Lightweight and extremely manoeuvrable, the Raider epitomises the Dark Eldar's belief that velocity always triumphs over durability. In the interest of variety in my 40k collection, I want to get a female Eldar HQ choice. Vendettas are revisited only once the captives are divided, for above all the Dark City requires a steady intake of fresh souls. There other attempts to strike at Yvraine as well. The need for survival in a hostile galaxy is the only thing that bonds the Drukhari together as a species and thus even in combat they are not normally inclined to cooperate with one another beyond the bare minimum required. Skilled as she was, Jain Zar could not overcome Drazhar in combat, for where she was a leader as well as a warrior, Drazhar was devoted to bladesmanship alone. Made from the tortured spirit stone of an Aspect Warrior, the tormenter radiates and aura of terror that can strike horror into the minds of even the most resolute enemy. Some sought to directly assail those Ynnari dwelling within the fractured realm of Commorragh, and in so doing weaken or cast doubt upon Yvraine's cause. Their origins lie in the tumultuous times that preceded the Fall; as the cults of excess began to thrive, their private realms in the Webway flourished unseen until the largest of their number grew powerful enough to threaten Commorragh itself. Every Aeldari is a latent psychic and has the ability to become a very powerful psyker with training. The warrior Kabals strike swiftly and without warning from portals opened within the Labyrinth Dimension of the Webway, only to disappear like ghosts when enemy resistance becomes too severe. The various cultures of the Aeldari that exist today in the 41st Millennium are only shadows of the glory of that ancient Aeldari Empire. Pulsing waves of spirit-essence flow outward to those Dark Eldar standing near the Cronos, rendering them stronger and more vital even as the foe wither and crumble to dust. Into the yawning power vacuum stepped Asdrubael Vect and his Kabal of the Black Heart. This is represented in the 8th Edition rules by forcing extra enemy to flee when they fail a, The Armour of Misery, a Relic of the Kabal of the Obsidian Rose in 8th Edition. In these "false Humans," Vect saw opportunity -- one so twisted and sadistic that Urien Rakarth agreed to orchestrate it on his behalf. The Aeldari are the most psychically gifted of all sentient beings in the galaxy and as the hedonistic corruption gradually seduced them, the echoes of their ecstasy and agony began to ripple through time and space. These Trueborn are given more value than the half-born, and as such earn a higher place in the Dark Eldar society. The rise of Yvraine -- and her transformation at the Crucibael arena into the high priestess of Ynnead -- had triggered a metaphysical invasion -- the Dysjunction -- that had allowed daemon legions to spill into his artfully created city from the Immaterium. An individual does not become a Grotesque voluntarily like the Wracks. Rather than present one obvious target, Dark Eldar strike forces attack in waves, with a veritable horde of their skimmer craft pouring out of the Webway portals they open in the tortured skies of targeted worlds. Amongst the Drukhari, only the most devious and ruthless survive for long and any alliance or coalition that forms does so only either out of greed or fear of its individual participants' rivals. The Incubi consider the Klaive to be the only weapon properly used by any true warrior, though the Incubi's warleaders, who bear the title of Klaivex, sometimes favour the usage of such variants as the Demi-Klaive, two smaller powered blades that can be wielded separately or clasped together to form a much larger sword that adds to the wielder's strength. When moving from place to place, Grotesques simply shuffle after their keepers, but when given the command to kill and maim, they become true engines of destruction. "There is no good story without a villain. For the Dark Eldar themselves, it's dying in a place or way that prevents the haemonculi from being able to resurrect them, for it means their souls are irrevocably lost to Slaanesh. Extraordinarily beautiful and possessed of an elegant but deadly grace, they are born to the fury of battle and stride through its chaos surrounded by coteries of their lethal Wyches who seek out worthy alien opponents for their mistresses to kill. To compensate, their army is highly mobile, featuring blindingly-fast open-topped skimmer transports to quickly get troops exactly where needed, or run circles around their opponent. Sprays of arterial blood and explosively dismembered corpses mark their passage, the laughter of these merciless warriors the last thing their victims will hear. The history of the Drukhari is one of unrelenting