UNDEAD ELVES: ELDAR WRAITHBONE & SOULSTONES | Warhammer 40k Lore
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Spirit Stones are made out of psycho-receptive crystals called waystones, which are grown from something similar to Wraithbone. At the moment of the Eldar's death, the stone acts like a 'psychic trap', absorbing their psychic self and preventing it from entering the warp and being consumed by the nemesis of the Eldar race: Slaanesh.
Wraithbone is a psycho-plastic substance used by the Eldar for many different tasks, including the construction of buildings, ships and weapons.
Wraithbone is essentially solidified warp energy that is manipulated by a Bonesinger into any shape that is required. It is stronger than any known plasteel and harder to damage than adamantium, and will naturally repair itself, though the process can be sped up by a Bonesinger. Being created from the warp, Wraithbone has innate psychic abilities allowing it to be used as a communications pathway as well as structural support. It carries psychic energy much as a cable carrying current does, as well as containing psychic shields to protect the occupants from the warp. - บันเทิง
The "ai generated" shy is easily the worst, the Bricky one is absurd enough that it doesnt hit the uncanny valley in the way Shy does.
Yeah I feel bad for shy’s normal avatar lol. Poor winged lil gal doesn’t deserve to be weighed down by them cannonballs and looking like a genestealer cultist.
I honestly thought Bricky was gonna have bricks for skin
It’s not “shiny” enough
On the subject of soulstones and wraithbone: my favorite Wraithlord quote from Dawn of War 2
"You are our children. Dead though we are, we shall not abandon you."
That's both dark and wholesome at the same time. Wholedark? Darksome?
@@jagnestormskull3178 Wholesome. Plain and simple.
Damn. DoW 1 quotes were campy and funny. DoW 2 quotes were serious and meaningful. DoW 3 quotes just sucked... 😂
@@EpsilonNPC Accurate.
Space Marine Dreadnought: "Even in death, I still serve"
Any random Craftworld Eldar: "Bitch, please"
I mean...at least the Space Marine was given a real choice.
Give em hell!
@@kieranadamson3224 Hellbrutes: You guys get to choose?
@@artificialgravitas8954 yeah, if there was a tier list I'd say it goes Dreadnought then Wraith Knight and Hell brute in last. Dreadnoughts are revered as heroes who were too valuable to be lost to death and so are given even greater weapons and armor as well as being a cultural heart of their chapter. Wraith Knights are sometimes just straight up forced to happen with one account I read of a brother waking up in a Wraith Knight after losing his twin sister only to be told if he refuses they'll still be keeping his sister's stone. But at the very least they are still revered to a degree plus forcing them is seen as a horrific yet necessary evil. Hellbrutes could serve their gods and brothers loyally for centuries only to get stuffed inside one of those things so someone else can get a higher position in the warband or even just so they have a Hellbrute to name use of.
@@kieranadamson3224 I mean, not necessarily?
(In reference to Dreadnoughts having a choice, plenty have just woken up like that i garner.)
"Sorry grandma, you gotta get into the Wraithguard."
"it's alright it's my dear, i remember when i awaken up my own grandad in my times.
You have grown up so much tell me... You do look awfully thin. Tell me after the battle i am gonna make you dinner before going back into the infinity matrix"
Eldar:
Screw you, materializes your immaterium
It's fascinating that eldar have essentially created AI that is inherently loyal to their race because they were once living Eldar.
So its not A.i(artificial) but a S.i (soul intelligence).
@@migrivp2672Maybe PI, Psychic Intelligence?
@zenora84 that would be the tyranid hivemind
Humanity uses the flesh to build computers, Aeldari use the spirit, but they're really both servitor technologies
@@zenora84 Or just “I”
according to the designer, the bumps on Eldar armor/vehicles that aren't gems are basically compartments for the circuitry and stuff that runs it. The same designer also said only beveled bumps are meant to be gems. And yeah, it is one soul per walker. If you look at their backs you'll see a big rune. That's the cover for the chamber that holds the soulstone (it'd be kind of silly to place an eldar soul on the edge of a gun)
Replying to try to boost this comment, because this is a good addition that should not go unnoticed.
