Eldar Quotes

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This article collects all quotes made by, or about, the Aeldari, excluding the Harlequins, Corsairs and Drukhari. The quotes themselves are organised in Alphabetical order using the speaker's name.

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Reflections of a Clouded Eye	Keep me from death. Keep me from the chill of the void. Keep my soul from She Who Thirsts. —Contested translation of the 73rd stanza of Reflections of a Clouded Eye, an epic poem of Aeldari origin	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg.235

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ahzek Ahriman, Arch-Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons	For the ancient aeldari, life was a cycle of birth, the fulfilment of desire, and a comfortable death, safe in the knowledge the soul would live again. The birth of their nemesis, the dark god Slaanesh, shattered that cycle forever. Now these once-great starfarers cower in the shadows, too afraid of their own lusts to embrace the Full spectrum of sensation. It is a fate they justly deserve. In truth, there can be no escape from the doom they have brought upon themselves – not this side of the grave. Fate is a cruel mistress, and not to be courted lightly.	The Gathering Storm Companion, pg. 36
Alaril Adderi, Chieftain of the Vorp-adders Wild Host	Hear me, my kinsfolk! We have sworn the knife-pledge, we have eaten the fruit of the kybald, we have painted our faces red with the blood of the slain. There is naught left to do now but ride. Ride, my kin, to glory, to victory or to an honourable death. Spare only their leader - for he is mine.	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 78
Alek Lir, Excavator Engine Driver	Honestly! Being spooked by a few unknown xenos skulking around near the dig site! That hill is hundreds of metres away, and at that range, a few infantry can hardly pose a threat to - - Final words before being killed by a Shadow Spectre	Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary, pg. 51
Arenal, Farseer	Every moment of anger, hate, deceit, pain, suffering, pleasure, and desire is mirrored in the power of Chaos. When its legions march, they march to return upon us a ruin that is of our own making.	FFG Teaser for "The Final Gambit", supplement for Conquest Card Game (last accessed 8 May 2016)
Iyanna Arienal, Spiritseer, the Angel of Iyanden	The universe is tripartite: the sunlight of the material plane, the darkness of the spirit plane, and the twilight of the spaces betwixt the two.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 46 Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 42
	Not even the dead have seen the end of war.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 32
	It is a simple truth. Only the dead can save the living.	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 19
Taldar Asuleth	To wander the stars without destination is to fall to the deepest agonies. The light of each moment is too fleeting, too fragile a thing to discern purpose from.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 363 - Ranger
Asurmen, Phoenix Lord of the Dire Avengers, founder of the Path of the Warrior	To strike! That is fulfilment distilled into a single perfect moment. Be the first to strike. – Teachings	White Dwarf 323 (UK), pg. 87
Avatar of Khaine	Behold, the fiery destroyer of worlds.	Dawn of War
	I walk again, a god among mere mortals.	Dawn of War
	Meshruuk avasha solkara Khaine!	Hammer and Bolter (Animated Series), ep. 6 - "In the Garden of Ghosts"
Avenelle, Farseer	I have seen the future, and it is death.	FFG Card Doom from the game Warhammer 40'000 - Conquest (last accessed 8 May 2016)
Avichor, Swooping Hawk Exarch	We, who have conquered the heavens above, do not fear the vermin below.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 29

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Baharroth	May the winds of fate guide my sword.	FFG Card Baharroth from the game Warhammer 40'000 - Conquest (last accessed 16 December 2015)
Spiritseer Baluithe of Craftworld Kaelor	A warrior may become skilled with a blade as he wishes, but he is still subject to the fickle whim of his destiny, and his doom. We who walk the Path of the Seer take destiny into our own hands, and wield doom as our blade.	Rogue Trader: The Navis Primer, pg. 120
Barbarius, Confessor	Vile, unnatural witchcraft pervades all elements of the Eldar - their minds, their culture and technology.	Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 47
The Lament of Ba've Matha	The Skies will weep with the ash of your kind's passing, and none but the dust shall remember.	Imperial Armour: Apocalypse (2013), pg. 101
Beac-dair, Ranger of Alaitoc and liaison to Imperial forces.	Make no mistake mon-keigh, we do not fight for you, or for your corpse-Emperor. We are allied here today because destiny has seen fit to bind our fates together. We do not relish that our futures are intertwined, but if you would live to see another day, then you will do as I say. Order your soldiers to cease firing their primitive artillery upon the ridge line, for it is there the Asuryani warhost will arrive. My kin will drive the tainted ones back towards your lines, where you would do well to be prepared. And please, above all else, stand down wind from me.	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition)
Mirehn Bielann Farseer	The stars themselves once lived and died at our command, yet you still dare to oppose our will.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 10
Brin, Colonel	Some call the Eldar decadent. If that is true, the Imperial Army could do with that kind of decadence. -Last words, executed Heretic 436.M38	Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 12
Amon Broinach, Guardsman survivor of the Sten Hill Massacre	Doc said I’d never hear again — but I still hear that screaming in my nightmares. -regarding the Howling Banshees	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 27

