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===Winter's Last Cry===
The most immediate threat to the craftworld is the environment. The unnatural ice of the dead hive world is malign and alive. The name given to it by the Asuryani rendered in [[Low Gothic]] is [[Winter's Last Cry]], a more literal translation would be 'the final howl of a doomed season, killing as it dies'. The [[Tyranid]]s trapped under the ice are a fairly lower concern to the Aeldari than the ice itself.{{Fn|2c}} Imperial [[auspex]] scans indicate that the ice as moves at impossible speeds, enveloping anything that lingers too long. Even being in orbit of the world evokes bad dreams.{{Fn|1b}} The Aeldari planetside frequently have nightmares of Winter's Last Cry entombing the craftworld under its serene icy shroud.{{Fn|2c}}
Guardians who venture forth into the snowstorms of the world return changed — some oddly silent, others with a simmering rage that boils over into a shocking ferocity.{{Fn|1d}} Some Aeldari who succumb to this strange malady turn feral and ravenous. Although reluctant to tell their Varonius allies of their troubles, they do vaguely imply to the human agents that they may need help on Trollius in regard to the emotional resonance of the ice.{{Fn|1b}} Farseer Taranlys has noted that this resonance responds uniquely to to the presence of the Mon-Keigh, and this might be a key factor in overcoming the hostile environment and freeing the craftworld.{{Fn|3b}}
