Eldar Character Guide

The Path of the Outcast

 Table of Contents
Chapter 1: An Ancient and Powerful Race 3 Chapter 5: Eldar Armory 55
An Ancient History 4 Weapons 55
Eldar Physiology 5 Armor 60
Eldar Clans and Craftworlds 6 Gear 61
Dead Gods 7 Armory Tables 63
Paths of the Eldar 7 Chapter 6: Eldar Psychic Powers 64
Spirit Stones 8 Farseer 65
The Webway 8 Void Dreamer 68
Eldar Technology 9 Warlock 70
Chapter 2: Eldar Warriors 11 Bonesinger 72
Guardians 12 Phantasmancy 74
Corsairs 12 Spiritseer 76
Dark Reaper 13 Chapter 7: Eldar Starships 78
Fire Dragon 14 Eldar Vessel Special Rules 80
Howling Banshee 15 Eldar Weapon Special Rules 81
Shadow Spectre 16 Traversing the Webway 81
Striking Scorpion 17 Creating Eldar Starships 82
Swooping Hawk 17 Eldar Starship Hulls 83
Warp Spider 19 Corsair Ship Hulls 84
Autarch 20 Craftworld Ship Hulls 86
Wraithguard 22 Eldar Starship Components 88
Wraithlord 23 Chapter 8: Alternate Career Ranks 89
Chapter 3: Eldar Presence in the Expanse 24 Corsair Prince 91
Craftworld Kaelor 24 Harlequin 93
Survivors of Strike 25 Isha's Chosen 95
Methods of War 25 Wraithguard 97
The Children of the Thorns 26 Wraithlord 99
The Twlight Swords 26 Wraithguard/Wraithlord Traits 101
The Crow Spirits 28 New Weapons 103
Chapter 4: Eldar Explorers 40 Chapter 9: Ascendant Eldar 105
Paths of Ages Past 31 Beyond Rank 8 105
The Path of the Outcast 33 Path of the Outcast Expanded Path 106
The Path of the Seer 40 Path of the Seer Expanded Path 108
New Skills 50 New Talents 110
New Talents 51
New Traits 54 A Note from the Author 115

2
 Chapter 1: An Ancient and Powerful Race
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from the Clans such as the Crow Spirits and the Twilight
Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily The Koronus Swords are a plague upon Imperial shipping, their
Bestiary.
vessels practically impossible to track and difficult
to detect before they strike. Occasionally,
The Eldar are an ancient and enigmatic species Explorers may even be able to make deals with the
which dominated the galaxy millions of years Eldar, in those rare instances where humans have
before the rise of the Imperium. Hugely something the Eldar require, or where the
technologically advanced and knowledgeable in combined might of humans and Eldar are the only
the secrets of the universe, the Eldar once hope of facing a greater threat. Quite apart from
controlled or traversed much of the domain rousing the interest (and subsequent bloody
humans now claim. These times are past, however, retribution) of the Inquisition, such pacts are
and even by the time humanitys star was rising almost always short lived, ending either in violence
the Eldar had already begun to fade into the and betrayal, or the abrupt and mysterious
darkness of history, their civilisation crippled and disappearance of the Eldar, gone as swiftly as they
decaying from a doom now millennia old. Today arrived.
the Eldar are few in number, hidden away in
distant, secret parts of the galaxy, sailing the void
in their great world-ships or reduced to raiders and
pirates. Their civilisation has fragmented and has
largely become nomadic, its once-great clans and
peoples travelling in vast armadas of ships and
aboard mighty Craftworlds, gargantuan vessels the
size of cities or larger in space. The Eldar race has
also fragmented over the centuries, with some
choosing to wander far from their kin or turn their
backs on their past while others cling to the
teachings of their ancestors and try vainly to keep
their civilisation alive. Whatever teachings they
follow, all Eldar retain the technologically
sophisticated weapons and ships of their
forebearers and, even though their numbers are but
a tiny fraction of mankinds, they remain a
significant force within the galaxy and a constant
threat to the Imperium and its worlds.
Within the Koronus Expanse, like many of the
fringes of Imperial space, the presence of the Eldar
is a very real threat to the Imperium, and though
they do not often openly make war upon mankind,
woe to the Rogue Trader who chooses to oppose
them or meddle in their alien designs. Legends and
rumours have it that many of the worlds in the
Expanse were once controlled by the Eldar, and
still hide ruins and secrets which the ancient race
guards jealously from outside interference. Thus
an Explorer may not know he has angered the
Eldar by simply setting foot on a remote world
until an Eldar vessel emerges from the darkness
to destroy him. More likely, though, Explorers
face the Eldar in the void, where they make
for deadly raiders and pirates.

3
 An Ancient History
Once the worlds and peoples of the Eldar
were numerous, their fleets vast and swift, and their
warriors feared by all those who opposed them. For
countless centuries the galaxy belonged to the Eldar,
all other races pale shadows next to their might and
power. Graceful cities of slender towers and
glittering white colonnades could be found from one
end of the galaxy to the other, and Eldar worlds
epitomised culture, knowledge, and the peak of
civilisation. The Eldar themselves were an
enlightened people, who pursued art, language, and
learning as much as they mastered the ways of war
and conquest. For millions of years their people
prospered, and they were the greatest of the galaxys
races; unopposed and unchallenged in their
supremacy.
Like so many great societies their fall was slow
in its coming, but all the worse for the heights they
had achieved. The Eldar mind is a complex and
tangled labyrinth of emotion and thought, and Eldar
are far more susceptible to the highs and lows of
extreme emotions. Such was the case with the great
Eldar civilisation, and as their power grew so too
did their hunger for new experiences and new
sensations. Over long centuries, this began a slow
rot in the heart of the Eldar empire, as more and
more Eldar turned to a path of decadence and
emotional excess, indulging in their every whim and
giving themselves over their basest desires. Cults
sprang up devoted to hedonistic pleasures and
debased rituals, the side effect of a culture that no
longer needed to concern itself with common labour
or the need for personal wealth. Even as the alien
empire prospered, its success fuelled this dark heart
of indulgence and depravity, the pastimes of the idle
populace becoming increasingly at odds with the
ancient ideals of their ancestors upon which their
civilisation was built; and so the cults gained greater
power and began to overtake Eldar society
altogether.
It was at some point during this long unrecorded
slide into decadence that a dark power deep within
the warp took notice of the Eldar, a psychic echo of
their own excessive culture and the depths to
which it had sunk in the pursuit of increasingly
powerful emotions and sensations. Though it
had no name at first, it was given life by the
Eldar themselves and their increasingly
depraved actions.
4
As it grew in power so did the Eldars madness;
each a vile reflection of the other, each feeding off
the others twisted heart. For long years the Eldar
turned upon themselves, sinking to sickening depths;
torturing and killing their own kind, eating their own
dead, and mutilating their once-great civilisation,
until finally the warp god they had created emerged
into full consciousness and power. The Chaos God
Slaanesh was born.
In its moment of birth, Slaanesh, the
embodiment of all the Eldars darkest whims and
wanton cruelty, let out a howl across the void, a
psychic scream heard by every living Eldar, tearing
a hole in the fabric of reality itself. In the blink of an
eye the heart of the Eldar civilisation was ripped out,
its worlds plunged into the warp and all but a
handful of its people killed instantly as the new-born
god tore their souls from their flesh. Only those far
from the epicentre survived, those who had fled to
the edges of the galaxy and cut themselves off from
their decadent kin. The Eldar were not alone in the
damage dealt by Slaanesh, and countless humans,
Orks, and other races also suffered, though it was the
end of the Eldar as a galactic power and the
beginning of their decline; never again would their
civilisation command the stars, nor would they be
more than scattered nomads, the remains of a broken
peoples, brought down by their own pride and
hubris.
Eldar Language
The language of the Eldar is an ancient and
complex dialect built upon and refined over millions
of years. Compared to the crude blunt sounds of
High or Low Gothic, its words flow from one to the
next, each sentence a complete idea as much as a
collection of letters or numbers. Humans can imitate
Eldar speech to a certain degree, with sufficient
training, but compared to a native speaker they are
slow and halting at best. This is largely because the
Eldar language is not words alone, but also
accompanied by a detailed set of poses and gestures.
The way an Eldar stands, the cast of his features or
how he moves his hands can all change the meaning
of words, sometimes dramatically.
 Further complicating matters is that each Eldar
word or symbol is as much a concept as it is a name
for something. Thus while the Eldar word for rock
might mean rock, it might also be used to convey
permanence or stability, or in a different context
lack of life or thought. To a human, words gain
meaning from their context and the words around
them, while to an Eldar the words themselves
already possess infinite meaning, manipulated by a
crooked finger or slight inflection when speaking.
Eldar Physiology
Physiologically, Eldar appear much like
humans, though they are usually taller, more slender
of limb, and always more graceful in the way they
move. Their faces are also longer, with sharp,
pointed features, tapered ears, and almond-shaped
eyes that give them an ethereal, otherworldly cast.
5
Their dark liquid eyes are also markedly different
from human eyes, deep and full of ancient secrets,
assuring any man who looks too long into them just
how alien the Eldar really are, and that, despite some
passing physical resemblance, they are nothing like
humanity. Part of these differences liewithin the
physical nature of the Eldar and their long natural
life span, which far exceeds that of even the most
long-lived human, even taking into account the
many ways in which man might try and prolong his
existence and cheat death. Paradoxically, though the
Eldar have exceptional longevity, their metabolism
is far faster than that of a human, their hearts beat
more quickly, pumping their blood around their
body in a rapid crimson torrent. It is speculated that
this increased blood flow improves their reaction
speed and brain function, allowing them to act and
react far more quickly than humans can.
Eldar Clans and Craftworlds
Within the Koronus Expanse there are several
different Eldar clans and at least one documented
Craftworld. Among the corsairs are counted the
Crow Spirits and the Twilight Swords, large roving
fleets of Eldar vessels which have been known to
plunder the void from Winterscales Realm all the
way to the Accursed Demesne. There are also many
minor corsairs, some consisting of but a single
wraithbone ship or single extended Eldar family
like the Dark Lament, an ancient cruiser captained
by the mysterious Sydra Voidwalker, which has
haunted the Heathen Worlds for countless years.
Only the most learned Explorers can discern the
difference between clans, or the relationships
between themand just like the fluid nature of
Eldar emotions, the web of alliances between
corsairs can change more quickly than humans can
follow.
Corsairs are also the most likely of the Eldar
groupings to make deals with human traders and
void-farers, given their familiarity with the Expanse
and their limited resources. It is not unknown for
clans to make use of humans (and other races) to
complete their goals, whether it is a simple act of
piracy or something more complex involving the
worlds once controlled by their race. In either case,
an Explorer would do well not to trust the clans too
far, as deals with the Eldar have a way of turning
and a greedy captain may well get more than he
bargained for.
Of more concern to the Imperium, and with a
greater presence than the clans, are the Craftworlds.
These cities of the void have the resources and
power to conquer worlds should they see fit, and
arguably have the most effect on the galaxy as their
Farseers work quietly behind the scenes to
manipulate the course of galactic events. Within the
Expanse, the Eldar of Craftworld Kaelor sometimes
make their presence known, protecting the ruins of
their civilisation and furthering the unknowable
goals of their race. An Explorer plundering the lost
worlds of the Expanse is likely to cross paths with
the Craftworld sooner or later should he lay claim to
worlds where Eldar ruins can be found.
These Eldar are quite different to the corsairs
and even to their dark kin, and function more
like the Eldar of old, protecting their
interests much as the Imperium
jealously guards its worlds.
6
In contrast to the heavy-handed tactics of the
Imperium, the Eldar do not crush their foes in a
vulgar display of might, at least not right away.
Instead, the Eldar often manipulate others to do their
fighting, or tempt, trick, and fool Explorers into
avoiding worlds they wish to protect. Should a
captain and his crew persist in countering the Eldars
agenda, they often find themselves targeted by the
Guardians and Aspect Warriors of the Craftworld
itself. More than one Rogue Trader has discovered
too late that he has become the target of a
Craftworlds wrath when he mistakenly thought he
was dealing only with scattered tribes and cowardly
pirates.
Eldar within the Expanse are seldom
encountered near the Maw or Footfall, and it is
almost unheard of for their ships to actually traverse
the unstable passage between the Calixis Sector and
the Koronus Expanse. This is doubtless because of
their access and understanding of the Webway,
which allows them to travel great distances without
risking transition into the warp. Travellers that delve
deeper into the Expanse are far more likely to
encounter Eldar, and rumours place the location of
Craftworld Kaelor somewhere out beyond the
Heathen Worlds, following a vast circuit which takes
it along the edges of the halo zones and into places
few Explorers are brave enough to tread. Like most
Craftworlds, though, it remains secluded from the
Eldars dealings with other races and far from risk of
direct attack, its inhabitants instead using the
Webway to reach any region they desire and protect
those worlds of interest to its Farseers.
Clans like the Crow Spirits and the Twilight
Swords are believed to have bases throughout the
Expanse, pirate havens where the Eldar can repair
their vessels and horde their wealth. Though they are
considered a fantasy by many, there are those who
swear they have seen such places, sometimes built
around the hidden remains of Webway portals in the
deep asteroid fields of the Accused Demise or even
under the noses of other aliens like the Orks of the
Undred-Undred Teef. More than once, Imperial
forces have launched endeavours with the aid of
Rogue Traders to find these bases and destroy them,
though to date no one has found definite proof of
their existence, and even their general location
remains largely a mystery.
 Dead Gods
Once the Eldar had many gods; each was an
aspect of their rich and diverse civilisation, and an
expression of the differing aspects of the Eldar
themselves. Among their numbers were counted
Asuryan, the Phoenix King and lord of the Eldar
gods; Vaul, the Smith and Creator; Isha of the
Harvest; Lileath, the Maiden of Dreams and
Fortune; and Morai-Heg, the Wise Crone. All of
these were lost when the Eldar civilisation was
destroyed, lost to the warp and to the memory and
minds of countless Eldar. Only two have survived
into the present day: The Laughing God Cegorach,
worshiped by the enigmatic Harlequins, and Kaela
Mensha Khaine, the Eldar god of war. It is said that
when Slaanesh arose, Khaine was strong enough to
survive the battle, but in the process was rent into a
thousand pieces and scattered across the void, where
he eventually came to rest in the heart of each of the
Craftworlds. These fragments are what give the
Avatars their life and in this way the god lives on.
7
Paths of the Eldar
The Eldar mind can be a fractious thing, given to
extremes and excessive indulgences. In part, this
was the root of the Eldars doom and the seed that
gave birth to the cults and the destruction of their
empire. To harness this part of Eldar nature and use
it for more productive means, the inhabitants of
Craftworlds choose to focus their attentions and
energies into specific areas, mastering a craft or
vocation rather than let themselves be seduced by
new sensations or distractions. These areas are
known to the Eldar as Paths, each a specialised role
which an Eldar devotes his abilities to and masters
over the course of decades or even centuries of
training and practise. These Paths can vary greatly
within the society of the Craftworld, and
encompasses all manner of trades and skills as well
as all the arts of war. The Eldar Aspect Warriors are
built around the Paths, and an Eldar that chooses to
become an Aspect Warrior, such as a Howling
Banshee or Striking Scorpion, does so at the expense
of everything else, until they have complete
understanding of their chosen means of combat.
 Spirit Stones
The Paths are not the only practise born out of
the death of the Eldar empire, and not the only
means the Eldar have of protecting themselves
from both their own natures and the hunger of the
Chaos god they unleashed. When an Eldar dies, his
soul, like that of a humans, is cast off into the warp.
While a human soul retains nothing of its living
consciousness, an Eldars mind is stronger both in
will and psychic power and remains aware of its
terrible fate. Thus death, and being lost to the warp
and the inevitable attentions of Slaanesh, is the most
terrible end an Eldar can imagine. To avert this fate
all Eldar wear a polished gemstone on their breast
known as a waystone, which has been psychically
attuned to them in particular. When an Eldar dies,
his or her spirit is then trapped in the waystone and
carried back to its Craftworld where it becomes part
of the wraithbone structure itself.
The suspended souls of a Craftworld are known
as the Infinity Circuit and are one of the most
closely guarded secrets of the race. Together the
souls of the Infinity Circuit merge and mix over
centuries as they exist in an eternal limbo accessible
only by the most skilled and high-ranking of the
Craftworlds Warlocks and Farseers. Though it is far
from an ideal existence, it is still preferable to the
fate which awaits them in the warpan eternity as
playthings in the hands of hungry daemons and
vengeful gods. The Craftworld Eldar are not the
only Eldar to use waystones, and both Corsairs and
Exodites also use them as a means of protection
from the warp after death.
As can be imagined, the Eldar go to great
lengths to recover a waystone lost to them, so that
the soul within can be properly saved from
extinction or worse. Many a Rogue Trader
unknowingly transporting harmless xenos gems
has found his ship left as ruined metal as Eldar
raiders seek out any rumours of such items with
unrelenting prosecution.
Ghosts of the Expanse
Eldar endeavour to see every waystone taken
from a fallen member of their race returned to
their Craftworld and interred in the wraithbone
vaults beneath its surface. In reality many are
lost, either because there are no living Eldar
to collect them or because they are stolen by
greedy aliens or foes looking for trophies
or profit.
8
In the Expanse there is a shadowy facet of the Cold
Trade which deals in such artefacts, and certain
traders in Footfall pay high prices for a waystone
with the spirit of an Eldar inside. These curios are
usually smuggled back into the Imperium to adorn
the mantle of some decadent noble lord or lady, but
the power a waystone holds can be used for darker
purposes. For a Rogue Trader, dealing in spirit
stones is a dangerous game, and can draw the violent
attention of both the Inquisition and the Eldar (who
take a very dim view of those who would defile their
dead), not to mention the inherent risks of dealing
with the kinds of twisted individuals who would use
the stones for dark magic and warp sorcery. Just a
few stones can bring immense profit, though, and
the lure of easy Thrones is often too much to ignore.
The Webway
Eldar Craftworlds can only travel slowly through
the void and are incapable of the warp travel used by
the Imperium, and while Eldar vessels can and do
make use of warp voyages they prefer not to, as it is
dangerous, unpredictable, and still relatively slow.
Instead, the Eldar use a far more sophisticated and
mysterious method of travel across the stars and
between worlds known as the Webway. Created long
ago based on the teachings of the fabled Old Ones, it
is a network of gates which link worlds, sectors, and
stars from one end of the galaxy to another. Each
Craftworld has its own gate, and therefore access to
the network, which it uses to send men, materials,
and even ships to far-flung destinations. The
Webway also allows the Eldar incredible strategic
freedom when fighting
The Koronus Web
The Expanse is littered with Eldar ruins waiting
to be plundered, from small and unnoticed temples
to worlds where entire cities lie hidden by jungles,
ice, or seas. In many cases, these ruins and worlds
are difficult to reach or lie off the established warp
routes. Instead, they are tied together by the
Webway, a system of gates which once connected
the entire Eldar empire together from one end of the
galaxy to the other. Rumour places Webway portals
in almost every region of the Expanse, from
Winterscales Realm right out to the Halo Stars.
Some Rogue Traders have even tried to map the
Koronus Web as humans know it, however more
explorers disappear down its twisting paths than
return to tell the tale.
 Regardless, the location of a functioning Webway
portal is an extraordinarily valuable piece of
information, especially if it leads to a place which
has yet to be exploited by the Imperium. Needless
to say, the Eldar are very protective of the Webway
and its secrets, and aggressively deal with any who
try and use it to plunder their worlds.
Eldar Technology
Unlike the crude and primitive mechanisms of
the Imperium or the brutish and basic artefacts of
lesser alien races, the Eldar have refined their
technology to an almost perfect level. Using
psychotropic engineering, nearly all Eldar weapons,
armour, ships, and even cities are crafted from
living plastics that respond to the user and are
psychically attuned to the Eldar themselves. Crafted
largely from a substance known as wraithbone,
Eldar technology is usually as beautiful as it is
deadly, with smooth lines, ergonomic grips and
sights, and lightweight design which puts the bulky
and crude tech of humanity to shame. Eldar
weapons and armour are more grown than
manufactured, often at the hands of skilled
Bonesingers, the architects of the Eldar cities and
masters of shaping the wraithbone. Each one is
crafted for a specific owner and made with his or
her body in mind. An Eldars weapons or an Eldars
suit of armour are never as effective in the hands of
a human as the Eldar it was created for, the
imprinted psychic purpose lost to the blunt mind of
mankind.
Ostensibly, the weapons of the Eldar mirror
many of the effects of Imperial weapons, casting
bolts of plasma or sending out rays of burning
concentrated light. These are but cosmetic
similarities, howeverEldar weapons are
considerably more advanced in nature, and
considerably more deadly.
Close-Combat Weapons
Eldar make use of many kinds of close-combat
weapons, from mono-edged chain blades to
flickering, energy-wreathed swords and spears. Far
more advanced than their human counterparts,
each of these weapons is perfectly balanced and
keen edged, reducing the users reliance on
raw strength and allowing unparalleled
displays of finesse and skill at arms.
9
Launchers and Projectiles
Eldar missile launchers use the same ancient
principles as human weapons, though they differ in
both size and design, and are almost universally
lighter and easier to wield. They also use far more
advanced projectiles, missiles with massive
destructive force at a fraction the size of anything
humanity can produce. Such is the difference in
scale that Elder missile launchers rarely need to
reload in battle, since their pods bristle with scores
of ordnance.
Laser Weaponry
As with missile and plasma technology, Eldar
long ago mastered the use of light as a weapon and
created some of the most advanced and effective
laser weapons known to the galaxy. From simple
pistols and guns to rapid repeating cannons, laser
weapons make up a significant proportion of the
Eldar arsenal. One of the things which makes these
weapons so effective is the perfection with which
the Eldar craft their laser-focusing crystals, each one
masterfully grown and polished to a flawless finish.
Monofilament Webs
Many Eldar weapons, like the Shadow Weaver
cannon, fire clouds of monofilament fibres. These
terrible weapons enmesh the target in a tangle of
almost-invisible wires which literally cut them to
pieces, either where they stand or as they try to
escape. Smaller weapons like the Harlequins Kiss
use similar principles, relying on coils of
monofilament wire to cut their foes to bloody ruin.
Plasma Weaponry
Unlike the extremely hazardous plasma
weapons used by Imperial troops, the plasma
weapons of the Eldar are both sophisticated and safe
to use. Long ago the Eldar mastered the use of
plasma technology, and this is no more evident than
in their Star Cannons and similar weapons, which
capture the fury of burning plasma in complex
containment fields while never risking overheating
or explosion.
Shuriken Weaponry
Ranging in size from pistols and rifles up to
vehicle mounted cannons and support weapons,
shuriken catapults and casters work using the same
basic principle. Each has a clip of solid core
ammunition. When activated, the weapon then uses
high-energy pulses to shave off a mono-molecular
shuriken from the solid ammunition core and
fling it down the barrel at hyper velocities, cutting
down all in its path.
Warp Based Weaponry
Perhaps the most feared of all Eldar weaponry,
these weapons manipulate reality itself, tearing
holes in the materium and flinging foes into the
madness and horror of the warp. Known as distort
cannons, commonly called D-Cannons, and used
primarily as support weapons (and by the silent and
terrible Wraithguard), these devices represent some
of the most advanced weapons used by the Eldar,
and are the most horrifying to behold in action.
10
Eldar Armour
Wraithbone is also used to craft the armour of
the Eldar, from the light psycho-plastic suits worn
by the Guardians to the heavier yet still flexible
plate version the Aspect Warriors wear in combat.
Like their weapons, each suit of armour is fitted for
its user, and responds to their psychic signature.
Lightweight and allowing unrivalled freedom of
movement, it reacts to attacks by hardening before a
blow lands, then becoming flexible once more. Eldar
do not just make use of personal armour; they also
use a variety of sophisticated fields and cloaking
devices on their persons, vehicles, and even their
starships, ranging from energy barriers and repulsion
auras to holographic mirages and
distortion effects.
Aspect Armour
The armour worn by elite Aspect Warriors and
Autarchs is even more advanced than the usual Eldar
armour. These gem-studded, psycho-sensitive suits
are perfectly fitted for each wearer, with protection
designed to match the users combat mode. Aspect
Armour will vary with the Eldar wearing it.
 Chapter 2: Eldar Warriors
Source Disclaimer: All lore in this section comes from the experience it affords them. Eldar are typically
Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily The Koronus
Bestiary.
quicker and more coordinated than humans, and
though they are not especially more resilient to
Pitiless aliens all. Dont be fooled by their graceful injury, their speed coupled with their skill means
movements or soft voices; they might look a bit like us they often avoid harm by giving their foes only a
but they are every bit as dangerous as an Ork and will fraction of a second to react before they make their
kill you just as quick should it suit their purposes. own attack, be it a well-aimed shot from a Shuriken
Catapult or a swift stroke from a mono-bladed
Void Master Jaden Hoyt, Winterscales Lament chainsword.
An Eldars mind also works faster than that of a
At heart, every Eldar is a warrior. Throughout
humans and this, in conjunction with their natural
their long lives an Eldar treads many paths, most
speed and grace, also allows them to work
devoting themselves to one of the Aspects for a time
flawlessly when in combat groups, keeping avenues
and learning the arts of war much as they study their
of fire open for their companions and providing
ancient lore or master the crafts and skills of their
interlocking arcs of covering fire while at the same
ancestors. In this manner all Eldar are warriors, each
time outflanking and surrounding their foes before
one gifted with a knack for battle learnt through
they are aware of the danger. Many Imperial Guard
long years of practice and the benefits of a lifespan
squads have been overcome by Eldar warriors in this
far greater than that of a human. In fact, where a
way, the agile aliens taking the initative from the
human only masters a single vocation, be it soldier,
more sluggish human troops, sometimes even before
farmer, or scribe, an Eldar masters many and often
the humans are aware they have been engaged. This
to a degree which far exceeds a humans crude
manner of warfare is also central to the Eldars
ability. Combined with advanced technology and
mentality, for they shun the kind of attrition attacks,
the support of specialised troops in the form of the
and blunt, bloody assaults so common to humanity
Aspect Warriors, Eldar warriors are an able and
and many of the aggressive xenos of the Expanse.
resilient foe with a methodical approach to war
For the Eldar, each warrior is a valued individual,
focused on cunning and guile as much as brute
precious to their Craftworld or clan and not simply a
strength.
tally on a regimental roster to be expended like
While Eldar appear similar to humans in their
ammunition against the foe.
physiology, they are superior in many ways, not
counting their extended life spans and the additional

11
 Craftworld Kaelor Guardians
Eldar Guardians make up the bulk of the armies
of Craftworld Kaelor and consist of citizens from
every strata of its society. At some time or another
almost all Eldar serve as a Guardian and don armour
and take up arms for their people. For some, this
may be a brief time in their lives (of course, brief
for an Eldar may still cover many decades) before
they move on to other Paths, either equally martial
(such as in the service of one of the Aspect Warrior
Paths) or more focused on the crafts and culture of
their race. Unlike the common conscripts of
humanity, Eldar Guardians come to their calling
already armed with a wealth of knowledge of war
and combat, which they then hone for many more
years, focusing on the task as only the mind of an
Eldar can. This means that every Guardian is an
expert at his or her role within their squad and
capable of taking on other tasks should the need
arise. Eldar also possess more independence and
initiative than human warriors, and while a human
soldier has his individuality beaten out of him, the
Eldar embrace their uniqueness and accept that the
false ranks so loved by humanity are but titles
which do not especially empower or elevate the man
or woman who bears them.
The Eldar of Kaelor choose to become
Guardians for their Craftworld because of a desire
to protect their people, not because a far-off
monarch or unseen authority has commanded it so.
Where the forces of Craftworld Kaelor are found,
their Guardians are never far off, and for an
Explorer the presence of these Guardians is often
the first sign of the Craftworlds involvement,
representing a mobilisation of its populace to war.
In this way, the Eldar Guardians are much the same
across the galaxy as they are within the Expanse and
represent the few remaining people of a dying race
defending their species by turning to the ways of
war.
Any who travel beyond Footfall or systems
clustered around the mouth of the Maw run the risk
of encountering either Crow Spirits or Twilight
Swords, clans known to ply the void throughout the
Koronus Expanse. While they are often tarred with
the same brush as human pirates or their own
sadistic dark kin the Dark Eldar (a detail lost on
most void-farers), the Eldar Corsairs of the Expanse
do seem to possess a greater degree of honour and
purpose than would seem necessary for simple
piracy. Though this is a distinction mostly irrelevant
to the crews of the ships which fall prey to them, it
is one that certain captains and Rogue Traders
especially have taken advantage of, making deals
with Corsairs or even enlisting their aid against
greater foes.
It is also a mistake to think of Eldar Corsairs as
outcasts or pariahs from the Craftworld kin; they
seem equally as invested in their races survival, and
just as interested in the pillaging of Eldar ruins or
events which would adversely affect any of their
people, whether they are part of their Corsair clan or
not. This all contributes to make the motives of
Eldar Corsairs mysterious at best, and while they
might seem to be simple pirates, plundering alien
and Imperial shipping alike, there are usually deeper
motives at work. For all the seeming randomness of
Corsair raids, they are usually following a well-laid
plan with far-reaching consequences.

Crow Spirits and Twilight Sword Corsairs

The corsairs of the Expanse are Eldar which
have chosen to turn away from the Paths embraced
by their Craftworld kin and ply the void in tight-
knit clans aboard graceful ships of solar sail and
wraithbone. Considered pirates by the Imperium
and usually seen as indistinguishable from
other kinds of Eldar, Corsairs, while not
common by any stretch, are the most
frequently encountered Eldar within the
Expanse.

