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===Pathfinders===
[[Image:AlaitocPathfinder.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An [[Alaitoc]] '''Pathfinder'''{{Fn|16}}]]
'''Pathfinders''' , or Path-Finders,{{Fn|3}} are Rangers that have walked the Path of the Outcast for centuries. They have overcome their temptations, but still feel the call of the Path. They are even more skilled at infiltration and survival than other Rangers.{{Fn|3}}
Pathfinders have become adept over the centuries at roving ahead of the main Eldar warhosts, using their guerrilla expertise to sabotage their enemies before battle has even commenced. Bypassing sentries, sabotaged machinery, destroyed supply dumps and even the mysterious assassinations of key leaders take their toll upon both the enemy's numbers and morale, leaving them to chase shadows and go mad as they attempt to pull fragments of their armies back into cohesion as the Eldar strike at their weaknesses with brutal yet hauntingly subtle efficiency.
Saim-Hann Rangers.jpg|Rangers ([[9th Edition]]){{Fn|12}}
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==Development History==
{{Trivia}}
Before [[Ranger#Pathfinders|Pathfinders]] made their tabletop debut in [[Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition)]] as '''Alaitoc Path-Finders''' in 2000, Pathfinders would appear as a submission from [[Senobio Aguilera]] in [[Inquisitor Magazine]] [[Inquisitor Magazine Issue 12|Issue 12]] in 1994 as "the [[Aspect Warrior|Aspect]] equivalent of the Eldar Scouts".{{Fn|23}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Voidscarred (Novel)]], Chapter 11
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Atlas Infernal (Novel)]] - ACT I, CANTO VII
*{{Endn|23}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20021201173104/http://www.armorcast.com/inquisitor/archive/index.html INQUISITOR Back Issue Index and Archives] ''(Archived Dec 1, 2002, created May 2, 1998. Last accessed March 23, 2025)''
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