Editing Cyfecti (section)

===The Eight Noble Paths===
While the pseudo-religious deification of the Four Kings had lead the Cyfecti to become a major player in the Galaxy, its tenets gave the Cyfecti no means of protecting themselves against the Eldar. This lead to great turmoil in the Cyfecti collective belief in their philosophies, as survival became increasingly more important in their struggle than remaining true to what many of the younger Cyfecti began to see as an old and outdated system.

This period of turmoil posed multiple problems for the Cyfecti position in the Galaxy. Primarily that the turmoil obviously harmed the Cyfecti's own coordination and effectiveness, which was incredibly important in a time of war. But the turmoil also posed a problem for the Cyfecti's culture, as the increasing number of individuals who turned from the Four Kings weakened the ability for the Cyfecti to combat the Eldar effectively and in a unified fashion. Thus with the turmoil fostering factionalism, the older Cyfecti who still followed the teachings of the Four Kings began to reinterpret the tenets they espoused to reunify the Cyfecti to one purpose, and allow them to combat the Eldar more effectively.
The reinterpretations maintained the Four Kings teachings, but added the importance of their opposites in times of need.
Thus destruction was attuned to creation, discord to unity, falsehood to truth, and disorder to discipline.
Thus, where the tenet of creation had previously prevented the Cyfecti from undertaking any action that resulted in nothing more than destruction, the reinterpretation allowed destruction to be used, so long as an equal act of pure creation was used to balance it. '''Balance''' became a key concept for the newly reinterpreted teachings of the Four Kings, now known as the '''"Eight Noble Paths "'''.
This caught on with many of the young and disillusioned Cyfecti, who saw the reinterpretations as true to their beliefs, but allowed them to fight back effectively. However, a great number of factions still existed in the Cyfecti ranks, with some turning from the path due to the reinterpretations themselves.

While the changes the Eight Paths brought with them saw great success for the Cyfecti, it only fought the powerful Eldar offensive to a standstill, and very little land was reclaimed of the Cyfecti Empire which had still been reduced to a fraction of its former size. The resulting stalemate and lack of resounding successes dulled many individuals enthusiasm for the Eight Paths, and this lack of conviction created the ideal conditions for the rise of the '''Ninth Way'''.