Editing Solitaire (section)

===Want to Join the Harlequins? Then Fuck You!===
It's not known if recruiting for the Harlequins is done actively, or if they just take in any dispossessed Eldar. And it's not known what sort of criteria they look for (e.g. you're under threat of death by the Autarch for having a genuine sense of humor, the Laughing God is strong with one, etc.). However, any recruit has to pass the trial to become a Harlequin, and it's one of their best kept secrets. A leaked bit of old and probably retconed fluff was that this trial involved becoming possessed by a daemon of Slaanesh and casting it off through sheer willpower.

Obviously, [[Grimdark|the attrition rate was pretty high,]] with many just getting killed in the process, and those who succumbed to the possession were euthanized with a [[Blam|Kevorkian shuriken pistol]]. However, back in those days, [[Exorcists|if anybody got possessed and exorcised, it made them untouchable by Chaos]]; and for the Eldar, this would mean Slaanesh would lose the claim on that Eldar's soul. Sometimes, however, this process would result in an Eldar losing his soul, but surviving nonetheless. These soulless, pants-shittingly terrifying individuals became the Solitaires. But y'know. Old fluff. This old fluff however is backed up by the [[Exorcists]] marine chapter who do the same thing of "possessed and exorcised" by Demons so demons can't see them.