Dark Eldar

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." - Albert Schweitzer

The Dark Eldar are the villainous counterparts of the Eldar, who followed the horrific depravity that saw the Eldar Empire destroyed. Hailing from Port Commorragh in the Webway, the Dark Eldar spirit out from the shadows to take slaves to commit unspeakable atrocities on whoever they capture.

In short, they're the most evil race in Warhammer 40,000, which is a hell of an accomplishment. Their lives revolve around sadistic torture, making them a sort of cross between the cenobites from hellraiser and the reavers from fireflly. They are mainly pirates, though are sometimes used as mercenaries.

History

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Special Characters

At least the Dark Eldar actually have playable special characters now: HAHA - not anymore! As of the 7th ed codex, the Deldar lost a good half of their special characters.

RIP

• Asdrubael Vect, the Pimp Master General of Commorragh who's now a manipulator on par with Eldrad and, impossibly, an even bigger dick. Why Games Workshop saw fit to remove Vect from the latest Codex is a mystery as he had a model (based on the out-of-production plastic raider kit) but given the latest trend of shifting some characters off into the Lord of War section, Vect on the Dais of Destruction would've been a nice fit, especially considering that Santa Claws based monstrosity we were given in the Space Wolves codex. He is still all over the fluff though, and has turned into some monolithic puppet master who has so much Just as Planned that fighting him would probably be the same as fighting Tzeentch, except without the magic power.
• Lady Malys, an anime villainess and Vect's pissed-off ex. She won someone's heart in a contest and shoved it in her chest. She was okay as a character so her passing isn't that big a deal. She was also dropped from the rules but still also features heavily all the way through the new codex as the up and coming rival to Vect, her loss was more inexplicable since she could have easily filled the gap of special character Archon, since Succubus & Haemonculi both have theirs. She was barely any different to any other Archon rules-wise though, so she's easily recreated. It's just a shame you can't take two relics for some reason so you could have the djinn blade and the helm of spite to represent the crystal heart.
• Kruellagh the Vile, possibly the worst-named character in 40K history. NO LONGER EXISTS. ALL HAIL LORD KELLY!
• Lord Hellion Baron Sathonyx, who many on /tg/ believe to be Spider-Man's archnemesis. Was kinda cool for his FOC-shifting abilities with respects to Hellions.
• Kheradruakh the Decapitator, who, uh, cuts peoples heads off and collects them like beanie babies. Implied to be collecting them like coconuts to do some serious warp-related shit. Was also never used because Mandrakes suck. The most he has now is a footnote in the Mandrakes entry. He is, however, very good to count as a Callidus Assassin.
• Duke Sliscus, the Pirate Duke who drinks poisons, has all the best drugs, and brings all the bitches to the yard with his gigantic cock. Almost as insufferable as Assholetep. Much missed because his contraband rule stopped you from rolling terrible combat drugs, and now this is gone. The rest of his rules weren't particularly special though, so you can still have him using the Archon rules.

Survivors

• Urien Rakarth, a hyper-evolved Pavi Largo.
• Drazhar, the Master of Blades, who's strongly suggested is the fallen Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions aspect.
• Lelith Hesperax, an oversexed gladiatrix/snuff-film porn starlet so badass her fucking hair counts as a power weapon (srsly, so much implied masturbation in her profile, it's not even funny).

Dating a Dark Eldar

Likes	Dislikes
"Playthings" Latex Leather Whips Hardcore, ballbusting Sex Drugs Rock'n'Roll S/M Holes Rods	Sunshine Puppies Flowers John Denver Sobriety "Vanilla" sex Erectile Dysfunction Prudishness R&B music Weak constitutions

Gallery

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  Kill like a DEldar, DEldar.
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  Buying this CD is Heresy! Download it from torrent.
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  No, no, you got it right the first time.
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  Oh, that wacky Vect.
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  "Well, look. I mean, is he gonna be able to chase us? Cause if I woke up lookin' like that, I would just run towards the nearest living thing and kill it."
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  He's only a gimp but he's not that funny.
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  Your daily commute in Commorragh, except everyone's an elf-rapist, the pistols shoot poison that can kill robots, and the chicks are soul-sucking crack whore gladiators.
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  Some armies clad their dedicated combat units in armor that covers more than areolas and genitals. Some armies are for pussies.
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  Mercy? Interesting word, I always wanted to know its meaning.
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  What is up?
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  Fucking Pony nonsense... Fucking with... Sense of... What were we talking about?
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  Combat drugs: Not even once.
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  If an army of evil space-dominatrices squared off against an army of semi-heroic space nuns, who would win? We don't care its HAWT.
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  ...but at least you can't call them quitters! Keep fucking that chicken!

See Also

• Tactics/Dark Eldar
• The Enshrouded