Craftworld Ulthwé
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| Translation | "The Song of Ulthanesh" | |
| Location | Segmentum Obscurus | |
| Specialty | Farseers, Guardians | |
| Hero | Eldrad Ulthran | |
| Enemy | Chaos | |
| Colours | Black and white | |
Craftworld Ulthwé (full name Ulthanash Shelwe) is one of the major Eldar Craftworlds in Warhammer 40,000, famous for its use of Farseers and Black Guardians. Its most famous scion is Eldrad Ulthran, the Chief Farseer of Craftworld Ulthwé and known as being one of the biggest dicks in 40k.
History
Ulthwé was one of the last Craftworlds to hightail it out of the Segmentum Obscurus, and as a result is within spitting distance of the Eye of Terror. In the last ten thousand years, Craftworld Ulthwé has suffered thousands of attacks by the daemons of Slaanesh and the Emperor's Children, earning its nickname "Ulthwé the Damned". As a result, the Craftworld's primary enemy is Chaos, and it has placed a high emphasis on the Path of the Seer and training Warlocks, allowing the Seer Council to predict when attacks will come and better prepare Ulthwe for it. As a result of focusing on the Path of the Seer, Craftworld Ulthwé has much less Aspect Warriors than other Craftworlds. To compensate for this, Craftworld Ulthwé trains their Guardians as the Black Guardians, a much more thoroughly trained corps of Guardians ready to respond at a moments notice.
Craftworld Ulthwé has occasionally worked with the Imperium of Man to better fight the forces of Chaos, but this relationship, like all Imperial-Xenos relationships, is an alliance of convenience (Except for the Space marines new butt buddy status with the Tau, trololololol) and usually breaks down within moments of achieving the Eldar objective. It should be noted that the Imperium does not break its deals/alliances with xenos. The xenos always (except in the case of the few dozen or so protectorate species the Imperium has) betrays the Imperials and stabs them in the back (sometimes literally). This stems from failed first contact with the Imperium, when Eldrad attempted to warn the Imperium about Horus Lupercal's fall to Chaos, but instead of warning the Emperor himself gave his message to the Primarch Fulgrim, who was already in the throes of Slaaneshi corruption thanks to the daemonic sword he kept after the Cleansing of Laer. It resulted in a firefight and left several Eldar not just dead but lost to Slaanesh.(You would think that he would have been able to foresee that, but apparently not.) Craftworld Ulthwé is also responsible for the Second War of Armageddon, as it was Eldrad who diverted WAAAGH Ghazghkull to Armageddon, instead of towards the Craftworlds. Craftworld Ulthwé also has a secret alliance with House Belisarius, a Navigator house with exclusive rights to fly to the starships of the Space Wolves. In M31, Craftworld Ulthwé saved the fortunes of House Belisarius, which began an arrangement where Belisarius gave Craftworld Ulthwé seven coins to call upon the debt. If an Eldar or Craftworld Ulthwé gives a Navigator of Belisarius one of the coins, the Navigator immediately drops whatever they're doing and helps the Eldar, taking the coin and paying back the debt. So far, this has happened five times in past ten thousand years. Naturally, House Belisarius makes an effort to keep the Space Wolves unaware of this agreement.