12
 Aspect Warriors
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section comes from the Rogue
Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily the Koronus Bestiary.
Dark Reaper
The warriors of the Dark Reaper temple are
among the most feared and mysterious known to the
Imperium. Personifying the aspects of their alien
god as destroyer and harvester of souls, they are the
long arm of death incarnate, reaching forth from any
distance to claim its victims. The Dark Reapers
specialise in delivering a shower of precisely-
argeted death across the battlefields of the galaxy,
often before their enemy knows it is under attack.
When the Eldar march to war, the Dark Reapers
hold back behind the advancing lines, ready to lend
fire support across a wide front. Any concentration
of enemy infantry or light vehicles can then be
broken up and pummelled into submission from afar
and prepared for the inevitable assault of the Eldar
advance. The power of the Dark Reapers is such
that only the most heavily-armoured foes are even
remotely safe. Many a Rogue Trader has been
brought to ruin when a trusted retinue or expensive
mercenary unit has descended into an alien
landscape seeking xenos artefacts and treasures,
only to be battered to pieces under the torrent of fire
unleashed by a team of Dark Reapers. Often when
Eldar dignitaries appear to conduct negotiations, an
13
unseen Dark Reaper is watching over the
proceedings to ensure the safety of their charges.
The Dark Reapers are ensconced in the heaviest
armour available to Eldar warriors. The thick plates
and reinforced strapping of their psycho-sensitive
armour is adorned with weapon stabilisers and
graceful limb supports. Those warriors in the
Expanse wear gleaming black armour with bone
accents; their helmets bear a signature skull motif,
adorned with wide sensor wings to either side that
house an array of targeting and tracking equipment.
Warriors of this temple carry the large Reaper
Launcher into battle. It fires a fusillade of armour-
iercing missiles with such a withering number of
shells that an entire area can be saturated with a
single salvo. Though smaller than the bulky Imperial
shells, each Reaper missile round can pierce all but
the strongest armour.
It is not entirely implausible that any number of
spectacular attacks occurring across the Expanse
may have been the work of Dark Reapers. Lord
Veldire of House DeFrane, a Rogue Trader of dark
reputation, was in the process of completing
admittedly hostile negotiations with trapped Eldar
dignitaries when his entire force was devastated by
long-range cascading fire from a nearby tower.
There were few survivors, and the attacking
marksmen disappeared without a trace.
Fire Dragon
No Eldar Aspect Warriors revel more in
destruction than those who serve the temple of the
Fire Dragons. Taking as their totem the fierce, fire-
Breathing creatures of Eldar legend, they epitomise
the brutal, wanton destruction of war. When called
to arms their goal is the total annihilation of their
foes to the exclusion of all else.
In battle, the Fire Dragons are tasked primarily
with targeting enemy tanks and heavy installations.
Wielding their terribly effective fusion guns, these
elite warriors make a mockery of the heaviest
vehicle armour and the most wellprepared
fortifications. When these weapons are turned upon
regular infantry, the results are even more horrific.
While these warriors excel as demolition
experts, they may also be called in should a
transaction or negotiation turn bitter; few protective
armours, including the mighty Tactical Dreadnought
Armour of the Adeptus Astartes, can withstand the
concerted attention of the Fire Dragons.
Those Fire Dragons operating in the Expanse
wear mediumweight armour, made from the same
psycho-sensitive material used by other Aspect
Warriors. It is usually coloured in fiery hues of
muted reds and golds, then studded with rubies and
carnelians. Their dreaded fusion gun allows them to
bring this fire to their enemies, fuelled by the heat
of the very stars themselves. These weapons are
capable of reducing flesh and armour to molten slag
in moments, and only its relatively short range
mitigates its lethality in combat.
Fire Dragons are so skilled with their chosen
weapons that they are capable of using the Eldar
version of a melta-bomb at a distance. They are able
to throw these explosives in such a way that the
shaped charge is still effective, visiting focused
devastation upon the target from a relatively safe
distance.
Rumours abound of Rogue Traders who run
afoul of Eldar dignitaries finding themselves
stranded after the sudden and brilliant destruction of
their transportation. Baron Torvald Binder, a Rogue
Trader late of Faldon Kise in the Calixis Sector,
found out firsthand how treacherous the Eldar can
be when he arranged a meeting with a particularly
elusive Autarch on the desiccated ruins of
Jerazol. Binder left his Aquila lander in a
sheltered vale for the meeting, only to have
his negotiating position severely weakened
with its fiery destruction moments later.

14
Howling Banshee Recently, rumours have intensified though of tall,
The alluring and mysterious Eldar warriors of lithe figures half-glimpsed escaping from fresh
the Howling Banshee temples style themselves after atrocities across the Accursed Demesne. Strange
a fearful figure in Eldar legend, a terrifying shrieks have been reported echoing down the halls
harbinger of woe and death whose horrific shriek of understaffed research and observations stations
can separate body from soul. In battle, they embody across the region, and entire lines of investigation
the very essence of the swift and artistic fatal strike. have been halted as specialists scattered throughout
To witness a Howling Banshee in melee is to see the the Expanse have died mysterious and often bloody
personification of precision and efficiency in deadly deaths.
combat.
The Howling Banshees fight like a
choreographed team, gliding across contested
terrain and striking the opponents strongest
infantry, sowing confusion and disruption. With
their terrifying shrieks echoing across the devastated
landscape, often their mere appearance is enough to
cause an enemy commander to quit the battlefield.
The characteristic bodysuit armour of the
Howling Banshee temple is lighter than other
Aspect Warriors, allowing for more freedom of
movement but retaining the characteristic flexibility
and rigid defence when struck. Within the Expanse
these warriors are almost always clad in dull ivories
and subdued reds, reminiscent of bones and blood.
Unlike other temples, they are exclusively female.
The Howling Banshees carry a shuriken pistol
and the graceful Banshee power sword into battle,
but their emblematic wargear is the Banshee Mask
built into their helmets. This mask contains an array
of psychosonic amplifiers that intensifies their
distinctive battlecry into a devastating weapon.
Crushing waves of sound and psychic force hammer
the target, stunning and even causing horrifying
neural damage to their foes. The xenos then step in
for the kill; tavern tales in Port Wander speak of the
Howling Banshees dancing about downed
opponents, awaiting the perfect moment for the
elegant final blow.
In the Koronus Expanse, the only verified
sightings of the Howling Banshees have been in the
retinues of Eldar commanders. They are used
primarily as bodyguards in sensitive situations and
in circumstances where the beauty of these
primarily female warriors can pose a useful tactical
distraction. Most traders dismiss tales of the
Howling Banshees acting as assassins to eliminate
key personnel or security assets as pure
speculation and unsubstantiated gossip,
designed to thwart profitable business
ventures.

15
Shadow Spectre
Honestly! Being spooked by a few unknown xenos
skulking around near the dig site! That hill is hundreds
of metres away, and at that range, a few infantry can
hardly pose a threat to -
-Final words of Alek Lir, Excavator Engine Driver
In recent decades in the Expanse, tales have spread
of spectral forces that bring destruction down upon even
the most well prepared party, especially along the Rifts
of Hecaton. Accounts have circulated of established
Rogue Traders and their retinues destroyed by half-seen,
floating figures garbed in pale robes. Imperial
xenographers have now begun to connect these reports
with the whispered tales of the Shadow Spectres,
perhaps the least well-documented of the Eldar Aspect
Warriors.
There are no substantiated sighting of these xenos
warriors in the Expanse, and all reports seem more the
result of poor quality amasec than reputable accounts.
They tell of ethereal figures, floating gently in midair,
that appear out of nowhere to unleash devastating
firepower and then disappear again, leaving only
burning wreckage behind. All tales agree that the more
xenos present, the more deadly their impact, and few
armours are proof against their wrath.
Scholars can only speculate regarding these warriors
armour and weapons, but much can be guessed from
what the Imperium knows of Eldar capabilities in
general. It can be assumed that the Shadow Spectres don
light psycho-sensitive armour for battle, given the
reports of their manoeuvrability and airborne
movements. Most tales in the Expanse have them in soft
grey or faded white armour, with pale streamers and
tattered robes that trail behind them as they drift upon
the wind.
Their weapon appears to be a laser rifle variant of the
crystalline cannons found on their heavy grav-tanks,
called a Prism Rifle. These smaller weapons share many
traits with the Eldar Lasblaster, with the additional
ability to somehow link together for more power and
range; this may explain the wildly varying reports of the
weapons efficacy in combat reports. Shadow Spectres
also appear to employ a form of mobility via xenos jet
packs, given the reports of sustained flight.
Many xenos scholars hold that these aspect warriors
represent the righteous vengeance of the unquiet dead. It
is possible these warriors are used in other roles than
battlefield terror weapons, but as of yet there are none
who have lived to speak of them.
16
Striking Scorpion Rumours have circulated for the last several
The Eldar of the Striking Scorpion Temple years of Striking Scorpions infiltrating various
epitomise stealth and force in warfare. installations, neutralising guards or outright
Exemplifying the strategies of clandestine activity destroying colonies that have unknowingly incurred
and overpowering strength in battle, these highly the Eldars wrath. On the fringes of the Expanse
trained close combat troops wield the dual weapons there are tales of mysterious armoured figures
of force and surprise in service to their mysterious guarding seemingly innocuous ruins or ancient battle
homeworlds. sites. Those who venture too close to learn more are
On the battlefield, Striking Scorpions often rarely heard from again. Further rumours even
infiltrate the enemys rear and strike targets essential accuse Striking Scorpions of eliminating various
to strategic operations. Attacking from the shadows, members of the Adeptus Mechanicus and other
they also target well-armoured enemy infantry, Imperial organisations during their travels through
bringing them down in a welter of blood, spinning the Expanse.
monomolecular disks, and roar of chainswords.
An Aspect Warrior is never seen without its
distinctive gear, always in colours and designs that
indicate the warriors temple, craftworld, and rank.
Striking Scorpions wear a heavy, plated suit of
psycho-sensitive armour that conforms to their
bodies fluid motions but turns rigid when struck.
Examples sighted in the Expanse have typically
been a muted green and gold, perhaps to aid with
stealth.
This uniformity extends to their weaponry as
well. Striking Scorpions almost exclusively wield
an Eldar Shuriken Pistol and Scorpion Chainsword,
the latter a deceptively fragile appearing blade that
issues a soft and menacing roar as it slices foes
apart. The signature weapon of every Striking
Scorpion, however, is the Mandiblaster. Located on
either side of the warriors helmet, these weapons
fire in tandem to launch a fusillade of needlelike
crystals in a rain of accelerating lasers, erupting in a
devastating plasma discharge. Activated through a
neural link within the armour, these weapons can
bring a foeman to his knees before combat is even
joined.
Most Aspect Warriors witnessed so far have
been in service to high-ranking Eldar officials
working for the Eldar Craftworlds rather than in full
scale combat. These officials, both the mysterious
Farseers and the more straightforward Autarchs, are
often accompanied by retinues of Eldar warriors to
serve them in their quests and dealings. There
have have been whispers, however, of these
warriors being put to more direct uses.

17
Swooping Hawk
Vengeance and retribution are constant themes
within Eldar legends, and the root philosophy
behind many Aspect Warrior temples. The temple of
the Swooping Hawks takes as its totem a creature of
great beauty and grace whose purpose within the
mythology is to swoop down upon oath-breakers
and traitors, and destroy them in a whirling display
of retaliatory justice.
Across countless battlefields, the Swooping
Hawks use their agility and speed to reconnoitre
ahead of the main Eldar advance, often striking at
the enemys weakest points far behind the
battlefront. Using their dreaded grenade packs and
the saturating fire of their lasblasters, these warriors
can threaten any enemy asset anywhere on the field.
The Swooping Hawks flight also allows him to
access areas other, less mobile, searchers would find
hard to reach. Oftentimes these xenos are seen
soaring around the cyclopean ruins of ancient xenos
civilisations, or delving deep into enormous craters
and fissures in the crusts of dead, desiccated worlds.
It is not known what these warriors are seeking, but
only the most intrepid explorers would dare to
investigate.
Aside from the impressive wings that sweep up
from their shoulders, each made up of thousands of
feather-like gravitic plates, the Swooping Hawks of
the Expanse are often identified by their usual light
armour of lacquered blues and turquoise, polished to
a rich lustre with accents of white or bone, though
other colours have appeared. Their primary weapon
is the Lasblaster, a refined and elegant energy rifle
far more efficient and powerful than the standard
Imperial lasgun. In addition, the Swooping Hawks
also carry small micro-grenade packs that can drop
devastating explosives down upon their targets in
mid-flight.
Though they lack the sheer power of some other
temples, the Swooping Hawks use of harassing
attack from above makes them terrible foes.
Explorers operating around the Accursed Demesne
whisper tales of the fate of archaeologist Haddracke
Cain. Cain and his band of servitors and
debt-labourers landed on the dead world of
Melbethe in search of xenos artefacts, but were
ambushed while deep within the Abyssal Maze.
Their path to safety became strewn with the bodies
of their fallen, riddled with las-burnsone by one as
they fled. Cains body was never found.
18
Warp Spider Warp Spiders in the Koronus Expanse have
One of the strangest tales of the Eldar typically been sighted amidst Eldar enclaves that
Craftworlds is of creatures living in the fabric of have recently appeared on unsettled planets, perhaps
each vessels infinity circuit, defending against as part of exploration expeditions. As with many
warp incursions as they travel through the Aspect Warriors, while tales of increasing activity
Empyrean. Referred to as Warp Spiders, these have multiplied, there are few concrete reports.
creatures are said to melt into the infinity circuit, Rumours of Rogue Traders isolated by the sudden
travelling throughout the ships and appearing and messy deaths of their entourages before
wherever they are needed. negotiations with the xenos, or of personnel in
The Warp Spider Aspect Warriors epitomise the various securely-locked observation stations across
doctrine of swift and aggressive defence personified the Expanse brutally murdered at their work stations,
by their totem creature. Much like the Warp Spiders are typical.
of their itinerant homes, these xenos exemplify
sudden and terrible attacks from unanticipated or
unknown quarters, counterattacking with silent,
vicious effectiveness.
In battle, the Warp Spiders use arcane
technology to circumvent enemy defences or
frontline formations to make precise, targeted
attacks at the most significant threats. With their
terrible weapons and silent materializations inside
the most secure areas, they cause confusion and
terror across a broad front of enemy advance,
attacking where the foe is most vulnerable and
disappearing before a counter strike can be
mounted.
Warp Spiders operating in the Expanse are
easily identified by their large suits of armour. Wide
shoulders house the specialised Warp Jump
Generator that allows them to make a mockery of
any readied defence. Their primary weapon is the
Death Spinner, which spools a ball of monofilament
wire into a temporary suspension field at the muzzle
of the weapon, then hurls the deadly snarl at its
target. Although relatively short-ranged, the effect
of these whispers of xenos razor-sharp wire is
horrifying as it slices through entangled flesh and
bone. The more the victim struggles to get free, the
more the filaments cut deeper until there is little to
recognise as the original target.
Their most unique wargear is their Warp Jump
Generator. This arcane technology allows the
warrior to make short, controlled warp jumps in a
much more precise and predictable manner than any
fielded by Imperial forces. There is still a deadly
element of risk involved in each jump, however;
there are reports of these warriors sometimes
teleporting into solid objects or even other
soldiers with spectacularly fatal results.

19
 Aspect Commanders
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is from the Rogue
Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily the Koronus Bestiary.
Autarch
Compared to humans, the Eldar are incredibly
long-lived. In the ancient past, this xenos race
learned the dangers of unfettered indulgence, much
to their loss, and so their society is now rigidly
structured around the concept of the Paths of Life.
Over the course of their long lives, Eldar choose
many different Paths, not moving onto another until
they have mastered their current choice. The Paths
most familiar to Imperial scholars are the Paths of
the Warrior and the Paths of the Seer.
Following the Paths of the Warrior, an Eldar
choose one Warrior Aspect of their war god, Kaela
Mensha Khaine, and pursue it to total mastery. Most
of these warriors then put aside their armour and
weapons and pursue a new Path, completely
unrelated to warfare and violence. Rarely, an Aspect
Warrior becomes lost on the Path, forever trapped
within the pursuit of martial superiority; these
warriors become the dreaded Exarchs, the leaders
and high priests of the Warrior Temples.
Even rarer, however, are those Eldar that do not
become lost along the Warrior Path, but rather
develop a deep fascination with all elements of
warfare and conflict. Often these Eldar master one
Warrior Path only to leap to a different Warrior
Path, mastering that as well. Frequently they master
many different Paths, becoming utter experts in the
Eldar arts of war. They develop a passion for wider
tactical studies and elaborate strategic planning.
Specialists and scholars in all forms of warfare and
conflict, these Eldar attain the highest military rank
for any of the Craftworld warriors: the Autarch.
On the battlefield these beings are the supreme
commanders of the Eldar warhosts. An Autarch
oversees every battle from its initial planning stages
to the final, killing blow. Despite maintaining a
wider view of events, the Autarch is still a fearsome
warrior in his own right. Because of their
background on the Path of the Warrior across many
different temples, the Autarch is familiar with a
dizzying array of weapons and wargear, and can
easily adapt to whatever roles the current battle
requires.
In recent experience within the Koronus
Expanse, Autarchs have often served as the lead
negotiators when Eldar consent to address
humans directly. In larger parties led by the
vaunted Eldar psychic leadership, these
consummate warriors have been seen acting
20
as military advisors to a Farseer on the rare
occasions when these highest of Eldar leaders appear
among humans. When Eldar parties venture off on
their own, often seeming to pursue knowledge or
artefacts of ancient providence, an Autarch often
leads these small teams on particularly important
missions. Sometimes an Autarch ventures forth on
his own in search of information or historical data to
further their military studies.
The armour and weapons of the Autarchs are
second to none among xenos warriors already
famous for wielding some of the most lethal
equipment known to the Imperium. Protected from
head to toe in intricately-decorated psychosensitive
bone plate glittering with multi-coloured gems of
dazzling quality, the Autarch is also warded by the
most advanced personal forceshields to be found in
the Expanse. The colour of this elaborate armour
varies from one individual to the next, perhaps to
denote rank, personal history, or various possible
allegiances. The training and status of the individual
so armed and armoured is among the best and
highest, as they are masters of almost every Eldar
weapon or piece of wargear available.
Autarchs are thought to be rare in the Koronus
Expanse, with confirmed sightings only within the
last few decades. They seem to be guiding some sort
of concerted effort, often investigating events or
phenomenon or exploring various regions. Other
times they attempt to negotiate or forcibly acquire
the return or access to various artefacts of ancient
xenos origin. Xenographers agree the Autarchs
appear to have become more aggressive, acting
openly to dissuade human exploration in certain
systems even as they delve deeper themselves.
Legendary Autarchs of the Koronus Expanse Most elusive and mysterious of all Autarchs,
Among the most infamous Autarchs operating in however, is Surinthiel Mihrendelas, the Collector.
the Expanse is Athanwe Illunivar, Scourge of From Port Wander to the Rifts of Hecaton, from the
Serator Prime. Terrible in his defence of the Eldar, Frozen Sisters to Aubrays Anvil, Mihrendelas can
their ancient sites, and their artefacts, Illunivar has be found, tracking down rumours and legends of
brought many an inquisitive Rogue Trader to ruin. ancient xenos artefacts. Ruthless in the extreme, no
In recent history, Illunivar appears to have become a price is too high and no sacrifice too great in the
major guardian of sites and locations sacred to the pursuit of these artefacts.
Eldar, in particular throughout Winterscales Realm. Several Rogue Traders have been utterly ruined
Illunivars complete destruction of the Rogue through the acts of Mihrendelas, their only crime
Trader Pietro Ironarms flotilla in orbit around being in his way. Renowned Rogue Trader Bradfreid
Valcettis Salvation marked the intensifying of Eldar Craven was rendered all but destitute when he was
aggression in the region. Ironarms flotilla had stranded on Solace Encarmine, his ship destroyed in
followed years of research that indicated the hidden orbit when Mihrendelas created a new asteroid field
location of an ancient xenos crash site on Salvation. from the planets third moon in search of a
Soon after the first survey craft had landed, legendary artefact. No one knows if the xenos was
however, a wave of Eldar assault ships attacked, successful or not.
destroying all of the ships in orbit. The Rogue
Traders forces still on the ground were annihilated
by an overwhelming force of Aspect Warriors, led
by Illunivar himself, his Swooping Hawk Wings
allowing him to descend upon Ironarm as he fled
into the desert.
More insidiously dangerous is Autarch
Nyathuren Kithmenras, the Wandering Scholar.
Most often alone, she travels from planet to planet
compiling a collection of all knowledge concerning
ancient battles. All of her research revolves around
mankinds earliest wars within the region, and she
has amassed vast amounts of knowledge from that
period, but she does not part with her wisdom
lightly. To beg for her assistance is often more
dangerous than to meet her in open combat. A
Rogue Trader desperate enough to brave the
Scholars wrath, however, may seek out Kith- enras
when all other options have been exhausted, but
most come to regret the decision.
After years of fruitless searching for any news
regarding his fathers lost fleet, Rogue Trader Josef
Sendaarin sought the guidance of Kith-menras.
Though she proved almost as elusive as the
information he originally hunted, Sendaarin finally
tracked down the Eldar war-sage on the battlefield
world of Zayth. None know the price she exacted
from this desperate scion of a once-noble family,
but he returned to Port Wander a broken man and
has not spoken of his father since.

21
 The Dire Tides of War
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this sections is from the Rogue
Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily the Koronus Bestiary.
Wraithguard
Rarely seen by humans, the Wraithguard are
thought to be very uncommon to the Expanse. Tales
from distant battlefields, though, talk of these
animated hulking constructs forming implacable
waves, moving inexorably across blasted
landscapes, ignoring all but the most potent attacks
and bearing terrifying weapons capable of
obliterating any man-made substance.
Xenographers believe the Wraithguard are
almost never utilised except in times of desperate
war. It is known that the Eldar look upon their
deployment with sadness and regret. However, the
most rapacious Rogue Trader would have to think
twice about crossing any Eldar who is guarded by
these tireless sentinels and their gruesome weapons.
Constructed from the same psychoplastic, bone-
like material as the larger Wraithlords, Wraithguard
share the same basic design, down to the beautiful
gems scattered across the armour. Although not as
powerful or implacable as a Wraithlord, the fear
inspired by these lesser cousins is no less severe due
to their unique weapon, the Wraithcannon.
22
The Wraithcannon uses unknown xenos
technology to fire unstable matter, opening a small
warp rift at the target in a wide variety of effects.
These can range from messy implosions to a sudden
and complete disappearance as the foe is dragged
into the warp forever. No armour has ever been
found to be effective against this weapon, and only
its relatively short range and long recycle time offer
any hope at all to forces arrayed against the
Wraithguard. Its power source is unknown; all that
can be determined is that once removed from its
bearer, the weapon becomes nothing more than
interesting but useless xenos sculpture.
In the Koronus Expanse, Wraithguard have been
sighted acting as silent bodyguards for the most
important Eldar psykers. When these dignitaries
deign to meet with humans, they are often flanked
by two Wraithguard standing eerily in the
background. Few confirmed records exist of
Wraithguard being used in actual combat, though
this could be due to a lack of survivors in the case
of such encounters. Despite this, enough rumours
abound of the efficacy of their weaponry and
their fearsome abilities to firmly establish
their reputation.
Wraithlord
History abounds with tales of enormous statues
magically coming to life in defence of primeval
crypts or to avenge ancient wrongs. The image of
these towering constructs shuddering into animation
is ingrained in the human psyche, and explains the
visceral reaction most Explorers have when first
encountering the Wraithlords.
A graceful statue of Eldar manufacture, each
Wraithlord is encrusted in glittering gemstones and
scrolling alien glyphs. With a smooth, featureless
head sweeping back from broad, fragile-seeming
shoulders, the inhumanity of the gigantic statue is
immediately evident. Their armour is decorated by
arrays of gleaming precious stones, which Imperial
scholars believe both power and guide these
daunting constructs. A Wraithlords seemingly
delicate armour is nearly impossible to breach
without the heaviest of military-grade weapons, and
in battle they form mobile strong points,
spearheading assaults as they lead elite Eldar
warriors against their foes.
Sightings of Eldar Wraithlords in the Koronus
Expanse are exceedingly rare. In skirmishes with
security forces or indigenous feral enclaves, a
Wraithlord dominates the encounter, presenting an
almost unstoppable threat. Often local authorities
have assumed these towering figures were mere
statuary, only to be proven horribly wrong as they
awakened with a fearsome array of weaponry and Wraithlords are entirely constructed of a
deadly purpose. psychoplastic, bone-like material. Those few
specimens that have been seen in the Expanse are a
uniform bone colour, with ribbons or streamers of
light blue hanging from various points. They do not
appear to be armed uniformly; various sightings
have reported shuriken weaponry, flamers, an array
of heavy weapons, and even massive swords
wielded with alarming grace and skill.
The vast majority of humans in the Expanse
have heard only the vaguest whispers about these
towering devices. Most information comes from
disabled Imperial Guard personnel who have left the
Imperium behind for a life beyond Port Wander.
These veterans tell soul-shivering tales of massive
figures visiting destruction all around them with
blasts of vile xenos power and sweeps of their huge
blades. It is said that even the mightiest warriors of
the Expanse should rethink their battleplans should
they find themselves facing such a foe.

23
 Chapter 3: Eldar Presence in the Expanse
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from the
Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily Edge of the Abyss.
Too often, the meddling of humanity uncovers things it
should not know, your kinds base thoughts unclouded by
regret and driven only by reckless ambition. I think the
universe would thank me if I killed you now, before you
can do any greater harm.
Caedovir Oriosrith of Iliasanaes Weeping
The Eldar are amongst the oldest remaining
species in the galaxy, with some suggesting that
they may have existed for millions of years before
Mankind built its fi rst stone tools. It is thought that,
at one point, the Eldar ruled an empire of such size
and might that it would dwarf the Imperium of Man.
However, for reasons none but the Eldar themselves
know, it collapsed, leaving the Eldar scattered
across the galaxy, a pale refl ection of their former
might. For all they have lost, however, the Eldar are
still powerful, possessing sophisticated technology
and powerful psykers reputed to be able to tell the
future with uncanny accuracy, and graced with an
ageless talent for warfare and voidfaring that makes
them deadly in spite of their depleted numbers.
Within the Calixis Sector the Eldar have
historically been a rare sight, with artefacts scattered
across the region capable of projecting psychic
beacons that warn others away. Many have
wondered if the Eldar consider the place cursed, and
why such an ancient and powerful species would be
reluctant to travel there. Nonetheless, the Eldar do
pass through Calixis at times, but seem to frequent
the Expanse more. Several distinct factions seem to
call the Koronus Expanse their home. For the most
part, they choose not to involve themselves in local
matters, seldom dealing with humanity save where
it is absolutely necessary, and even then only for
brief periods, often with bloodshed rather than with
negotiations.
Yet, in spite of their typically isolationist
attitude, the Eldar within the Koronus Expanse are
getting bolder and sightings of their craft are
becoming more frequent. It is whispered that so
long-lived a species cannot act without great
forethought, and that the Eldar do not do things
without a reason, even if that reason may not be
understood by man. Something is drawing them to
the Expanse against their better judgement and
the advice of their forebears, and few would
be foolhardy enough to say that their
presence heralds something good.
24
A Sundered People
For around ten thousand years, the Eldar have
been a scattered and divided species, surviving
within myriad Craftworlds, Corsair fleets, Exodite
colonies and in other places besides. As time has
passed, each of these groups have found their own
identities and become different from the others, and
while a common racial heritage is shared by all,
disagreements and differing goals can cause further
division between the different kindreds and factions
of the Eldar.
This is not only the case on a galactic scale, but
on a more local one as well. Within the Koronus
Expanse, there are at least four distinct groups of
Eldar, in addition to those who cannot be identifi ed
as belonging to any one of those groups. These four
groups are the Eldar of Craftworld Kaelor, their
pirate kin the Twilight Sword Corsairs, the savage
and mysterious Children of Thorns, and the
enigmatic Crow Spirits. While these factions seldom
come to blowsor at least, such kinstrife, as the
Eldar call this form of internecine warfare, is seldom
observedthey appear to have very different goals
and motivations, making cooperation just as
unlikely.
Craftworld Kaelor
Distant and isolated even by the standards of the
Craftworlds, Kaelor lingers on the edge of the
galaxy, passing through the Calixis Sector only once
in a millennium. As that time draws near once again,
Kaelor sends warriors out into the Koronus Expanse,
for its Farseers have seen something approaching,
something wreathed in shadows that their sight
cannot penetrate, which promises only doom for
those that cross its path.
Already, several of its outposts and a number of
the Maiden Worlds under its protection have
suffered sudden and catastrophic losses, leaving
them utterly devoid of inhabitants and deathly silent
save for the psychic echoes of something in great
pain. In the last few decades, sightings of Eldar
wearing Kaelors crimson and orange livery within
the Koronus Expanse have increased dramatically,
particularly within the Heathen Stars region.
 The most prominent leader of the Craftworld is
Farseer ElaAshbel, an especially gifted and
powerful psyker. Blinded at a young age during a
confrontation with Chaos Space Marines of the
Word Bearers Legion, she sheds tears of blood when
she manifests her potent psychic abilities.
ElaAshbel has a long history of manipulating
humans and using agents of the Imperium as her
cats-paws, often drawing them into conflicts that
inexorably lead along paths of fate she has foreseen
that lead towards the eventual benefit of Craftworld
Kaelor.
Craftworld Kaelor seems to have an especially
close tie to a band of Eldar Corsairs known as the
Twilight Swords. These piratical Eldar primarily
operate in the Koronus Expanse, occasionally
assisted by Kaelor Aspect Warriors or supported by
Kaelor Dragonships. What Kaelor gains from this
relationship is an enigma, although some in the
Ordo Xenos conjecture that ElaAshbel has made a
pact with the Twilight Swords wherein the Corsairs
serve in the role of a stalking horse, drawing out
potential enemies and scouting ahead for the forces
of the Craftworld. The Farseer may, in fact, be using
the Corsairs for her own purposes, as she has been
carefully directing their efforts in a search pattern
throughout the Expanse. Exactly what, or whom,
she is searching for is so far unknown.
Survivors of Strife
The Eldar of Craftworld Kaelor are more aware
than most of the consequences of straying from the
Eldar path of discipline and control. Over three
thousand years ago, the Craftworld was engulfed in
a divisive conflict amongst its own people. Many
Eldar had turned away from the paths and instead
sought their own pleasures, a dark echo of the same
behaviour that had heralded the Eldar races fall
from grace and the birth of the Dark God, Slaanesh.
This conflict was eventually brought to an end, and
the Craftworld united, but the Eldar consider this
event a most recent and distressful portion of their
history.
Thus, Kaelor is now home to a very pragmatic
and dedicated populace, each with a keen
understanding of their own relative vulnerability.
This has led the Eldar of the Craftworld to be very
loathe to take risks unless forced into action, their
outlook upon the universe coloured with
caution and tempered with ruthless
applications of practicality.
25
Methods of War
The Kaelor Craftworld warhost follows a
doctrine of aggressive defence, preferring to strike
hard and fade away before the enemy can gain the
initiative. Kaelor possesses many shrines to the
Warp Spider Aspect Warriors. These Eldar wear a
heavily armoured suit containing a short-range warp
jump teleporter device. Warp Spiders follow a
philosophy of war that perfectly matches Kaelors
approach, attacking and then vanishing in the blink
of an eye. The Kaelor warhost also contains a large
number of fast vehicles, including many grav-
vehicles such as Falcons and Vypers. It is not
unknown for ElaAshbel to lead her kin in battle,
riding a custom Vyper where her psychic powers can
have the greatest effect upon the enemy.
Although the Kaelor warhost generally avoids
engaging the enemy with their full force unless
absolutely necessary, they are quite proactive and
aggressive when following the visions and
prophecies of their Farseer, ElaAshbel. Under
ElaAshbels guidance, Kaelors forces do not
generally seek out conflict against the Imperium,
preferring to use deceit and guile to mislead such
Imperial forces that they encounter. When forced
into battle, however, the Kaelor warhost attacks
without mercy.
Unlike some other Eldar Craftworlds, who may
see a host of equal threats in a hostile galaxy, Kaelor
regards the Chaos powers as the most dire. The
Farseers of Kaelor actively oppose the forces of
Chaos, and they often guide the dragonships and
Aspect Warriors of their kin to skirmishes and
assaults that serve to hinder the servants of the Dark
Gods.
A Fateful Meeting
Millenia ago on the planet Tyrine, ElaAshbel
confronted the Chaos Space Marine Kor Phaeron, a
Dark Apostle of the World Bearers Legion. This was
to be a most fateful encounter, for neither the Eldar
Farseer or the ancient Chaos Marine emerged
unscathed. ElaAshbel lost her physical sight, but
gained a great insight into both her own abilities and
the Dark Gods who guide the Word Bearers in their
unholy crusade. Kor Phaeron, in contrast, was left
with a deep and abiding hatred of the Eldar, a thirst
for vengeance that still burns brightly within his
hearts centuries later.
The Children of the Thorns
Perhaps unusually, the Eldar pirates known as
the Children of Thorns seem completely oblivious
to whatever it is that has the other Eldar factions so
concernedoblivious, or entirely uncaring. This
faction seems to stand aloof from other Eldar, not
deigning to involve itself in their business.
However, even they seem to be arriving in the
Expanse with greater frequency in the last century
or are simply becoming bolder in their attacks
and raids.
Vicious and sadistic even by the standards of
their kind, the Children of Thorns are said to prize
stealth and surprise over all other strategies,
ensuring that attacks can rarely be defended against
as fleets of lightning-fast black-hulled raiders
appear from nowhere bearing hosts of shrieking,
darkly graceful beings who seem to desire only to
inflict bloodshed and pain.
Few humans have faced the Children of Thorns
and lived, but those lucky survivors report seeing
tall, gaunt figures, enclosed fully in black armour
covered in barbs and blades. They whimper about
the capricious maliciousness of their foe, how they
vanish as quickly as they appear, and how many of
their victims seem to vanish with them.
Disturbingly, the Children of Thorns appear to have
grown bolder in recent years, appearing more
frequently and hiring out their services to
unscrupulous humans, promising ruination to their
erstwhile allys enemies in exchange for...
something. Nobody is entirely certain what it is that
the Children of Thorns accept in payment, for no
man will admit to hiring them, but more than a
few colonists have been redirected from their
intended destinations, never to be seen
again.
26
The Twilight Swords
The Twilight Swords Corsairs have always been
a presence within the Koronus Expanse, for as long
as humans have explored there. Their distinctively-
coloured livery has often been an uncertain omen for
other travellers, as the Twilight Swords are known to
be as often friend as foe, though one thing is always
certainthey never appear for peaceful reasons.
Many Rogue Traders have found their fortunes
bolstered or saved by the intervention of Twilight
Swords vessels at a crucial juncture, only to see the
Corsairs vanish as the battle is won, or to linger only
to pass on some cryptic message. At other times,
they have appeared to cripple or crush a Rogue
Traders aspirations, taking to battle for only the
briefest of times before disappearing from augurs
altogether.
Many see them as being guided by some
prophetic witch, for the Eldar are known to employ
such methods extensively, overseeing some grand
plan several millennia in the making. Others see
their attacks and assistance as little more than the
work of a spiteful and capricious mind, revelling in
the power to shape lives at a whim. The truth is both
of these.
At the leadership of Caeluthin Baharrudor and
his predecessor, the Twilight Swords have struck as
and when they desire for no reason other than that
they desire it, driven by their moods and their
inclination towards thrill-seeking. Yet, amidst this,
many Twilight Swords are former citizens of Kaelor,
and still have some loyalty for their old home,
willing to accept the advice and the guidance of one
of its Farseers from time to time. At Kaelors
direction, the Twilight Swords have halted the
advance of many human expeditions that would lead
them to precious maiden worlds or hidden colonies.
The connections between the Twilight Swords
and Kaelor have become increasingly apparent as
the latter has become a greater presence in the
Koronus Expanse, and Twilight Swords vessels have
been seen supporting Kaelor ground troops with
ever-greater regularity. Amidst this, the Twilight
Swords have worked to retain their independence,
striking out at their own targets with greater
frequency than they have in the past.
Over the last few decades, the traditionally
gleeful nature of the Twilight Swords has taken a
dark turn. They, like their brethren on Kaelor,
have seen signs of something vast and terrible
coming, and desire to avert its arrival.
The shock of discovering so great a threat so close This viewpoint conflicts with the guidance of
at hand has shaken them from complacency, and ElaAshbel of Craftworld Kaelor, and is the cause of
now they look upon the Koronus Expanse to see contention as the two sides work together more
what is actually there, and shudder at the thought often. It is possible that the Farseers council may
that they could have missed so much. The rising tide moderate Caeluthins viewsor that her preference
of Chaos, the gathering hordes of the Orks, and the to use humanity to further Eldar goals may have
nascent menace of the RakGol all pose a threat to
the Eldar within the Koronus Expanse, and the
Twilight Swords are becoming desperate to do
something about it. With their brethren from Kaelor,
the Twilight Swords make plans to strike their
opponents and establish their dominance in the
Koronus Expanse, while preparing to face the
greater threat to come.

