Three Silver Swords Raised Against The Iron Moon

Commonly shortened to 'Three Silver Swords', this band of Aeldari corsairs traverses the Eressa Sector in the Segmentum Pacificus.

History
The Three Silver Swords have come from beyond the Eressa Sector, though their exact origin remains vague. It is known that they are the last remains of a smaller Craftworld which has assumedly been lost.

Contact with Imperium
In 397.M41, a small patrol flottilla close to Sennach reported contact with an unknown Xenos vessel before all contact ceased. Debris discovered later at their last recorded position revealed them to have been utterly destroyed.

Similar encounters followed, with few ships being able to give a detailed description of their attackers before being annihilated. Eventually though, imperial command was able to confirm the presence of a Xenos vessel not aligned with the currently known Corsairs.

Contact with Baharruin
In 404.M41, shortly after the reconquest of Mal-Therith, the Wraithship Light Before Dawn appeared in the harbor of Dyann Ag'dris, though it set sail for the Craftworld Baharruin after a brief encounter. After arrival there, the crew quickly restocked before leaving again. Over the next years, this pattern of interaction would repeat, with few sightings of the Light in interaction with the other Aeldari of the sector.

Culture
The Three Silver Swords are nomads, carrying the Soul Stones of their fallen brethren aboard the Light Before Dawn. Lead by the Spirit-Seer Amakaze, they seek a final place of rest for them, forever unable to rebuilt their lost home. Weighed down by this duty, the Three Silver Swords are notoriously isolationist even towards their fellow Aeldari.

Notable Individuals

 * Spirit-Seer Amekeza: Leading the Three Silver Swords, Amekeza is both their spiritual and military leader, commanding the rows of Wraithguards.

Armed Forces
With their reduced numbers and the hostility of the galaxy, their armed forces are majorly Wraithguards and other Wraith constructs.

Name Origin
In the Aeldari myths, 'Three Silver Swords Raised Against the Iron Moon' is an ode centered around Ulthanesh, second greatest warrior next to Eldanesh. Long before the two united in the war against the Hresh-selain, Ulthanesh and three companions of his house, Donran, Ysurath and Menelyn, went out to purge a dangerous beast.

Seeking to impress their master, Donran, Ysurath and Menelyn went out on their own to slay the beast, leaving Ulthanesh behind. Ulthanesh waited for a day and a night for their return and went to search for them. As he searched the woods in which the beast hid, he first found the sword of Menelyn, his body missing. Ulthanesh picked up the sword and continued his search only to find the swords of Ysurath and Donran next. However, there was no sign of his three companions or the beast and after searching the whole day, he thought that the beast might not be in the woods anymore.

As night fell however, a shadow emerged from the moon looming over Ulthanesh and a great beast came down from the sky. Mourning the loss of his companions, Ulthanesh engaged the beast in a battle which lasted the whole night. Ulthanesh was strong, but the beast was fierce. Ulthanesh was skilled, but the beast was mad with bloodlust. Every wound the hero inflicted rapidly close, every severed limb quickly regrew and Ulthanesh knew why his warriors had failed.

As morning dawned, Ulthanesh had inflicted a dozen mortal wound on the fiend, yet it still stood, only to flee back to the moon as the first ray of sunlight touched the sky. Ulthanesh knew that the beast would return the next night and that many more Aeldari might fall to his claws and fangs. As a ward against the beast, he raised the three silver swords of his fallen companions in the morning sky and bound them with his mind to trap the monster on the moon, redeeming their failure in death.