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Still there is a prophecy telling of the return of the Eldar gods and how they will battle and destroy Slaanesh as a unified pantheon. While the Eldar still revere all the gods and preserve their stories within the mythic cycles, they do not call on them for aid or hope for their intervention any longer. With two notable exceptions, the Pantheon of the Eldar is considered to have been destroyed by the birth of Slaanesh. The Eldar myths center around the doings of seven major gods: Asuryan, the Phoenix-King, Isha, the Earthmother, Vaul, god of the forge, Cegorach, the Laughing God, Kuronos, the god of the hunt, Morai-heg, the goddess of wisdom, and Khaine, the god of war. The most famous of these cycles was the War in Heaven, an epic conflict between the Eldar, on the side of the Old Ones, and the Necrons, on the side of the C'tan. The Eldar are known to be a very spiritual people, and much of their culture is based around their mythological cycles. The Eldar population is constantly dwindling.Įldar Religion Main article: Eldar Mythology Since this time, which is known only as The Fall, the Eldar have been a broken and scattered people, lacking cohesion and purpose. Many Eldar survived the Fall and remain trapped within the Eye on the homeworlds of the Eldar, the Crone Worlds, and are enslaved to Slaanesh. This region is now known as the Eye of Terror, and is now the home of the forces of Chaos. Its awakening was so forceful that it tore a hole between physical space and the Warp, plunging the Eldar homeworlds into a limbo of partial existence. It finally came to consciousness as Slaanesh, Devourer of Souls and doom to the Eldar, for the psychic scream of its birth tore the souls from all the Eldar within a thousand light years of it. As the Eldar vices grew, this collection did as well, until it eventually came into a life of its own. Within the parallel realm of the warp, the psychic emanations of these activities began to gather, strengthened by the souls of departed followers and cultists.

While this would have been destructive within any society, it was even more damaging for the Eldar. Disgusted, some of the Eldar left the central worlds of the Empire to settle on the outlying regions, while others stayed to try and alter the path their race had taken. Many of the Eldar grew uneasy with the actions of their comrades, and the wisest of the Seers warned that the path could lead only to evil. It did not take long for many of the Eldar to take a darker path, descending into dark study, instant fulfilment and unbridled violence, beginning the Fall of the Eldar. Rapidly, cults devoted to exotic knowledge, physical pleasure, and ever-more outrageous entertainment sprang up. Consumed by arrogance and with no need for substantial work or labour, the Eldar began to pursue any curiosity or desire. Although there were other races of advanced technology and military power, none were in a position to seriously threaten the state of the Eldar nation. Once, ten thousand years past, the Eldar were among the most powerful and dominant race of the galaxy, dominating a significant portion of the galaxy and secure in their prosperity. Even in such straits, however, they are still a powerful force in the galaxy.

The existing Eldar are essentially a refugee population, the scattered remains of their former strength and power. This process is ill-understood, but Eldar autopsies are suggestive of it. Eldar are mentally far superior to humans, and feel all emotions much more strongly, requiring the Eldar to exercise constant restraint to avoid mental break down.Įldar seem to reproduce in stages, with new genetic material being added by the father to the developing embryo over an extended period. The Farseers of the Eldar can live for several thousand years. The Eldar that actively cultivate their psychic potential seem to exhibit a much-extended lifespan as well, one proportional to their prowess. As a race they have a high level of psychic ability, which serves as the foundation of their technology. To them humans seem to move in slow motion with a certain degree of awkwardness, while to humans the Eldar can move with distracting grace and can be blindingly fast in combat. These traits manifest in their vastly heightened reactions and agility compared to humans. Eldar also have much faster metabolic rates than humans, and their cardiac and neurological systems are more advanced. They are long-lived by human standards, and most will live more than a thousand years unless they die from accident or disease.

Superficially, the Eldar appear very similar to humans, though they are generally taller, and slimmer, with sharp features and pointed ears.