Caeluthin Baharrudor, The Stormchaser

Pirate Prince
The Stormchaser is a legend spoken of fearfully
amongst many of the crews that ply the Koronus
Expanse, the vicious xenos pirate lord whose fl eet
emerges to strike vessels caught within the storms
and tides of the Warp, attacking when their prey
cannot escape, and leaving survivors enough only to
whisper his name.
The truth is little different. Caeluthin was born
to a life of structure and discipline upon the
Craftworld of Kaelor, becoming a Mariner and
sailing the void for many years before his boredom
and wanderlust became too great. Leaving his home
in search of something more, Caeluthin became an
Outcast, a willing exile from his people for so long
as his wanderlust consumed him. Some five
centuries later, Caeluthins sense of adventure is still
strong, and he has risen to become the leader of the
Twilight Swords Corsairs, and does not feel he shall
ever return to the life he had upon Kaelor.
Caeluthin is cunning, but easily bored, and
prone to variegated and ever-changing moods. He
views humanity with a sense of faint amusement at
times, as a man might look at an animal capable of
an interesting trick, while in other moods, he deems
them little better than vermin, worthy only of
annihilation. Overall, he sees humanity as worthless
creatures, useless to his plans.
some appeal.

27
The Crow Spirits: Murderous Spectres
Alongside the Twilight Swords, the Crow
Spirits have been a constant presence in the
Koronus Expanse since before the Imperium first
discovered it. However, where the Twilight Swords
have demonstrated at least some signs of
benevolence towards mankind, even if that
benevolence is fickle, the Crow Spirits are nothing
but hostile.
Ever since humanity has ventured into the
Koronus Expanse, the Crow Spirits have struck at
them with unerring precision and a cold and
calculating wrath that seems to possess no source
nor be directed at any individual. Not every human
to travel the Expanse is targetedindeed, only a
minority suffer that misfortunenor are those who
voyage to worlds identified as having significance
to the Eldar targeted consistently. Whatever guides
their attacks and chooses their targets, it follows an
unfathomable plan.
In particular, their priorities appear to be the
Unbeholden Reaches and Accursed Demesne. It is
rare to encounter the ghostly-pale vessels of the
Crow Spirits beyond those regions, though what
signifi cance those places hold is unknown,
particularly as they border the blighted anomaly
known as the Rifts of Hecaton. None could imagine
that any creatures could keep something of
significance close to such a dread place, yet the
Crow Spirits seem intent to drive mankind away
from it. In addition, the Crow Spirits have been
sighted in Winterscales Realm, near Maleziel and
the Serpents Cradle, though they do not tarry in
Winterscales Realm. Instead they pass through it as
hurrying to another destination.
Where all the other Eldar within the Expanse
have made some contact with humans besides overt
aggression, the Crow Spirits remain a mystery, and
little is known of their nature or their objectives
beyond the most obvious facts. Many years and
many lives have been spent attempting to discern
their goals, so that they can more easily be defended
against, but with little success. No signs exist of a
base of operations anywhere near to the Rifts of
Hecaton, and given so inexplicable an origin, none
have ruled out that they may originate from
somewhere else. Interestingly, the most well-
thought out suggestion as to the Crow Spirits base
of operations comes from the Imperial Navy
squadrons assigned to guard Port Wander.
28
In their long years fighting Eldar Corsairs, some
Navy officers have encountered large Eldar void-
stations. One of these Haven-class spires could
serve as a base for extended periods of time, and be
hidden in almost any star system or vast nebula.
As with both the forces of the Craftworld Kaelor
and the Twilight Swords Corsairs, the Crow Spirits
have become even more active in the last few
decades, as if some part of their unknown plan was
approaching a crucial point, or perhaps as if some
event had spurred them to greater action. However,
many of their recent actions have been just as
perplexing as the pattern of their attacks. On a dozen
occasions within the last thirty years, Crow Spirits
ships have been sighted in direct and vicious confl
ict with ships of other Eldar, most frequently those
of the Children of Thorns, but occasionally those of
the Twilight Swords or Kaelor as well. While such
violence between different factions of Eldar is not
unknown, the frequency and brutality of these
battles is unsettling; what could drive the Eldar to
turn on their own kind so aggressively?
Extensive divination, including several hundred
readings of the Emperors Tarot by Inquisitorial
seers and the Astropaths of paranoid Rogue Traders
have proved to be of little benefit. The majority
simply produce no result whatsoever, while a few
predict what a handful of others have foreseen: an
unholy green light, worlds stripped of inhabitants, a
great pale horror, a cataclysm given form and
substance, and the screaming of the ghosts of those
slain long ago.
Worse still, something unspeakable plagues the
dreams of psykers across the Expanse, passing from
memory upon waking but leaving the impression of
some vast and dreadful presence moving slowly
through the void, leaving only silence and death in
its wake.
Amongst the Crows
The Eldar have long been a spacefaring race, and
many ancient traditions have built up over the ages.
The complex nature of Eldar culture, and the
mingling and evolving of cultures since The Fall,
means that no two fleets of Eldar vessels are
structured in quite the same way, and though there
are common themes and shared elements, there are
as many differencesparticularly where groups
of Eldar are isolated from their kin.
 Within the Crow Spirits, the following is true. Cold and utterly ruthless, Ilistaneth harbours a
At their head, leading each and every ship, is a profound loathing for all that is not Eldar and knows
Craftmaster, or Athkion as it is known within the joy only in the moment of triumph.
Crow Spirits traditions. As a spacefaring culture, Ilistaneth does not question the instructions
the role of a Craftmaster is not entirely dissimilar to given to him by his masters; his hatred for the
that of a Rogue Trader or pirate captain. Subservient enemies of his kind dwarfs any empathy he might
to the Craftmaster are several individuals of have for the plight of his targets. A master of many
significance. weapons and just as many poisons, Ilistaneth is a
The two chief advisors of a ships Craftmaster terrifying adversary to face, and as many foes have
are known as the Bloody Hand, or Kaelamen, a died to his blades with a look of dread upon their
deadly warrior and bodyguardwho advises in all face, as have perished at a great distance never
matters of warfare, and the Silent Hand, or knowing the cause of their demise.
Istaurmen, who is a skilled intelligence-gatherer, Ilistaneth possesses a vast and bewildering array
spy, and diplomat. Depending on the inclinations of of armaments and tools. The most astounding is a
their Craftmaster, either or both may also have skill Holo-Suitnormally worn by the mysterious Eldar
as assassins and saboteurs. warrior-troubadours known as Harlequins, gifted to
Alongside the Hands, are Voidspeakers, him by a troupe of Harlequins as a reward for
powerful psykers who communicate with other parts slaying a target whose fate interfered with their own.
of the fleet and foretell the future to better guide the
Crow Spirits. Finally, are the Bonesingers, who are
artisans responsible for growing and shaping all
kinds of Eldar technology, and in the case of those
aboard a starship, are responsible for repairing it in
battle as well. Above and beyond all these, however,
are the Infinity Circuits of each ship. Containing the
bound and conscious souls of past crew, each
Infinity Circuit, like the far larger versions which
form the hearts of Craftworlds, communes with the
living to guide and advise them, adding the
experiences of past generations to aid those who
live now.
With the Crow Spirits, this organisational
structure is mirrored to the very highest levels, with
the shadowy Lords of Crows ruling above all the
captains and advised by the seniormost Craftmaster,
Bloody Hand, Silent Hand, and Voidspeaker within
the fleet. However, it is said that the Lords of Crows
and their Council are not simply Craftmasters
elevated amongst their peers. It is said they are
powerful Eldar psykers, Farseers and Warlocks who
guide the path of the Crow Spirits.

Ilistaneth Anturien
Bloody Hand of the Crow Spirits
The Crow Spirits have a long and bloody
history, and much of it within the last eleven
centuries can be attributed to one being. The
deadliest and most experienced warrior of the
Crow Spirits, Ilistaneth Anturien has been
directly responsible for more death than
almost any other individual within the
Expanse.

29
 Chapter 4: Eldar Explorers
Source Disclaimer: This section makes reference to official
and unofficial fluff. Make sure to consult your DM regarding
what is being used in your game.
Eldar who embark upon The Path of the Outcast
forsake the more rigid structures of traditional Eldar
society to roam the stars. Frequently they become
Corsairs or Rangers and traverse the stars, seeking
out ruins and recovering lost Eldar relics. Some
others become raiders, pillaing and stealing what
they can from the other races of the galaxy. Others
sate their wanderlust and eventually return to their
craftworld, returning to the paths that their society
offers.
The rules included in this supplement allow
players to create their own Eldar Explorers, and
replace the usual rules for character creation in the
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook. A player can create
30
an Eldar Explorer using the following instructions:
1. When building an Eldar Explorer, a player first
selects one of the Paths of Ages Past. These paths
reflect the exposure that the explorer has had to one
of the many paths that Eldar Society has, or an
innate gift with an area.
2. The player then generates the characteristics
that define their Explorer's personal attributes, and
selects which advancement path to embark upon to
finialize attributes, either The Path of the Outcast, or
The Path of the Seer.
3. Finally, the player spends the 500 starting XP
that all characters get, a process which is described
on page 30 of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook,
which can be spent on the Advancement tables they
selected which are detailed later in this chapter.
 Paths of Ages Past:
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is based on
information from warhammer40k.wikia.com and
wh40k.lexicanum.com.
Eldar embark upon many paths during their
lifetimes, but some have a predilection for certain
skills and abilities, or simply happened to be on that
path before embracing the way of the Outcast.
However they came upon it, the Eldar possess
certain affinities based on the paths they have been
exposed to. Begin the character creation process by
selecting one of the following Path abilities for the
outcast to reflect these skills.
Path of the Artisan
Those Eldar who are driven to create works of great
skill, and includes many sub-specializations
including the Path of the Poet, Path of the Musician,
Path of the Painter, and so on. Outcasts with
experience in this path may re-roll one test per
session relating to crafting.
Path of Awakening
The Path of Awakening is a path upon which the
Eldar learn how to closely analyze their
surroundings and environments. Those who have
mastered this path can notice things that would
seem insignificant or impossible to see, even to a
normal Eldar. Outcasts who are drawn to this Path
may re-roll a perception based check once per
session.
Path of Command
The Path of Command is for those Eldar with a
passion for military command and the desire to
develop complex military strategy. It's members
tread this path to better command large forces of
Eldar Troops. Outcasts who are drawn to this path
may re-roll one Interaction test per session.
Path of Dreaming
The Path of the Dreamer is a meditative path
undertaken by many Eldar in which they learn to
control and direct their dreams. Those who
embark upon these dreamwalks can disappear into
them for days at a time. Many who are drawn to this
path to this path develop the connection to the warp
that leads to the abilities of the Void Dreamer.
Outcasts who are drawn to this path may re-roll
one willpower based test once per session due to the
peace of mind with which they find themselves.
31
Path of the Healer
The Path of the Healer is pursued by those Eldar
who find spiritual satisfaction in bringing living
things back to full wellness. Eldar healers include
all physicians, surgeons, and what humans might
consider biomedical researchers. Outcasts who are
drawn to this path may re-roll one failed Medicae,
Chymistry, or Scholastic Lore (Beasts). check per
session.
Path of the Mariner
Those Eldar who embark upon the Path of the
Mariner serve as the crewmen and officers of their
home Craftworld's fleet of starships. Those who
seek this Path often wish to see the sights of the
galaxy and also seek inner peace after a period in
which they have felt lost. Outcasts drawn to this
path may re-roll one test per session relating to
Voidships, be it Commanding, Maintenance,
Piloting, Navigation, or Combat.
Path of the Scholar
Eldar Scholars are those Eldar who find fulfillment
only in mastering academic knowledge and then
passing this knowledge along to other Eldar who are
traveling this path or who wish to benefit from
understanding the discipline. Outcasts drawn to this
path may re-roll a Lore test once per session.
Path of the Seer
This path is the longest, most complex, most
treacherous, and least trodden of all the Eldar paths.
This path has exposed the Outcast to the enhanced
psychic potential of the Eldar race. The Outcast
may re-roll one test per session pertaining to the
warp or psychic abilities.
Path of Service
In this path Eldar give themselves over to direct
service of others, performing the personal services
that allow their species to thrive, including farmers,
clothiers, cooks, manual laborers, and more.
Outcasts familiar with this path may re-roll one test
per session relating to their profession
Path of Shaping
The path of Shaping is a specialisation of the Path
of the Artisan, closely linked to the Path of the Seer.
It is undertaken by those Eldar who become
Bonesingers, the skilled artisans who are part
psyker, part artist, and part engineer. Bonesingers
train their innate psychic powers to create and mend
all of the constructs of Wraithbone used by the
Eldar. Outcasts drawn to this path may re-roll one
test per session pertaining to maintenance or
construction of technology.
Path of the Thought Talker
A Thought Talker is an Eldar Telepath who is rained
to function both as an interpreter beween
32
Eldar and other intelligent species and as an
ambassador to these beings for his Craftworld.
Previous exposure to this path opens up the mind of
the Outcast to the various species of the galaxy and
how to interact with them. Outcasts who are drawn
to this path may re-roll one Interaction test or
Telepathy Psychic Discipline Test once per session.
Path of the Warrior
The Path of the Warrior is trod by those Eldar who
seek to improve their martial prowess. This path
represents a calling to the war that rages in the
galaxy, and produces the specialized Aspect
Warriors, should the Eldar keep to this path.
Outcasts drawn to this path may re-roll one combat
related test once per session.
 The Path of the Outcast

Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from and Infinity Circuit, threatening the very survival of
warhammer40k.wikia.com a Craftworld. Outcasts are also disruptive to the
highly structured societies of the Craftworlds in
Eldar Outcasts are those rare members of the another sense, for their presence can distract the
Eldar race who have left their home Craftworld to young and inexperienced from the Eldar Paths
wander the galaxy when they find the rigid Eldar through their romantic tales of travel, plunder
lifestyle suffocating or because they have and freedom.
committed some unforgivable crime against their The Outcasts rarely divulge the hardships
fellow Eldar. Many Eldar Outcasts often take up of their lives or their constant mental
daring lives as pirates or raiders and thus are struggle to maintain themselves
sometimes confused with their Dark Eldar uncorrupted by the darker impulses of
counterparts. the Eldar nature without the aid of the
Sometimes the rigid constraints of the Eldar Eldar Paths.
Paths are intolerable even for an Eldar to bear; such
individuals leave their Craftworlds and willingly
become Outcasts. Many Eldar spend years or
decades as Outcasts before they return to the Eldar
Paths, though most do eventually feel the need to
return to Eldar society unless they have been
forcibly exiled from their former home. Outcasts
must bear the terrible burden of their heightened
Eldar consciousness and psychic abilities without
the mental protections offered by the Eldar Paths.
Only Eldar of remarkably strong characters can
survive for long as Outcasts. After years of
adventure and wandering, or sailing the seas of
space with the Eldar pirate fleets, most Eldar
eventually return to the sanctuary of the Eldar Paths
and the warm collective familarity of the
Craftworlds.
There are many kinds and degrees of Eldar
Outcasts. They can serve as Rangers, the scouts of
their Craftworlds, well-trained survivalists and
marksmen able to find the eye sockets and neck
joints of even the most heavily armoured enemy
troops with their Long Rifles. The most skilled of
the Eldar Rangers are known as Pathfinders. Others
choose to leave their Craftworlds and live
elsewhere, often wandering the galaxy and visiting
the worlds of Mankind or the Exodites. They are
not welcome aboard Craftworlds except briefly, for
their minds are dangerously unbounded and attract
predators from the psychic realms of the Warp.
Daemons or other Warp entities can home in on the
undisciplined and extremely powerful mind of an
Outcast and lodge in the psycho-supportive
environment of the Craftworld's Wraithbone core

33
 Eldar Corsairs are those Eldar Outcasts who
have deliberately chosen to make their living by
raiding the commerce of the other star-faring
intelligent races of the Milky Way Galaxy,
particularly the shipping of the Imperium of Man.
They are a constant threat to Imperial merchant
shipping, though they lack the ability to face off
against a true Imperial Navy battlefleet of any real
size.
Aware that it was the ineffable power of their
own whims and desires that brought about the
downfall of their species and led to the birth of
Slaanesh, the survivors of the Fall of the Eldar, the
Eldar of the Craftworlds, have developed a way to
control their own inner natures. Every Eldar chooses
for himself a discipline which he then makes it his
task to master. It may take many standard years to
successfully accomplish this, perhaps more than a
single human lifetime. Each discipline is called a
Path, and each Path may necessitate further choices
and specialisations. For example, the Path of the
Warrior has many Aspects, and whilst all enable the
Eldar to master the skills of combat, each Warrior
Aspect brings with it its own special techniques and
abilities. Other Eldar Paths include that of the
Bonesinger, as the psycho-technicians of the
Craftworlds are called, who craft Wraithbone and
other psycho-plastic materials to fashion the
material artefacts of the Eldar civilisation. There are
innumerable Paths, some of which are chosen only
rarely, but each offers its followers a complete way
of life during the time which they tread upon it.
Eldar Pirates are always followers of the Path of
the Outcast - Eldar who have turned away from the
Paths and abandoned their Craftworld. These
eldritch wanderers live quite apart from the orderly,
disciplined Eldar of the Craftworlds, and form
ravenous bands of pirates, corsairs and raiders.
As with other outcasts, some of these eventually
Eldar return to the Paths, or may retain some ties to
their Craftworld of origin. However, the willful and
unaccountable actions of the Outcasts stand far
apart from the carefully scryed and considered
actions of the Craftworld Eldar, and for the most
part the Farseers show great reluctance for their own
peoples to mix with the wayward and dangerous
Outcasts.
Outright alliance between fleets acting on the
will of a Craftworlds Seers and the more volatile,
self-serving Eldar Corsairs is relatively rare, but
certainly not unknown. It usually only occurs when
a knowledgeable Corsair leader of great influence is
present, able to both satisfy the measured desires of
the Seers at the same time that he can prove his raw
might to the more aggressive Eldar pirates. Such
leaders, like the legendary Prince Yriel of Iyanden,
are rare, but the fleets they command are invariably
very powerful and capable of giving even the most
potent forces of the Imperial Navy substantial
opposition.
Some Eldar Corsairs have been known to hire
themselves out as mercenary forces for various
foolish and often very wealthy human factions
within the Imperium. A fleet of Corsairs can prove to
be a powerful force on the battlefield for their
patrons. But the fickleness of Eldar Corsairs is
legendary and more than one group of these xenos
pirates has been known to suddenly change sides or
even turn on their human patrons after a battle is
won to seize a greater share of the rewards. In these
situations, the Corsairs' employers usually find their
own blood coating the Outcasts' potent blades.
Eldar Outcasts are extremely pragmatic realists
and are often very tough, sinister individuals. In
their manner and actions they are often complete
opposites of the Craftworld Eldar. Those Outcasts
who walk this path for too long may ultimately be
consumed by the Path of Damnation and so begin to
be enslaved by the same lust for suffering and death
that corrupted both their Dark Eldar cousins and the
ancient Eldar pleasure cults that led to the Fall of
Eldar civilisation more than 10,000 Terran years
ago.
34
The Path of the Outcast Characteristics
As with human characters, Eldar Outcasts also
have characteristics that their players generate at
character creation. Unlike human Explorers, Eldar
Outcasts have different base values for their
Characteristics, see below.

Starting Wounds: Eldar Outcast Characters roll

1d5+1 and add twice their starting toughness bonus
to determine their starting number of wounds.
Starting Fate Points: Eldar Outcast characters
begin play with 2 Fate Points

Eldar Outcasts begin play with the following Skills,

Talents, Traits, and Gear:
Starting Skills: Acrobatics, Awareness, Deceive,
Dodge, Common Lore (Eldar), Forbidden Lore
(Xenos), Silent Move, Speak Language (Eldar),
Speak Language (Low Gothic)
Starting Talents: Catfall, Dark Soul, Heightened
Senses (Sight, Sound), Jaded, Leap Up, Melee
Weapon Training (Primitive), Melee Weapon
Training (Universal), Nerves of Steel, Outcast
Weapon Training, Sprint
Starting Traits: Non Imperial, Speak Not Unto the
Alien, Unnatural Agility (x2)
Starting Gear: Shuriken Pistol, Shuriken Catapult
or Ranger Long Rifle, Best Craftsmanship Mono-
Sword or Common Craftsmanship Eldar
Chainsword, Eldar Void Armor, Empty Spirit Stone,
Vox Caster, Set of Fine Clothes, Data Slate
Fear and Insanity:
Unlike most Xeno races, the Eldar can not only
be driven mad by the horrors of an unforgiving
universe, but can also slowly fall to the corrupting
influence of Slaanesh.
Eldar gain Insanity and Corruption points as all
normal Explorers do, and may bring the watchful
eyes of the chaos gods down upon them if they gain
a sufficient quantity.
The Path of the Outcast Advances:
Explorers who choose The Path of the Outcast
may spend experience as they advance on the tables
presented below, and gain ranks as normal explorers
do, detailed in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook.

35
36
37
38
39
 The Path of the Seer
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section comes from the Rogue
Trader Roleplaying Game, primairly The Navis Primer
A warrior may become as skilled with a blade as he
wishes, but he is still subject to the fickle whim of his
destiny, and his doom. We who walk the Path of the Seer
take destiny into our own hands, and wield doom as our
blade.
Spiritseer Baluithe of Craftworld Kaelor
The Eldar of the Craftworlds live their lives in
rigid cycles of intense devotion to a particular field
of study. Only with these strict controls in place can
these xenos hope to maintain a society that would
not bow before the power of the Chaos God
Slaanesh. Each of these disciplines is referred to as
a path. Arguably the most challenging of these is the
Path of the Seer, which calls upon its followers to
develop their psychic abilities. Key to these abilities
for all Eldar is the nature of runic symbolism and
their alien forms of divination. As their psychic
powers continue to develop, they are often haunted
by visions of the future and the horrible doom of
their race.
Even within this path, there is further
stratification. Some Eldar may master one aspect of
the Path of the Seer, only to embark upon a different
path at a later point in their lives. Others might
never travel this path, choosing to focus their talents
in a more mundane fashion. There are numerous
specialisations within the Path of the Seer, but all of
those who walk it endanger their very souls for the
good of their people, pitting their wills against the
hungering doom that awaits all Eldar in the Sea of
Souls.
The Path of the Seer, also known as the Path of
the Witch, is the longest, most treacherous, most
complex, and rarest of all paths. Its members are the
psychic Seers. Of those who embark upon the path,
some of the most developed powers include the
Farseers, Void Dreamers, and Warlocks.
These incredibly potent psykers often assume
critical leadership roles among each Craftworld, but
also are compelled to act upon the visions that they
discover as they study the countless strands of fate.
Powerful and prescient, Farseers are Eldar who
became trapped on the Path of the Seer. Responsible
for leading the slowly dwindling Eldar diaspora in
its twilight, Farseers typically guide their people as
leaders of the massive Craftworlds that roam the
trackless void. They use their not insubstantial
psychic powers to peer into the future where they
pluck apart the strands of time and possibility
through the casting of Runestones. By reading the
throw of these Wraithbone icons, the Farseers
determine the best of all possible courses for their
people. While the results of their divination are quite
accurate in the short-term, even the most powerful
Farseers have difficulty seeing into the distant
future.
While not as martially powerful as those Eldar
who follow the Path of the Warrior, Farseers are as
competent leading in wartime as they are during eras
of peace. Their foresight and powers of precognition
allow them to foretell an enemys actions and relay
this information to their allies and subordinates.
This, along with their prodigious psychic powers,
makes them incredibly dangerous on the battlefield
or the bridge of an Eldar cruiser.

Eldar Farseer:
Without mercy or moral feeling, the Farseers
consciousness stands upon the edge of spiritual
destruction.
Inquisitor Czevak

Most Eldar travel many of the countless paths

for a relatively short portion of their long lives.
However, some may become so focused
upon a particular path that their souls and
psyches become lost within it. Those
who lose their way upon the Path of the
Seer are known as Farseers.

40
 Void Dreamer
The void roils with dreams, with half-forgotten
memories and long lost emotion. I must pierce through
this sea of eternal ephemerality with the swiftness and
precision of a spear. Every cast decides our fate: safety
or doom, oblivion or glory.
Diumraid the Shining, Corsair Void Dreamer

Similar to Farseers, but substantially less

powerful than those august prophets, Void Dreamers
are Eldar blessed with preternatural foresight.
Where the Farseers use their gifts to sift through the
endless possibilities of fate and the far future to
guide their people, Void Dreamers see that which is
near at hand and use this foresight to guide their
Corsair ships through the Webway. Their gifts allow
them to clearly see the matrix of causality, the ebb
and flow of time in the immediate future, and to
determine the ideal course to travel. While they
spend most of their time casting their runes and
probing the future for the safest path through the
fractured Webway, they are powerful foes in
combat. They possess powers that, aside from
letting them guide their living voidships with
incredible precision, allow them to hurl bolts of
pure psychic energy, bolster the morale of their
allies, and even shrug off psychic attacks as if they
were rain. This makes them incredibly dangerous,
especially when leading packs of Eldar Corsairs in
daring boarding raids or lightning strikes.

