Arch i have a suggestion: Maybe at some point you should host a Bloodbowl 2 or Battlefleet Gothic:Armada tournament for your subscribers. And the winner reward would be any asked lore video or stuff
Actually there is no active discouragement of partaking in multiple different aspects, and disallowing of returning to the same aspect shrine, those who partake in multiple aspect shrines can be eventually be opened up to the rank of Autarch, though this usually requires rigorous training and with the war councils (existing Autarchs, warlocks and farseers) approval of them. Additionally becoming lost on a path isn't considered a fate worse than death, those who become "lost" on a path gain more of a...mentor role in that path (farseers, exarchs and the like), and cannot leave it for the rest of their lives, it is considered a grim fate, but not one worse than death, becoming lost to the very ideal of the paths itself is a fate worse than death, and some eldar who are considered dangerous may actually have the part of their brain that...causes their psychic potential removed (though this is very rare). Also im sorry to say, you got the Phoenix Lords...a bit wrong, each aspect (dire avengers, howling banshees, ect) has a SINGLE Phoenix Lord, Dire Avengers have Asurmen, Howling Banshees have Jain Zar, ect, and his pseudo-immortality is something all his Phoenix Lords have, they were all trained by Asurmen and they would see him more as a father figure than spiritual liege, the leading councils of the craftworlds are, as mentioned earlier, councils of Farseers, Warlocks and Autarchs, with the Farseers understandably having the most major role. Sorry if this is a slight rant, I'm a rather large fan of eldar.
I'll just make a minor corection to what is otherwise a preety good correction of what arch got wrong: farseers are not automaticaly the most important members of post fall eldar society. In fact, depending on what craftworld you travel to, their importance and level of power in the hierarchy varies (Biel-Tan is purely led by autarchs for example). Also: farseers are not lost to the path. Those who become lost to the path of the seer become ... trees esentialy. In the meditation garden of the craftworld, they become some form of spirit tree and can aid other meditating farseers and boost their power. This is also an inevitable fate for all those who walk the path of the seer past a certain point. Warlocks which you seem to imply are what happens when someone follows the path of the seer and doesn't become lost to it, are actualy another of the mixed path profesions, in this case they were once warriors of an aspect before leaving that path and walking the path of the seer.
I thought all Exarch had the "immortality" thing, my lore-fu is old (2nd edition), but i distinctly remember the thing about exarch armour being mini "infinity circuits" and when someone becomes an exarch they become locked in that armour and their personnality becomes merged with the gestalt personnality built by the original exarch and all the eldars who wore that armour. And when the Exarch gets offed, the armour is all that is found, the body consummed by it. And Phoenix Lords are like other exarch, when they die, they are reborn when someone dons their panoply. But instead of being gestalt personnality of the (countless) wearers of that armour, they retain their original one. And all are (with exceptions like Karandras) founders of aspects. I think there was also a thing about them being ancient exarch who lost their home craftworld and shrine and wander the webway, but my memory is a bit fuzzy on that side. I remember a bit about Maugan ra being from Altansar and that craftworld still exists but is stranded in the Eye of Terror or some such. Not that i disagree with the post above, but... The video made me go "Wait wait did they massively retcon things!?" Arguably there is most likely many more phoenix lords than the famous canon one (Jain Zar, Asurmen, Maugan Ra, Karandras, Fuegan, Baharoth, Arah and Irillith), i don't know if there's anything canon on a Warp Spider, Crimson Hunter or Shining Spear Phoenix lord but they definitely exist somewhere out there. There could be multiple howling banshee phoenix lords like there is two Striking Scorpion lords if the definition of a Phoenix Lord is indeed along the line of "A really really old exarch who lost their home temple and took a lifestyle of wandering asskicking and altar founding"
Dee Tee ok, yes all exarch have the mini immortality thing, it's till around. Phoenix lords though are 1 per aspect (minus arhra who trades with karadras and goes to found the incubi acording to one version of his story) and are most definetly not "old exarch who lost his homeworld", in fact asurmen never had one, he was just the best warrior ever and named himself "Hand of God" because he's such a modest guy, and the pre-requisite to be a phoenix lord alongside him is to be his pupil (which raises question about Karadras, the space ninja with no lore). The only phoenix lord who lost his craftworld of origin was Maugan Ra with altanasar, except during the 13th black crusade he goes into the warp and pulls altanasar out of it. And it's aparently not a floating slaneeshi bordelo even though it was stuck INSIDE the eye of terror ever since the fall. As for your curiosity about other phoenix lords: warp spiders have a figure of a potential phoenix lord called Lhykosidae the warp spider, though it's still not confirmed and he might not be a traditional form of phoenix lord or even an actual eldar, Drastanta the Tempest of Starlight is the phoenix lord of the shining spears who curently in the lore only has "stabs a keeper of secrets so hard it's soul explodes" and "causes Asur to be invaded by slaneeshi demons which lead to the first death of Asurmen" as his major achievments (nice one drastanta ...). Crimson Hunters were only recently added with actual detail and models in the lore, so they still don't have a phoenix lord, though hopefully he/she gets handled better than derplord Irillyth.