horror. Only the most capable Drukhari warriors are recruited for each incursion into realspace, for to fail in such an invasion is to bring one's own entire Kabal that much closer to annihilation in the byzantine politics of Commorragh. The Aeldari did not expect any of the dull-witted Humans who infested the rest of the planet to uncover the location of their eyrie, and Yvraine was speaking with such passion and fervour that all eyes were on her. Warhammer Community - Grim Dark Corners: The Fall of the Aeldari and the Birth of Slaanesh, https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Drukhari?oldid=374440. Packs of Hellions haunt the desolate regions of the Dark City, surviving through the use of their wits and taking pride in the scars they earn in the course of their savage lives. Each squad of Kabalite Warriors is led by an officer called a Sybarite, typically the most veteran and experienced among their number. Many Archons will pay handsomely for one or more Cronos to accompany their forces, for should the fighting become protracted, having such an invigorating horror on hand can make all the difference. A Drukhari Kabalite Warrior of … The strike forces of the Drukhari, despite their own treacherous natures, are well-honed machines in combat. Archon, Conversion, Dark Eldar, Female, Leltith - Female Archon conversion - Gallery. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Miniatures Female Slaves Artel W Heretic Drukhari Dark Eldar at the best online prices at eBay! The sightlinks built into their Splinter Cannons and Dark Lances not only improve accuracy but also allow the wielder to watch his victim's agony as each weapon blast penetrates flesh and bone. The most secure forms of Vox transmission can always be intercepted and psychic communication is strictly forbidden to the Dark Eldar. He also refused to reveal the ending of the story he told. Kruellagh has plagued the Imperium since the 38th Millennium and has gained a reputation for being a sadistic raider who revels in the terror and death she spreads. It is not uncommon for Wracks to have three or even four arms surgically grafted onto their torsos, sometimes taken from other species. To be honest im getting overlord flashbacks from this. 20. The Archon's most favoured retainers and pets, each of whom specialises in its own preferred form of visiting death and pain upon others, accompany him into combat. In the wake of the dysjunction that followed the partial awakening of Ynnead, the God of the Dead, and the opening of the Dathedian, the Great Rift, Vect was apparently assassinated by unknown hands. In the Era Indomitus, the term Aeldari has come to be preferred to Eldar, though the original name for the Asuryani best known by the Imperium of Man is still often used interchangeably. When the time comes to offer battle, an Archon will first stop at his weapons museums, savouring the process of selecting which of the baleful technologies of the Dark City -- Soul-traps, Agonisers, and Shadowfields -- he will use to visit terror and pain upon the unwitting. The Aeldari civilisation was gone. Before long the streets of Aeldari cities ran with their blood. However, the innate psychic abilities of their forebears have atrophied. With an apocalyptic bellow that tore the heart out of the Aeldari Empire, a new Chaos God was born, Slaanesh the Dark Prince of Excess. The Vulkan's Wrath was struck by thick blasts of electromagnetic force produced by Port Shard's salvage spars, rendering the majority of its weapons systems useless. Only the manifestation of the Yncarne, summoned to battle by so much Aeldari death in one place, allowed Yvraine and the rest of the command structure of the Ynnari to break through and make their escape into the Webway. Through a blend of alchemy and science, the Cronos drains away not the vital fluids of its victims but their life essence. Then came Marquis Vulkhere himself; whilst his foes were focused on the threat pushing up from below he and his handpicked Trueborn bodyguard had blasted their way into the spire's upper chambers, slain Archon Leshh of the Poisoned Hope, and now fell upon the Ynnari from behind. As the millennia pass, many Haemonculi become ever more deranged and obsessive. The alternative term "Dark Eldar," or Eladrith Ynneas in the Aeldari tongue, was first coined by the Drukhari archon and Supreme Overlord of Commorragh Asdrubael Vect in the 32nd Millennium. The Incubi are specifically this to the Craftworld Aspect Warriors, being a cult of warriors who dedicate themselves to mastery of their art above all and have a highly specialised form of warfare. So it was that several sub-realms of the Dark City were claimed by pro-Ynnari Drukhari factions, fortified against assault and became separatist enclaves in their