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[[Image:Spiritstone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Spirit Stone{{Fn|10}}]]Eldar '''Spirit Stones''', also known as '''Waystones''' or '''Soul Stones'''{{Fn|61a}} or mythically as the '''Tears of Isha'''{{Fn|112a}} are small, seemingly precious gem-like stones carried on worn upon an [[Eldar]]'s chest{{Fn|1a}} which act as conduits for [[Eldar Psychic Powers]] and making [[Wraithbone]]{{Fn|2a}} and which capture the psychic energy of an Eldar's soul at the moment of their death, used to save preventing their souls still-conscious spirit from destruction entering the [[Warp]] and being preyed upon by [[Slaanesh]].{{Fn|3a1a}} Spirit Stones containing the spirits of the dead are interred within the [[Craftworld]]'s [[Infinity Circuit]].{{Fn|1a}}

Spirit Stones are faceted Faceted glassy spheres{{fn|2a}} of gem-like polished psycho-receptive stone{{Fn|3a}} crystals called ''carrecenad'' or '''soul-stone'''.{{Fn|6}} Eldar at large believe they are grown in a way similar to [[Wraithbone]].{{Fn|4}} However, it It is a well kept secret even among the Eldar themselves that spirit-stones are actually formed from the psychic energy of the ghosts of eldar who died during the [[Fall of the Eldar|Birth of Slaanesh]], their spirits tormented forever by Slaanesh to see the lives they can no longer possess ripped from them and reenacting the fall. As these ghost to reenact their death, after each cycle of which they leave behind soul stones on the [[Crone World]]s within the [[Eye of Terror]]{{fn|2b}} which are then disolve once more into the [[Warp]] unkess collected to be given to Craftworld eldar at birth.{{Fn|8}} At [[Eldar Mythology]], which is the moment living history of the Eldar's deatheldar, tell of the origin of Spirit Stones in the stone acts like ancient past as the "Tears of Isha" which were forged by [[Vaul]] such that [[Kurnous]] and [[Isha]] could speak with the Eldar without [[Asuryan]] knowing{{Fn|2a}} – This is taken today as a 'metaphor for the crystallization of the psychic trap', absorbing their psychic self and preventing it from entering energies within the [[warp]Eye of Terror] and being consumed by associated with the nemesis [[Fall of the Eldar race: Slaanesh]].{{Fn|3a2b}}

The Waystone can then be brought back to the Eldar's own [[CraftworldAsuryani]] will go to incredible lengths to perserve and embedded into its wraithbone core where it will grow into a larger spirit stonerecover Spirit Stones.{{Fnfn|3a}} Once In the stone context of a warhost the primary duty of a [[Spiritseer]] is implantedto recover Spirit Stone, {{fn|5b}} but beyond it the Eldar'task falls to [[Ranger]]s soul can travel freely through on the wraithbone, mingling with other Eldar souls and forming part [[Eldar_Path#Path_of_the_Outcast|Path of the communal spirit Outcast]] to do the extremely dangerous task of delving across ancient fields of battle and into the Craftworld [[Eye of Terror]] itselfto recover and find new Spirit Stones.{{Fn|3a5c}} All It is only in this capacity that any relations are kept with the souls within a Craftworld collectively exist inside [[Chaotic Eldar]], such as those in the [[Infinity CircuitTyrakesh Archeomarket]]on [[Arach-Cyn]] who trade with rangers for collected Spirit Stones.{{Fn|3a11}} Once a Quests may be taken by [[Wraithknight]]s to raid [[Crone World]]s of their Spirit Stone contains an Eldar soulStones, it can never be used for another{{Fn|9}} as famously was the task of the [[Twelve Outcasts of Alaitoc]] in '''334.[[M36]]''' – the first since the fall to recover new Spirit Stones. Thus each stone {{Fn|5a}} Exodites too wear Spirit Stones, although the providence of such stones is unique to its occupantyet unclear.{{fn|1b}} Not all Spirit Stones recovered on [[Crone World]]s are empty, and even when while some contain the occupying immortal essences of great scholars and heroes of the [[Eldar Empire]] more often they contain a malevolent soul is placed into that rages at it's confinement within the Infinity Circuit another can not replace itcrystal.{{Fn|94a}}