@98Avenger98 i would like you correct your correction, those who become lost on the path of the seer do not become trees, no current lore or anything i have read has made anything close to a mention of this, farseers nearing the end of their lives go to the dome of the crystal seers, where they complete the slow crystallization process that takes hold of farseers in later life, becoming one with the craftworld itself. Additionally the warlocks are not truly separate from Farseers, as some Warlocks do go on to become Farseers, and of course, once and eldar has become a Farseer, they cannot become anything else, they become lost on that path. Finally, Biel-Tan is not purely lead by Autarchs, it's Autarchs are in greater number and held in higher standing, but the Farseers still play a very important role for them, they aren't always -the- most important members, but they always have some level of importance.
@Dee Tee this may have been the case in 2nd edition, but the immortality factor for exarchs has been altered somewhat, the armor will contain the souls of every exarch from what particular shrine, and whoever is the exarch at that time will essentially "meld" with these other souls and become a combination of all of them, giving them immense skill and knowledge on the battlefield, but volatile off the battlefield. Maugan Ra is indeed from Altanasar, but he was taken in and trained by Asurmen and went on to found the dark reapers, and even lead a campaign to save the craftworld from the eye of terror. There are 100% Phoenix Lords for the Warp Spiders, Crimson Hunters, ect, GW has just never decided to reveal who they are or what they're rules are, which is quite a shame. Finally the Striking Scorpions only "have" two Phoenix Lords because the first one, Arha, betrayed the others and attempted to kill them all with daemons, it failed but as such Karandras was chosen by Asurmen to take up Arha's mantle as Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions, no other aspect has this, and thus no other aspect has multiple Phoenix Lords, in all reality the Striking Scorpions only have one, because Arha no longer holds that title, though of course there's the rumors about him creating the Incubi as his own aspect warriors, but that's not confirmed, though i do like that theory.
"...they never become truly arrogant ..." ... aha ..ahahaha ...ahahahahahh.. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAH! (sorry, I know what you mean, but it still sounds silly)
Sigismund: ... Sigismund: Tech Adept! Have you crafted a pummel yet for my sword yet? Tech Adept: Yes lord. Sigismund: Good new plan, we rocket propel that pomel.
I'm guessing that Kitten won't be found, so the Emperor, aka. Emps, Big E, E - Money, will decide to appoint a new talking, walking, sentient information kiosk.
Half an hour for a single aspect? My psyker sense is telling me that there's a LOT more delicious space elf ninja lore to come... I will enjoy it in my personal Slaanesh time.
A total stroke of luck, a happy accident caused me to stumble onto this channel recently, now I can't stop binge watching Archs back catalogue. It would have been amazing to grow up in a situation where my family could've afforded a hobby like Warhammer. I'm not sure if I've missed the boat so to speak as regards to beginning a collection.
Any modeling store should stock warhammer fantasy and warhammer 40,000 models, and they can show you all you need to know, or search up games workshop as they are the company that creates the models and sells them to the stores.
i would try more youtube, there are an astounding amount of 40k/warhammer/age of sigmar (and so on) related videos with all the information regarding the game(s)/rules, miniatures or just the tinkering aspect you could need. also many sites that show all kinds of painted or converted minis, instructions for scratchbuilding stuff and so on. it all depends on what aspect you want from the hobby(not sure if thats an actual english sentence, but hopefully you understand). do you want to play? what game? with friends? on tournaments? just like to paint/build? write stories yourself? then there is always the question of money. GW miniatures are also called "plastic crack", for a reason. buying in their stores might be not a good advice, depending on your budget. if you just wanna play, get some stuff on ebay and start building up slowly, as when you start, you have no idea what you are doing. and not knowing what you are doing and going into a store with a lot of money to spend sounds like a bad idea. man, i can see the $$$ in the eyes of the guy behind the counter already. the best thing would be to have someone who can show you whats what and who can teach you how to play, paint etcetc. there are many ways of warhammering. :)
So the eldar as they are is when they're actively trying to not be arrogant? Given how they act towards humans, I'd hate to see how arrogant they where before. No wonder it created a fuck god.
Hm? Oh, no, not at all. 'tis leeching just fine, in fact, they seem to be leechin' faster than their craftworld kin; they're just filling back up again with the suffering of others to make up the difference. Because 40k.
Love the video, but a few notes. Each Aspect has only one Phoenix Lord; Asurmen for the Dire Avengers, Jain Zar for the Howling Banshees, Fuegan for the Fire Dragons and so on. You might have mixed them together with Autarchs at the end, who have 'mastered' all Aspects and certainly have political power on the craftsworlds, though Exarchs of a craftworld too can meet for conclave. And Asurmen is not the only one who is kind of immortal; the Aspect Armour of the Phoenix Lords and Exarchs is special, in that thanks to Spirit Stones they hold the spirits of the former wearers. So a new Exarch will receive the memories of his/her predecessors, probably something of their personalities and take on the name associated with the armour. In case of the Phoenix Lord an Exarch of the Aspect takes the armour of his/her Phoenix Lord, and that original wearer's spirit is so overwhelming that the Phoenix Lord is, you could almost say reborn into a new body and the Exarch's is in a way assimilated. Still, great video.
YAY! My favourite Aspect Warriors. My autarch, from my fanfiction continuity, Raloth Arlyandor was a Dire Avenger before becoming a Shining Spear the following the Path of Command. He's like a super zen nihilistic monk who's embraced his tiny position in the cosmos so sees himself and the eldar no better than humanity, so thinks our races need to work together to survive.
