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==Overview==
[[Image:Wraithlord Wraithknight Titan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Scale comparison of a Wraithlord, Wraithknight, and [[Phantom Titan]].{{Fn|6}}]]
While gigantic and heavily armed with The shell of a mixture of mighty Wraithknight houses the [[Heavy WraithcannonSpirit Stone]]s, and the souls of a dead individual much the same way as the [[SuncannonWraithlord]]s, and [[GhostglaiveWraithguard]]s. However, Wraithknights differ from their lesser cousins, as they also hold a living Eldar pilot within. Their pilots are rare and unusual warriors, as each was born a twin.{{Fn|6}} The psychic link between [[ScattershieldEldar]]sblood-relatives is strong, and that between Eldar multiples are like no other heavy weapons, allowing them to sense the proximity, mood, and even thoughts of their counterpart – or in the Wraithknightevent of their twin's advanced design still allows it death, to be nimble enough to run through fade away in sympathy. Sometimes, when such a division takes place, the ruin surviving twin will sacrifice what is left of his life to pilot a scattered cityWraithknight. The shell essence of the dead twin is transferred into a Wraithknight houses [[Spirit Stone]] attached to the machine, whilst the spirits of surviving sibling is put into a near-permanent trance within his cockpit.{{Fn|1}} In this way, the dead in much Wraithknights also differ from the same way larger [[Eldar Titan]]s as the they are only built around single ''carrecenad'' [[WraithlordSpirit Stone]] s and not the much larger cystals of a Titan's [[WraithguardInfintiy Circuit]]. However{{Fn|7}} Many Wraithknight pilots are recruited from [[Revenant Titan]] helmsmen who have lost their twin in battle and, Wraithknights differ from driven to regain their lesser cousinskinship whatever the cost, as they also hold give themselves over to the life of a living Eldar Wraithknight pilot within.{{Fn|1}}
These pilots are rare and unusual warriors who were each born a twin. The psychic link between an Eldar and their twin is like no other, and this bond allows them to sense the proximity, mood, and even thoughts of their counterpart. If the twin were to die, the surviving brother or sister will often fade away in sympathy. Sometimes, when such a division takes place, the surviving twin will sacrifice what is left of his life to pilot a Wraithknight. The essence of the dead twin is transferred into a [[Spirit Stone]] attached to the machine, whilst the surviving sibling is put into a near-permanent trance within his cockpit. The clarity of thought provided by the living twin ensures that the construct moves with the speed typical of a living Eldar, while the psychic link of the departed sibling allows him to commune with the animating forces of his twin, but also spirits of former pilots of the construct. The great measure of control afforded by this mind gives the pilot mastery over the Wraithknights psychically-powered weapons systems and an acrobatic grace that seemingly defies its size, gigantic and heavily armed with a mixture of mighty [[Heavy Wraithcannon]]s, [[Suncannon]]s, [[Ghostglaive]]s, [[Scattershield]]s, and other heavy weapons, the Wraithknight's advanced design still allows it to be nimble enough to run through the ruin of a scattered city.{{Fn|1}}
Wraithknights are often deployed on [[Crone World]]s at the forefront of quests for new Spirit Stones, which often involve dangerous encounters with [[Daemon]]s and other nightmarish denizens. However, as {{Fn|1}} As the End Times approach for the Eldar and their race dies faster than it can give birth, fewer and fewer twins are born upon each Craftworld. Many Wraithknight pilots are recruited from [[Revenant Titan]] helmsmen who have lost their twin in battle , and, driven to regain their kinship whatever the cost, give themselves over to the life of a Wraithknight pilot. Even yet more unsettling is that it is rumored that some [[Craftworld]] councils have removed the option of choice for such individuals.{{Fn|1}}
===Skathach Wraithknight===
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan]], pg. 77
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Valedor (Novel)]], pg. 1 - Wraithlord/Wraithknight/Phantom Titan
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Renegades]], pgs. 21-22
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