Warlock
On this twisted, trying path, I have learned to see the
skeins of the future and walk towards the fate I choose.
And yet, now that I find my decisions are my own, I
discover that I have no choice. There is only one course.
I am a warrior, so let the battle be joined.
Unknown Warlock, shortly before his death

Those who travelled the Path of the Warrior prior

to embarking upon the Path of the Seer often
become Warlocks. These individuals learn to focus
their psychic abilities into weapons that they may
wield alongside more traditional armaments. Their
combined training enables them to become powerful
defenders and leaders for their Craftworld.

Source Disclaimer: This Warlock lore is from

warhammer40k.wikia.com

A Warlock is an Eldar Seer or psyker who

previously walked the Path of the Warrior as an
Aspect Warrior of the Eldar Craftworlds and now
uses his potent psychic powers to help lead Eldar
warhosts. Warlocks who lose themselves upon
this path ultimately become Farseers. The most
aggressive and warlike of all the potential

41
variants of the Path of the Seer is that of the
Warlock. Since Warlocks are Seers who once trod
the Path of the Warrior, their previous experience as
Aspect Warriors allows them to harness their more
destructive impulses when using their psychic
powers in combat. The ornate helmets worn by
Warlocks in the field are kept in the shrines of the
Warrior Aspects as a sign of the close link between
Warlocks and their former status as Warriors. A
Warlock can only attain that status by returning to
the Aspect Shrine that he once belonged to and
receiving his helmet from the shrine's Exarch as part
of the same blood-ritual undergone by Aspect
Warriors.
Whenever the Craftworld Eldar go to war, their
Warlocks accompany their forces of Aspect Warriors
and Guardians. They use their psychic powers both
to protect the Eldar Warriors and to wreak havoc
among their foes; a thought-wave from a Warlock
can instil courage in his comrades or sear the souls
of the Eldar's enemies. Though not as psychically
powerful as Farseers, few of the psykers found
among the other intelligent species of the galaxy can
equal the arcane might of an Eldar Warlock or
match their combat prowess with the power of the
Warp.
Those who walk in the spirit world for too long
find their affinity with the departed growing ever
stronger. For a mind as perceptive and prone to
obsession as those of the Eldar. To be steeped in the
deathly currents of the afterlife is to experience a
taste of limbo that stains the soul. Each time a
Spiritseer delves into the infinity curcuit, it becomes
harder to return until, after many long years, it is
impossible.
When the craftworld goes to war, those
Spiritseers still able to walk the mortal world are of
great value. Whilst all Seers are capable of
separating a precious spirit stone from the infinity
curcuit and placing it within the automaton shell of a
ghost warrior, only a Spiritseer can guide that
warrior's labours upon the battlefield. To one of the
departed who has returned to the mortal plane,
thoughts and feelings are the only reality. Yet by
holding the immortal and immortal realms in their
minds eye at once, Spiritseers provide clarity and
focus. With such assistance, the Ghost Warriors
bring the gift of death to the foe, their shots
unerringly finding their mark and sword-strokes
arcing down with uncanny skill.

Spiritseer
Source Disclaimer: Spiritseer lore is from the 6th Edition Eldar
Codex. The Spiritseer discipline was based on this lore.

Spiritseers are those upon the Witch Path who

are called to commune with the dead a chilling
concept, even amongst the Eldar. Though
Spiritseers help to ensure the survival of the entire
Eldar race, their actions are perceived by those
around them as akin to Necromancy; yet another
depth the craftworlds must sink to in their struggle
to stave off a lingering demise.
It is said that the first Spiritseer was from
Iyanden Craftworld who so mourned the loss of his
lover that he plunged his mind deep into the infinity
circuit to be with her. Amidst the swirling
otherworld of the departed, he found his true calling
to bridge the gap between the living and the dead.
Since that day, an increasing number of Eldar have
walked the path of the Spiritseer, for as the Eldar
dwindle, they have ever greater need of their kin
within the infinity circuit.

42
Bonesinger
Source Disclaimer: This lore is from
warhammber40k.wikia.com
A Bonesinger serves as a psychic engineer and
craftsman for the Eldar. The Bonesingers are the
builders and maintainers of all Eldar weapons, tools
and even the Craftworlds themselves. These
powerful xenos psykers are gifted in the arts of
construction using the solidified power of the Warp.
They use their telepathic ability to summon or
psychically generate the solidified substance of the
Immaterium the Eldar call Wraithbone, which they
construct into buildings or tools and use to repair
the Eldar's vehicles, weapons and armour. Like all
of their kind, the Bonesingers are following one of
the many Paths of the Eldar that determines their
current focus and purpose in life. The Bonesinger's
43
Path, the Path of Shaping, is closely related to both
the Path of the Artisan and the Path of the Seer.
During his or her time on the Path of Shaping, the
Bonesinger is tasked with the construction and
maintenance of Eldar structures, weapons and
machinery. They do this through the psychic
manipulation of Wraithbone, summoning this
material into being from the raw energy of the Warp,
then shaping and moulding it into various items,
with the typical Eldar concern that the item be
aesthetically pleasing as well as functional. While
Wraithbone is capable of naturally repairing itself
over time, the process can be greatly enhanced by
the psychic abilities of a Bonesinger. Bonesingers of
the Il-Kaithe Craftworld are said to be the most
skilled of the Eldar Bonesingers, able to practice
their art even in the heat of battle.
Shadowseer -- an island of sinister calm amid a raging ocean of
Source Disclaimer: This lore is from madness, robes swirling as their faceless mask
warhammer40k.wikia.com reflects naught but the emptiness of the void. During
a Masque the Shadowseers of a Harlequin troupe act
Shadowseers, known in the Eldar Lexicon as as the primary storytellers, releasing programmed
esdainn, are powerful Eldar Harlequin psykers hallucinations from their creidann hallucinogen
whose abilities are centred around spreading grenade launcher backpacks which form scintillating
confusion and fear during both a Harlequin phantoms that dance and duel in the air. In older
performance or Masque and on the battlefield. As Imperial texts they are sometimes referred to as
the spiritual guides of the Harlequins, Shadowseers Harlequin Warlocks.
are enigmatic and mysterious individuals. Though
not affiliated to a Troupe, they perform alongside
them as part of a masque, using their psychic
powers to subtly enhance a performance. In battle,
however, the Shadowseer turns his psychic might
upon the enemy, invading their minds and souls to
cause terror and mayhem. Like Eldar seers of old,
the Shadowseer wears long robes, his head covered
by a long cowl weighted with sun and moon
trinkets. Further curios hang from his belt, including
two Harlequin masks and mysterious pouches,
while in his left hand he wields a Miststave -- both a
mark of office and a potent close combat weapon.
To augment his prodigious psychic skills, the
Shadowseer wears a fluted Creidann Grenade
Launcher that fires hallucinogenic cartridges, while
his Harlequin mask is disturbingly blank and
impassive. That is, until an unsuspecting victim
gazes into it and sees a distorted reflection of their
future self. This disturbing vision, combined with
the narcotic gas, leaves most foes incapable of
defending themselves against the Shadowseer.
Illusion, misdirection and terror whirl about the
Shadowseer like a psychic tempest. With a subtle
twist of the mind, these warrior mystics can erase
the memory of the Harlequins from their enemies'
thoughts, clouding their perceptions with confusion
or horror. It is child's play for Shadowseers to bind
their victims within the twists of their own minds,
engaging them in one-sided psychic duels, or
tricking their bodies into stopping hearts and
choking off breath. Wherever the Shadowseer treads
the battlefield, shards of illusory light and shadow
blind the foe, while clouds of hallucinogenic gas Wandering Seers:
send them into paroxysms of terror or bewildered Source Disclaimer: This is fan material
joy. Discipline collapses, replaced by a bedlam of Explorers who follow the path presented in this
screams, gibbering and panicked, aimless gunfire. guide are following the path of a Wandering Seer,
Warriors stagger drunkenly, slashing their blades at one who has, like the Outcast, elected to develop
phantom foes. Through it all strides the Shadowseer and practice their abilities without the structured
guidance and mentoring of their Craftworld.
This separation necessitates a higher amount
of personal experimentation and additional
practice in order to master their abilities.

44
The Path of the Seer Characteristics
As with human characters, Eldar Seers also
have characteristics that their players generate at
character creation. Unlike human Explorers, Eldar
Seers have different base values for their
Characteristics, see below.

Starting Wounds: Eldar Seer Characters roll 1d5+1

and add twice their starting toughness bonus to
determine their starting number of wounds.
Starting Fate Points: Eldar Seer characters begin
play with 2 Fate Points

Eldar Seers begin play with the following Skills,

Talents, Traits, and Gear:
Starting Skills: Awareness, Dodge, Forbidden Lore
(Psykers), Forbidden Lore (Warp), Forbidden Lore
(Webway), Psyniscience, Speak Language (Eldar),
Speak Language (Low Gothic)
Starting Talents: Catfall, Heightened Senses
(Sound, Sight) Melee Weapon Training (Primitive),
Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Nerves of
Steel, Outcast Weapon Training, Psychic Discipline
(Telepathy, Telekinesis, or Divination, Psy Rating 2,
Sprint
Starting Traits: Eldritch Mastery, Non Imperial,
Speak Not Unto the Alien, Unnatural Agility (x2)
Starting Gear: Shuriken Pistol, Shuriken Catapult,
Best Craftsmanship Mono-Sword or Common
Craftsmanship Eldar Chainsword, Eldar Void
Armor, Empty Spirit Stone, Vox Caster, Set of
Fine Clothes, Data Slate
Fear and Insanity:
Unlike most Xeno races, the Eldar can not only
be driven mad by the horrors of an unforgiving
universe, but can also slowly fall to the corrupting
influence of Slaanesh.
Eldar gain Insanity and Corruption points as all
normal Explorers do, and may bring the watchful
eyes of the chaos gods down upon them if they gain
a sufficient quantity.
The Path of the Seer Advances:
Explorers who choose The Path of the Seer
may spend experience as they advance on the tables
presented below, and gain ranks as normal explorers
do, detailed in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook.

45
46
47
48
49
New Skills
Common Lore
(Advanced, Investigation)
Intelligence, Skill Group: Eldar
The Common Lore Skill allows the Explorer to
recall general information, procedures,
divisions, traditions, famed
individuals, and superstitions of a
particular world, group, organization, or
race. The following additional Skill Group
has been added to those available. The
manner in which this skill functions remains
unchanged.
Eldar: Knowledge of the social and political
structures of Eldar society. This also comes with an
understanding of Eldar nature and history.

Forbidden Lore
(Advanced, Investigation)
Intelligence, Skill Group: Webway
Forbidden Lore Skills represent knowledge
usually hidden, veiled or proscribed by an
organisation or society. The following additional
Skill Group has been added to those available. The
manner in which this skill functions is unchanged.
Webway: Knowledge of the secrets and hidden
nature of the labyrinth dimension of the Eldar,
typically known only to the mysterious Harlequins
of the Laughing God and to a select few extremely
learned Eldar.

Navigation
(Advanced, Exploration)
Intelligence, Skill Group: Webway
The Explorer uses the Navigation Skill to plot a
course between two points. The following
additional Skill Group has been added to those
available. The manner in which this Skill functions
is unchanged.
Webway: This Skill permits an Explorer to
determine the safest and quickest route to a location
using the myriad passages and pathways between
worlds known as the webway. As many routes
through the webway are blocked, sealed or simply
closely guarded secrets, and because the webway
itself does not connect to every world, there may
be many destinations that simply cannot be
reached in a single trip, if at all.

50
 New Talents
Source Disclaimer: These talents are based on the lore in the
previous sections and taken from existing Eldar profiles in the
Rogue Trader, and Dark Heresy RPG.
Eldar Talents
These talents may be selected whenever an Eldar
Talent talent appears on the Path of the Outcast
advance table, provided that the Outcast meets all
the prerequisites of the talent.
Ancient and Ruthless Command:
Requirements: Eldar, Into the Jaws of Hell, Iron
Discipline, Air of Authority
The Eldar are dwindling in number, and grow
fewer with each passing century. This has lead to a
grim determination in those left behind and fills
them with an almost supernatural drive and courage,
but in the eyes of their foes an otherworldly terror
and ruthlessness. The Outcast gains the Fearless
talent, and may spend a fate point to gain the From
Beyond trait until the end of the encounter and all
the benefits it entails.
Aspect Armor Mastery
Pre-Requisites: Eldar
This talent reflects that the Explorer has not only
familiarized themselves with the use of Aspect
Armor, but has begun customizing it to their own
specifications. The Explorer may now add half their
Rank (rounded down) to the Armor Points provided
by Aspect Armor. At Rank 9 and above, this
becomes their full rank as a bonus to Armor Points.
Aspect Warrior Exarch:
Pre-Requisites: Varies (See Below):
Dark Reaper: Eldar, Rank 8, BS 55, 5 Ranged
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Reaper Launcher)
Fire Dragon: Eldar, Rank 8, BS 55, 5 Ranged
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Fusion Gun)
Howling Banshee: Eldar, Rank 8, WS 55, 5 Melee
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Banshee Power
Sword)
Shadow Spectre: Eldar, Rank 8, BS 55, 5 Ranged
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Prism Rifle)
Striking Scorpion: Eldar, Rank 8, WS 55, 5 Melee
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Scorpion
Chainsword)
Swooping Hawk: Eldar, Rank 8, BS 55, 5 Ranged
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Swooping Hawk
Grenade Pack, Lasblaster)
Warp Spider: Eldar, Rank 8, BS 55, 5 Ranged
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Death Spinner)
Other: WS or BS 55, 5 Ranged or Melee
Talents, Exotic Weapon Training (Weapon(s)
of Aspect)
Aspect Warriors are specialized soldiers that fill a
niche depending on their training. Those that
become lost on the Path of the Warrior become
Exarchs, leaders and high priests of the warrior
temples that train these Aspects. Becoming an
Exarch grants certain bonuses to the preferred
weaponry of the Aspect, detailed in the
Requirement. When an Exarch wields the preferred
weapon of their Aspect it is treated as two qualities
higher than it actually is (Example: Common quality
would be Best quality in their hands), gains an
additional +2 Damage, +2 Penetration, and the
Proven (4) Quality. This talent may only be taken
once. These bonuses cannot be applied to Voidship
weapons. At rank 9+ the Aspect Warriors gain an
additional +2 Damage and +2 Penetration.
Cover and Displace:
Requirements: Eldar, Rank 7, Acrobatics +20,
Tracking +20
Some outcasts are exceptional snipers and are
experts at hiding, displacing, and making use of
cover. The armor points of any cover the outcast
benefits from are doubled (for the outcast only).
The outcast can re-roll failed Agility Tests when
moving through difficult terrain.
Eldar Psychic Discipline
Requirements: Eldar, Psy Rating, The Path of the
Seer Career Path
Eldar Seers select one additional Psychic
Discipline upon purchasing this Talent that is drawn
from the following list. The Seer may only ever
possess one instance of this talent, meaning it may
never be purchased by way of the Psychic Discipline
Talent or Eldar Talent. After selecting this talent, the
Seer gains the ability to purchase Eldar Psychic
Powers from the discipline they selected. The Seer
may select either the Eldar Farseer, Eldar Warlock,
Eldar Void Dreamer, Bonesinger, Spiritsinger, or
Shadowseer Psychic Disciplines, detailed in the
Psychic Powers section.
Exarch of Weapons:
Requirement: Eldar, Any Seven Exotic Weapon
Proficiency (Eldar) Talents, Weapons of a Dying Age
Through practice, exposure, and dedication, the
Outcast has mastered the wide variety present in the
Eldar arsenal. The versatility offered by dedicated
training makes the Outcast a force to be reckoned
with on the battlefield. The Outcast is
considered to be proficient with all
Exotic Eldar Weapons.
51
Embracing the Path:
Requirement: Eldar, Traveling the Path, Purchased
10 Skill, Talent, or Characteristic Advances
Relating to Path (Starting Skills and Talents do not
count).
After keeping to a path for a prolonged period of
time, a true understanding and comprehension of it
becomes apparent to the Outcast. Benefits are
gained depending on which Path of Ages Past was
selected upon character creation. The Outcast may
automatically succeed on any test relating to their
Path once per session. In instances where Degrees
of Success matter, the Outcast is assumed to
succeed by the minimum number of Degrees needed
to be successful.
Lost Nobility:
Requirements: Eldar, The Path of the Outcast
Career Path, Must be taken at character creation
Whether actual former Eldar Nobility who have
left the Craftworld or one who has developed a gift
for understanding the social graces required of one
on the Path of the Outcast, this talent reflects their
charismatic aptitudes. The outcast may purchase
Fellowship characteristic advances at a cost of
Simple for 100, Intermediate for 250, Trained for
500, and Expert for 1000. If using Ascended Rules
(See Chapter 9), the additional Fellowship advances
may be purchased for 1000, 1500.
Outcast Weapon Training:
Requirements: Eldar
The Outcast has familiarized themselves with the
common weapons of their race found in the
Koronus Expanse. The outcast is proficient in using
Shuriken Pistol, Shuriken Catapult, Shuriken
Cannon, Splinter Pistol, Splinter Rifle, and Ranger
Long rifle, Eldar Plasma Grenade, Xenofilament
Grenade, as well as Primitive and Melee Weapons
from throughout the galaxy.
Precision Fire:
Requirements: Eldar, Deadeye Shot, Hip Shooting,
Crack Shot
With the dwindling numbers of Eldar in the
galaxy, accuracy and efficiency in shooting are
paramount. Long hours of practice, both
intentional and impromptu, have lead to the
Outcast possessing an almost preternatural
accuracy. The outcast no longer suffers
penalties from firing into melee.
Secrets of the Seers
Requirements: Eldar, Psy Rating, The Path of the
Seer Career Path
Eldar possess an innate connection to the
substance known as Wraithbone, and those initiated
in the path of the seer can interact with artefacts
sculpted from it in a way that strangers to these
mystic secrets cannot hope to understand. Those
with the Secrets of the Seers Talent can access the
Witch-Edge quality of the weapons they wield,
which lie dormant in the hands of untrained users.
Swift and Silent:
Requirements: Eldar, Rank 7, Concealment +20,
Shadowing +20, Silent Move +20
Spending years alone on strange worlds, walking
the Webway and shadowing the enemies of the Eldar
certain outcasts learn to be ghosts; mere shadows
within shadows. The outcast may re-roll any failed
concealment or silent move tests. In addition, the
outcast gains a bonus degree of success to any
successful Concealment or Silent Move Tests. The
outcast also never suffers penalties to Concealment
or Silent Move as a result of terrain, lighting, or
related factors.
Traveling the Paths
Prerequisite: Eldar, Purchased 5 Skill, Talent, or
Characteristic Advances Relating to Path (Starting
Skill and Talents do not count).
Beginning down a path is an incredibly difficult
and time consuming process, but once the Outcast
begins to embrace and devote themselves towards a
path, incredible things can occur. Benefits are
gained depending on which Path of Ages Past was
selected upon character creation. The Outcast gains
the ability to choose either the original roll or the re-
roll when utilizing their Path of Ages Past Reroll.
Traversing the Paths:
Prerequisite: Eldar.
Eldar are incredibly long lived, and embark upon
many different paths in their life. Choose another
Path from the Paths of Ages Past Section, you gain
that benefit in addition to the one selected at
Character Creation. This talent may be purchased a
maximum of two times.
52
Wanderer's Familiarity
Requirements: Eldar, Psy Rating, The Path of the
Seer Career Path
Through hard won practice and exposure to the
warp, the Explorer has become more resistant to the
perilous eddies of the warp. Choose one result on
the Psychic Phenomena chart on page 160 of the
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Other than Perils of
the Warp). When rolling for Psychic Phenomena,
the Explorer may substitute his trademark result for
the effect rolled on the table, so long as he does not
roll Perils of the Warp
53
Weapons of a Dying Age
Requirements: Eldar, Any Three Exotic Weapon
Proficiency (Eldar) Talents
Variety and preparation help survive this war-
struck time, and the Outcast has begun to embrace
this. The vast array of Eldar weaponry has become
much less confusing through exposure and training.
The Outcast reduces the penalty for using Exotic
Eldar Weapons with which he is not proficient by
half.
Withering Strikes
Requirements: Eldar, Rank 5+, Agility 60+, Melee
Weapon Training (Any)
The Eldar has learned how to apply their grace
into precision strikes. The Eldar now adds either
their Strength or Unmodified Agility Bonus to all
melee damage. At Rank 10+ this becomes Modified
Agility Bonus.
New Traits

54
 Chapter 5: Eldar Armory
Source Disclaimer: Weapons in this section are taken from the
Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily the Core
Rulebook and Koronus Bestiary.
This chapter contains the statistics and special
abilities of the Eldar weapons and equipment. More
information on Eldar technology can be found on
Page 9-10. Their Combat statistics for the regular
Eldar weapons can be found on page 63, and those
for Exotic Eldar Weapons on page 63.
Ranger Long Rifle
The Ranger Long Rifle is the favoured weapon of
Eldar Rangers and Pathfinders. These potent Eldar
weapons are hand-grown by Bonesingers with
specific attention paid to the eyesight and grip,
creating a weapon perfectly adapted to its user.
Shuriken Cannon
To the Shuriken Catapult as the Heavy Bolter is to
the Boltgun, Shuriken Cannons are a common
support weapon amongst Eldar forces, variously
carried by an Eldar warrior, mounted on a floating
gun carriage or fitted to a vehicle. Extremely light
for their size, Shuriken Cannons are capable of
unleashing a deadly torrent of blades at speeds
sufficient to dismember or decapitate men or to
pierce the armoured hides of all but the toughest
vehicles. Because of the Eldar mastery of anti-grav
technology, some Shuriken Cannons are fitted with
systems equivalent to the suspensors occasionally
used on Imperial heavy weaponry. Weapons so
upgraded are Extremely Rare, and count their
operators as having the Auto-stabilised Traitthey
are always considered to be braced and the weapon
may be fired on semi- or full-auto as a Half Action.
This weapon may use any specialist shuriken
ammunition.
Shuriken Catapult
Shuriken catapults are the mainstay weapon for the
Eldarthis alien races basic citizen-warrior
Guardians use these weapons. They are
lightweight and can be easily fired on the move.
These weapons fire razor-sharp disks at high
velocity to shred a target into pieces.
Shuriken Pistol
Shuriken weapons are graceful dealers of death that
use sophisticated gravity accelerators to hurl volleys
of miniature razor disks to literally slice their
victims apart in seconds. The enigmatic alien Eldar
create these weapons, and many of their warriors
carry a shuriken pistol as a sidearm.
Splinter Weapons
These cruel weapons used by Eldar pirates and
raiders are a fearsome sight to many a merchant
vessels crew. The crystalline ammunition is broken
into tiny splinters in the firing process, emerging
from the weapon as a high-speed cloud of deadly
projectiles. The crystals often contain virulent
toxins, such that even the tiniest cut can cause
festering wounds of intense pain. The weapons
themselves carry a wide variety of cutting blades
and combat attachments, making them doubly useful
in closequarters fighting. Like all Eldar weaponry,
they are surprisingly lightweight and deceptively
fragile in appearances. In Melee combat, a Splinter
Pistol counts as a Mono-Knife; a Splinter Rifle
counts as a Mono-Spear.
55
Eldar Chainsword
A seldom-seen weapon, Eldar chainswords bear
only a superficial resemblance to the roaring, heavy
blades of humans or Orks. Almost silent, they
produce little more than a sibilant whisper as they
tear through flesh and bone. Swiftly-cycling rows of
mono-edged teeth cause considerable damage to any
creature in their path.
Eldar Plasma Grenade
The Eldar long ago refined the use of plasma in
weaponry, creating devices that are stable and safe
to use while still proving effective against the
enemy. Their plasma grenades are a case in point
where human-made plasma warheads rely on the
unstable and destructive nature of uncontained
plasma, Eldar plasma grenades unleash a precise
pulse of heat and electromagnetic force that not only
burns, but also leaves foes disoriented.
Xenofilament Grenade
The exotic filament grenade carries compressed
segments of monomolecular wire that expand into a
cloud of deadly razor-sharp filaments on detonation,
slicing through flesh and bone.
Exotic Ranged Weaponry
Avenger Shuriken Catapult
The Avenger Shuriken Catapult is the standard
weapon of the Dire Avenger Aspect Warriors.
Compared to normal shuriken catapult the Avenger
has an extended barrel, power feeds and inbuilt
rangefinders, resulting in greater range and
accuracy.
56
Dragon's Breath Flamer
As elegant and deceptively fragile-looking as all
Eldar devices, the Dragons Breath is more
sophisticated and efficient than bulkier Imperial
flame weapons. It utilises a trio of rare, highly-
compressed chemicals designed to ignite when
mixed, forming liquid gouts of flame that arc
outward in a deadly spray. The chemicals do not
need air for combustion, and the heavy spray
adheres to most surfaces, making extinguishing the
flames difficult. The Dragons Breath flamer must be
used in an atmosphere, but that atmosphere does not
have to be the standard oxygen-nitrogen mix.
Eldar Blaster
Some Eldar corsairs favour this small, pistol-like
weapon for devastating short range attacks against
armoured targets. It fires a stream of mysterious dark
energy, still under investigation by the Adeptus
Mechanicus and the Ordo Xenos. This energy is
similar to laser emissions in some respects, but
rather than punching holes through armor and flesh
it instead rips apart targets in explosive blasts
leading to its common Imperial designation as a
Blaster. Such is the potency of this energy that
even the thickest armour can be compromised with
ease.
Eldar Deathspinner
A weapon favoured by Eldar Aspect Cults, the
Deathspinner fires a shroud of monofilament thread
in a deadly gossamer shroud. Able to fire more
quickly and lethally than any Imperial version, they
can also entangle small groups, as its wide arc is
capable of blanketing several foes with a single shot.
Eldar Lasblaster
The Eldar are masters of laser weapons, and use a
variety of elegant and lethal light-based devices.
Their Lasblasters can release a fury of laser strikes at
medium ranges, easily outperforming even the most
advanced Imperial las weapons. Eldar take particular
pride in their ability to use these powerful laser
devices, signifying to all their control over light
itself.
Eldar Sunrifle
A more advanced version of the Lasblaster, a
Sunrifle sacrifices a longer range for even more
firepower. Each discharge fires as many bolts of
energy as a squad of Imperial guardsmen.
Eldar Firepike
These potent weapons pre-date the Imperium,
having been created by Eldar artisans. Operating
similarly to most melta weapons, firepikes project a
lance of intense heat and radiation over a
considerable distance, capable of melting flesh and
steel, carving through the toughest armour with
deadly precision. Rare even amongst the arsenals of
the Eldar, they are most often borne by the mightiest
champions of their kind, relic weapons beyond
contemporary means to reproduce.
Eldar Fusion Gun
Similar to meltaguns in effect and purpose, the
fusion guns used by the Eldar are far more accurate
and efficient, utilising technologies far more
advanced than those of the Adeptus Mechanicus. In
the hands of a skilled warrior, a fusion gun can sear
through the weak points of an armoured vehicle,
disabling or destroying it with almost surgical
precision and contemptuous ease.
Hawk's Talon
Capable of unleashing a withering torrent of
powerful lasblasts, Hawks Talons are ancient and
powerful precursors to the lasblasters used by a
variety of Eldar warriors. Reserved for the deadliest
combatants, these weapons are incredibly rare, and
the Eldar will show no mercy to those they find
bearing the relics of their kind. Many Hawks
Talons mount a small powered blade in the stock or
beneath the barrels, allowing the wielder to strike
down his foes as easily in melee as he can at range.
Spinneret Rifle
A rare and strange weapon, as lethal as it is bizarre,
the Spinneret Rifle shoots a single monofilament
wire over a considerable distance until it pierces a
target, at which point it coils tightly within flesh and
armour, causing considerable internal injury before
recoiling swiftly to re-enter the weapon. The
weapons unique method of slaughter requires
extreme precision, making it difficult to use but
utterly devastating in the right hands. A well-placed
shot can shred a mans heart or brain with startling
efficiency, leaving nothing but ruined flesh behind
the tiniest of punctures.
Mandiblasters
An Eldar weapon system in the form of pods built
into either side of the helmets of Striking Scorpions.
Known also as the Scorpion's Sting or the Sting of
the Scorpion, Mandiblasters are neurally activated
weapons which fire a hail of deadly metallic shards.
These shards, while capable of cutting and lacerating
flesh, are not particularly powerful alone; they act as
a conductor to a follow-up intense laser burst.
Special: These may be used once per round as a
Free Action and count as a single attack. They may
also be used in Melee combat in the same manner as
a Pistol weapon.
Prism Rifle
An Eldar energy weapon and the primary weapon of
the Shadow Spectres Aspect Warriors. The Prism
Rifle is an antiquated weapon, an artifact lost to
most of the remaining Eldar race. Using the same
technology as the far larger Prism Cannon, each rifle
is connected to a single targeting matrix, known as
the Ghostlight. Through it each rifle's energy pulse
converges into a single beam of bright light that can
tear apart tanks and larger targets with ease.
Special Prism Rifle Ghostlight
Multiple Shadow Spectres may use the sophisticated
targeting matrices in their Prism Rifles, called
Ghostlights, to combine their weapons for one
devastating attack. All Shadow Spectres must spend
their turn joining their weapons into this unified
mode; when the final Shadow Spectres initiative
turn arrives, it fires the Ghostlight aimed merged
shot as it would make a normal shooting attack.
Each prism rifle involved in the attack increases the
Range of the attack by 30m and the Damage by
1d5+3.
57
Reaper Launcher
An Eldar weapon used by Dark Reapers, the Eldar
path devoted to providing long range fire support on
the field of battle. It is a fast firing heavy weapon
which launches a barrage of armour-piercing
missiles to devastate the enemy, and utilizes Dark
Reaper Range Finder equipment which allows the
user to "see" from the muzzle of the weapon itself.
While similar to the Missile Launchers used by
Imperial forces, Eldar versions of this technology
utilize a number of complex chambered pods
containing a variety of ammunition types. These
pods allow the firer to perform a number of support
duties such as anti-tank or anti-infantry, and all but
eliminate the need to reload.
Swooping Hawk Grenade Pack
A pack utilized by the Swooping Hawk aspect
warriors that can hold a wide variety of Grenades
which can be dropped on on foes from on high.
Special: This small pack can be used to make one
free attack per turn on any target flown over as part
of the users regular move, counting as being at
Long Range.
Exotic Melee Weapons
Harlequin's Kiss
Among the deadliest of all Eldar weapons, the
harlequins kiss resembles a long tube attached to
the back of the forearm. The rear of the tube is filled
with highly compressed coiled loops of
monomolecular wire, nearly a hundred metres
worth. When the weapons spiked tip strikes the
target, the wire is released and instantly bursts
through even the smallest puncture to fill the
interior of a body or vehicle. In seconds flesh is
turned into liquid as the wire races through the
enclosed space and then retracts back into the
device for its next use. Most victims are dead before
knowing they were even struck.
58
Banshee Power Sword
A power sword utilized by the Howling Banshees
Aspect Warriors.
Scorpion Chainsword
A deadly one-handed melee weapons whose vicious
blade is comprised of diamond-toothed edges that
mangle and tear flesh. First amongst the ritual
weapons used by the Striking Scorpions Shrine,
these distinctive chainswords bolster the strength of
their users considerably.
Diresword
A type of Eldar Power Weapon wielded by Exarchs
of the Dire Avengers Aspect Shrine. The weapon is
unique, by way of that a potent Eldar spirit is
contained within the blade itself in the form of a
Spirit Stone. When a blow is struck with the blade,
the spirit will attempt to destroy the enemy's inner
mind, killing them instantly.
Special: Targets dealt damage by this weapon must
pass a Challenging (+0) Willpower Test or suffer an
additional 2d10 wounds ignoring Toughness or
Armor (wielder's choice). This weapon ignores the
effects of enemy power fields.
Agonizer
One of the favoured melee weapons of the vicious
Eldar pirates is the Agonizer, a deliberately cruel
device often worn as a gauntlet or used as a whip. It
acts similarly to a shock weapon, but the energy
inflicted on the enemy can bleed through armour
easily, causing even more intense pain and physical
trauma. Even the mightiest of warriors can be
brought low when in the grip of such a weapon.
Eldar Powersword
There is perhaps nothing so dangerous as a skilled
swordsman wielding one of these deadly blades.
Impossibly slender yet strong, shimmering with field
energies, and studded with mysterious glowing
gems, an Eldar Powersword is a premier status
symbols for any explorer. It is unheard of for these
xenos to sell such a weapon and they reclaim them
by force, adding even more of delightfully forbidden
air to ownership. An Eldar Powersword adds
+10 to any Parry attempts made by the bearer
(with Balanced, this becomes +20 total).
 Eldar Biting Blade
Reminiscent of the massive eviscerators used by
zealots within the Imperium, Biting Blades are
long- bladed, two-handed chainswords. However,
where eviscerators are heavy, noisy machines,
Biting Blades are slender and quiet, but no less
deadly for their relatively light weight. Wielded
properly, the razorsharp teeth can tear through flesh
and bone with horrific speed, and a skilled warrior
can cleave a man in two without difficulty.
Special: For every two degrees of success scored
when rolling to hit with a Biting Blade, the
weapons deals 2 additional damage.
Mirrorswords
Exquisitely balanced for dual-wielding,
Mirrorswords are extremely lightweight power
swords, capable of gliding through all but the
toughest armour with ease. Wielded only by the
most nimble amongst a species renowned for their
grace and speed, these blades become a deadly wall
of glittering steel.
Special: When wielded as a pair by a character with
an Agility bonus of 5 or more, Mirrorswords reduce
any penalties for dual wielding melee weapons by
10, to a maximum of +0.
A creature that is actively attempting to hold on to
the weapon must make a Very Hard (30) Strength
Test; if it succeeds, then it, too, is dragged back to
the psyker along with the Singing Spear.
Void Sabre
Supposedly cursed blades that many high-ranking
Eldar void pirates carry, these wraithbone swords are
embedded with shards of strange crystal formations
found on certain worlds in the dark fringes of space.
Many Craftworlders look upon the blades with a
mixture of disdain and fear, but many amongst the
ranks of the Eldar Corsairs carry them as badges of
honour.
Special: If a character wielding a void sabre scores
Righteous Fury when rolling for Damage caused by
this weapon, he adds +8 to the weapons Penetration
for that attack.
Witchblade
Witchblades are psychically attuned weapons that
Eldar walking the Path of the Seer often carry to
battle. These blades resonate with their users,
enhancing their strength to terrifying levels; Farseers
have been known to slash through the heaviest of
power armour or cleave battle tanks clean in half

Their balance and design make them ideal for with devastating blows from these weapons.
defence as well as attack, adding an additional +10
bonus to parry, for a total of +20, so long as these
swords are wielded as a pair.