Sorry to disapprove of the ultimate nightmare on a craftworld. Imperial Fists space marines mixed with Imperial navy and guard nearly took down the Alaitoc craftworld, the only reason they didn't go ahead was, the eldar farseers paused the battle and showed the corrupt governor and how much this was an unnecessary battle. The path of the outcast is the book that goes into full details of the events. Sweet video by the way :).
An aspect of the Warrior Path. | 1:50 - The Eye of Terror and The Eldar are references. | 2:38 - Maybe not that last one, that would attract the enemy that they themselves spawned. | 8:50 - So they're the Eldar equivilant of the Ultrasmurfs?
Thank god, another lore video to ease the college commute. Also, do Eldar forget or lose skills the same way humans do if they're not practiced for a while? Like, if an Eldar was a carpenter and was a painter previously, would they be able to wake up one morning a decade or so later and instinctively still know how to paint precisely, for example?
Previous Eldar codexes basically imply that they don't lose their memories and skills due to being so much above us in mental capacity. They are implied to leave any given path if they are "Loosing their way" if you will and then begin another path in a different field so they do not re-enact their previous excesses. Autarchs for example, the Eldar military leaders, have followed the paths of several aspects without falling to the excesses of the Exarchs of a given path. As he remembers all his teachings from the different paths he can accurately see the vulnerabilities in each Aspect. For example, While an open field is an obvious vulnerability Experience as a ranger would alow the Exarch to tell the other aspects where enemy snipers are, His reaper experience would allow him to deploy tanks knowing instinctively where the enemy will deploy heavy weapons
Soldier From Krieg (warp portal pops open and discourages a three man hoard of comically British tzeentch demons)AH CROIKY LADS WE MIGHT'VE MADE A REEEEEAL BIG MISTAKE(tentecle demon sips tea from dainty tea cup)bugger me is'at a big talkin pickle on'at log?
I know that there will be a pause between Eldar videos, but when finally you will make another one, could you please do a video about hierarchy of command in each individual Craftworld? And perhaps about Warlocks, Seers and Farseers, the councils and all of that. I've never been able to find any specific information about this and it's hard to make out a clear picture out of everything that we do have on this subject.
Arch I have a suggestion. Once you do a video for each aspect warrior type, make a video describing the six Phoenix Lords. Or if you feel it necessary, make a video for each Phoenix Lord.
I know this vid is a touch old, and you've probably got more up to date bits, but just in case, there's a slight inaccuracy on the Phoenix Lord bit; Asurmen's resurrection perk isn't unique to him. All Phoenix Lords effectively live on through their armor, something even Aspect Warrior Exarchs do (to a much lesser extent). Jain Zar has several recorded deaths, with Irillyth, Fuegan and Karandras having one or two to their name as well. Other than that, love the eldar lore vids!
Eh......Space Elves.....nasty bastards. Still, I will take any and every excuse to listen to Arch talk. Especially if the speech includes the words 'silly' and 'kawaii' at any point.
The image used around 12 minutes in is just of Alaitoc Guardians circa 2nd Edition (no brushes on helmet, wielding lasguns as standard for Guardian Defenders for the time (S Catapults were available as a G Def upgrade at 3 pts per model, DA's came standard with Shuriken Catapults,) with the 'leader' style character wielding a power fist (oh, how I miss the Eldar being able to wield them...)
There is no reason. It's just visual design because 40K has no regard for real physics or warfare. (Which is awesome and leads to one of the most over-the-top sci-fi universes in existence where biggest gun is best gun and general pompous awesome) Don't look at the visual design of any faction too hard. The logic doesn't hold up.
"...and so the Eldar aspect warriors looked up to Asurmen, their spiritual liege, and then to the mon-keigh they were fighting, and they were reminded about THEIR spiritual liege, and they wailed in crushing despair, cursing their pointless existence, for they could never be Ultramarines"
To Dire Avengers, and I hope that they get a decent price in their next codex. Actually, wouldn't an eldar lost on the path simply lose the ability to dissociate themselves from their path persona? It is not just that their emotions are stronger, it is that they lose who they used to be. So you know, if your girlfriend becomes a banshee exarch... your bae don't live there anymore. The body is there, and its current user knows that it used to be someone's lover, someone's child, someone's mother... but that is not who it is anymore.
yo dude. I'm sure people have told ya but this video and the unification wars video are not on your warhammer 40k lore playlist. Also just found you. love your content.
To bad... i had hoped you'd reference the Path of the Warrior Novel a little. I think the whole idea with the Warmask and a society that looks down on its Warriors due to the danger their path brings,.... i though that was a great idea.
So basically they are a combination of S.W.A.T & Kommando Spezialkräfte but with a longer active military service career & way higher reaction time, but I always come back her for your witty banter! :D
So Eldar training is like playing a video game's PVP. Play any FPS long enough, and you learn how people move and why they do it that way, regardless of who you are playing 9x out of 10 most people will do the same thing everyone else will do, so the Eldar have a sort of spider sense, like a gamer might.
The phoenix lords are individual eldar that don the Armour of that phoenix lord there is only one of each at any point in time, One Jain Zar, One Maugan Ra etc and they are the creators of that aspect of fighting, the founding fathers so to speak. When they die their conscious is put into the armour and then when the next person wears it they become, literally, that pheonix lord, hence the title, phoenix lord.
