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The shell of a Wraithknight houses the [[Spirit Stone]]s and the souls of a dead individual much the same way as the [[Wraithlord]] and [[Wraithguard]]. 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 [[Eldar]] blood-relatives is strong, and that between Eldar multiples are like no other, allowing them to sense the proximity, mood, and even thoughts of their counterpart – or in the event of their twin's death, to 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.{{Fn|1}} In this way, the Wraithknights also differ from the larger [[Eldar Titan]]s as they are only built around single ''[[carrecenad]]'' [[Spirit Stone]]s and not the much larger cystals of a Titan's [[Infinity Circuit]].{{Fn|7}} 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.{{Fn|1}}

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}}

*{{Endn|8}}: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTLw2Fn0GA&list=PLUkZH6ywprdSSPrIEr8QhhqPtTtazguQh&index=19 Youtube: Dawn of War III - Engines of Annihilation coming FREE June 20th]

*{{Endn|9}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160222211823/https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Skathach-Wraithknight-with-Inferno-Lances Forge World web-store: Skathach Wraithknight with Inferno Lances] ''(archived Feb 22 2016, last accessed Dec 12 2026)''

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