How to Paint: Tabletop Ready Craftworld Aeldari Alaitoc

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Alaitoc is a major Asuryani craftworld known for spreading its influence further afield than other craftworlds, sending agents across the galaxy to act as its eyes and ears. Its forces favour stealth and misdirection on the battlefield over brute force, killing silently and with guile wherever they can.

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Aeldari Craftworld Locations

Welcome, no miniatures this week as I wanted a little break. This time I will be continuing my work on tidying up the Eldar Encyclopedia page. A fun little page this week as I delve into the locations found on Eldar Craftworlds.

Most of these locations have come from Black Library novels and are not a full or complete list. If you know of locations I have missed let me know in the comments and I will add them on.

Craftworld Locations

"There is still time to change the course of history" - Autarch Talyesin Fharenal, Craftworld Saim-Hann

Locations on Alaitoc

Avenue of Starlight Secrets: Kilometer-long balcony located on the starward side and food bars.

Bay of Departing Sorrows: Viewing deck of the Shipyard

Boulevard of Split Moons: Fashion and Jewelry shops.

Crescent of the Dawning Ages: Park

Dome of Enchanting Echoes: Performance hall for Singers.

Dome of the Last Sunrise: Place of Celebrations.

Dome of the Midnight Forests: Blue Grass, Groves of Lianderin trees.

Dome of New Suns: Place of Quiet thought.

Dome of the Rising Hope: Artificial Sun, Lilac beaches.

Dome of Sighing Whispers: Home to the Fallen

Gardens of Tranquil Reflections: Rose colour water and white sands.

Hall of Truth: Public speaking hall

Hidden Chamber: Located in the heart of the Craftworld's Infinity Circuit, allowing Farseers some solitude.

Ixia Wayport: A transit and transportation hub for the Craftworld.

Place of Answering: A place to voice concerns on the ruling council's decisions.

Plaza of Reflection: Open city area.

The Dome of Midnight Twilight: Home to artwork depicting Chaos.

The Midnight Dome: Darkness and a place for lovers.

Shrine of the Deadly Shadow: Striking Scorpions temple dark swamplands, trees inside with a Pyramid.

Shrine of the Ending Veil: Dark Reapers Temple.

Shuttle Vault: Cross hub transport monorail.

Tower of the Dormant Witnesses: Poet Commune.

Tower of the Eternal Welcomes: Docking Bay, encased in a bluish shield that keeps the vacuum at bay.

Tower of the Evening Melodies: Music Venue

Tower of Infinite Patience: Hotel.

Tower of Starlight Majesty: Building with stunning views

The Vale of Khaine: The district of the Aspect temples.

Locations of Biel-Tann

Avenue of Lost Glories Remembered to be Recaptured: Arcade of statues.

Remembered Supremacy to be Regained: Main Webway portal.

Tower of Bloodied Knives: Biel tan docks

Locations of Iyanden

Aldanari Dome: Living quarters

Avenue of Guarded Love: Romantic Retreat

Bridge of Endless Night: Docks

Chamber of Starlight: Iyanden Farseer Meditation space.

Chambers of Resurrection: Spiritseers chamber to guide spirits to Wraiths.

Dome of Accentuated Night: Iyanden dome full of ruins and the house of Arienal

Endless Forest: One of the seven great domes on Iyanden, harboring an ecosystem collected from a thousand worlds.

Eternity Gate: Dock.

Fire of Creation: Home to a Flame created by Asuryan during the times of Legend.

Forest of Silence: A giant forest that acts as lungs on the Craftworld.

Fortress of the Red Moon: Fortress, location of the Swarmlord's defeat by Yriel.

Fortress of Tears: Fortress and Shrine to the lost.

Fortuitous Endings: Docks.

Hidden Gorge: A deep gorge that cuts to the wraithbone core of Iyanden. Found in the Haladesh desert. Those on the path of Solitude live near the waterfalls located within the gorge.

Long Swift Voyages: Docks.

Long Wandering: Docks.

Mistmaze: Ghosthalls of Haladesh.

Oceans of Ceaseless Tranquility: Once beautiful oceans, now boiled away to nothing following the Tyranid invasion.

Oasis of Tears: Bar.

Plaza of the Red's Moon New Birthing: Located in front of the Red Moon Fortress.

Tree of the Crone: A tree that aids the Iyanden Seers to search the future.

Shrine of Asuryan: Shrine to the God Asuryan.

Shrine of Ulthanash: Iyanden home of Yriel's Cursed blade.

Spider's Gate: Main Webway gate of Iyanden.

Urhaithanalish: Capital City of House Haladesh.

Wayport Vaidh: Webway Port.

Locations on Saim-Hann

Dome of Swift Longings:

The Fireglades: Home of clan Fireheart. Full of orange and red trees, with a coastal delta.

