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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as the '''Pathless''' or the '''Reborn''',{{Fn|7}} are the members of a newly formed eponymous [[Eldar]] religious group that worship the [[Eldar God|God]] [[Ynnead]] and believe their race can be saved from the oblivion and from [[Slaanesh]] by the rise of the God of the Dead, and fight tirelessly to fully awaken him.{{Fn|1}} The Ynnari draw from every element of

Aeldari civilisation, united in their belief that Ynnead

Elements of the [[Imperium]] seem hostile to the Ynnari. The [[Grey Knights]] have led purges of their cults after their [[Prognosticar]]s detected the fateful patterning of convergent daemonic invocations in them.{{Fn|8}}

===Ornamentation===

The Reborn pledged to Yvraine's banner come from all walks of Aeldari life. They display their adopted allegiance by painting all or portions of their attire with the prominent rich reds, purples, and blacks reminiscent of the ancient aeldari ghost halls and memorial gardens of the ancient [[Eldar Empire]]. Some adopt baroque armour pieces that are reminiscent of ancient days. They adorn themselves with the crosspiece-and-crucible Rune of Ynnead, the Sign of the Phoenix, or a combination of their prior allegiance's icon meshed with one used by the Ynnari. Others may wish to keep their adopted allegiance a close secret, for one reason or another. These Reborn are utterly devoted to the cult and see only one path forward for the Aeldari race - the utter dedication to the deathly creed of the Ynnari.{{Fn|19b}}

Those who are more recent converts or wish to still pay homage to their former beliefs and ideals, may instead sport a red band of cloth to display one's support of the Ynnari cause. These red bands are typically wrapped around one's upper arm or thigh. This was once an ancient aeldari practice grieving practice, displaying that someone may wish to be left alone in order to mourn the loss of a friend or family member. The Ynnari have since repurposed this ancient cultural practice to show one's dedication to the death cult.{{Fn|19c}}

==History==

[[File:PortDem.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Eldrad leads the Masque of the Midnight Sorrow at the Battle of Port Demesnus{{Fn|2a}}]]

After the spoiled ritual of the [[Ulthwé]] [[Farseer]] [[Eldrad Ulthran]] and the [[Harlequins]] of the [[Masque of the Midnight Sorrow]] at the [[Battle of Port Demesnus]], which sought to turn the crystal moon of [[Coheria]] into a Psychic Beacon brighter than the [[Astronomican]] which could call to all craftworld [[Infinity Circuit]]s but instead saw Coheria destroyed, first roused [[Ynnead]] 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 [[Crucibael]] of [[Commoragh]]{{Fn|19a}} – an apotheosis which tore open [[Khaine's Gate]] and triggered a catastrophic [[Dysjunction]]{{Fn|20}} and those that followed her to flee [[Commorragh]] through [[Sec Maegra]] into the [[Webway]], her [[Bloodbride]]s, allied [[Eldar Corsair]]s, with the [[Visarch]] and his [[Incubi]] becoming the first of the Ynnari.{{Fn|2a}}

[[File:BirthofYnnead.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[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}}

[[File:EldarWarlockGyrinx.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}}

[[File:Yncarne.jpg|thumb|righ|200px|The [[Yncarne]] wields ''Vilith-zhar'' the [[Crone Sword|Sword of Souls]]{{Fn|2c}}]]

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}}

[[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 [[Prince 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}}

[[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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

[[Image:YnnariDR.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Ynnari [[Dark Reaper]]{{Fn|12}}]]

*The [[Battle of Biel-tan]]{{Fn|2a}}

*The battle on [[Agarimethea]]{{Fn|6}}

Members of the Ynnari carry the [[Spirit Stones]] of deceased Eldar, whose souls they use to bolster their deadly psychic powers and they are also able to siphon the energy of the recently dead granting themselves unnatural vigor.Those Ynnari who truly give themselves to the worship of Ynnead are able to communicate with the souls of the spirit stones they possess and can also draw upon the deceased Eldars' skills, wisdom and experiences to aid them in battle.{{Fn|1a}}

The [[Ynnari Spirit Stone|Ynnari's Spirit Stones]] can also be used by the [[Asuryani]] to heal their wounds.{{Fn|14}} Yvraine has demonstrated the ability to cure [[Dark Eldar]] of their soul-thirst, resulting in many of them joining the ranks of the Ynnari.{{Fn|15}}

There are two known sub-factions within the Ynnari: The '''Aeldari Bladehost''', who fight under [[Yvraine]] and the '''Soulbound Vanguard''', who fight under the [[Visarch]].{{Fn|1b}}

The [[Battleship]] ''[[Ynnead's Dream]]'' serves as the flagship of the Ynnari fleet.{{Fn|6}}

*[[Yvraine]] — Emissary of Ynnead{{Fn|1a}}

*[[Yncarne]] — Avatar of Ynnead{{Fn|1a}}

*[[The Visarch]] — Guardian of [[Yvraine]]{{Fn|1a}}

[[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}}

*Many miscellaneous followers recruited from [[Biel-Tan]], [[Ulthwé]], [[Iyanden]], [[Eldar Corsairs|Corsair warbands]], [[Altansar]], and [[Commorragh]]{{Fn|1b}}

*[[Sylandri Veilwalker]] - Loose cooperation{{Fn|15}}

*The Brotherhood of [[Death Jester]]s{{Fn|5e}}

*[[Saim-Hann]]'s [[Clan Fireheart]]{{Fn|6}}

*[[Eldrad Ulthran]]{{Fn|3}}

*[[Lelith Hesperax]] and the [[Cult of Strife]]{{Fn|5f}}

==Sources==

*1: [[White Dwarf February 2017]]:

**{{Endn|1a}}: ''A New Breed of Eldar''

**{{Endn|1b}}: ''The Fracture of Biel-Tan''

**{{Endn|2a}}: Part 1

**{{Endn|2b}}: Part 2

**{{Endn|2c}}: Part 3

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Death Masque]], pgs. 2-18

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 95

*{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex: Drukhari (10th Edition)]] – ''Time of Strife: Dysjunction''

*{{Endn|21}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II]]

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