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Eldrad was over 10,000 years old, and he was the first to warn the [[Emperor]] of [[Horus]]'s treachery. It was through Eldrad's farsight that the Eldar begin a sereis of raids against the [[Orks]], culminating in the emergence of [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] as perhaps the most powerful [[Ork]] [[Warlord]] in the galaxy, and diversion of his [[Waaagh!]] to the Hive World of [[Armageddon]], rather than allow the Oks to move against the craftworlds. Eldrad deliberately instigated the [[Second War for Armageddon]], costing the Imperium millions of lives, to save 10,000 Eldar lives. Had it not been for his warning, the [[Iyanden]] craftworld would have been completely unprepared for the attack of [[Hive Fleet Kraken]].
Eldrad's predictions were also instrumental in the closing of the warp rift above the [[Exodite]] World [[Haran]]. For many months, massed Eldar forces, joined by the mighty [[Pheonix Phoenix Lord|Pheonix Phoenix Lords]] and led by Eldrad persecuted a great campaign against the forces of [[Chaos]]. Eventually they succeded in closing the warp rift, but at the cost of many Eldar lives. This has lead to the planet being known as Haranshemash, the world of blood and tears.
On [[Andante IV]], [[Abaddon the Despoiler]] engineered a meeting between himself and Eldrad by attacking a webay gate leading to Ulthwe. His ultimate aim was to wipe out the [[Seer Council]], and many deaths came in the battle that lead to Eldrad and Abaddon's meeting in combat. Abaddon ultimately escaped, but not before Eldrad relaised that his end would soon be at hand.
