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Moving Warhammer Siege Dreadnoughts to Development History, where other Dreadnoughts live.
==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}}
==Famous Wraithlords==
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===Rogue Trader===
[[File:EldarDreadnoughtColors.png|thumb|250px300px|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|Eldar Dreadnought]]''' in [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]] in May 1988, alongside [[Imperium|Imperial]] and [[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]]. It was controlled either through manual controls and screens inside its bulbous cockpit or through a "mind-impulse link" which would use the [[Eldar]]'s own brain to run mental targeting programs and puppet the Dreadnought as if it were their own body, 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:Demolisher.png|thumb|right|150px|'''Eldar Dreadnought''' with [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] (left){{Fn|13a}}]]*[[Warhammer Siege]], released to coincide with the [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]] to provide scenarios for the use of the new dreadnoughts included two additional patterns:**'''Breach-Stalker''' - A siege pattern equipped with a [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] wrecking ball and an [[Eldar Missile Launcher]]. Its [[Mind Impulse Unit]] also comes with a built-in [[Targeter]].{{Fn|13b}}**'''Night-Howler''' - A siege pattern equipped with a [[Demolisher (Melee Weapon)|Demolisher]] wrecking ball, an [[Lascannon]], a [[Shuriken Catapult]] and a [[power field]] generator.{{Fn|13b}}{{Clear}}
[[File:SpiritWarrior.png|thumb|150px|right|The Spirit-Warrior fights beside two [[Ghost-Warrior]]s{{Fn|10b}}]]
*One month later in June 1988 [[White Dwarf 101 (UK)]] would introduce a new concept: the [[Infinity Circuit]], by which the memory and personality patterns of a dead [[Eldar]] 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|10b}} This new '''Spirit-Warrior''' would retain the psychic mastery of the soul that embodied it running on circuits of Memory, Emotion, Logic, and Perception.{{Fn|10b}} The '''Spirit Warrior''' could be built with the same patterns of the Dreadnought, '''War-Demon''', '''War-Cry''', and '''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===
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara]], pgs. 181- 185
*{{Endn|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