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Indeed, the singular power Archons hold over the members of their Kabal make the title incredibly appealing to subordinates, and assassination attempts are not only common, but frequent. The average Archon suffers dozens of assassination attempts before finally succumbing, and some have maintained their position even after well over three hundred attempts on their life.{{cite this}}
Despite the elaborate network of allegiances within the Dark City, the Overlords of the Kabals run rings around those who seek to beatthem at their deadly game. The endless ambition of their underlingskeeps their paranoia razor-sharp, and hence it is at the business oftreachery that the Archons truly excel. These strategies have been known to play out for millennia. Some of the [[Lords of Twilight]], who governfrom the highest spires of [[Commorragh]], even claim to have seizedtheir thrones in the times before the [[Fall of the Eldar]]. These elder Archons look down upon their younger kid, and do not sufferfools gladly. Notoriously prideful, a single syllable out of place may rouse an Archon’s deadly wrath, and in matters of Kabal hierarchy, Archons will seeksolutions that work to the detriment of all other parties purely outof spite. However , revelling in such dark depths has exacted its price. Kept alive for millennia through the torment of others, it now takes a true atrocity to invigorate them. . Thousands of slaves are sacrificed before the oldest Archons each night, and still this might not be enough to grant them a youthful sheen. Hence, elder Archons sometimes cover their black-veined visages with masks. Some are stylized and beautiful, some fashioned from the flayed faces ofrivals{{Fn|11}}.
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==Notable Archons==
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*[[Aestra Khromys]] — Archon of the [[Kabal of the Obsidian Rose]].{{Fn|5}}
*[[Aez'ashya]] — Archon of the [[Kabal of the Blades of Desire]].{{Fn|12b}}{{Fn|13b}}
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==Sources==
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*1: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: {{Cite This}}
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 62
**{{Endn|1e}}: pg. 20
**{{Endn|1f}}: pg. 53
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Path of the Renegade (Novel)]] :
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter 1, pg. 23
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter 3
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement]] (E-Book): ''"Iyanden's Rise and Fall"''
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Archon-2014 Games-Workshop Dark Eldar Archon] ''(last accessed 18 March 2015)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Path of the Archon (Novel)]] by [[Andy Chambers]], {{Cite this}}, pg. 18*6: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 43
**{{Endn|6b}}: ''Kabals of Commorragh''
*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/12/8/enslave-the-masses/ FFG] ''Teaser to the "Boundless Hate" - Warpack to the Warhammer 40'000 Conquest Card Game''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Planetstrike]], pg. 45
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Last Hunt (Novel)]] by [[Robbie MacNiven]], Chapter 4
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Drukhari (9th Edition)]], pg. 36
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Drukhari (8th Edition)]], pg. 50
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Path of the Incubus (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|12a}}: Prologue
**{{Endn|12b}}: Chapter 1
**{{Endn|12c}}: Chapter 3
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Path of the Archon (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|13a}}: Chapter 1
**{{Endn|13b}}: Chapters 1-2, 22
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