Angel Exterminatus

The Angel Exterminatus is the Gothic name for an immeasurably powerful creature of Eldar Mythology. In the Eldar’s tongue, it is called Maelsaha’eil Atherakhia - although no survivor of the Eldar Craftworlds would dare to say its name aloud, which means beautiful eagle from hell that brings the end of all things. The Angel Exterminatus plays an important role in cycle of the House of Eldanesh, the Eldar’s greatest hero and seems to have strong ties through its name and role to the god Kaela Mensha Khaine of whom it is believed by Imperial mythologists to be some sort of physical manifestation, an Avatar of the god’s wrath. Though having vanished from the face of the universe long before the rise of the Imperium of Mankind, it is known that in the early 31st Millennium, two of the Traitor Primarchs, namely Fulgrim of the Emperor’s Children and Pertuarbo of the Iron Warriors covetted the Angel Exterminatus’ power and tried to unleash it against those loyal followers of the Emperor of Mankind. This attempt was however spoiled by the valliant actions of the Iron Hands Strike Cruiser Sisypheum.