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[[Image:Exodite.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Space Marine]] of the [[Salamanders]] battles an Exodite [[Megadon]] rider.{{Fn|1}}]]
The '''Exodites''' are the [[Eldar]] who abandoned their homeworlds in the [[Eldar Empire]] before the [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]], colonizing other planets in order to escape the growing decadence of their civilization.{{Fn|10}}
==History==
As the [[Eldar civilization Empire]] neared its Fall, many groups among the Eldar denounced their decadent societies, abandoning their homeworlds in a series of migrations called the ''Exodus''. These ''Exodites'' travelled far away from their collapsing civilization, settling many, often harsh, worlds.{{Fn|10}}
The degeneration of Eldar society leading to the Fall did not go wholly without resistance. Some, the more far-sighted, began to openly criticise the laxity of their fellow citizens, and to warn against the effect of Chaos cults. These people were mostly ignored or else treated as narrow-minded fools and fanatics. Soon the general collapse of society convinced even the most resolute amongst them that the only end to the steady decline would be in a terrible collapse. Some decided to leave the Eldar worlds, and settle new planets far from Eldar civilization. They were the ones still untainted by the touch of [[Chaos]], and by now they were few. These Eldar are known as the Exodites.{{Fn|10}}
