Dawn of War - Dark Crusade - Canonical Endings: The game has various endings for all the different factions, but Relic has stated that the Blood Ravens defeated both the Necrons and the Imperial Guard in the canonical ending. Through the dialogue in Dawn of War II, it is apparent that the Blood Ravens were able to conquer Kronus and return control of it to the Imperium. Davian Thule, the Captain of the Blood Ravens 4th Company who also led the 1st and 2nd Companies to the world, also bears scars in Dawn of War II which he received during the final battle with the Necron Lord of Kronus at the end of Dark Crusade. Also, Sergeant Tarkus received Terminator Honours after his struggle against the Necrons and Tau during the Dark Crusade. The Blood Raven ending reveals that the Blood Ravens went through one of their greatest trials after the Dark Crusade was over; the Inquisition launched a thorough investigation into the Blood Ravens' purity as a Loyalist Chapter after they fought against their own fellow servants of the Emperor, the Imperial Guard. Though not necessarily canonical, if the player beats the Space Marines as the Imperial Guard, it is shown that the Guard discovered documents on Kronus detailing secrets about the Blood Ravens' history that didn't match up with their official past as known by the Imperium, thus leading to the probing investigation of the Chapter by the Inquisition.The Dividing of the Ork ClansThe Warboss Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter, who survived the Lorn V Campaign in Dawn of War - Winter Assault, began his new WAAAGH! in the feral Ork-infested Green Coast on Kronus. As is often the case with the Orks, Gorgutz's WAAAGH! was formed by uniting several weaker clans under his banners, which were used as symbols of his authority in his stronghold. The Blood Ravens used this dissent to their advantage by destroying Gorgutz's banners, causing the Ork clans of Kronus to begin fighting against each other and defying Gorgutz's reign. The Blood Ravens ultimately slaughtered their way through the infighting clans and killed Gorgutz's personal guard. However, he took his revenge on the Space Marines that bested him by detonating several warheads, killing his own minions and several Blood Ravens. In the confusion of the explosions, Gorgutz escaped through a cave and was able to flee Kronus on a hidden Ork starship, returning once more in Soulstorm to continue to plague the Imperium.The Necron Catacomb's CollapseThe Necrons, the original rulers of the planet Kronus, emerged from their stasis tombs in the Thur'abis Plateau. The Blood Ravens descended into the caverns beneath the plateau to discover a huge network of catacombs hidden within, holding innumerable amounts of Necron soldiers. Despite the dark and fearsome location, the Blood Ravens fought their way through the catacombs, destroying Necron beacons (Which could cause different effects on the player or his enemies, such as reviving fallen Necrons or causing the player's vehicle units to turn on him/her) as they worked their way into a key structural point inside. Captain Davian Thule placed a powerful explosive device which caused the catacombs to collapse, thus ending the Necron threat on Kronus, though it is hinted that the Necrons were merely slowed in their reemergence by the collapse, and not destroyed altogether.Farseer Taldeer's GambitFarseer Taldeer constructed her attack force in the frigid northwestern reaches of the planet Kronus, and rather than risk her own Eldar warriors in her stronghold's defense, positioned herself between a splinter cult of Chaos Space Marines and a small force of dissatisfied Orks that broke off from Gorgutz's WAAAGH! However, in doing so, she backed herself into a corner controlled by three Webway Gates that allowed her access to the rest of the Eldar army in space. The Blood Ravens fought their way through their old enemies, defeated the Ork and Chaos threat, and were able to hold the Webway Gates to prevent any possible escape for Taldeer. The Eldar Farseer chose to sacrifice her own life in order to allow her troops to flee, seeking refuge on the planet. It is unknown whether or not they eventually escaped or succumbed to the Blood Ravens' bloody swath of destruction across Kronus.Governor-Militant Lukas Alexander's Last StandThe Imperial Guard, having set their stronghold near a Hellstorm Cannon that had once been a part of an Imperial Imperator-class Titan that had fallen during the Horus Heresy, had claimed as their forward operating headquarters a city that they had wrested back from the Tau after their landing and renamed Victory Bay, fully believing that they could regain control of the planet for the Imperium, even if that meant facing Space Marines. The Blood Ravens, however, were able to fight their way through the heavily-defended Imperial stronghold at Victory Bay, and eventually took control of the Hellstorm Cannon itself and sparked a revolution amongst dissident Imperial troops who refused to fight Astartes after their Commissar was killed. The Blood Ravens added these troops to their own forces and fought their way through the heavy defences held by Lukas Alexander, and were able to end the Lord Governor's reign on Kronus. In the after battle report given by Thule, it was mentioned that the Blood Ravens held Alexander in the highest regard, especially since he had stayed absolutely loyal to his orders and had defended Victory Bay with skill and honour. Despite his loss, Alexander and his troops were commended and honoured for their bravery in standing up to the Blood Ravens' assault. The one exception to this was the treacherous 5th Company, who were all executed without mercy for betraying their regiment, even though they had joined forces with the Space Marines after Anton Gebbett, the Commissar attached to their company, was killed.The Fall of Or'es Tash'nThe Tau began their assault on Kronus by taking over the Imperial city of Asharis, and re-constructing it into their new capital of Or'es Tash'n, a Tau stronghold of sizable proportions. Using both their own Tau units as well as the Kroot and their other xenos and human allies, the Tau built up a powerful defence in the new city. Using the city's own communications tower, they were able to keep tabs on the invading Blood Ravens. After a difficult struggle in which the Blood Ravens had to fight their way through Kroot and Tau alike, the Blood Ravens were able to kill the Ethereal Aun'el, effectively crushing the morale of the Tau Army. Shas'O Kais, the Tau Commander, fled Kronus in order to return the defeated leader's body to his homeworld of T'au, and the surviving Tau were either killed in the ensuing rout or evacuated from Kronus, leaving Or'es Tash'n to be reclaimed for the Imperium by the Space Marines.Eliphas the Inheritor's SacrificeThe Chaos Space Marines of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion, under the orders of their leader, the Dark Apostle Eliphas the Inheritor, were able to rip open a hole in the Warp and construct a gate around it to keep it stable. This allowed Chaos Daemons to pour through the rift and corrupt the land beneath their feet, as well as construct large pillars designed to use Chaos sorcery and sacrifice any willing or unwilling beings that ventured too close to further power their arcane strength. In the defence of the Warp Gate, Eliphas the Inheritor decided to allow his troops to defend their own sections of a long, twisted path to the gate instead of focus on the defence as a whole. However, because he was unable to command his defences effectively, the Blood Ravens were able to cut their way through the bloody gauntlet of Chaos Space Marines and demolish the Warp Gate. Eliphas, having failed his daemonic masters one too many times, was sacrificed by the will of the Ruinous Powers as a failed subject, his soul drawn wailing back into the Warp.Yet Eliphas returned in Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising to bedevil the Blood Ravens once more after having been resurrected following much punishment by the Chaos Gods and placed in thrall to the Black Legion at the request of Abaddon the Despoiler, largely due to an unexpected level of fan popularity for the former Dark Apostle. Eliphas promised the Despoiler and the Ruinous Powers that his only mission in life after his resurrection was to destroy the Blood Ravens as a Chapter.