Dome of Crystal Seers
The Dome of Crystal Seers is a location within a Craftworld's wraithbone core, existing as a broad bio-dome littered with groves of tall wraithbone trees that reach out into space.[1] Under this dome is a forest of crystalline figures, each a crystal seer.[3]
It is to here that the most ancient Farseers of the Eldar retreat. As Farseers reach greater and greater ages, their minds become so closely linked with the Craftworld's core that their physical bodies simply grow dormant. Within the Dome, the eldest of seers gradually crystallize and take root, until they turn entirely to crystal. The Farseer's spirit is then preserved forever within the psycho-conductive Infinity Circuit.[1] Eldar of high honours are also entombed within the dome, their wraithbone trees growing as groves in which the Farseers conduct business and consulting their spirits.[5]
In the wraithbone trees sprouting from the core, tiny Warp Spiders are seen. They can melt their arachnoid forms to move through the Infinity Circuit to protect the Dome and the entire Craftworld from invasive psychic entities.[2] The technology which created the creatures was lost during the Fall, but the creatures reproduce themselves.[5]
Aspect Warrior masks and weapons are removed before entering the Dome of the Crystal Seer, as a sign of respect from Khaine for the dead – and providing an additional degree of hesitation for any warriors the Chief Farseer might consult in matters of war.[5]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 50
- 2: Codex: Eldar (6th Edition), pg. 37
- 3: Codex: Craftworlds (7th Edition) (E-book), Echoes of a Lost Empire
- 4: Warhammer Monthly 27 – Pariah: The Daemon Heart
- 5: Shadow Point (Novel), Chapter 3
