Editing Devastation of Baal (section)

==The Aftermath==
With both Baal and its moons now thoroughly fucked (well, the moons were just fucked more than they already were), Guilliman and his allies immediately got to work helping his red-armoured comrades [[Noblebright|rebuild their shattered home]]. Once they did what they could recovering from such a disastrous battle, the Blood Angels and their remaining Successor Chapters quickly set off to other Imperial warzones that were in desperate need of assistance, vowing to mourn their lost brothers at a later time. However, the Tyranids had not been completely repelled, and rumour has it that something on Baal itself is attracting the Tyranids to the planet.

The [[Psychic Awakening]] book ''Blood of Baal'' sees a return to this theatre. While the sons of Sanguinius are still incredibly battered, they have gathered enough forces to begin retaking vital outposts with the arrival of the Primaris reinforcements (including Mephiston himself undergoing the Rubicon Primaris).

Also, the following battles detailed in "Blood of Baal" saw Primaris Marines succumb to the [[Black Rage]]. [[Fail|Mere months after the new Marines showed up and were perceived as a cure to the legions' ancient ailment.]] This has led to shiny Primaris Marines filling up the Death Company, which, [[fluff|while quite unfortunate from a lore standpoint,]] [[crunch|is amusing to field in-game.]] (The newly joined, taller marines of the Death Company even get their own unit!)

This actually makes perfect sense from a lore perspective, [[Skub|despite what some butthurt fanboys will claim]]; the Black Rage is a psychic ailment, not a genetic one. So there is no real reason why any Primaris son of Sanguinius would not be susceptible to it.

===The Cost of Victory===
This is a complete list of all the Imperial casualties of the complete battle, including losses incurred during the Cryptus Campaign. They will be sorely missed:

*Battlefleet Cryptus (all ships lost in the Cryptus Campaign).
*General Maelon Dhrost of the [[Imperial Guard]] (MIA, presumed dead on Asphodex).
*Millions of Imperial Guardsmen WIA, MIA, or KIA in the Cryptus Campaign.
*Canoness Magda Grace of the Order of the Sacred Rose (KIA by a Tyranid Lictor on Lysios).
*Hundreds of Sisters of Battle from the Order of the Sacred Rose KIA in the Cryptus Campaign.
*Unspecified number of Baalite civilians (KIA defending the Blood Angels' Fortress-Monastery).
*Most of the [[Blood Angels]]' Neophytes (KIA when [[Genestealers]] infiltrated the Fortress-Monastery]].
*More than half of the Blood Angels Chapter KIA.
*600+ [[Flesh Tearers]] Space Marines KIA.
*Sentor Jool, Firstblade of the [[Knights of Blood]] (KIA in single combat against Ka'bandha).
*Kaan, Firstblood of the [[Carmine Blades]] (KIA on Baal Secundus).
*Carmine Blades Chapter almost completely destroyed while defending the Astropathic Choir on Baal Secundus.
*Castellan Zargo of the [[Angels Encarmine]] (KIA while defending the Blood Angels' Fortress Monastery).
*Angels Encarmine Chapter almost completely destroyed; two-thirds died along with Castellan Zargo, and all but slightly less than a company's worth subsequently fell to the [[Red Thirst]].
*Follordark, Chapter Master of the [[Angels Excelsis]], KIA when his Battle Barge ''Essence Eternal'' was ripped apart by Tyranid Bio-Ships.
*Angels Excelsis Chapter wiped out in space combat with Hive Fleet Leviathan.
*More than half of the [[Blood Swords]] Chapter KIA.
*More than half of the [[Sable Brotherhood]] Chapter KIA.
*More than half of the [[Angels of Light]] Chapter KIA.
*[[Flesh Eaters]] Chapter almost completely destroyed.
*[[Charnel Guard]] Chapter almost completely destroyed.
*[[Knights of Blood]] Chapter destroyed fighting Khornate Daemons.
*Erden Cleeve, Chapter Master of the [[Golden Sons]], KIA with the rest of the Chapter fleet.
*Golden Sons Chapter functionally destroyed; their ships were lost in the void battles, taking their gene-seed and support personnel with them. A few scattered groups of Battle-Brothers are indicated to have survived, but it's likely they were KIA in the subsequent battles.
*[[Angels Penitent]] Chapter Status: Unknown.
*[[Sanguine Host]] Chapter Status: Unknown.
*[[Angels Glorious]] destroyed.
*[[Burning Blood]] destroyed.
*[[Brothers of Jarad]] destroyed.
*[[Blood Wings]] Chapter presumed completely destroyed.
*[[Angels Numinous]] Chapter Status: Unknown.
*Several Companies of the [[Angels Vermillion]] Chapter wiped out, though the wider Chapter survived.
*[[Blood Drinkers]] Chapter almost completely destroyed.
*All but 1 of the [[Sanguinary Guard]] KIA. That is, only 1 Sanguinary Guard out of ''all 20 Chapters'' survived.
*[[Dante]] has mega-depression and just wants to die, but [[Sanguinius]] won't let him.
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