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[[Image:EldarKnight.jpg|thumb|right|Eldar Knight{{Fn|1}}]]'''Eldar Knights''' are a kind of [[Eldar Titan|Titanic]] [[Knight]] warmachine utilized by the [[Exodite]] clanss.{{Fn|1}}

Eldar Knights are most commonly used by [[Exodite]] populations to defend their [[Exodite World|homeworlds]], and are complex machines made of [[Wraithbone]]. In battle, Eldar knights are rapidly-moving war machines able to swiftly advance and lay down heavy fire to devastating effect, and fight together in Knight Hosts with their Knight Clan{{Fn|1}} and with the [[Exodite]] ground troops, [[Harlequin]]s, and [[Craftworld Eldar]] allies{{Fn|4}} they frequently march to aid, forging ahead of the main formation of a force to attacking to secure an important position.{{Fn|1}} Eldar Knight suits are controlled by single pilot via a psychodirect mind-plastic known link much like [[Eldar Titan]]s, a modification fitted after the [[Fall of the Eldar]], in which the [[Spirit Stone]] of a long-dead hero supplies the machine with a personality and any [[Eldar]] which enters the Eldar Knight "suit" exchanges a portion of their consciousness with those in the stone, and thereon are said to speak in ancient archaic ways, and refer to past ages with unnerving familiarity.{{Fn|1}} Knight suits do not make new memories without their pilots – the spirit inside the machine has been brought into constant war for centuries or millenia as every new pilot is marked by its spirit and themselves gain a bloodlust uncommon among the [[WraithboneExodite]]s. For this reason, great discipline is required of the Eldar of the Knight Clans.{{Fn|14}}

[[imageFile:WhiteDwarf126 ClansKnightvsKnights.jpgpng|thumb|right|300px|right|[[Sable-Claw Clan]] Eldar Knights battle [[Imperial Knight Clans and Ranks]]s of [[House Hawkwood]]{{Fn|1}}]]Eldar Knights were war-machines were brought from the [[Aeldari Dominion]] during the [[Exodus]] to help the new Exodite colonies on [[Maiden World]]s to herd [[Megadon|Megasaurs]] and to help to survive against the hostile and grim conditions they faced. Soon after the [[Fall of the Eldar]], these war machines would be fitted with [[Soul Stone]]s which allowed their pilots to share a portion of their soul and bond with the machine in a lineage of Eldar Knights.{{Fn|1}}

{{PAGENAME}} war-machines were brought from Since the [[Aeldari Dominion]] during the [[Exodus]] to help the new Exodite colonies on [[Maiden World]]s to herd [[Megadon|Megasaurs]] and to help to survive against the hostile and grim conditions they faced. Since ''The '''Coming of Men''''' during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], when humans first settled upon [[Maiden World]]s, Eldar Knights have been deployed through [[Webway]] portals to raid the herds of the [[Knight Worlds]] (herds which humans themselves learned to care for from observing the Eldar during the [[Age of Strife]]) and defend against mankind's further expansion.{{Fn|1}}

===Society=Equipment==Much like All Eldar Knights are always equipped with a [[Imperial Knights#NobilityPsychic Lance]] in their visor, a powerful [[Psychic]] weapon designed to herd the tremendous [[Megadon|Megasaurs]]s{{Fn|Imperial Knight Houses1}} which – when channeled to maximum effect employing the spirit energies of the [[Soul Stone]] – is capable of sundering the body of troops and tunneling through defenses to dislodge the brains of [[Vehicle]] and [[Titan]], operators.{{Fn|4}} Eldar Knights are divided into knightly defended by '''Clans'datheidi''[[Holo-field]]s, akin to those of [[Eldar Titan]]s and [[Harleuqins]],{{Fn|4}} and are commonly armed with [[Lascannons]], [[Scatter Laser]]s, [[Pulse Laser]]s, [[Bright Lance]]s, aristocratic rulers who earn their rights through battleand [[Sonic Weapon]]s. It {{Fn|1}}  The [[Maelstrom Laser]] is a weapon unique to the Eldar Knights, although not all wield one, with a history which dates back to the Exodus it is feared throughout the [[Knight World]]s for its ability to punch holes in even the duty most heavily armoured of opppnents.{{Fn|4}} ==Variants=====Fire Knights===[[File:FireGaleSketch.png|thumb|right|250px|'''Fire Knight''' Variants]]A catch-all term for the clan to defend many smaller varieties of Eldar Knigths which afford their planetpilots ease of use and its high degree of customability, as well as other planets Fire Knight are a easily the most common variety in their system connected by Knight Hosts.{{Fn|4}}*'''Fire Gale'''{{Fn|1}} – Designed lethality at its size, the Fire Gale carries both a scatter laser for pacifying troops and a powerful [[Malestrom Cannon]] for destroying [[Knight]]s and [[Titan]]s.{{Fn|4}}*'''Fire Reaper''' – Designed for close combat, the webwayFire Reaper sports both a [[Lascannon]] and a [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Fist|Power Fist]].{{Fn|4}}*'''Fire Storm''' – Designed to maximise firepower, from harmthe Fire Storm carries twin [[Shuriken Cannon]]s and [[Phantom Missile Launcher|Multi-launchers]] which launch barrages of missiles.{{Fn|14}}

