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	'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which has a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.		'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which has a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.


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	Biel-Tan's culture is pretty simple and straight forward; the Eldar are the true masters of the galaxy and everything else is beneath them. They instill this mindset in their citizens and encourage an extremely militant lifestyle. This of course leaves little in the way of time or energy to spend on any other cultural pursuits or ambitions compared to other Craftworlds.		Biel-Tan's culture is pretty simple and straight forward; the Eldar are the true masters of the galaxy and everything else is beneath them. They instill this mindset in their citizens and encourage an extremely militant lifestyle. This of course leaves little in the way of time or energy to spend on any other cultural pursuits or ambitions compared to other Craftworlds.

	Biel-tan's greatest priority is protecting [[Exodite]] worlds, because they believe that the Exodites will be the foundation upon which the new Eldar empire will be built, with their planets used as staging areas for re-colonization and expansion efforts. Iyanden and Biel-tan used to work together on the "rebirth of the Eldar Empire" project, with Iyanden doing the colonizing and Biel-Tan acting as a provisional military force to protect the new colonies. However, Iyanden's refusal to aid Biel-Tan in protecting a Maiden World from [[Imperium\|Imperial]] attack (having decided that it would be a waste of time to do so when they could be fighting greater threats like [[Chaos]] instead) led to the alliance's dissolution, as the disagreement led to both craftworlds assuming that the other was not as fully invested in the alliance as they were. Unsurprisingly, Biel-tan is the most populous craftworld (you know, following Iyanden getting eaten by Tyranids). However, despite their focus on keeping their worlds clear of non-eldar life and high population, they rarely if ever express any interest in subsequently ''colonizing'' the otherwise uninhabited maiden worlds they're so desperately protecting.		Biel-tan's greatest priority is protecting [[Exodite]] worlds, because they believe that the Exodites will be the foundation upon which the new Eldar empire will be built, with their planets used as staging areas for re-colonization and expansion efforts. Iyanden and Biel-tan used to work together on the "rebirth of the Eldar Empire" project, with Iyanden doing the colonizing and Biel-Tan acting as a provisional military force to protect the new colonies. However, Iyanden's refusal to aid Biel-Tan in protecting a Maiden World from [[Imperium\|Imperial]] attack (having decided that it would be a waste of time to do so when they could be fighting greater threats like [[Chaos]] instead) led to the alliance's dissolution, as the disagreement led to both craftworlds assuming that the other was not as fully invested in the alliance as they were. Unsurprisingly, Biel-tan is the most populous craftworld (you know, following Iyanden getting eaten by Tyranids). However, despite their focus on keeping their worlds clear of non-eldar life and high population, they rarely if ever express any interest in subsequently ''colonizing'' the otherwise uninhabited maiden worlds they're so desperately protecting.

	Biel-tan's claims of military might are true. The forces of Biel-tan were able to beat TWO Imperium sector fleets and TEN [[Space Marine]] chapters in order to get just one Maiden World. (As the saying goes: if six Space Marines fought six different [[Aspect Warrior]]s, the Space Marines would kill all but one, and the last Aspect Warrior would slaughter all the Space Marines.) This contrasts to [[Alaitoc]], which was attacked by a rather small Imperial force (given what they were up against) and the Eldar defenses were basically roflstomped <s>at high cost to</s> by the Imperial Guard, Space Marines and Titan legions. But hey, that's the difference between a Craftworld specializing in mass-producing Aspect Warriors and a Craftworld that's mostly just a bunch of scouts.		Biel-tan's claims of military might are true. The forces of Biel-tan were able to beat TWO Imperium sector fleets and TEN [[Space Marine]] chapters in order to get just one Maiden World. (As the saying goes: if six Space Marines fought six different [[Aspect Warrior]]s, the Space Marines would kill all but one, and the last Aspect Warrior would slaughter all the Space Marines.) This contrasts to [[Alaitoc]], which was attacked by a rather small Imperial force (given what they were up against) and the Eldar defenses were basically roflstomped <s>at high cost to</s> by the Imperial Guard, Space Marines and Titan legions. But hey, that's the difference between a Craftworld specializing in mass-producing Aspect Warriors and a Craftworld that's mostly just a bunch of scouts.
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	==Name==		==Name==

	By analogy with Saim Hamm, Biel-tan is a modified form of the druidic festival bealtaine, also Irish for May. Craft world lugganath (lunasa, August) and yme-loc (Imbolc, the coming of spring) also are adapted from Irish months/druidic festivals.		By analogy with Saim Hamm, Biel-tan is a modified form of the druidic festival bealtaine, also Irish for May. Craft world lugganath (lunasa, August) and yme-loc (Imbolc, the coming of spring) also are adapted from Irish months/druidic festivals.

