Right this moment delve into the myths and legends of the Xenos Eldar to review – Asurmen, Phoenix Lord of the Dire Avengers
Asurmen is alleged to have been the primary Eldar Phoenix Lord. He was the founding father of the Path of the Warrior and he created the primary shrine of Asur, the Dire Avenger shrine, which was to develop into essentially the most wide-spread of the Facets. Asurmen’s identify means “The Hand of Asuryan” and it was he who led the Eldar race away from their doomed homeworlds on the time of the Fall of the Eldar.
Asurmen’s Historical past
Earlier than The Fall
Born Iliathin, the Eldar who would turn out to be Asurmen was born on the world of Eidafaeron and lived an uneventful and regular life. Earlier than the Fall of the Eldar, he was skeptical of the prophecies of doom being unfold by those that would turn out to be the Exodites. Iliathin’s brother Tethesis wished to affix the Exodites however his skeptical sibling refused to participate. As soon as the Doom of the Eldar got here, Ilaithin and his brother each survived the calamity. They waged a determined battle for survival amid the ruins of their world, now overrun with Daemons. Iliathin killed Tethesis, after his brother was possessed by a Daemon. Afterwards, he discovered shelter at an historical temple to the Aeldari gods. The Daemons have been saved at bay as a result of lingering presence of the Eldar pantheon.
The Rise of Asurmen
Considering suicide, Iliathin lived alone within the temple for a number of years. He was saved by an Eldar feral youngster Faraethil, who he initially shunned. Faraethil was assaulted by Drukhari, forcing Iliathin to motion. He renamed himself Asurmen after the god Asuryan and rescued her. Asurmen agreed to take the lady as his disciple and so they left the planet. Ultimately the pair gathered extra like-minded followers.
Basis of the Facet Temples
Asurmen and his followers landed on a barren world and renamed it Asur. There, he based the primary of the Facet shrines, the Dire Avengers. These have turn out to be the commonest of all of the Aeldari Warrior Facets. Asurmen established the Asurya, who went on to open new Facet Shrines throughout the galaxy. He has traveled to extra craftworlds than some other Phoenix Lord, instructing these Eldar who wished to study, and has based extra shrines than some other Phoenix Lord. The best of his college students went on to discovered their very own Facet shrines and have become Phoenix Lords themselves.
Notable Travels and Battles
The Hand of Asuryan vanished quickly after the inception of the Facet Shrines. Nevertheless, tales of his deeds proceed to be reported. Experiencing numerous deaths however being reborn once more because of his armor, notably by the hands of the Keeper of Secrets and techniques N’Kari, he has been rumored slaying the brokers of Chaos within the Eye of Terror to the Jap Fringe. His actions have even turn out to be legends to the lesser races. Asurmen later appeared underneath the command of Jain Zar, now pledged to Ynnead. Asurmen took half within the battle to defend the Ynnari in opposition to the Thousand Sons and Tzeentch Daemons within the Webway, vanishing throughout the battle.
Asurmen’s Wargear
Asurmen’s historical armour incorporates vambraces with built-in Shuriken Catapults and his Diresword, named The Sword of Asur. This was the primary created and contained the spirit of his brother, Tethesis, who was slain by a Daemon.
Asurmen is able to navigating the Webway because of his ship, the Stormlance. The ship is managed by a synthetic intelligence-like assemble that’s linked to Asurmen’s interior bloodlust. Whereas controllable, this system may be harmful. The AI will generally steer the Stormlance in a route the place battle is probably to be discovered.
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