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[[Image:Avitus.jpg|thumb|right|Devastator Sergeant Avitus]]
'''Avitus''' is a [[Devastator Marine]] Sergeant in the [[Blood Ravens]] 4th Company. He fought alongside Captain [[Davian Thule]] in the [[Dawn of War: Dark Crusade|Dark Crusade]], and distinguished himself during the assault on the [[Imperial Guard]] stronghold [[Kronus|Victory Bay]]. It was also in this battle that Avitus lost many of his squadmates, which forever changed Avitus and prompted his vision of [[Guardsmen]] as traitors and weaklings. He is renowned for his unmatched hatred for the enemy, which many regard as his greatest weapon.{{Cite This}} In [[Dawn of War II]], Avitus once again serves alongside Captain [[Davian Thule]] in his defence of the [[Aurelia]] [[Sector]].{{Cite This}}
==The Devastator of Victory Bay==
Avitus grew up in a small settlement on Typhon that was terrorized by a corrupt regiment of the Imperial Guard. The settlement was extorted to near starvation by unofficial taxes and penalties, and often served as a target of the Guardsmen's wanton cruelty.{{Cite This}}
Avitus's hatred spiked to new heights during the battle of Victory Bay on Kronus. Cracking the Guardsmens` defenses was a savage and bloody affair, which cost the lives of two of Avitus's squadmates.{{Cite This}}
Avitus has since seen Guardsmen as traitors and weaklings.{{Cite This}}
==Treachery==
In [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]], it was revealed by [[Tarkus]] that it was Avitus who had betrayed his battle-brothers to the Black legion. [[Tarkus]] "slew him."{{Cite This}}
==Equipment==
Avitus wields a Astartes MK IVc-pattern [[Heavy Bolter]] in battle, which can be later upgraded to a [[Plasma Cannon]] or [[Missile Launcher]]. In Chaos Rising Avitus can wield Lascannons.{{Cite This}}
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