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As a direct result of this foul depravity, a new [[Chaos]] god was spawned: [[Slaanesh]], the consequence of the Eldar's lusts and desires. No other creature of the Warp had as violent a birth as Slaanesh, or was as powerful or monstrous. Shortly before the Chaos god's birth, the Eldar had been plagued with premonitions of the dark deity. Yet, like the Old Ones' prophecy, they were ignored. The Eldar slew each other and feasted on the corpses of their fellow kin while the worlds around them burned. With a horrible scream that pierced the galaxy, Slaanesh was born. There was not a single Eldar who didn't feel the painful psychic backlash.
The epicenter of the explosion lay within the heart of the Eldar homeworlds, where most of the Eldar population was concentrated. Many Eldar in a thousand light-year radius died, their spirits sucked into the Warp, and many fleeing Craftworlds were overtaken. Far from Eldar space, most of the Exodite worlds survived the Fall. The Eldar were now a scattered race, bound to be hunted by the Great Enemy for the rest of eternity as chastisement for their depravity. Some Eldar believe that there is a final hope: [[Ynnead]], the Eldar God of Death, is slowly growing in the collective [[Infinity Circuit]]s of the surviving Craftworlds. When enough Eldar souls join the Circuits, all the Craftworlds will unite and create one massive Infinity Circuit, giving Ynnead life as a new power in the Warp. It will be strong enough to battle and subdue Slaanesh, redeeming the Eldar race once and for all.
The area that was the center of the Eldar empire became the [[Eye of Terror]]. The ancient [[Crone Worlds]] of the Eldar are now the homes of the [[Daemon Prince]]s and of the [[Chaos Space Marines]].