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Exodite tribes are nomadic timing their planting and harvests with the seasons and moving between settlements and seasonal camps, arriving in in the late summer to collect crops planted in the spring and remaining until it is time to plant crops the following year,{{Fn|2a}} with some tribes even migrating through the [[Webway]] to reach new grazing lands as seasons change.{{Fn|22}} It is notable that no matter how hard-fought their disputes might be, no Eldar would despoil or steal the crops of a rival tribe even though these lie unprotected for months at a time.{{Fn|2a}} Exodite cities are meagre, small, and thinly scattered{{Fn|2a}}, built of [[Wraithbone]] towers{{Fn|6}} and quarried stone domes{{Fn|8}}{{Fn|1}} they co-exist with wild beasts of all kinds.{{Fn|2a}} The lives Exodites live is thought to be similar to the ancient Eldar empire before the [[Fall of the Eldar|Fall and birth]] of [[Slaanesh]].{{Fn|2a}}
Most of Exodite life revolve around the [[Dragon]]s they ride and herd, and it is said that Exodite warriors are practically born into a dragon's saddle.{{Fn|2a}} Exodites herd and work bestial dragons, including [[Megasaur]]s{{Fn|2a}} and [[Megadon]]s,{{Fn|20}} from the backs of horse-sized dragon [[Raptor (Dinosaur)|Raptor]]s{{Fn|1}} with [[Laser Lance]]s,{{Fn|2a}} but they may also do so from the helms of [[Eldar Knights]]{{Fn|20}} or with [[Scout Walker]]s{{Fn|24}}. Exodites eat and trade valuable dragon meat, they fashion their clothes from dragon hide,{{Fn|2a}} and they sing dragon bones into their structures and tools{{Fn|6}}. In times of war, exodite clans will ride as [[Dragon Knights]], primarily atop the horse-sized [[RaptorsRaptor]]s{{Fn|1}} but also in aerial squadrons of atop fire-breathing{{Fn|13}} flying dragons including [[Pterosaur|Giant Pterosaur]],{{Fn|5a}} with the clan chief alone rightfully riding the fearsome and giant [[Carnosaur]].{{Fn|10}} Working Dragons are also brought into combat, with heavy weapons mounted in troop-carrying howdahs.{{Fn|6}} While not willingly hostile, the Exodites are a stout, self-confident people and still possess the mythical pride, even arrogance, of the ancient Eldar race.{{Fn|2b}}
Exodites do not follow the [[Eldar Path|Asuryan Paths]] of their [[Asuryani]] cousins but do see the value of maintaining discipline, they purposefully live a rigorous life{{Fn|2a}} eschewing the ancient Eldar technology they maintain mastery of{{Fn|2a}} to purge their souls in a ceaseless battle against the environment,{{Fn|5a}} 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}} Exodites continue to revere the pantheon of [[Eldar Gods]], they take no joy in warfare, fearful of the battlelust of [[Khaine]],{{Fn|14}} and thier [[Worldsinger]]s who guide their dead into the afterlife of the [[World Spirit]] are associated with [[Isha]].{{Fn|5b}}