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Caerys, Farseer of Ulthwé	We have made battle in this place before. We have fought and won. Fought because we knew that we must. We won, and brought upon ourselves glory that will not fade as long as Ulthwé thrives. Now we are called to battle again. Must we perform a duty which we have already accomplished? If we fight and fail, are our former victories tarnished? - on arriving in Essir Il-Tanil	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
	We are like echoes in a cave, or waves upon the water: performing our part every time we are called. We who have glimpsed into the flow of time see that it is exactly such vast confluence, paths crossed and re-crossed. All are swept along. And we Eldar, masters of hindsight, insight, and foresight are bound that much more tightly to our duty than the ignorant, the belligerent, the blind. When one truly understands fate as it is, myriad branching paths, then one can truly see that duty is cleaving to a particular fate, and glory is the accomplishment of duty’s ends. When we are true to the nature of the Eldar, we cannot fail.	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
	They shall come, expecting the obvious, the simple, the artless. They shall stab at the shadows with confused minds and troubled hearts. Meanwhile, we shall appear unseen from ten directions, and from every one strike a fatal blow.	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Caslith the Fireheart, Dire Avenger	Too long have the Children of the Stars wept bitter tears. Today, we unleash our vengeance!	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 25
Odinell Ciaradh, Howling Banshee of Biel-Tan Craftworld	It has been our way for millennia to sacrifice our present so that we may have a future. My Banshee sisters and I know that our every battle may be our last. We face that truth without fear, for through our efforts may more of our people live and see brighter times for the Aeldari. One day the star will once more bow to our race, and that outcome will be achieved one battle, one kill at a time.	Kill Team: Salvation, pg. 55
Inquisitor Czevak	Compared to them we are but children. Sadly, it is the way of things that children never learn from the errors of previous generations, and are ever doomed to repeat them.	Deathwatch Core Rulebook, pg. 314
	The mind of the Farseer is utterly inhuman in its depth and complexity. Without mercy or moral feeling, his consciousness stands upon the edge of spiritual destruction. That he does not fall must be a result of constraints and balances that only an Eldar could understand. To a mere Human it is yet another reminder that we are but children in comparison to that ancient and powerful race.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 7
	The first thing one must learn about the Eldar is that they are a race of fragments, broken and scattered across the galaxy. In culture, geography and technology, the disparate elements of the Eldar race vary wildly. Even within a single sub-race (the so-called kindreds of the Craftworld Eldar, Exodites, 'Dark' Eldar and the mysterious Harlequins) there is great diversity of tradition and attitude - Teachings of the Unholy	Eldar & Dark Eldar Collectors' Guide, pg. 3 Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 42
	A craftworld is sentient being, with a hundred thousand minds. - the Living Worlds	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 13
	Ask not the Eldar a question, for they will give you three answers, all of which are true and terrifying to know.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 53
	Against the Great Enemy the Eldar have no hope of victory. They hang on to existence, yet their grip upon the universe is slipping, their hold becomes more precarious with every passing year.	Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg.33
	Though I have seen within the Black Library and spoken to its most terrible guardian, I can never reveal what happened there; not to any man nor even the Emperor himself for I am so forsworn to powers beyond your knowledge. I can only say that a time of inconceivable horror is about to begin. A time when mankind with all the might of the Imperium cannot endure when the strength of the Eldar fails. Even now, our doom stalks us across the stars. - at the Conclave of Har from The Har Transcriptorum	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 70
	Listen not for the approach of the Eldar, nor look to the skies for their coming. Their craft are silent as midnight, swift as dawn, and bring naught but death to the enemies of that forlorn race. - Admonitions and Portents	Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook, pg. 71
	After the great cataclysm known as the Fall, the Eldar craftworlds were scattered across the galaxy. The Eldar path was begun as a means of controlling the raging emotions and desire for perfection that is the lure all Eldar must resist. The Path of the Warrior was founded on many craftworlds, and grew into the Aspects that survive to this day. These original Aspect templates were created by the mighty Eldar fighters, the original Exarchs of the Bloody-handed God. The Eldar believe that these ancient figures survive to this day, continuing their fight for the Eldar cause whenever and wherever they appear. Many Eldar also believe that these Pheonix Lords, or Asurya as they are known to the Eldar, are no longer truly alive, that their armour is animated by the spirits of Exarchs who have been absorbed into the consciousness of the Phoenix Lord. If this is true, then the PHeonix Lords would indeed by mighty warriors, with many thousands of years experience. -Extracts from Inquisitor Czevak's Ancient Wanderers - the Phoenix Lords of the Eldar examined	Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 41
	Warp Spider; Fire Dragon; Dire Avenger. These are no mere titles. They are identities, and represent the entire lives of those who hold them. When a warrior dons their mask, this identity consumes them, and they become a blade of their war god. Their minds race through fighting techniques they have mastered over a thousand-thousand repetitions. They become more than killers. They become death.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 33
	It is from Khaine that the Eldar have learned the greatest secrets of war and bloodshed. It is from him that they draw their strength in battle, giving them the courage and determination to fight. When the Eldar enter battle they divorce their minds from surrounding events, allowing the spirit of Khaine to infuse them. In this way they can perform horrific acts of violence, whilst keeping their mind pure.	Imperial Armour Aeronautica, pg. 47

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Dalhesh, Howling Banshee	Ours are the screams that pierced the mind of Khaine. You shall hear our coming – for we shall announce it – and upon hearing our cry you shall know that your death approaches.	Blood of the Phoenix, pg. 18
Ven'reshac Dhalamemnos, Autarch of Yme-Loc	Speak not to me of the Ynnari. They are a blight upon our society, and they bring with them only strife. Where did they come from? Are they not some Drukhari ploy, sent to sow division and tear us apart from within? Even if there is truth in their claims of union, they would have us die to achieve it. What good is victory in extinction, but for the cause of spite alone?	Blood of the Phoenix, pg. 5
Dismali, Dark Reaper	They think they are safe. They think they are beyond the cold grasp of death. I am a servant of death, and they have underestimated my reach.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 24
Aulirel Doomhand, Striking Scorpion Exarch	Attack swiftly, and without warning. This is the mantra of the Striking Scorpions – it is the way of all our kind.	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 96
Lord-Phoenix Dreamspinner, Ghost-Warrior of Iyanden Craftworld	No barrier, no enemy will thwart my purpose. This night I bring him the dream of death!	Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pg. 73
Hrythar Dreamweave, Wild Rider	The wind whipping across your face as your blades whip across the throats of the foe. It makes the blood sing.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 17

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Egarathiel the Grey, from A Legacy Most Bitter	We were blessed in so many ways by our creators, fashioned with so much care. Naught were we incapable of creating or achieving. Our ancestors' triumphs likely exceed what we can even imagine. What wonders did they bring about, that are now lost to time? What glourious heights did they reach? What more could they have done? That, none of us will ever know, for their accomplishments and victories were only exceeded by their pride and short-sightedness.	Codex: Eldar (9th Edition), pg. 8
Grand Master Roger Evars	You ask me what my Order needs? I will tell you. Give me the Pulse Lasers of the Eldar to mount on my Warlords. - attributed to him shortly before being replaced as head of the Nova Guard order of the Divisio Millitaris	White Dwarf 110 (UK), pg. 64

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Gek Facekrakka, Ork Nob	Oh, they’s ded shooty all right, hard to catch as well, an’ there’s barely enough on them little bones for anyfin’ like a good crumpin. Go for the weird lads wiv funny masks and strange, thin choppas if you’re afta a propa fight.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 76
Fuegan	You are the hand that must cast the spear of flames. Control the Dragon, channel it's power, and in all things maintain absolute focus. Only the concentrated beam can penetrate, and only that which is tempered will not break. Finally, be not afraid. In the end, everything burns. - The Scripture of Exarchs	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 47
	Control the Dragon, channel it's power, and in all things maintain absolute focus.	Warhammer 40,000: Character Encyclopedia, pg. 167

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Gründwald, Ordo Xenos	Perfidious Eldar! These aliens had the stars in their grasp and now are left to sift the dust of their once fabulous realm. For all their intellect and mysticism they could not contain the beast within them, nor tame the wild monsters of the Shadow. Why should we pay them any heed?	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 24 Codex: Eldar (9th Edition), pg. 11

