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'''Vaul''' is was 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>
However, [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]] one day overheard Isha talking through the stone to the Eldar and informed Asuryan himself who was enraged that his command was broken. To punish the perpetrators, he had Kurnous and Isha given over to Khaine to do with as he pleased. But Vaul could not see any harm done to them and thus struck a bargain with the War God who agreed to release the pair in exchange for a thousand enchanted blades within a years time. The smith god worked long and hard where he managed to forge all the blades except the last one which lay unfinished on his anvil. In order to trick Khaine, Vaul substituted the last blade with a mortal one which he delivered to the War God who released his two captives whereupon the three departed. Khaine was quick to discover the subterfurge and cried out in rage where he called the smith god a cheat whilst vowing revenge.<sup>1-p36</sup>
===Further Events===
During the [[War in Heaven]], powerful weapons known as the [[Talisman of Vaul|Talismans 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 Talismans of Vaul had been destroyed by the machinations of the [[Deceiver]].<sup>3-p5</sup>
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