The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Hearing Sotha ask, Valentino Ravic thought for a moment, then replied:

"Your Highness, it was about fifty years ago. You may not know, the Spiritseer is not very old, only three hundred years old. It's just that her clan suffered a devastating blow in an Endless Wyrm invasion many years ago, and her parents died in that disaster. She was not yet an adult at the time, and Nesha and I adopted her, so Luweia is considered our half-daughter."

"Wait, does this Endless Wyrm refer to—"

Doral immediately interjected.

"Your Highness, it refers to the Tyranid swarm, also known as the Naga Hive Fleet, which invaded from the eastern edge of the galaxy about one hundred and seventy years ago and headed straight for the Ibaric star cluster. At that time, a fleet jointly formed by Iyanden, Mathairon, and Aidaho Craftworlds stopped the Tyranids. However, Iyanden had just finished a war with the servants of Chaos and was still far away, so the weaker Mathairon and Aidaho arrived first. Although they tried their best to stop the Tyranids, the Naga Hive Fleet chose to divide into two fleets, one attacking Halathel, the largest and most prosperous Maiden World in the Ibaric star cluster at the time, and the other attacking Esroh. At that time, Iyanden's naval commander, Drahci, misjudged, believing that the main force of the Hive Fleet would choose to go to Esroh. However, in fact, the main force of the Hive Fleet went straight to Halathel. Mathairon and Aidaho were unable to stop them and could only evacuate most of the residents of Halathel. In the end, this Maiden World, said to have a population of more than three hundred thousand, and its world-spirit were devoured. Iyanden rushed back and fought a major battle with the Tyranids in space, and naval commander Drahci also died in battle."

"Halathel was destroyed because of this."

Sotha actually knew about this Maiden World, but only recently, because when he was checking the current population composition of the Royal Court, he found that the number of Wild Aeldari had reached 23% of the population, which was an astonishing number, meaning that more than two hundred thousand Wild Aeldari had come to settle in the Royal Court. The largest group among them came from a Maiden World called Halathel, and they also called themselves the People of Halathel.

At that time, Sotha was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, Wild Aeldari are very attached to their homeland and rarely leave unless absolutely necessary. Why would there be such a large number of refugees? It was not until now that this doubt was resolved.

Of course, the root cause was that he didn't care about things at all, otherwise he would have known this long ago.

"What happened after that?"

Valentino Ravic took over Doral's words and became the presenter, perhaps fearing that this Golden Feather Messenger would embellish things and say unpleasant things.

"After that, Mathairon Craftworld was said to have been destroyed by a strange creature. Aidaho and Iyanden were unable to do anything about it and could only come to support Esroh as soon as possible. This Endless Wyrm fleet was relatively weak, and only after projecting thousands of spore pods to the ground did reinforcements arrive. The Allied forces first destroyed the enemy's space forces, and then the new Iyanden commander, Prince Yriel, led the Iyanden and Aidaho Allied forces to the ground to help us clear the enemy's remnants. Although the enemy was quickly cleared, some invisible and disguised creatures bypassed our defenses, entered the woodland, and caused huge casualties. Luweia's family was the victim of this massacre. Before this incident, the kingdom had a population of one hundred and ten thousand, and it has not recovered until now. The survivors of Mathairon Craftworld stayed with us for more than a hundred years before leaving for the Royal Court not long ago."

"This operation also drained the blood of Aidaho Craftworld. According to my information, the population of that world plummeted to less than three-tenths of its original size after continuous battles. Later, due to different ideologies, it parted ways with Iyanden, and was eventually attacked and destroyed by the enemy in isolation and helplessness. Most of the survivors of Aidaho Craftworld are also in the Royal Court now, while the refugees from Halathel first lived in Iyanden, but later most of them left because they were not used to the cold and isolated life of the Craftworld, and scattered in various Maiden Worlds as refugees. They gathered and came to seek refuge shortly after the Royal Court was established."

Doral's interjection made Sotha a little helpless. His close aide was good at everything, except that he liked to use various small tricks to try to make him feel disgusted with the Imperium.

However, one thing he said made Sotha very concerned. The Royal Court seemed to be very attractive to Wild Aeldari who had lost their homes. This was partly related to Veronica's identity, and partly because the lifestyle of the Royal Court was not as strict as that of the Craftworld. Perhaps this force could be reused.

After arriving at the Royal Court, these Wild Aeldari mostly established villages or forest farms away from the city based on their original clans. Veronica was also very generous in allocating land to them, and their loyalty should be very guaranteed.

"After the catastrophe, Luweia became silent and closed her heart. Many people thought she was too cold, but she actually had a good relationship with Cordelia. Her coldness came from the terrible experience of her parents' tragic death and the mental impact of the Tyranid swarm on her young mind. However, perhaps because of this, she awakened her powerful psychic talent very early, and her cold personality also helped her to better control her power. However, not long after she became a Spiritseer, one night Cordelia found her dancing alone in the garden under the moonlight. At that time, she should have been performing and chanting incomprehensible songs. After the judgment of other Spiritseers, she should have become the legendary Daughter of Lilith, so Luweia is not actually a gatekeeper. She is a priest of the Dream Shrine, and guarding the gate is just a job she requested, because it can keep her away from the crowd."

Sotha nodded thoughtfully, sat up straight. Doral looked at the stage for a while, then tilted his body and whispered to Sotha:

"Your Highness, would you like me to arrange a private meeting with Ms. Luweia?"

"No need, I will discuss it with Veronica when she comes."

After speaking, Sotha thought of something.

"Wait, in that case, the Mathairon Craftworld occupied by the Orks mentioned earlier shouldn't be far away, right?"

"Your Highness, it is not far, about 2 star systems away."

"Now that we are already here, let's solve this matter together."

After the entertainment activities with a commemorative nature ended, the Aeldari of the Linnaean Kingdom actually sang and danced again. Obviously, the Wild Aeldari have a completely different view of life and death from the Craftworld Aeldari. Perhaps death itself is sad, but they also believe that life and death are part of the natural cycle. The deceased is gone, and the living are like this. The living should use a more brilliant life to play out the part of the deceased. Sotha admires this open-minded view of life and death, which is still very similar to the Space Marines' view of life and death, and he himself does not like the gloomy ghost culture of the Craftworld at all.