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Jaden Hoyt, Void Master of the Winterscale’s Lament	Pitiless aliens all. Don’t be fooled by their graceful movements or soft voices; they might look a bit like us but they are every bit as dangerous as an Ork and will kill you just as quick should it suit their purposes.	Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary, pg. 60
Abriel Hume, Imperial Commander	Trust not in their appearance, for the Eldar are as alien to good, honest men as the vile Tyranids and savage Orks. There is no understanding them for there is nothing to understand - they are a random force in the universe.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 37

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Idranvel, of the Shrouded Blade, of Biel-Tan	In the ancient past, while your species still languished in primordial slime, the gods created my people. The gods favoured us. They saw our works, our spirit. They foresaw our rise, and in their wisdom gave us the means to bring forth life. Countless worlds owe their existence to the labour of countless aeldari generations. Dominion Genesis was our tool, god-given, and we used it to make a garden of the galaxy.	Dominion Genesis (Novel), The Fane, Chapter Two
Yemshon Il'foire	Eldrad Ulthran: Here we stand, ready to usher in a new age for Ulthwé and the Aeldari race. Yemshon Il'foire: Aeldari? That name has no place this side of the Fall. - During the Seer Council of Ulthwé's gathering to discuss the Kysaduras' Prophecy	Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, pg. 46
Illithrys Goldenmane, Everguard of Alaitoc	The howling scream of a Hemlock's passage...once heard, it can never truly be forgotten. Every night it echoes in my mind like a trapped soul; I know I will carry it to my grave. It was the sound of pure anguish, of the dead torn from their rest to terrify the living.	Codex: Eldar (6th Edition), pg. 52
Autarch Intrisiel, of Biel-Tan	Our race has not had the luxury of debating moral philosophy in millennia. When it did, our ancestors laughed at the thought. Now I dismiss it also, as we attempt to survive their folly. - After the unleashing of a hundred Hemlock Wraithfighters at the Battle of a Million Terrors	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 43
Iradriel, The Mourning Sun Farseer of Alaitoc	Some futures are unavoidable. Anything less, I shall bend to my will.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 28
Iraelun, Farseer of Alaitoc	The portents are good, the Warp flows strong and pure here. Our sorcery will undo the foul slaves of the dark powers.	Strategy Cards for Planetary Empires expansion game, "Psychic Relay - Minor Stratagem", (saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 5 October 2015)
Lord-Phoenix Ironstorm, Spirit-Warrior of the Biel-Tan Craftworld	My only remaining pleasure is to bring death to the enemies of my Craft World.	Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pg. 72
Ishtá Indomi, Autarch of Ul-Khari	It is not enough to command the deployment of my own forces. My strategies will instruct the movement of my enemy, or I am not worthy of my title.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 33

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Karandras	Attack Swiftly and Without Warning.	Warhammer 40,000: Character Encyclopedia, pg. 170
Kaulios, Guardian of Alaitoc at the Assembly of Guided Daggers	From Sha’iel itself are her powers conjured; and into Sha’iel itself would I follow her without complaint.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 31
Farseer Kelmon	Gather the dead for war, let them join our ranks, lest we are forced to join theirs.	Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement, pg. 16
Kelseth the Exodite	The great wheel turns, the cycle of suffering and revelation continues. The past shows us what the future shall be: bitter ashes and broken dreams. We try to mask our nature, we try to control it, hide from it. But in the end our fates are inexorable.	The Exodite (Animation), ep. 3 - Ashes.
Kysaduras the Anchorite, Introspections Upon Perfection	The young do not desire the discipline of the Path, but rather their curiosity drives them to try every fruit from the tree. Thus it is that so many take the Path of Wandering or the Path of Damnation in their first years of adulthood, and so the great tragedy of our kind is played out again and again as the number of our people shrink from generation to generation.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 38
	When war calls we all ought to answer. Would that it were not this way, but for our people to survive we must tread the darkest of paths. Yet I regret that many of our kin have grown to see such obligations not as a duty, but a joy. I do note love the blade for its form or its keen edge, but only for that which it defends. Must we pay for existence with our very souls?	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 6

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Laconfir of Biel-Tan	There is no art more beautiful and diverse as the art of death.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 41 Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 3
Lathriel, High Farseer of Biel-Tan	The Reborn are the only hope to our people. They seek to unite the Aeldari entire – to bring together not only the craftworlds, but every scattered shard of our race, be they outcast, Exodite, or soul-hungry Drukhari. With the Whispering God's net gathering us together away from the sight of evil, we shall be reforged. We shall be a people that look forwards in hope, not backwards in despair. Follow them, cast aside your waystone and the crippling fear it represents, and we shall soar on the winds of fate once more.	Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, pg. 62
Liurth, Farseer Lugganath Craftworld	What disasters have they averted? How many Aeldari lives have they saved? How many foes of ours have they doomed to oblivian? Across all the craftworlds we cannot be sure. I know this, however, without a shadow of a doubt. Were it not for the Blades of Khaine, the Asuryani would be no more. The warriors that I have commanded alone have prevented multiple incursions into th webway that would have severed vital ties to Exodite Worlds and Harlequin troupes. I can only imagine what others have done for our people.	Kill Team: Salvation, pg. 41
Llevrien, Aeldari Farseer	They have as much faith in their ignominious weaponry as they do in the shortsighted seer they call Emperor. But they outnumber us ten to one; underestimate them and they will bury you beneath the weight of their own corpses.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 60
Autarch Lorinth of Biel-Tan	Strike them all down. Our task will be complete only when every last one of the creatures has been slain, their filthy presence upon this planet washed clean only by their blood. Their crude factories and very footsteps have contaminated this maiden world. They have sullied that which was never theirs, but ours by right. Cast their shallow souls into the black void that awaits them. Do not waver in your duty to the Swordwind. Do not pity the mon-keigh, for their end will be quick, and their war will be over. Save your pity, save it for ourselves. Yes, my kinfolk, pity only ourselves. Despite all that has come to pass here, our war has only just begun.	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 38
Warlock Lorith of Alaitoc	Eradicate them all, we can no longer tolerate their filthy presence here.	Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 2

