Theft of Lethidia
The Theft of Lethidia took place in 999.M41.
Overview
The Haemonculi of Commorragh were fascinated by the Tyranid race's ability to hyperadapt, and the Hive fleet's incredible ability to tailor its attack-beasts to their prey's destruction within a matter of hours. Reasoning the hive fleets represent an unprecedented glut of test subjects, the Haemonculus Covens mustered under the leadership of Urien Rakarth and took to the Southern Fringe en masse. Over the course of the war for the Maiden World of Lethidia, the Haemonculi descended whilst Saim-Hann was attempting to rescue the planet's indigenous Exodite Eldar.[1]
The Dark Eldar used forbidden technologies to abduct the entire planet whilst it was still infested with Tyranids. Using webway breachers and a captive black hole, the planet and its inhabitants were transported to Commorragh's orbit for the Covens to analyse and dissect at their leisure.[1]
The stolen planet was not the only legacy of Rakarth's grand ambition. The rending of the veil had left a gaping wound in reality, and a large spar of the webway had been opened to the realm of terrors that mankind calls the Warp. Saim-Hann was reeling in the face of a large-scale daemonic invasion that was spilling through the rift, and the tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, denied the power of its planetary feast, was being slowly torn apart by the hellspawned host that appeared within its bio-ships. The galaxy was scarred forever, and millions of Eldar souls had been plunged into a living nightmare. Still, the Covens had their prize. It would be a long time indeed before the lords of the undercity need face ennui once more.[1]
Sources
- 1: Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement - The Chronicle of Endless Woe
