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==Overview==
[[Image:YnnariTriumvirateOfYnnead.jpg|thumb|right|220px300px|A [[Guardian]] of the {{PAGENAME}}. Many Leaders of the Ynnari don crimson armour{{Fn|2a}}]]
Led by Ynnead's Emissary [[Yvraine]], the group is composed of Eldar from the [[Craftworld]]s, [[Eldar Corsair|Corsair]] groups, [[Exodites]]{{Fn|}}, [[Commorragh]] and even from among the [[Harlequin]]s. With their combined might they have become a rising force in the galaxy, who not only seek to bring about Ynnead's birth, but also return the Eldar to the glory their race had before their [[Fall of the Eldar|Empire fell]]. However, the arrogant coercion they employ to save their race has alienated as many Eldar as it has united under Yvraine's command. Worse still, many see the Ynnari as corrupted by the very [[Chaos|daemonic forces]] they seek to thwart, while others believe they are already dead inside. And because of their growing strength, they have drawn the attention of the [[Chaos Gods]], who have now unleashed their forces to hunt down the group wherever they go. Slaanesh in particular seeks to destroy the Ynnari, in order to end the threat they pose to him.{{Fn|1a}}
==History==
====Awakening of Ynnead====[[ImageFile:TriumvirateOfYnneadPortDem.jpg|thumb|right|220px300px|Leaders Eldrad leads the Masque of the YnnariMidnight Sorrow at the Battle of Port Demesnus{{Fn|2a}}]]The Ynnari were founded by After the spoiled ritual of the [[Ulthwé]] [[Farseer]] [[YvraineEldrad Ulthran]] and the [[VisarchHarlequins]] of the [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow]] shortly before at the [[Thirteenth Black CrusadeBattle of Port Demesnus]] and , which sought to turn the failure crystal moon of [[Eldrad UlthranCoheria]] into a Psychic Beacon brighter than the [[Astronomican]] which could call to resurrect all craftworld [[Infinity Circuit]]s but instead saw Coheria destroyed, first roused [[Ynnead following ]] from his slumber he imparted a fraction of his will into [[Yvraine]] as she was killed and appointed by [[Corag Hai]] the priestess of [[Morai-Heg]] in the [[Battle Crucibael]] of Port Demesnus[[Commoragh]].{{Fn|319}} Gathering followers from across the Eldar race, their first mission consisted of retrieving the ancient – an apotheosis which tore open [[Khaine's Gate]] and triggered a catastrophic [[Crone SwordDysjunction]]s {{Fn|20}} and containing those that followed her to flee [[Commorragh]] through [[Sec Maegra]] into the forces of [[ChaosWebway]] spilling across multiple , her [[CraftworldBloodbride]]s. The Ynnari later , allied themselves [[Eldar Corsair]]s, with the [[ImperialVisarch]] survivors of the Thirteenth Black Crusade and aided them during the his [[Ultramar CampaignIncubi]]. After becoming the resurrection first of [[Roboute Guilliman]] the remaining Ynnari went back into the Webway.{{Fn|22a}}
====Fracture of Biel-Tan====[[ImageFile:YnnariDRBirthofYnnead.jpg|thumb|right|220px300px|[[Yvraine]] awakens the [[Yncarne]] within [[Biel-Tan]]{{Fn|1a}}]]Whereupon the Ynnari travelled to [[Ursulia]] where the [[Infinity Circuit]] of [[Biel-Tan]] above faced a daemonic taint from [[The Masque of Slaanesh]] and out of desperation to remove it the Biel-tani turned to the Yvraine, who explained the mission of the Ynnari as revealed to her by Ynnead: to walk the "Seventh Path" and gather the the ancient [[Crone Sword]]s now spread across the galaxy which together could revive the god of death, and in a demonstration of the truth of the path pulled ''Asu-var'' the [[Croneswords of Morai-Heg|Sword of Silent Screams]] from within the Infinity Circuit and with it awoke the [[Yncarne]]{{Fn|2a}} ushering forth the light in the [[Warp]] which [[Eldrad]] could not on [[Coheria]]. The ripples of Ynnead spread through the [[Warp]] and was felt by all [[Psyker]]s, across the galaxy piles of bone rattled into the shape of Ynnead's rune. The infinity circuits of all other [[Craftworld]]s glowed white hot, and [[Farseer]]s skeins of fate reshaped themselves as the [[Rhana Dandra]] was delayed.