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Lord-Phoenix Madallaith, Biel-tan	Make no mistake, Human. We do not fight for your Emperor. We fight against Horus.	White Dwarf 110 (UK), pg. 65
Maelariothian, Starstorm Duellist	The sooner we leave, the better. The air in this thing the Mon-keigh call a “ship” is vile. The stench already sullies my fine coat.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 53
Phoenix Lord Maugan Ra	Let not the fear of death stay your hand nor defeat your courage. The warrior who will prevail is the one who conquers death, who becomes one with death as we have.	Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 3
	War is my master; Death my mistress.	Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 59
Mauryon of Biel-tan	There’s only one true path in life – the path that leads to war.	Epic Swordwind, pg. 61
Maurauth	Never apologise for asking questions, young seers. Through asking questions we find answers, and through those answers we gain greater knowledge of ourselves and the universe around us. Our race stopped asking questions once before and our complacency all but destroyed us. That must never happen again. - Marauth's response to the young Warlock Karhaedron's apology for asking Marauth, whom he refers to as Morfessa, a question.	Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 33
Meliniel, Autarch of Biel-Tan	These Ynnari are a curse upon our fractured race, a mockery of our aeldari forebears. How can we return to those days, unite behind the false glamour of a lost supremacy, when the follies of that age were so profound they scarred the universe? We have forged a path that leads away from damnation, tried and true. Those that would lead us back at the behest of a fanatic, a mute and a daemon are so deluded they should be sent to embrace the macabre shadow-god they serve.	The Gathering Storm Companion, pg. 48
Meyennan, Ul-Khari Guardian Defender	Worry not of the portents — if they come to us, they have chosen death.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 361
Autarch Shamai Miennan	To strike at will, swiftly and surely, and stride beneath the sky – that is freedom.	White Dwarf 324 (UK), pg. 91
Anthrillien Morningchild, Autarch of Yme-Loc	Only when you have soared through the morning skies on wings of flame can you understand the Hawk. Only when you have fallen screaming upon those who know they are already dead can you understand the Banshee. Only when you have annihilated those who would oppose you can you truly understand the power of the Dragon. And only one who has travelled but ultimately turned away from each of these paths can understand the Autarch.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 29 Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 39
Obelius Mung the Fourth, Echoes of Paravax	The Aeldari are a complex and fractured people, more so than even the Mung xenolexicors can comprehend. That said, there are distinct and divergent cultures that have spun outwards from the great cataclysm of the Aeldari. The most far-sighted sought refuge before the Fall, becoming those we call Exodites. As the birth of the Dark Prince came ever closer, the ark-like craftworlds took to the void; many survived the apotheosis that laid the Aeldari low. Others roam the stars as Corsairs, wanderers and Outcasts, or make their lair in dark Commorragh. Amongst them are the savage slavers known as Drukhari, the enigmatic Harlequins of the Black Library, and the Ynnari, who seek to reclaim the glory of ages past.	Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 113
Ralamine Mung, Ordo Xenos	It is too easy for an Eldar to embrace the obscene virtues of Chaos, for Slaanesh is nothing more than a manifestation of the Eldar mind in its most wild and unconstrained form. Human morality is meaningless to the Eldar, and to the dark side of the Eldar mind all live is to be expended at a whim. Cruelty and generosity are but the impulse of a moment. Beauty and sensuality are virtues that can be expressed in bloodshed just as easily as in song. To an unfettered Eldar mind there is neither sanity nor madness, but merely a wave of perfect existence fulfilled by its own savage momentum.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 59

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Nomandes	When the Eldar make their attack, the enemy will already be half-defeated, having spent days or even weeks chasing the shadows of the Rangers.	White Dwarf 320 (UK), pg. 90 - Index Xenos: Eldar Rangers
Nuadhu 'Fireheart'	Come brothers, follow me, we hunt across the skies! Come, chosen of Khaine, and see how our prey, the gangly humans flee! There is no place for them to hide under the pale face of Lileath the moon, nor under the sun, the face of Asuryan. Feel the rush of the wind against your skin and hear her keening cry in your ears. Listen to her call well, for are we not the Wild Riders, the children of the storm? Enjoy the hunt brothers, let sword swing and blood spill. Feel the beat of your heart in your chest and know that you yet live. Fear not the death brothers, for she is old and slow, and will never catch the Windrider host. It is our enemies who are afraid, for each kiss of our weapons brings the sweet oblivion that they crave by opposing us. Follow me, brothers, battle awaits!	Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 41

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Oelanaris, Spiritseer of Saim-Hann	The stars are aligned and the crimson moon rises. The hour of blood and clashing blades has come. Ride now, Wild Host. Ride forth to glory and to vengeance!'	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 89

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Paean of Ul-Khari	Better a million Humans should perish than a single Aeldari be harmed.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 108
Qelaine Palemoon, jetbike pilot	We are unchained, we go where we wish, and where we desire. The stars are ours, and like them, we will persist. We will not become a memory.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 52
Lieutenant Pharaik on Eldar Rangers	We used to think of them as wandering vagrants. Well, those vagrants held up my whole platoon for five days.	Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 11

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Exarch Quaillindral	The time for using the knife to remove this cancer is long gone. Bring forth the torch.	The Defence of Iyanden (site accessed 2007.06.02)
Qelanaris, Spiritseer of Saim-Hann	The stars are aligned and the crimson moon rises. The hour of blood and clashing blades has come. Ride now, Wild Host. Ride forth to glory and to vengeance!	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 89
Querosq the Lambent, Fire Dragon	Let them gather the wreckage of their precious tank. It would please me to destroy it a second time.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 26
Eoheran Quilherna, Last Child of Dilherran	What she showed me was indescribable. Just as well, as I'd sooner die than be forced to describe it. -concerning a Shadowseer	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 49

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Autarch Relethere of Alaitoc	They seek to give rise to the god of death, these Ynnari, and in doing so become the masters of all mortality. Are the lessons of the aeons so easily cast aside?	White Dwarf May 2019, pg. 34
Reqhiel of the Sons of Fuegan	We bring only death, and leave only carrion. It is a message even a Human can understand.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 16

