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[[Image:Exodite.jpg|thumb|right|A '''Exodite''' [[Dragon Knight]] atop their [[Space MarineGiant Reptile#Dragons|Raptor]] of the battles a [[Salamanders]] battles an Exodite [[Giant Reptile#Dragons|DragonSpace Marine]] during the [[Great Crusade]] rider.{{Fn|1}}]]
==Overview==
The '''Exodites''' are the [[Eldar]] who abandoned their homeworlds before the [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]], establishing new cities on [[Maiden Worlds]] of the [[Eldar Empire]] in order to escape the growing decadence of their civilization.{{Fn|10}} Protected from [[Slaanesh]]'s predation by their [[World Spirit]], they purposefully live a physically rigorous life{{Fn|2a}}, expressing the intensity of their [[Aeldari]] nature through a powerful loyalty to their clans and a strong determination to acheive the clan's objectives.{{Fn|20}} They are known for the martial superiority of their [[Dragon Knights]].
==History==
===The Fall===
[[File:Aeldari.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Aeldari sphere showing an exodite'''Exodite'''s, #2, shown among the [[Aeldari]] disaspora.]]
Beginning in [[M30]]{{Fn|7}} as the [[Eldar Empire]] neared its [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]], the degeneration of Eldar society leading to the Fall did not go wholly without resistance. Far-sighted individuals began to criticize the decadence of their citizens and warn against the newly formed cults{{Fn|2b}} and the abandonment of the [[Eldar Gods]]{{Fn|17}}. Mostly ignored or else treated as narrow-minded fools and fanatics by their fellow citizens, as society collapsed they became resolute that this would be a decline without end.{{Fn|2b}} They were the ones still untainted by the touch of [[Chaos]], and by now they were few.{{Fn|10}} They would form a new group of doomsayers and survivalists, deciding to leave the Eldar worlds and settle planets far from Eldar civilization among the ''Lilaethan'', the [[Maiden Worlds]]{{Fn|2b}} seeded at the height of the empire by ''Turella Dandramensha'' [[Dominion Genesis]] ships,{{Fn|19}} abandoning their homeworlds in a series of migrations called the ''Exodus''{{Fn|2b}} and for their exodus they were named '''Exodites'''.{{Fn|19}}
==Society==
[[File:Exodites.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Exodite military ''' forcesgather for war.{{Fn|2a}}]]
Though Exodite societies vary across the galaxy virtually all organize into an aristocratic hierarchy of clannish tribes, much like the [[Asuryani]] of [[Saim-Hann]],{{Fn|3}} with each lead by a warrior elite known as a chief{{Fn|12}} or ''Dragonlord''.{{Fn|8}} Each Exodite tribe on a planet swears loyalty to a local ruling tribe that in turn owes adherence to the planet's king{{Fn|2a}} and his Noble House,{{Fn|20}} who in turn keeps a retinue of [[Warlocks]]{{Fn|8}} to settle disputes between the tribes. Full conflicts between tribes are rare but clashes between rival [[Dragon Knight]]s are common. It is the Noble Houses of the Eldar that maintain the [[Eldar Knights]] and it is through combat award that Eldar Knights become Lords and new Noble Houses.{{Fn|20}} The King is also responsible for guarding the [[World Spirit#Royal Circle|Royal Circle]], the most potent link in the [[World Spirit]]'s network.{{Fn|2a}}
===Eldar Knights===
{{Main|Eldar Knight}}
[[image:WhiteDwarf126 Clans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Eldar Knight Clans, showing their ranks: Squires decorated in gold, combat-proven Knights knights in bronze, and legendary Lords lords in silver.]]
[[Eldar Knights]] are synonymous with the Exodite nobles who pilot them. Great war-machines brought along on the Exodus maintained by the Noble Houses of the newfound planet's king. Eldar Knights are massive, thirty to fourty feet tall, their spirits borrow memories from any of their previous pilots leaving those who operate them speaking in archaic dialects.{{Fn|20}}
===Forces===
Though often looking to their [[Craftworld]] brethren for protection, Exodites are nonetheless capable of defending themselves in a war. Their forces include:{{Fn|2a}}
*[[WorldsingerDragon Knight]]s{{Fn|2c}} on Horse-sized [[Raptor (Dinosaur)|Raptor]]s.{{Fn|51a}}*[[WarlockDragon Knight]]s{{Fn|86}} on Flying [[Giant Reptile#Dragon|Dragons]].{{Fn|6}}*[[FarseerDragon Knight]] Lords{{Fn|2c}} on Tyranossaurus-like [[Carnosaurs]]s.{{Fn|6}}*Infantry , charging on foot or from [[Howdah]]s armed with [[Shuriken Weapon]]s and musical instruments{{Fn|6}} * Scouts, armed with [[Wraithbone]] [[Sniper Rifle]]s fused to the armor of its wielder,{{Fn|6}} [[Splinter Rifles]],{{Fn|12}} or [[Wraithbone]] recurve bows with explosive-tipped arrows.{{Fn|622}}*[[Dragon KnightSeer]] s, including [[DinosaurWarlock]] riders. They often mount riding dragonss{{Fn|2c8}} and flying [[PterosaurFarseer]]s{{Fn|6}}*Larger [[DinosaurWorldsinger]]s{{Fn|5}}* [[Kurnite Hunter]]s{{Fn|28}}* [[Giant Reptile#Dragon|Herd Dragon]]s , including [[Megasaur]]s{{Fn|2a}},[[Megadon]]s{{Fn|714}} , [[BrachiosaurMiradon]]s{{Fn|30}}, and [[CarnosaurLithodons]]{{Fn|14}}, as well as building-sized [[Brachiosaur]]{{Fn|6}} saddled with [[Howdah]]sto carry Infantry{{Fn|14}} or Heavy Weapons. Some {{Fn|1a}} * Upset hordes of these mount stampeding dinosaurs, including [[Prism Cannon|Prism WeaponsStegosaur]]s.{{Fn|61a}}*[[Eldar Knight]]swar machines{{Fn|2b}}
==Notable Exodites==
==Notes==
{{Trivia}}
Eldar Exodites were included in [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]] as a playable unit, but a model was never released. [[Jes Goodwin]] included sketches for the initial designs that could have become these models in his sketchbook [[The Eldar Collection]].{{Fn|23}}
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*{{Endn|28}}: [[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers]], pg. 53
*{{Endn|29}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104401/http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1320010_Swordwind_Part_3_-_Baran_War.pdf The Baran War] ''(saved archive page, dated June 2012)''
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Path of the Warrior (Novel)]], ''Part Three - Exarch''
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