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Created page with "thumb|The Luminai, a warhost built of Corsair and Craftworld Alaitoc, walk the razor's edge between a gilded past and a fiery future. Led by the twin Autarchs Elenduil and Ellethor Sunsinger, they are the eternal debate made manifest: must their path be perfected, or must it be reborn? The '''Luminai''' (Aeldari for "The Luminous" or "Bringers of Light") are a unique and fractious Aeldari warhost operating on the fringes of the galaxy during the Era I..."
 
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== History ==
== History ==
The warhost's origins lie in a cataclysmic vision experienced by the Alaitoc Farseer, Maerthandil. He foresaw two equally probable futures for his craftworld: one ending in destruction due to rigid isolationism, the other in a bloody civil war sparked by embracing the Ynnari. Unable to reconcile these paths, Maerthandil, along with the twin Autarch brothers Elenduil and Ellethor Sunsinger, and their followers, chose exile. In a move that shocked Alaitoc's ruling council, they commandeered a decently-sized potent fleet, including the venerable Void-Stalker battleship ''Umbra Lament'', and departed. They became the Luminai, a "Sundered Constellation," to test their conflicting ideologies far from Alaitoc, thereby shielding their home from the potential fallout of their dangerous experiment.
The warhost's origins lie in a cataclysmic vision experienced by the Alaitoc Farseer, Maerthandil. He foresaw two equally probable futures for his craftworld: one ending in destruction due to rigid isolationism, the other in a bloody civil war sparked by embracing the Ynnari. Unable to reconcile these paths, Maerthandil, along with the twin Autarch brothers [[Elenduil Sunsinger]] and [[Ellethor Sunsinger]], and their followers, chose exile. In a move that shocked Alaitoc's ruling council, they commandeered a decently-sized potent fleet, including the venerable Void-Stalker battleship ''Umbra Lament'', and departed. They became the Luminai, a "Sundered Constellation," to test their conflicting ideologies far from Alaitoc, thereby shielding their home from the potential fallout of their dangerous experiment.


== Organization & Fleet ==
== Organization & Fleet ==