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Maur Saim-Ingrelli, Striking Scorpians Exarch of the Onyx Claw Shrine, Biel-Tan Craftworld	We Aeldari have fallen far. Those not of our race who have heard our story might even pity us, if they don't hold us in contempt for our own folly. I spit on their scorn. Our time is far from over. We have been masters of war since our enemies' forebearers were but amoebae drifting aimlessly in barren seas. The galaxy once shook in awe upon the mention of our name, and it shall do so again.	Kill Team: Salvation, pg. 27
Giladrea Serenti, Dire Avengers Exarch of the Shimmering Blade Shrine, Saim-Hann Craftworld	Slight are the numbers of the Asuryani. So swindled is our race that many of my kin are drawn to tears should they dwell on that sad fact for a fraction too long. But we have learned the lessons taught by being so few. Each of my warriors is equal to a dozen Mon-keigh or more. With the thrust of a sword at the right moment I can dictate whether a system will still live in a millennium's time. With a burst of my pistol's shuriken I can preserve a world for generations more.	Kill Team: Salvation, pg. 29
Ylocu Shaie, Visionary of Alaitoc	This is the hour of our demise. The Time of nightmares come to life, and fiends gorging themselves on lost souls. It is the hour in which we will be most sorely tested. More than even at the time of the Fall, when our race was trapped in a spiral of obsession so deep we found the vilest blackness within, and in doing so, triggered the apotheosis of a dark diety. The unslakeable goddess. The doom of the Aeldari. She Who Thirsts. Yet that was not the nadir of our empire, not truly. Only now, as the Ruinous Powers stand on the edge of vistory, do we see the truth. The events that tore the heart from our empire were a mortal blow, and one from which we have never recovered. Yet only now, as the skies burn and the Dathedian bleeds madness across the stars, do we stare into the abyss of total oblivian. In our blindness, we do not see the threat. There are those amongst us who say through death can be found salvation. They claim to want nothing more than to unite the scattered Aeldari race, bringing the Children of Asuryan, Cegorach, and even the Living Muse into close accord under the same black banner. Their philosophy is so volatile, its manifestation so terrifying, that they have brought as much strife as they have harmony. Though their words are inspiring and full of dark hope, the truth at their core is a single diamond on a swathe of black silk. They believe that through annihilation can be found rebirth. One question abides – what if they are right?	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 1
Farseer Torc Silvereye	It is our duty to rekindle the fires of hope in our people, not to quarrel with one another about who breathes life into the flame.	Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement, pg. 22
Skaelow the Crafter, Guardian Starcannon operator	I once gave my heart to creation; the beauty of days before. Now my art is the flash of a starcannon, my music the fury of war.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 22
Skalagrim Phar the Twice-Damned	Never trust the knife-ears. They are lies made flesh. Worse than Neverborn.	Clonelord (Novel), Chapter 4
Skariel the Huntress, Striking Scorpion	Patience is a virtue duly rewarded; now is the time of blood. Slaughter them all, in Khaine’s name!	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 28
Ieldan Soect, My Time Amongst the Eldar, or How I Visited Iyanden Craftworld and Lived, Chapter IX — The Living Craft, Excerpt	Having spent so much time amongst the Eldar, I can say that I am thankful for this; the Eldar as a race can be cruel, callous and unfeeling but, speaking as one who has spent much of his time travelling the Galaxy (all be it unwillingly), I can say without reservation that the Eldar craftworlds are one of the most beautiful and wondrous creations I have ever seen. Their loss would be a calamity not just for the Eldar but for all civilised creatures.	Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 24
Eldorath Starbane	The gaze of Alaitoc sees all, there will be no escape for you.	Warhammer 40,000: Conquest, FFG Card Eldorath Starbane (last accessed 16 December 2015)
	I have seen the infinite possibilities of the future, their twisting paths and hidden truths.	Warhammer 40,000: Conquest, FFG Card Foresight
Elarique Swiftblade, Autarch of Alaitoc	There is no corner of the galaxy that has not felt the eagle-keen gaze of Alaitoc.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 19

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Farseer Lanriel Taranlys, Craftworld Ul-Khari — private records	Every Asuryani knows Isha as the mother of the Aeldari and the goddess of fertility, harvest, and healing. When Khaine set out to murder the Aeldari, Isha and her husband Kurnous stood against him. When Asuryan cast us out to separate us from the gods, Isha defied him. She gifted her tears so we could commune with her despite our exile. Punished severely for her defiance, she suffered gladly in defence of her beloved children. We remember her sacrifices with reverence, whispering her name as we cradle her tears, the all-important Spirit Stones that shelter us from She Who Thirsts. Many say Isha was killed alongside the rest of the gods, but I am not convinced. I have delved into the dark corners of our history and dredged legends from oceans of time. I cannot deny what I know in my heart. The Myth Cycles are clear that she has never abandoned us. I believe Isha still lives, though I fear her fate may be worse than death. Isha has suffered on behalf of the Aeldari before. If she survives, perhaps there is still hope for us. Perhaps our staunchest defender may yet play a role in our salvation. I pray that she knows my heart if she still lives. Your children weep, Isha, but we know that you weep alongside us.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 144
	The Imperium is doomed. As doomed as the old Aeldari empire. So it has been for many lifetimes, but the Humans won’t allow their corpse of a culture to pass. They have lost their history and lack the wit to see their future. Their civilisation crumbles and decays, and the corruptive touch of Chaos festers ceaselessly in the darkened cracks. We do not fail to see the parallels between the fate of the Imperium and our own. We can only watch in horror as the Mon-keigh, with their cruelty, barbarism, and dogma, fall blindly into the same mistakes that have left the remnants of our own empire sundered across the galaxy.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 67
	The ancient and indefatigable enemy. While the rest of the galaxy crumbles, Chaos flourishes. It is a perversion of everything that has ever been and ever should be, allowed to run rampant in every unchecked emotion. In an age of perils, Chaos is the greatest and most pressing danger. One aspect of Chaos, She Who Thirsts, owes their existence to our former empire — the lasting shameful legacy of the Aeldari. Our decadence birthed a god and simultaneously doomed our souls, and the Aeldari may be shackled to this fate for eternity.
	Orks are everything Aeldari are not, our very antithesis. Short-lived, multitudinous, ferocious, and utterly ruled by their primal whims. The gods play a cruel joke in that Orks never suffer for their lack of foresight or their caprice. Indeed, Orks never suffer at all: they revel in pain and danger and charge joyfully towards doom, be it theirs or their enemy’s. They’re perfectly engineered for the galaxy as it is; a brutish horde rampaging across the cruel, war-torn worlds of a dire age.
	The T’au have a high opinion of themselves; one that we do not share. For such a young race they take unwarranted pride in their rapid advances. While we know from our own bitter experience that hubris leads inevitably to catastrophic mistakes, the T’au have yet to truly endure the cruel nature of the galaxy. The T’au’s greatest failures are ahead of them. Should they learn humility, wisdom, and regret, then the we may be willing to extend our sympathies.
	The doomed Necrontyr traded their souls and essence for survival. The oldest and most powerful among the Necrons remember some of what came to pass in long-forgotten millennia. The depth and breadth of their knowledge is every bit as dangerous as their soulless warriors. We find no solace in the fact that the Necrons collapsed under the weight of tragedy, for more of these grim parodies of life still lie buried across the galaxy. Should they ever rise in unison, we are all doomed.
	Tyranids are an abominable horror from beyond the galaxy. Unfathomable and terrifying in equal measure, their hive fleets leave nothing but a lifeless shadow in their wake as they sweep across planets and systems. The destruction they bring casts a monstrous shadow in the warp that cripples the mind and sickens the senses. They exist for no purpose other than to devour life and must be curtailed and contained at every opportunity; unchecked, they’ll smother the galaxy under their teeming advance. That cannot come to pass.
Farseer Taldeer, Craftworld Ulthwé	I hear the song of the celestial heavens, and the music is cacophonous. It is strange but I find comfort in its dissonance. Righting the discord of the universal opus is what’s given my people purpose when, by all rights we as a race should have collapsed in upon ourselves. It is in such moments when species find their greatness or settle back into the muck that spawned them... For myself I have purpose if only to correct one particular stray note in a symphony ran amok. Win or lose, this battle is already my victory, my triumph. It is now fate which decides whether I am there to celebrate that fact or not.	Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Autarch Talyesin Fharenal, Craftworld Saim-Hann	There is still time to change the course of history.	FFG Announcing "The Final Gambit" - War Pack of the Conquest game - (last accessed 4 December 2015)
Theuria of Ulthwé	The Rhana Dandra. The end of our race. How long have we said it is inevitable? Every prophecy points to its culmination. Yet can it not be postponed? And is our fatalistic acceptance of our destruction the very thing that will bring it about?	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 85
Loremaster Thielle of Alaitoc	There is a story of a mere handful of Eldar warriors so inspiring and poignant that it has already entered the realm of legend. On the ice field of Atticus, a million-strong swarm of Tyrannies poured down from the ice plains towards the chasms that held the last of the open web way portals. The Rangers of Alaitoc alerted the forces stationed below of their approach, but the perimeter forces left to protect the Farceurs had become so thin that there was no real hope. A few score Dire Avenger Aspect Warriors took up position in the narrowest part of the chasm leading toward the web way gate. As the ice turned dark with the sheer number of vile, scuttling beasts coming for them, the Dire avengers began to Kill. They unleashed storm after storm of sliver-thin blades, and the bodies of the alien killer-beasts piled high. Though they fell, one by one, the Dire Avengers slaughtered thousands of beasts in the space of an hour. The chitinous bodies of the alien organisms became a mountain that the Dire Avengers scaled step by step, raining a curtain of fire down upon those that tried to clamber up the bodies of their fallen kin. The foe was still without number, and here and there an alien talon would bypass the defenses of the Exarch and take another Eldar life. But, as the final Dire Avenger bled their last, the Tyrannies broke into disarray, scattering to the four winds. The only alien taint to reach the chanting Farseeers was the river of stinking, black blood that flowed down the chasm. This day, in the halls of the Craftworlds, the heroes of the Black River are passing into legend. They represent the sacrifice made by all the fallen on Medusa V, and their hard-won prize; the sanctity of our realm	White Dwarf 323 (UK), pg. 82
Thirianna, of Craftworld Alaitoc	Where do you put that rage you feel when someone angers you? What do you do with the hatred that burns inside when you think upon all that we have lost? You have not learnt to control these feelings, merely ignore them. Becoming one with Khaine, assuming one of His Aspects is not about confronting an enemy, it is about confronting ourselves. We should all do it at some time in our lives. - Thirianna speaking to Korlandril about his disinterest in the ways of blood-shed and war.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 23
Triesce, Ranger of Craftworld Ul-Khari	The home I dreamed of returning to is a broken, frozen ruin. What good fortune, then, that I have a century’s experience exploring broken, frozen ruins.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 23
Ghost Captain Tyniss of the Crow Spirits	The humans think they conquered the stars and brought order and civilisation to the chaos of the void, when all they have is what we left for them; the bitter scraps of the most powerful empire this galaxy has even known.	Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary, pg. 43

