Vile, insidious and completely evil, the mysterious Dark Eldar are piratical raiders who strike without warning, killing and enslaving all who stand in their way. No one is safe from their terrifying and vicious attacks as they drag their victims back to their lairs for the most unspeakable of tortures. Pray that they don't take you alive!
EVIL BEYOND REDEMPTION!
The Dark Eldar attack without warning, wreaking havoc and
destruction, then disappearing just as quickly as they
appeared. Vicious raiders and pirates is how they are
viewed by the Imperium, but many are realizing just how big
a threat the Dark Eldar are.
ETERNAL DARKNESS
The Dark Eldar are without mercy or remorse, they gladly take prisoners back
to their domain to perform cruel and twisted experiments upon them. The only
thing worse than being attacked by them, is to be taken alive.
Defeated troops who are unlucky enough to be dragged back to Commorragh - the dark homeworld of these corrupted aliens - are fated for a lifetime of slavery and indescribable pain as they fufill the dark and inhuman desires of their wicked captors. Those that are lucky will die quickly, those that are not will lose their very souls to the hunger of the Dark Eldar.
DARK ELDAR SOCIETY
Dark Eldar society is split into structures known as
Kabals and each Kabal is ruled by a powerful Dark
Eldar Lord. Often leading their armies
into battle, Dark Eldar Lords have to be the most
vicious and ruthless of their race in order to retain their
positions of power. Evil beyond compare, Dark Eldar
Lords leave ruined worlds and the corpses of innocents
in their wake in a constant search for souls and slaves.
Due to the cruel and wanton nature of Dark Eldar society, Dark Eldar Lords need to have a retinue of their closest servants who fight with them on the battlefield. Often consisting of powerful troops such as the heavily armored Incubi, the Lord's retinue serves to protect him from the power-hungry asprations of his own followers nearly as much as they are required to shield him from enemy forces!
Perhaps the most terrifying type of Dark Eldar character is the torture-loving Haemonculi. These twisted and insidious beings serve their lords by administering incalcuable suffering upon those victims that are brought before them either for their own pleasure or to glean some nugget of information from their helpless captives.
DARK ELDAR WARRIORS
The bulk of a Dark Eldar army consists of Dark Eldar Warriors. These cruel and malicious troops attack swiftly and without mercy. Any
who confront them are killed by bursts of crystalline shards from their Splinter
Rifles. Often this deadly ammunition is impregnated with vile toxins and nerve
agents which work their way into the body with the smallest scratch.
Dark Eldar Warrior Squads can also include heavy weapon troops carrying insidious devices such as the Splinter Cannon or Dark Lance which can devastate an entire squad or vehicle on their own. Warrior Squads are commonly led by powerful fighters known as Sybarites who often use powerful and arcane weapons drawn from the depths of the Dark Eldar armories.
Even the casual observer will notice the predominence of wicked curved and serrated blades which almost all Dark Eldar carry or even incorporate into their firearms or armor. Constructed in a wide variety of designs and styles all of them are made of lightweight materials and have blades which carry a mono-molecular edge keen enough to slice through materials as thick as Space Marine armor with sufficient force!
THE WYCH CULTS
There are many strange and bloodthisty
troop types which make up the forces
of the Dark Eldar but among the most
deadly and violent are the elite
members of the Wych Cults. These highly skilled gladiators are
commonly hired by Dark Eldar Lords to accompany him into battle. Boosting
their already honed abilities with a plethora of Combat Drugs, Wyches can pick
apart enemy troops with almost leisurely ease!
A subsect of the Wych cults are the ultra-fast Reaver Jetbike Squads. Combining inhuman speed, unprecedented manueverability and deadly close combat skill, Reavers are perfect for making hit and run attacks against isolated enemy squadrons or even main battle units.
More than anything else, the Dark Eldar army uses stealth and guile. Its wide variety of troops combined with heavy firepower and amazing mobility but light armor makes the Dark Eldar a finesse force beyond compare, Dark Eldar armies have the potential to defeat any unwise souls who would dare to cross their paths!