And this was but a tendril of the creature. She felt small and afraid before it, but she did not let her fear cow her defiance.Īgainst this vista flickered the souls of eldar, their jewel-brightness dimmed by the incomparable glare of the Great Dragon. It dreaded dreams that could not be fathomed. It contemplated thoughts as large as continents, and spun plans more complex than worlds. She was so close now that she perceived the ridged topography of its mind, larger than star systems, an entity bigger than a god. But the greatest shadows are cast by the brightest lights, and seen closely, the soul of the hive mind shone brighter than any sun. It was a great shadow when seen from afar, a wave of dread and psychic blindness that preceded the hive fleet's arrival. What Iyanna saw was the reality of its soul. The first was merely a part of the whole, and the second psychic abstraction. Not the hideous intrusions into the mortal realm that swam the black star sea, nor as a Farseer might see it, as a great and braided cable of malicious fate dominating all the skein. "Beyond the shield she saw the Great Dragon's true form. Wriathflight is full of interesting statements from the perspective of Iyanna Arienal (Spiritseer).Īs she leads a fleet of Eldar ships to attack a Leviathan tendril heading towards an Imperial world (and overwhelming an Imperial fleet): There are several fairly good Tyranid-centric stories that were released around the time the Shield of Baal campaign was released, and a couple of them talk a bit about "The Hive Mind". I'll field this since it was me that brought it up in the other thread.
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