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Farseer Ulthos of Alaitoc	... and the Engines of Vaul will smite them, and bring fire upon them, and in agony they will depart this realm, their souls screaming into the black void that awaits their pitiful race. And with their banishment there will be peace in this place, and we will be one step further along the road we must tread... - before the cleansing of Krayak's Moon	Imperial Armour II - Ork, Eldar and Dark Eldar Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000, pg. 15
Eldrad Ulthran, Farseer of Ulthwé	What do Humans know of our pain? We have sung songs of lament since before your ancestors crawled on their bellies from the sea.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 4 Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 8
	He who sees his own doom can better avoid its path. He who sees the doom of others can deliver it.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 18
	I yearn to take my place within the Dome, but there is so much yet to do.	White Dwarf 325 (UK), pg. 97
	All the stars in the sky cannot blot out the hateful glare of the red moon's eye. The birthing place of the Great Enemy pulses with all the malice of a daemon that is dreaming, casting its shadow over all we have ever done and all we ever shall. - (on the Ocularis Terribus - the Eye of Terror)	Iron Hands (Novel), (prior to) Prologue
	When there is no other way, the perilous path is the only road to salvation.	Iron Hands (Novel), pg. 243
	Since the time of The Fall, our race has been haunted by what we, in our reckless pursuit of hedonistic indulgence, gave birth to. Though our dreams once overturned worlds and quenched suns, we are now but fitful shadows clinging to the edge of existence. All the stars in the sky cannot blot out the hateful glare of the Red Moon's Eye. The birthing place of The Great Enemy pulses with all the malice of a daemon that is dreaming, casting its shadow over all we have ever done and all we ever shall. Every twisted strand of Fate and casting of the Runes leads me to this time, to this place, and it is clear that the final battle awaits me at the ancient Crone Worlds. A conflict the likes of which has not been seen since the Mon-keigh warred amongst themselves, and their corpse of a seer fell to his traitorous son, is coming and all my steps lead towards it, no matter that I walk other paths. I see the stars stained red with the blood of the Mon-Keigh and, though their wars do not concern me and I would gladly let them destroy one another, I know that to avoid this fight is to condemn my race to inevitable doom. And though all I see is darkness, I know that I will not flinch from my destiny.	Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition), pg. 2
	It is a sad truth that in order to secure life we must become servants of death. Such are the depths that our race has been pushed to. But through this we are to become like the phoenix, arising anew out of the ashes of our former selves.	Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook, pg. 161
	The Aeldari psyche is a powerful weapon. It can slay a distant foe with a pulse of thought. Like any other, it must be used with skill. Since the coming of the Dathedian its edges grow sharper than ever before, its grip more perilous to grasp. The slightest misstep can see its wielder and even the reality in which they stand, laid open and bloody.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 80
	You make a grave error. We work here to fight a Dark God that casts shadows upon both our cultures. Your war is not with us, Artemis of Posul. I call parley. Let us combine our efforts against a mutual foe. - Eldrad telepathically speaking to Artemis of the Deathwatch at the onset of the Battle of Port Demesnus	Warhammer 40,000: Death Masque, pg. 12
	You wish to be free of the influence of my kind. You see the armour as a gaoler holding you hostage to our whims. Know this – the fates of Humanity and Aeldari are bound together. Either both species will survive, or neither will. Your Emperor understands this. There are greater enemies than the Primordial Annihilator. In the times to come, you will see. The struggle is only beginning. The old war returns. Remember this conversation, and reconsider carefully, on the day realisation comes, whether you wish to stand alone. - Eldrad speaking with the reborn Roboute Guilliman	The Armour of Fate (Short Story)
	I have made mistakes. This I must — and do— acknowledge. My efforts have been thwarted by foes. In eagerness and passion I did not see the terrible danger. I pay for my failures with exile, but I do not apologise for my motives. All that I have done has been for the survival of our species. As the galaxy grows ever more perilous, we must become more willing to act decisively. I know that I am. - Eldrad while exiled from Ulthwé	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 19