Add to that the fact that Eldar like to look stylish so they are often covered in gemstones, not every gemstone is a spirit stone. I like to paint a lot of the blisters on Eldar wargear as gemstones even though I am aware they are not spirit stones. Also, a minor correction, I wouldn't say spirit stones "power" Eldar constructs, more that they are used to control them. I recall in one Eldar novel a Craft world was passing through a solar system to collect energy from the system's star so they power their tech using other means I think. Finally, one of the Craftworld Eldar fliers uses weaponized soul energy to terrorise their enemies. It's generally considered an abomination by their own race.
@@Tremadog102 Yeah, the ships use solar power for a boost, but the Asuryani seem to only use it in space. It's possible that they have some form of really efficient battery that allows them to store energy between passages through solar systems and to power their planetside equipment, although according to Battlefleet Gothic tabletop, the batteries are apparently not capable of keeping their warships moving at full speed without a solar power boost. It's possible that solar collectors large enough to be effective are just too vulnerable in ground combat.
Drukhari do have... I think they called them "aether collectors", which are similar but instead of collecting solar energy, they collect energy flowing out of Commorragh through the portals they typically launch realspace raids through. I think that's just an excuse for making Drukhari vehicles look more like floating pirate ships, though.
If that is an Eldar playing a saxophone, you guys really missed out on an Epic Sax meme opportunity
Indeed
Ultramarine: "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle of the bands will be legendary."
That's a Bonesinger, they summon Warp energy and make it crystallize into wraithbone by playing that sax thing.
I kinda imagine them like that Tim Cappello scene in The Lost Boys.
Bonesinger - it's more like a spirit bagpipe. They play music to shape stuff.
@@YoBen100 . . .why are ultramarines playing music? Do you mean the noise marines?
Me a Skaven enjoyer hearing that wraithbone is crystalized warp energy: "Can I snort it?"
I swear, Wraithbone constructs (and Eldar in general) are one of those things that GW seems to have the hardest time depicting as badass as the codexes claims them to be.
Like the lore always says how tough and fast it is and how it can repair itself from damage but we always see them getting destroyed by the stupidest stuff.
I'll never forget how the Eldar are supposedly faster than a bullet but in a Hammer and Bolter episode we see a Dreadnought slowly walk behind a group of them, rehearse a speech and then gun all of them down as they just stood there.
Bugs have a similar issue, they basically exist for other factions to dunk on
tbf Warhammer 40k suffers the similar problem that comic books can have, where characters can get so strong that it makes it incredibly difficult to write any steaks or do what you want when you have to contend with a strong power scale that can go against the story you want to tell. Only difference is that GW can't (without some type of backlash) really destroy the universe to remake it again like comic books can.
I mean it's nothing irregular really. Throughout the lore/history of 40k the Eldar have just been used as worf's for better selling characters/models. (Case in point: Avatar of Khaine)
tbf hammer and bolter sucks ass. They're better off as short stories (although not much better) rather than being butchered in animation.
The Avatar of Khaine is supposed to be the shard of God, but we only see it being beaten by stuff, often by stuff that are supposed to be way less powerful than it XD
Like, the same Hammer and Bolter episode, okay it's described as being on the verge of death, but still, he died to some bolter fire from tactical marines XD
I don't even like Eldars and I think taht's bullshit! ^^
The trick with "psychoplastic" is that it uses the older, archaic but not entirely phased-out definition of plastic that the material type called "plastic" is named after - so it basically means "you can easily shape it with psychic powers".
Wait plastic doesn't mean that anymore?
@@comlitbeta7532
It still means, it's just that the common person thinks about things like Soda bottles, water gallons, Ice cream pots, or anything made with some form of Polyethylene.
But the word "Plastic" still means some form of malleability.
