![]() Having barely survived the catastrophe, the Eldar of Iyanden did not long despair. It is a story that began with the Fall of the Eldar, the dying days of the Eldar empire, when Slaanesh's monstrous birth shattered their civilisation, and the survivors fled in disarray across the stars. It is a tale of greatness squandered through hubris, of valour subverted by arrogance and, perhaps, of a renaissance of glory yet to come. The story of Iyanden echoes that of the Eldar race itself. As noted, the world-rune of the Iyanden Craftworld means "Light in the Darkness," a reference to the ever-burning shrine that honours Asuryan and the flame of hope for the Eldar of Iyanden. He is the father of the gods, the ancestor of all living things. There are those that would see it blaze bright before the end.Īsuryan is the oldest and greatest of the ancient Eldar deities. The Light in the Darkness, as Iyanden's world-rune is known, has come close to dying out altogether. However, the fight for the survival of their Craftworld forces them to resurrect their dead and enlist them to fight once again. ![]() Were it not for the direst necessity, the Seers of Iyanden would leave their ancestors to rest. But such strength comes at a terrible price, for the Wraithbone constructs protecting Iyanden are inhabited by the departed spirits of Iyanden's dead. ![]() Silent Ghost Warriors and other Wraithbone automata tower above Iyanden's remaining Guardians and Aspect Warriors, wielding the most powerful weaponry the Craftworld can provide. The profound losses suffered by Iyanden have led to a reliance upon the Wraithbone constructs of its Ghost Halls that now form the backbone of the Craftworld's armies. The alien invaders had taken a terrible toll fully nine-tenths of the Craftworld's populace had been slain before the last Tyranid was cut down. His Eldar Corsair armada penetrated the Tyranid blockade, and ended the space-borne threat. Despite his bitterness, Yriel was unable to watch his home be destroyed. On the verge of utter defeat, Iyanden was saved from extermination by the return of Prince Yriel, a gifted fleet commander exiled for his reckless tactics against a Chaos invasion many solar decades hence and his Eldritch Raiders. Not a single bio-dome remained untouched by the skittering hordes of the Tyranid race. Then came another wave, and another, and another. A long and hard-fought space battle against the teeming bio-ships of the Tyranid fleet was initially successful, and for a while, the Craftworlders dared to think their superior tactics and technology had carried the day. Thousands upon thousands of its noble warriors fell in battle against the Great Devourer. Iyanden teeters on the brink of extinction after being invaded by the Kraken in 992.M41. Large-scale raids by Chaos warfleets and the coming of the Ork WAAAGH! Rekkfist sorely tested the Craftworld's military strength, but it was the attack of Hive Fleet Kraken that proved Iyanden's doom. Its journey through the aeons has been blighted with disaster, however, and now it is a pallid reflection of the spacefaring power it once was. Now, it is but a shadow of its former glory, a sombre and desolate vessel where the dead walk and the living dwindle. Once, its halls were busy and vibrant with life, but no longer. It drifts through the stars of the eastern rim. Iyanden is an Eldar Craftworld, the greatest worldship of the Eldar empire that was.
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