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	\|Head of State = Leading Exarch		\|Head of State = Leading Exarch
	\|Head of Government = Exarch Council		\|Head of Government = Exarch Council
	\|Governmental Structure = Authoritarian ~~magocratic stratocracy~~ (''before fracture'')<br>Federal ~~magocratic stratocracy~~ (''after fracture'')		\|Governmental Structure = Authoritarian Magocratic Stratocracy (''before fracture'')<br>Federal Magocratic Stratocracy (''after fracture'')
	\|State Religion/Ideology = Eldar Mythology<br>Eldarcentrism<br>Militarism		\|State Religion/Ideology = Eldar Mythology<br>Eldarcentrism<br>Militarism
	\|Demographic = [[Eldar]]		\|Demographic = [[Eldar]]

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	{{Infobox 40k Nations		{{Infobox 40k Nations
	\|name=Biel-tan		\|name = Biel-tan
	\|image=[[File:Biel tan banner large by mirageknight32-d62s4xb.jpg\|150px]]		\|image = [[File:Biel tan banner large by mirageknight32-d62s4xb.jpg\|150px]]
	\|bgcolor=		\|bgcolor = 497236
	\|fgcolor=		\|fgcolor = FFFFFF
	\|Capital=[[Biel-tan]]		\|Capital = Biel-tan
	\|Official Languages=Eldar ~~Lexicon~~		\|Official Languages = Eldar
	\|Power=Minor Power		\|Power = Minor Power
	\|Size=Craftworld		\|Size = Craftworld
	\|Head of State=Leading Exarch ~~of Biel-tan~~		\|Head of State = Leading Exarch
	\|Head of Government= Exarch Council ~~of Biel-tan~~		\|Head of Government = Exarch Council
	\|Governmental Structure=Authoritarian ~~Magocratic Stratocracy~~ (''~~Pre-Fracture~~'') <br> Federal ~~Magocratic Stratocracy~~ (''~~Post-Fracture~~'')		\|Governmental Structure = Authoritarian magocratic stratocracy (''before fracture'')<br>Federal magocratic stratocracy (''after fracture'')
	\|State Religion/Ideology= Eldar Mythology, Eldarcentrism, Militarism		\|State Religion/Ideology = Eldar Mythology<br>Eldarcentrism<br>Militarism
	\|Demographic=[[Eldar]]		\|Demographic = [[Eldar]]
	\|Military Force=[[Craftworld]] ~~Guardian Corps,~~ [[Craftworld]] Fleet, [[Aspect Warrior]] ~~Hosts,~~ Wraith ~~Hosts, & other~~ [[Corsair]] allies		\|Military Force = [[Craftworld]] Guardians<br>[[Craftworld]] Fleet<br>[[Aspect Warrior]] hosts<br>Wraith hosts<br>[[Corsair]] allies
			\|Colours = White (primary)<br>Green (secondary)
	}}		}}
	'''~~Biel-tan~~''' is an [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which has a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.
			'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which has a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.

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	By analogy with Saim Hamm, Biel-tan is a modified form of the druidic festival bealtaine, also Irish for May. Craft world lugganath (lunasa, August) and yme-loc (Imbolc, the ~~start~~ of spring) also are adapted from Irish months/druidic festivals.		By analogy with Saim Hamm, Biel-tan is a modified form of the druidic festival bealtaine, also Irish for May. Craft world lugganath (lunasa, August) and yme-loc (Imbolc, the coming of spring) also are adapted from Irish months/druidic festivals.

