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'''Lugganath''' (or ''Light of the Fallen Sun'' in [[Eldar Lexicon|the language of the Eldar]]) is an [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]]. It has ties with the [[Harlequin]]s, for the Lugganath Eldar hope to abandon this galaxy and start a new civilization within the [[Webway]]. They are perceived as little better then [[Eldar Corsair|Corsairs]] by most other Craftworlds due to their tendency to host Corsair fleets and close ties to the Harlequins.{{Fn|7}} Because of this, Lugganath's Eldar are considered to be unusually roguish when compared to the populations of other Craftworlds.{{Fn|15}}
Lugganath's symbol is the Black Sun, a reference to the lost glory of the original [[System|star systems]] of the [[Eldar Empire]]. It is said that if a viewer were to look far enough into the void he would see the last light of those dead stars — a metaphor that the Eldar of Lugganath find fitting.{{Fn|7}}
==History==
When Lugganath was ravaged by the disease known as the [[Brittle Coma]], its [[Farseer]]s looked into the realm of [[Nurgle]] in the [[Warp]] to attempt to find the captive [[Isha]] and also end the deadly plague. They knew that they would certainly die in the attempt, but believed their souls would be drawn into their [[Spirit Stones]] upon death. At first, their astrally projected forms were able to penetrate into the [[Garden of Nurgle]], but as they gazed upon the manse of Nurgle in the distance they were beset on all sides by hordes of [[Plaguebearers]]. The battle raged for days, devastating the garden. However, in the material world, the physical forms of the Seers began to shake and convulse, succumbing to the very plague they hoped to overcome. The souls of the Seers were eventually claimed by the [[Immaterium]], sucked into Nurgle's realm and forced to transform into wailing trees that bare [[Nurgling]]-fruit.{{Fn|6}}
In mid-[[M34]], Lugganath was victim to a [[The Shattering|major attack]] from a [[psychically]]-shielded fleet of the [[Emperor's Children]], in a plot engineered by the [[Harlequin]]s of [[Sylandri Veilwalker]] who stated that it would prevent greater deaths in the future. Though Lugganath was devastated in the attack, it was ultimately able to defeat the Emperor's Children invasion.{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|11}}
In 421.[[M41]], the Craftworld's inner council was massacred by [[Steel Fang (Wych)|Steel Fang]].{{Fn|8}}
More recently, Lugganath Craftworld is known to have been active in the western quadrant of the [[Segmentum Obscurus]].{{Fn|2}} In 801.[[M41]], forces from Lugganath attacked the stronghold of the [[Steel Heart]]s and destroyed the [[Chaos]] [[Renegade Chapter]] in its entirety. Later, in 805.M41, forces from Lugganath aided in stymieing a [[Daemon]]ic incursion on [[Cathox Prime]] and also in suppressing a [[Chaos Cultist]] uprising on [[Cathox Gamma]].{{Fn|3}}
At some point, the [[Farseer]]s of Lugganath predicted the rise of the [[Ork]] [[Freebooter|pirate]]-[[Big Mek|engineer lord]] [[Gorkog Chrometeef]], prophesying that, should Chrometeef succeed in his invasion of an unnamed [[Imperium|Imperial]] [[Industrial World]], that he would become a menace to merchant shipping across three [[Sector|sub-sectors]]. This, in turn, would provoke an Imperial anti-[[xenos]] [[Crusade]] in response that would lead to the Craftworld's destruction. Marshalling its forces, along with allied Corsairs warbands led by [[Corsair Prince|Prince]] [[Eidear]] and [[Corsair Prince|Princess]] [[Isbeil]], the eldar were able to bring down Chrometeef's new flagship, the ''[[Beastmother]]'', and kill the greenskin before he could launch his campaign, though not without significant loss of life.{{Fn|12}}
Some point after the formation of the [[Great Rift]] Lugganath sent forces to [[War Zone Laevenir]] to aid their kin against the [[Tyranids]].{{Fn|13}} During the [[Fourth Tyrannic War]], Lugganath's forces invaded the besieged [[Bastior Sub-sector]] with allied [[Corsairs]] from the [[Sunblitz Brotherhood]].{{Fn|15}}
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Fabius Bile: Primogenitor (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Wraithbound (Short Story)]] - [[On Wings of Blood (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook]], pgpgs.161-162*{{Endn|14}}: [[Kill Team: Salvation]], pg. 54 - ''Tactical Ploys''
*{{Endn|15}}: [[White Dwarf 500]], pg. 16 - ''The Crusade Campaign''
