Iyanden - Notable Iyanden Eldar: Prince Yriel - Prince Yriel, High Admiral and Autarch of Iyanden, is a scion of the House of Ulthanash, one of the oldest and noblest lineages in the Eldar race. Before his successes against Hive Fleet Naga, Yriel had always been something of an outcast, isolated for his status as a half-blood. The prince's mother might have hailed from the noblest of lineages, but his father was a different matter. Though few speak on the matter in Yriel's presence, rumours abound that the prince's sire was an outcast from anther craftworld, a title-less walker whose feet and soul followed the Path of Exile. Such would likely mean that he carried the blood of both Eldanesh and Ulthanash, which would well account for his monstrous pride. However, there are a few who whisper that Yriel's father was not an outcast from a craftworld at all but rather that he hailed from a darker realm by far. Those same whispers suggest that it is Yriel's loathing for this half of his nature that drives him to continually strive for fresh challenges. Yriel was a brilliant if reckless commander in Iyanden's fleet. He was originally exiled when he led a successful and pre-emptive attack on a Chaos fleet that left Iyanden open to attack, causing the death of thousands of Eldar. Darkly vowing never to step foot on his former home world, he and his crew formed a Corsair fleet, the Eldritch Raiders, and became infamous throughout the galaxy in only a few decades, a testament to Yriel's skill. He and his fleet saved Iyanden at its time of greatest need, at the height of the Tyranid invasion by the Hive Fleet Kraken in 992.M41. As the Craftworld was about to fall, Yriel and his Eldritch Raiders blew a sizeable hole in the Tyranid's fleet and reinforced Iyanden's forces within the Craftworld's corridors and on its surface. Yriel himself slew the leader of the hordes, a supposedly invincible creature, with the Spear of Twilight, a cursed artefact that contains the harnessed power of a supernova. Yriel was then restored to his position as an Autarch of Iyanden and the Craftworld's High Admiral, and is currently searching for a way to rid himself of the Spear, which is slowly killing him as he struggles to contain its raging energies.Kelmon Firesight - Kelmon Farsight served as Iyanden's preeminent Farseer for some centuries. He firmly believed that there was little more dangerous in the galaxy than the wildness of youth, at least so long as it went untempered by the wisdom of elders. For many decades, Kelmon watched Prince Yriel of Ulthanash, and other like him, waiting for the fire in their hearts to die down so that they might at last heed his words. Alas, that day never came. Instead, their souls alight with the dream of glory restored, they grew ever more brazen, taking ever more needless risks. Such recklessness, Kelmon believed, could lead only to disaster. Following the Chaos fleet attack on Iyanden, and Yriel's failure to stop a cyclonic torpedo severely damaging the craftworld, Kelmon sought to humble Yriel, before others paid the price for the prince's arrogance. Nonetheless, though Yriel went into voluntary exile, the Farseer would never be sure that his actions did not stem from wounded pride, and this uncertainties would haunt him until his dying day. When word reached Iyanden of an inevitable attack by Hive Fleet Kraken by the venerable Farseer Eldrad Ulthran of Craftworld Ulthwé, Kelmon's voiced his displeasure the loudest, accusing Eldrad of deceiving Iyanden into abandoning the territory it had fought so hard to cleanse of Chaotic taint. It would be this arrogance that nearly led to Iyanden's downful when the craftworld was attacked by the full brunt of the massive Hive Fleet. During the height of the fighting, Kelmon sought out the faintest of hope, and so, he and a group of fellow Farseers sent a desperate message that pierced the Hive Mind's psychic barrier known as the Shadow in the Warp, to reach the outcast Prince Yriel. Though unsure if he was successful or not, Yriel received the Kelmon's message, and would come to Iyanden's aid and save the craftworld from destruction. Kelmon died valiantly fighting the Tyranids, killing a dozen or more with his eldritch powers before he was finally slain.Taec Silvereye - Taec Silvereye was a powerful Farseer and member of Iyanden's Council. He would become Kelmon Firesight's successor following his death at the hands of the Tyranids during Hive Fleet Kraken's invasion of Iyanden. During a brief period of time following these events, Silvereye helped give the downtrodden Eldar of Iyanden new purpose, as well as helping keep the peace between the rival factions of Prince Yriel and Iyanna Arienal. Maintaining his neutrality, he thus maintained a mostly harmonious balance