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	*'''Void Spinner''' - An exclusive and upscaled version of the otherwise widely used [[Night Spinner]] hover tank, Biel-Tan fields this super-tank when they wish to utterly destroy their targets. Unlike the Night Spinner, the monofilament nets fired by the Void Spinner are laced with wraithbone parasites and bacteria that break down their targets on a molecular level. Suffice to say, this makes Void Spinners particularly effective at cleaning up Ork and Tyranid infestations. This technology was originally used to assist with terraforming by the ancient Aeldari empire and most Craftworlds are repulsed by Biel-Tan adapting it for war.		*'''Void Spinner''' - An exclusive and upscaled version of the otherwise widely used [[Night Spinner]] hover tank, Biel-Tan fields this super-tank when they wish to utterly destroy their targets. Unlike the Night Spinner, the monofilament nets fired by the Void Spinner are laced with wraithbone parasites and bacteria that break down their targets on a molecular level. Suffice to say, this makes Void Spinners particularly effective at cleaning up Ork and Tyranid infestations. This technology was originally used to assist with terraforming by the ancient Aeldari empire and most Craftworlds are repulsed by Biel-Tan adapting it for war.

			==Name==

			By analogy with Saim Hamm, Biel-tan is a modified form of the druidic festival bealtaine, also Irish for May. Craft world lugganath (lunasa, August) and yme-loc (Imbolc, the start of spring) also are adapted from Irish months/druidic festivals.

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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Biel-tan Craftworld.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|(Former) Craftworld Biel-tan.]]		[[File:Biel-tan Craftworld.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|(Former) Craftworld Biel-tan.]]
	Biel-Tan got its start much the same way virtually every modern Craftworld did; running away screaming from the implosion of the ancient Aeldari empire. Unlike many others who elected to drift along sulking for thousands of years, Biel-Tan became staunch allies with Craftworld [[Iyanden]] in their mission to rebuild their lost civilization and reclaim some semblance of their glory days. The two divided and conquered, with Biel-Tan handling the "eastern" portion of the galaxy while Iyanden forged "west"ward, occasionally joining forces when needed. Biel-Tan was particularly zealous in their endeavors over the millennia spent [[Great Crusade\|crusading]] against the forces of Chaos and started to turn a rather scornful eye towards the xenos that had started settling on maiden worlds. Offended that such grungy creatures would dare set foot on seeded worlds designed by eldar hands, Biel-Tan began cleansing any maiden world inhabited by non-eldar life, becoming increasingly militant and xenophobic in doing so. This began to strain their relations with Iyanden, who were also more focused on actually ''rebuilding'' their civilization and purging Chaos, not just slaughtering all the xenos who dared glance at their maiden worlds. Iyanden insisted that cleansing occupied maiden worlds wasn't the primary goal of their collective efforts, while Biel-Tan was pissed that Iyanden [[HERESY\|wasn't concerned]] about the filthy xenos defiling the planets that were their birthright. These tensions came to a rather abrupt head when Iyanden declined to aid in the defense of an Exodite-populated maiden world under Imperial assault, once again claiming that dealing with the forces of Chaos was a more pressing priority. Following this, ~~Lyanden~~ started to grow increasingly uncomfortable with Biel-tan's zealotry and started [[meme\|ghosting]] their brothers-in-arms until they officially cut off ties with their former allies; which Biel-Tan considered nothing short of treason. Biel-Tan has stood alone in its crusade as it cruises the stars, eradicating any xenos on all planets they believe once and forever belong to the Aeldari, they have made it their priority to act as guardians of the many Exodite worlds, and have earned their respect by doing so, to the extent that the Exodites have moved to enforce their much depleted allies in order to repay their debt to them.		Biel-Tan got its start much the same way virtually every modern Craftworld did; running away screaming from the implosion of the ancient Aeldari empire. Unlike many others who elected to drift along sulking for thousands of years, Biel-Tan became staunch allies with Craftworld [[Iyanden]] in their mission to rebuild their lost civilization and reclaim some semblance of their glory days. The two divided and conquered, with Biel-Tan handling the "eastern" portion of the galaxy while Iyanden forged "west"ward, occasionally joining forces when needed. Biel-Tan was particularly zealous in their endeavors over the millennia spent [[Great Crusade\|crusading]] against the forces of Chaos and started to turn a rather scornful eye towards the xenos that had started settling on maiden worlds. Offended that such grungy creatures would dare set foot on seeded worlds designed by eldar hands, Biel-Tan began cleansing any maiden world inhabited by non-eldar life, becoming increasingly militant and xenophobic in doing so. This began to strain their relations with Iyanden, who were also more focused on actually ''rebuilding'' their civilization and purging Chaos, not just slaughtering all the xenos who dared glance at their maiden worlds. Iyanden insisted that cleansing occupied maiden worlds wasn't the primary goal of their collective efforts, while Biel-Tan was pissed that Iyanden [[HERESY\|wasn't concerned]] about the filthy xenos defiling the planets that were their birthright. These tensions came to a rather abrupt head when Iyanden declined to aid in the defense of an Exodite-populated maiden world under Imperial assault, once again claiming that dealing with the forces of Chaos was a more pressing priority. Following this, Iyanden started to grow increasingly uncomfortable with Biel-tan's zealotry and started [[meme\|ghosting]] their brothers-in-arms until they officially cut off ties with their former allies; which Biel-Tan considered nothing short of treason. Biel-Tan has stood alone in its crusade as it cruises the stars, eradicating any xenos on all planets they believe once and forever belong to the Aeldari, they have made it their priority to act as guardians of the many Exodite worlds, and have earned their respect by doing so, to the extent that the Exodites have moved to enforce their much depleted allies in order to repay their debt to them.

