Sslyth

Dark Eldar chicks make perfect Sslyth waifu, but suggesting this in front of them is the quickest way to get castrated.

Four arms are always better than two.

The Sslyth are xenos usually employed to act as loyal bodyguards for the Dark Eldar Archons. Apparently millennia ago, like the Eldar beforehand the Sslyth fell before the temptations of unbridled excess and quickly became one of the most favored beings by the Dark Eldar. What a convenient marriage of two species of the same side of the coin. Sslyth typically look like snakes with four arms, which allows them to carry enough blades and weapons to end the fool who strike at a Dark Eldar leader.

The reason why the Sslyth make excellent bodyguards is due to the aforementioned loyalty and the fact that hiring a Dark Eldar as a bodyguard is just a sure death sentence for the leader as the treacherous and backstabby hijinks of the Dark Eldar means that a coup or assassination (Or sometimes both!) is often well under way. They are also tough, shrugging of blows that would fell Humans and Eldar alike, they can even survive having one of their arms chopped off and still function at peak efficiency. Combined with their short-sighted and simple minded approach (Hint, it involves killing anyone who looks at them funny). Further elevating their use and worth as competent bodyguards.

Although they seem to favor the Dark Eldar above all else. Sslyth as a species are mercenaries and is able to be hired if they are given what they want, similar to the Kroot who have no genuine allegiance and just joined the Tau because they currently have the best bits or sometimes the Imperium if they make a better offer, the Sslyth are pragmatic in this sense. Although it is still unknown whether the Sslyth have a thing for the Dark Eldar or they share the same sadomasochistic shit as they do.

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  Sslyth on the tabletop