CRAFTWORLD BIEL-TAN · HOWLING BANSHEES
PHOENIX LORD

Jain Zar

THE STORM OF SILENCE · PHOENIX LORD OF THE HOWLING BANSHEES · FIRST OF THE ASURYA

"There is only the scream. There is only the blade. There is only the silence that follows."

SHRINE
Howling Banshees
CRAFTWORLD
Biel-Tan
STATUS
Active
Jain Zar
HOLO-FEED INACTIVE
Awaiting Spirit Stone Link
JAIN ZAR · THE STORM OF SILENCE
DESIGNATION
Jain Zar
RANK & STATION
Phoenix Lord — Founder and Eternal Champion of the Howling Banshee Aspect Shrine
EPITHET
The Storm of Silence
ASPECT SHRINE
Howling Banshees — the Aspect of the Banshee's Scream, channelling the Wailing Doom of Morai-Heg
HONOURS
First of the Asurya to answer Asurmen's call · Founder of the Howling Banshee Shrines · Eternal Warrior of Biel-Tan
STATUS
Active — Reborn through the Shrine, fighting alongside the Ynnari and the forces of Biel-Tan against the encroaching darkness

Path Record · Biography

Biography

Jain Zar was the first of Asurmen's students to master the Warrior Path and found her own Aspect Shrine. Where Asurmen embodies discipline and the perfection of defence, Jain Zar is pure offensive fury — a storm of blades that strikes in eerie silence before the psychic scream tears through the enemy's will. She is the oldest of the Phoenix Lords after Asurmen himself, and her legend stretches across ten thousand years of Aeldari warfare.

Unlike many Phoenix Lords whose shrines are scattered across dozens of Craftworlds, Jain Zar has maintained the closest connection to Biel-Tan — the Craftworld of rebirth and reconquest. She has died and been reborn more times than any Aeldari can count, each time a new warrior donning the ancient armour of the Storm of Silence and inheriting the memories and fury of every bearer before them. In the wake of Biel-Tan's fracturing, she has allied with the Ynnari, seeing in the Whispering God a chance to break the cycle of death and rebirth that binds all Phoenix Lords.

"I was the first to scream. I will be the last to fall silent."

Armament · Wargear

Wargear & Relics

MELEE WEAPON
The Blade of Destruction
An executioner's weapon of terrible beauty, forged in the dying light of a star. Its edge cuts through armour, flesh, and spirit with equal ease — a silent blade that leaves only ruin in its wake.
RANGED WEAPON
Silent Death
A tri-blade throwing weapon of ancient Aeldari design that returns to the wielder's hand after striking. It spirals through the air without sound, severing heads and limbs before the enemy hears the Banshee's cry.
ARMOUR
The Armour of the Storm
The original suit of Howling Banshee armour, containing the accumulated spirit memories of every warrior who has borne the name Jain Zar. It resonates with psychic energy that amplifies the war-scream to devastating effect.
WAR MASK
Banshee Mask
The iconic psychosonic war mask of the Howling Banshees, projecting a scream that paralyses enemies with pure terror. Jain Zar's mask is the original — the template from which all others were made.

Hobby Record · Painting

Painting Status

CURRENT STATUS
On Sprue — Awaiting Assembly
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ON SPRUE
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ASSEMBLED
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PRIMED
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BASE COATS
HIGHLIGHTS
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COMPLETE
PAINTER'S NOTES
New on sprue. Bone armour — Wraithbone spray, Skeleton Horde contrast, Ushabti Bone drybrush. Red hair — Mephiston Red base, Evil Sunz Scarlet highlight. Green cloth — Warpstone Glow, Biel-Tan Green wash.