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[[File:WLArt.png|thumb|right|250px|Wraithlord of [[Iyanden]]]]'''Wraithlords''' (also , known previously as '''Iron KnightsEldar Dreadnoughts''', '''Wraith-Giants''' and '''Eldar Dreadnoughts'''){{Fn|3}} are giant gigantic [[Wraith-constructConstruct]]s made of [[wraithboneWraithbone]] and inhabited by the souls of dead [[Eldar]] heroesthrough [[Soul Stone]]s. {{Fn|3}} Towering far above their still-living brethren, the Wraithlord is a force to be reckoned with. Only the most [[Exarch|capable warriors]] of the [[Craftworld]]s are encased inside them, although the exact reason why is unclear. They can be armed with a myriad of weapons, including [[close combat|melee]], short-ranged, and long-ranged, with the ability to smash most enemies in combat.{{Fn|7}} ==Overview==[[FileImage:WLArtUl-Khari Wraithlord.pngjpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Ul-Khari]] Wraithlordaiding a yet living [[asuryani]] out from under wreckage.{{Fn|16}}]]== Overview==
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.{{Fn|2}} 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 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.{{Fn|1a}} As a result, a [[Spiritseer]] must remain in close proximity to Wraith constructs in order to guide their actions.{{Fn|1b}}
[[File:WraithlordRune.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Wraithlord rune{{Fn|17}}]]Standard Wraithlord equipment include two [[Power fist]]s, with [[flamer]]s or [[Shuriken Cannon]]s attached to the side. In addition, some Wraithlords are equipped with heavy armaments such as [[Scatter Laser]]s, missile launchers, [[Bright Lance]]s , and [[starcannon]]s. Weaponry is often chosen to complement the soul of the spirit controlling the Wraithlord, as their predisposition towards different types of combat follows them beyond death - those who favoured close combat will still attempt to tear their enemies limb from limb or cleave foes with a massive [[Ghostglaive]].{{Fn|7}} ==Variants==*[[Wraithseer]] - Contains the [[Spirit Stone]] of a powerful [[Warlock]], retaining some of its [[Psychic]] abilities and allowing it to serve much the same function – as a Warlock among [[Wraith Construct]]s.{{Fn|12}}*[[Harlequin Dreadnought|Harlequin Wraithlord]] – [[Harlequin]] [[Wraith Construct]]{{Fn|19}}
==Famous Wraithlords==
==Images==
<center><gallery widths=250 200 heights=250200>EldarDread1stEldar Wraithlord White Dwarf 246 (UK) Pg 9.png|An Eldar Wraithlord{{Fn|15}}EldarDreadnought.png|An Eldar Dreadnought{{fn|3}}Dreadnoughtpicpg77.jpg|Eldar Dreadnoughts Dreadnought{{Fn|9}}</gallery></center> ==Miniatures==<center><gallery widths=150 heights=150>EldarWraithlord.jpg|'''Wraithlord''' (1st 4th edition - 1988){{Fn|56}}Wd175pg16.jpg|'''Eldar Dreadnought''' (2nd Edition ){{Fn|14}}File:Warrobotwd101pg2.jpg|'''Spirit- weapons repackage and arms/hands resculptWarrior''', labeled as '''Eldar War Robot''' ([[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]]){{Fn|10a}}EldarWraithlordEldarDread1st.jpg|Wraithlord '''Eldar Dreadnought''' (4th edition[[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]]){{Fn|65}}
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==Trivia==
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{{Golden Demon}}[[Imagefile:Spiritwarriorpicwd101pg 53Dark_Eldar_Wraithlord_Games_Day_2003_Golden_Demon_Gold_Winnter_by_Matt_Cexwish_.jpg|thumb|100px|right|thumb|[[Dark Eldar]] Wraithlord{{fn|18}}]]*A Dark Eldar Wraithlord was a 2003 [[Golden Demon]] Germany winning entry by hobbyist [[Matt Cexwish]]. On his personal art page, he would post his own version of hobbyist lore for it – the result of [[Haemonculus]] experimentation on [[Spirit-WarriorStone]]Spirit-Warriors.{{fn|18}}{{Clear}}===Development History=======Rogue Trader====[[File:EldarDreadnoughtColors.png|thumb|300px|right|'''Eldar Dreadnoughts''' painted in the colours of various [[Eldar Corsair]] warbands, including a pilot (second figure).{{Fn|9}}]]*First appearing as the '''[[Dreadnought#Eldar Dreadnoughts first appeared |Eldar Dreadnought]]''' in [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]], in May 1988, pg.2. They are presented alongside [[Imperium|Imperial]] and [[OrksOrk]] [[Dreadnought]]s, the '''Eldar Dreadnought''' was a tall and elegant machine crafted by its pilot in a giant automated factory within a [[Craftworlds|Craft-Worlds]]. It is mentioned that Eldar craftsmen operate these machines was controlled either through manual controls and screens inside its bulbous cockpit or through a "mind-impulse link", allowing them which would use the [[Eldar]]'s own brain to control run mental targeting programs and puppet the dreadnoughts Dreadnought as if they it were their own bodiesbody, and powered by a [[Crystal Battery]].