Editing Cyfecti (section)

===The 9th Way===
It was at this point that, unbeknownst to the Cyfecti, that the Eldar empire was fully in its decline - the Eye of Terror had formed many years before, violently birthing Slaanesh into existence, and forever changing Eldar society.

But in the turmoil that preceded the reinterpretation of the Four Kings tenets into the Eight Noble Paths, a well respected champion of the Cyfecti by the name of '''Mypan Adesh''', began to become disillusioned in his beliefs. Adesh was widely renowned for being impressively close to the Four Kings ideal - Adesh was wise, noble, controlled, and decisive. Yet despite his might, despite his success against the Eldar, the Cyfecti were losing and that concerned Adesh.

Almost out of desperation, the Cyfecti copied the Eldar "Warp Spider" teleportation devices to use alongside the Cyfecti's existing warp portals. A move that was necessary as the Eldar had pushed the Cyfecti out of the Webway which they had previously used exclusively, and even destroyed the Cyfecti access to it. 
It was using one of these newly created packs that Mypan Adesh was lost, when a rogue shuriken shot hit his device as he teleported out, destroying its mechanisms and scattering Adesh into the warp.

A great despair was felt among the Cyfecti at the loss of such a champion as Adesh, but the Eldar would give them no respite, and so they fought on. Shortly after the loss of Adesh, the '''"Eight Noble Path"''' movement rose to dominance and a fresh counter-offensive campaign was mounted by the newly invigorated Cyfecti. Miraculously, Adesh returned to the Cyfecti eight days after the counter-offensive had ground to a stalemate.
Adesh was bombarded with questions on what had happened to him, but Adesh did not speak. In complete silence, and with a growing number of concerned observers, Adesh headed to the nearest forges, and began crafting. The questions had stopped after a while, but the curiosity and concern at Adesh's actions only increased. Eight days passed as Adesh worked the forge, allowing none near him to impede his work, always in silence. Then on the ninth day he once again returned to his people, and spoke to them.

Adesh informed the Cyfecti gathered around him that he had met the Four Kings in the warp, but that they were not who they had been venerating. Many Cyfecti were confused and shocked by this, but Adesh was quick to calm them; he had the truth, and it would lead the Cyfecti to victory. The truth was simple that time had warped the Four Kings tenets, and thus the Cyfecti had strayed. But this was okay, as the Four Kings had sent Adesh back to the Cyfecti to lead them back onto the true path, that would see the Cyfecti once again fulfill their purpose in the galaxy.
He continued to explain, that each of the Four Kings had a signature weapon, and had told Adesh how to reforge their unique weapons. He raised them to show those gathered around him: a sword, a flail, a warhammer, and an axe. Adesh finished by explaining to the gathered Cyfecti that the Four Kings once again walked with them, but they would not follow a path of four nor eight, but a new, ninth way would lead them to victory.
From this moment, the Ninth Way movement began, and it rapidly caught traction with the Cyfecti in the renewed disillusionment that followed the stalemate the Eight Noble Paths offensive resulted in.

The tenets and teachings of the Ninth Way were ill-defined, and relied almost entirely on the teachings and philosophies of Adesh himself, and eventually of disciples he proclaimed understood the truth of the Four Kings like he did.
While many were skeptical at first, or concerned by the lack of clarity in his tenets, the Cyfecti, lead by Adesh, began to see real military success against the Eldar attackers.
Only from Eldar history records can we see the truth unfolding: that the rise of the Ninth Way coincided with the decline of the Eldar species - that the successes of the Ninth Way were an illusion, mis-attributing the Ninth Way's success to the Eldar defeat.
But to the Cyfecti, the Ninth Way was the only way, if only they could have seen the truth, that the Four Kings Adesh spoke of were ''not'' the same as those they had followed before, but in fact much darker and more treacherous beings than they could possibly comprehend.