An Acquisition test to obtain Mirrorswords is

always for a matched pair.

Singing Spear
Singing spears are weapons that are related to the
witchblades wielded by Farseers and Warlocks that
take the form of a long spear, thus providing greater
striking range and penetrating power. They are also
known for their odd property of returning to the
users hands when called. This quality is
particularly useful for Farseers and Warlocks who
hurl their spears in battle, and often catches foes
flat-footed. Once per Round, as a Free Action, the
weapons user may recall it to himself from
anywhere within a number of metres equal to five
times his Psy Rating, at which point it flies back to
him and comes to rest gently in his hand (if he does
not have a Psy Rating, he simply cannot perform
this action). The weapon will automatically dislodge
itself from any objects or individuals in which it is
embedded.

59
 Eldar Armor
Armor Stats and Availability are located on page 63. Ghosthelm
Covered in spidery, arcane runes, a ghosthelm is a
Eldar Aspect Armor potent and ancient device worn by Farseers to
The armour worn by elite Aspect Warriors and protect them from the dangers of the Warp. The
Autarchs is even more advanced than the usual wearer of a ghosthelm may make a Very Hard (30)
Eldar armour. These gem-studded, psycho-sensitive Willpower Test to remain unaffected by the results
suits are perfectly fitted for each wearer, with of any roll on Table 63: Psychic Phenomena or
protection designed to match the users combat Table 64: Perils of the Warp (see pages 160161
mode. of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook. The effects of
the result rolled on the table still occur, and may
Eldar Raider Armor affect others or the environment.
Eldar pirates wear armour that functions in much
the same way as basic Eldar armour, but is covered
with spikes and cutting blades after the fashion of
their weapons. Even an unarmed raider will always
have a plethora of malicious devices on his person,
ready to rend their foes in bloody sport. Anyone
wearing this armour always counts as having a
mono-knife in melee combat.

Eldar Rune Armor

The armour of a Farseer is etched with arcane runes
of protection and provides innate defences to
psychic wearers. Whenever an attack strikes the
wearer, he may make a Focus Power Test
(Willpower) with a 30 Penalty as a Free Action. If
he succeeds, reduce the Damage that would be dealt
by the attack by an amount equal to his Psy Rating
plus the Degrees of Success he scored on the Focus
Power Test. If his Focus Power Test roll is lower
than his effective Psy Rating, the attack is simply
negated entirely instead.

Eldar Void Armor

This elegant Eldar armour functions as both
battlefield protection and a sealed environment.
Thanks to its superior Eldar construction, the
signature wings that sprout from its back to grant
added stability but weigh shockingly little, and
improve the balance of the wearer during both
atmospheric and void flight. This armour is
considered a sealed environment so long as a
character wears all of it and also provides a long-
range vox, an auspex, and grants the Dark Sight
Trait. The armours integrated void impellers grant
the wearer the Flyer (12) Trait in zero gravity.
Further, thanks to the wings and inbuilt micro-
thrusters, anyone wearing this armour benefits
from improved manoeuvrability and gains a
+10 bonus to all Pilot (Personal) Tests.

60
 Eldar Gear
Source Disclaimer: Equipment in this section is taken from
gear listed in profiles in the Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game,
primarily The Koronus Bestiary.
Banshee Mask
When a Howling Banshee makes a Charge Action,
she may choose to activate her mask as part of that
action. The object of the Howling Banshees charge
must pass a Difficult (10) Willpower Test or count
as Surprised (even if possessing the Rapid Reaction
Talent) and suffer 1 wound for every two Degrees of
Failure; targets with Resistance (Psychic
Techniques) may use this talent against the attack.
Wounds received in this way ignore all armour
except fully-enclosed helms with auto-senses. In
addition, while the Howling Banshee wears her
helmet, she gains the Disturbing Voice Talent.
Eldar Medkit
A series of intricate Wraithbone instruments and
first aid supplies designed to aid those trained in the
arts of healing. This grants a +20 to Medicae skill
tests for those trained in the skill.
Eldar Medkit (Advanced)
A series of intricate Wraithbone instruments and
first aid supplies. Produced by Bonesingers to aid
Eldar troops on the field, this This item grants a
+20 bonus to Medicae skill Tests and can be used
even if user does not have the skill.
Eldar Scanner
These devices are used to detect energy emissions,
motion, and biological life signs. A character using
an auspex gains a +20 bonus to Awareness Tests and
may make a Tech-Use Test to spot things not
normally detectable to human senses alone, such as
invisible gases, nearby bio-signs, or ambient
radiation. The standard range for an auspex is 50m,
though walls more than 50cm thick and certain
shielding materials can block the scanner.
Flip Belt
Anti-grav Flip-belts are used by the decadent Eldar
of the so-called Harlequin cult, in a sheer affront to
the laws of physics. They allow the user to partially
negate the effects of gravity; the impossibly
acrobatic movements allowed by the belt along with
the wearers natural agility and skill make the
taunting Harlequins extremely difficult targets to hit
despite their outlandish costumes and coloration. A
flip-belt grants the Hover Trait (6) and +20
on all Agility-based Tests, and requires the
Pilot (Personal) Skill to use. All Flip-
belts are at least Good Craftsmanship.
Forceshield
Rather than relying on cumbersome (by their
standards) physical armour, many of the higher-
anking Eldar leaders instead turn to field protective
devices. Forceshields are one such item, often worn
on the arm or belt. These provide protection on par
with the more powerful Imperial fields, but without
the bulk or weightindeed many resemble the
ovoid jewels or other ornamentation.
Protection Rating: 75
Grav Platform
Commonly used by the Guardian forces of the
mysterious Craftworld Eldar to carry heavy
weaponry, grav-platforms seem to require no
obvious power source in order to maintain their
perpetual lift, and are quite capable of supporting
considerable weights without suffering any
particular detriment.
While most commonly fitted with Eldar heavy
weapons, a few Rogue Traders have made a point of
retrofitting these devices to mount obviously human
weaponry. In any case, a heavy weapon mounted on
a grav-platform always counts as braced, even if the
platform moves.
Eldar grav-platforms are directed from a simple
and intuitive control box, allowing them to be
moved around fairly swiftly - a grav- platform can
move 6m as a single half action, taking no effort on
the part of the operator. If an Eldar heavy weapon is
mounted on the platform, it can also be operated
from the control box, but the necessary
customisation to allow non-Eldar devices to work on
the platform prevents this function in any other
situation.
Eldar grav-platforms are average- sized targets
with 15 AP. Any damage suffered by the grav-
platform disables it, rendering it immobile. There are
no mechanical benefits for different Craftsmanship
levels in regard to this item. However, the better the
Craftsmanship, the less it has been used and worn in
the time it was last activated.
Runes of Warding
Farseers often embellish their equipment with
defensive runes that interfere with the psychic
powers of their foes, and thus protect the Farseer
from harm. On the field of battle, these baleful runes
cast their gaze upon the Farseers foes, cursing
these adversaries with ill fortune. Enemy
psykers within the psykers Perception
61
Characteristic in metres add +10 to all rolls they make
on both Table 63: Psychic Phenomena and Table 64:
Perils of the Warp (see pages 160-161 of the Rogue
Trader Core Rulebook).
Runes of Witnessing
Farseers carry countless trinkets, esoteric devices, and
runes to assist in their divinations and panoply of other
rituals and powers. Runes of witnessing are designed to
help lead the Farseer to the destinies he chooses, without
becoming lost in the ineffable web of fate. Once per
Round, a character with Runes of Witnessing may
choose to reduceor increasethe result of a roll that
he has made on either Table 63: Psychic Phenomena
and Table 64: Perils of the Warp (see pages 160-161
of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook) by a number equal
to his Perception Bonus.
Shrieker Ammunition
These barbed crystalline discs are hollow and filled
with a virulent genetic toxin that turns a victims
biochemistry against itself explosively. The ammunition
gets its name from the harrowing noise the discs
produce as air is dragged into the poison reservoir to
replace the toxin as it floods into the targets body. The
toxin subverts the victims genetics, defiling tissues and
causing organs to fail spectacularly. The resultant
damage often causes the victim to detonate, spraying
tainted blood and viscera everywheresomething quite
distressing for his allies.
Effect: The shot is considered to have the Toxic
quality, with the following change: if the Toughness Test
is failed, the weapon deals 3d10 Explosive damage.
When using Shrieker Ammunition, all RoFs of the
weapon (except single shot) are halved (so RoF //6
would become //3)
Used With: Shuriken Cannons.
Spectre Jetpack
A Jetpack utilized by the Shadow Spectre Aspect
Warriors. This Jetpack confers the flyer (12) trait on the
wearer, and requires the Pilot (Personal) skill to use, but
otherwise functions the same as the Jump Pack in the
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook
Spirit Stones
Eldar Outcasts carry empty spirit stones to capture
their spirits as their essence departs their bodies,
snatching them from the thirsting maw of Slaanesh.
These empty spirit stones funtion as a charm.
Some Seers carry spirit stones that have taken on the
spirits of their powerful predecessors into battle, so that
they may call upon the psychic might of those who
came before them in battle. Because spirit stones
contain the essence of revered ancestors and
represent the only way for an Eldar spirit to
evade the incomprehensibly agonising embrace
of Slaanesh, the Eldar value spirit stones in a way that
most species cannot truly understand and do not hesitate
to kill members of lesser species with the gall or bad
fortune to come into possession of these treasured relics.
Once per combat encounter, the wearer may tap into
the power of his spirit stones during his Turn to use one
of his Psychic Techniques as a Free Action.
Should an Eldar lose their Spirit Stone or have it
taken from them, a paranoid madness begins to overtake
their mind. For every week they do not have a soulstone
or fail to recover a stolen filled one, they must make a
Challenging (+0) Willpower Test or gain 1d5+2
Insanity that cannot be reduced. For each week past the
first, they suffer a cumulative -10 penalty to this test.
Swooping Hawk Wings
These allow the Swooping Hawk to glide safely down
from any height and make an unlimited number of short
jumps, doubling his Base Movement in any direction and
ignoring all intervening terrain and obstacles. The
Swooping Hawk must normally land at the end of his
turn, but may use maximum power to gain the Flyer (12)
Trait for up to five minutes before the wings require a
minute to recharge. Swooping Hawk Wings require the
Pilot (Personal) Skill to use.
Void Gear
An upgrade that can be applied to any Eldar armour,
providing full life support as well as long-ranged vox
and auspex and the Dark Sight trait. This also grants the
user Flyer (12) in zero gravity and a +10 bonus to pilot
(Personal) tests.
Warp Jump Generator
This wargear allows the Warp Spider to make small,
controlled jumps through the warp, disappearing with a
soft clap and reappearing many metres away with a rush
of displaced air. The Warp Spider may double its Base
Movement and ignore intervening obstacles. In addition,
he may choose to push the mechanisms of the generator
to move a further 2d10 metres with no penalty, but
should the Warp Spider roll double ones, he must pass a
Hard (20) Willpower Test or disappear forever,
claimed by the warp. Should he pass the Test, he may
only take a Half Action next turn as he staggers back into
the material universe. Warp Jump Generators require the
Pilot (Personal) Skill to use.
Imperial Gear Equivalents:
Eldar may purchase wraithbone and other
technological equivalents of Imperial gear. It retains the
same bonuses and penalties, and is generally more
difficult to find, 1-2 steps higher or more at GM
discretion.
Gear Rarity, Weight, and Availability
All these relevant statistics can be found on page 54.
62
Eldar Armory Statistics

63
 Chapter 6: Eldar Psychic Powers
Source Disclaimer: Powers in this section are taken from the
Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily The Navis Primer.
This chapter contains the descriptions of the
various psychic powers available once a player who
has purchased the Eldar Psychic discipline talent.
The Eldar Psychic Discipline talent can be
purchased for one of the three disciplines, Farseer,
Void Dreamer, and Warlock.
The powers may be purchased with the Eldar
Psychic Power talent, each costing 500 XP and are
presented at several different ranks amongst The
Path of the Seer Career Path. Some Eldar
Disciplines have fewer powers than others, which
means that not all of the Eldar Psychic Talents can
be utilized. This is intentional, and reflects the
greater breadth of skills that those Disciplines have.
Some of the powers listed have prerequisites, as
listed in their descriptions. After being purchased,
the powers can be utilized like any normal psychic
power. For more information see the Psychic
Powers section of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook.
A Seer may only ever have one of the Eldar
Psychic Disciplines, even if they come into the Eldar
Psychic Discipline talent through other means, such
as by purchasing it earlier than rank 4 with one of
the Eldar Talents, as they are narrow areas of
concentration that require devotion to master. If an
Explorer does wind up with two instances of the
talent, the second instance does not grant access to
another discipline, and is effectively wasted
experience.

64
 Eldar Farseer Discipline
Eldar Farseer Discipline
Some Eldar who travel the Path of the Seer
become trapped among its countless turns. As they
send their minds out to explore the tangled skein of
fate and destiny, they become obsessed with its
nature. Their psyches compel them to constantly
take action so that they can ensure that time and
events shape the galaxy in ways that have been
preordained. These psykers wield their potent and
highly trained abilities and lead their people in
endless quests to preserve their race.
Fortune
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
As Farseers spend a substantial portion of their
lives focusing upon the strands of destiny, it is not
uncommon for them to see visions of those that they
know. Particularly stressful situations, often
including physical conflicts, can become focal
points for fate. Different destinies can interweave
leading to alternative outcomes, and a talented
psychic may learn to twist and manipulate world
events so that the pattern takes on a different shape.
Farseers can manipulate these strands as they learn
to predict the actions of their opponents. Learning
an opponents common strategies is nowhere near as
reliable as foreseeing the actions that he is most
likely to take based on following the chains of
causality itself. With such knowledge in hand, the
psyker can carefully prepare for a future that has not
yet arrived, assuring that his people are capable of
dealing with the mostly probable outcomes.
The psyker activates this Technique with a
Focus Power Test. All friendly characters within 5
metres x Psy Rating come under the effects of
Fortune. Each Degree of Success raises the range of
the Technique by an additional 2 metres. Any enemy
that attempts to attack a character under the effects
of Fortune must reroll its first successful Weapon
Skill or Ballistic Skill Test each Round, using the
second result even if it is worse.
65
Battle Fate
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
As a dying race, the Eldar often focus upon
psychic techniques that might effectively preserve
the lives of those who yet remain. However, these
Eldar established their dominance through their
devastating psychic abilities, and those have not
been lost. Just as a Farseer can glean the best path
for an Eldar to preserve his life, he may also
determine what path could be most destructive to the
enemy. With this knowledge in hand, the psyker may
be able to see to it that his forces can destroy their
opponents before the Eldar sustain meaningful
losses, or decide that a sacrifice is necessary for the
good of the Eldar.
The psyker activates this Technique with a Focus
Power Test. Allies within range come under the
effects of Battle Fate. Each Degree of Success
increases the range of the Technique by an additional
2 metres. All characters under the effect of Battle
Fate receive a bonus of 10 + Psy Rating to Weapon
Skill as long as the psyker sustains the Technique.
Force Of Asuryan
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
By carefully studying the skeins of fate as they
are linked to a group of individuals, the Farseer can
direct them so that they can study and react with
seeming preternatural quickness to situations.
Because of their divinations, such actions become
the work of careful training and direction to events
that have been foretold rather than the reactions of a
moments notice. In this way, the Farseers allies are
better prepared for a conflict than any virtually other
force.
 The psyker activates this Technique with a
Focus Power Test. All friendly characters (including
the psyker himself ) within range come under the
effects of Force of Asuryan. Every Degree of
Success on the Focus Power Test increases the
range of the Technique by an additional 2 metres.
All characters affected by the Technique gain an
additional Half Action and an additional Reaction as
long as the psyker sustains the Technique.
Crystal Seer
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: Self
Sustained: No
For a Farseer, linear time is an inconvenience,
but one that can often be overcome. Just as the
psyker may peer into the future to advise his forces,
he may be able to call upon the services of those
who have come before. Within any given conflict,
the spirit of an ancestral Eldar may be available to
assist in any psychic conflict. At times, the Farseer
may have to call upon these ancient ones for
assistance, but just as often their aid might appear
without request.
The psyker makes a Focus Power Test to
activate this Technique. On success, he may
immediately use two Focus Power Tests to activate
Psychic Techniques other than Crystal Seer as Free
Actions. For every two Degrees of Success on the
Focus Power Test, the Farseer may make another
Focus Power Test to use an additional Technique
other than Crystal Seer as a Free Action. These
Techniques may not be used at a Psy Rating higher
than the one used for Crystal Seer and the psyker
gains one level of Fatigue for each additional
Technique that he activates this way.
Eldritch Storm
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 5m x Psy Rating
Sustained: No
Even with their extensive planning and
understanding of destiny, there are times when a
Farseer must unleash the raw potential of the Warp
against his foes. On such occasions, the Farseer may
truly exhibit his races psychic potential as these
exhibitions of raw energy can yield tremendous
destructive force.
66
The Farseer selects a target and makes a Focus
Power Test to unleash a corona of crackling energy
that strikes out with arcs of lightning. His Warp-
uelled anger can hurl his opponents in all directions
as the energies of the Immaterium are transformed
into raw destructive power. The target and all living
beings within 2 metres x Psy Rating immediately
suffer 3d10 + Psy Rating Energy Damage with a Pen
of 8. Each Degree of Success extends the radius of
the attack by 2 metres. Eldritch Storm is considered
an area effect weapon for purposes of Dodging.
Anyone the Eldritch Storm strikes is knocked prone
by the furious blast
Phoenix Spirit
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 10m x Psy Rating
Sustained: No
Farseers often commune with the spirits of their
Craftworlds Infinity Circuit. The psyker can come
to grips with notions of mortality and also to the
understanding of how an Eldars soul might
continue to exist within its spirit stone. A Farseer
can learn how to permit an Eldar to remain in
control of his physical body for a few moments after
his apparent demise.
The Farseer selects an Eldar target that has died
recently and makes a Focus Power Test. The subject
may immediately Stand as a Free Action and then
take a full Turn. The target character is not healed,
but may act without any penalties incurred by injury
other that those associated with dismemberment. For
every two Degrees of Success on the Focus Power
Test, the target character persists for another Round,
acting normally at the Farseers initiative. Once the
power ends, the target falls dead once more and
cannot be revived again by this power.
Temporal Exile
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 10m x Psy Rating
Sustained: No
A Farseers abilities are focused tightly upon his
knack for manipulating the skeins of fate. One who
becomes particularly adept at these techniques may
directly influence how anothers strands are
interwoven into the webwork of the galaxy. Using
his psychic abilities, the Farseer may choose to
render a subjects thread completely isolated, as
unweaving it from time itself.
 Such isolation leaves the subject incapable of
acting upon any other targets. Generally, Farseers
are reluctant to use this ability, as it may have
consequences upon the future. Even in those
circumstances where they come to accept its
necessity, they may hesitate before applying it
liberally.
The psyker selects a target and makes a Focus
Power Test. If the psyker succeeds, he cuts the
target free from the flow of causality and the target
can take no Actions nor be affected by others for
one Round. For every 2 Degrees of Success on the
Focus Power Test, the individual remains isolated
for an additional Round. Upon returning to the
normal fabric of causality, the target must make a
Challenging (+0) Willpower Test; if he fails, he
gains 1d5 Insanity Points, his mind shaken by the
paradoxical experience of being removed briefly
from the tapestry of space and time.
67
Doom
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Opposed Willpower
Range: 20m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
The psyker chooses a foe and, focusing his mind,
delves into the myriad threads of causality to find
the ones in which blows strike true against this
enemy no matter how robust its defences. Some of
the few who have survived being the target of this
technique describe feeling as if the psykers blows
had landed before he even attacked and that his
strikes wove in and around their defences of their
own accord.
The psyker selects a target within range and
makes a Focus Power Test. If he succeeds, as long as
the psyker sustains this power, all attacks made
against the target hit, regardless of the results of
Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skill Tests, and the target
suffers a 5 penalty to Dodge and Parry, with an
additional 5 for each Degree of Success by which
the psyker won the Opposed Test. The affected
character may spend a Fate Point at any time to end
this effect; if he does so, he becomes immune to this
power for the remainder of the encounter.
 Eldar Void Dreamer Discipline
Eldar Void Dreamer Discipline
Along with their numerous Divination powers,
the Eldar Void Dreamers have a handful of special
techniques unique to them.
Empyrean Hunter
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 5 VU x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
The connection that a Void Dreamer shares with
the Immaterium is such that he can track other
vessels through realspace or the Warp the same way
a bloodtracker trails his prey.
As long as the psyker sustains this Technique,
he can follow another vessel using the Tracking
Skill (page 88 of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook).
He can follow a ships trail as old as a number of
months equal to his Perception Bonus, plus one
month per Degree of Success that he scores on his
Focus Power Test.
Shearing Light
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power: Willpower
Range: Self
Sustained: Yes
The psyker focuses on his desire to break
through his enemies defences and rips a crimson
shaft of energy from the Immaterium. This weapon
slices through unnatural protection granted by the
Warp as easily as through mortal flesh, allowing the
Void Dreamer to combat the monsters lurking in the
aether.
If the psyker succeeds on the Focus Power Test,
he calls a weapon with the following profile into
being: Carmine Lance of Khaine (Melee; 1d10+X
E, Pen X; Tearing) or (Thrown; X x 10 metres;
1d10 + X E; Pen X; Tearing), where X equals the
psykers Psy Rating when he calls it forth.
This weapon ignores bonuses to Armour or
Toughness and other defences granted by psychic
abilities or the Daemonic Trait. Only the psyker
may wield this weapon and it vanishes moments
after he stops sustaining the Technique or after it
strikes (or misses) when thrown.
Soul Scry
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 5m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
With this power, the Void Dreamer looks into the
immediate future, teasing apart the tangled strands
of fate and happenstance and taking the measure of
his companions courage and dedication. In doing
so, he sees what will and will not work to inspire or
drive them and uses the information accordingly.
This power makes the psyker a powerful and
prescient advisor.
As long as the psyker sustains this Technique, he
and a number of allies equal to his Psy Rating within
range gain a +5 bonus to Interaction Tests, with an
additional +5 bonus to these Tests per Degree of
Success he scores on the Focus Power Test.
Spirit Shield
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 5m x Psy Rating Radius
Sustained: Yes
The Spirit Shield technique allows the Void
Dreamer to use his unique powers to protect himself
and his allies against the depredations of enemy
psykers and Daemons.
Upon activation, the power creates a powerful
disruptive aura centred on the psyker. As long as the
psyker sustains this power, each ally within range
may use the Void Dreamers Willpower
Characteristic instead of his own for Opposed
Willpower Tests and Tests to resist Fear and Pinning.
Void Watcher
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 10 VU x Psy Rating
Sustained: No
This power allows a Void Dreamer to gaze into
the black gulf around his ship and divine the nature
of any and all celestial objects within his range. It
can reveal hidden dangers such as mines, debris
fields, void creatures, and even other voidships.
With a successful Focus Power Test, the Void
Dreamer detects all foreign objects within range. If
he scores three or more Degrees of Success on his
Focus Power Test, the Void Dreamer also detects the
immediate intentions and desires of any living
beings within range unless they are aware of his
psychic vigil and pass a Very Hard (30)
Deceive Test.
68
 Withering Radiance
Requirements: Shearing Light Psychic Power
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power: Willpower
Range: Self
Sustained: Yes
Drawing forth the very stuff of the Warp, the
Void Dreamer forms a deadly spear made of pure
amber energy. This spear is a deadly weapon when
hurled at a foe, but on top of its impossibly sharp
edge, it also withers those it strikes with the fury of
time itself, inflicting ravages of years in the instant
the strike lands.
If the psyker succeeds on the Focus Power Test,
he calls a weapon with the following profile into
being: Brilliant Withering Spear (Melee; 1d10 + X
E, Pen X; Balanced) or (Thrown; X x 10 metres;
1d10 + X E; Pen X; Accurate), where X equals the
psykers Psy Rating when he calls it forth.
Further, when a target suffers Damage (after
reductions from Armour and Toughness Bonus)
from an attack with this weapon, it must
immediately make a Difficult (10) Toughness
Test. If it succeeds, it gains one level of Fatigue. If it
fails, it gains one level of Fatigue and suffers 1d10
Characteristic Damage to a randomly chosen
Characteristic. This Characteristic Damage does not
begin to heal while the psyker who inflicted it draws
breath. Only the psyker may wield this weapon and
it vanishes moments after he stops sustaining the
Technique or after it strikes (or misses) when
thrown.

69
 Eldar Warlock Discipline
Eldar Warlock Discipline
When the Eldar must go to war, Warlocks wield their Most Warlocks learn the Embolden technique so that
psychic powers among their brethren. Their abilities are they might share a portion of their courage with their
focused both on disrupting their opponents and on fellows, aiding them as they endeavour to fulfil their
defending their fellows. In concert with their dreaded duties. In this way, the psyker instils an unshakeable
psychically active Witchblades, Warlocks are respected sense of bravery and invulnerability upon his comrades,
and feared by those few who survive fighting against reaching into their minds with visions of mighty heroes
them, and by any who hear the tales of these swift and and great victories. With this effect, the xenos become
brutal conflicts. far bolder in the ways that they undertake their
responsibility of service.
With a Focus Power Test, the Warlock uses the power
Destructor of the Warp to channel a portion of his courage into
Focus Power Time: Half Action those who stand nearby. If he succeeds, as long as the
Focus Power Test: Willpower Warlock sustains this power, all allies within 2 metres x
Range: 20m x Psy Rating Psy Rating receive a 10 + Psy Rating bonus to their
Sustained: No Willpower Characteristic. Every Degree of Success on
After spending years treading the Path of the the Focus Power Test adds an additional +5 bonus to
Warrior, violence and anger often become the core of an Willpower. Note that multiple instances of this
Eldars being. Upon switching to the Path of the Seer, Technique are not cumulative.
the act of harnessing the Warp for destructive purposes
is intuitive for a Warlock. Consequently, for many
Warlocks, this is the first technique that they master. For
these natural psychics, channelling the raw energies of
the Warp is often the easiest step. Exerting the fine
control to destroy only their targets, without affecting
their allies or their environment, can be a much more
difficult stage of the learning process. For many,
mastery of the Destructor technique is undertaken at the
same time as they learn to focus their talents through a
Witchblade.
The Warlock selects a target and makes a Focus
Power Test to unleash a devastating surge of psychic
power. His fury creates a roiling blast of raw psychic
power that engulfs his enemies. The target and all living
beings within 1 metre x Psy Rating immediately suffer
2d10 + Psy Rating Energy Damage with a Pen equal to
his Psy Rating. Every 2 Degrees of Success extends the
radius of the attack by 1 metre. Destructor is considered
an area effect weapon for purposes of Dodging.

