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- ~ELDAR
- Long before humans ever dreamed of the stars, the Eldar had already formed an
- empire that stretched across the cosmos. An ancient and sophisticated race, the
- Eldar in the end were responsible for their own downfall. As their galaxy-wide
- success made them the supreme rulers of all they could survey, many of the Eldar
- became self-serving and decadent.
- As Eldar society became more and more divided, the psychic energy of their
- corruption coalesced in the swirling maelstrom of the Warp and thus the Chaos
- entity Slaanesh was born. In the end, all the Eldar planets were destroyed by the
- final cataclysm, the only survivors were those far-sighted individuals who had built
- Craftworlds - great space-faring starships that floated like jewels to the farthest
- reaches of space. In these vast cities the remaining Eldar survive to this day,
- embroiled in a continuous battle for survival in a galaxy now hopelessly overrun by
- usurpers.
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- ~A ~RACE ~OF ~WARRIORS
- The Eldar are not a prolific race, and so every Craftworld dweller receives
- extensive battle-training. These troopers are known as Guardians, and they not only
- add substantial numbers to the notoriously small Eldar armies, but they perform
- valuable battlefield tasks as well. Whether armed for close combat, or equipped with
- the more standard lasgun or the deadlier shuriken catapult, Guardian Squads are ideal
- at holding up a foe, while the more specialized warriors get into position.
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