Lake of tranquil sorrows: Within the Fire Glades.

The Falls of the Unshed Tears: A waterfall on Saim-Hann.

Shadow Vale: Oldest dome of the Craftworld and home to the Oracle's of the last truth. The Oracle's are Cathasarren, Alodrist, and Yddgara. Farseers crystalized attempting to repair a damaged infinity circuit. Now the dead can talk through them.

Sighing Winds: Saim-Hann dome chamber of seers.

Tower of Winding Destiny: Saim-Hann location.

Locations on Ulthwe

Bridge of Sighing Clouds: Docks

Chamber of all Futures: Ulthwe seer chamber

Dome of Crystal Seer: The Dome of Crystal Seers is a location within a Craftworld's wraithbone core, existing as a broad bio-dome littered with groves of tall wraithbone trees that reach out into space. It is here that the most ancient Farseers of the Eldar retreat. As Farseers reach greater and greater ages, their minds become so closely linked with the Craftworld's core that their physical bodies simply grow dormant. Within the Dome, the eldest of seers gradually crystallize and take root, until they turn entirely to crystal. The Farseer's spirit is then preserved forever within the psycho-conductive Infinity Circuit. In the wraithbone trees sprouting from the core, tiny Warp Spiders are seen. They can melt their arachnoid forms to move through the Infinity Circuit to protect the Dome and the entire Craftworld from invasive psychic entities.

Port of Last Starlight: Dock

Other Locations

Maze of Linnian: A mystical location and is part of the Ulthanesh Mythos.

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Aeldari Craftworlds // Alaitoc

The new Craftworld project is underway! I will attempt to paint a model to represent each Aeldari craftworld (where possible). I will also try to capture key details about each sect, using online sources and hopefully through doing this expand my own Aeldari knowledge a bit more.

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ALAITOC

Alaitoc - Unknown meaning

Location - Ultima Segmentum

Colours - Blue and Yellow

Favoured Units - Rangers, Pathfinders

Rune Meaning - The Doom of Eldanesh: Eldanesh was an Eldar hero who was slain by the jealous war god Khaine. The symbol of Alaitoc depicts the sword of Khaine bisecting the Red Moon, the sign of Eldanesh. The Red Moon is an ill-omen for most Eldar and the Alaitoc use it to remind them of what happens if mortals offend the gods.

Alaitoc is a major Asuryani craftworld, known for having spread its influence further afield than any other Craftworld. Their agents spread across the galaxy acting as its eyes and ears.

On the battlefield its forces favour stealth and misdirection over brute force, killing silently and with guile wherever they can.

The world-rune of Alaitoc depicts the sword of Khaine bisecting the Red Moon; the sign of the House of Eldanesh, borne in grim memory of the act that brought about the War in Heaven in Aeldari Mythology. The Red Moon is an ill omen for the Aeldari even now, used as a reminder of the fate of mortals who offend the gods.

Alaitoc and its forces are associated with the colours blue and yellow (blue primary and yellow secondary). The Craftworld is known to be currently located in the Ultima Segmentum that was once the heart of the ancient Aeldari Empire.

Notable Alaitoc Aeldari

Alladrios Kulcassian - A Farseer of Alaitoc, Alladrios had great fear and hatred for the Officio Assassinorum's Culexus Temple. He coordinated a centuries-long effort to locate and destroy this temple. Through unknown means, he discovered the location of this elusive temple and despatched the Legacy of Eldanesh, a Shadow-class Cruiser. However, using his precognitive powers to see the skeins of the future, he discovered to his utter amazement that the temple's destruction would lead to the annihilation of Alaitoc. Choosing the lesser of two evils, he called off the attack and recalled the cruiser to return home.

Arhathain - A notable Autarch of Alaitoc, he formerly studied in the Dark Reapers, Dire Avengers and Howling Banshees Aspect Warriors shrines. As an Autarch, he would go on to command Aeldari strike forces against the Orks on the Exodite world of Eileniliesh and in the eradication of humans from an unnamed world which the craftworld's Farseers predicted would one day bring the threat of Chaos to Alaitoc. Arhathain would later lead the forces of Alaitoc in the defence of their craftworld when it was invaded by the military forces of the Imperium.

Eldorath Starbane - A notable Farseer of Alaitoc who led a small group of Rangers to aid the beleaguered Chapter Master Pedro Kantor of the Crimson Fists Chapter against a large force of Orks -- remnants of WAAAGH! Snagrod -- at the Battle of Traitor's Gorge on Rynn's World. He would later lead the valiant defence of Carnac from a large force of Necrons, led by Trazyn the Infinite, though in the end, the slumbering tomb complex beneath Carnac awoke, forcing the Aeldari forces to withdraw from the planet.