own right. Sometimes Venoms are used to transport only a single warrior to battle in unusual style. Raids are planned meticulously by the archons and Succubi that lead them and hidden routes through the Webway are opened in readiness for the attack. After several such assault waves, the enemy forces' defences are stripped away until only the weakest units are left to be ripped apart in the final assault. The Aeldari mind and psyche is a thing of duality: it can experience zeniths of bliss and nadirs of suffering far more keenly than that of the other intelligent starfaring races of the galaxy, including Mankind. Arhra is believed at present to be Drazhar, the Master of Blades, the greatest of the Dark Eldar Incubi. Incredibly ruthless and eccentric, Sliscus often cares more about style over substance, willing to sacrifice his own ships if it means destroying his enemy in a suitably impressive manner. It is believed that the very first Incubus was the first Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions Aspect Warriors, Arhra, who fell to the service of Slaanesh by walking the Path of Damnation and joined the Dark Eldar. This was a horrific punishment for a people so vain and haughty as the Drukhari, and those subjected to the treatment cried out that they would do anything at all to have it reversed. Archons regularly lead full-scale planetary raids for their Kabals, as drinking in the agony of entire planets is the only way they can regenerate themselves. In recent years, since the formation of the Ynnari faction which contains members of the Aeldari species from all of the factions, it has become common for the Asuryani to once more refer to themselves using the ancient term "Aeldari," reflecting their belief that with the awakening of Ynnead, the Aeldari god of the dead, their species is once more on the path to resurrecting its lost glory. Some Eldar savants claim that the Mandrakes are descended from those of their race inhabiting the Webway who before the Fall of the Eldar engaged in heinous acts of lust with daemonic entities of the Warp when the lost Eldar empire was at its most decadent. The Harlequin prefer to dwell within the shattered corners of the original Eldar Webway, and they usually only interact with the other Eldar societies on the night before what they believe will be a particularly important battle for the Eldar race. But Jain Zar had pledged her power to the Ynnari, and with Ynnead's grace upon her, she fought with uncanny speed and skill to defend Yvraine. The Drukhari are unique amongst the intelligent races of the Milky Way Galaxy because they do not live on a settled world or worlds, but rather the bulk of their population is concentrated in one foul city-state -- the Dark City of Commorragh -- that lies within the "ordered" Immaterium of the Aeldari Webway. Similarly, an Aeldari's soul is much brighter in the Warp than those of "lesser" sentients like Humans who do not possess such potent psychic abilities. The Drukhari in large war fleets assaulting well-defended targets organise themselves into successive waves made up of units with differing tactical capabilities and destroy the enemy in a series of separate but linked sequential assaults. Similarly, it is not unusual for a Succubus to have claimed similarly gruesome trophies from an Ork Warboss, a synapse creature of the Tyranids, or, the most coveted of all, an Autarch of the Craftworld Eldar. Asdrubael Vect, Archon of the Kabal of the Black Heart and de facto overlord of Commorragh, defends himself against would-be assassins. Kabalite Warrior. The coven of the Prophets of Flesh, those who studied under the demented flesh-sculptor Urien Rakarth, had devised a new punishment -- to take a transgressor and reshape them, melding their mortal clay until they looked, walked and even smelt like a Human being. The change that was wrought upon those Aeldari sealed within the Webway was far more subtle. These histories divide the tale of Commorragh into three ages -- ill-defined and overlapping though they are -- each more redolent with cruelty and evil than the last. Unfortunately for Salaine, the sphere's defences and legions of servitor guardians were too numerous and powerful for her Kabal alone to overcome. It was Salaine Morn and her Kabal of the Shadowed Thorns that first rediscovered the Gaelan Sphere and decided to put it to use. The realm of Commorragh expanded unstoppably as wealth flowed across its borders. 