sense of course that the black artifacts they found on demos peninsula were not taken to the librarium to be destroyed. Kyras wanted them.

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

That line about the Libarians grabbing CHAOS artifacts not to immediately DESTROY but to take them home? Was relic planning their corruption arc in the first game already??????????

[@emirhaneksioglu4503]

A moment of silence for Apothecary Gordian T^T

[@deceptivelysmallman]

:'(

[@a_loyal_kiwi88]

f

[@solarwrath1313]

very unfortunate, he had such a cool voice

[@michaelandreipalon359]

......

[@koymakilbahhd5593]

What happened to him?

[@Damocles178]

Continued: Oh and it sucks to be the traitor Guardsmen. They turned against the regement in hopes of being spared only to be killed by the Blood Ravens anyway :)

[@gamesman089er]

The Blood Ravens defeated all of the factions during that game, well the Orks and Eldar are subjective since it's never actually acknowledged in DOW2 other than the Eldar campaign. Thule states he saw Eliphas die in CR, the IG was the whole canon plot point of that game, and Tarkus got his terminator honours from fighting the Necrons and the Tau.

[@furiousfinch1587]

Gorgutz flees at the demise of his WAAAGH! to fight another day. Taldeer's death may have happened, but the Blood Ravens may not have bothered to destroy any soulstones, and likely did not inform anyone else of the battle. Knowledge is power.

[@Siegberg91]

@@furiousfinch1587 Taldeers death was all but confirmed in retribution. She was tortured to death by Azariah Kyras and he stole her soulstone as trinket.

[@eliphas8200]

I wonder how you find all these epic and fitting musics. It's really a talent.

[@ShadowTheHeavy]

"Took these dark artifacts to where they could be safely destroyed(Read "Used")"

[@ColeMeCrazy]

0:01 Chaos (Against the Black Apostle) 1:07 Eldar (Relics of Ulthwé) 2:25 Imperial Guard (The Rewards of Loyalty) 4:06 Orks (Fall of the Warlord) 5:09 Necrons (Victory Over Death) 6:09 Tau Empire (The Purge of Asharis)

[@agidyne9676]

The music is a tad bit too loud in this video.

[@skynetpuma]

Dude, really , really love how well you pick the music, heard all of the after action reports, and the music really enhance the narration. Any advice for picking this themes? I see you use everything you got, so any advice is welcome :)

[@BigDickCheney]

+Skynet Puma It helps to have a large library of music to pick from. I had thousands of songs when I made these videos. Besides that, its all about finding pieces that mesh with the faction/narration in question. With Blood Ravens, I went with heroic/bombastic themes. Imperial Guard were militaristic. Eldar were solemn and esoteric sounding themes, etc, etc.

[@skynetpuma]

+BigDickCheney Any advice to where to start to search for music like that? Its true, in the epilogues you get the right feeling for each one, i have limited music, only the one i find in youtube, but tend to be too generic in case of roleplay music, or similar, any advice?

[@BigDickCheney]

+Skynet Puma KZbin is a decent resource. A lot of the music I used is on youtube (or was last time I checked). You have to expand your search. Find out the composers behind the music. Look into the albums they've done. Find a playlist and listen to all of it before passing judgement.

[@BigDickCheney]

+Dzaga Maga You mean from my Necron AAR videos? Ambient, perhaps dark ambient if you want to be more specific.

[@thebeano1985]

Knowledge is power, Guard it well!

[@superfrycook6360]

How could Captain Thule lost his eye during the Necron stronghold?

[@diegoernestovarelaparra3820]

He fight against the necron lord.

[@hero714gtskhosanalamla5]

He fought the necron lord and almost lost

[@orphencastor]

After listening to all the After Action Report(s), it makes you wonder who OFFICIALLY won the great battle of the Dark Crusade. I guess we have to wait for the next game to see which of the 'winning' storylines was canon.

