'''Wraithlords''' (also , known previously as '''Iron KnightsEldar Dreadnoughts''', {{Fn|3}} and mythically as '''Wraith-GiantsIron Knights''' and '''Eldar DreadnoughtsWraith-Giants'''){{Fn|3}} , and 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.

==TriviaSee Also==*[[Harlequin Dreadnought]] ==Development History==

===Rogue Trader===[[File:Spiritwarriorpicwd101pg 53EldarDreadnoughtColors.jpgpng|thumb|100px250px|right|Spirit-Warrior'''Eldar Dreadnoughts''' painted in colorways of the [[Eldar Corsair]]s, including a pilot (second figure).{{fn|9}}]]Spirit-Warrior:First appearing as the '''[[Dreadnought#Eldar_Dreadnoughts|Eldar Dreadnoughts first appeared Dreadnought]]''' in [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]], in May of 1988, pg.2. They are presented alongside [[Imperium|Imperial]] and [[Orks|Ork]] [[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]]. {{Fn|9}} 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 - with hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]]s{{Fn|9}}*'''War-Cry''' Assault Dreadnought - with one hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]] and a [[Laser_weapon#Eldar|Laser Cannon]]{{Fn|9}}*'''Banshee''' Support Dreadnought - with two hand-mounted [[Flamer]]s and a shoulder-mounted [[Missile Launcher]].{{Fn|9}} [[File:Dreadnoughts were joined a SpiritWarrior.png|thumb|200px|right|The Spirit-Warrior fights beside two [[Ghost-Warrior]]s{{Fn|10}}]]One month later in June of 1988 [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]], June 1988, pg 2would introduce a new concept: the [[Infinity Circuit]], by which the memory and personality patterns of a dead [[Eldar]] could transfered into a machine body via a '''SpiritSoul-Warrior'Graft'', also known by its commercial nameas well as a new unit: the '''Spirit Warrior'Eldar War Robot''. Similar simmilar in design every way to Eldar Dreadnoughts, the main difference is Dreadnought with the notable exception that they are controlled by an [[this Infinity Circuit]] rather than a would replace the living pilot, and they can use Psychic Power if .{{Fn|10}} This new '''Spirit-Warrior''' would retain the psychic mastery of the transferred Eldar spirit is soul that embodied it, running on circuits of a [[Seer]]Memory, Emotion, Logic, and Perception.{{Fn|10}};Evolution toward the Wraithlord:The '''Spirit-Warrior''' miniaturecould be built with the same patterns of the Dreadnought, '''War-design Demon''', '''War-Cry''', and rules didn't make it in ''Banshee''' with an additional pattern: * '''Vampire''' Spirit-Warrior - with a [[Plasma cannon|Heavy Plasma Gun]] and hand-mounted [[Shuriken Catapult]].{{Fn|10}} ===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 Dreadnought contains ' which was imbued with the spirit intelect of the long-dead eldar through a dead Eldar warrior''[[Spirit Stone]],{{Fn|113}}, and its name was eventually changed to '''Wraithlord''' as well as introducing the concept of the smaller [[Wraith Construct]]s in the [[Wraithguard]].{{Fn|3}} [[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]] (see pg 18)in 1999 would introduce a new name for the model, differentiating it from the [[Imperial]] and [[Ork]] [[Dreadnought]]s and finally giving it a name befiting it's stature: the '''Wraithlord'''.{{Fn|11}}

*{{Endn|9}}: [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]], pgs. 67-6879

*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd 3rd Edition)]], pg. 7715