Not phased out? Do people think "plastic surgery" means "we literally put plastic in you" and not "we surgically change its shape"? Who am I kidding some people think the earth is flat, of course some people think that! 😂
@probablythedm1669 Up until I read that comment, I thought it was a reference to some obsolete techniques that used plastic implants. This made sense to me. Languages contain lots of obsolete references. Also, if you lost half your face fighting in Verdun, a literal plastic implant would be an improvement, though not nearly as good as a modern procedure. I also kept hearing "cosmetic surgery" and thought it an attempt to replace the term.
@@TheSYLOH I actually work at a clinic where we treat patients who in some cases have lost parts of their face due to cancer treatment, and thus have a prosthesis attached by magnets. It's... not something I'm used to seeing, but I'd chose it over death.
As for the difference between costmetic and plastic surgery, costmetic surgery is elected surgery to increase beauty with no medical reason, while plastic surgery is done to change the the body for medical reasons.
To most people, I think they see the two as the same since the procedures can overlap and its primarily the reason for the procedure that changes as you can do plastic surgery for costmetic reasons.
“Look, it changes as I play!”
DoW1 reference calling!
My music is a pillar upon which whole worlds have been built
Take me to a place where I may call forth the wraithbone
I love seeing Bricky slowly come around to how cool the Eldar actually are
cringe*
Honestly, this thumbnail art is genuinely gorgeous in how it depicts beauty of Eldar and the melancholy wraithbone construct represents while having this awe inspiring gaze of wraithbone into great beyond as marches with dignity even beyond the grave with the hopes of Eldar race for the future.
It's amazing yeah!
Out of all the factions in 40k, I think the Craftworld aeldar best encapsulate the feeling of melancholy, tragedy, grief, yet still pushing on regardless. I love them when they have those vibes.
Most Eldar weapons are fired by Psychic signals of the wielder, but its not hard to give them a trigger for non psychic mon' keigh to use when trading.
The Infinity symbol on wraiths is indeed the eldar rune for the infinity circuit.
The novel "Farseer" by William King is a good one, to be fair the protagonist is human, but it is 100% centered on the Eldar and the Maiden Worlds etc
Also some of the coolest Eldar weapon stuff I've ever seen.
Yeeeees, that book just doesn't get the love it deserves. Genuinely stumped that story wasn't continued further
Huh. Never heard of it, thanks for the recommendation!
17:45 That is legitimately a better idea than the in canon Lore. As Eldar age, their bones actually do turn into crystal, and I could totally see some faction going.. "I want those crystals, ....for reasons...."
ha TTS made that joke in the eldar special
Pretty sure that only happens to Farseers, and it progressively happens to their whole bodies. Farseers, once they’re too old, go to a special garden and let the crystals totally consume them, turning into psychic crystal trees that help channel psychic energies for the remaining Farseers.
Tonight on the Ridiculous Tour:
Bricky reveals that he can play the bagpipes surprisingly well, but is currently banned from doing so due to [redacted].
DK locks and loads to deal with the undead menace, because he's been preparing for this moment for years, no undead monster is going to get _his_ brains!
And Shy is in the lab, raising the lightning rod, because the undead we're apparently dealing with this week had to come from somewhere!
The fools, Shy will destroy them all!
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...DK has a brain for the undead to take?
@@Cosmic_Coffee_Creamer How do you think he manages to store all the memes in his head?
i was assuming cassette tapes
@@teecheeong He stores everything but what he learned each episode in there. Nothing but anime and memes.
Hearing Heavenly being mentioned in an episode of adeptus ridiculous was NOT on my bingo card
Ok this episode will be fun
Heavenly's drip is blessed by Big E. Also, points to a Weary 101 clip being used, as I know that virtual bar well - which is also blessed by the Imperium, as it is run by Brother Santodes and CIAPHAS CAIN (and the tortured screams of Abbadon) and has been visited by Leman Russ.
