War in Heaven (Aeldari) - Forging the Barrier Between Gods and Mortals: Long before the glorious time of Eldanesh, Kurnous and Lileath were bound in courtship. Only Khaine among the gods resented their union, and by every method he could conceive he sought Lileath's hand, so charmed was he by her beauty and wit -- and so desirous to spite the Hunter.But he could not win her despite all his attempts. An eternity later, fair Lileath was spurned by Kurnous in favour of her mother Isha, the goddess of the harvest, fertility and healing and the Hunter soon got the Healer with his child. Through pretty smiles and pretty laughter Lileath hid her bitterness and jealousy. Then, when a dream came to her of Khaine being torn into pieces by a great army of mortals, a plan formed in her mind. In secret, she divulged this prophetic vision to the Lord of Murder, and he resolved to slaughter the Aeldari to prevent his death. Lileath was pleased, for the deaths of their mortal children would bring tremendous pain and grief to Isha and Kurnous.When Khaine enacted Lileath's terrible revenge by slaughtering the Aeldari by the thousands, Isha wept for her children. Her wails of grief echoed throughout the heavens, and the Phoenix King Asuryan, lord of the pantheon, heard them. He soon learned of all that had transpired, of Lileath's dream and Khaine's butchery. So did the Phoenix King choose to forge a spiritual barrier, impenetrable to gods and mortals alike, to forever shield the one from the other. In this way do the Aeldari believe that Creation was divided between the Materium and the Immaterium. Though her mortal children were now saved from the rampages of the Lord of War, Isha's tears only flowed faster, for now she could never communicate with her offspring directly.And so, in the dead of night, Isha and Kurnous did silently approach the forge of Vaul, the god of artifice, and beseech the Master Smith to aid them, for if any could undo the craft of Asuryan, their uncle could. They begged and they pleaded. Finally, Vaul agreed, unable to bear the heart-wrenching weeping of his bereaved niece. Carefully gathering her tears, the Great Craftsman forged them into Waystones that glittered like the stars. Through these gems, Isha could speak to her mortal children. And so she did.Isha and Kurnous taught much to the Aeldari, in greatest secrecy at first so that none of the others gods would ever learn of their proscribed contact with their mortal children. Yet as time passed, their confidence that they would never be discovered grew to arrogance, and in one careless moment Khaine overheard them discussing their interactions with the Aeldari. All that Khaine had learned he brought to Asuryan, and both anger and disappointment did the Phoenix King then feel; he had been disobeyed because of parents' love, but disobeyed nonetheless.With a heavy heart, Asuryan declared before all the assembled gods that Isha and Kurnous were no longer under his protection and that they were to be turned over to Khaine for him to do with as he saw fit. Thus was an example set. The god of war and destruction bound the Healer and the Hunter with bonds of flame and scorching iron, making them his prisoners. They endured fiery torments for countless years in a burning pit, out of sight of mortals and gods alike.