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In the legends of the Aghoru people, the Elohim evolved their forms to such perfect physical beauty that they fell in love with their own appearances. They controlled had the ability to changed the forms of plants thus allowing them to establish a vast empire of worlds, . Having attained such power they devoting their lives to hedonism and the exploration of pleasure. Eventually, the powers that they harnessed in pursuit of these pleasures turned on them, and led to the almost-instantaneous and nearly-complete extinction of their race. Most of those who survived this catastrophe became the [[Daiesthai]], a perverted and darkfoil of the Elohim. Eventually, and the Daiesthai were forced into hiding by those few remaining Elohim who remained pure. Some of these surviving monsters inhabited and imprisoned in "the Mountain" on Aghoru, an artificial construct said to "eat men." The Aghoru interred the corpses of their dead in the Mountain, trying to placate the hunger of these sleeping monsters. They also placed a pair of immense [[Titan]]s at the entrance to the Mountain's valley, supposedly to guard against the return of the monsters.{{Fn|11d}}

During the [[Great Crusade]], some of the [[Thousand Sons]] who arrived to effect Aghoru's compliance with the [[Imperium]] dismissed these legends as simplistic creation myths, used, like so many others, to teach and control the population. {{Fn|1a}} However, it was indisputable that the corpses interred in the Mountain were gone by the following year, as if consumed by some unknown process.{{Fn|11b}}

== Connections Connection with the Eldar =={{Spoiler|source=A Thousand Sons}} The Elohim are analogous to the Eldar, the Aghoru legend closely contains many parallels what is known about to the [[Fall of the Eldar]], and the subsequent collapse of their [[Eldar Empire|empire]] and the division of their species into [[Craftworld]] and [[Dark Eldar|Dark]] factions.

In addition*The Aghoru legend closely parallels what is known about the [[Fall of the Eldar]], and the subsequent collapse of their [[Eldar Empire|empire]] and the division of their species into factions.{{Fn|1d}}*The [[psychic]] [[remembrancer]] [[Camille Shivani]] excavated an Elohim relic helmet on Aghoru that appeared to have been organically grown, rather than constructed (similar to [[Wraithbone]]), and ; the relic conferred [[psychic]] upon her the memories of dancers a furious, yet sad, warrior dancer in the throes midst of combat her sisterhood (similar to the [[HarlequinHowling Banshee]]s or ).{{Fn|1c}}* The Titans found at the valley entrance appear strikingly similar to known [[Howling BansheesEldar Titan]]s.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1d}}** Large, curved, structures for faces.{{Fn|1a}}** Both are armed with lance weapons. One fires at several [[Land Raider]]s, vapourising them (similar to the anti-vehicle Eldar [[Brightlance]]weapons).{{Fn|11e}} Likewise** When the 'bejeweled head' of the titan was cracked, it is known that unleashed a [[psychic scream]] of some sort.{{Fn|1e}}** The Titans were bone coloured, and when one titan's armour was damaged the Eldar are capable 'bone-like material' of building its construction was exposed.{{Fn|1e}}* The Thousand Sons' 2nd Fellowship Captain, [[Phosis T'Kar]], and [[Ahriman]], then Chief [[Librarian]], liken the aforementioned Titans similar to what was found at the valley entranceEldar designs.{{Fn|1a}}

However, whether Whether the Elohim were in fact Eldar was never confirmedremains unconfirmed.

==See Also==*[[Daiesthai]]*[[Aghoru]] == Sources ==*{{Endn|1}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]**{{Endn|1a}} Chapter 2, Drums of the Mountain / Temple of the Syrbotae / A Place of the Dead**{{Endn|1b}} Chapter 3, Magnus / The Sanctum / You Must Teach Him**{{Endn|1c}} Chapter 4, The Sound of Judgement / Shadow Dancers / Summoned**{{Endn|1d}} Chapter 5, The Probationer / Creation Myths / Memories of Terra**{{Cite ThisEndn|1e}}Chapter 8, Slayer of Giants