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===Acheron===
On the world of [[Acheron (World)|Acheron]], the [[Imperium]], [[Orks]], and [[Eldar]] would all come to blows while fighting over a catastrophic weapon known as the [[Spear of Khaine]]. The [[Blood Ravens]] under Gabriel Angelos arrived, running an [[Inquisition|Inquisitorial]] blockade to aid Imperial [[Knight]] forces under Lady [[Solaria]]. During the battle on Acheron, Angelos battled both [[Biel-Tan]] Eldar and [[Gorgutz]]' Orks.{{Fn|7}}
After tracking [[Gorgutz]]' forces to the vault containing the [[Spear of Khaine]], Angelos was caught in an [[Inquisition]] [[orbital bombardment]] that intended to destroy the device but instead opened the vault it was sealed in. However, Angelos survived and led an attack on the temple of the Spear of Khaine that overran both the [[Eldar]] and [[Ork]] forces. When they came to the "Spear" they instead found a trap that freed a [[Bloodthirster]] and its [[Daemon]]ic hordes. Desperate, Angelos had the [[Battle Barge]] ''[[The Dauntless]]'' collide with a fissure in [[Acheron]]'s surface to prevent the daemonic infestation from spreading. Angelos was able to teleport to safety before the planet was destroyed.{{Fn|7}}
===Great Rift===
At the end of the [[41st Millennium]] the Blood Ravens still reeling from the [[Acheron (World)|Acheron]] Campaign, the three [[Aurelia]]n Crusades, and the [[Kaurava]] Campaign. Chapter Master Angelos had been planning to begin a rebuilding of the Chapter and decreed that this consolidation was to be conducted alongside large-scale recruitment. Blood Trials to find aspirants were carried out on every world from
which the Blood Ravens recruited, and they were held more frequently. Production of arms, ships, and other war materiel increased. Angelos declared that, once enough of the Chapter had been rebuilt, the Blood Ravens would strike out into the galaxy anew.{{Fn|9}}