Embolden
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
All Eldar are expected to rise to the defence of their
Craftworld when called to do so in times of need.
Consequently, even those who have never undertaken
the Path of the Warrior are capable of effectively
utilising the tools of an Eldar Guardian. To these
comparatively untrained individuals, the Craftworlds
Warlocks are inspiring and intimidating individuals. The
rank and file look up to these psychic warriors as
symbols of the heroic might, boundless bravery,
and mental fortitude that symbolises their race.

70
Conceal
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Psyniscience
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
The Conceal power allows a Warlock to guide his
forces in battle while minimising losses amongst the
troops he leads. Rather than actively assisting his
fellows, he instead clouds the minds of on- looking
opponents. Those who fall prey to the technique become
incapable of accurately identifying the location of the
Warlocks companions. This enables the Eldar forces to
move about the battlefield with relative impunity.
The Warlock makes a Focus Power Test. If he
succeeds, for as long as he sustains this power, the
Warlock and all allies within 2 metres x Psy Rating of
the psyker are affected by Conceal. Each Degree of
Success extends the range by an additional 1 metre. Any
character that attempts to attack a target affected by this
Technique suffers a penalty of 20 + Psy Rating to his
Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill Test for that attack. Note
that multiple instances of this Technique are not
cumulative.
Enhance
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 2m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
When working in concert with more experienced
warriors or when engaging lesser foes, a Warlock need
not focus his skills on bolstering the courage of his
allies. Instead, he has the luxury of using his psychic
abilities to increase his comrades abilities, so that the
Eldars enemies can be overcome more swiftly. With the
Warlocks psychic guidance, even the least trained of
warriors are capable of fighting like battle-hardened
veterans.
The Warlock activates this ability with a Focus
Power Test. If he succeeds, for as long as he sustains the
power, the psyker bolsters all of his allies within 2
metres x Psy Rating (but not the psyker himself ). Each
Degree of Success expands this range by 1 metre. All
allies receive a bonus of 10 + Psy Rating to their Weapon
Skill and Agility Characteristics. Note that multiple
instances of this Technique are not cumulative.
Executioner
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 20m x Psy Rating
Sustained: Yes
As part of their training, Warlocks learn the critical
value that they hold as part of their Craftworlds
defences, just as they are constantly reminded of the
immeasurable value of each Eldar life. The Executioner
technique serves as a way for a Warlock to engage
particularly potent opponents without endangering his
own life. In this way, a foe may be tested and possibly
even overcome without significant risk to a valuable
Eldar asset. It also allows the Warlock engage in a
dramatic display of psychic power that may serve to both
inspire and reassure his fellows.
When activating this ability, strands of incandescent
energy stream from the Warlocks outstretched fingertips
and weave themselves into a monstrous glowing form
near a foe. The form is a psychic projection of the
Warlock, which immediately springs forward to attack
the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. While the projection
may be capable of destroying an opponent, the foe is
unable to physically injure the remote psyker.
The psyker activates this Technique by making a
Focus Power Test and choosing a point within range. If
he succeeds, he conjures a shadowy doppelganger into
existence to fight at his side. The psychic creation has a
profile and equipment identical to that of the psyker,
except that it may not cast Executioner and the entire
construct simply dissipates if it suffers Critical Damage,
leaves the range of the power, or if the psyker ceases
sustaining the power. The construct acts at the psykers
initiative. Each Degree of Success on the Focus Power
Test grants the creation a +5 bonus to Weapon Skill. The
psyker may only ever sustain one instance of this
Technique at a time.
71
 Eldar Bonesinger Discipline
Eldar Bonesinger Discipline
Source Disclaimer: This discipline is purely fan made and may
be used or disregarded as needed.
The Bonesinger disciple relates to the telepathic
ability to summon or psychically generate the
solidified substance of the Immaterium the Eldar
call Wraithbone, which they construct into buildings
or tools and use to repair the Eldar's vehicles,
weapons and armour.
Basic Technique: Wraithbone Calling
The Bonesinger is able to call forth that which
comprises the bulk of Eldar technology and shape it
into useful form.
This allows the Psyker to call forth and
manipulate Wraithbone in the Material realm.
Typically this is used to create Arms and Armour for
the Eldar or to repair damaged equipment. A
Bonesinger may use the Psyniscience skill in place
of a Tech-Use or Trade (Armourer) or Trade
(Shipwright) to work with Wraithbone and the
Common Lore (Eldar) and Forbidden Lore (Warp)
Skills regarding information pertaining to their
workings in place of Common Lore (Tech) and
Forbidden Lore (Archeotech)
Aether Pulse Modulation
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 10m x Psy Rating
Sustain: Yes
Incredibly attuned to the nature of Wraithbone,
the Bonesinger is able to perceive the slightest
imperfections within the firing mechanisms of
weapons. Tapping into the energies released by
Wraithbone, the Bonesinger enhances the
destructive power of any nearby weapons by
correcting any slight imbalances.
As a Full Action the Bonesinger reduces erratic
energy modulation in nearby Wraithbone weaponry
and causes them to operate much more efficiently.
The Bonesinger chooses a number of targets equal
to Psy Rating in range (which may include
themselves) who are wielding Wraithbone
72
Equipment. This equipment gains a bonus to
Damage and Penetration equal to one-half the
Bonesinger's Psy Rating. This power does not have
any effect on Voidship weaponry.
Aetherspike
Focus Power Time: Half Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Self
Sustain: Yes
Focusing the powers of evoking Wraithbone the
Bonesinger may produce a deadly spear of
Wraithbone Energy which devastates any that might
cross their path.
As a Half action his power produces a wicked
speak composed entirely of Wraithbone in the hands
of the Bonesinger. It may be used as a Melee
Weapon or Thrown Weapon depending on the needs
of the Bonesinger. If used as a Melee Weapon it
deals 1d10+Psy Rating Energy damage with Pen Psy
Rating with the Tearing Quality. If used as a
Thrown Weapon it uses the same profile as Melee
but gains a range of 10xPsy Rating. The Bonesinger
is considered to be proficient with both
manifestations of the Aetherspike.
Immaterial Reinforcement
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 10m x Psy Rating
Sustain: Yes
Developing an innate perception for the strengths
and weaknesses of the Wraithbone around them,
Bonesingers can reinforce Wraithbone already
forged into the weapons of war.
The Bonesinger pulls small amounts of
Wraithbone from the Empyrean to increase the
density and make it more resilient to incoming
trauma. As a Full Action the Bonesinger chooses a
number of targets equal to their Psy Rating within
range (which may include themselves) who are
equipped with Wraithbone Armour. These targets
gain a bonus to Armour Points equal to one-half to
Bonesinger's Psy Rating to all locations that the
worn Armour covers.
 Soulfire Barrage
Focus Power Time: Extended Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Touch
Sustain: No
Those Bonesingers who are stationed aboard the
Voidships of the Corsair and Craftworld fleets are
privy to the secrets of some of the most advanced
technologies of their race. Through careful study
and exposure they have learned to channel the
power of Wraithbone to deliver devastating blows to
stellar adversaries.
The Bonesinger forms a synchronization of all
components of the Wraithbone in a voidship
weapon, granting it unparalleled performance for a
short period. This power is an Extended Action to
manifest, and takes effect the turn it is manifested.
For one Strategic Turn the weapon gains a bonus
depending on the type of weapon it is.
Macrobatteries gain +1 Range, Lances gain +2
Damage, Torpedoes gain +1 Speed, and Launch
Bays gain a +10 to the Command+Craft Rating
Test. This power is incredibly taxing on the
Bonesinger and they must wait 1+(10-Psy Rating)
Strategic Turns before using the power again.
Voidfarer's Touch
Focus Power Time: Extended Ation or More
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Touch
Sustain: No
The Bonesingers of the Eldar Fleets are able to
perform amazing feats with the wonder that is the
Wraithbone Voidship. They are able to keep the
73
systems running at peak efficiency and can even
restore Voidships far from their drydocks by pulling
Wraithbone from the Warp. This power allows the
Bonesinger to restore Hull Points to a Voidship both
in Strategic Combat and out.
Strategic Application: If used in combat, this
power restores 1d10+Psy Rating Hull Points
to the vessel they are on, provided it is
constructed of Wraithbone. This may one be
done once per year as it is incredibly taxing
on the ship's superstructure. A successful
Extended Repairs test utilizing Psyniscience
or Tech-Use will restore the superstructure
and may allow this power to be used in this
fashion more often at the GM's Discretion.
Other Applications: If used outside of
Strategic Combat, this power allows the
Bonesinger to enact Extended Repairs
Repairs action (see page 228 of the Rogue
Trader Core Rulebook) without returning to
a Craftworld. This power is used in place of
the Acquisition test described for every 5
points of Hull Integrity restored, but suffers
the same penalties and restrictions. A failure
represents the Bonesinger overtaxing
themselves and they must wait 3d5-Psy
Rating (Minimum 3) days before attempting
to return to the task.
Wraithbone Manipulation
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Touch
Sustain: No
There are those who have spent many hours
deployed on the vehicles and vessels upon which the
Eldar wage war. They have become so adept at
understanding the needs of the Wraithbone that they
can perform massive repairs almost instantly, though
it does tire them.
This power allows the Bonesinger to, as a Full
action, repair a Vehicle in the midst of battle. Upon
a successful Focus Power Test, the Bonesinger
restores a number of Hull Points equal to 3 x Psy
Rating to a vehicle. This power may only be used
once per vehicle per encounter as it is incredibly
tiring on the Bonesinger and taxes the structural
integrity of the vehicles it is used upon. After
successful long term maintenance (requiring an
extended Psyniscience or Tech-Use Test) it can be
used on a vehicle again, potentially sooner than
normal at the GM's discretion.
 Phantasmancy Psychic Discipline
Phantasmancy Discipline
Source Disclaimer: This disciple is purely fan made but is
based off the Phantasmancy descriptions from the 7th Edition
Harlequin Codex. Power descriptions include codex exerpts.
Shadowseers are the masters of illusion and
misdirection. Such is their power and intellect, they
can reach into the minds of mortals and twist their
perceptions at a whim. This may involve shrouding
the presence of the Harlequins from the victims'
mind, or trapping the foe in purgatorial thought-
mazes of their own worst fears. Whatever the
precise nature of the manipulation, it will invariably
be subtle, sinister, and dangerously cruel. Known
powers of the Phantasmancy Discipline include:
Dance of Shadows
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Opposed Willpower
Range: (10m x Psy Rating) Radius
Sustain: Yes
The Shadowseer uses his powers of illusion to
exaggerate the play of light and shadow around his
allies. The effect swiftly intensifies, shrouding the
unit in a whirling vortex of gloom, shot through
with blinding pulses of light.
As a Full Action this power grants the
Shadowseer and a number of allies equal to up to
twice their psy rating the ability to make
Concealement, Shadowing, and Silent Move tests
even while being directly observed. They suffer no
penalties for moving above normal speed and
attempting to make these tests. Enemies within the
range of this power may make an Opposed
Willpower test with the Psyker to negate the effects
of this power.
Fog of Dreams
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Opposed Willpower
Range: Psy Rating Radius Circle within Psy Rating
x 10 Meters.
Sustain: Yes
Soft and subtle, the Shadowseer sends his
consciousness forth like a creeping mist. Moment
by moment, his thoughts seep into those of the foe,
74
veiling their sight and baffling their senses. Soon
enough they see only a whirling bank of lambent
silver mist. The sounds of battle echo weirdly
through this icy murk, and shadows prowl beyond
the edge of sight. The enemy are left deaf, blind, and
all but helpless as the Shadowseer's comrades
descend upon them.
As a Full Action the Shadowseer manifests a
concealing mass of shadows and light. All those in
the targeted area must make an Opposed Willpower
test versus the Psyker. Those that fail suffer a
penalty to all Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, and
Dodge tests equal to 2 x the Psyker's Psy Rating.
Those that remain in the area may make an Opposed
Willpower Test versus the Psyker to end the effect
the next round, and gain a +10 to break out for each
round they have been under Fog of Dreams.
Mirror of Minds
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Opposed Willpower
Range: Psy Rating Meters
Sustain: Yes
The Shadowseer singles out a foe and appears to
them as an apparition lodged in their subconscious.
Reality falls away before the helpless victim,
replaced by a warped mirrormaze of the
Shadowseers making. Though only seconds pass in
the real world, within the victim's mind they must
strive against the Shadowseer's will for days,
months, even years in their efforts to escape. Many
never do. Their souls erode until nothing remains
but a ghost, wandering mad and alone within the
prison of their own mind.
As a Full Action the Shadowseer chooses a single
target in range and makes an Opposed Willpower
test against them. If the Psyker is successful, the
Target is unable to act that round and gains 1d5
Insanity Points. The Psyker may maintain this
ability each round, making an Opposed Willpower
test each round. If the target is attacked during this
power's duration it ends immediately, but may be
manifested again. Each subsequent use of this
power on a target grants them a cumulative +10 to
resist it as they become used to the effects of the
disorientation.
Peal of Discord
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Psy Rating Meter blast centered on Psyker
Sustain: No
Drawing in a slow breath of Warp energy, the
Shadowseer throws back his head and sings out a
perfect note, interwoven with a horrific banshee
scream. Soaring and plunging, the wave of sound
rolls outward, a crashing discordia that shatters
bones, bursts brains, and leaves the few survivors
bleeding and befuddled.
This power produces a devastating shockwave as
a Full Action that causes injury to all those within
the blast radius. All those within the blast radius
may attempt a Dodge to avoid this attack per
standard Dodging out of Blast rules. Those that fail
suffer 1d10+Psy Rating with Penetration Psy Rating
with the Shocking Quality (see Core Rulebook page
116). Those stunned by this power are stunned for
one round. The Psyker who manifested the power is
not considered to be in the area of effect.
Veil of Tears
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Opposed Willpower
Range: (10m x Psy Rating) Radius
Sustain: Yes
Sketching a gesture in the air, the Shadowseer
snatches the image of the Harlequins from the minds
of their foes, and plucks it out, hiding them from
sight.
As a Full Action, this power grants the
Shadowseer and a number of allies equal to up to
twice their Psy Rating a bonus equal to 3 x Psy
Rating to Concealment, Shadowing, and Silent
Move Tests. Those under the effect of this power
gain the benefits of the Hard Target talent for it's
duration. Enemies may make an opposed Willpower
test with the Psyker to negate the effects of this
power and see through the illusion.

Shards of Light
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 5m x Psy Rating Radius
Sustain: No
The Shadowseer reaches out and plucks blades
of light from thin air. Though nothing but illusion,
this trick is so realistic that it fools the senses
utterly, the blades inflicting horrific psychosomatic
wounds as they whistle through the air to blind and
impale.
As a Full Action the Shadowseer attempts to
manifest the power. If successful, the Shadowseer
may may pick a number of targets in range equal to
Psy Rating and make an attack action on those
individuals treating the Focus Power test as a
Ballistic Skill Test. If successful, the target suffers
damage equal to 1d10+Psy Rating with a pen of Psy
Rating with the Shocking Quality. An enemy may
not be targeted with this power more than once per
round. This power may be dodged.

75
 Spiritseer Psychic Discipline
Spiritseer Psychic Discipline
Source Disclaimer: This Psychic Discipline is purely fan made
but based on the description of Spiritseer abilities from 6th
Edition Eldar Codex.
Spiritseers are those upon the Witch Path who
are called to commune with the dead a chilling
concept, even amongst the Eldar. Though
Spiritseers help to ensure the survival of the entire
Eldar race, their actions are perceived by those
around them as akin to Necromancy; yet another
depth the craftworlds must sink to in their struggle
to stave off a lingering demise.
Basic Technique: Liasion to Infinity
This Technique allows the Spiritseer to
communicate with Wraithguards and Wraithlords
via a psychic link at a range of 10km per Psy
Rating. If they have any powers from the Telepathy
Discipline they may add any Wraithguard or
Wraithlord to such techniques, normally impossible.
Channeling Infinity
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 5x Psy Rating Meters
Sustain: No
Those Eldar who reside within the Infinity
Circuit can grant a Spiritseer incredible but brief
insight into the effect their actions will have and
how best to maximize their effectiveness.
As a Full Action the Spiritseer gains a number of
targets equal to Psy Rating in range (which may
include themselves) a bonus on their next Test equal
to 2 x Psy Rating as they are able to receive
impressions from the departed. This power may not
be used in conjunction with any Acquisition test.
Communion of Knowledge
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Self
Sustain: Yes
There is much information held amongst the
Infinity Circuit, and Spiritseers are able to retrieve
such wisdom and use it to further the needs of the
Eldar.
As a Full Action the Spiritseer may commune
with the Infinity Circuit to take advantage of the
knowledge of those within it. This allows the
76
Spiritseer to select a number of Common Lore,
Forbidden Lore, or Scholastic Lore tests equal to
one-half their Psy Rating as though they were
Trained in those skills. This increases to Trained
(+10) at Psy Rating 4 and Trained (+20) at Psy
Rating 8. This power may be sustained for long
periods of research. For each subsequent
manifestation of this power per day there is a
cumulative -10 penalty as the amount of knowledge
infusing the Spiritseer's brain becomes a jumble.
Multiple instances of this power do not stack and
manifesting the power again overwrites previously
selected Lore Skills.
Guiding the Fallen
Focus Power Time: Extended Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Special
Sustain: No
There are times when an Eldar ship must make
boarding actions, and when they do the inclusion of
the Wraithguard can provide a devastating edge.
Spiritseers are able to lend cohesion and efficiency
to such actions.
This power allows the Spiritseer to lead
Wraithguard in ship to ship boarding actions and
make sure that their focus stays on the goal of
causing havoc. This power grants a +20 bonus to
the Hit and Run action as long as the Spiritseer is
involved in it. This power may be used once per
Strategic Round in Void Combat as an Extended
Action.
Spirit Consultation
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 10m x Psy Rating
Sustain: No
The souls in the Infinity Circuit watch over the
living Eldar, and their eyes can be given a more
tangible presence with the aid of a Spiritseer.
As a Full Action the Psyker grants a number of
targets equal to Psy Rating one temporary Fate Point
that can be spent but not burnt. This power cannot
supply multiple Fate Points to any target. These
Fate Points last until used or an Endeavour has been
completed, whichever comes first. This power may
be manifested multiple times, but each subsequent
manifestation suffers a cumulative -10 penalty as the
limits of the Infinity Circuit are stretched.
Translating the Material
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: 100m x Psy Rating
Sustain: Yes
Spiritseers are vitally important for leading those
Eldar who now reside within the Wraithguard and
Wraithlords. Without them, the automaton frames
would have difficulty translating the material realm
and can get distracted.
As a Full Action the Spiritseer removes the
Wraithsight (See the Koronus Bestiary p56) and
Ancient Memories traits from any Wraithguard or
Wraithlords that are within range of this power,
greatly increasing their effectiveness and allowing
the minds of those ensconced within these
wraithbone frames some temporary peace of mind.
77
Wisdom of the Ancients
Focus Power Time: Full Action
Focus Power Test: Willpower
Range: Self
Sustain: Yes
The spirits of the Infinity Circuit bestow their
knowledge and skills upon the Spiritseer and allow
them to act with their own proficiency.
As a Full Action the Psyker may gain any skill as
a trained skill as long as this power is sustained, this
increases to Trained (+10) at Psy Rating 4 and
Traned (+20) at Psy Rating 8. Each time per day
this power is used, the Spiritseer takes a -10 penalty
to the test to re-manifest it as the knowledge begins
to run together in their head. Multiple instances of
this power may not be sustained and manifesting
this power again overwrites previously selected
skills.
 Chapter 7: Eldar Starships
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section and starship rules
come from the Rogue Trader Roleplaying Game, primarily
Battlefleet Koronus, Edge of the Abyss, and Fallen Suns.
If we do not destroy one of your ships now and
then, you will forget who and what we are.
Corsair Captain Shibn Nyssyn to a foe.
Possibly the oldest space-faring race in the
galaxy, the Eldar were travelling among the stars
while mankind was still learning to walk upright.
Close to human in appearance, Eldar tend to be
taller and slimmer than the average Imperial citizen,
with sharply-angled features and distinctive pointed
ears. They are best known for the sublime grace of
their movements as well as possessing blindingly
fast reflexes. A tremendously long lived people,
with life-spans measured in centuries, the Eldar are
also a slowly dwindling race. Their homeworld was
lost long ago during the catastrophic collapse of the
Eldar civilisation, and they are now scattered across
the galaxy, mostly dwelling on planet-sized
spaceships known as Craftworlds.
Wraithbone Warships
Eldar starships, when compared to the massive
cruisers of the Imperium, seem almost fragile. Their
ships lack the thick plating, heavy prows, and
bristling towers of Imperial Navy vessels, instead
sporting long masts which support the vessels sail-
like solar collectors. Their ships also have a sleeker
78
shape, generally possessing rounded, almost oval
hulls, and an organic look (although nowhere near
the quasi-insectoid appearance of Tyranid vessels).
Naval officers sighting Eldar voidships for the first
time often dismiss them as easy prey for Imperial
macrobatteries and lances. Nothing, however, could
be further from the truth.
The Eldar are perhaps the most accomplished
starfarers in the galaxy. Their ships are significantly
more advanced than those of the Imperium, and are
equipped with technologies far beyond the abilities
of the Adeptus Mechanicus to understand, much less
duplicate. The hull of an Eldar ship is made not from
adamantium plating, but from a material called
wraithbone. Molded by Eldar craftsmen known as
Bonesingers, wraithbone is literally grown into what
ever shape is needed, be it armour, weapons,
buildings, or kilometres-long voidships. Durable,
difficult to damage, and even capable to a certain
degree of self-repair, wraithbone is psychically
active and on Eldar ships replaces the vox units and
cogitators found on Imperial vessels. Wraithbone
also manifests innate psychic shielding, partially
protecting the vessel (and its crew) against certain
manifestations from the void.
Instead of crude plasma drives, the Eldar use
vast solar sails to collect the light of the stars. These
sails allow Eldar ships to move swiftly and securely,
and are one of the reasons behind their impressive
and unparalleled manoeuvrability.
Small craft may only have a single solar sail, while
larger craft may have two or three, giving the ships
the appearance of winged creatures.
Defensively, Eldar forego the use of void shields
and instead rely on their holofields for protection. A
holofield confuses a ships targeting sensors by
creating multiple ghost ships randomly across an
area of space. These ghosts mask the actual location
of the Elder ship. While this means an Eldar ship
can be nigh-impossible to hit, their lack of void
shields renders them vulnerable to those shots that
do find their target. While immensely sophisticated,
even Eldar construction is not as durable as multi-
metre thick adamantium armour layers and
thousands of redundant components and
replacement crew.
The Webway
Possibly the greatest accomplishment of the
Eldar is their ability to travel the galaxy without
entering the warp. Instead, they utilise the
webway, a network of warp tunnels dating back to
when the Eldar were the sole rulers of the galaxy.
Capable of transporting anything from a single
Eldar on foot to an entire space-borne battle fleet,
the webway allows the Eldar to slip in and out of
Imperium space almost undetected. In addition,
many webway tunnels have planet-side terminus
points, allowing the Eldar to land almost anywhere
they choose both quickly and safely. This also
means Eldar do not need to rely on the dubious
mechanisms of a warp drive or Gellar Field.
For those worlds without webway access, the
Eldar utilise the nearest webway egress to come as
close as possible, then move in at top speed. It is
this same network that allows Eldar Corsairs to
strike without warning and then slip away almost
quickly as they came. Worse yet, the largest Eldar
ships contain internal webway points (known as
wraithgates), which are used to open warp portals
to planetary surfaces so the Eldar can swiftly deploy
ground forces while simultaneously providing
covering fire from orbit.
Hit and Run
Although possessing vastly superior technology
to most other races, this is often not enough to make
up for the Eldars lack of numbers. The Eldar are
acutely aware of this and prefer rapid strikes
and lightning-quick raids to prolonged ship-
to-ship conflicts.
79
The use of wraithgates and the webway allows the
Eldar access to almost anywhere they choose, and is
one of the major reasons the Eldar are able to make
the most of their small numbers. By using a
wraithgate in an otherwise empty section of space,
the Eldar can often assemble a fleet of strike craft
undetected, and either flank or bypass an enemys
defences. Once their raid is over, they can retreat the
way they came, vanishing silently into the void.
Eldar Weaponry
Offensively, the Eldar utilise advanced laser and
plasma weaponry backed by highly sophisticated
torpedoes. A common macrobattery weapon is the
starcannon, consisting of clustered plasma
generators mounted in turrets. These starcannon are
far more powerful than the crew-served weapons of
the same name used by Eldar infantry and light
vehicles. As accurate as they are deadly, starcannon
can wreck horrific damage on enemy vessels with
the preciseness of their fire. Once their starcannons
have battered down an enemys void shields, the
Eldar turn to their pulsar lances, which fire volleys
of intense laser bolts, each capable of ripping
through a target starship.
Phantom and Pulsar Lances
Similar in design to human lances, the Phantom
Lance is used on smaller vessels as it requires less
energy to power. In contrast, the Pulsar Lance fires a
burst of high-intensity laser bolts. The energy
requirements for this weapon are tremendous, but a
single Pulsar Lance can strike multiple devastating
blows.
Macroweaponry
The Eldar disdain using shells and crude
warheads on their starships, preferring elegant and
deadly laser and plasma-based macrocannons. These
potent weapons are devastatingly accurate.
Torpedoes
Eldar torpedoes are equipped with holofields of
their own, to ensure they go undetected. In addition,
they contain highly sophisticated tracking and
targeting systems and are frighteningly effective at
finding and hitting their targets.
Attack Craft
To complement their offensive weaponry, many
Eldar vessels also carry various forms of attack
craft. These include Darkstar fighters, which often
serve as escorts for Eagle bombers. For atmospheric
operations, the Eldar utilise Nightwing fighters and
Phoenix ground-attack craft. When the time comes
to transport troops, the Vampire raider is brought
into play, along with the heavily-armed Vampire
Hunter. Eldar starfighters are among the most
advanced in the galaxy; the Darkstar is easily able
to outrun and outmanoeuvre anything fielded by the
Imperial Navy. In addition, Eldar attack craft
possess holofields, making them nearly impossible
to hit when they make their attack runs. When
coupled with their armour-cracking sonic charges,
this makes the Eagle one of the most feared
bombers in space.
Eldar Vessel Special Rules
All Eldar ships are subject to the following
special rules:
Master Starfarers: The Eldar are some of the most
skilled voidfarers in existence and their ships are
designed to make the most of their talents. Any
Eldar aboard an Eldar vessel may re-roll any
Piloting Tests for Manoeuvre Actions.
Path of the Warrior: When a Craftworld Eldar
vessel engages in a boarding action, it doesnt send
mere ratings into the fray. Instead, well trained and
well armed Eldar Aspect Warriors will lead the
attack (or defence). Thus, Craftworld Eldar receive
+10 on any Command Tests made as part of a
Boarding Action and inflict 1d5+2 Crew Population
and 1d5+2 Morale Damage to enemy ships
(representing the ease with which Aspect Warriors
slaughter their foes).
Limited Crew: The Eldar are not a numerous
people and the size of their ships crews reflect this.
In addition, many Eldar vessels are controlled in
part (or whole) by an Infinity Circuit containing the
souls of dead Eldar, further reducing crew
requirements. All Eldar Crew Population losses are
increased by one.
Dedicated Crew: Any given Eldar has seen
centuries or even millennia pass by. Thus, they are
highly proficient in their duties and difficult to
rattle. Any time an Eldar ships loses Crew
Morale, it loses 1 less point of Morale (to a
minimum of 1).
Sailing On The Solar Winds: Ships equipped with
Solar Sails subtract one from their Speed value if
they begin a Strategic Turn moving towards the
nearest sun, use listed speeds while flying away, and
add one to their Speed value when moving at a
(roughly) right angle to it. However, these
modifications only apply within a solar system and
can be ignored if the vessel is in deep space.
Supreme Manoeuvrability: A ship with Solar Sails
may interrupt its Manoeuvre Action at any point to
perform a Shooting Action. Once the Shooting
Action is resolved, it must complete the remainder
of its Manoeuvre Action. The limit of one Shooting
Action per turn still applies. In addition, all Eldar
vessels can make turns of 90 degrees, regardless of
hull size.
Holographic Cloaking: All attacks made against a
ship with a functioning Holofield suffer 40 to any
Test to hit in addition to any other penalties (for
example, this would include both a Ballistic Skill
Test to hit the ship with lances, and a Pilot (Space
Craft) + Manoeuvrability Test to ram the
Holofield equipped ship). Macrobatteries, due to
their massive broadsides capable of filling a large
area of space with ordinance, only suffer a 20 to
hit. Ships also suffer a 30 to any attempts to use
any Extended Actions against the a holofielded ship
that involve Detection (such as Lock on Target and
Focused Augury).
Eldar Defensive Doctrine: Eldar ships have no
Void Shields, and always have their Holofield active
unless it is destroyed.
80
Eldar Weapon Special Rules
The following rules apply to certain Eldar
weapons, reflecting their radical and alien nature:
Superior Accuracy (Any Eldar Macrobattery):
Eldar gain a +10 to Ballistic Skill Tests made to fire
any Eldar macrobattery.
Pulsed Fire (Pulsar Lance Only): The Eldar long
ago mastered the technology of laser weapons, and
their lances are far superior to the crude lances used
by other races. When an Eldar pulsar lance scores a
hit, roll to hit again, applying the same bonuses and
penalties. A pulsar lance can score up three total hits
when fired.
Self-Guided Targeting (Eldar Torpedoes): All
Eldar Torpedoes use the rules for Seeking Torpedoes
(see page 9).
Defensive Holofield (Eldar Torpedoes and Bombers):
Both Eldar torpedoes and anti-ship bombers have a
powerful holofield. The holofield negates any Turret
Rating bonuses the target ship would normally get
when attempting to shoot down in an incoming
salvo or attack craft wave.
81
Traversing the Webway
Eldar do not usually travel by way of the Warp,
but by that of the Webway, a series of interconnected
gates located throughout the immaterium. The
Webway is a comparatively safer method of
traversing the void, and lessens the chance of
incursions while en route.
To travel through the Webway, utilize the same
method detailed in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook
for traversing the warp, but utilize the Navigate
(Webway) skill instead. Should the initial location
or entry into the Webway check fail, the rest of the
process continues utilizing the standard rolls and
modifiers presented in the Rogue Trader Core
Rulebook as the ship passes through a breached
section of Webway, and is subjected to standard rolls
on the Perils of the Warp table.
Should the initial checks be successful, the
process continues as detailed, but apply a +20 bonus
to all rolls made on the Perils of the Warp table due
to the Webway's relatively safer nature. If utilizing
the Perils of the Warp chart presented in The Navis
Primer, this would become a -20.
Modifiers from components or high skill
checks add together with this bonus, reflecting the
relatively safer nature of the Webway.
Conventional Warp Travel:
Eldar Warp Plotters may also utilize traditional
Warp Travel similar to the Imperium of Man. In
these instances, utilize the standard method of
Traversing the Warp presented in the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook, utilizing either Navigation (Warp) in
the case of conventional Warp travel or Navigation
(Webway) in the case of entering a breached
Webway (GM Discretion).
 Constructing Eldar Starships
Source Disclaimer: While based off of existing profiles, these
rules are purely fan made. Feel free to adjust them needed.
Eldar Starships are constructed much in the
same way as Imperial Starships, with some
differences to the rules. Begin by selecting a Hull
from the Eldar Hull Types, and note whether or not
it is a Craftworld hull or not, as that will apply
bonuses mentioned on page 71. After this is done,
proceed with selecting Essential Components,
checking below to make sure what parts and effects
are available.
Essential Components:
Essential Components are required for a starship to
function. A ship must have one (no more)
Component from each of the following categories,
lest the ship lose some vital function. Without a life
sustainer, for instance, the vessel is nothing more
than a cold and empty tomb, while a ship would be
blind and deaf without an auger array.
Solar Sails:
Note: This component replaces Plasma Drives
The Eldar disdain the use of brutish plasma
drives, and instead soar across the void powered by
the light of stars, caught in vast solar sails that
extend from the ship like wings. This both powers
the ship and provides propulsion. A solar sail allows
an Eldar ship to move, and provides it with power.
In addition, it provides some of the benefits
mentioned on page 71. Statistics regarding power
are included on page 79.
Warp Plotter:
This mysterious component allows Eldar
Vessels to traverse the immateriam. For statistics, it
functions identically to the Imperial Warp Drive, but
also allows travel in the Webway. Utilize Warp
Drive Statistics in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook
and other supplements with the same benefits and
restrictions, but note that any bonuses to Navigation
(Warp) also apply to Navigation (Webway).
Runecaster:
This component provides protection to the ship
as it traverses the immaterium. For statistics utilize
Imperial Gellar Field Statistics in the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook and other supplements with the
same benefits and restrictions, but the
protection extends to the Webway. Any
bonuses to Navigation (Warp) also apply to
Navigation (Webway).
82
Holo Field:
This component replaces the Void Shield
component on Imperial ships, and grants some of the
ship abilities described on page 71, namely
Holographic Cloaking and Eldar Defensive
Doctrine. The Holo Field's Space and Power
Requirements are included on page 79.
Eldar Bridge:
Eldar bridges function much the same as
Imperial ones, and and as such provide the same
bonuses. Utilize Imperial Bridge Components with
the same statistics, benefits, and restrictions
presented in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook and
other supplements.
Eldar Life Sustainer:
Eldar Life Sustainers fill a vital role, providing a
ship with clean air and water. Eldar Life Sustainers
function with the same statistics, benefits and
restrictions as Life Sustainers in the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook and other supplements.
Eldar Crew Quarters:
Even the lowliest crew require bunks and mess-
halls to live in, and on Eldar ships this is no
different. Eldar Crew Quarters have the same
statistics, benefits, and restrictions in the Rogue
Trader Core Rulebook and other supplements.
Eldar Sensor Array:
The starships eyes, allowing it to see space far
beyond the range of normal eyesight. Eldar Sensor
Arrays function with the same benefits, statistics,
and restrictions as Auger Arrays in the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook and other supplements.
Essential Component Notes:
While mechanically the same, the appearence of
these various ship components is wildy divergent
from those of the Imperium of Man. Components
may not be given to Imperial vessels unless already
the rules already exist in a Xenotech ship section.
Those not proficient with Wraithbone suffer a
-20 to all tests when attempting to work with the
technology. (Eldar are considered to be proficient)
Supplemental Component Notes
Eldar ships may purchase Eldar equivalent
of any Imperial Supplemental Component,
provided there would logically be one.
 Starship Hulls

