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[[Image:spectreExarchMini.png|thumb|right|'''Shadow Spectre''' [[Exarch]] Miniature from [[Forge World (company)|Forge World]]<sup>2</sup>]]
The '''Shadow Spectres''' are members of a recently-rediscovered [[Eldar]] [[Aspect Warrior|Warrior Aspect]]. This shrine specializes specialises in the deployment of stealthy, highly-mobile firepower.<sup>1</sup>
Shadow Spectres are armed with Prism Rifles, which pack the devastating long-range punch of the [[Prism Cannon]] into a man-portable package. They are garbed to appear as ghosts or wraiths, taking to the battlefield with jetpacks, [[holo-fieldsfield]]s, and bone-white [[Aspect ArmorArmour]] draped in thin, flowing, blue robes. <sup>1</sup>
It has been mentioned that Eldar Seers believed the Shadow Spectre aspect to have been lost.<sup>1</sup> This decline is owed to the loss of the aspect's [[Phoenix Lord]], [[Irillyth]]<sup>3</sup>.
All Aspect Warrior shrines represent an aspect of [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]], the Eldar god of war. Their ghostly countenance, ability to move rapidly and silently, and focus on combat at extreme ranges suggest that the Shadow Spectres they represent the inevitable, infinite reach of death.
==Ghostlight==
When used, the Ghostlight will allow a Spectre squad to combine the beams of their prism rifles into a single, brilliant torrent of energy; the additional power allows the squad to fire a single incredibly long-ranged shot, allowing them to hit distant targets.<sup>1</sup>
The firepower of a shot fired from the Ghostlight is also increased somewhat, but is much weaker than the squad's combined firepower had they fired their weapons independently.<sup>1</sup> Even so, the drastic range increase allows a single Spectre squad to extend reach over the entire battlefield: two or three well-aimed, well-placed Ghostlight shots could severely cripple or outright destroy an opposing force's armored armoured support before the bulk of the battle has even been met.
==Exarch==
An [[Exarch]] is the leader of an Aspect Shrine. He is one that has traveled travelled so far down the [[Eldar Path |Path]] of the Warrior, that he can no longer turn from that path to follow another path. This gives them great skill and dedication.
===Exarch Wargear===
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Eldar/SHADOW-SPECTRES-ASPECT-WARRIOR-SQUAD.htm Shadow Spectres Aspect Warrior Squad] by [[Forge World]] ''(accessed 2010.11.08)''
*<sup>2</sup>: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Eldar/SHADOW-SPECTRES-EXARCH.html Shadow Spectre Exarch] by [[Forge World]] ''(accessed 2010.11.08)''*<sup>3</sup>: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/IRILLYTH-PHOENIX-LORD-OF-THE-SHADOW-SPECTRES_.html Irillyth by [[Forge World]] ]