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==Overview==
[[File:IyandenFirLirithion.png|thumb|right|350px300px|Phantom Titan of [[Fir Lirithion]] fights beside [[Iyanden]] forces.{{Fn|5}}]]Phantom Titans are graceful constructs with superior agility and speed compared to other [[Titans]]. The pinnacle of [[Eldar]] warpcraft, each one is constructed around a [[Wraithbone]] core, a psychic material which allows the souls of deceased Eldar contained within [[Spirit Stones]] to move freely throughout the machine. This gives the Titan a consciousness of its own, which merges with that of the Phantom's crew and helps guide them. Some Phantom Titans will have a single steersman pilot them,{{Fn|2}} while others will instead be guided by twins or triplets,{{Fn|1}} but regardless, when their consciousness merges with that of the Titan's they create one sentience able to think, react, and move with the speed of an [[Aspect Warrior]]. The Titan's crew controls their war engine from the head cockpit, giving them a good view from 25 meters above the ground.{{Fn|2}}
Phantom Titans do not participate in the Eldar's normal warfare operations of raids and surgical strikes, but are instead reserved for when the [[Craftworld]] must engage in pitched battle. Only during these desperate times are the [[Webway]] portals opened wide enough to allow the Phantom Titans to stride upon the battlefield and wreck terrible destruction upon their foes.{{Fn|2}}
===Weapons===The Phantom's primary arm mounts can be fitted with some of the Eldar's largest and deadliest weapons. These include twin [[Phantom Titan Pulsar]]s, [[Distortion Cannon]]s, [[Vibro Cannon]]s,{{ClearFn|5}} a [[Heat Lance]]{{Fn|8}}, a [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Fist|Power Fist]],{{Fn|5}} and a special [[Titan close combat weapon#Titan Power Glaive|Power Glaive]] known as the ''Ashuna-Valcry'le'' – the "Sleepless Harbinger of Destruction".{{Fn|2}} Secondary weapons mounted in its shoulders include [[Phantom Missile Launcher]]s and either a [[Pulse Laser]] or Titan-grade [[Starcannon]]. It is also protected by a Titan-grade [[Holo-Field]] projected by the large rear fins.{{Fn|2}} ===Defenses===The Phantom Titan is principally protected by an image-distorting ''datheidi'' [[Holo-field]]s, simmilar to those of the [[Harlequin]]s{{Fn|6}} projected from the Titan's fins which confuse [[auspex|auspices]] and targeters of all types.{{Fn|2}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Epic: Swordwind]], pg. 24 [http://web.archive.org/web/20101122110051/http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1320008_Swordwind_Part_1_-_Eldar_Forces.pdf Swordwind Part 1 - Eldar ForcesWeb Link] pg. 24 ''(saved archive page, dated November 2010, last accessed 13 January 2016)''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara]], pg. 207
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Titans/ELDAR-PHANTOM-TITAN-BODY.html Eldar Phantom Titan] ''(last accessed 9 June 2015)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 110 (UK)]], pgs. 60-61
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Epic 40,000 Magazine Issue 3]], pg. 25
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Renegades]], pg. 23
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