{{Fn|2b}} Within Biel-Tan the Yncarne instantaneously banished the [[Daemon]]s from [[Biel-Tan]] and its daemon-infected [[Wraithbone]] sundered in the process – worse yet the souls within the circuit itself were released into the void where [[Slaanesh]] could claim them, and only through tremendous effort were the souls bound anew to [[Wraith Construct]]s in a joint effort by [[Biel-Tan]] and, for the first time, with allies found among the [[Harlequin]]s of the [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow|Midnight Sorrow]] and all manner of Biel-Tani, most prominently the [[Autarch]] [[Meliniel]] and the [[Dire Avenger]]s of the [[Silvered Blade Shrine]], united in their effort as the Ynnari.{{Fn|2b}} ====Debate within Ulthwé====[[File:EldarArtCard.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Guentilian Onyxblade]] and the [[Gyrinx]] [[Alorynis]]{{Fn|2b}}]]On [[Ulthwé]], the seer council refused to commit their forces to the Ynnari cause – taking the moment of Yvraine's appearance to censure and exile [[Eldrad Ulthran]]. While arguing in the [[Farseer]]s defense and for direct Ynnari intervention in capturing the [[Crone Swords]]s in the [[Crone World]]s rather than abdicating the responsibility to [[Il-Kaithe]], Eldar from [[Craftworld]] [[Altansar]] unexpectedly appeared from the [[Webway]] appeared suddenly to plead urgent action within the [[Eye of Terror]]: aware they could not themselves return to the [[Eye of Terror]] [[Warlock]] [[Guentilian Onyxblade]] slit their own throat to pledge their soul to [[Yvraine]]. Sensing their master within Yvraine, the [[Gyrinx]] [[Alorynis]] began to follow her, the act earning the Ynnari allies among the remaining Altansari. Unconvinced, the Seer Council turned to hostility against the assembled parties before the appearance of [[Kysaduras|Kysaduras the Anchorite]], accompanied by [[Harlequins]] of the [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow|Midnight Sorrow]], the momentousness of his appearance before the council ending hostilities and settling the debate: the Ynnari would act and those among Ulthwé who wished join them would do so.{{Fn|2b}} ====Belial IV====[[File:Yncarne.jpg|thumb|righ|200px|The [[Yncarne]] wields ''Vilith-zhar'' the [[Crone Sword|Sword of Souls]]]]Together venturing into the [[Eye of Terror]], the ynnari landed upon the [[Crone World]] of [[Belial IV]] where below the silver moon they encountered [[Urien Rakarth]] and the [[Prophets of Flesh]], and the melee attracted the [[Daemon]]s of [[Slaanesh]]{{Fn|2b}} – Rakharth equally horrified and exhilarated to learn those [[Haemonculi]] felled were reduced to dust simultaneously in every vat-clone, phylactery, and secret remnant.{{Fn|2c}} In the fray [[Yvraine]] noticed a radius of dull grey [[Spirit Stone]]s devoid of their power and at its center they located the resting place of a buried crone sword, and from within the earth the [[Yncarne]] burst forth weilding ''Vilith-zhar'' the [[Crone Sword|Sword of Souls]].{{Fn|2b}} The second [[Crone Sword]] of Belial IV would have to wait. The force turned towards the ruins of a shattered ancient city, finding and fortifying the museum structure of the [[Memorial Hall of Atransis]] and an immense yellow rune-portal hidden to all but the dead and those who bear their blessing where [[The Soulseeker]], [[Wraithknight]] of [[Iyanden]] ushered them forth into the [[Webway]] beyond while [[Iyanna Arienal]] and her [[Wraith Construct]]s guarded their exit.{{Fn|2c}} ====Iyanden====[[File:IyandenFoBT.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Iyanden]] [[Eldar Space Fleet]] engages with the [[Space Hulks]] of [[Gara'gugul'gor]]{{Fn|2c}}]]After long weeks of arduous travel, they found their exit: a hidden portal within [[Vaidh Wayport]] on [[Craftworld]] [[Iyanden]] finding the craftworld under siege by the forces of [[Nurgle]], their [[Asuryani]] and [[Harlequin]] contingents conscripted into battle and the rest sequestered to guest quarters. [[Yvraine]] called upon old debts from her [[Eldar Corsair|Corsair]] allies, and in so doing the remaining Ynnari were brought forth to defend the craftworld, banishing [[Daemon]]s and the infections they spread. Yvraine