In times A Spirit Stone is a tool in the hands of dire need, an Eldar [[Seer]]{{Fn|2a}} and it is the Spirit Stone which allows a [[Bonesinger]] to draw raw energy from the Eldar are also able warp to retrieve shape it into the matter known as [[Wraithbone]].{{Fn|7}} Spirit Stones glow brightly in the spirit stones hands of long dead Eldar heroes and place them into [[Bonesingers]], turn blue in the artificial bodies hands of [[WraithguardFarseer]]s and red or orange when handled by a [[WraithlordWarlock]]s.{{Fn|3b7}}{{Fn|2a}} These constructs are then piloted by Spirit Stones enable a [[Farseer]] the Eldar soul, which experiences reality as a dreamfull extent of their psychic abilities (e. This process is considered necromancy in Eldar culture and is only used as a last resort. The Eldar g [[WarlocksSpirit Stone of Eldritch Might|Eldritch Might]] who specialize in this process are known as , [[SpiritseerSpirit Stone of Illusion|Illusion]]s, or [[Spirit Stone of Vigor|Vigor]]).{{Fn|3c6}} Spirit Stones are durable but may be crushed, as [[IyandenKeeper of Secrets]]enjoy doing, an Eldar Craftworld with {{fn|14}} although it may result in a very small population is known for its greater use of these 'living dead'explosion, such as the one which sent [[Trythos]] the [[Space Marine]] wielding it flying a few metres away.{{Fn|3b13}}

Spirit Stones containing souls of the dead are enterred into the [[Wraithbone]] core of a [[Craftworld]],{{Fn|3a}} most often the one in which the [[Aeldari]] lived in life,{{Fn|2a}} where they take root and grow into tall trees{{Fn|1a}} or other structures (such as on [[Iyanden]] where the [[Battle of Iyanden (Kraken)|Battle Dead]] now form bizzare spiraling shapes in the halls where they fell) and their souls enter the [[Infinity Circuit]].{{Fn|3a}} When Exodites die, their stones are brought beneath the earth into a great barrow where they are broken upon the altar of the [[World Spirit]] and laid to rest.{{fn|1b}} It is believed beleived by some the [[Ynnari]], the [[Eldar ]] cult, that when enough Eldar souls have been gathered interred within the Infinity Circuits of that the Craftworlds, a new god will emerge: [[Ynnead]], Eldar God of the Dead. It is hoped by [[Farseer]]s that this god will be powerful enough emerge to vanquish Slaanesh, freeing the Eldar from their doom. Spirit Stones are also an Eldar vehicle upgrade that allows the spirit to control the vehicle in case the pilots are incapacitated, similar to the [[Power of the Machine Spirit]].{{Fn|133d}}

One primary source Not all souls are willing to join the infinity circuit{{fn|5f}} and they too are used as tools: those containing the souls of spirit stones is powerful Eldar heroes can guide and inform those who wield them,{{Fn|5f}} retaining the old Eldar homeworldsidentity, personality, now known and memories of the spirit as [[Crone World]]s. Acquiring new spirit stones is extremely dangerouspsychic energy, {{Fn|1a}} as the Crone Worlds exist within well as those containing malevolent spirits recovered from the [[Eye of Terror]]. In which are only fit to be embedded into systems such as [[Eldar MythologyWraithcannon]] the spirit stones were created by [[Vaul]] from the '''Tears of [[Isha]]'''. This is taken as a metaphor for the crystallization of the psychic energies of the Eyes.{{Fn|64a}}

Not all [[Aeldari]] wear Spirit Stones are what allow , although all [[Asuryani]]{{fn|2a}} and [[Exodites]]{{fn|1b}} do. [[Harlequins]] choose not to, as their soul is protected by [[Cegorach]],{{fn|16}} simmilarly the [[BonesingerYnnari]]s do not wear Spirit Stones of their own, trusting their soul to [[Ynnead]]{{fn|17}} – the Reborn do however carry [[Ynnari Spirit Stone|Spirit Stones of the Dead]] whose power they can potently draw raw energy upon.{{fn|17}} The [[Drukhari]] of [[Commorragh]], secreted in the [[Webway]], feed off the pain and misery of other beings to prevent their souls from the warp being slowly and agonisingly leeched by [[Slaanesh]] (and those who can afford to shape it into the matter known as do so employ [[WraithboneHaemonculi]]to revive their souls into new forms on death).{{Fn|716}} [[Eldar Corsair]]s prize Spirit Stones containing particularly strong spirits are often referred , with even some [[Drukhari]] adopting them{{Fn|14b}} – although not all Corsairs do so as it is equally an act of bravado to as "Tears go without.{{Fn|14c}} Ancient [[Aeldari]] from before the [[Fall of Isha"the Eldar]] did not wear Spirit Stones{{fn|18}} possibly because the [[Warp]] was not a predatory place for still-sentient Eldar souls yet.{{Fn|113a}}

