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When '''[[Isha]], the Mother''' fell beside her beloved Kurnous and [[Slaanesh]] raised it's hands to finish the mortally wounded Isha and '''[[Khaine]] the Bloody Handed''' rushed with maniacal ferocity to attack the newborn god, Isha gave one last gift to her children the [[Aeldari]]: she willed drops of her [[Blood of Isha|Blood]] into the heavens and she willed them to land, a few each, on the many worlds of the Eldar to heal the woes of those who hold them – a parting gift through which she would always be with her children.{{Fn|26}}
When '''[[Khaine]] the Lord of Murder'''{{Fn|6}} fought with '''[[Slaanesh]] lord of Pleasure''' the mightiest warrior of the gods was quickly overwhelmed in titanic battle{{Fn|5b}} and his energy captured by the nascent [[Gods of Chaos]], as he could be for he was the was the part of [[Eldar]] nature which found gratification in murder and bloody violence, however this greatly displeased '''[[Khorne]], the Patron of War''' for he had been robbed of the rage of the [[Eldar]] race and furiously clashed headlong into Slaanesh and tore into her to pull Khaine back into the compass of Khorne. The two great powers exhausted their rage and passion, and when the boundaries of their realm was established [[Khaine]] fell outside the [[Realm of Chaos]] altogether{{Fn|2c}} rather than be destroyed his substance was scattered across the mortal realm{{Fn|25b}} neither Khorne nor Slaanesh could find his entirety{{Fn|2c}} – or rather Khaine is something so incorruptible within the spirit of the Eldar that no god could consume him.{{Fn|2c22b}} It is said that where these fragments came to rest in the wraithbone cores of the craftworlds that [[Avatar of Khaine|Avatars of the Bloody-Handed God]] arise never to be wholly destroyed.{{Fn|18a}} Khaine's mighty conflict gained the [[Eldar]] time to protect themselves from the murderous Thirsting Goddess saving the race from annihilation.{{Fn|25b}}
'''The Laughing God [[Cegorach]]''',{{Fn|6}} as the [[Harlequins]] tell, seized on the distraction of [[Slaanesh]]'s fight with [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]]{{Fn|5b}} to escape into the [[Webway]] and hide amongst its myriad tunnels where the Prince of Chaos cannot find him. There he still lives with his [[Harlequins]], laughing at the [[Chaos Gods]] and emerging randomly to play deadly tricks and make secret plans. He will never be caught, for he is too fast and too subtle.{{Fn|5b}}