asked to be brought to the dead and infectous body of [[Dark ReaperPrince Yriel]]who had ended the Nurglite assault, whereupon she plunged the [[Spear of Twilight]] into the Admiral's chest and he was revived: and the spear revealed as the fourth [[Crone Sword]],{{Fn|2c}} the final still on [[Belial IV]], and returned to the revived prince his spear. Within the [[Ghost Hall]]s, [[Iyanna Arienal]] worked with Yvraine to work a miracle of the [[Ynnead|God of the Dead]], moving the consciousness of the warriors within the [[Infinity Circuit]] of Iyanden directly into the infinity circuits of [[Wraith Construct]]s without the [[Spirit Stone]] conduit, no longer would they walk in a waking dream, rather they were given life anew with which they pledged to serve the [[Ynnari]] and end [[Slaanesh]] on behalf of the living.{{Fn|2c}} ====Journey to Ultramar====[[image:LabyrinthWar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[War in the Labyrinth]]{{Fn|2c}}]]Under prophecy from [[Eldrad]], the Ynnari of Iyanden realized that [[Human]]s would be their best allies to move against the [[Slaanesh|Great Enemy]] and traversed the [[Webway]] beginning a long journey to [[Ultramar]]. Enroute the group were ambushed in a thin part of the [[Webway]] known as the [[Psychedelta]] by [[Ahriman]], his [[Prodigal Sons]], and nine [[Exiles]] in an event that would become known as the [[War in the Labyrinth]], which saw many Ynnari fall before the arrival of the [[Phoenix Lord]]s of the [[Asurya]]: [[Asurmen]], [[Jain Zar]], [[Fuegan]], [[Maugan Ra]], [[Baharroth]], and [[Karandras]] – those who would one day usher in the [[Rhana Dandra]]. Yvraine was able to lure Ahriman away, by resurrecting a dozen rubicae and sending them into a [[Webway]] fisure, in time moving beyond the Psychedelta. Battle-worn down to half their number and absent the Phoenix Lords, the gathering followed the laughter of [[Cegorach]] through the Webway. As they arrived at the spherical portal to Klaisus, they were met by [[Wyches]] of the [[Cult of Strife]] who sought to understand if [[Ynnead]] could end the [[Drukhari|The Thirst]] and a moment was had of religious reverence as [[Biel-tan]]i [[Aspect Warrior]]s pledged themselves to [[Ynnead]] putting aside their helms to trust in an afterlife.{{Fn|2c}} [[File:Klaisus Battle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Battle for [[Klaisus]]{{Fn|2c}}]]Upon Klaisus they found a wasteland stained with blood, and an entrentched force of [[Imperial]]s rallied around [[Saint Celestine]]: [[Black Templar]]s, [[Inquisitor]] [[Greyfax]] and the [[Sisters of Battle]], [[Imperial Guardsmen]] lead by [[Marshal]] [[Amalrich]],{{Fn|9a}} [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] with their destroyed [[Knights]] lead by none other than [[Belisarius Cawl]] locked in combat with the [[Black Legion]]. The [[Ynnari]] drove forward to repel the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s and after three assaults [[Abaddon]] relented. The Ynnari and the Imperials wearily joined eachothers company beneath the [[Crone's Claw]]. After three hours of tense assurances that they would not kill each other, together they moved through the webway upon [[Macragge]].{{Fn|2c}} ====Resurrection of Guilliman====The Ynnari forced divided, Eldrad and Meliniel both led splinter forces upon other prescient fronts, while [[Yvraine]] and a reduced force including her [[Bloodbride]]s and a force of [[Incubi]] and [[Dire Avenger]]s lead by the [[Visarch]], exited the webway on the [[Atheron Mountains]] with the Imperials on [[Macragge]] and engaged the [[Black Legion]] as they marched together towards the [[Fortress of Hera]] and were met by [[Stormraven]]s and [[Stormhawk]]s of the [[Ultramarine]]s which ferried them past the battlements. In the fortress they met Ultramarines [[Chapter Master]] [[Marneus Calgar]], [[Captain]] [[Agemman]], [[Librarian]] [[Tigurius]], and the [[Grey Knight]] [[Voldus]] where [[Belisarius Cawl]] impressed upon the assembled group with importance that they must be ushered to the resting place of [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Together the group travelled by Gunship to the [[Shrine of Guilliman]] where they pressed forwards through Black Legionnaires to the throne of Guilliman and together with Cawl's [[Autoreliquary]] revived the [[Primarch]].