[@BigDickCheney]

Crimson Tide - 05 - Roll Tide

[@MadmanHelldiver]

I can just picture the narrator getting gradually annoyed by his voice being drowned out by the music lol

[@Izrek]

I think is because both had order to take planet. Blood Ravens ordered Guard to retreat from planet while they purge it. Also they couldn't allow planets secrets to fall anyone else. As for guard leaving would go directly against their orders. And in Imperium not following orders kills you.

[@Zeredek]

Holy shit, Gordian was in Dark Crusade?

[@MrCouchmen]

Yup

[@JoanieSappho]

I'm now rather interested in what exactly was meant by the comment that the Avatar's remains would cause 'no small amount of trouble.' I mean -there's a story there! Personal gripe about the game that can be ignored: Why on earth were the Guard given a single heavy weapon team as their new unit? I mean, ratling snipers, rough rider squadrons, just about Leman Russ variant (I loves my Exterminator) - heck, even heavy weapon teams with the *full* range of weapons would have been better.

[@Satugai]

these are the after action reports (or the speech) after you defeat each stronghold

[@RyanM92]

i didn't expect the nova marines were mentioned until I listened closely.

[@MrCouchmen]

Avitus with chapter master Kyras and his honour guard walked through the Victory bay.

[@sennapods]

The Emperor is with us; the Unknown Primarch is with us! They have come for our blood, but shall drown IN THEIR OWN!!

[@BigDickCheney]

We'll see.

[@BigDickCheney]

I extracted the sounds from the game.

[@Hlhud]

Boy, what do y'all think happens when the narrator orders some fast food? :P

[@BigDickCheney]

Yes.

[@red244]

@MKllDark4ngel Yeah thats why Kyras (Chapter Master of Blood Ravens) is tainted by choas. Yes Gaberial Angelos started a civil war aginste them but still... the chapter is currupt, to the point where most of the first company are now considered forces of choas.

[@shady1306]

Ty so much for that,i searched for the name of that song so long

[@IAmTheStig32]

Fail: It's a recurring theme when it comes to Boreale.

[@arelius536]

dude i wish there was an online warhammer 40.000 game which would look like it would be in real life with sensors and stuff

[@outlawstar15a2]

This music makes me when to salute the Blood Raven flag and that of the Imperium.

[@Area51T]

good point.

[@albertc5080]

Thanks for your answer deadly :) Hans zimmer is amazing, but i didnt know this is one of his songs. I like this style of music ^^

[@KingRichard262]

i think taldiers end by the ravens was kinder that the ig end, as the ig handed her over to the inquisition, she would face terrible torture there, but it will teach her to attack humanity

[@sennapods]

I've beaten dark Crusade three times with the Blood Ravens, and the After Action Report re: victory bay stops at the reference to the traitorous guardsmen to be executed. The techpriest part is not there. How did you get the techpriest part, BigDickCheney?

[@timeywimeytardis]

WHAT??? all the mines and the avatar and the chaos and orks and the ridiculous amount of fire prisms???

[@DJTRANCENDENCE]

@ride4ruin Dude no matter what I do I can NOT find ANY info or lore on the old ones or the origin of the orks, what do you know about it? plz that question has plagued me like something from nurgle!

[@lazerleon0100]

Though on Rehe's Paradise The Eldar were more allys then enemies to the Blood Ravens. So why he says they were traitors on Rahes Paradise i could not say. And Many of the Blood Raven's Victory's were because of either intelligance or physical help through battle from the eldar

[@RyeHorizon]

FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@Thevas11]

According to Lexicanum, this is the canonical series of events on Kronus, except for the fact that Governor Alexander survived the fall of Victory Bay. Alexander would later be killed by Shas'O'res'ka on Kaurava III.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Actually here is the lazy writting of Relic, there is no way the ending is canon but lukas survives. There is a contradiction. 14 y reply but I dont care.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@Bradolf Yeetler You are confused, im talking about Lukas who appears in both DC campaign and SS intro which is after DC where he dies.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Yes,did you even play those games?@Bradolf.Yeetler

[@hhhhhhyy]

Now the musick fits perfectly !!!