Waystones are, essentially, large spirit stones.{{Fn|15}} Unlike other spirit stones they can be imparted a portion of a still-living [[Eldar]] soul allowing other [[Seer]]s to communicate with and draw upon it.{{fn|15}} [[Eldrad Ulthran]] famously did so to his own soul in preparation for the [[13th Black Crusade]],{{Fn|3d3e}} which enabled him to guide the myriad strike forces through the webway to coordinate attacks and unleash the full potency of his [[Psychic]][[Eldar_Psychic_Powers#Farseers|Eldritch Storm]] attacks in multiple places at once.{{Fn|15}}

==Notes==Spirit Stones glow brightly Despite this difference in the hands of [[Bonesingers]]stature, turn blue in the hands of [[Farseer]]s and red or orange when handled by a [[Warlock]]term "waystone" is synonymous with any Spirit Stone.{{Fnfn|73a}}

When ===Wraith Constructs==={{Main|Wraith Construct}}In times of great need [[Spiritseer]]s{{Fn|5b}} may separate and [[Aeldari]] spirit from the spiritual mass of a [[Craftworld]]'s [[Infinity Circuit]] to place it into a Spirit Stone put aside for this purpose an implant it into an artificial form,{{Fn|1a}} although the consciousness within is destroyed never fully as individual or alert as a living Aeldari as they exist at once in the real world and the spiritual world of the soul once contained [[Warp]], moving through reality as in a dream where thoughts and feelings are as tangible as bone and steel.{{Fn|1a}} – this necromancy is lost unpopular, but viewed as a necessity of the dire circumstances many [[Craftworld]]s find themselves in.{{Fn|5b}} These spirits may be implanted in bodies as such as the [[Wraithguard]]{{Fn|1a}} or [[Wraithlord]]{{Fn|5b}}, or in vehicles to serve as pilots should the warp, where it will presumably living pilot be devoured by Slaaneshrendered senseless such as is necessitated within the [[Hemlock Wraithfighter]]{{Fn|5d}}} or as an enhancement to a [[Grav-Tank]].{{Fn|3a5e}}

Interestingly, in the novel ===Notable Spirit Stones===*[[Dawn of War (Novel)]], a Spirit Stone is smashed by a [[Power Axeof Anath'Lan]], resulting in an incredibly loud metallic ringing, and then an explosion that not only destroys the Power Axe, but also sends {{fn|5f}}*[[TrythosSavior Stone]], the [[Space Marine]] wielding it, flying a few metres away.{{Fn|12}}Like the *[[Dark Eldar]] of present day, ancient Aeldari armour used during the [[War in HeavenWraithforge Stone]] doesn't feature these jewels.{{Fn|124b}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], **{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 6**{{Endn|21b}}: *2: [[CodexWarhammer 40,000: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition)Compilation]], **{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 36-38**{{Cite ThisEndn|2b}}: pg. 62

**{{Endn|3c}}: pg. 2739*4: [[Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement]]**{{Endn|3d4a}}: , pg. 517**{{Endn|44b}}, pg. 51 *5: [[Farseer Codex: Eldar (Novel6th Edition)]], Chapters Eleven and Thirteen**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 21**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 29**{{Endn|55c}}: [[Codexpg. 48**{{Endn|5d}}: Eldar (6th Edition)]], pg. 52-53**{{Endn|5e}}: pg. 67**{{Endn|5f}}: pg. 110*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 110 (UK)Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II]]- Retribution: The Last Stand, pg. 61wargear selection screen

*{{Endn|11}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]: [[Staff of IshaAtlas Infernal (Novel)]]- ACT I, wargear selection screenCANTO VII*{{Endn|12}}: [[Archmagos (Novel)White Dwarf 473]], Chapter Sixteenpg. 107 – Index Xenos: Craftworld Altansar*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Eldar Dawn of War (6th EditionNovel)]], pg. 67{{CME}}*14: [[Warhammer 40,000: CompilationVoidscarred (Novel)]], **{{Endn|14a}}: Chapter 3**{{Endn|14b}}: pg. 36-38Chapter 4**{{Endn|14b14c}}: pg. 62Chapter 18

 ==Uncited==*{{UncitedEndn|16}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition)]], pg. 9 - ''The Soul Banquet''*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer 40,000Psychic Awakening: WargearPhoenix Rising]], pg. 6-7 - ''The Ancient and the New''*{{Cite ThisEndn|18}}*: [[Dawn of War Archmagos (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}Chapter Sixteen