{{Fn|9}} The Dreadnought was described with three assembly patterns:**'''War-Demon''' Assault Dreadnought - Armed with hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]]s{{Fn|9}}**'''War-Cry''' Assault Dreadnought - Armed with one hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]] and a [[Laser weapon#Eldar|Laser Cannon]]{{Fn|9}}**'''Banshee''' Support Dreadnought - Armed with two hand-mounted [[Flamer]]s and a shoulder-mounted [[Missile Launcher]].{{Fn|9}}{{Clear}}[[File:Dreadnoughts were joined a month later Demolisher.png|thumb|right|150px|'''Eldar Dreadnought''' with [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] (left){{Fn|13a}}]]*[[Warhammer Siege]], released to coincide with the [[White Dwarf 101 100 (UK)]], June 1988, pg 2, by to provide scenarios for the use of the new dreadnoughts included two additional patterns:**'''SpiritBreach-WarriorStalker''', - A siege pattern equipped with a [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] wrecking ball and an [[Eldar Missile Launcher]]. Its [[Mind Impulse Unit]] also known by its commercial name: comes with a built-in [[Targeter]].{{Fn|13b}}**'''Night-Howler'Eldar War Robot''- A siege pattern equipped with a [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] wrecking ball, an [[Lascannon]], a [[Shuriken Catapult]] and a [[power field]] generator. Similar {{Fn|13b}}{{Clear}}[[File:SpiritWarrior.png|thumb|150px|right|The Spirit-Warrior fights beside two [[Ghost-Warrior]]s{{Fn|10b}}]]*One month later in design to Eldar Dreadnoughts, June 1988 [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]] would introduce a new concept: the main difference is that they are controlled by an [[Infinity Circuit]] rather than a pilot, by which the memory and they can use Psychic Power if the transferred Eldar spirit is that personality patterns of a dead [[SeerEldar]]could be transferred into a machine body via a ''Soul-Graft'', as well as a new unit: the '''Spirit Warrior''' similar in every way to the Dreadnought with the notable exception that this Infinity Circuit would replace the living pilot.{{Fn|1010b}};Evolution toward This new '''Spirit-Warrior''' would retain the psychic mastery of the Wraithlord:soul that embodied it running on circuits of Memory, Emotion, Logic, and Perception.{{Fn|10b}} The '''SpiritWarrior''' could be built with the same patterns of the Dreadnought, '''War-WarriorDemon''', ''' miniatureWar-design Cry''', and rules didn't make it in ''Banshee''' with an additional pattern: **'''Vampire''' Spirit-Warrior - Armed with a [[Plasma cannon|Heavy Plasma Gun]] and hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]].{{Fn|10b}}====2nd Edition and Beyond====*[[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]]; howeverin 1994 would formally combine the two concepts, the describing an '''Eldar Dreadnought lore evolved: ''An Eldar Dreadnough contains ' as having been innately imbued with the spirit intellect of the long-dead eldar through a dead Eldar warrior[[Spirit Stone]] – in effect establishing the '''Spirit-Warrior's'''[[Infinity Circuit]] as the common version of the Dreadnought.{{Fn|113}} On the same page, the codex introduced a smaller [[Wraith Construct]] troop known as a [[Wraithguard]].{{Fn|3}}[[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]] in 1999 would introduce a new name for the model, differentiating it from the [[Imperial]] [[Dreadnought]] and its giving it a name was eventually changed with linguistic similarity to Wraithguard: the '''Wraithlord''' in .{{Fn|11}} ==See also==*[[Harlequin Dreadnought]]*[[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)Wraithseer]] (see pg 18).
==Sources==
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**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 28
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pg. 21
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 157
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 236 (UK)]], pg. 84
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] (2012), pg. 275*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Eldar (6th Edition)]] pg, pgs. 50 and & 103
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Valedor (Novel)]], Chapter Two
*{{Endn|9}}: [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]], pg pgs. 67-6879*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]], :**{{Endn|10a}}: pg . 2 **{{Endn|10b}}: pgs. 52-53*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd 3rd Edition)]], pg 77. 15*{{Endn|12}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara]], pgs. 181- 185*13: [[Warhammer Siege]]:**{{Endn|13b}}: pg. 108**{{Endn|13a}}: pg. 120*{{Endn|14}}: [[White Dwarf 146 (UK)]], pg. 2*{{Endn|15}}: [[White Dwarf 246 (UK)]], pg. 9===Uncited===*{{Endn|16}}: [[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers]], pg. 113 - ''A Sundered Kin''*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Eldar Craftworlds (3rd 8th Edition)]], pg. 61*{{Endn|18}}: [[Games Day]] 2003 Germany [[Golden Demon]] (see [[Wraithlord/Sources]] for more details){{GDE}}*{{Endn|19}}: [[The Citadel Journal 44]], pg. 38 - ''Codex Harlequins Update'' {{FE}}{{EldarVehicles}}
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