[@MrCouchmen]

I don´t understand why I.G and S.M didn´t worked together. They couldn´t bargain?Or their organizations?

[@acegikmo31]

If properly played, the game would early on say that the guards men had been designated to protect that system, when the other forces came to the area, the ravens were sent to clean up the mess. the guardsmen had wanted to clear the sector themselves to prove their strength and restore their honor. the ravens were not in the mood for taking orders from a simpler group, so they resorted to clearing them out just as the others

[@SuperOverlord94]

acegikmo31 It was a bit more complicated than that. It was also a form of cover up, since there were ancient Blood Raven relics on the planet. For this reason, the Blood Ravens needed to purge the planet and secure these relics before anyone else could find them. (as it is revealed in the Imperial Guard campaign, those relics proved that parts of the Blood Ravens' official history is forged) Because of this, they did not want any other Imperial forces on the planet, in case they found these relics, so they ordered the Imperial Guard to withdraw. Sadly, Alexander had received his orders from Segmentum Command, and a single Force Commander did not have the proper authority to overrule such an order. Thus, for the sake of protecting their precious relics against any non-Blood Raven forces, they were forced to attack and eliminate the Imperial Guard.

[@acegikmo31]

SuperOverlord94 true, and with the forces of chaos being present in almost any of these games, the blood ravens had right to believe the guardsmen (or atleast a partition of them) had fallen to the temptations of chaos.

[@bossshun9]

All truthful points. The Blood Ravens knew that any other Imperium faction finding the relics would spell trouble for the chapter.

[@disgruntledtoons]

It's even simpler to explain. Imperial command hierarchies have their heads up their butts.

[@dornofgreen]

Okay, please tell me why the 3rd company of the 1st Kronus regiment was nicknamed the Daemon killers? because they fought in the Deimos Peninsula against the Chaos forces of the Word Bearers

[@AllThings_Gaming-c1m]

and Dark eldar will be no match for the uprsing of the Eldar..but hopefully eldar helps SM and SM reliease that not all emenies are evil..that the Emperor might be right about 'truce of alliance'

[@BigDickCheney]

Space Marines I would think. Then again I'm not all that great at the game!

[@KingRichard262]

where u gettin this from? i dont ever recall that happening, and they would never, EVER attack another human force, and in the event of a backstabbing, i remember they allied with a small force under the command of felavier(eldar) to kill off some tainted IG but there were about 100,000 guardsmen and about 50 soul, and they needed the eldar to wing the flank but what did they do, screwed humanity over and walked away from their mess,

[@Mattypsycho]

no they have red as written by graham mcneil who wrote the rules for the ork codex

[@Thevas11]

I was referring to the Soulstorm intro cinematic.

[@KingRichard262]

if anyone backstabbed, it was felavier(eldar general), and yes, they do fight for only humanity when it all goes to basics, cos they are human and when have they backstabbed?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

All these canonical triumphs, and for what? (With Crimson Tide being used as the OST here, I wonder if there's a The Hunt for Red October theme use somewhere...

[@red244]

@Foolfyer All the characters in Dawn of War II are from the previous games.

[@Shyyrn]

@Revan085 That makes sense. I never thought of it that way! :O

[@Lordofthedonut]

if you're confused about the lore, simple, go to lexicanum (warhammer wiki) and read up on it. too many people posting about the lore without knowing what the hell they're talking about. and thanks ride4ruin for that solid bit of lore. I wonder if we'll find out more about the Old Ones anytime soon...

[@greypilgrim228]

I wouldn't recommend Lexicanum, I'd go more with Warhammer 40,000 wiki. The Lexicanum page for the Blood Ravens still says, even after all these years, that the 5th company took part in the Kronus campaign, despite the fact it was the 4th lol, specifically the 1st, 2nd and 4th. The characters in dawn of war II are all remnants of the 4th company, except Cyrus of the scout company (I think the 4th took part in the Kaurava campaign, hence why they only field 3 or 4 per squad in DWII, though don't quote me on that one, I don't think it's stated what companies were on Kaurava, only that there were 5).

