Alderi

The Aeldari, or the Eldar, are an ancient and highly advanced species of humanoid xenos whose vast empire once extended the width and breadth of the known galaxy. The Aeldari Empire was without equal in the galaxy, spreading across realspace and the Webway. But ten millennia ago, the Aeldari's overweening pride and their fall into amoral and hedonistic practices led to a cataclysm that resulted in the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh, known as "She Who Thirsts". In the 41st Millennium there are five major sub-cultures or kindreds of the Aeldari species: The Asuryani:The Asuryani fled the original homeworlds of the Aeldari Empire in great, continent-sized starships called craftworlds. These craftworlds, are connected to each other by the labyrinthine corridors of the Webway. They seek to protect themselves from She Who Thirsts using the Spirit Stones. The Drukhari:The Drukhari are the descendants of those Aeldari who originally settled within the Webway, particularly the ancient city of Commorragh. The Drukhari protect themselves from the hunger of Slaanesh by following the "Path of Damnation". The Harlequins:The Harlequins are the servants of the Aeldari Laughing God Cegorach who fled into the Webway at the time of the Fall, and were protected from Slaanesh by their god's power. They are the keepers of the Aeldari repository of Chaos knowledge known as the Black Library. The Exodites:The Exodites are those Aeldari who fled the ancient homeworlds before the Fall and chose to settle on verdant, unsettled planets known as Maiden Worlds. The Ynnari:The Ynnari, also called the Reborn, are a religious sect of Aeldari drawn from all of the other factions who serve the partially awakened Aeldari god of the dead Ynnead. Led by Ynnead's high priestess and chosen prophet, Yvraine, the Daughter of Shades.