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{{otheruses|USE=Dark Eldar energy field|OTHERUSE=spacecraft shield|OTHERPAGE=Shadowfield}}
A '''Shadow Field''' is a rare defensive item used only by the most experienced [[Dark Eldar]]. It surrounds any person in a dark miasma of energy. It is incredibly difficult to wound a Dark Eldar utilising a Shadow Field, as the field absorbs almost all of the energy of an attack. However it is not indestructible and can be overloaded with enough damage, leaving the Dark Eldar vulnerable.
The Shadow Field predates the [[Fall of the Eldar]] from the benighted [[Webway]] zone of [[Aelindrach]]. It was here that the nisariel crystals were harvested. Acting as shards of universal fundament; these crystals are incredibly hardy and almost impossible to destroy. Shortly before the fall the cruel Eldar [[Drael Malcorvin]] and his agents known as ''sendrikhlavh'' (or nightblades) utilized these crystals to develop their own shadowfield technology. After the fall this technology crept into [[Commorragh]] and is now used by the Dark Eldar.{{Fn|2}}
==Source==
*[[Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition)]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Munitorum: Shadowfields]]
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[[Category:Equipment (Dark Eldar)]]
