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==Overview==
[[Image:XenologySoulStone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Exodite]] '''Spirit Stone''', illustrated by [[Inquisitor]] [[Maturin Ralei]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]].{{Fn|20}}]]
Faceted glassy spheres{{Fn|2a}} of gem-like polished psycho-receptive stone{{Fn|3a}} crystals called ''carrecenad'' or '''soul-stone'''.{{Fn|6}} It is a well kept secret even among the Eldar themselves that spirit-stones are actually formed from the psychic energy of the ghosts of Eldar who died during the [[Fall of the Eldar|Birth of Slaanesh]], their spirits tormented forever by Slaanesh to see the lives they can no longer possess and to reenact their death, after each cycle of which they leave behind Spirit Stones on the [[Crone World]]s within the [[Eye of Terror]]{{Fn|2b}} which dissolve once more into the [[Warp]] unless collected.{{Fn|8}} [[Eldar Mythology]], which is the living history of the eldar, tell of the origin of Spirit Stones in the ancient past as the "Tears of Isha" which were forged by [[Vaul]] such that [[Kurnous]] and [[Isha]] could speak with the Eldar without [[Asuryan]] knowing{{Fn|2a}} – this is taken today as a metaphor for the crystallisation of the psychic energies within the Eye of Terror associated with the [[Fall of the Eldar]].{{Fn|2b}}
The [[Asuryani]] will go to incredible lengths to preserve and recover Spirit Stones.{{Fn|3a}} In the context of a warhost the primary duty of a [[Spiritseer]] is to recover Spirit Stones,{{Fn|5b}} but beyond these the task falls to [[Ranger]]s on the [[Eldar_Path#Path_of_the_Outcast|Path of the Outcast]] to do the extremely dangerous task of delving across ancient fields of battle and into the [[Eye of Terror]] itself to recover and find new Spirit Stones.{{Fn|5c}} It is only in this capacity that any relations are kept with the [[Chaotic Eldar]], such as those in the [[Tyrakesh Archeomarket]] on [[Arach-Cyn]], who trade with rangers for collected Spirit Stones.{{Fn|11}} Quests may be taken by [[Wraithknight]]s to raid [[Crone World]]s of their Spirit Stones,{{Fn|9}} as famously was the task of the [[Twelve Outcasts of Alaitoc]] in '''334.[[M36]]''' – the first since the fall to recover new Spirit Stones.{{Fn|5a}} The earliest known recovery of waystones was in [[M33]] from the crone world of [[Falladon]], recovered by [[Mehlendri Silversoul]] and returned to her craftworld of [[Iyanden]]. There she would labour with [[bonesinger]]s to adept the [[infinity circuit]].{{Fn|4c}} [[Exodite]]s too wear Spirit Stones, although the provenance of such stones is yet unclear.{{Fn|1b}} Not all Spirit Stones recovered on [[Crone World]]s are empty, and while some contain the immortal essences of great scholars and heroes of the [[Eldar Empire]], more often they contain a malevolent soul that rages at its confinement within the crystal.{{Fn|4a}}
