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[[Image:Exodite.jpg|thumb|right|'''Exodite''' [[Dragon Knight]] atop their [[Giant Reptile#Dragons|Raptor]] battles a [[Salamanders]] [[Space Marine]] during the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}]]

The '''Exodites''' are the [[Eldar]] who abandoned their homeworlds before the [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]], establishing new cities on [[Maiden Worlds]] of the [[Eldar Empire]] in order to escape the growing decadence of their civilization.{{Fn|10}} Protected from [[Slaanesh]]'s predation by their [[World Spirit]], they purposefully live a physically rigorous life{{Fn|2a}}, expressing the intensity of their [[Aeldari]] nature through a powerful loyalty to their clans and a strong determination to acheive the clan's objectives.{{Fn|20}} They are known for the martial superiority of their [[Dragon Knights]].

==History==

===The Fall===

Beginning in [[M30]]{{Fn|7}} as the [[Eldar Empire]] neared its [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall]], the degeneration of Eldar society leading to the Fall did not go wholly without resistance. Far-sighted individuals began to criticize the decadence of their citizens and warn against the newly formed cults{{Fn|2b}} and the abandonment of the [[Eldar Gods]]{{Fn|17}}. Mostly ignored or else treated as narrow-minded fools and fanatics by their fellow citizens, as society collapsed they became resolute that this would be a decline without end.{{Fn|2b}} They were the ones still untainted by the touch of [[Chaos]], and by now they were few.{{Fn|10}} They would form a new group of doomsayers and survivalists, deciding to leave the Eldar worlds and settle planets far from Eldar civilization among the ''Lilaethan'', the [[Maiden Worlds]]{{Fn|2b}} seeded at the height of the empire by ''Turella Dandramensha'' [[Dominion Genesis]] ships,{{Fn|19}} abandoning their homeworlds in a series of migrations called the ''Exodus''{{Fn|2b}} and for their exodus they were named '''Exodites'''.{{Fn|19}}

The Exodite approach to technology is drastically different from their [[Aeldari]] cousins, viewing the rigor of physical labor as better for their souls than the convenience of technology (e.g. choosing to climb stairs rather than use [[Gravatic Impellers]]{{Fn|19}}), but their mastery of ancient [[Eldar]] technologies has not atrophied. When threatened with war, all prohibitions are set aside{{Fn|25}} and the Exodites empty their armories of ancient weaponry to become a deadly fighting force. Exodites generally prefer to make their tools and clothing from materials native to their [[Maiden World]], as psychoplastics like [[Wraithbone]] are scarce, but Exodites will substitute [[Giant Reptile#Dragon|Dragon]] bone in their [[Bonesinger|Bonesinging]]{{Fn|6}} and will otherwise trade with the [[Craftworlds]] for any materials they cannot create themselves{{Fn|2a}}. Their intentional neglect of technology, and demand for Craftworld materials, has lead to the mistaken beleif among the [[Asuryani]] that the [[Exodite World]]s are backward and rustic.{{Fn|2a}} Like their [[Asuryani]] cousins, Exodites wear spirit stones, although their stones are shattered on altars{{Fn|2a}} and the [[Worldsinger]]{{Fn|15}} joins their spirits with the [[World Spirit]] when they die.

===World Spirit===

*[[Wei-yannil]] of [[Halathel]]{{Fn|16}}

{{Trivia}}

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*[[Dragon Knight]]

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*[[Worldsinger]]

*[[World Spirit]]

==Sources==

**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 8-40

**{{Endn|1b}}: ''Cover''

**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 76

**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 16-17

**{{Endn|2c}}: pg. 30

**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter 12

**{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter 18

*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Carnac Campaign: Nightspear (Short Story)]] pgs. 4-20

*{{Endn|13}}: [[The Path Forsaken (Short Story)]] (Digital)

*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition)]], pg. 28 - Overture of Ages

*{{Endn|18}}: [[Asurmen: The Darker Road]], ''Audio Book''

*{{Endn|24}}: [[The Citadel Journal 8]], pgs. 36-37 - ''Eldar Scout Walkers''

*{{Endn|25}}: [[Rogue Trader: Stars of Inequity]], pg. 42

*{{Endn|27}}: [[Snares and Delusions (Short Story)]], pg. 49

*{{Endn|28}}: [[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers]], pg. 53

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