I guess it says something about the general degradation of society in the 40k universe if the basics of infantry squad tactics makes Dire Avengers elite troops.
meanmanturbo if you're criticising the lack of ranged efficiency, to be fair I think that's because most armor is more powerful than most guns in warhammer 40k along with speed making melee often more effective to specialize in unless you're a sniper
You haven't done more of these? That's a little sad. Might I suggest the Dark Reapers or Shadow Spectres? If you've done more aspect videos, my mistake, I will try to look harder.
Aspect Warriors originally were allowed to be non-Codex, but the introduction of the Phoenix Lord lore pretty much did away with that. The Craftworld Paths were considered a necessary evil; trying to be everything to everyone all the time was the chief reason behind their corruption and downfall. So imagine how perverse it is to the Eldar to choose only one Path for their entire life. It's more similar to extreme asceticism, not hedonism.
Think I love you Arch. It's getting real bro. It's getting weird. Not in a sexual way, let's keep things square here. But you're getting me back into 40k slowly but surely, I keep getting inspired and excited by the hobby the more I listen to your content. Thanks bud
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GW : The company that thinks about every detail besides their pricing policy
lol true
Time to play Dark Heresy as the ultimate Eldar Dildomaker.
Good times :-D
Sanctioned Eldar Dildo-Maker?
Shuriken cannon would look a bit odd
Arch i have a suggestion: Maybe at some point you should host a Bloodbowl 2 or Battlefleet Gothic:Armada tournament for your subscribers. And the winner reward would be any asked lore video or stuff
winner goes: "40 k lore"
Tom Awesomeface :P
Great idea, dude!
We will not be tempted by your vile suggestions.. *spits to ground*
Özgün Uslu ahanda türk :D
That feel when you just wake up and find a lore video waiting for you. Feels good man.
That feel when you wake up at 12pm you fucking degenerate get a job
That feel when you realise that there are different time zones on the earth.
Daniel Hall
'Murican time is best time tho.
That feeling when you realize that there are different shifts.
UK invented time
Actually there is no active discouragement of partaking in multiple different aspects, and disallowing of returning to the same aspect shrine, those who partake in multiple aspect shrines can be eventually be opened up to the rank of Autarch, though this usually requires rigorous training and with the war councils (existing Autarchs, warlocks and farseers) approval of them. Additionally becoming lost on a path isn't considered a fate worse than death, those who become "lost" on a path gain more of a...mentor role in that path (farseers, exarchs and the like), and cannot leave it for the rest of their lives, it is considered a grim fate, but not one worse than death, becoming lost to the very ideal of the paths itself is a fate worse than death, and some eldar who are considered dangerous may actually have the part of their brain that...causes their psychic potential removed (though this is very rare). Also im sorry to say, you got the Phoenix Lords...a bit wrong, each aspect (dire avengers, howling banshees, ect) has a SINGLE Phoenix Lord, Dire Avengers have Asurmen, Howling Banshees have Jain Zar, ect, and his pseudo-immortality is something all his Phoenix Lords have, they were all trained by Asurmen and they would see him more as a father figure than spiritual liege, the leading councils of the craftworlds are, as mentioned earlier, councils of Farseers, Warlocks and Autarchs, with the Farseers understandably having the most major role. Sorry if this is a slight rant, I'm a rather large fan of eldar.
I'll just make a minor corection to what is otherwise a preety good correction of what arch got wrong: farseers are not automaticaly the most important members of post fall eldar society. In fact, depending on what craftworld you travel to, their importance and level of power in the hierarchy varies (Biel-Tan is purely led by autarchs for example). Also: farseers are not lost to the path. Those who become lost to the path of the seer become ... trees esentialy. In the meditation garden of the craftworld, they become some form of spirit tree and can aid other meditating farseers and boost their power. This is also an inevitable fate for all those who walk the path of the seer past a certain point. Warlocks which you seem to imply are what happens when someone follows the path of the seer and doesn't become lost to it, are actualy another of the mixed path profesions, in this case they were once warriors of an aspect before leaving that path and walking the path of the seer.
I thought all Exarch had the "immortality" thing, my lore-fu is old (2nd edition), but i distinctly remember the thing about exarch armour being mini "infinity circuits" and when someone becomes an exarch they become locked in that armour and their personnality becomes merged with the gestalt personnality built by the original exarch and all the eldars who wore that armour. And when the Exarch gets offed, the armour is all that is found, the body consummed by it.
And Phoenix Lords are like other exarch, when they die, they are reborn when someone dons their panoply. But instead of being gestalt personnality of the (countless) wearers of that armour, they retain their original one. And all are (with exceptions like Karandras) founders of aspects.
I think there was also a thing about them being ancient exarch who lost their home craftworld and shrine and wander the webway, but my memory is a bit fuzzy on that side. I remember a bit about Maugan ra being from Altansar and that craftworld still exists but is stranded in the Eye of Terror or some such.
Not that i disagree with the post above, but... The video made me go "Wait wait did they massively retcon things!?" Arguably there is most likely many more phoenix lords than the famous canon one (Jain Zar, Asurmen, Maugan Ra, Karandras, Fuegan, Baharoth, Arah and Irillith), i don't know if there's anything canon on a Warp Spider, Crimson Hunter or Shining Spear Phoenix lord but they definitely exist somewhere out there.
