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| - Eldrad's predictions were also instrumental in the closing of the Warp rift above the Eldar Exodite world of Haran. For many months, massed Eldar forces, joined by the mighty Phoenix Lord Aspect Heroes and led by Eldrad prosecuted a great campaign against the Forces of Chaos. Eventually they succeeded in closing the Warp rift, but at the cost of many Eldar lives. This has lead to the planet being known as Haranshemash, meaning "the world of blood and tears" in the Eldar Lexicon. On the world of Andante IV, Abaddon the Despoiler engineered a meeting between himself and Eldrad by attacking a Webway gate leading to Ulthwé. His ultimate aim was to wipe out the Seer Council, and many Eldar deaths came in the battle that lead to Eldrad and Abaddon's meeting in combat. Abaddon ultimately escaped, but not before Eldrad realized that his own end would soon be at hand. During the 13th Black Crusade, the Eldar of Craftworld Ulthwé fought against the Forces of Chaos, and Eldrad was at the forefront, knowing he would not live to see the end of the conflict. Eldrad attempted to retake a Blackstone Fortress (called a Talisman of Vaul by the Eldar) that had been subverted by Chaos, but the fortress was not controlled by a simple daemon but had been occupied by the essence of the Chaos God Slaanesh, the Great Enemy of the Eldar. As Eldrad realised his folly, his soul was devoured, and the greatest Farseer of the Eldar was lost. However a handful of Waystones that Eldrad had created still remained active, causing the Eldar to believe that Eldrad was still alive but trapped somewhere in the Warp, perhaps at the mercy of Slaanesh.
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