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Zaire Obasi Varonius, Rogue Trader	Nah, they never drop that pompous air of smug superiority. And they won’t sell those gorgeous stones for anything — almost as if their life depends on them. But spend a decade or five convincing them you’re honest, and show them a stunning Death World vista, then you’ve got a lethal companion that’ll follow you to the edges of unknown space.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 76
Historicus Ostalan Varus	The Path of the Warlock wends along the past, present and future alike. His mind is free of the constraints of time, and his destiny and promise are morged into a single state of being.	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 66
Captain Winderson Vorsingrass, of the Lunar-class Cruiser Benevolent Fury, 51st Gothic Fleet, Journal Extract	There is little that gives a commander of the Navy such a feeling of dread as the sight of a vessel of the accursed aeldari. Fear, yes – we should not baulk at admitting our fear, for we are not the Emperor’s Angels, and weakening nerves can be steadied by catechisms of faith. The twisted ships of the traitor fleets, the brutal monstrosities of the orks, and other, stranger things can all inspire fear. However, they call only for a simple response – battle. The aeldari are the great unknown of the void. At times they will strike without warning, murder-swift and with merciless precision, until some unknowable aim has been achieved, at which point they will withdraw. At others, their vessels will slide by without acknowledgement, ignoring us as we might ignore braying livestock caged for transport in port. Sometimes they will appear as saviours and drive away our enemies, though only the witless and faithless would think that they perform such actions for our benefit. And yet when the mood takes them, they engage in the cruellest of sport, harrying and disabling our ships before boarding to make red ruin of the crew, and taking many more for some foul purpose or amusement in whatever hell they call home. This is why I feel the cold fingers of dread when I see those wasp-waisted vessels flickering in and out of view against the stars, for how can I make the best strategic decision when this enemy is so unknowable? A traitor or an ork or the creatures of a hive fleet are always an enemy, whereas today, aeldari interests may align with ours. At the least, to engage them without thought is to invite retribution, and perhaps find our fleets crushed between them and some other threat against whom, on another day and without a second enemy, we might have prevailed. Against whom, on another day, they might even have aided us. And yet, my duty is to safeguard the Imperium against all threats, and these arrogant xenos most certainly count as one. If I do not strike first, I might surrender the advantage to them if war is their intent. If I do not strike at all, and they leave us be in turn, might yet those same ships not darken the skies of an Imperial world tomorrow, or next week, or next year? They are a conundrum, and a scourge, and most vexatious. Those scholars I have met who claim some knowledge of the aeldari declare that they are but the remnants of an ancient empire, and even now are fading from the stars regardless of our actions. I can only pray to the Emperor that they fade faster.	Voidscarred (Novel), pg. 2
The Visarch	The tapestry of fate has been wrenched, torn, and unravelled, just as when Dariachna tore at her woven masterwork in a fit of madness. The question remains – in such times of upheaval and unpredictability, can new strands of hope be found?	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 7
	In Ynnead is our final hope. Of this I am certain. For countless years did I fight for the resurgence of our race as a scion of Biel-Tan, and never in all my years was progress made. Yet with the God of the Dead, we can halt out extinction.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 52
Farseer Vyndere	All other xenos are crude and barbarous, but none to the degree of the Orks. I fought them four millennia ago, and if anything, their intelligence has diminished further since then. We will easily outmaneuver their charge, then strike the killing blow.' —Final battle briefing given by Farseer Vyndere	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 76

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Sergeant Prtyr Welricht, Ventan XXI Heavy Infantry, Recording of Last Words	They were on us so damned fast we never had a... [sound of subject choking] Colonel Rincards said we'd be fine. But they got him too! [Medicae personnel administer pain suppressors. Subject on verge of death. Eyes dialate, breathing slows.] Terrible they were, so fast [subject chokes] so graceful. Killed everyone, tanks all wrecked by their guns. Tried to hold the line. We tried to hold the line...but they came with their shrieking faces and their swords, killing and shrieking and killing...[subject expires]	White Dwarf 302 (UK), pg. 65 - Index Xenos: Swordwind
Maegrah Worldsinger	We squandered our best chance to rise by hiding so long in the dark. No more, my kin. No more.	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 13

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Marie Von Xardt, Ordo Xenos Inquisitor	Masters of Warp-witchery, arcane technologists, and deadly — if frail — combatants. Truly we can learn much from these sordid creatures. I’ve no doubt their corpses will be just as revelatory as any conversation.' — In regard to Aeldari	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 76

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Ynntellien, Ul-Khari Ranger	That ludicrous mon-keigh offered eight hundred cubits of salted grox meat in exchange for five of our Spirit Stones... truly their audacity knows no bounds. How could they have known we were so short of sustenance? — In regards to a Rogue Trader's offer.	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 66
Prince Yriel, Corsair Prince of the Eldritch Raiders, High Admiral and Autarch of Iyanden	The dead must join our ranks, lest we be forced to join theirs.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 20
	We may have won the battle, but our ancestors have lost their souls.	Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement, pg. 19
	Death eases the spirit.	Warhammer Siege, pg. 100
	With Ynnead’s grace, we gave the humans their demigod. A king reborn, with a deathly blade, just as the Anchorite’s prophecy foresaw. Will it will buy us enough time to defeat our true foe? That is a truth that even Morai Heg herself could not forsee. - Prince Yriel of Iyanden, after the resurrection of Roboute Guilliman	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 18 Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 88
Yrlla Starchild, Ul-Khari Bonesinger	I can say with neither pride nor falsehood that this is the finest blade I have ever created. Beautiful as Isha, unyielding as Asuryan, keen as Khaine’s murderous intent. What tragic irony, that something so fine must be stained with Mon-keigh blood. That it must be wielded in battle at all is a crime for which they must pay.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 77
Yrule, Born of Twilight, Warp Spider	I have trespassed in the realm of daemons and seen the things within. You cannot fathom the price we pay to deliver death to our foes.	Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers, pg. 30
Tishriel Ysbwrieli, Dark Reapers Exarch of the Shrine of the Twilight Moon	Our rune symbolises the scythe that harvests the living. We invert the triangular warrior rune, ensuring that what is associated with us is morbidity, merciless intent and unconventional talent.Our baleful gaze haunts the battlefield from afar, and death blooms whereever our scrutiny falls — no matter the apparent strength, speed or endurance of our victims.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 37
Yvraine, Emissary of Ynnead	We once risked our sanity to rule the stars, and paid the price. Now we risk our lives, our homes, even our souls. But the phoenix will rise from the flames, of this I am certain. What sacrifice cannot be borne in the name of redemption?	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 64 Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 53
	The Dark Gods rise. We must rise higher, the better to cast them down.	White Dwarf May 2019, pg. 27
	The Whispering God gives new life, just as he takes it away.	White Dwarf May 2019, pg. 24 Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel- Tan, pg. 85
	We Aeldari are being tested, as the blade Asha'qui was tested beneath Vaul's anvil. Will we break? I think not. From this time of psychic trauma, we will emerge stronger than ever before - In regard to the events of the Psychic Awakening	Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising, pg. 51