There could be multiple howling banshee phoenix lords like there is two Striking Scorpion lords if the definition of a Phoenix Lord is indeed along the line of "A really really old exarch who lost their home temple and took a lifestyle of wandering asskicking and altar founding"
Dee Tee
ok, yes all exarch have the mini immortality thing, it's till around. Phoenix lords though are 1 per aspect (minus arhra who trades with karadras and goes to found the incubi acording to one version of his story) and are most definetly not "old exarch who lost his homeworld", in fact asurmen never had one, he was just the best warrior ever and named himself "Hand of God" because he's such a modest guy, and the pre-requisite to be a phoenix lord alongside him is to be his pupil (which raises question about Karadras, the space ninja with no lore). The only phoenix lord who lost his craftworld of origin was Maugan Ra with altanasar, except during the 13th black crusade he goes into the warp and pulls altanasar out of it. And it's aparently not a floating slaneeshi bordelo even though it was stuck INSIDE the eye of terror ever since the fall.
As for your curiosity about other phoenix lords: warp spiders have a figure of a potential phoenix lord called Lhykosidae the warp spider, though it's still not confirmed and he might not be a traditional form of phoenix lord or even an actual eldar, Drastanta the Tempest of Starlight is the phoenix lord of the shining spears who curently in the lore only has "stabs a keeper of secrets so hard it's soul explodes" and "causes Asur to be invaded by slaneeshi demons which lead to the first death of Asurmen" as his major achievments (nice one drastanta ...). Crimson Hunters were only recently added with actual detail and models in the lore, so they still don't have a phoenix lord, though hopefully he/she gets handled better than derplord Irillyth.
@98Avenger98 i would like you correct your correction, those who become lost on the path of the seer do not become trees, no current lore or anything i have read has made anything close to a mention of this, farseers nearing the end of their lives go to the dome of the crystal seers, where they complete the slow crystallization process that takes hold of farseers in later life, becoming one with the craftworld itself. Additionally the warlocks are not truly separate from Farseers, as some Warlocks do go on to become Farseers, and of course, once and eldar has become a Farseer, they cannot become anything else, they become lost on that path. Finally, Biel-Tan is not purely lead by Autarchs, it's Autarchs are in greater number and held in higher standing, but the Farseers still play a very important role for them, they aren't always -the- most important members, but they always have some level of importance.
@Dee Tee this may have been the case in 2nd edition, but the immortality factor for exarchs has been altered somewhat, the armor will contain the souls of every exarch from what particular shrine, and whoever is the exarch at that time will essentially "meld" with these other souls and become a combination of all of them, giving them immense skill and knowledge on the battlefield, but volatile off the battlefield.
Maugan Ra is indeed from Altanasar, but he was taken in and trained by Asurmen and went on to found the dark reapers, and even lead a campaign to save the craftworld from the eye of terror.
There are 100% Phoenix Lords for the Warp Spiders, Crimson Hunters, ect, GW has just never decided to reveal who they are or what they're rules are, which is quite a shame.
Finally the Striking Scorpions only "have" two Phoenix Lords because the first one, Arha, betrayed the others and attempted to kill them all with daemons, it failed but as such Karandras was chosen by Asurmen to take up Arha's mantle as Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions, no other aspect has this, and thus no other aspect has multiple Phoenix Lords, in all reality the Striking Scorpions only have one, because Arha no longer holds that title, though of course there's the rumors about him creating the Incubi as his own aspect warriors, but that's not confirmed, though i do like that theory.
"Spiritual Liege"??? Heresy beyond Heretical heresy
Azu babab you called?
*reloading Bolter*
go away
Azu babab BLASPHEMOUS HERESIES AND HERETICAL BLASPHEMY!
Ward detected. Purge? (Y/N)
"...they never become truly arrogant ..." ... aha ..ahahaha ...ahahahahahh.. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAH! (sorry, I know what you mean, but it still sounds silly)
Now we get to hear Arch ramble about the Space Elves!
EDIT: Oh dear Emperor, Arch said spiritual liege.
So long as it's not Aelfs or Space Aelfs, we will all make it out with a smile. Otherwise we all have another crusade to embark upon.
Thanks Arch! I love the eldars! they don't get enough love from the community. Keep up the good work!
Hate-filled Spaceships? And I was thinking the Imperium had all the wacky ideas along that line.
Thanks for giving the Eldar some much needed love.
I can at least say one thing, if our cars were fueled by hate, we would have a hard time running out of fuel.
But then ISIS would reverse engineer the technology and build a super reactor.
so eldar have space spandaus and space katanas?
They must be invincible.
Now I'm just curious if throwing their pommels is also a tactic.
Sigismund: ...
Sigismund: Tech Adept! Have you crafted a pummel yet for my sword yet?
Tech Adept: Yes lord.
Sigismund: Good new plan, we rocket propel that pomel.
Ending someone rightly is always the best option
Tau have the katana's Eldar swords are more like scimitar's
@@Fr0sty1337 he was probably reverencing the absurd capabilities attributed to katanas by anime and weebs to the absurd capabilities of Eldar swords
the elder warriors hat look like a Rome Captain hat
this is more of a corinthian helmet style, the Romans tended to have it going over the head ear to ear
Ok
I think we was talking about the ones for the consuls and legates. You described the gallic helm for centurions.
Arch: "The Eldar [blahblah path system] to make sure they never truly become arrogant."
Me: "Well, that system works just perfectly."
My my my, im early, i shall use this oportunity to ask if you are ever going to show up in the TTS series
hoping for your cameo
I'm guessing that Kitten won't be found, so the Emperor, aka. Emps, Big E, E - Money, will decide to appoint a new talking, walking, sentient information kiosk.
