Craftworld Arkendar

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Craftworld Arkendar existed from the Fall of the Eldar until the year 001.M31, when it was destroyed utterly by the Sons of Fire Space Marine Legion. The inhabitants of Arkendar were mainly writers, artists, philosophers, historians, and poets. Due to the actions of Farseer Jeron, their course was forever set along the path of humanity. Their every action was to assist the junior race towards a higher state of being. In the 41st Millennium, the surviving Arkendarites live scattered across various Craftworlds working along the Paths of the Warrior with the sole intent of the extermination of human kind.

History

The Craftworld Arkendar was built with the sole intention to preserve Eldar culture in a pure, scholarly form set apart from the debased masses. While men and women murdered indiscriminately in the homeworlds, catalogs of ancient texts and old folklore was saved from total annihilation by being brought aboard the vessel. It barely survived the Birth of Slaanesh, with nearly half the grand world-ship being split in half by the pains of the Chaos God's first cries. Limping in the void, they were assaulted from unknown Xenos raiders with jittering, crackling voices who used boxy vessels with striped paint. Barrages of missiles compounded into Arkendar while their meager fleet marshaled to combat them. Seeing the massive ship in danger, the local defense ships of a human colony raced to aid. Their timing was impeccable, saving the entire Craftworld from destruction by coming into the side of the pirates' formation.

Jeron the most prominent Farseer of Arkendar's Seer Council, who helped guide Arkendar from certain doom, found the inhabitants of the local planet fascinating. Before proper contact could be made however, the Xenos who had been previously forced back struck returned, coming with vengeance burning their hearts. A coalition of other races followed behind them, drawn by greed or malice. Knowing that they would certainly be overwhelmed, Jeron chose to leave the humans to their fate before his home would be overtaken. Years later, those on the Path of the Outcast with curiosity as to ultimate outcome of the conflict would report coming to a world cracked by void weapons. Jeron was said to be sent into a deep sadness upon hearing of the deaths of his home's saviors.

For the next few decades the Eldar of Arkendar delved into the stories they had saved, raising up a new generation on the tales. The doomed reality of their race was banished as they took part in retellings of old myths much akin to the Harlequins. Jeron could not be complacent with the rest of his people, and neither could the twin Autarchs Marri Hu'lana and Baereu Hu'lana. Together, the three discussed on what little they could do to help bring the vision of their ancestors to the forefront of these dark times. Jeron spent countless weeks locked away discovering what the future could bring. Once, and only once, he saw humanity in a distant future. Living as they did now, with each member being a Psyker and a utopia reigning over the galaxy.

This single revelation marked a sharp change in the direction of Arkendar forever.

The entire Craftworld could sense the turbulent emotions of their chief seer. His feverish searching of the future for how this future humanity could come to pass, what it implied for the Eldar, for any piece of information that could be of aid to him. He found few answers. Upon deliberating with the other Farseers and Warlocks, who were equally shocked, discussion came to the whole of Arkendar's leadership in all Paths. The passionate Farseer spoke proudly for his cause, being supported by both Hu'lana twins giving him significant military backing to his proposal: Humanity has shown from what Outcasts tell them, to contain rising numbers of born Psykers among their people. If this trend continues, they could perhaps be entirely in tune to the warp same as they.

Jeron's grandest, most audacious declaration of the assembly however had to be his passionate cries that the Eldar will never reach a semblance of the glory they once held. There are multiple ends to their proud race coming, licking at the edge of time. Communications with various other Craftworlds confirmed this. Similar Farseers with the legendary foresight akin to Jeron's own spoke the same. The Necrons arising after their long hidden slumber, a Wall of Midnight veiling itself in hungry need across the galaxy after that. And the Neverborn legions unfolding from the old heart of their once great realm.

Every Craftworld had their own solution to dealing with the end, a hundred different prophecies. Jeron denied them all, pointing out each kept the Eldar as the key factor. This was untrue, the Eldar were not a minority in the void. Instead, as the elder race, it was their place to safeguard their younger kin. Humanity would reach a point in the future, as he had saw it himself, were their Psyker population would become their entirety. At this moment of ascendance, Man and Eldar could face the oncoming night together. Skepticism abounded inside of the councils of Arkendar, but two very proud voices added to the chorus of those in favor of Jeron.

The Hu'lana Twins, both Autarchs sworn to the Craftworld, roared in approval of the brave

Notable Figures

Jeron the Hopeful

"No one saw the fall of our home. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. If only Jeron was even that."

Baereu Hu'lana, the Slayer