Craftworld Biel-tan

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Biel-tan
Translation	"Rebirth of Ancient Days"
Location	Segmentum Pacificus, southern rim
Specialty	Aspect Warriors
Enemy	Anyone who isn't an Eldar, especially Orks
Colours	Green and white

Biel-tan is an Eldar Craftworld with a penchant for war. Unlike other Craftworlds, who are generally ruled by Seer Councils, Biel-tan is led by a council of Exarchs, Eldar who are trapped on the Path of the Warrior. This gives them a rather idiosyncratic view of the world and how to deal with it -- in particular, their goal is nothing less than a re-founding of the ancient Eldar empire, and to do that, they need to cleanse the galaxy of all the upstarts squatting on their planets.

They perform this cleansing by assembling an army of Aspect Warriors and Exarchs 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 Fleets have discovered planets that still contain the corpses of previous settlers. If you haven't already realized it, the Eldar don't actually have enough people to colonize new worlds and the planets that Biel-Tan attacks were never Eldar worlds at any point in time, meaning their attacks are both pointless and contrary to Biel-Tan's own beliefs. To the surprise of no one this cause the alliance between Iyanden who had simpler goals (this was pre-Tyranid attack, and were most successful), to break off. This is why Orks are their most hated enemy; once Orks land on a planet, their spores will start to spread, and if they aren't wiped out quickly, they will be impossible to dislodge. Biel-tan armies will prioritize the eradication of Orks above all other foes, even allying with non-Eldar if that means the Orks die faster -- though they have no problem turning on their one-time allies once the Orks are defeated.

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. Or at least they used to- a disagreement over whether or not one Maiden world should have been saved from the Imperium led to the breakup of their alliance.

Unsurprising they're the largest Craftworld with crazy high brith rates compare to other Craftworlds.

For all their talk of rebuilding the Eldar Empire and so far having had ten thousand years to do it, they haven't seem to have gotten anywhere with it ... perhaps one of the biggest cases of FAIL in the 40k universe. They almost make Failbaddon look good in comparison. Almost. Despite the above statements, there is a misunderstanding though about their policies. According to the new Iyanden codex supplement, Iyanden and Biel-tan work together on the "rebirth of the Eldar Empire" project. Iyanden does the colonizing, and it would make sense that Biel-tan focuses on the military aspects (since Craftworld Eldar society and culture are rigidly defined and divided). Also, their "cleansing planets" policy only applies to Maiden Worlds and Exodite Worlds. They don't wipe out all non-Eldar life on every planet they come across. Just those who threaten their goals.