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====The War in Heaven====
The tale of the War in Heaven is the latter half of the '''Dance of Asuryan'''{{Fn|24}}, better known as the '''Dream of Asuryan''', and tells of the myriad ways [[Khaine]] and [[Vaul]] war against one another{{Fn|2a}} the gods cast into conflict the heavens shaking with the thunder of battle.{{Fn|2}} The wars that followed polarized the gods, Khaine's faction and Vaul's faction engaging in bloody warfare for an eternity.{{Cite This}} Khaine fought alongside the demi-gods of the [[Yngir]] to cast the [[Aeldari|Children of Isha]] from Heaven.{{Fn|25b}} Gods changed sides, great deeds of heroism and of craven evil were performed on both sides.{{fn|2a}} The war was mirrored in a struggle between the [[Eldar]] in the mortal realms as the conflict bled through the barrier of heaven.{{Fn|6}} Only the great [[Asuryan]] in his wisdom refused to align himself with one or the other, thus he would remain lord of both when the conflict ended.{{Fn|6}}
At the height of the War in Heaven, [[Asuryan]] himself was laid low by the chill blades of his foes. To save her beloved, [[Isha]] drew down the heat of a hundred stars into a glittering gem, the only surviving fragment of which is known as the [[Phoenix Gem]]. The light and heat that had nurtured countless planets drove the chill Asuryan's bones and returned him to health.{{Fn|21c}}
