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On the battlefield, the Avatar towers above the Eldar warriors, his presence filling them with memories of their glorious past and with savage bloodlust, thus making them more courageous fighters.{{Fn|1}} He is utterly fearless, and often spearheads the Eldar attack, slaying his foes with [[Wailing Doom|The Wailing Doom]], a legendary weapon that can take the form of a sword, axe or spear. The weapon can even smite his foes at a distance, immolating them with a nimbus of burning psychic energy.{{Fn|3}}
In melee Avatar crush its foes with a mighty '''Hand of Khaine''' - a molten metal gauntlet that constantly bathed in the still-warm blood of a young Aspect Warrior.{{Fn|6}} In their right hand the incarnation of the Bloody-Handed God wields ''[[Suin Daellae]]'', the Wailing Doom, which either takes the form of a spear , sword,{{Fn|11}} or swordaxe.{{Fn|112}}
An Avatar is a very tough being of super-heated iron, with a molten lava core. Heat-based weapons are rendered ineffective against him, due to the nature of his body.{{Fn|3}} So hot is an Avatar's body that most shots from [[projectile weapon]]s, including [[bolter]]s fired at point-blank range, will be incinerated before impact; the few that do penetrate the body will suffer a similar fate before they can explode.{{Fn|4}} Even if destroyed, an Avatar's essence reforms in the Craftworld's central chamber, so that he may return to continue the eternal struggle against those who oppose the Eldar.{{Fn|1}}