@@mindwarp42 I've joined a few streams of " Leman Russ " and held entire conversations with the guy whole stream. Pretty cool guy.
A few things on Eldar lore: Old Lore had the Old Ones wanting their creatins to fight the War In Heaven - Eldar and Krorks, to be able to harness warp energy and natural materials specifically to counteract the Necrons destroying/stealing all organic matter
Bonesingers were originally in-lore added for 3rd edition Craftworlds Eldar codex, but didn't have a model. On announcement of Dawn of War they announced the builder unit for Eldar would be a Bonesinger, and released a model THAT ONLY came out with the 4th Ed BRB preorder while supplies lasted which was the same year of release as Dawn of War in 2004 - one of GW's earliest pre-order bonus and game tie-ins. Other runs have occured since, unsure if they were all Finecast or stayed Pewter on Made to Order runs
Soulstones are individual to the stones and often the torment of being locked consciously caused them to be pure pain and rage - "the Spirit of Khaine posesses them eventually". To old lore: greater the size, stronger the original Psyker, and you DID have multi-nodes and using some soulstones for power rather than assisting, usually in the "weaker" ones - and the larger the soulstone the more of that person remains consciously, also, which in Wraithknights you need Aeldari born-twins to pilot them because of the sheer power of those crystals they need to have the psychic connection bridge-shared to dilute one burning out, but one ends the main channeling focus, and eventually it burns the first out and the other pilot goes insane from the loss of their brother and flood of psychic energy, going on rampages against both friend and foe.
And if memory serves, the spiritstones required to power D-scythes for the Hemlock Wraithfighters are extra powerful, PLUS due to the power and the needed hyperconnection to successfully pilot the jets effectively, and power their psychically-oppressive soul-paining emnity and design of the Wraithfighter eventually has the spiritstones fry the pilot alive. It's not an If, it's a when. When the pilots are done if they didn't burn out they generally never recover properly and get early-turned into spiritstones to put them out of their psychotic misery
And Iyanden is considered Derelict in their duty to preserve their ancestors due to their reliance on Wraith Constructs after the Tyranids ravaged the craftworld. The religious zeal around protecting the soulstones is intense. This is also why Ynnead's rise to the ancient prophecies Eldrad and Yvraine re-discovered scares many craftworlds' leaders and then created a religious divide between protecting the dead in soulstones, and destroying the soulstones to feed to Ynnead to awaken them(her?)
Who agrees we need an aeldari world circuit in lore where enough exodites have died and caused a planet to become alive, kinda like Mogo from green lantern corps?
I mean not mogo level but maiden worlds do actually fight off Invasion via storms and shit
They already exist, they are called World Spirits. A World Spirit spreads all over the crust of exodite worlds like a maze of crystal roots and emerges here and there. While bigger than an Infinity Circuits, a World Spirit is normally less powerful because the population density of Exodites Worlds is very low and there aren’t that many dead eldar inside the crystal matrix.
That is a World Spirit from the Exodites.
If it means we get a subfaction with Wraithbone-construct infantry, then I'm on board.
Or ghoma viltra from asura's wrath
Something to point out the Path of the Seer is for all eldar psykers. Each discipline of the Eldar is broken up into the path system which to help resist the old eldar ways. Each path takes you down different subsections of the eldar world. So Path of the Seer, Path of Command, and Path of the Warrior, are the main big 3 that warhammer mainly concerns itself. Seers are then broken up into essentially temples, Farseers, Spirit Seers, and Bonesingers. The three are the main "lost" in the path eldar that are there, where Warlocks are more intraining eldar who have walked several paths.
To add to the wraithbone subsection all those little dots on eldar armor is more like a matrix, essentially key points of the item allow communication between wraithbone. Armor and items in general have these sections to allow it. Spirit Stones are most often location on the chest, or the heart of a suit. The ones on the top are not a spirit stone.
