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Wrath & Glory - Aeldari bonesinging info
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 Bonesingers spend several [[human]] lifetimes cultivating the art of 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}} Wraithbone itself is a thousand times stronger than steel.{{Fn|4}} However, wraithbone conjured in a rapid manner by a Bonesinger is weaker, being approximately as strong as [[rockcrete]]. Rapidly conjured wraithbone is comparatively brittle and weak compared to the potential super-material it can become through teams of Bonesingers and time, allowing for the creation of things stronger than a [[voidship]] hull.{{Fn|11b}} Wraithbone will naturally repair itself, though the process {{Fn|1}} remembering its form to a very limited degree.{{Fn|11b}} A Bonesinger can be sped speed up by a Bonesingerthis process, reparing damage and reestablishing its form.{{Fn|1}} Wraithbone itself is {{Fn|11b}} Alternatively, a thousand times stronger than steelBonesinger could disrupt the shape, breaking or severely damaging it, or weakening it enough to do so.{{Fn|411b}}{{Fn|8}}
Being created from the warp, wraithbone has innate [[psychic]] abilities allowing it to be used as a communications pathway as well as structural support. It carries psychic energy much as a cable carrying current does, as well as containing psychic shields to protect the occupants from the warp.{{Fn|3}}
There in no difference between technology and nature to an Aeldari. Psychoplastics such as wraithbone are one such engineering material that is somewhere between nature and technology, being at the core of every [[Craftworld]].{{Fn|11b}} 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 Craftworlds 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 is used to form [[Psychic Runes|Eldar Rune]]s, complex interwoven shapes in distinct patterns. Because they are made of wraithbone the runes retain a connection with the warp, and have the ability to both contain and direct psychic energy. Wraithbone Runes have a protective function, being themselves impervious to external psychic energies, the runes serve as fuses destroying themselves and severing the connection between the [[Seer]] and the [[Warp]].{{Fn|9}}
==Notes==
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*{{Endn|Note 1}}: The exact nature of wraithbone is somewhat contradicted in the [[Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition)|10th Edition]] Eldar Codex, stating that it is grown from preexisting minerals, ores, and various other compounds into a psycho-plastic substance.{{Fn|7}} This differs from older lore, which portrays Wraithbone as being grown from the energy of the Warp itself;{{Fn|6}} being composed of crystallised psychic energy.{{Fn|10}}[[[[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers|Wrath & Glory - Aeldari]] has 'Bonesinging'
==See also==
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Doom of the Eldar (Game)]], pgs. 15-16
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)]], Dictionary
*11: [[Wrath & Glory - Aeldari - Inheritance of Embers]]:
**{{Endn|11a}}: pg. 68 - ''Soul of Worlds''
**{{Endn|11b}}: pgs. 69-70 - ''Bonesinging''
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