Starship Variety
Eldar Starship are constructed with two different
needs in mind. Corsair Ships are designed with
trade and exploration as their primary purpose, and
tend to rely on speed and agility. Craftworld Ships
are designed with the defense of one of the last
remaining ships of a people, and can bring to bear
an incredible amount of firepower.
Regardless of intent, both varieties of ship hull
origin are incredibly agile, capable of running
circles around Imperial vessels and often doing so.
Craftworld Ships gain additional bonuses as
dictated on page 80.

Corsair Ships
The typical Eldar Corsair vessel is the size of an
Imperial light cruiser and as well armed. Equipped
with Pulsar Lances and holofield-protected
torpedoes, one such ship can easily shred the
average transportnot to mention giving a good
account of itself when facing raiders and frigates. Of
course, most Corsairs never hunt alone, and tend to
travel in small groups in order to combine their
strengths to make for an even greater whole. Due to
their use of the webway, Eldar Corsairs are often
able to get extremely close to a desired target before
starting their attack. Once they arrive, their
holofields render them nearly invisible to augurs of
all kinds, while their ships solar sails enable them
to approach an unsuspecting victim without the
glare of a plasma drive to give them away.
Once they begin their attack, Corsairs is
relentless. They strike swiftly and accurately,
seeking to disable their targets, usually by targeting
the engines. To make matters worse, attacking Eldar
often divide into two (or more) wings, enabling
them to strike from several directions at once.
Only after rendering their quarry adrift in space
will the Eldar board, at which point almost all hope
is lost for the remaining crew. In some ways, the
Eldar known as the Crow Spirits are the best of the
lot, as they simply destroy ships outright, as
opposed to looting them and slaying the crew.

83
 Corsair Ship Hulls
Corsair Frigate Class Ship Hulls Hemlock Class Destroyer

Arconite Class Frigate Hull: Frigate

Hull: Frigate
Dimensions: 1.5km long, 0.3km abeam
Mass: 4 Megatonnes
Crew:Gm Discretion
Accel: 9.5 Gravities Max Sustainable
A patrol ship designed to patrol the edges of space,
preventing any incursions into Eldar territory.
Dimensions: 1.4km long, 0.2km abeam
Mass: 4 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 9.5 Gravities Max Sustainable
This tiny vessel is built around the Pulsar Lance that
runs the length of its spine. Little more than a flying gun,
the Hemlock uses its great speed to get as close as
possible to its target before unleashing a ripping hail of
lance fire.

Speed: 15 Manoeuvre: +40

Speed: 14 Manoeuvre:+45 Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 18
Detection: +25 Hull Integrity: 20 Armor: 12 Turret Rating: 0
Armor: 14 Turret Rating: 1 Space: 30 Ship Points: 40
Space: 30 Ship Points: 40 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1
Weapon Capacity: Prow 2 Skeleton Crew: The Hemlocks crew is tiny, even for an
Eldar ship. While its sufficient to operate the ship in
--------------------------------------------------------------- combat, thats about it. Thus, the Hemlock automatically
fails opposed Tests in boarding actions with 1d5+1
Hellbore Class Frigate degrees of failure.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Hull: Frigate Nightshade Class Destroyer
Dimensions: 1.8km long, 0.3km abeam
Mass: 5 Megatonnes Hull: Frigate
Crew: GM Discretion Dimensions: 1.3km long, 0.3km abeam
Accel: 9.5 Gravities Max Sustainable Mass: 5 Megatonnes
Gaining infamy as the most heavily armed frigate in Crew: GM Discretion
the Gothic Sector during the devastating Gothic War, Accel: 9.5 Gravities Max Sustainable
Hellebores are designed to sow confusion among a Larger than the Hemlock, the Nightshade-class
target fleet through a swift dispersal of torpedoes. It then destroyer is designed to close, deploy torpedoes, and
follows up with a barrage of battery and pulsar fire. flee, much like its Imperial counterpart, the Cobra
destroyer. Usually deployed in squadrons of three or
four, Nightshade-class vessels
make rapid attack runs on their
target, firing
torpedoes
as they close and then
covering their retreat
with a barrage from their
macroweapons.
Speed: 14 Manoeuvre:+42
Detection: +25 Hull Integrity: 25
Armor: 14 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 30 Ship Points: 40
Weapon Capacity: Prow 2, Keel 1 Speed: 14 Manoeuvre:+45
Detection: +24 Hull Integrity: 20
Armor: 14 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 30 Ship Points: 40
Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Keel 1

84
 Corsair Light Cruiser Ship Hulls Corsair Cruiser Ship Hulls

Aurora Class Light Cruiser Eclipse Class Cruiser

Hull: Light Cruiser Hull: Cruiser

Dimensions: 3.4km long, 0.4km abeam
Mass: 12 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 9 Gravities Max Sustainable
The Aurora-class Light Cruiser is fairly typical of
Eldar Corsair ship design. It is fast, very manoeuvrable,
and possesses a significant level of firepower. Curiously,
its solar sails are mounted not only dorsally but to port
and starboard as well, mimicking the configuration of
the larger Eldar cruisers and battlecruisers. These ships
seem to be popular amongst Corsair fleets.
Dimensions: 4.7km long, 1.4km abeam
Mass: 18 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 8 Gravities Max Sustainable
The Eclipse class is one of the most feared Corsair
voidships as it combines heavy firepower with multiple
squadrons of attack craft. A single Eclipse carrier can
eviscerate a convoy of civilian and military vessels.

Speed: 9 Manoeuvre: +22

Speed: 14 Manoeuvre:+43 Detection: +25 Hull Integrity: 60
Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 48 Armor: 15 Turret Rating: 1
Armor: 15 Turret Rating: 1 Space: 55 Ship Points: 60
Space: 45 Ship Points: 55 Weapon Capacity: Prow 2, Keel 2
Weapon Capacity: Prow 2, Keel 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------- Shadow Class Cruiser
Solaris Class Light Cruiser
Hull: Cruiser
Hull: Light Cruiser Dimensions: 4.7km long, 1.4km abeam
Dimensions: 3.8km long, 0.4km abeam Mass: 16 Megatonnes
Mass: 13 Megatonnes Crew: GM Discretion
Crew: GM Discretion Accel: 8 Gravities Max Sustainable
Accel: 9.5 Gravities Max Sustainable The Shadow class combines tremendous speed,
Similar to the Aurora Class Light Cruiser, so too is the manoeuvrability, and offensive firepower into a single,
Solaris designed to be fast, manoeuvrable, and posess a highly-effective package. The bane of Imperial shipping
large amount of firepower. It is one of the more in the Koronus Sector, Shadow-class cruisers normally
common starships founnd among Corsair fleets. form the centre of a Corsair strike fleet.

Speed: 9 Manoeuvre: +26

Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 60
Speed: 14 Manoeuvre: +45 Armor: 15 Turret Rating: 1
Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 50 Space: 55 Ship Points: 60
Armor: 15 Turret Rating: 1 Weapon Capacity: Prow 3, Keel 1
Space: 40 Ship Points: 55
Weapon Capacity: Prow 3

85
 Craftworld Hulls

Craftworld Ships
An Eldar Craftworld is a sight never to be
forgotten. The size of a small planet (or even larger),
they drift serenely through deep space, travelling
paths known only to the Eldar Farseers.Made from
wraithbone, the same material used to create Eldar
armour, vehicles, and starships, Craftworlds are all
the Eldar have left to remind them of their past
glories.
Craftworlds are usually well guarded by large
battlefleets. Normally, these fleets remain close to
their respective worlds, as there are space-borne
threats enough to worry about. But, there come
times when the Eldar fleets will amass in force and
venture forth to do battle. Normally, such
campaigns are made in defence of a Maiden World
planets transformed by the Eldar into lush
paradises. More than once the Eldar ruthlessly
exterminated the unwanted inhabitants from one of
their Maiden Worlds, as they see any non-Eldar
settlers to be invaders, regardless of how long the
colonists have dwelled there or how long its been
since the Eldar last visited.
Craftworld ships range in size from small
raiders (used for close-in defence of the Craftworld
itself ) to immense battleships equal in size and
power to the greatest of Imperial Navy vessels.
Their ships tend to be slower than those of the
Corsairs, but also sturdier and capable of enduring
more punishment in a traditional ship-to-ship
engagement. It is almost unheard of for Eldar
corsairs to use craftworld ships, and vise versa.
The following is a sampling of Eldar Craftworld
vessels. Any such ships encountered in the Koronus
Expanse are almost certain to call Craftworld
Kaelor home. This craftworld drifts through the
edges of the galaxy, its current course bringing it
close to the Calixis Sector and Koronus Expanse.
Craftworld ships gain additional bonuses, as
detailed on page 80.

86
 Craftworld Ship Hulls
Craftworld Raider Ship Hulls

Shadowhunter Class Escort

Hull: Raider
Dimensions: .8km long, 0.15km abeam
Mass: 3 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 10 Gravities Max Sustainable (Minimum)
These tiny vessels are among the smallest encountered in
Eldar fleets. Almost always found in small packs, theyre
primarily used for close defence of Craftworlds and rarely
(if ever) venture far out into deep space. Incredibly agile,
even for an Eldar ship, Shadowhunters are capable of
engaging enemy fighter craft directly (usually with their
starcannons) and often engage in rapid strafing actions
against larger capital ships. When defending their
Craftworld, the Shadowhunters act as the last line of
defence, swarming over anything that manages to get past
the other, larger, Eldar ships and pursuing their quarry
down almost to the surface of the Craftworld itself.
Speed: 15 Manoeuvre: +50
Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 15
Armor: 14 Turret Rating: 0
Space: 25 Ship Points: 35
Weapon Capacity: Prow 1
Limited Resources: Shadowhunters are designed to
operate in close proximity to their Craftworld with limited
crews and normally only stock about a months worth of
supplies. In addition, Shadowhunters may not initiate
boarding actions or Hit and Run Attacks.
Small and Agile: Due to their small size and phenomenal
manoeuvrability, Shadowhunters are capable of attacking
and destroying torpedoes and attack craft. A Shadowhunter
ignores penalties for firing on such targets.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Craftworld Light Cruiser Hulls
Speed: 8 Manoeuvre: +24
Detection: +20 Hull Integrity: 55
Armor: 18 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 45 Ship Points: 55
Weapon Capacity: Prow 2, Keel 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Craftworld Cruiser Ship Hulls
Dragonship Class Cruiser
Hull: Cruiser
Dimensions: 4.5-5.5km long, 0.4-.6km abeam
Mass: 16-20 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 7-8 Gravities Max Sustainable
The name dragonship doesnt refer to a specific
Eldar vessel per se, but instead to a wide variety of
similar ships designed along the same basic layout.
These ships are usually identifiable by their size
theyre among the largest in the Eldar fleet, and by the
use of the name dragon as part of the ships class. In
fact, the Eldar often give them unique names based on
their weapon configurations and roles in battle.
For example, the Ghost Dragon is so named because
they have virtually no crew and are instead piloted solely
by the ships Infinity Circuit, where Void Dragons are
equipped for extended operations away from the
craftworld. Craftworld Kaelor utilises the Night Dragons
designed to be hard to detect and possess highly-
advanced auger arrays, Nova Dragonsarmed almost
exclusively with starcannon cluster batteries to serve as
close-in support during fleet actions, and Star Dragons
which use massed pulsar lances to engage enemy
vessels. There may be other Dragons as well, with
different weaponry and uses.

Wraithship Class Light Cruiser

Hull: Light Cruiser

Dimensions: 3km long, 0.4km abeam
Mass: 12 Megatonnes
Crew: GM Discretion
Accel: 8.5 Gravities Max Sustainable
Wraithships are almost the prototypical Craftworld Eldar
vessel. Formed, like all other Eldar ships, from wraithbone, Speed: 8 Manoeuvre: +20
Wraithships are noted for their clean, elegant lines and Detection: +18 Hull Integrity: 60
almost unnatural agility for a craft nearly three Armor: 18 Turret Rating: 1
kilometres in length. A mainstay of craftworld Space: 55 Ship Points: 60
fleets, its said Wraithships dont so much as dive Weapon Capacity: Prow 3, Keel 2
to the attack as they swoop like a bird of prey.

87
 Eldar Starship Components
Essential Ship Components
As mentioned at the beginning of the chapter,
Eldar have a number of different Essential
Components to their ships. Functionally they work
in much the same way, Solar Sails provide power to
their components instead of the clunky Imperial
Plasma Drives, however Holo Fields, replacing Void
Shields, instead apply a penalty to any attempting to
attack the ship. Included in the table to the right are
the power and space statistics of the new essential
components, where needed.
Descriptions of the various items can be found
earlier in the chapter.
Supplemental Components
As mentioned earlier in the chapter, Eldar may
purchase any Imperial Supplemental Component,
pending GM approval. There are certain
88
Supplemental Components, however, that need
clarification, namely Eldar weaponry.
Macrocannons
The Eldar have long perfected plasma
technology, and do not arm their vessels with crude
projectile cannons. Their macrobatteries are made
up of multiple turrets of immense clusters of
starcannons, capable of punching through armour
with intense plasma beams. Eldar only utilize the
Starcannon Cluster Macrobattery on their ships.
Lances
Eldar use the Pulsar Lances on most Corsair
ships and Phantom Lances on Craftworld ships.
Landing Bay and Torpedo Tubes
Eldar may use any Imperial Equivalent
 Chapter 8: Alternate Career Ranks
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section varies, see specific
Alternate Ranks for sources.
Alternate Career Ranks represent diversions and
differing branches to a characters basic Career
Path. These might be the result of exposure to new
cultures or agencies in the Expanse, hidden secrets a
character chooses to reveal to his fellow Explorers,
or the result of specialised training or equipment a
character has gained in his travels. Note that these
Alternate Career Ranks do not fundamentally
change a characters nature; if a character is
following the Arch-militant Career Path, then his
path stays focused on martial abilities and conflict.
Rather, they signify a characters experiences
moving along a side path, learning new abilities and
gaining new experiences along the way.
Alternate Career Ranks can let a player
differentiate and personalise his character,
especially in situations where several players have
chosen the same Career. Based on the new
directions a player wishes his Explorer to follow, he
might find his character evolving in ways the player
had not initially anticipated when creating him.
Alternate Career Ranks also allow a character to
become even more firmly rooted into the settings of
Rogue Trader, the Calixis Sector and the Koronus
Expanse. Each of these paths offer Explorers new
and exciting ways to interact with the rest of their
surroundings.
Taking an Alternate Career Rank
Alternate Career Ranks might look very
appealing, and not just because they represent
something that diverges from the standard Career
Path. With access to new powers, Skills, and
Talents, a character can stand out from others and,
ideally, better aid his fellow Explorers. However,
some Alternate Career Ranks can complicate the
campaign at large, and players should always ask
for the GMs permission before having their
Explorers take on Alternate Career Ranks.
Each Alternate Career Rank has several
Prerequisites that an Explorer must meet before
selecting it. Many of these Prerequisites are Talents,
Skills, or Characteristic thresholds, and an Explorer
must fulfil all of the listed Prerequisites for an
Alternate Career Rank before selecting it.
In addition, some Alternate Career Ranks are only
available to Explorers from certain Careers.
Other Alternate Career Ranks have various
restrictions in this regard.
Lastly, each Alternate Career Rank has a set of
Ranks at which it can be selected. Typically, this is a
minimum Rank within a Career Path that the
Alternate Career Rank can replace (such as Rank 3
or higher).
If an Explorer meets all the above requirements
for an Alternate Career Rank, he can select it in
place of one of his normal Career Paths Ranks
when he earns enough xp to access that Rank. The
Explorer replaces the Rank he would have taken
with the Alternate Career Rank. The Explorer
exchanges the Alternate Career Ranks Advance
Table for the usual Rank he would be able to make
purchases from as part of his Career. At this point,
the Explorer has access to the new Advances and
may spend xp to purchase these Talents, Traits, and
Skills. Some of the Alternate Career Ranks also have
special Traits or other abilities that the Explorer
gains immediately upon selecting the Alternate
Career Rank. Once the Explorer has earned enough
xp points to reach the next Rank in his Career, he
returns to the next Rank in his original Career Path.
While any new Alternate Career Rank is filled
with new opportunities, there are some drawbacks to
diverging off of the standard path. This new focus
might deny an Explorer access to other Skills and
Talents, or force the Explorer to pay more
experience for them. A player could even find his
characters maximum ability with certain Skills
reaching its upper limit earlier than he had planned.
This is a potential price for taking a more
generalised character in a more specific and
specialised direction.
As all of this can complicate the normal
character progression system, Alternate Career
Ranks are recommended for more experienced
players. Keep in mind also that regardless of how
many new options an Explorer gains, an Explorers
Rank is still governed by the total amount of xp he
has earned over the course of his development.
Elite Advances from Missed Career Ranks
Choosing an Alternate Career Rank means a
character has diverged from the generalised regular
path of his career for a more specialised one. While
this means access to new and often unique abilities
during his tenure, it can often mean missing out on
the opportunities afforded in the regular
development of his character. The Explorer can
purchase these missed Skills and Talents
89
with the GMs approval as Elite Advances in the
missed Rank at a cost set by the Game Master. A
recommended base cost for these Advances is twice
the original cost (so a 200 xp Skill would cost 400
xp, while a 500 xp Talent would cost an impressive
1,000 xp). The GM can modify this amount up or
down as he sees fit, keeping in mind that Alternate
Career Ranks present opportunities to characters
they normally would not have, and there should be a
trade-off for this opportunity.
90
Career Progression
Advancing to a characters next Rank is done
normally once the character has accumulated and
spent enough xp. The character might find in later
Ranks that the digression he took for his Alternate
Career Rank has left him bereft of certain Skills,
ones needed as Prerequisites for some of the
Advances the character might wish to have. To
acquire them the player must obtain them as Elite
Advances. Alternately, the player might find
developing the new Advances his character gained in
his Alternate Career Rank is a way to further
individualise a character and make up for the missed
opportunities of the path not taken.
 Corsair Prince
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this sections is fan written but
based on the Corsair Prince information on
warhammer40k.wikia.com and in the Rogue Trader
Roleplaying Game. Section includes direct excepts from these
sources.
Eldar Corsairs tend work as an at least semi-
cohesive unit to achieve much greater results than
they could individually. Though notoriously fickle,
a consequence of the path they walk, there are those
who manage to earn the loyalty of the those that
travel with them. Be it through intimidation,
negotiation, or through valor and deed, there are
those Corsairs who rise above the rest of their
fellows to become leaders of their respecitve bands.
An Eldar Corsair band is usually led by a
member of the Eldar nobility with the title of prince
(or princess) who has chosen the Path of the
Outcast. To a human these Eldar might seem aloof
and arrogant, but the remnants of the lost Eldar
empire's ancient aristocracy are natural leaders,
brilliant tacticians and bold warriors in battle.
91
There are many Corsair Princes who have risen
to their position by raiding, pillaging, and stealing.
They tend to be ruthless individuals who care little
for those not under their command, and sometimes
not even those. There are some who retain an air of
nobility about their task, and utilize an appropriate
level of force (by contrast), and allow survivors to
surrender or flee.
Not all Corsairs turn to the path of Piracy, and
serve a more pragmatic purpose. Fostering trade
between groups of wayward Eldar and even between
themselves and the Imperium of Man, these Corsairs
bring the lifeblood of supplies to their steadily
declining homewords, though they are never truly
trusted by the Craftworld defenders.
Corsair Prince Requirements and Progression

92
 Harlequin

Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from
warhammer40k.wikia.com.
"All theatres are theatres of war. War must, needs be
theatrical."
Farseer Ro-fhessi of Craftworld Ulthwe,
describing a Harlequin performance
They perform frenetic, acrobatic dances for the
spectators there which are called Masques. Their
artistic works portray the Fall, the legendary decline
that destroyed the Eldar empire, the birth of the
Chaos God Slaanesh, and many other tales from the
long history and ancient mythology of the Eldar
people.

A Harlequin, known in the Eldar Lexicon as a

Rillietann, is a member of a very distinct sub-group
of the Eldar race that belongs to none of the existing
Eldar sub-races, including the Craftworld Eldar, the
Exodites or the Dark Eldar. They are the keepers of
the Black Library and serve the enigmatic Eldar
deity called the Laughing God. They are welcomed
by all of the other Eldar factions, including the Dark
Eldar of Commorragh and the Webway, and are
known for their brightly coloured clothing,
incredible agility (even for an Eldar), and use of
unusually powerful weapons. Harlequins always
organise themselves into groups they call Troupes,
which are led by a Troupe Master.
The Harlequins are an ancient faction of the
Eldar, and the most enigmatic members of that
mysterious alien race. They roam the Webway,
fighting Chaos and its influence. Their sole purpose
is to seek out Chaos and destroy its power wherever
they can, and Chaos and its minions are their most
hated enemies.
Harlequins must pass a trial known only as "The
Ritual" upon initiation into a Harlequin band. This
ritual binds them to the Laughing God (the only
Eldar God to have survived as an independent entity
in the Warp), which is said to free them from the
fear normal Eldar have of Slaanesh, the Chaos God
of pleasure, stealing their souls away for an eternity
of hellish torture in the Immaterium. This is why
they need not wear a Waystone when they travel in
the Webway, and do not have to endure the tiring
soul-draining that other Eldar endure when in the
Webway for prolonged periods of time.
The Harlequin lifestyle is very like the life of a
roaming mime or troubadour of the medieval times.
They wander the Webway and occasionally appear
at Eldar settlements: on a Craftworld, on
Commorragh, an Exodite Maiden World, or even a
human world in the Imperium of Man.

93
94
 Isha's Chosen
Source Disclaimer: This Alternate Rank is purely fan written, Isha's Whispers
but is based off of lore regarding a surviving Eldar Goddess Source Disclaimer: Lore from this point forward is purely fan
and is designed to provide Eldar with the option to become written, feel free to use or disregard it as needed.
medical specialists. Lore includes official and fan written Though captive in the Garden of Nurgle, there are
components which are clearly identified below.
some who say Isha's gifts can still be heard by the
Who is Isha? Eldar people. Legend tells that those who listen
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from often find themselves lost upon the path of Isha's
wh40k.lexicanum.com and is referenced from Warhammer Chosen, where they learn impeccable mastery of
40,000 Compilation and Codex: Chaos Daemons 4th Edition. medicine and chemistry. Their skills are an
A god of the Eldar, Isha was associated with incredible boon to any Corsair Prince or Craftworld
healing, fertility and the harvest. that they travel with. Regardless of what the legends
She is the mother of the Eldar race and it was she and those who believe them might say, thus far there
who inspired the creation of Asuryan's barrier exists no clear indicator if it is merely natural skill or
between the mortals and their gods, weeping over the hand of Isha at work. No matter the exact
the destruction that Khaine was causing. It is also reason, they remain highly sought after by many in
said that the spirit stones are made out of her tears. the Expanse.
The spirit stones allowed the gods and mortals to
communicate with each other. One of these stones
was given to Isha and the rest to the Eldar. When
Asuryan learned that his order had been violated he
gave Isha and her lover, Kurnous, to Khaine to do
with as he wished. Khaine tortured the two of them
in a burning pit until Vaul, the only Eldar god who
was moved to, struck a bargain with the war god to
create one hundred swords for him in exchange for
their release. Vaul failed in his task but tricked
Khaine and when Khaine found out it sparked off a
war between him and Vaul.
Millennia later, the Fall of the Eldar took place
and all the Eldar gods except Khaine and Cegorach
were believed destroyed by Slaanesh. However,
there is a single Craftworld which tells the tale of
Isha surviving her fate, being claimed by Slaanesh
as his. She cried out for help and was heard by
Nurgle who entered into a long war with his newest
peer. Nurgle emerged victorious and took Isha as his
companion. A goddess of rejuvenation and a god of
decay seemed an odd pairing, but Nurgle adores her
like no other. However, Nurgle shows his adoration
as only a Chaos God can, keeping her trapped in a
cage in the Garden of Nurgle, in the corner of a
room where he keeps the cauldron in which he
creates all of his plagues.
Being a goddess of healing, Isha can cure
herself of any of Nurgle's diseases. Nurgle takes
advantage of this by force-feeding her his latest
creation and sees how long it takes the goddess to
overcome its effects. If he is pleased, he releases it
upon some unsuspecting world, if not, he starts
over, working at his cauldron until he has something
new to give to his "companion." Whilst he is busy
working though, Isha takes advantage of his
distraction to instruct mortals on how to rid
themselves of Nurgle's poxes.