Hence Arch. I fucking hope he shows up.
He did XD
I'd thought I'd seen all the TTS episodes. Which one is he in???
F L U F F I N E S S A N D K A W A I I
2 very important words in any dictionary.
@@calorinedarkness5232 the codex does not support your opinion. (Picks up chain axe)
Would love a lore video on specific Eldar warrior classes, particularly the banshees.
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Cute Sodium
Cute Magnesium
Cute Chlorine
Cute Nitrogen
Cute Oxygen
Cute Potassium
Cute Phosporus
Cute Atoms
Cute Electrons
Cute Nucleus
Cute Pentaleptons
Cute Leptons
Cute Pentaquarks
Cute Quarks
Cute Strings
wow being an Elder is sure has as ****
>Cute white stuff
Bone marrow, palettes, white blood cells, idk
Eldar are very interesting. But what in Warhammer isn't?
They are all amazing
Half an hour for a single aspect? My psyker sense is telling me that there's a LOT more delicious space elf ninja lore to come... I will enjoy it in my personal Slaanesh time.
"Most elite and skilled fighting force in the galaxy" Heresy Trigger detected *headbutts exterminatus button*
A total stroke of luck, a happy accident caused me to stumble onto this channel recently, now I can't stop binge watching Archs back catalogue. It would have been amazing to grow up in a situation where my family could've afforded a hobby like Warhammer. I'm not sure if I've missed the boat so to speak as regards to beginning a collection.
Advice on the who's, what's, where's and when's of starting a collection would be very much appreciated.
Any modeling store should stock warhammer fantasy and warhammer 40,000 models, and they can show you all you need to know, or search up games workshop as they are the company that creates the models and sells them to the stores.
i would try more youtube, there are an astounding amount of 40k/warhammer/age of sigmar (and so on) related videos with all the information regarding the game(s)/rules, miniatures or just the tinkering aspect you could need. also many sites that show all kinds of painted or converted minis, instructions for scratchbuilding stuff and so on.
it all depends on what aspect you want from the hobby(not sure if thats an actual english sentence, but hopefully you understand).
do you want to play? what game? with friends? on tournaments? just like to paint/build? write stories yourself?
then there is always the question of money.
GW miniatures are also called "plastic crack", for a reason.
buying in their stores might be not a good advice, depending on your budget.
if you just wanna play, get some stuff on ebay and start building up slowly, as when you start, you have no idea what you are doing.
and not knowing what you are doing and going into a store with a lot of money to spend sounds like a bad idea.
man, i can see the $$$ in the eyes of the guy behind the counter already.
the best thing would be to have someone who can show you whats what and who can teach you how to play, paint etcetc.
there are many ways of warhammering.
:)
So the eldar as they are is when they're actively trying to not be arrogant? Given how they act towards humans, I'd hate to see how arrogant they where before. No wonder it created a fuck god.
Look at the BDSM enthusiasts of Cormmoragh.
Their souls leaching out to Slaanesh is prevented by their BDSM excesses
Hm?
Oh, no, not at all. 'tis leeching just fine, in fact, they seem to be leechin' faster than their craftworld kin; they're just filling back up again with the suffering of others to make up the difference.
Because 40k.
Well to be fair its more like they just don't give a shit about human lives because they don't really have enough stuff spend on altruistic ventures.
Fuck Boi God. lol
Love the video, but a few notes. Each Aspect has only one Phoenix Lord; Asurmen for the Dire Avengers, Jain Zar for the Howling Banshees, Fuegan for the Fire Dragons and so on. You might have mixed them together with Autarchs at the end, who have 'mastered' all Aspects and certainly have political power on the craftsworlds, though Exarchs of a craftworld too can meet for conclave.
And Asurmen is not the only one who is kind of immortal; the Aspect Armour of the Phoenix Lords and Exarchs is special, in that thanks to Spirit Stones they hold the spirits of the former wearers. So a new Exarch will receive the memories of his/her predecessors, probably something of their personalities and take on the name associated with the armour. In case of the Phoenix Lord an Exarch of the Aspect takes the armour of his/her Phoenix Lord, and that original wearer's spirit is so overwhelming that the Phoenix Lord is, you could almost say reborn into a new body and the Exarch's is in a way assimilated.
Still, great video.
By far the best warhammer lore on the internet
YAY! My favourite Aspect Warriors. My autarch, from my fanfiction continuity, Raloth Arlyandor was a Dire Avenger before becoming a Shining Spear the following the Path of Command. He's like a super zen nihilistic monk who's embraced his tiny position in the cosmos so sees himself and the eldar no better than humanity, so thinks our races need to work together to survive.
Can we get a lore video about volkmar the grim and helman ghorst?
(2:04) .....Doing different things as to not become arrogant.
I wonder how that work out for them.
They have a long way to go on that front.But when the galaxy is teeming with the lesser races is hard not to be a little arrogant.
Can't wait for a vid on the striking scorpions.
I really hope you will continue this aspect warrior series some day. I would love to hear your take on the banshees or the swooping hawks.
Can't wait for the striking scorpions and the howling banshees, love those two.
Sorry to disapprove of the ultimate nightmare on a craftworld. Imperial Fists space marines mixed with Imperial navy and guard nearly took down the Alaitoc craftworld, the only reason they didn't go ahead was, the eldar farseers paused the battle and showed the corrupt governor and how much this was an unnecessary battle.