As an addenum Wraith Knights are pilot by living pilots most times, there is an example of twins or familal members both controlling at the same time. So its more like Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim, you need two pilots in order to control such a monster. Sometimes you have a dead family member helping you control it sometimes you don't. Heres a fun bit of lore from the Lexi : "The psychic link between an Eldar and their twin is like no other, and this bond allows them to sense the proximity, mood, and even thoughts of their counterpart. If the twin were to die, the surviving brother or sister will often fade away in sympathy. Sometimes, when such a division takes place, the surviving twin will sacrifice what is left of his life to pilot a Wraithknight. The essence of the dead twin is transferred into a Spirit Stone attached to the machine, whilst the surviving sibling is put into a near-permanent trance within his cockpit."
Spirit stones are a limited quality, they are often called the Tears of Isha. Isha in her way tried to get around the blockage set up by Asuryan that prevented Isha from talking to her Children ( the eldar), and so she had Vaul create the Spirit Stones. These would allow her to communicate with them. So in an essence they are communication device with their now trapped god. Sometimes she will whisper to them cures and other things to help prevent catastrophe. Khaine found out about Isha's treachery and basically started a War in Heaven 2.0, where Asuryan the idiot, let Khaine do whatever he wished to her and her husband Kurnous the god of the hunt imprisoned. And tortured.. Which then started ALA a god war between Vaul and Khaine... So yeah it led to kerfuffle. And eldar mythology is so cool.
For Eldar books I'd recommend the Eldar books about the Phoenix Lord Asurmen as his book shows prefall eldar society, and 'during' fall eldar.
A neat thing about soul stones is that they are a heavily limited resource. The only place in the galaxy they can be made is on the Eldar home worlds, but those don't exist anymore, and very few Eldar dive into the eye of terror to try and dig some up, so every soul stone lost is both a soul lost, and a loss of ability to bring back future souls from battle. This is part of why Eldar are so hesitant to fight, as they are losing both their population and the ability to protect their dead.
Fabius Bile unintentionally make a Bonesinger along with a number of Noise Marines who can shape Wraithbone! It’s in the Fabius Bile trilogy! Really recommend it for Future Novels!
Call him by his proper name- Fabulous Bill
Previously On Warhammer 40k's Walking Eldars and Soulstones.
“Poor Heavenly. Able to walk in flesh and V-Tuber realm. Still cannot find a maiden”
DK would LOVE the Ossiarch Bonereapers from Age of Sigmar - they literally use bones to make EVERYTHING, and go around like Tax Collectors demanding BONES OR DEATH :D
So happy to see you guys cover Eldar again ^^ Regarding their novels, Valedor is probably the best one to check out - both them, Dark Eldar and Tyranids are done justice in that one!
Bricky you damn mon-keigh, you didn't mention the most badass aspect of spirit stones: how they are harvested in basically suicide missions to crone worlds where they rain down from the tainted skies
Isn't that what they often use Wraithknights for?
@@Tremadog102 jup, though how they pick up such small stones with their massive hands is a question gw sidesteps.
I'm pretty sure harlequins also go on stone hunts as ol' ceg shields them somewhat
wraithbone is one of those things i feel is underutilized, like the actual constructs are basically just treated as robot and the bonesingers are magic repairment, but what about a powerful psychic construct whos gimmick is exerting complete control over their construct body to shift it into whatever weapon they need and patch up holes, basically eldar venom
The utilization of Wraithbone and SoulStones are important plot points in The Fabius Bile trilogy. (really just generally important for the character current day)
if the spirit strone is destroyed the soul inside goes to the warp, if the construct is destroyed but the stone remains intact then the soul stays in the stone.
I've read the "Path of the Eldar" trilogy, and its both really wonderful and frustrating. I really enjoy the look into how the Eldar think and how the Eldar function, it comes across as both really understandable and alien.
...But this is the era of books where Space Marines had to be top dog, and so when the Space Marines show up to a fight you have them punching way above their weight. All the really cool build up about all the epic things the Eldar characters can do sort of dissolves into nothing at that point, and this was a trilogy that was supposed to be ABOUT the Eldar. I'm happy I read them, but what I wouldn't give to change some key points out of frustration.