on the craftworld. He would later oversee Iyanden's defenses alongside Prince Yriel and Spiritseer Iyanna Arienal when the Craftworld was assaulted by the Orks of WAAAGH! Rekkfist. With the greenskins defeated, Silvereye foresaw a new threat arising in the form of a tendril of Hive Fleet Kraken in the Dûriel system, and the threat of it merging with the encroaching Hive Fleet Leviathan. During the Battle of Dûriel, Taec Silvereye and a group of fellow Seers willing sacrificed themselves in order to activate a psychic device known as the Fireheart. This device sparked the planet's molten core into a cataclysmic fury, destroying Dûriel and every Tyranid upon it.Iyanna Arienal - Iyanna Arienal is a powerful Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden. When the Chaos fleet of Kallorax attacked Iyanden, the House of Arienal was wiped out by the cyclonic torpedo that was launched at the craftworld. Iyanna was the last of her family yet alive. Most would have been driven mad by a loss of this suddenness and scale, but instead, Iyanna embraced the duties of a Spiritseer, and her mind was ever after afield in the infinity circuit, communing with the kind that she had lost. When Eldrad Ulthran brought warning to Iyanden, he spoke more than the Great Devourer. He also spoke of Kysaduras the Anchorite and the ancient Phoenix Arisen, which told of the Eldar race reborn anew. Eldrad also spoke of his predictions that the Eldar's only chance of atonement lay with Ynnead, the God of the Dead. Just as the Council of Iyanden ignored Eldrad's warnings of the Tyranids, so too did they dismiss this talk of Ynnead as morbid fantasy, but Iyanna did not. At Iyanna's direction, her followers sought the Tears of Morai-Heg, gemstone fragments possessed of ancient magic that the Iyanna believed would see the rebirth accomplished. Ynnead would rise from his slumber, she believed; Slaanesh would at last know defeat, and the Eldar would endure within the infinity circuit's embrace. Iyanna claims she has found all but one of the missing Tears, although she shares no details of her final goal with even her closest supporters.Mehlendri Silversoul - Mehlendri Silversoul was a Farseer of Iyanden who lived during the 33rd Millennium. She was one of the first to recover Waystones from the lost Crone Worlds and utilised her Bonesingers to adapt them to the newly created Infinity Circuit. But in the end, in order to activate the device, Silversoul realized that a soul must be made to awaken it, and so, she willingly offered herself in sacrifice. Eldar legend holds that her spirit lingers on still, at the border between the ethereal and living worlds, welcoming the fresh dead into the circuit's embrace.Invaril Brightshard - Invaril Brightshard was a notable Bonesinger of Iyanden. He was famous for constructing the first Infinity Circuit on Iyanden with the aid of Farseer Mehlendri Silversoul. It is said that Iyanden has never known a more skilled Wraithbone shaper than he, and though he has been long dead, his soul remains within the Wraithforge Stone to aid its wielder in the manipulation of wraithbone into new forms just he once did.Draech - Draech was the successor of Prince Yriel, who following his exile, was chosen by Iyanden's Council to serve as it next High Admiral. Possessing a more even temperament than his predecessor, Draech did nothing without the express permission of the Council In 585.M40, he led the attack on the shipyards at the Forge World of Hypnoth in retaliation for the Imperial capture of the Eldar vessel, the Blood of Khaine. In 810.M41, Draech valiantly led his Craftworld's naval fleet against the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Naga. Confronting the Tyranid fleet of Bio-ships above the Exodite World of Halathel, Draech was killed early in the battle when his flagship, the Auspicious Illumination of Eternity, was destroyed. However, his second-in-command, a relatively young Prince named Yriel, seized command of the reeling Eldar forces and turned the tide, destroying the Tyranid fleet.Sunspear - Sunspear is an Eldar Autarch of Craftworld Iyanden. In 999.M41 he led the purges of populated worlds (many inhabited by humans) that lay in the path of Hive Fleet Leviathan in an attempt to starve the aliens of resources. However this brought him into eventual conflict with the Imperium on the Agri-World of Verdox II. Caught between the Invaders and Crimson Castellans Space Marine Chapters and the Tyranid swarms, Sunspear was able to skilfully draw the Space Marines into battle with the Tyranids while his own forces made their escape. Before he took his leave into the Webway, however, he warned the Space Marines of Verdox II's imminent collapse, not caring whether the Astartes heeded his warning or not.