Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-195.226.149.13-20140911230414/@comment-72.93.44.34-20140917035433

Okay so I looked into it. I'm going to try to give you an opinionated and thorough answer.

First I'm goanna say that the Eldar are a capable race. I don't think that they would be engaging in the infinity curcuits project if they did not believe that it could produce some sort of result. It is protecting some Eldar from Slaanesh so that is evidence of its effectiveness. Now, I do think that when the last Eldar is dead something will happened and maybe Ynnead will be formed. It is still unfavorable that he will, but it could happened. The Eldar certainly have, and have had in the past, some very powerful sychers, who could potentially lead the collective consciousness of the soul conglomeration into forming Ynnead, but still its probably not that high of a chance.

Now here is were I think the prophecy enters into folklore. Ynnead, if formed, would not stand a chance against Slaanesh. Simply put, he would not. Slaanesh took out Asurian, Kurnous, a few dozen others, and Khain, while fighting of Khorne who came to his rescue, successfully!!! And the theory that his power has been depleted since then is not really based on anything logical, Slaanesh is just too self-absorbed to care to start too many wars with the other gods. But he could, just like he destroyed his creators, do more damage if he wanted to. Also Ynnead would have the potency of the Eldar that he is formed by. He does not have an infinite power source like Slaanesh, who feeds off of desire, exesss, pain, pleasure, etc. etc. Ynnead would not last more that half an hour against Slaa.

So if formed Ynnead would better try to isolate himself from chaos as much as possible. Sort of like the Emperor has his own sphere in the warp were the souls of his friends go. But he should never fight Slaanesh head on. In this way he could try and restart the Eldar race in real space. But nothing ambitious. I doubt his ability to do this as well. Being the god of the dead and all. I doubt he can create life. But if he can is some way then the struggle with Chaos would continue, but he would be in no position to fight or defeat Slaanesh. Ever.

Lastly, if by some unforeseen miracle Yneead managed to get the upper hand against the Prince of Chaos, the other ruinous powers would come and help Slaanesh. No questions asked. Against a foreign entity, they join. And remember the Great Game, is called a game for a reason. They are in the end of the day on the same team. Gods of Chaos. Their daemons fight in the warp, and they are opposites to each other, but some deep lore clearly suggests that they respect each other. They wouldn't let him go, chaos would be hugely weakened if he did, even Khorne would acknowledge that and step in.

So, Ynnead formed, maybe, Slaanesh defeated, no way. Cheers!