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===Overview===
Within this matrix, the souls of all the Craftworld's dead reside in a form of group consciousness, providing both a well of psychic power for the ship and a massive ancestral mind to advise and guide the living. With the rise of [[Slaanesh]], the Infinity Circuit is the closest thing that the Eldar have to an afterlife; if their souls are not caught and integrated into it, they will be lost to the [[warp]] and devoured by the Great Enemy. For this reason the Eldar will defend their Craftworlds with a fury and tenacity almost unrivalled: they risk losing not only their home, but the souls of their ancestors as well.{{citethisCite Marker End}}
Although the Eldar souls preserved in the Craftworlds' Infinity Circuits can muster only a tiny amount of energy compared to that of Slaanesh, the Eldar hope that one day there will be enough souls to unite to fight and overthrow Slaanesh. It is a faint hope, but the only hope for the Eldar, who otherwise face damnation and extinction from their own racial daemon. Early Infinity Circuit technology on [[Iyanden]] is said to have been mastered by [[Mehlendri Silversoul]] in [[M33]].{{Fn|3}}
The infinity circuit emanates light from its spirits that is referred to as the '''will o' the wisps'''{{Fn|7}} (or '''will-o’-the-wisps''').{{Fn|5b}} These lights are the spirits contained within. The presence of a [[Spiritseer]] gives off an aura of focus that returns some sense of sentience to the glowing and bobbing orbs of ghost light, each being a individual spirit. This returned awareness agitates spirits into activity, often flocking to orbit around the spiritseer.{{Fn|7}} The will o' the wisp reveals locations where ancient souls are clustered in the infinity circuit's wraithbone.{{Fn|8}}
The [[Exodite]] equivalent of an Infinity Circuit is known as a '''World Shrine'''{{Fn|4}}, which contains the heart of the [[World Spirit]].{{citethisCite Marker End}}
==Trivia==
