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'''Vaul''' is the Smith God that existed within the pantheon of the [[Eldar]] race.
==History=====The Legend===
After the Phoenix King [[Asuryan]] banished the Eldar from the Heavenly Realms to the Mortal Lands, both [[Kurnous]] and [[Isha]] came to their uncle Vaul as they were both dismayed for being separated from their children. Thus, they asked Vaul to aid them in finding a means to regain contact with their offspring and, according to legend, the smith god took the tears of Isha which he fashioned the first [[Spirit stone]]s. Through such a means, the Eldar were able to communicate with their gods despite being separated from one another and though Asuryan had banished them - Vaul gave one of the spirit stones to Isha whilst the rest were given to her children so that they could speak to one another in secret. Through these secret exchanges, the Eldar learnt how to use runes and create skeletal structures from [[Wraithbone]].<sup>1-p36</sup>
According to the [[Dream of Asuryan]], Vaul reforged the final blade for use in battle as both he and Khaine fought one another but following a series of battles - Vaul was finally caught. The Smith God was crippled in the process and Khaine chained him to his own anvil whilst his own sword was used by the War God to slay [[Eldanesh]].<sup>1-p38</sup>
===Further Events===During the [[War in Heaven]], powerful weapons known as the [[Talisman of Vaul]] were crafted by the Eldar which were to be used to destroy the [[C'tan]] if they emerged again.<sup>3-p31</sup> Following the emergence of [[Slaanesh]], the majority of the Eldar deities died and were absorbed by this new [[Chaos]] God with only Khaine and [[Cegorach]] being the only known survivors.<sup>2-p15</sup>
An Eldar artefact called [[The Awakening]] was discovered by the [[Imperium]] of [[Humans|Mankind]] on 2343724.M41 at [[Rahe's Paradise]] and was studied by Sister Superior [[Meritia]] of the [[Order Dialogus]] which concerned the ancient [[Necrontyr]]. According to it, ''"the [[Mars|Vaul-Moon]] shall bring forth the [[Void Dragon|Dragon]]"'' and the Sister's annotations led her to determine that Vaul was the Eldar God of the Forge who was a blasphemous deity that was crippled both physically and spiritually. Her analysis led her to conclude that a ''"Vaul-Moon"'' was the Eldar equivalent of a [[Forge World]].<sup>3-p5</sup>
Recently, many of the feared Talismen of Vaul had been destroyed by the machinations of the [[Deceiver]].<sup>3-p5</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Warhammer 40,000: Compilation]], pg. 36-38
*<sup>2</sup>:[[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pg. 8, 15
*<sup>3</sup>:[[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]], pg. 5, 31
[[Category:Eldar Gods]]
