'''Haranshemash''' the "world of blood and tears", formerly known as '''Haran''', is an [[Eldar]] [[Exodite World]] above which a [[Warp Rift]] manifested, but the [[Farseer|Farsight]] and intervention of [[Eldrad Ulthran]] and [[Ulthwé]] saved the doomed world.{{Fn|1a}}

In what is considered his greatest prediction, [[Eldrad Ulthran]] foretold a [[warp rift]] rupturing space above the [[Exodite]] world of [[Haran]] allowing the forces of [[Chaos]] to pour forth – why Haran had been chosen by [[Chaos]] as the location of their incursion is unknown, but it may have been because of the world's connections to the [[Webway]] from which the [[Daemon]]s could launch an invasion{{Fn|1a}} upon the other [[Exodite World]]s.{{Fn|2}}

Because of Eldrad's visions, when the rift opened the [[Eldar]] were prepared and waiting, the [[Farseer]] himself leading the forces of [[Ulthwé]]. However, it was not enough to stem the tide of [[Daemon]]s and [[Chaos Space Marine]]s. The Eldar fought for for long months to hold Chaos at bay: [[Exodites]], Ulthwé, [[Ranger|Outcasts]] from other [[Craftworlds]], and even the [[Phoenix Lord]]s.{{Fn|1a}} [[Fuegan]] reappeared for the first time since the destruction of the [[Asur|Shrine of Asur]].{{Fn|1b}} At various points the [[Warp Rift]] threatened to consume the planet, but ultimately the Eldar triumphed , though at a terrible cost, the . The planet was denied to Chaos but thereafter was known as '''Haranshemash''': the "world of blood and tears".{{Fn|1a}}