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adding additional details from Harlequin codex.
In '''514'''.[[M38]] Ulthwé engaged in open war with the [[Kabal of the Jade Knife]] for control of the [[Webway]] in the [[Webway War|War in the Webway]], reaching a truce only after thousands of casualties on both sides.{{Fn|9a}}
In '''783'''.[[M41]] premptively destroy an [[Imperial]] [[Explorator Fleet]], following a vision from [[Eldrad Ulthran]] of the same fleet awakening the [[Tomb World]] of [[Maedrax]] and make landfall to purge the [[Necron]] presence from the world. The Necrons prove far more numerous than expected and the awakening [[Necron Dynasty|Dynasty]] – along with a reciprocal attack from the [[Blood Angels]] chapter of space marines – forces the warhost into retreat.{{Fn|9a}} Harlequin forces of the [[Masque of the Dreaming Shadow]] would renew the purge in '''785'''.[[M41]].{{Fn|31}}
To prevent the destruction of [[Craftworld]] [[Idharae]] the forces of Ulthwé raise [[Ork]] [[Warlord]] [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] to prominence in '''941'''.[[M41]], turning the resultant [[Waaagh!]] against the forces of man.{{Fn|9b}}
*{{Endn|29}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030808093538/http://www.eyeofterror.com/uk/armies/eldar.htm www.eyeofterror.com/uk/armies/eldar.htm (08/08/2003)] (saved archive, last accessed 19/06/23)
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|31}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (7th Edition)]] - ''Millenia of Mystery''
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