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The '''Swords of Vaul''' refers to , also known as the '''Blade-Wraiths''', were the one-hundred mythical blades forged by [[Vaul]], the [[Eldar]] smith-god, in his desperate bid to free [[Isha]] and [[Kurnous]] from the fiery torments of [[Khaine]]after they themselves had broken a deal with the war god. Agreeing to deliver the {{Fn|1a}} ==History=====The War in Heaven==={{Main|Eldar Mythology#War in Heaven}}[[Khaine]] bargained that he would release [[Isha]] and [[Kurnous]] if [[Vaul]] could produce one hundred perfect blades one within a year hence.{{Fn|1a}} Vaul nearly acheived this task, when Khaine disguised in his aspect as [[Murekh]] the time came for Vaul to Scorpion{{fn|3}} stung vaul's hand over preventing him from finishing the weapons he still had one unfinished final blade. To conceal the shortfall, he Vaul took an ordinary mortal blade and mixed it among his own works. Succeeding in freeing  True to the deal Khaine freed Isha and Kurnous, and only when they after had escaped did Khaine realize the Vaul's deception. Roaring with anger, he Khaine began a long struggle with war among the gods.{{Fn|1a}} Vaul that eventually culminated finished the final sword, naming it [[Anaris]], and challenged Khaine but was defeated – and in his defeat crippled and chained to his anvil. The great falcon [[Faolchú]] spirited the blade to {{Fn|1b}} [[Eldanesh]] who himself challenged Khaine and was crushed in his hand, naming the war god '''Kaela Mensha Khaine''' the Bloody Handed Khaine and by [[Asurmen]]'s decree ending the War in Heaven.  ===The Birth of Fear==={{Main|War in Heaven (EldarNecron)|}}There is an expounding story to that of the War in Heavenknown as '''The Birth of Fear''', that tells of the war between [[Khaine]] and the soul-destroying [[C'tan]] known as [[Kaelis Ra]] the [[Nightbringer]]. In that version of the tale, Vaul is charged to produce the arms in a window of opportunity created by the infighting caused by [[Cegorach]]'s deceptions. The smith-god does so in exchange for [[Kurnous]] and [[Isha]]'s release, and the '''Sword of Vaul''', known as the [[Blade-Wraith]]s are forged. The hundred swords are distributed among one hundred [[Eldar]] heroes.{{fn|2}} For seven days and nights the heroes, along with [[Khaine]], fight the [[Necrontyr]] in formation, their stamina restored on every strike of their swords except for one: the blade of [[Lanthrilaq]] was dull and it's use tiring enough that Lanthrilaq broke formation, giving [[Kaelis Ra]] the opportunity to strike and slay the hero and many of his compatriots. It is only through Khaine's faith in the advice of Cegorach that the star-god is defeated, tainting Khaine with the [[Dark Reaper|Aspect of the Reaper]] and dooming the Eldar to fear death, a fear that would become founded after the [[Fall of the Eldar]].{{fn|2}} ===Recent History===During the [[Fall of the Eldar]] where Khaine was shattered, so too was [[Anaris]] the greatest of the Swords of Vaul. [[Shard of Anaris|Shards]]of the blade have found themselves into the armories of the [[Craftworld]]s to be reforged into great artefacts.{{Fn|11c}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Eldar (6th Edition)]] (Ebook) *{{Endn|1a}}: pg.30*{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 45*{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 49*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 273 (UK)]] - ''Translations of Pertinent Eldar Myths''*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 511 (UK)]], pg. 81