Syndilian Shanyr

Like motes of dust in a beam of light, the lives of men are fleeting and aimless. Where the humans flounder and fail against the fates, however, the Eldar tread carefully along the crooked path, each foot fall a moment in time, each stride a step closer to the opening of the way. –Syndilian Shanyr, Eldar Pathfinder

Syndilian Shanyr, also known as the Syndillian the Traveller by his Aeldari kin, hales from Craftworld Il-Kaithe, located near the Eye of Terror. However, in recent history he has been spotted multiple times by the Imperium, specifically within the Jericho Reach.

History
The Imperium has precious little information on the presence of the Eldar in the Jericho Reach. Beyond the presence of a few corsairs and xenos pirates, such as the Black Prince of Slinnar or Qulisanna's Blade, it is largely believed that no significant Eldar threat exists.

This of course is far from the truth and the Eldar have long had eyes watching the Reach, moving in the dark and keeping vigil over its dead worlds.

Among these Eldar scouts and spies is Syndilian Shanyr, also know as Syndilian the Traveller among his kin. Syndilian and others from his people undertook the epic journey through the Jericho-Maw Warp Gate and into the Jericho Reach at the behest of their Farseers.

This was a result of what would become known as the Prophecy of the Crooked Path, laid down by the Il-Kaithe Farseers hundreds of years ago, and identifying the role their people would have to play in this region of space.

It was seen by the Il-Kaithe Farseers that a time would come when the great enemy would rise in the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy. Aided by the forces of discord and destruction, it would lay claim to a gateway to the heart of the world, a gateway the Humans would be powerless to defend or to close.

It was a fate, however, which could be averted -- if the enemies of the Eldar could be turned in upon each other and time could be won to close the gate themselves. This lofty task is why Syndilian has spent much of his life moving silently and unseen between worlds with his cadre of elite Rangers.

Using the wisdom of the Eldar and his own cunning, Syndilian has been subtly influencing events across the entire Reach, instigating battles, assassinating influential targets and even creating alliances between enemies -- all for the purpose of prolonging conflict.

Most recently, Syndilian and his followers have been operating in the Orpheus Salient, meddling with the course of events and the advance of Hive Fleet Dagon. Before her death, Inquisitor Kalistradi of the Ordo Xenos had even uncovered some evidence of the Eldar's presence on Avalos, though this has since been lost during the bloody course of the Tyranid invasion and her own demise at the hands of the Lordsholm Broodlord.

Syndilian Shanyr is an extremely dangerous foe with decades of training and experience in stealth and subversion. It is for this reason that only the tiniest whispers of his presence have ever reached the Imperium, and even the Inquisition has only the vaguest information on him -- little more than a name and some sketchy second-hand reports of a deadly Eldar assassin.

What worries the Inquisition and the Deathwatch the most about Syndilian, however, is not the lack of information on him but rather the fact that they have no clear idea of the nature of his mission. In their eyes, the Eldar seems to appear at random, killing, sabotaging, or otherwise altering events often without any clear short term effect.

While the damage he has inflicted seems limited, he has still been branded as a priority target and dangerous xenos terrorist by the Deathwatch. Kill-teams dispatched to areas where he is thought to be operating often have Syndilian's assassination given to them as a tertiary mission objective should they chance to encounter him.

To date, however, Syndilian has yet to be cornered by a Kill-team, and his few brief encounters with other Imperial forces have been brief and very one-sided.