The Fracture Of Biel-Tan Begins For Warhammer 40,000
February 4, 2017 by brennon
Even though we've somewhat had the future of what awaits in Warhammer 40,000 spoiled you still need to play out the events of the Fracture of Biel-Tan on the tabletop as Games Workshop release the next Gathering Storm book soon.
"Though they long ago learned how to stave off the vile attention of She Who Thirsts – known as Slaanesh in the tongues of men – the Time of Ending yet tightens its grip on the Eldar. No matter the methods they use to escape the notice of the god who haunts them, the Eldar sacrifice much in the process.
Some Eldar refuse to abandon the glorious dream of building their ancient empire anew – or at least burning brightly before the end. Eldrad Ulthran, High Farseer of Craftworld Ulthwé, puts into place a plan to bring forth Ynnead, the slumbering God of the Dead. A daemonic host assaults Biel-Tan, corrupting its infinity circuit. Unlikely alliances are formed in the face of desperation. And the Gathering Storm darkens over the entire galaxy…"
Things are going to be getting worse for the Eldar before they get better. How very grim-dark and Warhammer 40,000. Inside the new book, you'll get a number of new rules for the Triumvirate Of Ynnead as well as additional rules for playing out battles around this period of history in the 40k Universe.
Ynnead Reborn
Talking of Ynnead we have the three big miniatures for the Eldar for you to check out. Leading the way is the big one, Yncarne, Avatar of Ynnead.
"The Yncarne, Avatar of Ynnead, wreathed in a roaring psychic hurricane, invigorating the spirits of the Aeldari around them, the Yncarne comes armed with Vilith-zhar, the Sword of Souls which can take many forms – this miniature includes a sword and a pair of daggers"
She is joined by Yvraine, Emissary of Ynnead.
"Yvraine, Emissary of Ynnead, clad in the style of the ancient Aeldari and accompanied by a psychic familiar known as a gyrinx, she carries the Cronesword Kha-vir, the Sword of Sorrows;"
...and she, in turn, is protected by The Visarch, Sword of Ynnead.
"The Visarch, Sword of Ynnead, Yvraine’s chosen champion, clad in baroque armour of the ancient Bel-Anshoc style, he channels the lost souls he has accumulated to become an ever-more lethal opponent. He is armed with Asu-var, Sword of Silent Screams."
I think it was decided that when we saw these models we were totally blown away by them and the Eldar had really got some superb looking miniatures as part of this collection. Let's hope the story unfolding around them is as exciting.
Will you be picking up this book and the new models associated with it?
Drop your thoughts below...
"Inside the new book, you'll get a number of new rules for the Triumvirate Of Ynnead as well as additional rules for playing out battles around this period of history in the 40k Universe..."
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Above one is only one from those that I don’t like and it’s mostly because of over use of those magic effects but also because of that head sculpt. Other two are perfectly fine but nothing special from GW either.
How has the future of 40K been spoiled? Do you mean that someone has leaked the contents of a future book or something?
Yeah spoiled in the sense that the third (and final?) book in this whole narrative has been leaked and we know at least some of the story.
Ah, okay thanks. I hadn’t seen it.
I like the Lying Cat model 😀
I am thinking about getting these just for painting they look really nice 🙂
I really like the cat and the lady they just look phenomenal 😀 a lot of nice curves, and the fabric areas look amazing
The Visarch must be the size of a terminator (?) how awesome would it be to have
him lead a specialist Wraithguard Squad –
…or would Ynnead gobble their soul-stones like wine-gums?
On the pre-order page, there is a formation called the Whispering Ghost Hall and if you read the accompanying fluff you can see those Wraith units are powered differently.
awesome!
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/Whispering-Ghost-Hall
image mixing-up those kits with ethereal looking Spite-Revenants 🙂
You could throw in a few Spirit Host models as well if you want the sense of ethereal spirits swirling about the constructs, and if you want to go really crazy with that theme in a broader army, how about using the circling Banshees from the top of a Mortis Engine kit (perhaps the rest of the kit could be used to build a Coven throne instead?) to surround the head and upper torso of a Wraith Knight model? Maybe with a little conversion work to make them look more Eldar in nature?
that would be awesome…
…like most of my 1980s TV generation I was traumatised by the most terrifying scene in cinema – Darby O’Gill and the Little People – The Appearance of the Banshee :-O
will be good to see how far down the DOOommd rout thay will/may go before a 40K John Wane saves? the day.
not seen the spoilers.
It will be interesting to see how these models operate on the tabletop. From what I have read in the recent White Dwarf, Yvraine is quite the psyker, the Visarch is a very effective fighter, and the Yncarne is scary powerful and incredibly hard to kill since he/she/it literally feeds on death and has rules to reflect that. From the lore perspective, I like the idea of the rise of a new Eldar faction who are less fatalistic and not only believe in the salvation of the Eldar as an abstract ideal, but have a practical plan to achieve it.… Read more »
Yvraine, my dear, that dress is sooooo 2006.
the bustle will always be in fashion 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3bvNkDbh0s
Stunning models — just like the triumvirate of the imperium recently. Fortunately for my wallet GW are now producing them faster than I can paint them!
I think they are all nice, are they going to redo Eldar Guardians?
Curious, with this book out, is now a good time to dip my toe into collecting Eldar or would it be best to wait until the dust settles?
It is so tempting though!
I’ve not played 40k since….I don’t know what edition, but I might end up coming back if the rumours of a new edition coming later in the year are true (although I might end up getting these models anyway). Honestly, from watching the Warhammer TV stream, and watching how games pan out, I’m more tempted to get into AoS than the current 40k. If you wanted to speculate which stuff might end up getting redone, the only thing you might find being replaced, would be any squads that are in resin. So that would be all Aspect warriors apart from… Read more »
I’m liking the fantasy style the models have. They could be converted into fantasy rather easy from the looks of things.
Okay, so it’s official that GW hates all things elvish… after the ridiculous decisions with WHFB, where they threw in the bin over thirty years of background ignoring every logic just to curb the range and find a way to squeeze all three elven races into one, they seem to going to be doing just the same in 40k… Next step, I guess, will be to just eliminate them in all their universes… If they hadn’t already lost me as a customer with their first move, they would loose me now.
Seems pretty odd to claim that GW hates all things elvish, when you’re commenting on an article which lists a new Eldar book, along with a boxed set of new Eldar characters, that are playing a rather prominent role in a narrative campaign that looks to be advancing the 40k plot line. It’s not like the Eldar range has lacked releases over the last 1-2 years either. The 2nd edition codex had Pirates, Exodites, Harlequins and what would now be Craftworld Eldar, rules wise, all in one book, while fluffwise, they hinted at other factions as well. I don’t see… Read more »
Well, in the interests of full disclosure I should say at the start that I have no problem with AoS, and indeed rather like the revisions and streamlining of the rules system in particular, and the fluff change is really just a shift from a semi-historical fantasy setting to one more directly inspired by (principally European) mythology, and Nordic mythology especially. With all that said, I think it is one heck of a stretch to claim that the creation of AoS was some elaborate conspiracy on the part of Games Workshop to assassinate all things Elvish in their games settings.… Read more »
Wait and see…
For it to become official that GW hates all things elvish? I thought you said it was already the case.