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===Overview===
Within this matrix, the souls of all the Craftworld's dead reside in a form of group consciousness, providing both a well of psychic power for the ship and a massive ancestral mind to advise and guide the living. With the rise of [[Slaanesh]], the Infinity Circuit is the closest thing that the Eldar have to an afterlife; if their souls are not caught and integrated into it, they will be lost to the [[warp]] and devoured by the Great Enemy. For this reason the Eldar will defend their Craftworlds with a fury and tenacity almost unrivalled: they risk losing not only their home, but the souls of their ancestors as well.{{Cite Marker EndFn|2}}
Although the Eldar souls preserved in the Craftworlds' Infinity Circuits can muster only a tiny amount of energy compared to that of Slaanesh, the Eldar hope that one day there will be enough souls to unite to fight and overthrow Slaanesh. It is a faint hope, but the only hope for the Eldar, who otherwise face damnation and extinction from their own racial daemon. Early Infinity Circuit technology on [[Iyanden]] is said to have been mastered by [[Mehlendri Silversoul]] in [[M33]].{{Fn|3}}
The [[Exodite]] equivalent of an Infinity Circuit is known as a '''World Shrine'''{{Fn|4}}, which contains the heart of the [[World Spirit]].{{Cite Marker End}}
===Soul-Grafting===
Soul-Grafting, or ''Failleanam'', is the ritual which begins an [[Infinity Circuit]] whereby a mortal [[Eldar]] known as a [[Lord-Phoenix]] commits their still-living soul to a large faceted piece of [[Soul Stone|Carrecenad]] in the ultimate sacrifice, living on forever as the first soul within the new Infinity Circuit.{{Fn|6}} [[Mehlendri Silversoul]], the [[Eldar]] who first mastered the Infinity Circuit is said to have sacrificed herself to awaken the infinity circuit of [[Craftworld]] [[Iyanden]].{{Fn|3}}
==Trivia==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pg. 6-7
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Compilation]], {{CME}}pgs. 38-42
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement]] (E-Book) - ''Iyanden's Rise and Fall''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising]], pg. 22
