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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Thirteenth Black Crusade
Many deaths came in the battle that lead to Eldrad and Abaddon's meeting in combat but the ancient seer along with the combined might of his [[Ulthwé]] retinue prevailed over the Despoiler and his [[Black Legion]] warriors in a titanic hand-to-hand battle, but before the killing blow could be dealt by the Staff of Ulthamar.{{Fn|2b}} In that moment, Eldrad learned with certainty that his end would come as a martyr for his craftworld and the he would be unable to prevent Abaddon's plans.{{Fn|19}} Before the staff could touch his flesh, Abaddon was whisked away from the battlefield by his patron gods.{{Fn|2b}}
He later reappeared during the [[13th Black Crusade]], dispatching bringing the [[Shadowseer]] [[Sylandri Veilwalker]] to aid the Imperial forces.in the [[13th Black Crusade]]{{fn|9}} Exhausted and spent, he appointed a controvercial member of the seer council as his successor before departing with his [[Warlock]] bodyguards on a desperate quest to rescue the soul of a [[Blackstone Fortress|Talisman of Vaul]] before it boiled the seas of [[Cadia]].{{Fn|19}}
====The Time of Ending====
