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==Overview==
Wraithbone is essentially solidified [[warp]] energy that is manipulated by a [[Bonesinger]] into any shape that is required.{{Fn|6}} All Eldar have the innate power to mould wraithbone, but Bonsingers spend several human lifetimes cultivating this the artof using their psychomorphic talents to accelerate the formation of psychotropic crystals found in Wraithbone. {{Fn|9}} Fragments of wraithbone can be used to seed new structures. Often holding the fragment in place via [[telekinesis]] and coaxing the wraithbone fragment to take root and begin to grow, following the desired pattern, at which point it is released from the Eldar's telekinetic hold. Older pieces of wraithbone take more time and coaxing to change their form, growing slowly.{{Fn|8}}
Metal cannot shatter Wraithbone.{{Fn|8}} It is stronger than any known [[plasteel]] and harder to damage than [[adamantium]],{{Fn|1}} with 8-10mm of Wraithbone being equivalent to 30-45mm of [[Imperial]] armour material,{{Fn|5}} and will naturally repair itself, though the process can be sped up by a Bonesinger.{{Fn|1}} Wraithbone itself is a thousand times stronger than steel.{{Fn|4}}
Wraithbone effectively performs all of the tasks a machine would. The organic members of the crew use psychic powers to perform their duties, but it is the Wraithbone itself that actually does it. In the case of Eldar ships, the basic framework is created from Wraithbone and then the internal areas are made, finishing with the actual internal components. Even the mighty [[Craftworld]]s are made of Wraithbone, and this is how the occupants of Craftworlds survived the birth of [[Slaanesh]], for the psychic shield of the Wraithbone protected them from his mighty psychic scream.{{Fn|3}}
Wraithbone emits is used to form [[Eldar Rune]]s, complex interwoven shapes in distinct patterns. Because they are made of Wraithbone the runes retain a sympathetic psychic signal that Eldar can lock onto connection with the warp, and use have the ability to control the objectboth contain and direct psychic energy. Generally, Eldar buildings Wraithbone Runes have a flowing form protective function, being themselves impervious to external psychic energies, the runes serve as fuses destroying themselves and severing the connection between the [[Seer]] and lack any harsh anglesthe [[Warp]]. It is also used to make {{Fn|9}} ==Psychic Engineering==The [[Eldar Rune]]suse [[Wraithbone]] to make the skeletal cores of their bouldings and spacecraft, providing a functional skeleton around which functional structures are arranged. Beacuse Wraithbone conducts and channels psychic energy, it fascilitates internal communication between systems, transmits power, and enables the craft to act as an organically integrated whole. The same psychomorphism that creates the Wraithbone skeleton can be used to fabricate the infividual systems of a ship which in turn are laid out over the basic structure of the wraithbone core on which they draw power and form which they are monitored and controlled. This growth method provides an organic, flowing appearance lacking in hard angular edges.{{Fn|39}}
==Notes==
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition)]], pg. 24
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Silent King (Novel)]], Chapter 8
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Doom of the Eldar (Game)]], pg. 15-16
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