Fluff: The Origins of The Eldar
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The Eldar Moons

Although the whereabouts of the original Eldar homeworld is lost, it is known that the world had three moons: Lileath the Maiden Moon which was white, Kurnous the Hunter's Moon which was greenish and dim, and Eldanesh the Red moon. According to the legends embodied in Dance of Asuryan, when Khaine slew Eldanesh the dead Eldar Lord was turned into a moon and coloured blood red in memory of Khaine's bloody-handed deed. The moon is always said to be a symbol of bad fortune and even today the Eldar regard the symbol of the red moon as a Portent of disaster.

The Crone Worlds

The old Eldar homeworlds still exist in the Eye of Terror although they have been transformed into hellish places where daemons rule over subjugated races of mortals. The Eldar call these the Crone Worlds - referring to Moraiheg the Crone goddess. The Crone Worlds remain the primary source of spirit stones. Acquiring new spirit stones is extremely hazardous because it necessitates an expedition to an area of warp-real space overlap such as the Eye of Terror. However, there is said to be untold Secrets buried on the Crone Worlds since the time of the Fall and this attracts thousands of Eldar in search of their legendary past. According to legend the spirit stones were made by Vaul from the Tears of Isha. This is interpreted as a metaphor for the crystallisation of psychic energies caused by the interface between the warp and the material universe. This process is associated with the Fall, and especially with the final catastrophe which ended the Eldar civilisation.

The Maiden Worlds

Before the fall the Eldar seeded many dead worlds with life as part of a program of colonisation which would take many thousands of years to reach fruition. Many of these worlds did not become inhabitable until many years after the fall , and some were then settled by humans and Orks who were quite unaware that they were living on a planet originally intended as an Eldar colony. The Eldar refer to these worlds as the Maiden Worlds, or Lilaethan after Lilaeth the Maiden goddess of the Eldar. Since the Fall fresh colonies have been settled from the Craftworlds themselves, often on worlds seeded before the fall, but sometimes on newly seeded or newly discovered habitable planets. The Eldar refer to all such worlds as Maiden Worlds as opposed to the lost Crone Worlds of their ancient civilisation.

The Crystal Seers

As Farseers grow older their close association with the life of their Craftworld begins to affect them - their psyches become inextricably linked to the Wraithbone core of the Craftworld and their physical bodies grow increasingly dormant. Eventually, a Farseer of great age will retreat to the Dome of Crystal Seers, a bio-dome many miles across where the Wraithbone core of the craft breaks through to the surface and forms a forest of Wraithbone trees. Once a Seer enters the Dome his body begins to crystallise and grow transparent, first affecting his lower body so that his upper torso still lives normally whilst his feet are rooted to the spot, then creeping upwards so that only his head is still flesh, finally turning him entirely to transparent crystal. Once this has happened the Farseer is part of the Craftworld his consciousness has flowed into the Wraithbone core where its will be preserved forever in the infinity Circuit. Other Eldar sometimes come to wander round the Dome of Crystal Seers to look upon the Seers of old whose forms are preserved forever amongst the changeless Wraithbone glades.