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Naga
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The Exodites of Halathel were unable to abandon their kin's souls contained in the planet's Worldspirit and so began to fortify the Worldspirit shrine while begging with nearby Craftworlds for assistance. The first tendril outsripped the crippled Malan'tai fleet to arrive at Halathel first, and in 801809.M41 launched waves of [[Mycetic Spore]]s onto the planet. The defenders withdraw to the Worldspirit shrine to make a desperate last stand. Thousands of [[Termagant]]s and [[Hormagaunt]]s hurled themselves at the shrine's walls to deplete the enemy's ammunition stores, but the Exodites held out for three days and three nights until the Tyranids ceased their assault. When the Tyrand's launched their second siege of the shrine, it absolutely dwarfed the first in numbers and fury. By dusk, Naga had broken through the outer defences and began pouring through the breaches. [[Exodite Lord]] [[Wei-yannil]] stood against the [[Hive Tyrant]] leading the assault to buy time for the Eldar to withdraw. Both combatants were slain in the fight - Wei-yannil bringing down the Hive Tyrant, but then was torn apart by the beast's rampaging [[Tyrant Guard]]. With the [[Synapse]] creatures death the Tyranid swarm lost cohesion and withdrew.{{Fn|1}}
Above Halathel, a fresh fleet from Iyanden commanded by Admiral [[Draech]] engaged the [[Hive Ship]]s orbiting the planet. Draech's flagship, the ''[[Auspicious Illumination of Eternity]] '' was destroyed early in the battle. Command of the fleet was quickly seized by his second in command, a young Prince [[Yriel]], who successfully lead the Iyanden fleet to victory. On the planet, the Worldspirit shrine was finally taken when dozens of [[Trygon]]s emerged from burrowed tunnels beneath the shrine's walls. In less than an hour, the Eldar defenders were massacred and the Worldspirit was destroyed. Yriel, overwhelmed by rage, gave the order to scour all life from Halathel. The survivors of the Malan'tai fleet arrived to join in the cleansing.{{Fn|1}}
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