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→Awakening Ynnead
====Awakening Ynnead====
[[image:PortDem.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Eldrad leads the [[Masque of Midnight Sorrow]] at the [[Battle of Port Demesnus]]{{Fn|8}}]]
In the closing days of the 41st Millennium, Eldrad concocted a scheme to bring about the awakening of [[Ynnead]] through a mass psychic ritual enlisting the aid of the [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow]].{{Fn|8}}{{Fn|10c}} However, he was foiled by the [[Deathwatch]] in the [[Battle of Port Demesnus]] upon [[Coheria]].{{Fn|25}} Later during the [[Battle of Biel-Tan]], Eldrad led the newly formed [[Ynnari]] to victory and helped create the [[Yncarne]]. However, the cost in doing so was high. Three of Ulthwé's finest [[Farseer]]s turned to crystal during the ritual that opened the portal through which the Ynnari made their escape.{{Fn|10b}}
Later during the [[Battle of Biel-Tan]], Eldrad led the newly formed [[Ynnari]] to victory and helped create the [[Yncarne]]. However, the cost in doing so was high. Three of Ulthwé's finest [[Farseer]]s turned to crystal during the ritual that opened the portal through which the Ynnari made their escape.{{Fn|10b}} For aiding the [[Ynnari]] and for the wayward arrogance he displayed on [[Coheria]], sacrificing both an [[Ulthwé]] and [[Saim-Hann]] warhost in the effort,{{Fn|25}} Eldrad was exiled from Ulthwé by its [[Seer Council]]. Despite his exile, Eldrad continued to guide the Ynnari and formed his own group known as [[The Exiles]], renegade [[Seer]]s who continue to follow the strands of fate which keep the [[Rhana Dandra]] at bay.{{Fn|10b}} He next appeared on [[Kalisus]] in the [[Cadian System]] as a member of the [[Ynnari]] to guide several Imperial survivors of the destruction of Cadia into the [[Webway]].{{Fn|9}}
Eldrad eventually returned to Ulthwé, leading his Ynnari in the [[Battle of Ulthwé|defence of the Craftworld]].{{Fn|10b}} In his reestablished role on Ulthwé's Seer Council he instructed Yvraine and her Ynnari in retrieving the [[Hand of Darkness]] for [[Roboute Guilliman]].{{Fn|16}} Sometime afterwards while exploring the [[Falls of Unshead Tears]] within the Webway, he encountered the Slaaneshi Daemon [[N'Kari]], who attemped to trick him to claim his soul. However, Eldrad was able to drink from the falls, gaining a vision of Ynnead's rise and the full awakening of the [[Necron]]s. The rune of Saim-Hann appeared at the end of his vision, which led Eldrad to believe the [[Craftworld]] held special significance.{{Fn|17a}} To that end, he accompanied Yvraine and the Ynnari alongside a Saim-Hann warhost to [[Zaisuthra]] to potentially discover the last [[Cronesword]]{{Fn|17b}}, though they were ultimately unsuccessful.{{Fn|17c}}