The fact the author is made by longtime employee Gavin Thorpe, who supposedly really like the Eldar is a mystery to me
Good summary, as you said I quite enjoyed the descriptions of how eldar society and training functions. But yes, the Marines where a bit over-tuned.
@@woaddragon Love Gav Thorpe's lore but he cannot write characters for shit. There's teenage angst and SM wank _in a dedicated Eldar novel._ They're supposed to be long lived, wise beings who live for hundreds if not thousands, no, ten thousands of centuries (Eldrad being the easiest example).
If you want an actual good Eldar series, read the Path of The Dark Eldar omnibus by Andy Chambers. It jacks off the Deldar super hard and honestly it's just a _good read_ if you like Eldar and 40k overall. It even depicts a little bit of the Harlequins and the Exodites, and some Corsairs!
@@Sercotani I look into it, it sounds awesome
I love how DK and Bricky are having an existential crisis over the Warp Spiders being older than them and I'm sitting here like "I was 5 years old when the Warp Spider was released T___________T"
I remember them being the newest and coolest aspect warriors and buying a squad with my pocket money. That Bricky wasn't born at this point troubles me greatly. 😂
It's confirmed, Shy was a genestealer all along.
I think the singing refers to resonance changing the matter of the warp
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The thing with the pheonix lords are also somewhat true with aspect warriors as well, when a new aspect warrior exarch is given theyre armor they can communicate with each exarch before them via the infinity circuit, in a way these people will constantly be dealing with theyre predecessors always judging them on everything they do
Missed out on the coolest wraith constructs. Asdrubael Vects most feared weapon and started in the Path of the Dark Eldar series as the worst thing he’s ever done
The Castigators are captured wraith lords stuffed full of hundreds of captured spirit stones, strapped to the brim with high power drukhari weapons and blades they’re driven mad by the swarms of frightened and angry Aeldari souls.
Their arrival means total annihilation
IIRC, the Webway is made out of wraithbone, so it would make sense if the Old Ones were the first ones to master the crafting of said material and taught it to the Aeldari.
Cause I’m in too deep, and. I’m tryin to keep, up above in my head, instead of going under. That song was a Lego rockband classic
The AI bros are gonna be all up in arms over that segment.
Really appreciate yall starting a podcast episode by looking at images. Really helps the audio-only experience...
Y'all missed your chance to get pancreasnowork on the pod, it would finally be his time to shine
Me: Oh this time I'll listen to that episode just as a podcast, at work, while cleaning the kitchen.
DK and Bricky: Decide to pass half the podcast commenting on images I can't see.
DK needs to be exposed to the Fabulous Bill trilogy and how much meddling the Eldar do in the affairs of humans.
Grettings from Argentina , I've started listening last year by chance looking for celestine lore because i play commander and damn it was a Good golddiggin, you are awesome guys and shy . I'm just a little argentinian guy. Hope you never have diarrhea
Ok but how fun would it be if Shy could interject in real-time with her TTS while they're recording
Fun fact - there's a faction of tech-priests described in the Second Edition of Dark Heresy called the Bone Collectors who claim to have discovered a way for machines to make wraithbone. They are classified as hereteks, although for the same reason that some Xenarites are called hereteks rather than being DarkMech.
The Tau leader is technically a V-tuber as its a hologram of the guy the imperial vindicare. Aun'Va is a V-tuber for the greater good
truly love your job, were it not for you i dont think i would know half of the stuff i know about warhamer, glad i found your podcast, *shy*
Bricky's AI interpretation is the hardest to look at, but Shy's feels the most like an AI actually drew it
A lot of the little bulbs on eldar constructs and vehicles are not soul stones, they are just blisters in the shell. You can pick out which are meant to be soul stones while painting, and on larger things they are framed, like on the wraith knight.
