Valiel
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Runes (Short Story) |
Valiel was an Eldar Warlock.[1]
He was part of a task force sent to the planetoid Gath Rimmon to retrieve a Dark Eldar weapon known as the Ayex Commorragh. The weapon had been discovered by Logis Alsmo Charis of the Adeptus Mechanicus after its creator was killed during an attack on a Forge World; Charis hoped that by taking the Ayex and sealing it in a hidden vault on the remote world, he would be able to avoid detection by its creators and he could return later to study it.[1]
Valiel led a squadron of Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors in pursuit of Charis. Finding the vault, the Eldar were overwhelmed by the weapon's power and killed - their souls imprisoned within the Ayex. Just before he died, the Warlock used the last of his psychic reserves to brand a rune on the roof of the vault chamber.[1]
Many millennia later, the Rune Priest Kolja Ravenblade of the Space Wolves came to Gath Rimmon, guided by the psychic signal of the rune. He and his small task force were able to succeed where Valiel failed, destroying the Ayex and killing Charis.[1]
