Eldanesh

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Eldanesh was an ancient hero of the Eldar

After the Eldar smith-god Vaul tricked the god of war, Khaine, into releasing the imprisoned gods Isha and Kurnous, Vaul reforged the final sword, the one that he had failed to finish for Khaine, the greatest of all, and called it Anaris. Armed with this weapon, Vaul strode forth to do battle with Khaine. It was a long, hard-fought struggle, but even with Anaris, Vaul was no match for the war god. Khaine cast down Vaul, maiming the smith, and bound Vaul to his own anvil

However, the falcon, Faolchú, who had fought for Vaul, took the sword Anaris and delivered it straight to Eldanesh, greatest of the mortal Eldar. With Anaris in hand, Eldanesh of the Red Moon took up the fight and faced Khaine in single combat. Eldanesh fought well, but in the end he too was defeated by Khaine, his body crushed by the god of war. Asuryan was so appalled by his murder of Eldanesh, that he cursed Khaine and made his hands drip eternally with the blood of Eldanesh so that everyone would remember what he had done.