Eldrad has been a formidable foe to races such as the Orks and the forces of Chaos. Whatever roll he plays in the end times, it’s sure to make an impact!
It looks like Eldrad played a part in the Fall of Cadia, and will be in the Fracturing of Biel Tan as well. so lets take a look at this who this powerful Eldar Psycher really is!
Via our good friends at Lexicanum
It was through Eldrad’s foresight that the Eldar began a series of raids against the Orks, culminating in the emergence of Ghazghkull Thraka as perhaps the most powerful Ork Warlord in the galaxy, and diversion of his Waaagh! to the Hive World of Armageddon, rather than allow the Orks to move against the Craftworlds.
Eldrad deliberately instigated the Second War for Armageddon, costing the Imperium millions of lives, to save 10,000 Eldar lives. Had it not been for his warning, the Iyanden Craftworld would have been completely unprepared for the attack of Hive Fleet Kraken. In addition, he prevented Craftworld Saim-Hann‘s infestation by the Hrud, thwarted the mysterious works of the awakened C’tans and stopped the Days of Blood from coming to pass.
Eldrad’s predictions were also instrumental in the closing of the warp rift above the Exodite World Haran, which was to be used by the Gods of Chaos to pour forth its innumerable servants into the materium and the Eldar Webway.
For many months, massed Eldar forces from all over the galaxy, joined by the mighty Phoenix Lords and led by Eldrad persecuted 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 lead to the planet being known as Haranshemash, the world of blood and tears.
On Andante IV, Ezekyle Abaddon and the Sorcerer Zaraphiston engineered a meeting between himself and Eldrad by attacking a Webway gate leading to Ulthwé. His ultimate aim was not to attack the Craftworld itself, but to wipe out Ulthwe’s Seer Council by eliminating their only means of escaping the planet.
Many deaths came in the battle that lead to Eldrad and Abaddon’s meeting in combat but the ancient seer along with the combined might of his retinue prevailed over the Despoiler and his Black Legion warriors in a titanic hand-to-hand battle, but before the killing blow could be dealt by the Staff of Ulthamar, Abaddon was whisked away from the battlefield by his patron Gods. Eldrad had failed in his attempt to eliminate the great threat once and for all, and realized that his own end would soon be at hand.
In the closing days of the 41st Millennium, Eldrad concocted a scheme to bring about the awakening of Ynnead through a mass psychic ritual. However, he was foiled by the Deathwatch in the Battle of Port Demesnus.
He later reappeared during the 13th Black Crusade, dispatching the Shadowseer Sylandri Veilwalker to aid the Imperial forces. He next appeared on an outer planet of the Cadian System to guide several Imperial survivors of the destruction of Cadia into the Webway.
