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Vaul
,→The Dance of Asuryan
==History==
===The War in Heaven=======The Dance of Asuryan====
This deity was acclaimed to be a craftsman without peer and it was said that he was without morality with his singular purpose being beauty rather than truth.{{Fn|5}} After the Phoenix King [[Asuryan]] banished the Eldar from the Heavenly Realms to the Mortal Lands, both [[Kurnous]] and [[Isha]] came to their uncle Vaul as they were both dismayed for being separated from their children.
However, [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]] one day overheard Isha talking through the stone to the Eldar and informed Asuryan himself who was enraged that his command was broken. To punish the perpetrators, he had Kurnous and Isha given over to Khaine to do with as he pleased. But Vaul could not see any harm done to them and thus struck a bargain with the War God who agreed to release the pair in exchange for a thousand enchanted blades within a year's time. The Smith God worked long and hard, he managed to forge all the blades except the last one that lay unfinished on his anvil. In order to trick Khaine, Vaul substituted the last blade with a mortal one, which he delivered to the War God who released his two captives, whereupon the three departed. Khaine was quick to discover the subterfuge and cried out in rage where he called the Smith God a cheat whilst vowing revenge.{{Fn|1a}}
====The aftermath Dream of Asuryan====After this event is explained in the [[Dream of Asuryan]] where Vaul returned in order to reforge the unfinished blade that was intended for Khaine.{{Fn|1b}} In the last days of the War in Heaven, the weapon was reworked into a blade that he named [[Anaris]].{{Fn|4}} With it by his hand, he moved to fight with the War God in a series of battle after being caught by him.{{Fn|1b}} Vaul used Anaris to fight against Khaine in a long and hard battle where he managed to wound his foe but, despite his injuries, the War God's fury managed to overpower the Smith God who was toppled from the heavens. It is said that it is the result of this fall that crippled Vaul and his final defeat came when Khaine chained him to his own anvil, thus leading to the War God's victory in the War in Heaven.{{Fn|4}} The crippled Vaul's sword was later taken by Khaine who used it to slay [[Eldanesh]].{{Fn|1b}}
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