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	\|Military Force=[[Craftworld]] Guardian Corps, [[Craftworld]] Fleet, [[Aspect Warrior]] Hosts, Wraith Hosts, & other [[Corsair]] allies		\|Military Force=[[Craftworld]] Guardian Corps, [[Craftworld]] Fleet, [[Aspect Warrior]] Hosts, Wraith Hosts, & other [[Corsair]] allies
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	'''Biel-tan''' is ~~a former~~ [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which ~~had~~ a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.		'''Biel-tan''' is an [[Eldar]] [[craftworld]] which has a penchant for war. Unlike other craftworlds, who were generally ruled by [[Seer Council]]s, Biel-tan was led by a council of [[Exarch]]s, Eldar who are trapped on the [[Paths of the Eldar\|Path of the Warrior]]. This gave them a rather idiosyncratic view of the galaxy and how to deal with it—in particular, their goal was nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar galactic empire, and to do that, they needed to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on planets they saw as rightfully theirs. They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of [[Aspect Warrior]]s and [[Exarch]]s known as "the Swordwind" to raid a planet, scour the inhabitants, and leave before anyone has time to respond. They prefer to target planets that have just been colonized, as the defenders will have had less time to get stuck in—in fact, many [[Explorator Fleet]]s have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. This "cleansing planets" policy, however, only applies to [[Maiden World]]s, those under the rule of enemies of the Eldar such as [[Ork]]s or [[Necron]]s, and to invaders of Exodite Worlds and Eldar colonies. They don't [[Exterminatus\|wipe out all non-Eldar life]] on every planet they pass.

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	==Tactics and Military Doctrine==		==Tactics and Military Doctrine==
	Biel-Tan, as mentioned numerous times, is famous for having the highest concentration of [[Aspect Warriors]] among all of the Craftworlds. This gives them immense tactical flexibility as they have a much greater reserve of specialists to field as the strategic situation calls for them. Their higher capacity for waging war also enables them to engage in battles that many smaller Craftworlds simply wouldn't be able to handle, and is arguably the reason Biel-Tan is the one Craftworld who can actually fend of the Imperium on a fairly consistent basis without suffering frankly obscene casualties.		Biel-Tan, as mentioned numerous times, is famous for having the highest concentration of [[Aspect Warriors]] among all of the Craftworlds. This gives them immense tactical flexibility as they have a much greater reserve of specialists to field as the strategic situation calls for them. Their higher capacity for waging war also enables them to engage in battles that many smaller Craftworlds simply wouldn't be able to handle, and is arguably the reason Biel-Tan is the one Craftworld who can actually fend off the Imperium on a fairly consistent basis without suffering frankly obscene casualties.

	Since the shattering of their Craftworld and the exodus of roughly half their original population, Biel-Tan has since consolidated their power into a massive fleet. While this does reduce their capacity for war considerably, it has also enhanced their mobility and flexibility. They've begun conducting far more raids through usage of the [[Webway]], now a fairly practical option since they're no longer operating strictly from their former Craftworld.		Since the shattering of their Craftworld and the exodus of roughly half their original population, Biel-Tan has since consolidated their power into a massive fleet. While this does reduce their capacity for war considerably, it has also enhanced their mobility and flexibility. They've begun conducting far more raids through usage of the [[Webway]], now a fairly practical option since they're no longer operating strictly from their former Craftworld.