95
Isha's Blessing
Prerequisites: Isha's Sight
Once they have refined their skill, Eldar who
become truly skilled at the medical arts can restore
to health even those who have suffered the most
grevious of injuries. This talent allows the Eldar to
restore a number of wounds equal to twice their
Intelligence Bonus on a successful Medicae test. If
the Eldar has the Unnatural Intelligence (x2) or
greater trait, instead they increase their Unnatural
Multiplier by one, but only for the purpose of
restoring wounds on a successful Medicae test.
96
Isha's Favor
Prerequisites: Isha's Sight, Isha's Blessing
The treating of those who are stricken ill by
diseases are uncountable and from all walks of life,
and has given them a familiarity with other species.
This talent removes all penalties for treating a
character not of their race.
Isha's Sight
Prerequisites: Isha's Chosen
There are those Eldar who are incredibly gifted at
understanding biological systems and their
interactions. This talent allows a character to count
all patients they are treating as lightly wounded.
 Wraithguard
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from
wh40k.lexicanum.com and is referenced from Codex: Eldar
3rd, 4th, and 6th Edition.
The Wraithguard are Eldar warriors whose spirits
are saved from death itself and arise once more to
wage war for their kin.
These warriors are saved through the guidance of
a Seer who removes the fallen warrior's Spirit Stone
from the Infinity Circuit in order to place it into a
psychoplastic body made of Wraithbone. Through
the act, the robotic body is empowered with a living
intellect that guides its artificial nature. This is done
only in the times of emergency or when there is a
lack of warriors. This is because the act of placing
an Eldar essence into such a construct is considered
abhorrent among their race, akin to necromancy, but
none can deny the resulting warrior that emerges
from the combination that adds to their arsenal
against their enemies.
However, the Wraithguard suffer from a
phenomenon known as "Wraithsight" which alters
their perception of the world from that of mortals,
97
and causes them to react more slowly to changes on
the battlefield. As a result, they are often led by
spiritseers, Eldar psykers who specialize in guiding
and summoning the souls of the dead. The
Wraithguard are also fearless in battle due to the
nature of their bodies and undead souls. The most
feared and wrathful of the Wraithguards are known
as Wraithblades, specializing in close-quarters
combat.
Becoming a Wraithguard
Source Disclaimer: This is a fan written rules clarification.
Taking the Wraithguard Alternate Rank has
several differences from other Alternate Ranks. You
must first meet the requirements as normal, but then
apply the Characteristic Adjustments and gain the
Starting Traits/Talents noted in the table.
Special: This Alternate Rank may be taken at
Character Creation with the GM's permission. If
you are permitted to do so, you being play with 0
Fate Points but may otherwise advance according to
the Wraithguard rules.
98
 Wraithlord
Source Disclaimer: Lore in this section is taken from
wh40k.lexicanum.com and is referenced from Codex: Eldar 2nd
and 4th Edition and Fulgrim.
Wraithlords (also known as Iron Knights,
Wraith-Giants and Eldar Dreadnoughts)are giant
Wraith-constructs made of wraithbone and inhabited
by the souls of dead Eldar heroes. Towering far
above their still-living brethren, the Wraithlord is a
force to be reckoned with. Only the most capable
warriors of the Craftworlds are encased inside them.
They can be armed with a myriad of weapons,
including close combat, short ranged and long
ranged weaponry with the ability to smash most
enemies in combat.
The creation of a Wraithlord involves
empowering an Eldar Spirit Stone with the proper
soul of an Eldar, plucked from the Infinity Circuit.
The soul is then placed into the forehead of a
Wraithlord chassis. Should the Wraithlord fall in
battle, the Spirit Stone will be recovered and either
be placed onto another Wraith construct, or be
returned to the Infinity Circuit. Despite the fact that
the Wraithlord exists in the real world, the spirit
99
which controls it is never able to be as alert as those
still alive, inhabiting a dimension both in the 'real'
world and the warp at the same time. This
phenomenon is known as 'Wraithsight', and can
affect the Wraithlord in battle by making them
slower to act and occasionally stopping them from
acting at all. As a result, a Spiritseer must remain in
close proximity to Wraith constructs in order to
guide their actions.
Becoming a Wraithlord
Source Disclaimer: This is a fan written rules clarificaiton.
Taking the Wraithlord Alternate Rank has several
differences from other Alternate Ranks. You must
first meet the requirements as normal, but then apply
the Characteristic Adjustments and gain the Starting
Traits/Talents noted in the table, which replace
certain existing Traits/Talents where noted.
This Alternate Rank is designed as a progression
of the Wraithguard Alternate Rank, representing the
character becoming used to a Wraithbone body and
being entrusted with a more devastating one. Feel
free to alter the justification to make it fit as needed.
100
 New Wraithguard and Wraithlord Traits
Source Disclaimer: Traits in this section are taken from or
based on information from Rogue Trader: The Koronus
Bestiary and Deathwatch: Rites of Battle.
Ancient Memories
Wraithguards and Wraithlords are controlled by
those Eldar that inhabit the soulstones affixed to
their bodies. Unfortunately, their ability to focus is
somewhat erratic, and as a result their knowledge
can slip away into the wilds of the infinity circuit.
At the beginning of each Endeavour, roll an
Intelligence Test, on a success there is no change in
the Wraithguard or Wraithlord's knowledge. On a
failure the character suffers a -5 to all Fellowship
and Intelligence based skills per degree of failure as
their minds begin to wander. A Spiritseer utilizing
the Translating the Material Psychic Power
temporarily removes this Trait.
Improved Natural Weapons (Fists)
The Wraithguard are incredibly deadly with their
new frames and can hit much harder than their
living fellows. Wraithguards gain the Natural
Weapons Trait (see page 366 of the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook), but remove the Primitive Quality
from their weapons and treat them as having a
profile of 1d10+SB Impact Damage with a Pen of 3.
101
Shoulder Mounting (Left/Right)
This trait reflects the mountings formed on the
shoulders of Wraithlords. These mountings can
hold a Pistol or Basic weapon (traditionally of
Eldar Make) and are treated as an MIU Weapon
Interface Cybernetic (See page 151 of the Rogue
Trader Core Rulebook). This talent may be taken
twice, once for each shoulder.
Weapon Mounting (Left Forearm/Right
Forearm)
This trait reflects the mountings formed on the
forearms of the Wraithlords. These mountings can
hold a Pistol or Basic Weapon (traditionally of
Eldar make) that can be used as normal when
mounted. These mounted weapons do not
interfere with any melee wielded in the hands.
This Trait has two separate iterations, reflecting
the mounting on each forearm of the Wraithlord.
Mounted weapons can be used as though they
were being wielded in the hands but do not grant
additional attacks.
Wraithbone (X)
Wraithguards and Wraithlords are composed
entirely of Wraithbone and animated by the will
of the spirit stones attatched to them. This trait
bestows the Machine Trait (X) Trait, where X is
the amount of armour granted by the trait.
 New Wraithguard and Wraithlord Traits
Wraithbone War Engine Wraithsight
When an Eldar's soulstone is affixed to a Wraithguard and Wraithlords are vessels
Wraithguard frame, they are permanently changed animated by the soulstones of long-dead Eldar
and no longer an Eldar in the traditional sense. As warriors and can sometimes lose their focus in the
such, characters with the Wraithbone War Engine mortal realm if left unattended. If there is a
trait gain the following benefits and disadvantages. Spiritseer manifesting the Translating the Material

Wraithguards may only purchase advances from Power then it may act normally. If the vessel is
the Wraithguard and (if they choose to become alone, however, then it must make a Challenging
one later) Wraithlord Advancement Tables. (+0) Perception Test. If successful it may act

Wraithguard and Wraithlords have a tenuous normally. Otherwise, it moves off in a random
connection to the material plane. As such, direction (see page 248 of the Rogue Trader Core
Wraithguard and Wraithlords begin play with Rulebook) at its normal Move (i.e., not running),
the Ancient Memories Trait (See page 101). and takes no other actions until the next Round

Wraithguards and Wraithlords are not affected by when it may attempt another Perception Test.
Blood Loss or Fatigue

Seers who choose this Alternate Rank lose access
to their Psychic Abilities and any skills directly
relating to them (Ex: Psyniscience, Invocation),
though they keep any knowledge that they
might have of such things (Ex: Forbidden Lore
(Psykers, Warp).

Wraithguards and Wraithlords are unable to speak
and must communicate via a Spiritseer, writing,
or gesticulation.

Wraithguard have hands clumsier than that of
Eldar, and suffer a -20 penalty to all tasks that
require fine manual dexterity. Wraithlords are
even more clumsy and cannot complete tasks
that require fine manual dexterity at all.

Wraithguard and Wraithlords can only be healed
by means of the Tech-Use skill (if being
repaired by an Outcast affixing new plates) or
Psyniscience (if being treated by a Bonesinger).
This functions for all intents and purposes as
the Medicae skill for recovering lost wounds
and repairing critical damage.

Wraithgaurd suffer a -15 penalty on all tests when
attempting the following skills: Climb,
Concealment, Shadowing, Silent Move,
Wrangling. Wraithlords increase this penalty to
a -30.

Wraithguard suffer a -15 penalty on the following
skills: Acrobatics, Contortionist, Sleight of
Hand, and Swim. Wraithlords cannot use these
skills at all and automatically fail them should
they try. The GM is the final arbiter and may
decide that any number of other applicable
skills are also not suited for a Wraithguard or
Wraithlord and will suffer penalties or
automatically fail respectively.

102
 New Wraithguard and Wraithlord Weapons
Bright Lance
Class: Exotic (Heavy), Range: 120m, RoF: S/-/-,
Damage: 4d10+10 E, Pen: 13, Clip: 35, Rld: 2
Full, Special: -, Wt: 27, Availability: Near Unique
Source Disclaimer: warhammer40k.wikia.com, referenced
from Codex: Eldar 3rd and 4th Edition
The Bright Lance is one of the most powerful
heavy weapons in the arsenal of the Eldar and is an
equivalent of the Imperial Lascannon in utility and
power. The Bright Lance is a far more efficient
weapon than its cruder, human-made counterpart, in
part due to its use of psychically-grown crystals to
serve as a lasing matrix. It also possesses greater
accuracy than a Lascannon and can penetrate any
form of armour that is less than a certain thickness.
Scatter Laser
Class: Exotic (Heavy), Range: 100m, RoF: -/-/12,
Damage: 1d10+7E, Pen: 2, Clip: 120, Rld: 2 Full,
Special: -, Wt: 17, Availability: Near Unique
Source Disclaimer: Warhammer 40k.wikia.com, referenced
from Codex: Eldar 2nd and 3rd Edition
The Scatter Laser is a mountable laser weapon
that can be added to Eldar Wraithlords, War
Walkers, Falcons, Wave Serpents and Vypers. The
Scatter Laser can also be used as a support weapon
for Guardian Squads whilst mounted to a Grav
Platform. The weapon itself has six seperate laser
chambers which allow it to fire in bursts or all six
chambers at once, at either the same target or a
multitude of different ones. It, like most Eldar
weapons, has an Imperial counterpart, this being the
Multi-Laser.
103
Starcannon
Class: Exotic (Heavy), Range: 120m, RoF: S/3/-,
Damage: 1d10+6 E, Pen: 12, Clip: 90, Rld: 2 Full,
Special: -, Wt: 20, Availability: Near Unique
Source Disclaimer: warhammer40k.wikia.com, reference from
Codex: Eldar 3rd, 4th, and 6th Edition
The Starcannon is the most common form of
Eldar Plasma Weapon, and makes use of a small
nuclear fusion reaction to superheat a stream of
matter into its plasma state. The Starcannon is a
rapid-fire weapon and its potent blasts are able to
pierce all but the heaviest types of armour worn by
infantry. It is also hauntingly accurate due to its use
of a sophisticated electromagnetic pulse to guide its
lethal blasts to enemy targets. The Eldar Starcannon
is far superior to its Imperial counterparts as the core
of the Eldar Plasma Weapon is protected by a
sophisticated series of electromagnetic containment
fields to ensure the weapon will never overheat in
the hands of its wielder, despite producing the
incandescent heat of a sun. However, a Starcannon is
too large to be carried by infantry and is only
mounted on Eldar vehicles, such as Wave Serpents,
Falcons, and War Walkers, or fire support platforms
which commonly accompany Guardian squads.
Despite this limitation, the Starcannon is favoured
by many Eldar commanders due to its sheer
destructive power.
Wraithcannon
Class: Exotic (Basic), Range: 50m, RoF: S/-/-,
Damage: See Entry, Pen: See Entry, Clip: -, Rld: -,
Special: Reliable, See Entry, Availability: Near
Unique
Source Disclaimer: warhammer40k.wikia.com, referenced
from Codex: Eldar 4th Edition
An Eldar Wraithcannon is basically a smaller,
more portable version of the D-Cannon. It is used
by the Eldar Wraithguard to great effect as a strong,
armour-piercing weapon since no amount of armour
can protect a foe from this dimension-warping
attack. It functions by opening a small rift into the
Warp into which the enemy is sucked.
When a target is hit by a Wraithcannon, roll
2d10. This is the amount of Damage the
Wraithcannon inflicts, ignoring Armour and
Toughness. In addition, if the Damage result is 19-
20, the target is destroyed outright, regardless of the
number of wounds it possesses (Fate Points may be
burned as normal). If the Damage result is 2-10, the
target takes Damage and is teleported a number of
metres equal to the result in a random direction (see
page 248 of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook).
If the target is teleported into the same space as
another object, move the target into the closest
available space; the target then takes 1d5 additional
Damage, ignoring Armour or Toughness. As long as
the Wraithguard is active, the weapon never runs
out of power. If removed from the user, it falls silent
forever.
Wraithsword
Class: Exotic (Melee), Range: -, RoF: -, Damage:
2d10+6 E, Pen: 10, Clip: -, Rld: -, Special: Power
Field, Balanced, Wt: 14, Availability: Unique
Source Disclaimer: warhammer40k.wikia.com, referenced from
Codex: Eldar 5th Edition and Rogue Trader: The Koronus
Bestiary
A Wraithsword is a huge close combat weapon
used only by the massive war machines known as
Eldar Wraithlords. A Wraithsword is a massive
Wraithlord-sized Power Sword in which the hilt is
studded with Spirit Stones that amplify the
Wraithlord's already impressive abilities in close
combat. This is because the Eldar spirits embedded
within the gems form a sentience unto themselves
that assists the Wraithlord by compensating for the
construct's vision-obscuring Wraithsight. Thus, a
Wraithlord is able to cleave apart multiple enemies
with alarming grace and skill with each swing of its
Wraithsword. A Wraithlord wielding a Wraithsword
treats the Perception Test for Wraithsight as a
Routine (+20) Test instead of a Challenging (+0)
Test.

Wraithlord Fist
Class: Exotic (Melee), Range: -, RoF: -, Damage:
2d10+2 E, Pen: 10, Clip: -, Rld: -, Special: Power
Field, Wt: 10, Availability: Extremely Rare
Source Disclaimer: This is a fan written
description/ability. Feel free to alter it as needed.
A massive melee weapon that enhances the
already devastating natural attacks of the
Wraithlords frame, the Wraithlord Fist is a weapon
that many forces in the galaxy have viewed as their
last sight in the material realm.

104
 Chapter 9: Ascendant Eldar
This section of the guide is meant to provide
additional ranks for the Rogue Trader system,
bringing it's Experience Totals up to equal those
presented in the Dark Heresy: Ascension Rules
Supplement and the Deathwatch Core Rulebook.
This supplement provides three new Ranks for each
Career Path presented in the Rogue Trader Core
Rulebook. These ranks follow the normal rules for
Rank progression as detailed in the Rogue Trader
Core Rulebook. They may also be replaced by
Alternate Ranks as detailed in Into the Storm and
other Rogue Trader Supplements.
There are also several new talents and
abilities available as characters progress into this
level of expertise and ability, which are all detailed
in the New Talents section. These talents are all
based off existing talents present in other lines, and
inherent abilities presented at the end of the Career
Paths section of the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook.
The intent is to provide special abilities to every
character at this power level, but not to cause power
levels to become too divergent. The three new
Expanded Ranks utilize the following experience
levels:
Rank 9: 35,000-39,999
Rank 10: 40,000-44,999
Rank 11: 45,000-49,999
105
These Expanded Ranks function identically to the
ranks described in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook,
and function in exactly the same manner. Upgrades
are purchased from the given rank or a previous one
until the requisite amount of experience has been
spent to reach the next rank. Also provided are two
Additional Characteristic Advances. These
Additional Characteristic Advances each provide an
additional +5 to attributes, and are purchased in the
same fashion as regular characteristics as detailed in
the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook. These new ranks
may, at the player's option, be swapped out for
alternate ranks provided in Into the Storm and other
Rogue Trader Supplements, following the standard
rules for Alternate Ranks.
Remember to check the New Talents section
for clarification of any talents that are not presented
in the Rogue Trader Core Rulebook, and apply the
benefits described to the character.
Below you'll find expanded career paths for
the ones presented earlier in the guide, placed at the
end of the guide in case Legends of the Expanse
mechanics are not being used. I hope you enjoy the
expanded character creation rules now in the Eldar
Character Guide!
The Path of the Outcast Expanded Career Path

106
107
The Path of the Seer Expanded Career Path

108
109
 New Talents
Additional Reaction (X)
Prerequisites: Eldar, Additional Reaction (X-1)
The Eldar has perfected their skill in
avoiding dangers to complete the goal of removing
a target. The Assassin gains an additional reaction
per round equal to the number in parentheses. This
reaction is in addition to the standard reaction per
round, Step Aside, and Wall of Steel and can be
used to either Parry or Dodge.
Armour Monger
Prerequisites: Intelligence 35, Psyniscience or Tech-
Use, Forbidden Lore (Warp) or Trade (Armourer)
The finest armours and most powerful
shields are all products of the followers of the
machine god, based on the fabled and ancient
designs of mans glorious past. With years of
training, the Explorer can learn to enhance these
protections, or use them in their optimum fashion.
The Explorer increases the Armour Points of any
armour he wears by 2 on all locations it would
normally cover as long as he has at least an hour
each day to bless and prepare the armour. This
bonus applies only to armour worn by the Explorer.
Blade Dancer
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 40, Two Weapon
Wielder (Melee)
The character has mastered the difficult
ability to wield a blade or other melee weapon in
either hand, making expert simultaneous attacks as
they weave a deadly pattern of steel. When armed
with two single-handed melee weapons with the
Balanced Quality, the character reduces the
penalties for Two-Weapon Fighting by 10 (so 20
would drop to 10). If taken with the Ambidextrous
Talent, this drops the penalty to +0.
Cold Hearted
Prerequisites: None
Either chemical and surgical treatments or
sheer will has rendered the character immune to
most mundane temptations. Seduction attempts
against him automatically fail and Charm Tests
increase their Difficulty by one level. Taking this
Talent causes one Insanity Point. If the Explorer
possesses the Chem Geld talent, they instead gain
the benefits of the difficulty increase to any skill
with the Interaction descriptor, not just charm.
110
Common Lore Mastery
Prerequisitres: Common Lore (Any) +20 (x3)
The Explorer has experienced much of the
universe and is now able to recall countless facts
about it. The Explorer now treats all Common Lore
skills as though they are at a level of Trained (+20).
Death Dealer
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 45, Ballistic Skill 45
The Explorer can place his hits where they
inflict maximum harm, such as gaps or joints in
armour. When the characters attack in that combat
type inflicts Critical damage, he adds his unmodified
Perception bonus to the damage result.
Deflect Shot
Prerequisites: Agility 50
The characters weapons move with such
speed that they can deflect thrown weapons and
shots fired from primitive weapons. When the
character is armed with a readied melee weapon,
they add their Weapon Skill Bonus to their Armour
Points on all locations (even unarmoured locations)
when calculating Damage from hits from ranged
weapons with the Primitive Special Quality or
Thrown weapons. This bonus armor does not apply
to Blast weapons.
Deny the Witch
Prerequisites: Willpower 35
The Explorer draws on his faith and mental
fortitude to act as his shield against those tainted by
the Warp. The character may use his Willpower
characteristic when making an Evasion Reaction
against ranged or melee attacks against him made
with psychic powers. When successfully evading an
attack with an area of effect, the character does not
move but instead is simply unaffected by the psychic
power.
Eye of Vengeance
Prerequisites: Ballistic Skill 50
The character can focus their intent on where
it is likely to do most damage to their enemy and
then strike them down with a single shot. Before
making a ranged Standard Attack Action, the
character may spend a Fate Point. If he does so, his
attack deals +X Damage and gains +X Pen, where X
equals the number of Degrees of Success scored on
the attack roll.
 New Talents
Forbidden Lore Mastery
Prerequisites: Forbidden Lore (Any) +20 (x3)
The Explorer's knowlege of things
mysterious and arcane is respected by their peers
and they have made cross-discipline connections
concerning them. The Eldar now treats all
Forbidden Lore skills as though they are Trained
(+20).
Hammer Blow
Prerequisites: Crushing Blow
The character strikes a single blow with such
focus and force that it breaks armour and pulps flesh
as it strikes. When the character uses an All Out
Attack manoeuvre to make a single melee attack,
they may add half their Strength Bonus to the
weapons Armour Penetration. The attack also
counts as having the Concussive Special Quality to
represent the shocking force of the blows impact.
Interaction Mastery
Prerequisites: Any Interaction Skill +20 (x3)
The Explorer's social acumen is legendary,
and their ability to move others with their words has
gathered attention across the galaxy.l The Explorer
gains a +10 bonus on all Interaction Skill Tests.
Investigation Mastery
Prerequisites: Any Investigation Skill +20 (x3)
The Explorer has become meticulous in their
investigation and can uncover even the most minute
details of things once they set their mind to it. The
Explorer gains a +10 bonus to all Investigation skill
checks.
Killing Strike
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 50
Certain Explorers are amongst the deadliest
warriors in the galaxy, and they have learned how
best to place their blows for maximum effect. When
taking the All-Out Attack action, an Explorer may
spend a Fate Point (before rolling the dice) to make
his melee attacks for that round impossible to parry
or dodge.
111
Mastery
Prerequisites: Any Skill +20
The character has become a consummate
master of a single Skill and can perform feats with it
that would baffle lesser men. The character may
spend a Fate Point to automatically pass a Skill Test
with his chosen Skill (which must be at +20),
provided the final modifier to his Skill Test is 0 or
better. In addition to simply passing the Test, the
character will pass it by a number of Degrees of
Success equal to it's associated Characteristic Bonus.
This Talent may be taken more than once, each time
for a different Skill.
Meditative Frenzy
Prerequisites: Frenzy, Battle Rage, Willpower 45
So practiced is the character in the art of fury
and destruction that is has become a natural state for
them. The character no longer suffers a -20 to
Ballistic Skills and Willpower Tests. So focused is
their fury that they are able to act more freely under
it's influence, and as such are no longer required to
move closer to their target or utilize the All-Out
Attack action.
Miraculous Survival
Prerequisites: n/a
The Explorer is not merely protected by their
faith in the Emperor, it is clear to all that He has
plans for them and they will not die until He ordains
it. When the Explorer burns a Fate Point to avoid
death, they stands up (or climbs their way out of the
rubble, etc.) at the beginning of their next action
completely unharmed in any way. They have full
wounds, no fatigue and are cured of any critical
effects that they had sustained, even if the damage
was incurred before the event that would have
caused their death.
Movement Mastery
Prerequisites: Movement Skill (Any) +20 (x3)
The Explorer has impeccable control over
their body, and is able to move in ways that many in
the galaxy only dream of. The Explorr gains a +10
bonus to all Movement skills.
 New Talents
Never Die
Prerequisites: Toughness 50, Willpower 50
The characters will or devotion to the
Emperor can sustain him when his mortal body fails
him. The character can spend one Fate Point to
ignore the effects of injury, Fatigue, and Stunning
for a single combat. This Talent does not prevent the
Damage, but allows the character to temporarily
ignore its effects for the duration of the combat.
Death still affects him normally.
Peerless Marksmanship
Prerequisites: Deadeye Shot, Marksman,
Sharpshooter, Ballistic Skill 40, Perception 40
The character has perfected the art of leading
and adjusting for atmospheric conditions so
frequently that it has become second nature. So
great is the character's skill with firearms that they
may now utilize the Called Shot special action as a
half action.
Preturnatural Speed
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 40, Agility 50
The character is a swift moving bringer of
death, a living, bloody scythe before whom foes die
like corn before the reaper. The character may use
Swift Attack and Lighting Attack as a Half Action
rather than a Full Action. In addition, the character
may use the Swift Attack and Lightning Attack
Talents during a Charge.
Psychic Discipline Mastery (Eldar)
Prerequisite: Eldar, Eldar Psychic Discipline
So powerful and in-tune with the
immaterium has the Eldar grown that they have
learned to truly master the psychic disciplines of
their people. This talent allows the Eldar to select
an additional Eldar Psychic Discipline (normally
not allowed) and take powers from it with the Eldar
Psychic Power talent as normal.
Scholastic Lore Mastery
Prerequisites: Scholastic Lore (Any) +20 (x3)
The Explorer has spent an incredible amount
of time studying the various scholastic pursuits of
the galaxy. The Explorer now treats all Scholastic
Lore skills as though they are Trained (+20).
112
Sidearm
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 40, Ballistic Skill 40,
Two Weapon Wielder (Ballistic, Melee)
Many Rogue Traders among the stars of the
Koronus Expanse favour fighting with both blade
and pistol. When armed with a pistol in one hand
and melee weapon in the other (both of which the
character could normally use single-handed), the
character reduces the penalty for Two-Weapon
Fighting by 10 (so 20 would drop to 10). If taken
with the Ambidextrous Talent, this drops the penalty
to 0.
Speed Reading
Prerequisites: Literacy, Total Recall
Through years of practice the character has
developed the ability read text at an astonishing rate.
The character may make a Challenging (+0) Literacy
Test to read text at the rate of 20 pages per minute,
plus an additional 5 pages per minute per degree of
success. The character automatically passes any
Total Recall Tests required of him to recall the
information within the book.
Stalwart Defense
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 50, Fearless
The Explorer stands immovable and
indomitable, as if he were made of rock and iron
against which foes break like water against a cliff.
The Explorer may spend a Fate Point as a Full
Action to adopt a Stalwart Defense. While adopting
this condition, the Explorer may not move and may
not Dodge. He may make a Parry reaction against all
successful strikes against him, and all Damage he
suffers is reduced by 2. Furthermore, the
characters enemies gain no benefits for
outnumbering the Explorer in close combat. These
effects last until the Explorer chooses to end his
Stalwart Defense or until he is rendered incapable of
fighting.
Storm of Iron
Prerequisites: Ballistic Skill 45
When facing massed enemies on the
battlefield, the character lays down a storm of
firepower that even the most foolhardy cannot push
through. When the character deals Damage to a
target with a semi-auto burst or a full-auto burst, the
character may allocate hisextra hits to any other
target within five metres, instead of the usual
two metres.
 New Talents
Street Fighting
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 30
The character is adept in close and dirty
fighting, favouring small weapons or even his bare
hands to take down his foes. When armed with a
knife (powered, chain or otherwise), similar small
weapon, or simply armed with his bare hands, he
adds half his Weapon Skill Bonus to any Critical
Damage he inflicts.
Target Selection
Prerequisites: Ballistic Skill 50
The characters dread gaze marks out his
chosen victim and not even the riotous confusion of
close combat interferes. The character may shoot
into melee with no penalty. If he aims beforehand,
he can avoid any chance of hitting friendly targets.
The Path Perfected
Prerequisties: Embracing the Path
The Outcast has truly embraced their path,
and their mastery shows in their actions whenever
they attempt any skill pertaining to it. Outcasts with
this Talent are able to use this with ALL paths they
have access to (through Traversing the Paths). The
Outcast may now use the re-roll abilty granted by
their select Path of Ages Past twice per session. The
Embracing the Path talent may now also be used
Twice per session.
Thunder Charge
Prerequisites: Strength 50
The Explorer charges into combat using his
armoured body as an additional weapon. Driven by
his armour and the Explorers enhanced muscle, the
impact of such a charge is like being struck by a
thunderbolt. When the Explorer makes a Charge
Action, first make an unarmed attack against every
opponent he is charging. This represents slamming
into the enemy with the characters armoured bulk.
This attack automatically also has the potential to
knock the opponent down in the same way as if the
Explorer had used the Knock Down Action. Once
this attack has been resolved, the Explorer may
make his normal Charge Attack as normal.
113
Touched by Infinity (X)
Prerequisites: Eldar
Eldar who spend their days alongside the
Infinity Circuits of their ships begin to
subconciously develop connections to the wisdom
and skills of thoe inside. The Eldar gains a number
of Fate Points that can be spent per normal Fate
Point rules, but not burnt.
Unpowered Weapon Mastery
Prerequisites: Melee Weapon Training (Universal)
The Explorer has learned the art of deflecting
power weapons on the field of battle in such a
fashion as to preserve non powered ones meeting
them by swatting them aside and catching hilt and
haft instead of the power field directly. Explorers
with this talent ignore the chance that power
weapons have to destroy non-powered weapons
when parrying or being parried.
Warp Lock
Prerequisites: Willpower 50, Psy Rating, Strong
Minded
The character has learned to swiftly cut
himself off from the Warp to protect himself from
harm. Once per game session, the character may
ignore a Psychic Phenomenon result he has rolled
(including a result that would indicate rolling on the
Perils of the Warp Table) completely negating its
effects. Such rapid dislocation from the Warp,
through, is stressful and traumatic to the characters
mind and they will suffer 1d5 Energy Damage to the
Head location (not reduced by Armour or
Toughness) as a result, and may not make any Focus
Power Tests or sustain other Psychic Powers until
the beginning of his next Turn.
Weapon Tech
Prerequisites: Tech-Use +10, Intelligence 40
The character has developed an extensive
understanding of advanced technological weapons
and their functions, opening them up and learning
what makes them tick, hum, or click. Once per
combat, the character can enhance his weapon,
increasing its firepower and deadliness. For one
Round per combat encounter, a weapon personally
wielded by the character from the Las, Melta,
Plasma, Power, or Exotic category increases its
Damage and Penetration by an amount equal to his
Intelligence Bonus.
 New Talents

Webway Navigation Mastery Whirlwind of Death

Prerequisites: Forbidden Lore (Webway) +20,
Navigate (Webway) +20
The Eldar has perfected their understanding
of the navigation of the Webway and how best to
enter and exit it's confines. Whenever they attempt
any of the steps presented in the Navigating the
Webway section, they add +20 to the difficulty of
the roll. This does not apply if they attempt to use
traditional Warp travel but does apply in the event
of entering a breached webway.
Prerequisites: Weapon Skill 40
When facing massed opponents in combat,
the character becomes a whirlwind of death, moving,
hacking, gutting, and beheading with ceaseless fury.
When attacking more than one foe in close combat,
the character may make one melee attack for each
foe he is facing, up to a maximum equal to his
Weapon Skill Bonus. Each additional attack beyond
the first counts as a Free Action, but cannot be
combined with any other Talents or abilities which
would grant extra attacks or hits (i.e. Lightning
Attack, Furious Charge, etc.). The character may
choose in which order he attacks his opponents.

114
 A Note from the Author
And so this is the complete version of the Eldar Character guide as of 6-22-17 (in US date notation).
This project was a blast to work on, and I'd like to thank Fantasy Flight Games for their continuing work the
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay system, providing an incredible amount of lore and examples to go on, and
wish them good luck and success in their production of quality books for their lines.
I'd also like to extend a huge thanks to all the fans who created artwork that has been used in this
Character Guide. I did not think to save sources to include credits, so if your artwork is here or if you happen
to be an enterprising sort who decided to find the image sources, just let me know and I will create a 'Credits'
page with a link to the source with name of the artist and piece title.
An additional huge thanks goes out to the team that created LibreOffice, the freeware software on
which this guide was created. Couldn't have done it without your excellent programs!
Special thanks to all those on the Rogue Trader Forums at FFG for helping find balance issues,
confusing rulings, and editing issues, in particular aleandro01 and Utherix. It's been a huge help!
Hopefully this guide is a fairly well balanced addition to the current lineup of Rogue Trader Xenos
races, and if nothing else a helpful lore guide to the Eldar that live in the Koronus Expanse. Thanks for
showing interest in the work, and if there's any typos or suggestions that people may have for the guide in
terms of Alternate Ranks, additional weapons, or balance concerns, feel free to email me at
LodgeBlackman99@gmail.com, or visit http://www.lodgeblackmangames.jigsy.com.

115