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adding the sword of vaul from dawn of war: tempest
There is an expounding story to that of the War in Heaven known 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]] {{Fn|2}} with a jeweled pomel and the sigil of [[Vaul]]{{Fn|5a}} was dull and it's use tiring enough that Lanthrilaq broke formation, giving [[Kaelis Ra]] the opportunity to strike and slay the hero Lanthrilaq, who dropped his blade,{{Fn|5a}} and many of one by one slew his compatriotsdestroying their ninety-nine blades. {{fn|5a}} 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===
The tip of the Blade-Wraith of [[Lanthrilaq]] was found it's way to the legendary [[Harlequin]] [[Shadowseer]] [[Lavena|Lavena the Joyful]] who re-forged it into the blade ''[[Vairocanum]]'' "The Touch of Death".{{Fn|5b}} The blade was and taken as prize by the '''First Father''' of the [[Blood Raven]]s '''[[Azariah Vidya]]] the Seeker of Truth''' after defeating Lavena and ending her Harlequin raids on the [[Qulus]] System, although Vidya never wielded the blade instead choosing to intrust it to the [[Librarian]]s of his [[Secret order of Psykana]].{{Fn|5b}} Vairocanum was reunited with the remainder of Lanthrilaq's blade on the fabled [[Harlequin]] library planet of [[Arcadia]] and entrusted to [[Biel-Tan]] [[Farseer]] [[Macha]] who used the blade to cut across space reducing the dimensionality of the [[Necron]] fleet which imploded into nothingness.{{Fn|5c}}
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|1c}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 511 (UK)]], pg. 81
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War]] [https://ia600707.us.archive.org/10/items/AS0C0/warhammer_40000-rites_of_war-manual.pdf Instruction Manual] (Last accessed 12/2/2025), pg. 88
*5: [[Dawn of War: Tempest]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter Six: Heresy
**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter Nine: Ascension
**{{Endn|5c}}: Chapter Twelve: Mockery
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