53 Prophets of War: Viscount Rex: Fought against the Crusade of Fire. Their spines have been elongated so that from the lower back, their vertebrae meld into prehensile bone-tails that can lash out at their victims. How a Dark Eldar becomes a Haemonculus is unknown. Slaanesh will also consume the souls of Drukhari whole should they die. Voidravens are invisible to all but the naked eye and mount complex sonic dampers that completely obscure the sound of its engines. These eldest of the Archons view the rest of their species with contempt; as little better than squabbling children. This shielded them from the psychic backlash of Slaanesh's birth, allowing them to gleefully continue the lifestyle that led to the Fall and flourish in their twisted capital of Commorragh while their Craftworld cousins drifted in the void. It almost makes one long for a loss to keep things interesting... almost, but not quite. IMAGE DETAILS. With a roar, the strike cruiser began to ascend into the sky and freedom. They often emerge unexpectedly from hidden Webway portals, staging dazzling performances known as masques drawn from the tales of Eldar Mythology that reenact the most sacred legends of the Eldar race. As the Haemonculi of the Dark City are megalomaniacs who tend toward delusions of godhood, they love to surround themselves with minions who will enact their orders without question or debate. Now, it floats in a relatively stable position, more debris of a forgotten age of enlightenment. From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum. It is common for a Succubus to gather the most talented and skilled of her Hekatrix handmaidens into a clique of elite murdereresses, led by the most skilled Hekatrix in the cult, who holds the position of Syren. Even this is not a release for some, for the foul Drukhari Haemonculi hold the power of life and death in their claws. To venture unheralded past these satellite realms is to invite destruction -- many large and territorial Kabals of Drukhari reside within their twisted geometries, deadly pirate bands of pitiless warriors who live only to inflict pain on others, and will suffer no intrusion on their realms. I'd like to stress again that dark eldar society is basically entirely equal when it comes to sex (except that top wyches are almost always female). The echoes of the new god's apoetheosis still resounded within them, but unlike their kin in realspace they had escaped destruction. These alien pirates strike hard and fast from the shadows of the Webway, vanishing again before the foe can fight back. In a joint mission lead by a few high ranking female Farseers the Eldar race(the female part) ended up becoming mon-keigh/eldar baby makers. The Drop Pods hurtled down, smashing through Drukhari fighter craft and Commorrite starscrapers alike, each containing a squad of Space Marines who deployed upon impact with their weapons blazing. As a result, elder Archons usually cover their black-veined faces with masks. It appeared that even a mastermind such as Vect, allied with a near-mythical warrior such as Drazhar, could not engineer Yvraine's death. Each such kill is an opportunity for a Succubus to prove her superiority and maintain her position, so the more witnesses to these duels, the better. From nearby Port Shard came hundreds of exotic craft, each a needle-like splinter next to the slab-like Imperial vessels, but no less deadly for that. Yet as more time passed, these Eldar discovered that they hadn't escaped Slaanesh's touch after all, as their souls were being slowly drained away. Before long, Vect found his Kabal's fleet in the Desaderian Gulf dwarfed by the armada of the Archon Lord Xelian. All of this means that an Aeldari experiences the universe and all its sensations to a greatly heightened degree compared to a Human. Other unfortunates are rendered down, their final fate to be imbibed as an elixir or narcotic by the monstrous beings who stole their lives. They relish breaking the bodies of their captives, but prize even more highly the crushing of their spirit, for nothing is more gratifying to a Drukhari than securing utter dominion over one who has resisted them. The Incubi focus not on artistry but on the pragmatic method of killing their opponent as efficiently and quickly as possible. Conventional wisdom was that these Eldar only survived on craftworlds and the maiden worlds that the … ++ Progress is slow but I'm getting somewhere! The most savage of these airborne horrors are the Hellions, gangs of feral Dark Eldar who descend upon their prey in a flurry of blades before soaring away, safely out of reach. Rather than having their psychic essences, their souls, consumed in one great draught by Slaanesh, their souls slowly drained away into the Warp, taken over time by She Who Thirsts. Over the millennia, Commorragh grew from its shrouded beginnings into a galactic nightmare, its expansion driven largely by the machinations of one being, Asdrubael Vect of the Kabal of the Black Heart, who rose from slavery to become the true supreme overlord of the Dark City. 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