Phoenix Gem

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The Phoenix Gem is an Eldar artefact capable of returning the dead to life.^[1]

At the height of the War in Heaven, Asuryan himself was laid low by the chill blades of his foes. To save her beloved,^[1] Isha drew down the heat of a hundred stars into a gemstone.^[2] The light and heat of the gem rejuvenated the Phoenix King's bones, returning him to his people and his consort. The Phoenix Gem is the only surviving fragment of that ancient stone which, even now, can still return life to the fallen.^[1]

Trivia

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• The gemstone which Trazyn stole from inside the World Spirit of the Exodites of Cepharil was noted by the novel's author Robert Rath in the book's official commentary to have been a Phoenix Gem^[3a] – suggesting that an additional ability of a Phoenix Gem is to enable a Necron, such as Orikan in the novel, to achieve temporary apotheosis akin to that of a God.^[3b]

See also

• Eldar Equipment (List)

Sources

• 1: Codex: Eldar (6th Edition) (E-Book), pg. 111
• 2: Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition), pg. 102
• 3: The Infinite and the Divine (Novel):
  • 3a, Act One, Chapter Two – Author's Notes
  • 3b, Act Four, Chapter Six