[@greypilgrim228]

And yes, it does really wind me up when all these people know absolutely nothing about the lore.

[@outlawstar15a2]

@Zeredek Yes, he was a veteran of the Kronus campaign.

[@hutchy1k94]

@unsightly thats what I was thinking about this thing. considering chaos rising now we know.

[@killerguildmonk77]

space marine is a 3rd person shooter btw :D

[@Vidve]

Yep

[@sanguiniue]

it would be nice if in the next game you could pick what chapter you play.

[@MrZombert]

Epic

[@TreblasReaver]

Man... you really know wich kind of music fits every raco or cutscene... Do u ever considered doing this professionaly?? (It's no t that I'm offering you a job, lol, but still you have good eye, ear & associative image/sound imagination).

[@DJTRANCENDENCE]

@JLORD300 thousand suns? I heard they were descended from one of the heretic legions from the H.H. anywhere close?

[@reynasan93]

Relic confirmed the Blood Ravens won the Kronus campaign, with them personally killing off at least the Necrons, Orks, and I.G.

[@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802]

Ryan San Agustin the Eldar also was confirmed as seen in retribution if you play as Eldar they have a dialog about Taldeer's soul stone...

[@albertc5080]

Please, i would be very very thankful if anybody tell me the name of the song used in this video

[@dunnono00]

It's not quite the same. Khaine and all those other dudes actually battled with a newborn Slaanesh, who in that moment of birth was hideously strong. The Emperor did battle with Horus who was pumped with a lot of their energies. A lot of people say OMG HORUS WAS AS STRONG AS ALL 4 CHAOS GODS but I don't think even a Primarch's body is capable of holding that much power. The Emperor is damned strong, but old Eldar Empire vs Pre-Heresy Imperium... ah, that's a tough one...

[@KiwiSpartan01]

No music would've been better, so you can hear what they're saying

[@spurdojenkins1932]

The canon ending

[@KingRichard262]

te soul drinkers chapter would, LOOK EM UP, cos their primarch went into the warp but didnt go evil, he just got mutated and if the eldar werent there he couldve died, so he likes them

[@squizzay]

marines r tha koolest race in 40k, the emperor knows, the emperor is watching

[@KingRichard262]

Under strength? you have that wrong, they are one of the strongest known but they are a rare, dying chapter that IS willing to negotiate terms

[@steelgriffin7716]

I had more than a bit of trouble actually(As Necrons)... Of course I left them for Last.

[@AngelusVesica]

nooooooooooooooo, how could you not want to play as blood ravens? I think if they did that i dont think the story would be as epic

[@arcanasplit]

I don't think that the Blood Ravens could have defeated ALL the other factions on Kronus(only 3 or 4 companies were there, after all).While we know that the BR won the Kronus Campaign and that they have destroyed the Eldar,the Necrons,the IG and the CSM,we have no proof that they did the same to the Orks and the Tau.I strongly belive that Eliphas conquered the Ork Stronghold,which granted him Khorne's favor(he couldn't have been resurected without AT LEAST one god's favor and since in DOW2 he seems to praise Khorne above all ,this seems a prety likely story to me).Still,no idea about the Tau(couldn't have been Elipahs since the defeat of the Tau would have made him grow in Lorgar's eyes so...yeah).

[@arcanasplit]

laz kar I said in my comment that Eliphas couldn't have defeated the Tau since that would have meant GAINING LORGAR'S FAVOR which is impossible because if that was the case Eliphas wouldn't be in the Black Legion in Dow2 Chaos Rising and Retribution.

[@ravenstrategist1325]

Le Fluffy It's stated in an DOW2 loading screen then Tarkus distinguished himself against Necrons and Tau, then he became sergeant. This means that the Blood Ravens defeated the Tau as well.

