Editing Eldar (section)

===Eldar as Defenders of the Status Quo===
[[Games Workshop]] is well-known (read: <s>notorious</s> infamous) for using the Eldar as a gigantic fiat that everything remains exactly as it is (which is to say, in a state of imminent-but-not-quite-here-yet disaster).

It must be noted, however, that they aren't the sole custodians of this. Necrons, pre-update, used to be pretty bad for doing this, and the [[Tyranid]]s in general seem to exist to [[Squat|eat GW's mistakes]], but both of those can be written off as the fault of the armies themselves, since the Tyranids exist only to consume biomass, and the pre-5th edition Necrons just wanted to kill everything. In short, whenever something needs to be [[Tyranid|eaten]], [[Necron|destroyed]], [[Khornate Knights|turned into armour paint]], or [[Tau|involve the interplanetary equivalent of poking an electrical outlet with a fork]], GW uses one of the other armies. But when a situation calls for things to remain exactly as they are, the Eldar, traditionally, get the call.

Thankfully, this is no longer the case, as the Eldar are at least partly responsible for the massive shakeup that was 8th edition. Basically, Biel-Tan is gone, the Eldar have a [[Ynnead|scary new god]], and one of them does the impossible and revives [[Roboute Guilliman|Rowboat Girlyman]]. So much for status quo. That being said they did it during the Gathering Storm events and their actions prevented an ultimate Chaos victory and stirred the setting back to the state of (you guessed it) imminent-but-not-quite-here-yet disaster.

After the events of the Gathering Storm, Eldar storyline progression can only be summed up as stagnant. As mentioned before, the Ynnari hasn't really accomplished jack since they helped wake Guilliman from his power nap. Every step towards an awakened Ynnead they take, they pay for it in so much blood that it's a surprise [[Khorne]] hasn't tried to claim them as his own yet. A majority of the Craftworlds are still extremely hands-off in regards to the Ynnari and rarely ever offer them token support even if they share an immediate goal (like the defense of their own [[Saim-Hann|Craftworld]] from an awakening Tomb World). Some are even borderline hostile towards them. [[Commorragh]] is still in a state of complete [[Chaos|chaos]], with [[Asdrubael Vect|Vect's]] faction wanting Yvraine dead and bickering with [[Lady Malys]] over control of the city. Whenever any large, multi-faction gatherings occur to discuss potential long-term alliances, a [[Drazhar|big]] [[Shalaxi Helbane|bad]] shows up and spoil the mood so hard that negotiations break down and nothing comes of the meetings.