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'''Eldrad Ulthran''', whose name means "First of Ulthwé",{{Fn|19}} was the chief [[Farseer]] of the [[Ulthwé]] [[Craftworld]]. Eldrad is one of the oldest living [[Aeldari]] in the galaxy.{{Fn|19}} He is perhaps the most gifted [[psyker]] amongst the [[Eldar]], his incredible foresight is the most accurate and powerful of any Farseer{{fn|21}} having saved the [[Aeldari]] race many thousands of Eldar livestimes.{{Fnfn|191a}} Eldrad carries the ancient [[Staff of Ulthamar]] into battle,{{Fn|19}} and his resilience and power has been a rallying point for the declining Eldar race.Since the [[13th Black Crusade]], Eldrad is considered a [[Eldar_Mythology#Heroes_of_Myth|Legendary Hero]], his name synonymous with wisdom, foresight, and self-sacrifice.{{Fn|3}}
==History==
[[Image:Eldrad Ulthran 6th ed.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Eldrad Ulthran{{Fn|4}}]]
Eldrad Ulthran is over 10,000 years old, one of the oldest living [[Aeldari]] in the galaxy, born some time after the launch of [[Craftworld]] [[Ulthwé]]{{Fn|19}} and before the [[Fall of the Eldar]].{{Fn|191a}} Ulthran forsaw the [[Tyranid|The Great Devourer]] before it ever entered the galaxy.{{Fn|1921}} It is at Eldrad's direction that [[Craftworld]] [[Ulthwé]] remains close to the [[Eye of Terror]], vigilantly guarding against [[Chaos]].{{fn|19}} ====Fall of the Eldar====Eldrad has lead [[Craftworld]] [[Ulthwé]] since the [[Fall of the Eldar]]{{Fn|1a}} personally saving remnants of the [[Aeldari]] race from danger over a hundred times in the few short centuries that followed.{{Fn|1a}} In the same time, his psychic gift has diminished to the point that he must rely upon the guidance of the dead seers of [[Ulthwé]] either within Ulthwé's [[Dome of Crystal Seers]]{{fn|1a}} or in the [Spirit Stone]]s of the first [[Seer Council|Seer Council of Ulthwé]] within the ancient [[Staff of Ulthamar]].{{Fn|19}}
====Horus Heresy====
{{Main|Horus Heresy}}
Eldrad forsaw the [[Horus Heresy|Age of Darkness]], a time of [[Chaos]] as calamitous and momentous as the [[Fall of the Eldar]], and took action to prevent it.{{fn|1a}} Eldrad was the first to warn the [[Imperium]] of [[Horus]]' treachery{{Fn|1}} who, meeting with [[Fulgrim]] on the [[Maiden World]] of [[Tarsus]], attempted only to warn learn the [[FulgrimImperium]] was ignorant of the dangers of Horus' betrayal – only later discovering that Fulgrim [[Chaos]] and the [[Primarch]] had already been corrupted by [[Slaanesh]] and was beyond reasoning.{{Fn|1a1b}} Eldrad and his guard of [[Ulthwé]] warriors were unable to kill the [[Primarch]] before Fulgrim unleashed [[Virus Bomb]]s on the maiden world{{fn|1d1b}} – losing the [[Avatar of Khaine]]{{Fn|1c}} and Eldrad's trusted adviser, the ancient [[Wraithlord]] [[Khiraen Goldhelm]]{{Fn|1b}} , in the melee and causing Eldrad to distrust the human race.{{Fn|1d1b}}
Eldrad again intervened in human affairs when he appeared before the [[Cabal]] agent [[John Grammaticus]]. Ulthran revealed to Grammaticus that he opposed the Cabal's aims and that their belief that Horus would usher in Chaos' ultimate demise was not set in stone. He believed that humanity were meant to be the firebreak against Chaos, and that without them the Eldar would fall and the galaxy shortly afterwards. He offered Grammaticus a way to leave the Cabal and a chance to stop being a traitor to his own race. Using the [[Fulgurite]] originally intended to kill the [[Emperor]] and then [[Vulkan]], Grammaticus was instead convinced by Eldrad to use it to heal Vulkan's shattered psyche.{{Fn|6}}
====Armageddon Wars====
{{Main|Armageddon Wars}}
It was through Eldrad's foresight that the Eldar began a series of raids against the [[Ork]]s, culminating in the emergence of [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] as perhaps the most powerful [[Ork]] [[Warboss|Warlord]] in the galaxy, and diversion of his [[Waaagh!]] to the [[Hive World]] of [[Armageddon]], rather than allow the Orks to move against the Craftworlds.{{Fn|3a3}}{{Fn|4}} Eldrad deliberately instigated the [[Second War for Armageddon]], costing the Imperium millions of lives, to save tens of thousands of Eldar lives.{{fn|1921}}
