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The Phoenix Lords are the greatest warriors of the Eldar, second only to the Avatars of Kaela Mensha Khaine himself. They are the greatest and most ancient of all the Exarchs. They cannot truly die for even if their body is destroyed another Eldar will find and don their armour. Thereby his consciousness will be overtaken by the first, strongest, and dominant mind of the original wearer.

Only the doomed Bards of Twilight know all the details of the Asuryata, the legend of the Phoenix Lords. This ancient epic tells the origins of the Phoenix Lords and also speaks of their future. It warns of the Rhana Dandra, the final apocalypse when all the Phoenix Lords and the Eldar will gather in a final battle against Chaos. Its ultimate validity is unclear, something shared with every prediction of the future or tale of the past. Nevertheless it seems to be the main source of knowledge about the Phoenix Lords.

name and title	dedicated Warrior aspect
Asurmen, The Hand of Asuryan	Dire Avengers
Jain Zar, The Storm of Silence	Howling Banshees
Karandras, The Shadow Hunter	Striking Scorpions
Maugan Ra, The Harvester of Souls	Dark Reapers
Fuegan, The Burning Lance	Fire Dragons
Baharroth, The Cry of the Wind	Swooping Hawks

Contents 1 History 1.1 Shrine of Asur 1.2 Fall of Arhra 1.3 Rhana Dandra 2 The Phoenix Lords 2.1 Asurmen, the Hand of Assuryan

History

In studying the known history of the Phoenix Lords, and the history of the Eldar in general, one should always remember that it is of incredibly ancient origin. The original sources have been lost and it should be regarded as of mainly mythological nature and validity. It is very likely that certain facts have been enhanced, while others gradually forgotten or mixed up with other ones.

Shrine of Asur

Shortly after the Fall of the Eldar, which happened more or less ten thousand years ago, Asurmen led a group of survivors from a doomed Eldar Crone World towards a barren world. Upon this world the Shrine of Asur, the first shrine of the Aspect Warriors, was built. There Asurmen himself taught and trained the very first Aspect Warriors; those who tread the Path of the Warrior. His greatest disciples were the very first Exarchs, and they subsequently became known as the Asurya.

These students developed their own warrior aspects, all of them being specialized forms of the Path of the Warrior. They and their teacher founded numerous shrines on many Craftworlds.

Fall of Arhra

The reasons as to why Arhra, founder of the Striking Scorpions aspect, succumbed to Chaos are not known. What is known is that he was responsible for destroying the Shrine of Asur. Fuegan supposedly refused to flee and died there.

Rhana Dandra

The final stanzas of the Asuryata tell that the Eldar and their gods will die in the Rhana Dandra, a star-spanning apocalypse. It has been foretold that Fuegan will call together the Phoenix Lords for this last battle. He will also be the last to die there. Arhras side and role in the battle is unknown.

The Phoenix Lords

Asurmen, the Hand of Assuryan

Asurmen founded more shrines than any of the other Phoenix Lords. The Dire Avengers are his students. His name 'Asurmen' literally means Hand of Asuryan and he is also known as the Hand of the Phoenix King. His ancient armour incorporates vambraces with integrated Avenger shuriken catapults. His sword is called the Sword of Asur, and it is the first of the direswords. It contains the spirit stone of Tethesis, brother of Asurmen. This way Tethesis can continue to battle against Chaos.