Illic Nightspear - Illic Nightspear is an Aeldari Ranger of Craftworld Alaitoc and has wandered the Path of the Outcast for thousands of years, striding the skeins of fate and seeking out the unknown paths that span the galaxy. He is known to different Ranger bands by many different titles; the Sentinel of the Stars, the Wayforger, and the Shield of Alaitoc. To Illic, one name is as good as another. Such is Nightspear's knowledge of the Webway that it is said by the Aeldari that he can arrive unheralded upon any planet, stepping through its portals and out across the galaxy with the ease of a man drawing breath. Whilst this is undoubtedly an exaggeration, Illic clearly knows more of the hidden paths than any other living being save the Harlequins themselves. Indeed, some say that he knows too much.

Kayleth - Kayleth is an Aeldari Autarch of Craftworld Alaitoc. A superb, yet pragmatic warrior, Kayleth is a master tactician, having spent many centuries mastering all aspects of warfare. Her main focus in battle is on victory and how best to achieve it for her people. She led a strike force of Aeldari to Typhon Primaris in order to prevent the realization of an ancient prophecy that implied the imminent destruction of this world.

Fialla-Thandiriel - Fialla-Thandiriel is an ancient but potent Wraithseer -- a Warlock in life -- whose mortal spirit now resides within the Wraithbone matrix of a Wraithlord. Rare and precious beyond compare, the Wraithseers are to the Aeldari's spirit host what a Warlock is to its Aspect Warriors and Guardians -- a war-leader. As such they are precious indeed, and each loss is keenly felt and rarely can they be risked upon the battlefield. It was while searching the Webway, and the worlds that lie beyond it, for the missing Wraithseer Fialla-Thandiriel that Alaitoc's Rangers discovered the portal that led them to the lost craftworld of Mymeara.

Personal Character.

Alaiteir: Alaiteir is a newly raised Farseer on Craftworld Alaitoc. A headstrong, aggressive farseer and untested in the skeins of fate compared to the rest of the ruling council. Alaiteir and his household guard are at the forefront in most engagements and it was due to this behaviour that Alaiteir had to be saved from a Genestealer infested world. Unlucky for Alaitoc he was saved by the actions of Silar Dathelith of Iyanden. Since then the council of Alaitoc has questioned Alaiteir's motives, as he is now seen constantly in the company of Iyanden crews and corsairs at the harbour gates and mysteriously disappears for cycles before returning with injured brethren. It would seem this bright Farseer is now a pawn of Iyanden.

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Aeldari // Craftworlds

A work in progress post. Nothing original here currently, this info is all over the internet. But my ultimate goal is to create a more in-depth page for each craftworld and attempt to paint at least one figure for each one. Got a fan-made Craftworld? Tell me the name and I will add it to the list if you have a blog or Instagram account tag in the comments so I can check it out.

Let us dive in a learn about Craftworlds:

Craftworlds are vast crafts populated by Eldar. They travel through the void of space at sub-light speeds, carrying the greater remnant of the Eldar race after the Fall of their civilization. Each Craftworld is a self-sufficient, independent realm with its own culture. Craftworlds are in many ways living entities, powered by psychic energy from its Infinity Circuit and responding in an organic way to the stimuli of psychic forces. The power within a Craftworld can be expended as light or heat, and most Craftworld technology could not function without this psychic power grid.

Before the Fall

Prior to the Fall, Craftworlds were vast trading ships, effectively, whole self-contained communities housing hundreds of Eldar families. Trading missions could take the Craftworlds thousands of light-years beyond Eldar civilization, separating the community from its homeworld for centuries. This meant the Craftworld communities had already developed a strong sense of independence and self-reliance, so they remained mostly separate from the increasing decadence of their species. Because a Craftworld might return to the rest of Eldar civilization only three or four times in a thousand years, it was easy for them to see the degeneration of Eldar society, while to the Eldar as a whole the slow degeneration was too gradual to recognize.

As the final weeks leading to the cataclysm approached, the returning Craftworlds' crews founding their worlds in ruin. Taking with them any Eldar who still remained sane, the Craftworlds fled the Eldar civilization. Some Craftworlds were caught and consumed by Chaos along with the Eldar worlds as the Eye of Terror tore open reality, others survived for thousands of years before their people finally faded and died, while others endure to this day.

The Current Age

For thousands of years after the Fall to the current day, the Craftworlds have carried the greater part of the surviving Eldar. Craftworlds contain Webway gates, linking each other as well as to millions of planets, allowing the dispersed Eldar civilization some measure of cohesion. Because the Webway is labyrinthine and impossible to map, many Craftworlds are effectively lost, unknown and cut off from the greater part of Eldar civilization. They have grown greatly in size since the Fall when they became the sanctuary worlds of the Eldar race. They are now approximately 10 to 100 times bigger in volume than they were before the Fall. Thus, Craftworlds are effectively worlds in space, each a self-contained biosystem, with forested and natural areas as well as urbanized ones. These natural areas provide a breathable atmosphere to the Craftworld and renewable resources. There are often sections that are uninhabited and awaiting reconstruction. Vast space docks located outside the Craftworld house fleets of spacecraft. These fleets are capable of travelling through Warp tunnels, allowing Eldar of the relatively slow-moving Craftworld to bring their forces to areas of the galaxy thousands of light-years distant.

