Why no shining spear Pheonix Lord?

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**Eldrad**

Every one else has one why not the shining spears?

well besides the crimson hunters...

**Furyou Miko**

Warp Spiders don't have one either.

**Animus**

They do have one.

Drastanta, the Tempest of Starlight.

**Redseer**

Because GW is lazy and refuses to make the models I imagine. In the Iyanden supplement you can get some back story on their Phoenix Lord Drastanta.

**insaniak**

Originally it was because the Shining Spears were a 'newer' aspect, and their original shrine had not yet been founded when the Phoenix Lords were created. The Phoenix Lords were only formed from the 'original' Aspects.

I thnk the Phoenix Lord fluff has changed a little over the editions, though. No idea what if anything it says about them in the current codex.

**Daba**

The only Phoenix Lords represented (from the main Codex anyway) are from the original six. All but Asurmen and Karandras are the Asuryata and Karandras is the replacement of one (Asurmen is not because he was their teacher).

**BrotherOfBone**

Why no Warp Spiders?
Why no Crystal Dragons?
Why no Slicing Orbs of Zandros?

And, there is a Phoenix Lord for the Shining Spears, he just doesn't have a model (might be due to the fact he's probably dead).
'Drastanta, known as the Tempest of Starlight was Phoenix Lord of the Shining Spears. Known for his hubris and tendency to engage in needlessly long battles, Drastanta came late to Asurmen's final stand and found his mentor already fallen before the might of the Keeper of Secrets N'kari. In a fit of rage, Drastanta slew the Daemon, the energies of his Celestial Lance shattering the creature's spirit. Drastanta soon disappeared from the galaxy thereafter, leaving behind his Celestial Lance which has been passed down over the generations to various Craftworlds and Shining Spears shrines.'
From the Iyanded Supplement (ish).