Calamity Eldereye

### Signature Chant

"Off ye go, ye elder crone, / Glare with evil eyes! / Take what's yours, ye elder crone, / Three hexes, their demise!"

### Colors

Gray and gold

"*Look, silly girl, into my evil eye! This is the eye that will see yer petty prinicipalities burned, yer planets plundered, yer troves collected! I,* Threeglares, *will* cackle, *from atop all you and yers have built!*"
— Great Grannee Threeglares, addressing Lord Inquisitor Enaphine.
**Calamity Eldereye** is the foremost calamity among the Haags, lead by that race's most powerful member, *Great Grannee Threeglares*. Known for her magpie-esque obsession with chaotic relics, her vindictive nature, and her sadistic genius, Great Grannee Threeglares has molded Eldereye into the most feared and revered calamity among haagkind, as well as the largest by a landslide.

Unlike other Calamities, the threat that Calamity Eldereye poses to the imperium is *direct:* While Singsong, Tramplehome, Bubbleburst, and all the rest, are content to destroy imperial planets in pursuit of their personal goals, Eldereye's goal seems to be the conquest of the imperium, and the collection of all its treasues. And it seems that Great Grannee Threeglares will not be satisfied, until she and her ladies sit on the galaxy's throne, with the gods at their side.

## History

### Threeglares' Betrayal

As is the case with most chaotic subfactions, Calamity Eldereye was formed shortly after a grand betrayal. In the year 003.M42, haagkind had finally begun spacetravel, and began their journey into the stars. Grannee Threeglares, formerly the leader of an unaffiliated Curse, sent her agents to assassinate the Great Grannees of a Slaaneshi, Nurgling, and Tzeentchian warband, simultaneously.

Threeglares took advantage of the ensuing upheaval, consolidating the three formerly rival Calamities under one banner: Her own. The fact that she was the one who *caused* said upheaval in the first place is something of an open secret, as while former friends of the late Great Grannies might take offense to the causes of their deaths, such betrayals are far more acceptable in haag society.

### Recovery of The Staarstaav

Millennia of haag histroy told of a weapon called the *Staarstaav,* an ancient cast-staff used by the first Great Grannee in haagkind's history, Great Grannee Besmother. Legend says that the staff (whose end was twisted into the 8-pointed star of chaos) was sent hurling into the void by Besmother, who declared that none but the descendants of her calamity would lay claim to it.

Soon after the formation of Calamity Eldereye, Great Grannee Threeglares lead her fleet in search of the staarstaav, and discovered it orbitting a warp rift. After slaughtering the daemons who attempted to stop her, Threeglares claimed the ancient relic as her own... and set on her quest to claim all others.

## Calamity Culture

The haags of Calamity Eldereye are largely obsessed with the the collection of chaotic relics, treasures, and texts, an obsession that pervades their social structures, war efforts, and day to day lives.

Most covens, curses, and calamities, determine which haag will be the nannee, grannee, and great grannee of that group based purely on which haag has the most sorcerous potential. Calamity Eldereye is different, in that these positions of leadership are most often determined by who owns the most stuff. This, of course, leads to exponential growth of a given haag's horde: Her possessions lead her to be elected nannee of her coven, and after taking enough from her coven, she can become the grannee of her curse.

Each Eldereye haag's social standing revolves around her possessions, to the point where each haag strives to have at least one trinket (however small or insignificant it may be). Those who have nothing to call their own are shunned, and made into the subject of gossip by their fellows. Some are even kicked out of their covens by their shameful sisters.

## Combat Doctrine

Given their propensity for the collection of chaotic weaponry, Calamity Eldereye's strategy revolves largely around low-level curse members serving as protectorate forces for individual grannees that wield devastating weaponry.

Be it swords, staves, daggers, or guns, these grannees are protected by a vanguard of their subservients, which allows them all the time they need to charge and fire their chaotic weaponry. As such, war against Calamity Eldereye is characterized by long stretches of unhindered combat against cast-haags and broom-haags, followed by *devastating* losses once the grannees return fire.

Additionally, while they may not have the same prowess in creating Yaga-Walkers that Calamity Tramplehome does, Calamity Eldereye takes great joy in collecting particularly famous yaga-walkers.

## Notable Members

### Great Grannee Threeglares

Great Grannee Threeglares is perhaps the de facto leader of all Haagkind, in much the same way that Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is the de facto leader of the Orks: Threeglares is at once feared, loved, respected, and hated, by nearly every Great-Grannee in the galaxy. Even in spite of her own Calamity’s size and power, it is speculated that Threeglares will not be satisfied until each calamity in the galaxy is (at least indirectly) under her command.

While little is known about her history, what *is* known is that Threeglares is a chronic hoarder of chaotic relics and texts, seeking them out wherever she can find them. Her Yaga-Walker is lined wall-to-wall with the spoils of her battles against fellow calamities, and the ordo malleus speculates that she is the explanation for the raidings of dozens of temples and/or sites set up to contain such relics in her territory.

### Grannee Stillstare

Grannee Stillstare is Threeglares' closest confidant amongst the members of Calamity Eldereye, as well as her oldest friend (If such a word can be used to describe the relationship between haags). On the rare occassions where they are granted a moments' peace, Stillstare and Threeglares will come together to gossip about the other grannees of the calamity, or plan grand schemes that will take decades to come to fruition.

While Stillstare has tried many times to usurp Threeglares's power from her, it seems the twisted sisterly bond between them is so strong, that neither is able to hold such grave betrayals against the other for too long. Still, if Threeglares *does* have a successor, it will surely be Stillstare, and her collection of derranged chaotic oculuses.

### Grannee Wrinklehat

Grannee Wrinklehat was formerly a member of Calamity Screamswarm, obsessed with the collection of sorcerous clothing and accessories. However, sensing an opportunity, she joined the forces of Eldereye, as one of its 33 slaaneshi grannees. Now, Wrinklehat collects the headwear of all her many foes (be they aeldari, chaos lord, or space marine) as trophies for her grim and growing collection. Like many grannees within Calamity Eldereye however, there is one troph she lusts after most of all: Great Grannee Threeglares' hat.