Every Eldar of a Craftworld is a highly trained warrior - in battle these citizen-soldiers are known as Guardians, forming the Craftworld's defensive militia. Craftworlds are independent realms, sometimes acting mutually, combining military forces, acting together to achieve a common objective, and trading or exchanging knowledge. Exodites often trade with the Craftworlds but believe that the Craftworld Eldar are too close to the old ways of decadence for their own good. The militarily-stronger Craftworld Eldar grants some protection to Exodite Eldar.

It is known that the last Imperial assault against a Craftworld ended as a disaster at the Battle of the Blood Nebula, which saw the loss of an entire sector fleet thus leading to the Imperium adopting the stance of dealing with individual threats of the Eldar rather than provoke an entire nest of them.

Major Craftworlds

• Alaitoc - Renown Craftworld, who interacted with the Imperium the most. The main unit is the Rangers. Paint Guide.
• Biel-tan - Partially destroyed and hyper-aggressive. The main unit is the Aspect Warriors.
• Iyanden - The Light in the Darkness. Ruined by constant war and on the brink of extinction. Protected by its silent guardians who stalk the Ghosthalls.
• Saim-Hann - Jetbike-riding warriors, the clans of the Wild Riders, are renowned for their savagery and their preference for fast, mobile warfare, striking as a serpent before falling back beyond the reach of retaliation. Paint Guide
• Ulthwé - It is whispered by those of other craftworlds that the Asuryani of Ulthwé has been damned and tainted by their world ship's proximity to the eastern rim of the Eye of Terror in the Segmentum Obscurus, exaggerating their psychic potential.

Other Craftworlds

• Altansar - Paint Guide
• Arach-Qin
• Aringhe
• Black Library - No standing army but will visit here at some point
• Furta-Rith
• Idharae
• Ila-Manesh
• Il'sariadh
• Il-Kaithe
• Invincible
• Iybraesil
• Jielthwa
• Kaelor
• Kal'raktri
• Kalth'se
• Kinshara
• Kher-Ys
• Lan'edin
• Lugganath - Paint Guide
• Lu'Nasad
• Magc'Sithraal
• Malan'tai
• Meros
• Meud-Wyaid
• Miandrothe
• Miel Carn
• Mor-rioh'i
• Muirgaythh
• Mymeara
• Mynathensar
• Nacretineï
• Nebreith
• Os'tara
• She'enshar
• Sethoywan
• Stel-Uit
• Taial'shara
• Telennar
• Theminarae
• Thuyela
• Tir-Val
• Tuonoetar
• Ul-Khari
• Ulthwé-Na-Daan
• Varantha
• X'amot
• Yme-Loc
• Zahr-Tann
• Zaisuthra
• Zandros
• Zu'lasa

Destoryed/No Info

• Alurmen - Destroyed Fleeing a Chaos Warfleet. Used Necron Technology and now both are frozen out of time compared to the rest of the galaxy.
• Anuiven - Located near Ulthwe. A long-standing feud that almost caused the destruction of the two Craftworlds. It was only stopped by the Pheonix Lords' intervention.
• An-Iolsus - Made an alliance with the Imperium against Chaos during the Gothic War.
• Anaen -There is no information on this lost Craftworld in Imperial records other than the fact that it once existed.
• Aon'tai - Aon'tai was an Eldar Craftworld that was destroyed in a battle with the Craftworld Biel-Tan in what is known to the Eldar as the Era of Tears.
• Bel-Shammon - Destroyed during the Gothic War.
• Ctho - Lost Craftworld
• Lanimayesh - Dead Craftworld infested by Khorne Daemons.
• Dolthe - Starred in Gaunt's Ghosts but no real info.
• Dorhai - Considered one of the strangest and most bizarre Craftworlds in terms of behaviour, Dorhai refuses to deal with any other Eldar Craftworlds at all, believing themselves the only untainted survivors of The Fall and maintaining that other Craftworlds are corrupted by the influence of Chaos
• Eyslk-Tan - No info
• Féin-Cineál - was an Eldar Craftworld that was the home to Achillrial, who became one of the first Autarchs. Achillrial served his Craftworld well, as he was never able to be bested in combat until he met his end through treachery. This signified the end of Féin-Cineál, as Achillrial's death led to the downfall of the Craftworld, and now nothing remains of it except the fabled Autrach's helm

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