====Recent History====
Eldrad has begun to [[Dome of Crystal Seers|Crystalise]] and spends long days apart from the world of the living within the [[Dome of Crystal Seers]], his movements slowing and his body beginning to turn a transparent crystal. Eldrad has forseen retiring his soul to mingle with those of his ancestors, but has denied this fate in order to continue to battle [[Chaos]].{{Fn|19}}
Eldrad's predictions were famously instrumental in the closing of the warp rift above the [[Exodite]] World [[Haran]], which was to be used by the [[Chaos God|Gods of Chaos]] to pour forth their innumerable servants into the [[materium]] and the Eldar [[Webway]]. For many months, massed Eldar forces from all over the galaxy, joined by the mighty [[Phoenix Lord]]s and led by Eldrad, persecuted a great campaign against the forces of [[Chaos]]. Eventually they succeeded in closing the warp rift, but at the cost of many Eldar lives. This lead to the planet being known as Haranshemash, the world of blood and tears.{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b3}}
Had it not been for his warning, the [[Iyanden]] Craftworld would have been completely unprepared for the attack of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Kraken]].{{Fn|19}} In addition, he prevented Craftworld [[Saim-Hann]]'s infestation by the [[Hrud]],{{Fn|4}} allowed [[Farseer]] [[Auric Stormcloud]] to invoke the [[Pact of Anwyn]] to disrupt [[Daemon Prince]] [[Shaha Gaathon]]'s plans,{{Fn|14}} thwarted the mysterious works of the awakened [[C'tan]]s and stopped the [[Days of Blood]] from coming to pass.{{Fn|3a3}}
====Thirteenth Black Crusade====
{{Main|13th Black Crusade}}
On [[Andante IV]], Eldrad led an expedition to counter{{Fn|19}} an attack by [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] and the [[Chaos Sorcerer|Sorcerer]] [[Zaraphiston]] on a Webway gate which, if captured, could lead to Ulthwé.{{Fn|2}} His ultimate aim was not to attack the Craftworld itself, but to wipe out Ulthwé's [[Seer Council]] by eliminating their only means of escaping the planet.{{Fn|2a}} Eldrad coordinated the defences of the forces of [[Ulthwé]],{{fn|3}} pouring his consciousness into [[Spirit_stone#Waystones|Waystone]]s{{fn|15}} and distributing the stones among his lietennants which enabled him to guide the myriad strike forces through the [[Webway]] to coordinate attacks and unleash the full potency of his [[Eldar_Psychic_Powers#Farseer|Eldritch Storm]] attacks in multiple places at once.{{Fn|15}}
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}}
====The Time of Ending====
Eldrad Ulthran is equipped with the [[Staff of Ulthamar]]. For protection, Eldrad wears the [[Armour of the Last Runes]] — a potent artifact and ward against harm. He is also equipped with a [[Witch Blade]], [[Shuriken Pistol]], [[Ghosthelm]], and protective runes.{{Fn|5}}
Over his long life as a seer, Eldrad has created several unique [[Psychic Runes]] that only he has mastery of.{{Fn|10}} He can supposedly cast from as many as four thousand runes.{{fn|1921}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 266 (UK)]], "A Clash of the Titans"{{Cite this}}
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 90
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 104
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)]]**{{Endn|3a}}: pg, pgs. 50**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. -51
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Eldar (6th Edition)]], pg. 53
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Craftworlds (7th Edition)]] (e-book), ''Eldrad Ulthran - Remnants of Glory''
*{{Endn|19}}: [[White Dwarf 286 (UK)]] - '''Heroes and Villains of the 41st Millennium: Eldrad Ulthran, Farseer of Ulthwé'''
*{{Endn|20}}: [[White Dwarf 287 (UK)]] – '''Death by a Thousand Cuts''
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