The Sanguinor - Cryptus Campaign: In 997.M41, Hive Fleet Leviathan became the third and largest Tyranid incursion into the Milky Way Galaxy. For years Commander Dante had been fighting the tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan as they wormed their way ever deeper into the Imperium.When the xenos shadow fell upon the Blood Angels' home sector, Dante realised it would be but a matter of time before the Tyranid invasion fleets reached the Chapter's homeworld of Baal. To counter this threat, or at the very least blunt the edge of the alien assault, Dante set about shoring up the defences of the sector and despatched his brothers to help the Imperial worlds turn back or destroy the Tyranids.Among these "shield" systems was Cryptus. By the time the Blood Angels arrived in-system the Cryptan Shieldworlds were already embroiled in desperate last stands against the teeming swarms of the hive fleet. Outnumbered many times over, the Blood Angels nonetheless readied themselves for war. Dante divided his forces between the worlds of Asphodex and Aeros.Towards the end of the brutal Cryptus Campaign, Dante gathered together the Death Company in a single strike force for the assault on Tartoros when needs demanded the world be reclaimed. The Blood Angels launched a fearsome attack that tore a ragged hole in the siege-beast swarm.Though the shock of the Blood Angels' assault was over, the Tyranids were far from broken. For every massive bioform that had fallen, scores more seemed to be materializing out of the wastes, drawn from the other ruined domes by the sounds of war and the scent of blood.Soon the Death Company began to lose the battle. They were pushed back towards Tartaros' void domes, where their commander, Brother-Chaplain Arophan, sought the controls to trigger the Magnovitrium. This archaic device was a huge solar reflector cradled in a network of Imperial machinery.The C'tan Shard known as The Burning One had poured some of its essence into the ancient device to burn away both the Tyranids and the Human presence. The Necron host of Anrakyr the Traveller had also arrived in-system and temporarily allied themselves with the Imperial forces, in order to achieve their own mysterious aims against the Tyranids.Though the Blood Angels commander was justifiably doubtful about the Necron Overlord's true intentions, he allowed the Necron Overlord to send the C'tan to Tartaros to enact their plan to destroy the Tyranids.As the warriors of the Death Company faced their inevitable destruction, a beam of light thrust down from the scoured skies of Tartoros, pure and constant in its glory. It was not the primarch reborn, but the Sanguinor, a figure of legend.The Sanguinor fell upon the Tyranids, a vengeful angel come to aid his ailing brothers. White wings spread wide, the Sanguinor swept through the Tyranids' midst. With the eyes of the Death Company upon him, the Sanguinor beat his wings several times, rising once more above the monstrous swarm.Then he dived again, both hands on the hilt of his downward-pointed blade. And so on it went. With a howl, the last few Death Company brothers hurled themselves upon the foe anew, inspired by the example of this shining angel and reaping a bloody tally of the xenos.The Tyranids charged mindlessly forward, the void dome forgotten as they attempted to ensnare this deadly new prey. Thus distracted, Arophan was finally able to locate his objective.Activating the Magnovitrium, the energy released from the fell device destroyed Aeros. With the destruction of this world, the doom of the Cryptus System followed. While the Hive Mind had destroyed its cities and killed its people, the destruction of the gas giant was a catastrophe on an epic scale. The celestial landscape of an entire star system and the surrounding void would be changed forever.Following the end of the campaign, as Commander Dante stood on the deck of the Blade of Vengeance, he wondered if the price his Chapter had paid was too high. He wondered whether the Space Marines that remained would be enough.What more would it cost to save his Chapter's homeworld? And what if, in the saving of Baal, the Blood Angels were destroyed? Had the damage done to the Tyranids been enough?These were the thoughts that wandered through Dante's mind as he watched his brothers return from the world below. Interrupting Dante's introspection, a cold wind rushed across the deck and light flared from nothing. For the first time in many Terran years Dante beheld the Sanguinor, resplendent in sculpted golden armour, the mysterious warrior's face hidden behind a burnished mask that mirrored Dante's own.The Sanguinor made his way toward the Chapter Master, where two legends then stood face to face. Without speaking Dante drew back his mask, showing the Sanguinor alone his face, and looked upon the blessed warrior with eyes untouched by lenses or filters.Finally, the question he knew he must ask came to Dante's lips, though it was but a whisper meant only for the ears of the Sanguinor, "Was it enough -- can Baal still be saved?"For long moments there was only silence, and Dante felt sure there could be no answer. Then, for the first time in the annals of the Blood Angels, the Sanguinor spoke, "There is yet hope."