Faolchú (Aeldari Mythology)
Faolchú the Great Falcon, also titled the Messenger,[7] is a figure in Eldar Mythology and consort of their God Kurnous.[1]
It is said it was Faolchú who bestowed the Eldar with the gift of flight.[5] The Great Hawk was the husband of Faolchú.[6] In the Eldar Lexicon Faolchú is conceptually synonymous with revenge.[1b] In Faolchú's long journeys as a messenger, it is said that even he needed to roost and take rest, at times.[7]
History
In some versions of the War in Heaven,[2a][2b] she was the one who retrieved the sword Anaris, which enabled the hero Eldanesh to continue his combat with Khaine.[2a] However, the weapon was not enough to save him and the Aeldari hero was slain by the enraged God.[2a]
After Eldanesh's death, Faolchú was disconsolate and gifted a single golden feather to the hero's heirs, so that his swiftness might aid them where the falcon's own had failed. This artefact became known as Faolchu's Wing[2c] and it is one of the many legacies that Faolchú has left to the Aeldari. Among the others are the species of hunting birds that bear her name[3], along with the Falcon Grav-tank[1] and the Faolchu's Blade formations used by the Harlequins.[4]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)
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- 2: Codex: Eldar (6th Edition):
- 3: Warhammer Community: Shiver the Timbers of the 41st Millennium with the New Voidscarred Corsairs (posted 28/07/2022) (last accessed 7 February 2022)
- 4: Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition), pg. 16 - Harlequin Masques
- 5: Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition), pg. 13
- 6: White Dwarf 511, pg. 83
- 7: Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, pg. 68
