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Craftworld

Saim-Hann

The Wild Host craftworld of savage riders, whose warriors charge to battle astride shrieking jetbikes and skimmers.

Astrography

AgripinaaAlaitocArmageddonBaalBaal SecundusBakkaBarbarusBiel-TanBor'kanCadiaCalibanCalthCatachanCharadonChemosChogorisColchisCommorraghCretaciaCypra MundiDal'ythDamnosDeimosDimmamarDulanEspandorFenrisGathalamorGraiaHonourumHydra CordatusHydraphurIaxInwitIyandenKar DuniashKonorKriegKronusLuciusLunaMacraggeMandragoraMarsMedrengardMedusaMetalicaNecromundaNocturneNostramoOlympiaOphelia VIIParmenioPavonisPhalanxPiscina IVProsperoRynn's WorldRyzaSa'ceaSaim-HannSanctuary 101SavlarScintillaSepheris SecundusSicarusSolemnaceSortiarius (the Planet of the Sorcerers)SothaStygies VIIITallarnTanithTarosTerraThe Eye of TerrorThe Plague PlanetThe RockTigrusTitanTsagualsaUllanorUlthwéValhallaVigilusVior'laVraksZhur

Saim-Hann is the fiercest and most reckless of the great craftworlds, a society bound not by disciplined Paths alone but by the burning code of the Wild Rider clans. Its warriors prize speed, honour, and the exhilaration of the charge above all, and they scorn the patient stratagems that govern their kin. To the folk of Saim-Hann, hesitation is a kind of death, and glory belongs only to those who reach the enemy first.

The armies of these Aeldari are the Wild Host, a howling storm of jetbikes, Vypers, and grav-tanks that descends upon the foe with blinding velocity. Clan chieftains lead from the front, their kindreds knit together by ties of blood and fierce loyalty, each rider seeking to outdo the others in daring. Where Biel-Tan wars like a surgeon's blade, Saim-Hann strikes like a lightning bolt, gone before the thunder of its passing has faded.

Beneath the savagery lies an ancient serpentine wisdom, for the craftworld reveres the Cosmic Serpent and the ouroboros of endless renewal. Its shrines coil like living things, and its saga-poets sing of ancestors whose deeds still guide the clans. Yet the Wild Riders' hunger for glory is a double-edged gift, and many a proud kindred has been spent to the last soul chasing an honour that the cold galaxy neither notices nor rewards.