"This world seems distant, but I walk it again." DoW2 Wraithlords were cooooool
DK is now finally at the point basically all eldar enjoyers are. Absolutely sick lore, going extremely deep and epic, and then in the books they get absolutely bodied in favour to your human/space marine protagonists. I have not read a single book of them that actually utilises them to their full narrative potential.
and in games, they show up to tell the humans that there's warp fuckery going on (often as they die from being bodied by the humans they're trying to help)
The main character of my 40k/Dark Heresy continuity Attelus Kaltos had his bone structure replaced with Wraithbone by a Farseer who was formally a Bonesinger. She can communicate and use his body as a conduit for her power. She can also heal him but have to be careful not to be detected by other psykers. She also made him super human using other methods. He's like a combination of Wolverine and Captain America for 40k, lol.
A few comments: after experiencing some warp inhibiting things, eldar made physical backup triggers on all weapons, that's not a mistake from that one prisoner thing. Additionally, a large majority of Aeldari miniatures are updated save warp spiders, most phoenix lords, and the fire dragons. Most aspect warriors and rangers are great! plus new scorpions! There's SO many new aledari sculpts! The wraiths also are something I adore. Love my Aeldari army! Loved the topic!
I've always heard that the protruding areas on the armor and constructs that aren't soulstones or waystones are sensors. Some people paint all of them like gems will others only paint the actual soulstone like a gem.
Yup, I like to paint them all as gemstones a) to flex and b) because I am a masochist but you really only need to paint the ones in settings as soulstones or farseer's sparkly gems or whatever.
@Tremadog102 right and the ones that are the actual gems are typically in a frame, either inlaid into the armor or hanging like a medallion. My dark reapers are my only models with all the nodules painted but it's more like they're glowing red than like gems
Pretty easy to balance Eldar, up the number in value of theirs units or give more anti-eldar units to other army.
43:46 I can't believe it took until doing this episode for it to finally click with Bricky how much sense that paint job makes.
According to Lexicanum, Bonesingers follow the Path of the Seer, which makes sense since that's the Path for unlocking your psychic potential. The fandom wiki says that it's the Path of the Seer, but also that it's a sub-path of the Path of the Artisan, the Path of Shaping.
Wraith constructs can be a single soul, or an amalgamation of multiple souls that have become one sort of entity, particularly if they were that way prior to getting put in a wraith like higher ranking aspect warriors.
The Infinity Circuit is actually connected to almost all things on an Eldar ship, being the Eldar's primary means of sending and receiving messages to other parts of Craftworlds. Most of the souls in the Infinity Circuit avoid the space on each Craftworld that's designated for the Path of the Warrior though.
Those damn knife ears are pretty ....... Acceptable.
43:13 THE MARGE SIMPSON ONE NOOOO DONT DO MY CRAFTWORLD DIRTY LIKE THAT NOOOO
We heat things up and apply pressure to create new elements and materials.
In a universe where emotions are another law of physics, singing stuff into creation kind of makes sense.
44:10 Looks incredible, but the only thing going through my head is "oh fuck, the harliquins got their hands on one".
Loved this episode, soul gems tend to have a gold band around them, the other gem lumps on armour and vehicles are more like technology housings for sensors and gubbins. Wish I was a guest on this one, could have told you about where way stones originate, about the wraith blades, the way craftworlds are in a symphonic relationship with the eldar, the way dark eldar saved a craftworld cos they found it funny how they had to use necromancy to defend themselves ect lol.
Shy AI hits the uncanny valley of AI generation so perfectly if I did not know i would 100% say it's AI generated.
i like that shy ended up as some weird looking greek harpie
Shuriken catapults and pistols are psychically linked to the wielder so they can just will it to fire, but they also have a trigger in case something is messing with psychic links
I know that there's a _Jain Zar_ book, and an Asurmen book, and the _Paths of the Eldar_ trilogy exists, but I don't know of many Eldar books beyond that. In other books, Eldar mostly fall into two categories - troublemakers, or exposition (like in _Hereticus_ when the Eldar show up to talk about Yssarile and stuff).
