Today we scry deep into he who sees us as we search to decipher him – Eldar Farseer Eldrad Ulthran, best Farseer of his variety.

Eldrad Ulthran was the chief Farseer of the Ulthwé Craftworld. He was maybe essentially the most gifted psyker amongst the Eldar, his unimaginable foresight having saved many 1000’s of Eldar lives. He created and carried into battle the Staff of Ulthamar, and his resilience and energy have been a rallying level for the declining Eldar race.

Early History

Before his obvious demise, Eldrad was over 10,000 years outdated and was the primary to warn the Imperium of Horus‘ treachery. ^{On the Maiden World of Tarsus, Eldrad attempted to warn Fulgrim of Horus’ betrayal to no avail, solely later discovering that Fulgrim had already been corrupted by Slaanesh and was past reasoning. Eldrad then tried to finish the lives of the Primarch and his bodyguards, however this could finish disastrously for Ulthwé’s warriors, ensuing notably within the lack of Eldrad’s trusted adviser, the traditional Wraithlord Khiraen Goldhelm and an Avatar of Khaine. The supposed perfidy of the Eldar would culminate in Fulgrim’s widespread virus bombing of many maiden worlds. It was this fateful occasion that might trigger Eldrad’s large mistrust of the human race.}

Eldrad’s warning to Fulgrim went unheeded.

Nonetheless, Eldrad once more intervened in human affairs when he appeared earlier than the Cabal agent John Grammaticus. Ulthran revealed to Grammaticus that he opposed the Cabal’s goals and that their perception that Horus would usher in Chaos’ final demise was not set in stone. He believed that humanity was meant to be the firebreak in opposition to Chaos and that with out them the Eldar would fall and the galaxy shortly afterward. He supplied Grammaticus a method to go away the Cabal and an opportunity to cease being a traitor to his personal race. Using the Fulgurite initially supposed to kill the Emperor after which Vulkan, Grammaticus was as an alternative satisfied by Eldrad to make use of it to heal Vulkan’s shattered psyche.

Eldrad subsequent appeared psychically within the type of an outdated man to Vulkan, urging him to entry the Webway on Nocturne and journey to Terra as his future demanded. He did the identical to Barthusa Narek, recruiting him for a brand new mission. Eldrad turned decided to eradicate the Cabal, believing their plans would finally convey ruination to the galaxy and that humanity was the important thing to defeating Chaos. Together with Narek, Eldrad assassinated most Cabal members together with Gahet, Slau Dha, and Damon Prytanis. After killing Prytanis, Damon allowed Narek to go on his manner however took John Grammaticus.

During the War of the Beast, Eldrad led a ritual to move Shadowseer Lhaerial Rey and her Harlequin Troupe into the Imperial Palace to ship a message to the Emperor himself. Ultimately Lhaerial was captured, and as an olive department displayed the tooth, Vulkan had given Eldrad.

Recent History

It was by way of Eldrad’s foresight that the Eldar started a collection of raids in opposition to the Orks, culminating within the emergence of Ghazghkull Thraka as maybe essentially the most highly effective Ork Warlord within the galaxy, and diversion of his Waaagh! to the Hive World of Armageddon, slightly than permit the Orks to maneuver in opposition to the Craftworlds. ^{Eldrad intentionally instigated the Second War for Armageddon, costing the Imperium tens of millions of lives, to save lots of 10,000 Eldar lives. Had it not been for his warning, the Iyanden Craftworld would have been fully unprepared for the assault of Hive Fleet Kraken. Also, he prevented Craftworld Saim-Hann‘s infestation by the Hrud, thwarted the mysterious works of the awakened C’tans and stopped the Days of Blood from coming to cross.}

Eldrad’s predictions had been additionally instrumental within the closing of the warp rift above the Exodite World Haran, which was for use by the Gods of Chaos to pour forth its innumerable servants into the materium and the Eldar Webway. For many months, massed Eldar forces from everywhere in the galaxy, joined by the mighty Phoenix Lords and led by Eldrad persecuted an excellent marketing campaign in opposition to the forces of Chaos. Eventually, they succeeded in closing the warp rift, however at the price of many Eldar lives. This result in the planet being generally known as Haranshemash, the world of blood and tears.

On Andante IV, Ezekyle Abaddon and the Sorcerer Zaraphiston engineered a gathering between himself and Eldrad by attacking a Webway gate resulting in Ulthwé. ^{His final intention was to not assault the Craftworld itself, however to wipe out Ulthwé’s Seer Council by eliminating their solely technique of escaping the planet. Many deaths got here within the battle that result in Eldrad and Abaddon’s assembly in fight however the historical seer together with the mixed would possibly of his retinue prevailed over the Despoiler and his Black Legion warriors in a titanic hand-to-hand battle, however earlier than the killing blow may very well be dealt by the Staff of Ulthamar, Abaddon was whisked away from the battlefield by his patron Gods. Eldrad had failed in his try to eradicate the good menace as soon as and for all and realized that his personal finish would quickly be at hand.}

Eldrad was instrumental within the delivery of Ynnead.

The Coming of Ynnead

In the closing days of the forty first Millennium, Eldrad concocted a scheme to convey concerning the awakening of Ynnead by way of a mass psychic ritual. However, he was foiled by the Deathwatch within the Battle of Port Demesnus upon Coheria. ^{Later throughout the Battle of Biel-Tan, Eldrad led the newly shaped Ynnari to victory and helped create the Yncarne. However, the associated fee in doing so was excessive. Three of Ulthwé’s best Farseers turned to crystal throughout the ritual that opened the portal by way of which the Ynnari made their escape. For this act, and for the wayward vanity he displayed on Coheria, Eldrad was exiled from Ulthwé by its Seer Council.}

Despite his exile, Eldrad continued to information the Ynnari. He later reappeared throughout the thirteenth Black Crusade, dispatching the Shadowseer Sylandri Veilwalker to assist the Imperial forces. He subsequent appeared on Kalisus within the Cadian System as a member of the Ynnari to information a number of Imperial survivors of the destruction of Cadia into the Webway.

Eldrad finally returned to Ulthwé, main his Ynnari in protection of the Craftworld.

GW Canon Conflict

As of sixth Edition, Eldrad remains to be alive. The sixth Edition Eldar codex makes no point out of the thirteenth Black Crusade launched within the third Edition Eye of Terror marketing campaign and its eponymous codex. Eldrad is now described as being in his final days, crystallizing, however very a lot alive.

~Whatever the Eldar and Ynnead have in retailer for the galaxy, Eldrad has foreseen it.

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