Jain Zar - Origins: Asurmen, the "Hand of Asuryan," was the first of the Asuryani Phoenix Lords, and it was he who founded the first of the Aspect Shrines, the Shrine of Asur, and trained the other Exarchs who would become the first of the other Aspect Shrines' Phoenix Lords.Prior to the Fall of the Aeldari, Asurmen was the Aeldari who led the surviving craftworlds away from the ancient homeworlds of the now lost Aeldari Empire and it was he who founded the first of the Aspect Warrior Shrines, the Shrine of Asur, upon the barren moon of the same name located in a region of the Webway that his people initially settled.Asurmen found that he could not give up the Path of the Warrior to follow a different Asuryani Path, for he desired to use his skills to protect what remained of his species after the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh, "She Who Thirsts." From the Shrine of Asur sprang the first Aspect Warriors, and the Path of the Warrior was opened for the very first time to all Asuryani.In the time after the Fall, Jain Zar was the first warrior of her species chosen to serve at the side of Asurmen, and the first to become an Exarch, those Asuryani who can never leave the Path of the Warrior for they can never take off the war mask of Khaine.Formerly an orphan named Faraethil who had become a Hekatarri to fight in the arenas for the delight of the hedonistic masses on the Aeldari world of Eidafaeron, Jain Zarr was saved from her bloody fate by Asurmen, then known as Iliathin, after he helped her fend off her former masters among the Aeldari kindred later known as the Drukhari when she defected. After renaming themselves, the pair moved and settled on the barren moon of Asur where Jain Zar would become Asurmen's first disciple.Jain Zar was a passionate Aeldari swordmaiden famed for her speed and ferocity. She and her brothers-in-arms who followed her in the service of Asurmen learned well at the feet of their master, and in their turn they assumed the mantle of the Asurya, the children of Asurmen and the first Phoenix Lords, spreading their own martial teachings across the stars and founding the shrines of the Aspect Warriors.It was during this time that the first Aspects were formalised, taking as a model the tactical specialties of their founders. Those Craftworld Aeldari who wanted to follow this new path learned at the feet of their master, and in turn they then assumed the mantle of Exarchs before spreading throughout the galaxy. Great shrines were built on the craftworlds as they took to deep space so the skills of the Asurya could be conserved for all time.Once her training was complete, Jain Zar travelled the Webway extensively, perfecting the abilities of her devotees and leading ever more Asuryani along the Warrior Path.Soon enough, there were Aspect Shrines practicing her arts on every major craftworld -- shrines that she still frequents to this day, nurturing her spiritual descendants. Of all the Phoenix Lords, Jain Zar remains the most devoted to the shrines of her Warrior Aspect throughout the craftworlds.An acrobat at heart like the Harlequins, Jain Zar (which translates into Low Gothic from the Aeldari Lexicon as "the Storm of Silence") is the fastest of all the Phoenix Lords save for Baharroth, the Phoenix Lord of the Swooping Hawks.Jain Zar's astonishing swiftness and mercurial temperament are echoed by her Howling Banshee daughters, and it was she who first perfected the Scream that Steals -- though the psychosonic barrage that emanates from her mask can not only stun the foe but liquefy their brains in the process.The Storm of Silence is the most active of all the Phoenix Lords in the war against the forces of the Great Enemy. She has led hundreds of Howling Banshees to war on countless occasions, even mustering them from several craftworlds at once should she deem it necessary.She still travels the labyrinthine corridors of the Webway, spreading her particular martial knowledge to all but the most remote of the Aeldari craftworlds. Although she might disappear for standard centuries at a time, she always returns, and her shrines maintain a constant vigil for their deadly mistress.