Eldrad Ulthran
From Warhammer 40k
Eldrad Ulthran was the mightiest and most ancient of the Farseers of the Eldar Craftworld of Ulthwé. Among Eldrad's accomplishments are supposedly: igniting the Second War for Armageddon so as to spare the lives of ten thousand Eldar,[1] igniting the Sanapan Scouring, the Mortis Annihilation and the Third Coming of Orian, as well as warning the Emperor of Horus's treachery[1] and warning the Eldar of Iyanden of the coming of the Tyranids.[1] Eldrad wielded the Staff of Ulthamar.
[edit] Eldrad's Fate
Eldrad is thought to have perished during the Eye of Terror campaign, when he was caught upon a Blackstone Fortress, or Talisman of Vaul, that he was trying to stop from destroying the vitally important Imperial world of Cadia - which was covered in ancient monoliths that calmed the raging warp storms of the Eye of Terror and (presumably) kept them from spreading. As he attempted to commune with and stop the corrupted spirit of the Fortress, the Farseer learned no random power had corrupted the machine; the deed had been done by Slaanesh itself. In vain, Eldrad tried to disengage. His soul was dragged screaming into the dark core of the fortress. Its current whereabouts are unknown.
Prior to the 13th Black Crusade, Eldrad had fragmented his consciousness into hundreds of waystones, for the use of battlefield leaders. In the closing stage of the war, he led an assault on the surviving Talisman of Vaul in a desperate attempt to rescue it souls, saving the planet of Cadia in the process. He spirit-linked with the Talisman's core, only to realise that all Eldar traces within the fortress had been erased, and not by any random power. The corruption was the work of Slaanesh itself. Before Eldrad could disconnect himself, the Talisman dragged his soul into its tainted depths.
The new Codex: Eldar (November 2006) features Eldrad as an historical special character. His background material ends with a flicker of hope, for it states that after Eldrad's soul was lost, all but a handful of his waystones became lifeless and dull: if just one stone retains its spark, Eldrad's soul endures.
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