The path of the outcast is the book that goes into full details of the events.
Sweet video by the way :).
An aspect of the Warrior Path. | 1:50 - The Eye of Terror and The Eldar are references. | 2:38 - Maybe not that last one, that would attract the enemy that they themselves spawned. | 8:50 - So they're the Eldar equivilant of the Ultrasmurfs?
Is this going to be the beginning of full coverage on the Aspects ? Would love to see a video on Howling Banshees and Striking Scorpions.
24:42..my god..arch has fallen to chaos!!
The eldar are the Germans of 40k.
They had fun once... and then millions died
Sounds like jews...
*Kreig Guardsman makes Indignant Gasmask Noises*
British. Dark eldar are Germans
Thank god, another lore video to ease the college commute. Also, do Eldar forget or lose skills the same way humans do if they're not practiced for a while? Like, if an Eldar was a carpenter and was a painter previously, would they be able to wake up one morning a decade or so later and instinctively still know how to paint precisely, for example?
Previous Eldar codexes basically imply that they don't lose their memories and skills due to being so much above us in mental capacity.
They are implied to leave any given path if they are "Loosing their way" if you will and then begin another path in a different field so they do not re-enact their previous excesses.
Autarchs for example, the Eldar military leaders, have followed the paths of several aspects without falling to the excesses of the Exarchs of a given path.
As he remembers all his teachings from the different paths he can accurately see the vulnerabilities in each Aspect.
For example, While an open field is an obvious vulnerability Experience as a ranger would alow the Exarch to tell the other aspects where enemy snipers are, His reaper experience would allow him to deploy tanks knowing instinctively where the enemy will deploy heavy weapons
Ben Grogan
Understood; thanks for the info!
Great work Arch :) always enjoy your tone and enthusiasm with certain parts XD
*burning eldar*
the best eldar
Dildo Eldars lol.
Pass me some of da sauce humie da snacks be 'eady for eatin'
Da Biggest Mek *throws a bottle of emperor approved sauce*
Soldier From Krieg (warp portal pops open and discourages a three man hoard of comically British tzeentch demons)AH CROIKY LADS WE MIGHT'VE MADE A REEEEEAL BIG MISTAKE(tentecle demon sips tea from dainty tea cup)bugger me is'at a big talkin pickle on'at log?
Ahh... New lore video on one of my rare sick days. If i wasn't throwing up spiders right now this would be a good day. Still pretty decent.
PLEASE do more lore on Eldar warriors!
Dude, cars fueld by hate, aka. Roadrage, is like an infinite energy source
I know that there will be a pause between Eldar videos, but when finally you will make another one, could you please do a video about hierarchy of command in each individual Craftworld? And perhaps about Warlocks, Seers and Farseers, the councils and all of that. I've never been able to find any specific information about this and it's hard to make out a clear picture out of everything that we do have on this subject.
I now know that there is an Eldar pope. Thanks Arch Warhammer!
Arch I have a suggestion. Once you do a video for each aspect warrior type, make a video describing the six Phoenix Lords. Or if you feel it necessary, make a video for each Phoenix Lord.
Ahh yes more lovely eldar lore. I approve of this.
Next shrine: The Screaming Femi....Banshees
Come now, the Banshees actually contribute to their society, it's unfair to make that comparison
Love this, more lore please!
I know this vid is a touch old, and you've probably got more up to date bits, but just in case, there's a slight inaccuracy on the Phoenix Lord bit; Asurmen's resurrection perk isn't unique to him. All Phoenix Lords effectively live on through their armor, something even Aspect Warrior Exarchs do (to a much lesser extent). Jain Zar has several recorded deaths, with Irillyth, Fuegan and Karandras having one or two to their name as well.
Other than that, love the eldar lore vids!
Eh......Space Elves.....nasty bastards. Still, I will take any and every excuse to listen to Arch talk. Especially if the speech includes the words 'silly' and 'kawaii' at any point.
The image used around 12 minutes in is just of Alaitoc Guardians circa 2nd Edition (no brushes on helmet, wielding lasguns as standard for Guardian Defenders for the time (S Catapults were available as a G Def upgrade at 3 pts per model, DA's came standard with Shuriken Catapults,) with the 'leader' style character wielding a power fist (oh, how I miss the Eldar being able to wield them...)
"Normal phoenix lord" - hahahaha :D That's funny, it's like "Ahh, it was just a standard primarch" :D
excellent video. Always enjoy these. keep up the good work!
What do you think the Eldar think of Adeptus Astartes, seeing they see themselves above baseline humans and Adeptus Astartes being better humans?
2:59 I do this with the minis I paint.
SHURIKEN BUH-CANNONS. Heads down boys! They dun got them shuriken Buh-cannons!
arch my fav bedtime storyteller
I would like to see the Striking Scorpions and their potential connection to Dark Eldar Incubi.
Imagine an eldar that has mastered every aspect path.
On an unrelated note, why do Eldar wear such elongated helmets? Doesn't it impede movement and make a better target?
Good qeustion, I always thought it had something to do with their ears..cuz space elves
Cause it looks cool, da. You can`t be an eldar if you are not fabulous.
The elongated helmets could have a point if Eldar had also pointy, elongated skulls. But with no such feature it really seems useless.