{{Fn|9a}} The Ynnari stayed to see the Black Legion driven off the planet and as tutors to Guilliman as he learned of the past ten-thousand years.{{Fn|9b}} ====Pylons====After departing [[Ultramar]], the Ynnari set forward to defend the remaining [[Pylon]]s working amongst the [[Aeldari]] to find those that would newly stand vigil over them.{{Fn|9b}} ===Psychic Awakening===[[File:Webway Gate (Battlefleet Gothic).jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Yvraine]] and the [[Visarch]] look at a [[Webway Gate]].{{Fn|1221}}]]
Since the [[Psychic Awakening]] began, the Ynnari efforts against Chaos have intensified. Yvraine has been able to gather a great many allies to herself but now also finds herself beset by enemies, most notably [[Asdrubael Vect]]{{Fn|5a}} and [[Shalaxi Helbane]]{{Fn|5b}}. Helbane has managed to move the last of the fabled [[Crone Sword]]s into the [[Palace of Slaanesh]]. These relics are said to be necessary to defeat Slaanesh without the need to sacrifice the whole of the Eldar race in the [[Rhana Dandra]]. Rather than despair at her apparent hopeless situation, Yvraine continues to search for another path to defeat Slaanesh.{{Fn|5c}}
===Known Battles===
[[Image:YnnariDR.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Ynnari [[Dark Reaper]]{{Fn|12}}]]*The [[Battle of Biel-tan]]{{Fn|2b2a}}*The [[Battle of Iyanden]]{{Fn|2a2c}}*The [[War in the Labyrinth]]{{Fn|2a2c}}*The [[Ultramar Campaign]]{{Fn|99a}}
*The [[Battle of Ulthwé]]{{Fn|10}}
*The [[Dark Eldar Civil War]]{{Fn|5a}}
====Known Members and Allies====
[[Image:Ynnari.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Guardian]] of the {{PAGENAME}}. Many of the Ynnari don crimson armour{{Fn|2c}}]]
*[[Druthkhala Shadowspite]] - Herald of Yvraine{{Fn|6}}
*[[Ellaria Moonspeaker]] — killed by a [[Daemonette]]{{Fn|4}}
*[[Iyanna Arienal]]{{Fn|17}}
*[[Inriam#Inriam's Spectre|Inriam's Spectre]]{{Fn|11}}
*[[Thraelle Longblade]], [[Eldar Corsair]] captain of the ''Mansbane''{{Fn|2c}}
*Many miscellaneous followers recruited from [[Biel-Tan]], [[Ulthwé]], [[Iyanden]], [[Eldar Corsairs|Corsair warbands]], [[Altansar]], and [[Commorragh]]{{Fn|1b}}
====Known Allies====
*[[Sylandri Veilwalker]] - Loose cooperation{{Fn|15}}
*The Brotherhood of [[Death Jester]]s{{Fn|5e}}
*The [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow]]{{Fn|11}}
*[[Lelith Hesperax]] and the [[Cult of Strife]]{{Fn|5f}}
*[[Phoenix Lords]] led formerly{{Fn|16}} by [[Jain Zar]] including [[Karandras]], [[Fuegan]], [[Baharroth]], [[Maugan Ra]], and [[Asurmen]]
*Prince [[Yriel]] and the [[Eldritch Raiders]]{{Fn|5c}}
==Sources==
**{{Endn|1a}}: ''A New Breed of Eldar''
**{{Endn|1b}}: ''The Fracture of Biel-Tan''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan]],**{{Cite thisEndn|2a}}: Part 1**{{Endn|2a2b}}: Part 32**{{Endn|2b2c}}: Part 13*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Death Masque]] Rulebook{{citethis}}, pgs. 2-18
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 95
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising]]:
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 161
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (9th Edition)]], pg. 13
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Gathering Storm: Rise of the Primarch]] — **{{Endn|9a}}: Part 1**{{Endn|9b}}: Part 2
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition)]] — The Doom of the Eldar
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition)]] — The Midnight Sorrow
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Rise of the Ynnari: Ghost Warrior (Novel)]] ch. 20
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|19}}: [[White Dwarf May 2019]] – ''Index Xenos: Ynnari''
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex: Drukhari (10th Edition)]] – ''Time of Strife: Dysjunction''
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II]]
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