Eldar Titan

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Eldar Phantom and Revenant Class Titans[2c]

Eldar Titans, or Caurifelliann,[3] are mechanical, humanoid-shaped war constructs of the Craftworld Eldar, similar to the Titans of other races. Built with more of an eye towards grace and beauty than functionality, these tall, slim constructs are more agile and faster than the lumbering behemoths of the Imperium.[2b]

Construction

Size comparison between Phantom Titan, Wraithknight, and Wraithlord.[9]

Eldar Titans are grown from Wraithbone by Bonesingers, which being psycho-conductive gives titans a finely tuned musculature akin to that of a living creature. Eldar Titans' bodies are constructed around a Wraithbone core in which sits an Infinity Circuit and an attatched Plasma Reactor, the wraithbone giving the spirits contained within the ability to flow freely through the whole construct giving each Titan a consciousness of its own, which merges with that of its crew to create one sentience.[7]

The Infinity Circuit within an Eldar Titan is many orders smaller than that of a craftworld, but it is created through a similar process known as Soul-Grafting in which a still-living Eldar known as the Lord-Phoenix ritualistically severs their soul from their body in order to place it inside a large piece of carrecenad, imprinting their character and memories into the titan's circuit. Smaller fragments of that stone are then hewn off to be implanted within Steersmen headbands, which enable them to meld psychically to form a single composite mind the spirit within the Titan and move as one.[3] When a Steersman dies, their soul joins with their Titan's infinity circuit, such that every Titan is a walking graveyard and a repository of the generations of fighting experience.[5]

All Eldar Titans are protected by image-distorting datheidi Holo-fields,[5] similar to those of the Harlequins,[3] which are projected from the Titan's fin-like "wings" and which confuse auspices and targeters of all types,[2b] and in the event of the titan's destruction its crew cabin is equipped with a teleport mechanism that brings the Steersmen to safety.[5]

Eldar Titans

Crew

Main article: Steersman
Saim-Hann Phantom Titan Steersman Farendis and his Steersmen.[4]

Eldar Titan crewmembers are known as Steersmen[2b] and are easily identifiable by their distinct metal headbands inset with red Spirit Stones, their bodysuits which allow them to move about the titan, and their heavy jackets and coats which showcase symbols of their Titan Clan.[5] Steersmen link Psychically with their Titan's Infinity Circuit and their fellow Steersmen, forming an intimate bond that allows them to move and act as one as well as imbuing them with some eccentricities, such as finishing each other's sentences in mixed company.[8]

The close-knit nature of Aeldari families so enhances the communication between the Lord-Phoenix of a titan's Infinity Circuit and its Steersman[5] to allow for the tremendous degree of control required when operating these towering constructs that nearly all Eldar Titans are crewed by blood relations.[1] To ensure such bonds continue to exist in the Craftworld, whole families will be entrusted with the maintenance and operation of a set of titans, forming a collective known as a Titan Clan.[5] Siblings will often serve together as Steersmen, fighting parallel with each operating a different machine in the case of smaller titans[2b] or in the same machine as crewmembers aboard a larger titan.[5] Twins and triplets are revered by the Eldar, and often hold positions of power. They are also one of the only means by which living Steersmen to can create the close link required to pilot a Phantom Titan.[1] The most sorrowful, yet most skilful, of these sibling pairings are formed when the soul of their deceased brother or sister is interred within the Infinity Circuit of a new titan, and the still-living siblings will seldom leave the machine preferring instead to remain inside and commune with the departed.[1]

Titan Clans

Main article: Titan Clan
Titan Crewmembers of Fir Lirithion[5]

Titan Clans familial collectives of Eldar Titans and Steersmen who share blood ties, a relationship which allows them to more easily able to share the telepathic required to operate a titan. These families are well respected, for they are entrusted with greatest defence the Craftworlds have.[5] It is because of the clan structure that nearly all Titan Steersmen are considered to have been raised from birth for the role. To remember their deeds these familial pairings are often referred to by a euphemistic name, such as the "Protectors of the Fallen"[2b] for Fir Dinillainn.[5] There are only a few remaining Craftworlds with enough resources to support such a conclave, and as such many are nomadic: wandering through the Webway to find the fields of war, taking an honour-bound toll of replacement materials and pilots from the Craftworlds they aid.[13]

Notable Titan Clans

Dark Eldar Titans

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Main article: Shadow Stalker Titan
Dark Eldar titans.[10]

Dark Eldar capture and necromantically twist Eldar Titans into "undead" versions of themselves, cloaked by Shadow Fields cloaked in Shadow Fields rather than a Holo-Field, and covered in a myriad of razor-sharp blades which tear into the flesh of their enemies. The status of the Steersman inside is unknown, nor is how the Dark Eldar control the Titans as Psykers are forbidden in Commorragh.[10]

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