[@ravenstrategist1325]

I think its safe to assume that Elisphas defeated the orks. The fact that he hold up the Blood Ravens for so long it means that he had enough room and resources+gods favour to use Fabian tactics and guerrila in general. Quite cunning considering that his numbers were greater then the BloodRavens.

[@ravenstrategist1325]

laz kar Yes. We can just assume the ork part though. :)

[@Hiperforteca]

Le Fluffy The Necrons have defeated Tau *JUST BECAUSE THEY. WERE. THERE.*

[@sanguiniue]

look at my name. Now who is that?

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Prolly the Inquisition found out.

[@KingRichard262]

true, true but i just wish eldar werent enemies with humanity

[@SirScarfalot]

You misspelled Baldeale :3

[@StormchaserKnight]

What music did you use for this?

[@RyanM92]

why did they chose the blood ravens chapter for dawn of war?

[@YvraineSimp]

there is another mmo coming out

[@limchuanli94]

because of captain Davian Thule, captain Gabriel and Brother Tanthius.(Dawn of War fan) haha.....

[@sanguiniue]

what race is ment to win the game ?

[@billyblantonburger]

where did they say that?

[@dornofgreen]

Technically the IG defeated the Orks and Chaos before their battle on Victory Bay

[@greypilgrim228]

Nope wrong, judging by the many conversations had in Dawn of War II and it's expansions. The Blood Ravens defeated the Imperial Guard (Avitus speaks of his blood lust and hatred of guardsmen after victory bay, and Kyrus rewarded him after the battle), Chaos (Thule states he saw Eliphas die), the Necrons (Reclusiarch Mikalos died fighting the Necron Lord, giving time for Thule to destroy it), the Eldar (Kyrus speaks of interrogating Farseer Taldeer and taking her soul stone afterwards when he killed her), the Tau (Tarkus won great honours that day in the city of Asharis, gaining Terminator honours). The only one in contention is the Ork defeat, though I may be missing something from the dialogue of DWII. The only way the 3rd company of the Liberators are referred to as the Daemon Killers is if you play as them in the campaign. Otherwise they're just a regular 3rd company cos they get their arses handed to them by the Astartes.

[@KingRichard262]

ok im gonna clear this up that happened 8 months ago! i have become wiser of the facts. Because you see a friend gave me half this info, then months after rectified what he said, so yeah, this isnt entirely my fault, but ill rectify that i was wrong in this whole mess, now can we leave it at that anyone?

[@MacKnight]

@DJTRANCENDENCE The Ancient onces made them. Check up WH40k Lexicanium.

[@refluks123]

OMG, why dark milenium online will be not relased ;_; this is searning pain for my heart :(((

[@masterofoffending3908]

1:03 yes... destroyed...

[@XxTezmaxX]

owned

[@RyanM92]

how come?

[@KingRichard262]

ahem ahem, i dont think humanity minds that, but they dont owe anyone anything cos humanity would grow no matter what, we humans are too strong and ambitious to stay as a single planet, so as i said, the eldar caused all problems and should fix them instead of bothering humanity, humans would make an alliance if eldar didnt fight them

[@dornofgreen]

True, I never said I hated Thule,but I agree Boreale sucked as a commander.

[@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802]

dornofgreen Boreale's strategy was similar to Horus when he was intentionally trying to kill his own space marines...

[@Satugai]

you mean like Republic Commmando??? You see the things on your HUD

[@momoisdrug]

Theres a next game?

[@Eagleeye1192]

@DJTRANCENDENCE Its JLORD300 new acc> yea i saw it on a page once it said it right there Thousand sons whiich makes sence becasue they have alot of psykers same with the pre heresy thousand sons

[@Average_GDI_Disk_Thrower]

lol today everywhere i look i see/hear a song by hanz zimmer

[@caos1925]

what happened on rahaes paradise

[@greypilgrim228]

we do not speak of C.S. Goto and his blood raven books, forgot you ever heard of Rahe's Paradise.(waves hand across face, Derpacis drones in a low tone "I know nothing of Rahe's paradise.")

[@killermus]

Maybe to leave it for more expansions :)