The majority ===Bright Warrior===[[File:BrightStallionSketch.png|thumb|right|200px|'''Bright Warrior''' Variants]]Four legged knights whose swiftness and grace is the epitome of ancient Eldar Knights are decorated with brass accentswalker technology, bettered still by their pilots which spend years taming herds of wild horses and gazelles in the plains of the [[Maiden World]]s to show their status as achieve the coordination required to mount a fledged knight having slain at least one opponentBright Warrior and to trample een the largest of foes beneath the front hooves of these titanic machines. Those who have yet {{Fn|4}}*'''Bright Stallion'''{{Fn|1}} – Designed to acheive this status are gilded take on armies in their own right, the Bright Stallion is equiped with gold accentsa [[Scatter Laser]] and the deadly [[Maelstrom Laser]]. The highest status, only acheived through legendary heroics{{Fn|4}}*'''Bright Stalker''' – Designed to overtake heavy targets, the Bright Stallion is that of the Lords whose silvered knights entitle them to begin equiped with both a [[Maelstrom Laser]] and a clan of their own[[Lascannon]].{{Fn|14}}

==Equipment=Towering Knights===[[File:KnightvsKnightsToweringDestroyerSketch.png|thumb|right|300px200px|'''Sable ClawTowering Knight''' Clan Variants]]The mental fortitude required to control the largest of the Eldar Knights battle requires centuries of learning which has rendered Towering Knights the rarest variety, but their four armed frames give them tremendous detructive power rivaling even the strongest [[Imperial KnightTitan]]s of [[House Hawkwood]]and leveling armies and strongholds.*'''Towering Destroyer'''{{Fn|1}}– The Towering Destroyer sports a [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Fist|Power Fist]]Eldar knight suits are controlled by a direct mind-link between the pilot and machine[[Maelstrom Laser]], much like but fights best as it tears through infantry and vehicles with a [[ImperialTitan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Glaive|Power Glaive]] and [[TitanScatter Laser]]s. However, Eldar Knights also contain {{Fn|4}}*'''Towering Fury''' – Designed to engage with [[spirit stoneTitan]]s, which supply the machine with Towering Fury sports a personality [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Fist|Power Fist]] and [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Glaive|Power Glaive]] as well as a way for the Eldar pilot to avoid having their soul consumed by [[SlaaneshMaelstrom Laser]] should they fall in battle. The spirit stones of Eldar Knights are often ancient artifacts dating before and [[Fall of the Eldar|The FallLascannon]], and the knights who mind-link with them which are said fired together to speak in archaic wayspunch holes into the heaviest of armours.{{Fn|14}}

In battle, ==Knight Clans==[[image:WhiteDwarf126 Clans.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Eldar knights are rapidly-moving war machines able to swiftly advance Knight Clans and lay down heavy fire to devastating effect. They are frequently used by Exodite populations to aid Ranks{{Fn|1}}]]Much like [[CraftworldImperial Knights#Nobility|Imperial Knight Houses]] , Eldar armiesKnights are divided into knightly '''Clans''', forging ahead aristocratic rulers who earn their rights through battle. It is the duty of the main formation and attacking clan to secure an important positiondefend their planet, as well as other planets in their system connected by the webway, from harm.{{Fn|1}}

The majority of Eldar Knights are always equipped decorated with a [[Psychic Lance]] and [[Holo-field]] Shieldsbrass accents, but to show their other armaments change, they status as a fledged knight having slain at least one opponent. Those who have yet to acheive this status are most often armed [[Lascannons]] and [[Maelstrom]] Cannons but may also be armed gilded with [[Scatter Laser]]sgold accents. The highest status, [[Pulse Laser]]sonly acheived through legendary heroics, [[Bright Lance]]s, and [[Sonic Weapon]]sis that of the Lords whose silvered knights entitle them to begin a clan of their own.{{Fn|1}}

==The motifs of clans, painted on their Knigths and raised on their banners, are often based upon animals which hold a [[Eldar Knight Types==*'''Fire Gale'''{{FnMythology|1}}*'''Bright Stallion'''{{Fn|1}}*'''Towering Destroyer'''spiritual]] significance to the Lord which began it and the clan writ large.{{Fn|1}}

=='''Known Eldar Knight Clans==:'''

EldarKnight2.jpg|A '''Bright Stallion ''' Eldar Knight{{Fn|1}}FireGale.jpg|A '''Fire Gale ''' Eldar Knight{{Fn|1}}ToweringDestroyer.jpg|A '''Towering Destroyer ''' Eldar Knight{{Fn|1}}ArmorcastKnight.jpg|[[Armorcast]] '''Towering Destroyer''', ([[Warhammer 40,000]]-scale){{Fn|2}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[WD126|White Dwarf 126(UK)]] pg. 28–45

 ==Not Cited== *{{Endn|4}}: [[The Citadel Journal 1]], pg. 32-43