There is no reason. It's just visual design because 40K has no regard for real physics or warfare. (Which is awesome and leads to one of the most over-the-top sci-fi universes in existence where biggest gun is best gun and general pompous awesome) Don't look at the visual design of any faction too hard. The logic doesn't hold up.
It's one of the design features shared with Warhammer Fantasy as well. I guess GW just thinks "Elves of all kinds need tall helmets."
I for sure hope that the autonomous cars of the near future are propelled with electrons... or unicorn farts...
Looking forward to you doing lore on the Phoenix Lords.
don't all pheonix lords resurrect by taking over an exarch of their aspect?
Whomever dons the Armour of the original phoenix lord essentially sacrifices themselves and becomes that phoenix lord.
yeah, that is what I thought, since the exarchs are kinda a downgraded version of that immortality with their multi consciousness.
great video Arch.
Are we ever going to see a Dark Eldar video? I love seeing my not-so-friendly BDSM pirates represented.
I like their reverse-toilet helmets
"...and so the Eldar aspect warriors looked up to Asurmen, their spiritual liege, and then to the mon-keigh they were fighting, and they were reminded about THEIR spiritual liege, and they wailed in crushing despair, cursing their pointless existence, for they could never be Ultramarines"
To Dire Avengers, and I hope that they get a decent price in their next codex.
Actually, wouldn't an eldar lost on the path simply lose the ability to dissociate themselves from their path persona? It is not just that their emotions are stronger, it is that they lose who they used to be. So you know, if your girlfriend becomes a banshee exarch... your bae don't live there anymore. The body is there, and its current user knows that it used to be someone's lover, someone's child, someone's mother... but that is not who it is anymore.
yo dude. I'm sure people have told ya but this video and the unification wars video are not on your warhammer 40k lore playlist. Also just found you. love your content.
ARCH WE TRUSTED YOU! AND YOU TURNED TO THE HORRORS OF THE PAPA SMURF
24:40 I thought for sure he was going to say patriarch.
it takes a 1000 years to train an eldar but it only takes 1 second to kill one
2:00 it actually also sounds like they're using it as a way of rehabilitation so they dont grow addicted to war and become them damned dark eldar
To bad... i had hoped you'd reference the Path of the Warrior Novel a little. I think the whole idea with the Warmask and a society that looks down on its Warriors due to the danger their path brings,.... i though that was a great idea.
Great info as always! Still waiting for TDA: variatns and history lore vid :)
Great video, cant wait for the next one!
Fuck that, I want our future self driving cars to be nuclear powered.
:( sad it doesn’t seem this series continued these were super interesting
New drinking game: take a sip every time Arch says "dildo" when talking about anything Eldar-related.
"They did kinda fuck a star god into existence..." I laughed my ass off.
So if the Dire Avengers are the Eldar version of the Ultrasmurfs, that would make Asurmen their "Big Papa Ultrasmurf"?
Yes, but I bet Guilliman could kick his ass.
The last time I came this early, I started worshipping slaanesh
Are you ever going to do the other Aspect warriors?
prooooobably
Please do the Scorpions next! Please Please Please!!!!!
Arch Warhammer No, do the Fire Dragons!
Incorrect scorpions are way cooler
Agree. Go Scorpions!
So basically they are a combination of S.W.A.T & Kommando Spezialkräfte but with a longer active military service career & way higher reaction time, but I always come back her for your witty banter! :D
So Eldar training is like playing a video game's PVP. Play any FPS long enough, and you learn how people move and why they do it that way, regardless of who you are playing 9x out of 10 most people will do the same thing everyone else will do, so the Eldar have a sort of spider sense, like a gamer might.
The phoenix lords are individual eldar that don the Armour of that phoenix lord there is only one of each at any point in time, One Jain Zar, One Maugan Ra etc and they are the creators of that aspect of fighting, the founding fathers so to speak. When they die their conscious is put into the armour and then when the next person wears it they become, literally, that pheonix lord, hence the title, phoenix lord.
Combat Is Extreme!
I guess it says something about the general degradation of society in the 40k universe if the basics of infantry squad tactics makes Dire Avengers elite troops.
meanmanturbo if you're criticising the lack of ranged efficiency, to be fair I think that's because most armor is more powerful than most guns in warhammer 40k along with speed making melee often more effective to specialize in unless you're a sniper
You haven't done more of these? That's a little sad.
Might I suggest the Dark Reapers or Shadow Spectres?
If you've done more aspect videos, my mistake, I will try to look harder.
i have ah lot in common with the elder too,mind and run and gun.
Aspect Warriors originally were allowed to be non-Codex, but the introduction of the Phoenix Lord lore pretty much did away with that.
The Craftworld Paths were considered a necessary evil; trying to be everything to everyone all the time was the chief reason behind their corruption and downfall. So imagine how perverse it is to the Eldar to choose only one Path for their entire life. It's more similar to extreme asceticism, not hedonism.
i really wish my avengers were this good
self driving cars driven by hate i wont lie i really wanna see that
diesel, lol, arch you kill it bro
One of the highlights of my weekend. Can you do books on tape??
Think I love you Arch. It's getting real bro. It's getting weird. Not in a sexual way, let's keep things square here. But you're getting me back into 40k slowly but surely, I keep getting inspired and excited by the hobby the more I listen to your content. Thanks bud
Master Chief would be proud
So an ideal battle fight by the dire avengers goes pretty much exactly like every Xcom battle?
that tactic is basis for most of modern infantry