Editing MedHammer 40,000 (section)

==Xenos in M41==

As the 4th epoch comes to a close, the forces of Chaos are spent, drained, and outmanuvred. Lorgar and Luther struggle to hold their causes together as they are surrounded by few friends and ever increasing enemies. That does not mean the Imperium can hope for peace however. Indeed it is becomming clear that the war with Chaos was a fight for who would represent humanity in the upcomming fight. From the new threats in the Tau, the resurgent Eldar, and the ever looming threats of Orks, Tyrannids, and Necrons, the Imperium is quickly buckling and losing ground to these empires looking for blood. 

===The Eldar===
[[File:Yindarria MH40k.png|50%px|thumb|right|The Ynnari were pushed out of the Craftworlds and aggressively hunted by the Night Lords. These exodites hardened as the craftworlds withered. Now as Great Yindaria, the Ynnari are quickly overwhelming the other eldar ways of life. ]]
The Imperium's greater success against the Forces of Chaos has come at a great cost. Not merely the countless lives spent in fighting these dark forces, but also in the fraying in a relationship and truce the Emperor forged with the Eldar.

There are still some Eldar, who view the primitive Mon'Keigh as mostly harmless, and a potential ally against the forces that surround them. However, this has begun to change in the mellenia following The Desolation of Lorgar. Rather than decaying into fiefdoms and squabbles as brief as their lifespans, the petty impulses of man have been checked by the Emperor's immortal sons. As the Imperium slowly but surely climbs the uphill battle against the Forces of Chaos, many eldar have begun to wonder if it is only a matter of time before the Imperium will turn its attention to the craftworlds.

The Eldar, unable to face the Imperium at full strength, for now, still maintains the masquerade of its truce with the Imperium while doing anything and everything short of supporting chaos to undermine it. However that facade is quickly crumbling, and as of the 41st millennium it seems as if it will only be a matter of time before open war between the Eldar and Imperium engulfs the galaxy.

As the Craftworld eldar tend to their fraying truce, or resort to underhanded tactics, a new generation of Eldar has rallied behind calls for a restoration of the Eldar empire. These Eldar have observed the Imperium's success against the Forces of Chaos as proof not only of the potential victory for Eldar against chaos, but also as proof of the ineffectiveness and failing leadership of The Craftworld Eldar. While in Vanilla the quest for Ynnead is welcomed by many of the Craftworld, here the movement is openly hostile to the other Craftworlds and its leadership. The Yndarri are far more fanatical and ruthless than they are in the Vanilla Warhammer. Nor do they have any love for humanity or for even their fellow eldar. To them the Craftworlds are standing in the way of what could be a Great Eldar resurgence, and should a few more join slaanesh, they would not be missed. Craftworlds are always on the lookout for Yndarri assassins and theives, killing major leaders, and stealing relics and soulstones. Under Yvraine, chosen champion of Ynnead, they hope to overthrow the corrupt quibbling and decadent leadership of the Eldari and Drukhari and replace their craftworlds with Ynnead-appointed leadership. So that all living and dead eldars can welcome the coming of the Great Death God's Return.


===The Tau===
[[File:MH40kTauPropaganda.png|50%px|thumb|left|Propaganda poster with the Attillans, a key Auxillary of the Tau'Va.]]

Calling themselves an Imperium, after their former Masters, the T'au Va were originally part of the Subject state of the Imperium called the "Cerulean Socii." That changed when The Eldar, concerned about the Imperium's growing strength and success, saw an opportunity to create an ally that could counteract the Imperium without further altering the warp. Thus the Ethereal Caste was created through advanced genetic modification as a way to indirectly control the Tau'va. Taking advantage of a Black Crusade distracting the Imperium, the Tau'Va revolted against the Imperium slaughtering their overlords and kroot immediaries. Before the Imperium could lead a proper counter offensive, the Eldar "chose to ally" with the Tau'Va and announced that the Free Tau Va were under their protection. Unwilling to fight a war with the Eldar Craftworlds in the middle of a Chaos insurgency, The Imperium begrudgingly agreed to a ceasefire.

Despite the T'au Empires small size, they are meticulously well organized with the four former T'au nations transformed into castes. The T'au have highly advanced weapons but rely on their Eldar "allies" for aid in travelling vast distances.

The Tau have seen many different "Ethereal" who unite the Tau, from the origional, and now Expunged Etherials, to the era of Water Caste government, to the new rise of Commander Puretide, and the dominance of the Fire Caste. Under O'shasanuk'la the Tau have carved huge swaths of the Ultima Segmentum, and are now circling the borders of Ultramar.