Just want to point out the bird in Bricky's damnation meme is the same pose as a warhount titan, complete with the toes.
Woooo here at premiere! Perfect thing to listen to whilst at work.
When there was the 9th Edition and Eldar still had the 8th Edition codex, that was the time when Eldar was really really weak. Funny enough that was the time I started playing 40k and picked Craftworlds as my first army.
I didn't have a great time!
But Wraiths are cool AF and helped me win those few games I did.
The famous bile omnibus (the second book I think?) has a great view into wraithbone and how it grows and acts psychically
FYI ADR crew, in case you didn't know, Horse Face inquisitor in Gaunt's Ghost, Heldane, was the interrogator psyker guy in Eisenhorn Book 1. You guys should really read book 2...
Books 2 and 3 of the Fabius Bile series would also have helped out for this one. Lots of wraithbone crafting and soulstone huffing going on in those.
In short, only some of the "armor bumps" are crystals, and only some of the crystals are soulstones. Most of them are just compartments for sensors and stuff, or just decoration. The ones that are "supposed" to be painted as crystals usually have a raised border or socket around them.
I’m currently reading through the Deathwatch trilogy by C. S. Goto. The second book deals heavily with Eldar, and specifically the Shining Spears. They’re C. S. Goto books, so bear that knowledge in mind, but they’re not the worst things I’ve ever read.
Yall I just got Forza. Wondering if I should make a 40k inspired livery on my Crown Vic?
Do it!
And remember: Red wunz go fasta!!
Dooooo it
The Jain-Zar Howling Banshee book is unironically really good. You should read it,it's a hidden jem of the Black Library.
Next Book Club: Jain Zar! It's pretty good, voiced by Minthara from BG3, gives great insight to all Eldar lore AND it's the only Eldar Audiobook.
Finally some more Eldar stuff :D
For what it's worth, there's a Legends datasheet for the Bonesinger.
They are pretty much an Eldar techmarine tbh.
Also there are rumblings that Asurman is getting a new model, really hope so! As most of the Phoenix Lords are not even available to buy.
i tend to assume the multiple stones all over eldar infantry and vehicles serve one of two purposes, or both. On infantry, its most likely the multiple stones are a failsafe in case some of them are broken or destroyed in combat, so their souls have a much greater chance of being captured after death. On vehicles, knights, titans etc, it may take multiple soul stones to power and operate. Stones could also be used to power their armor and weapons.
When Bricky was describing AI-generated Shy and bringing up giant boobed anime AI-generated art I can't be the only one thinking we were getting massive boobed anime girl short stack Shy.
Oh 100% the dread was building
Please no😅
That poster is awesome.
I'm making a Wraithknight right now! Perfect timing!
I seen that poster a day ago from somewhere on FB. Helldivers is awesome
Yes! Elves, i’ve been getting into them, perfect timing my boys!
Very helpful ability for the dwindling Eldar race.
I like to imagine Aeldar weapons would still function on a mechanical level in the hands of anyone, but if you wanted to change the settings, or switch the safety on/off, fire modes, etc. You would need to be a psyker to interract with it more directly.
It's bizare to me that considering most 40k hardcore players are Eldar fans but GW ignore them the most. It's like they made them so powerful they forgot about them
One of the hammer and bolter episodes is about an Eldar trying to find the spirit stone of his mother if i recall correctly. Its pretty sad. It's Eldar, of course it's sad. Lol
You want an Eldar book that’s pretty good? Jain Zar - the Storm of Silence. It gives a really good depiction of the Phoenix Lords and the Drukhari.
The raised bit or oval shape are either weapon cores or gems depending on their placement or weapon if you look at weapon schematics they write about these
Yeeees, more Aeldari stuff! Thank you. Also: Malcador episode when? :)
The wristbone has also made it that the craft world are also semi sentient