Avitus

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Avitus was a Space Marine Devastator in the ranks of the Blood Magp- uuh I mean, Blood Ravens and was featured with the rest of the Blood Raven squad in Dawn of War II. Was, because while it isn't directly said, it's heavily implied that he was the canonical traitor during the events of Chaos Rising. Avitus was well known for his extreme hatred of anything that wasn't a Space Marine (you tryin' to imply something Avitus?) and his hilarious outbursts regarding guardsmen. Now, you may think Avitus is your classic SPESS MEHREEN MUST KILL DA HERESIES, but in reality he is a hulking mass of pure emotion. Well emotions, since it's really a mixture of rage, contempt and generally being a sad person. Avitus, like many of the other Blood Ravens, was a veteran of many battles, but more specifically, the Kronus campaign where the Blood Ravens fought against he Kronus Liberators in the Battle of Victory Bay. The Blood Ravens won, but Avitus was still pretty fucking angry at the guardsmen for killing some of his battle-brothers, calling them traitors and weaklings which seems to have been a foreshadowing of future events.

One thing everyone can agree on, is that Avitus should have been an Angry Marine.

In the game, he provides suppression with heavy bolters or high single-target damage with missile launchers and plasma cannons, which is balanced by his squad's relative fragility, necessity of standing still to fire, and complete lack of capability in melee. If you are tactically deficient you can equip him with a bolter, and you will deserve everything that happens to you.

This makes him a well-balanced unit in a force containing Tarkus, Cyrus, and Davian Thule, meaning that he is hopelessly outclassed in damage potential by the latter two and in health by the former. Overall solid, but not necessarily the optimal choice for a Powergamer's squad.