These events may have been caused by Gabriel Angelos' actions (in the original Dawn of War game) when he destroyed the Maledictum, a Chaos artefact containing the bound essence of a Greater Daemon of Khorne, with the Daemonhammer God-Splitter.

Sub-sector Aurelia is now suffering from conflict between Ork pirates called the Freebooterz led by Kaptin Bluddflagg to pillage the sub-sector the arrival of the Eldar of Craftworld Alaitoc led by Autarch Kayleth in response to a prophecy that has led them to Aurelia to recover an ancient artefact a Tyranid Hive Lord who seeks to restore the link of a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Leviathan with the Hive Mind the Space Marines of the Blood Ravens Chapter led by Captain Apollo Diomedes who hope to cleanse the sub-sector of all Chaos taint as well as investigate the loyalties of their Chapter Master, Azariah Kyras, who may have been corrupted by Chaos the return to Aurelia of the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion led by Eliphas the Inheritor on a quest to fulfill his promise to Abaddon the Despoiler to annihilate the Blood Ravens, and the newly arrived Imperial Guard forces of the 8th Cadian Regiment led by Lord General Castor, who have been tasked with performing an Exterminatus action under Inquisitor Adrastia of the Ordo Hereticus if her investigations reveal that the sub-sector is hopelessly lost to the influence of Chaos and xenos.

In Dawn of War II - Retribution, a player could be one of the six available races in the single player campaign, which included: the Tyranids of a Hive Fleet Leviathan splinter fleet, the Space Marines of the Blood Ravens Chapter, the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion, the Eldar of Craftworld Alaitoc, Ork Freebooterz and the Imperial Guard.ĭawn of War II: Retribution takes place ten Terran years after the events of Chaos Rising. The worlds include the jungle-covered Feral World Typhon Primaris, the Desert World Calderis, and the Hive World Meridian from Dawn of War II the Ice World Aurelia and the derelict space hulk Judgment of Carrion from Chaos Rising and the Dead World of Cyrene, mentioned in the original Dawn of War as having been subjected to Exterminatus (complete sterilisation of all life on a planet corrupted by Chaos or alien influences) by Blood Ravens Captain Gabriel Angelos. The campaign takes place across Sub-sector Aurelia, which appeared in the previous two Dawn of War II games. Dawn of War II: Retribution offers a campaign for every race, including the Imperial Guard.

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