Eldar Q&A – Part One

It’s become customary when I have a new book out for me to blog my thoughts on putting the story together or writing on a particular subject. For the release of Jain Zar I decided to take a slightly different approach and hand over the mic (as it were) to readers across the world.

I asked people to post their (non rules-related) eldar questions over on my Facebook Page. It proved quite popular, so I’ll probably have to answer them over two blogs posts. If you missed the call for questions, don’t worry, leave a comment below and I’ll answer it as part of my normal monthly Q&A (although you might want to wait until part two has been published in case it has already been asked).

For other Q&As from the past, have a look at those I did for the Dark Elves and Dark Angels (it’s a relief that this wasn’t for Dark Eldar!).

Samantha asked: Call me crazy, but I could have sworn that back in the late 90’s when they first did the fall of Cadia, that Eldrad Ulthuan died… Did he actually have his backstory retconned to not die during that event?

During the closing events of the Eye of Terror campaign, when the 13th Black crusade of Abaddon was first introduced, Eldrad did indeed ‘die’. Or rather, his spirit stone fused with a Black Fortress and he was deemed lost. That version of events was allowed to slip into memory and the 13th Black Crusade as depicted in the Gathering Storm narrative is now the One and True Account. So, Eldrad not dead, (partially) resurrected a God of the Dead instead!

Dmitry asked: Given what we’ve seen from Yvrainne in terms of her ability to restore the dead….and given one loyalist Primarch cannot hope to hold back the tide of Angron Mortarion Fulgrim Lorgar….and the Lord of Iron Perturabo, what are the chances that the high priestess of Ynnead would venture to the Gorgons tomb……realistically it makes as much sense as anything else, and let’s be honest if one has returned so can the others.

It’s potentially possible. Nowhere near my pay grade to make that decision. In favour of it is the fact that Guilliman himself rated Ferrus Manus as one of the best allies he could have… If he wanted one of his brothers back (assuming that Sanguinius is absolutely gone, which I do) then he might bend his will to making that happen.

I can only imagine the crowing from neglected Iron Hands players if they got their Primarch back before, say, Russ or the Lion