Editing Angels of Absolution (section)

===Recent Fluff===
The most recent fluff involving the Angels of Absolution is given to us in [[Phil Kelly]]'s mess of overlapping themes: ''War of Secrets''. The Angels of Absolution are specifically targeted by the Fallen Angel Gohorael who took exception to the fact that they consider themselves "absolved" of the sins of the past, despite the fact the Fallen Angels are a very real thing.

Gohorael creates a psychic plague that causes its victims register as psykers until they puke up infectious white energy and die. It is contagious to normal humans and space marines alike, with the specific exception of [[Primaris Marines]] for undisclosed reasons. The Fallen Angel manages to corrupt the population of the world of '''Allhallow''', the homeworld of the Angels of Absolution, leaving Interrogator [[Chaplain]] Zaeroph of [[Dark Angels]] who had been chasing him there in a quandary. He could not enact the [[Exterminatus]] protocol without first getting the permission of [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Supreme Grand Master]] [[Azrael]], or arising the ire of the [[Inquisition]], but he also cannot engage the planet directly without being seen assaulting the home of their Successor Chapter. But due to the threat of a Fallen Angel they [[Derp|simply HAVE]] to make landfall without declaring their intentions to their allies.

This is where Phil Kelly loses his faculties, as some [[Tau]] who were also chasing the source of the plague happen to be on Allhallow, and come to an accord with Zaeroph: They'll wipe out the plague on Allhallow, while the Dark Angels wipe out the infected humans on '''Saltire Vex''', a world that the Tau had already claimed. Though deal is struck offscreen, the Tau are given a ''Psyoccule'' that allows them to detect psykers so they can eradicate the victims of plague on Allhallow; meaning the Dark Angels involved were guilty of the capital offense of aiding and abetting the xenos assault, that comprised a single Tau warrior defrosted for just this task (you heard me right, a single Tau warrior), against a Chapter homeworld, something that the Primaris contingent were extremely pissed off at, but were curiously content to let slide by the end of the story when Zaeroph decided to initiate them into a circle of their own and share some knowledge of the Hunt ''(again, without the consent of Azrael)''. The Dark Angels then leave the planet shortly after the Fallen Angel is captured ''[[Derp|(because that's what Dark Angels do)]]'', leaving the lone Tau warrior in his new stealth suit (again a single Tau warrior did this), and the Angels of Absolution to duke it out with each other. The Tau "super" warrior rips the marines apart, to the point that the only way that they are able to stop him is to order an orbital bombardment on their own home base.

What's worse is that Master-Castellan Moddren of the Angels of Absolution is left standing at the end of the battle and finds the Psyoccule in the empty battlesuit of the Tau warrior (he got away somehow), and the Dark Angels had only gone and [[Fail|forgotten to file the serial numbers off!!]] leaving Moddren in no doubt who had facilitated the assault on his world, and none the wiser that a Fallen Angel was in his own back yard.

We are left to believe that Chaplain Zaeroph is either a monumental idiot or has gone rogue because of his lack of collaboration with the Inner Circle's chain of command: not only has he pissed on Azrael's shoes, but if he had contacted Moddren first, then the Angels of Absolution might have assisted in the Hunt, as is their right as members of the Unforgiven and then been left to clean up their own mess of the infection. This sets the Angels of Absolution with a collision course with their parent chapter at some point. Not to mention the Angels of Absolution would have certainly purged the crap out of their world's infection post-haste. The idea that a single Tau could do a better job than a Chapter of Astartes is ridiculous; as much as people really despise the massive volume of self indulgent Marine wank that is out there, this... was a bit too much, even for those who are desperate for a Xenos win once in awhile. Besides that, the First Legion doesn't do their dicking to their member Chapters. So, this fluff all flies in the face of everything established about the Legion, it's behaviors to outsiders and insiders, and its operating practices.

The story has a real hate boner for anything regarding the older marines, and an unabashed love for all things Primaries, and takes every opportunity to point out how the brand new marines are better in every single way possible.