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'''Howling Banshees''' are one of the types of [[Eldar]] [[Aspect Warrior]] who represent a facet of the war god [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]]. These lightly-equipped warriors are fearsome close combat specialists who draw their inspiration from the unearthly creature with which they share a name. What they may lack in brute strength they more than make up for in precision and efficiency, and their piercing warcry has signaled the doom of countless foes.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3a}}

==Overview==

According to [[Eldar mythology]], banshees are the harbingers of woe and death whose cry, it is said, heralds ill fate, calling forth dead spirits from the [[Warp]] and forewarning certain death. A more sinister implication of the banshee's call is that it may even tempt spirits out from their [[Spirit Stone]] and thus lure them into the arms of [[Chaos]]. What is known is that the release of a spirit is accompanied by a shrieking call, one which is felt rather than heard, and that spirits have been known to disperse unexpectedly during the transference between spirit stones.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2}} Legend says that the creation of the Aspect came when the Crone Goddess [[Morai-Heg]] desired the knowledge contained within her divine blood and thus sent her daughters to haunt their father, the war god [[Kaela Mensha Khaine]],{{Fn|Note 1}} as he was the only being capable of harming another god. Seeking to end his torment, he decided to grant Morai-Heg her wish and severed her hand which allowed her to drink the knowledge contained within. In exchange for his help, Khaine was granted the Howling Banshee Aspect and thus it came into being.{{Fn|4}} As such, it is only fitting that the Howling Banshees are perhaps the most feared of all of the Aspect Warriors.{{Fn|2}}

Unique to the Howling Banshees is the fact that they are almost always female, for the banshee of legend is itself a female spirit. Fast and athletic, Howling Banshee training emphasizes swiftness of foot and mobility in hand-to-hand combat. Their [[Aspect Armour]] is coloured bone-white contrasted with a flaming shock of orange hair, while their principle armament of [[Shuriken Pistol]] and [[Power Weapon]] is a devastating combination in close combat. Their most notable weapon though is the [[Banshee Mask]], a powerful [[sonic weapon]] which uses a psychosonic amplifier to turn their battle cry into a howling shriek of psychic rage which attacks their enemies' central nervous system. An entire squad of Howling Banshees activating their masks all at once can cripple an entire enemy unit before a single blow is landed, leaving them paralyzed and helpless before their onslaught.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3a}}

==Notable Appearances==

In 838.[[M41]] in what became known as the [[Pyre of Kiliak's Bane]], [[Imperial]] xenologists began to plunder buried Eldar artifacts on the [[Maiden World]] [[Kiliak]], bringing about a devastating assault from the nearby craftworlds of [[Biel-Tan]] and [[Ulthwé]]. A sighting of the [[Phoenix Lord]] [[Jain Zar]], accompanied by a hundred of her disciples, was confirmed before the entire Imperial force was slaughtered and incinerated, their ashes scattered to the winds.{{Fn|4}}

==Notable Howling Banshees==

*[[Mieqo]] - [[Exarch]]

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==Miniatures==

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Gw-99060104017-0.jpg|Howling Banshee [[Exarch]] (1st Edition)

Hbexarch3rd.jpg|Howling Banshee [[Exarch]] (3rd Edition)

==Notes==

*[[Aspect Warrior]]

*[[Eldar Infantry]]

==Sources==

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Planetstrike]], pg. 55

*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/08/29/breaking-news-sisters-psykers-and-skeletonsgw-homepage-post-4/ Warhammer Community: Breaking News: Sisters, Psykers and Skeletons (Posted 29/8/2019)] (Last Accessed 29 August 2019)

*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/09/09/psychic-awakening-the-first-prophecygw-homepage-post-4/ Psychic Awakening: The First Prophecy… And an Exarch! (Posted 9/9/2019)] (Last Accessed September 14 2019)

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