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Jain Zar, Phoenix Lord of the Howling Banshees	I bring only death and leave only corpses.	FFG Teaser for "Against the Great Enemy", supplement for Conquest Card Game (last accessed 25 May 2016)
	The doom that devoured our people... She Who Thirsts will never be sated, no matter how many other souls you feed her.	The Art of Warhammer Video Games, pg. 129, Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge
	This one speaks with many voices. She is our salvation. Listen well. - Jain Zar in support of Yvraine's plan to awaken Ynnead on Biel-Tan	Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, pg. 37

Anonymous/Unattributed

Speaker	Quote	Source
Naval saying	You may as well try to catch starlight as bring Eldar to battle.	[Help]
Swooping Hawk blessing	May your wings be strong and the winds of fate blow ever in your direction.	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 57
Message received prior to the Assyri Devastation	We warned you of the price of your actions, now you must pay it in full - in blood.	Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 32
Message from Biel-tan to remnants of Explorator Fleet over Gavris Minor	The soil of this planet is not for your feet to tread. Only death awaits you here.	White Dwarf 302 (UK), pg. 64
Death Chant recited in preparation for a Soul-Graft	Though my body dies, I will remain. Evermore. My spirit stays on in this flesh of metal. Evermore.	Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pg. 73
Battle-chant to Khaine the Bloody-Handed God	Blood Runs. Anger Rises. Death Awakes. War Calls!	Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition), pg. 69
Eldar Ranger, prisoner of the Inquisition, tortured and subsequently executed	Eldrad is the greatest among us. He is the sun which eclipses the light of our stars. He is Ulthwé and the fate of our kind rests in his hands. His eyes are the keenest, no detail goes unnoticed. Four thousand runes can he cast, guiding our path through torment and war, death and salvation. He is the pathfinder, the seeker, the true guide. Even your race has trembled before his might, though you may not have known it. It was he who guided us to the Ork known as Ghazghkull, and commanded us to steer his path to your world of Armageddon. Ten thousand Eldar lives would have been lost if he had not done so. What sacrifice is a million humans for such a cause? He knows your affairs better than you do yourself. He warned that weakling seer you call Emperor of the treachery of Horus and the strife which would engulf us, just as it engulfed the rest of the galaxy, but your arrogance deafened you to his words. Your stupidity almost destroyed the galaxy, yet you never knew how close the forces of light were to our ultimate defeat. He saw the Great Devourer and warned our kin on Iyanden, even before they had neared our galaxy. To him all futures are laid out, just as your crude implements of torture are laid out on the cold metal of that shelf. You say we are random and capricious, we say you are vulgar and idiotic. Some of you call us your enemies. All races are our enemy in time. Some of you call us your allies. You are not allies, any more than a butcher’s knife is his ally. You are tools, nothing more. To be used and expended to protect our race, that is your fate. Your kind think you are so magnificent, yet even now, at the nadir of our power, we can manipulate you, turn you to our ends, as easily as you might pull a trigger and fire a gun. Our time will come again, Eldrad has promised us. Once more you upstart Mon-keigh [subject spits] shall kneel before our power! This time we will not be so lenient! We will exterminate you, every world, every vessel, every one of you! Eldrad has seen the stars stained red with your blood, and it pleases him! You think us weak, but we will be your doom, children of Earth.	Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 39
Battle-cry	For the tears of the living! And the souls of the dead!	Hammer and Bolter (Animated Series), ep. 6 - "In the Garden of Ghosts"
Battle-cry	Once, the stars lived and died at our command. We were masters of space, time and every other dimension. Our dominance was undisputed. But that all changed. Our ancestors succumbed to the weakness that lies in every one of us still, and in so doing all but doomed our race. Now, as the darkness and fire of the Rhana Dandra draws nigh, we must fight with great ferocity, skill and foresight than ever before. Upon our shoulders our ancestors have placed a great burden indeed, but bear it we must, if we are to survive the tempests. Every Aeldari must answer the call: Asuryani of the craftworlds; Harlequin Players of the Laughing God; the growing death cult of the Ynnari and the raiders and pirates upon the Path of the Outcast. With the gifts of our seers and the intelligence of our Rangers we must look to battles of the future. We must strike with the power of Kurnous' arrows, precisely where and when needed. We must let ourselves embrace the searing fury of Khaine to shatter our foes, as never before, is a part of life, and may indeed even be our only path to survival. Finally, we must laugh at this bitter irony, in the manner of Cegorach, lest we fall deep into despair.	Codex: Eldar (9th Edition), pg. 5
Eldar message to Colonel Brand at the Third Battle of Belafon I	Your understanding is not required mon-keigh, merely your surrender...	Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 2
	Each time I think of our ancestors, what they achieved and how they all let it crash down upon themselves, I weep because I know that, had any of us been in their place, we would have done the same.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 11
	Hone your blade, sharpen your mind. Don your war helm, feel the wrath of Khaine grow within you. It is a time for war, a time for bloodshed, a time for the dance of death.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 11
	Many Aspects are there of Khaine, the Lord of Murder. Ebon Talon, Crystal Dragon, Slicing Orb, Blinding Claw, Shadow Spectre, Coiled Serpent, Golden Raptor. These, and dozens more.	Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 33

See also

• Eldar Lexicon
• Corsair Quotes
• Dark Eldar Quotes
• Harlequin Quotes
• Imperial Navy Quotes