Karandras was the first Phoenix Lord — the current Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions, but he was not the first. That distinction belongs to Arhra, the Father of Scorpions, who fell to darkness and betrayed his Shrine. In the aftermath of the Fall, when the survivors of the Aeldari race drifted through the void in their Craftworlds, It was Karandras, Arhra's most gifted student, who took up the mantle after his master's corruption, preserving the art of the shadow warrior and cleansing the taint from the Shrine's teachings — a gift that has preserved their civilisation for ten thousand years.
Where other Phoenix Lords embody their aspects with purity and clarity, Karandras carries the weight of his predecessor's shame. He is the most solitary of the Phoenix Lords, preferring the silence of the hunt to the counsel of his peers — Jain Zar, Karandras, Fuegan, Baharroth, Maugan Ra, and others whose names are lost to legend. Unlike his students, who each mastered a single aspect of warfare, Karandras embodies the totality of the warrior ideal: discipline, sacrifice, and the willingness to die and be reborn so that his people might endure. His Dire Avenger shrines are found on every Craftworld, the most common and most respected of all Aspect Warriors, a testament to the breadth of his legacy.
"The scorpion does not announce itself. It simply strikes."