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 Atia wrote:

 Imateria wrote:
Here's a screen shot of the page that mentions the Eldar characters, it was posted over on The Dark City:

Spoiler:

Suggests 4 characters, Eldrad, Sylendri Veilwalker, the guy in red armour and some one who may be Aurelia Malys.

It's still from my Q&A and fluff post

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/1596

Sorry, the post on the Dark City didn't credit you as the source, I only saw that after I posted here then went to your blog.

nou wrote:
I'm a bit supprised, that no one brought the name Lhykosidae to the table of speculation, as those Eldar figures are supposedly previously unknown. Both Iyanna and Yriel are already established in the lore quite well. And "calm authority amid the swirling storm of colour" could be some form of Ynnead avatar/shard.

Or it could Yriel and/or Iyanna transformed- Cawl not being surprised at not identifying the eldar because "The Eldar were inconsistent, as ever-shifting as sand, changing personality as freely as they changed their masks." might be a hint at changed or transformed existing characters? Ynnead could the unifying element for the eldar to rally around- they all share the need to defeat She Who Thirsts- the central figures could be her representatives. I think it is more likely the figure in the gown is Lady Malys and the figure in the red armour is some sort of body guard- he does seem very tall though.

 CragHack wrote:
Path of the Dark Eldar pretty much states she's afraid of Vect and what he can do. But I guess nothing in sacred, bleh.

She certainly is scared of him. Pretty much the only person she's met who she can't always out-scheme, and she currently believes he wants to flood Commorragh with deamons.

nou wrote:
I'm a bit supprised, that no one brought the name Lhykosidae to the table of speculation, as those Eldar figures are supposedly previously unknown. Both Iyanna and Yriel are already established in the lore quite well. And "calm authority amid the swirling storm of colour" could be some form of Ynnead avatar/shard.

I don't think GW will ever draw on Goto for material. You might be taking the "calm authority amid the swirling storm of colour" line a bit too literally. I think it's just the author's poetic way of describing the mass of different factions together.

From 4chan, so pretty much totally unreliable, but it is a rumour of sorts...

I have see eldar boxes today, although I have not been able to make any photos, I have not been alone while leaving the boxes from the truck, but while working on the truck, they opened some

Asdrubael Vect it's on a grav plataform and the platform looks like the image of rumour engine, the same box also brings 2 incubi but are very different from the current ones as with thicker armor, but none of the 3 miniatures look like the image of the red eldar of fall of cadia.

There were other boxes containing larger boxes inside, but I've only seen a little piece of the side, in which an female eldar in a yellow and blue gown with the name ...of Iyanden (I could not see it all) under the portrait, the box was large so i guess that will contain more miniatures since it is bigger than the box of vect

Look closely at the picture of the red armored Eldar. The chest has cross straps and a waist sash with gem that matches that of an Eldar Autarch. Unless they invent a new character, the only named Eldar Autarch character with a figure currently is Yriel.

Cosmic Schwung wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Path of the Dark Eldar pretty much states she's afraid of Vect and what he can do. But I guess nothing in sacred, bleh.

She certainly is scared of him. Pretty much the only person she's met who she can't always out-scheme, and she currently believes he wants to flood Commorragh with deamons.

nou wrote:
I'm a bit supprised, that no one brought the name Lhykosidae to the table of speculation, as those Eldar figures are supposedly previously unknown. Both Iyanna and Yriel are already established in the lore quite well. And "calm authority amid the swirling storm of colour" could be some form of Ynnead avatar/shard.

I don't think GW will ever draw on Goto for material. You might be taking the "calm authority amid the swirling storm of colour" line a bit too literally. I think it's just the author's poetic way of describing the mass of different factions together.

Or just depicting a main group of harlequins , as they can change thir personalities and manerism as they swap the faces of their masks.

Wich bother me it's the triumvirate thing, harlequins Heroes path formation retells an Eldanash and Ultanash history and those pseudo rumours from the Yriel, Vect, Veilwalker, seems to fit with the whole background theme as Yriel belongs to house Ultanash, Vect being Eldanesh or someone from his lineage may be a cool turn of events for Eldar lore.

 Perfect Organism wrote:
From 4chan, so pretty much totally unreliable, but it is a rumour of sorts...

I have see eldar boxes today, although I have not been able to make any photos, I have not been alone while leaving the boxes from the truck, but while working on the truck, they opened some

Asdrubael Vect it's on a grav plataform and the platform looks like the image of rumour engine, the same box also brings 2 incubi but are very different from the current ones as with thicker armor, but none of the 3 miniatures look like the image of the red eldar of fall of cadia.

There were other boxes containing larger boxes inside, but I've only seen a little piece of the side, in which an female eldar in a yellow and blue gown with the name ...of Iyanden (I could not see it all) under the portrait, the box was large so i guess that will contain more miniatures since it is bigger than the box of vect

Ooh someone rolling out the Vect rumor again.

Warhammer TV posted how to paint a Gyrnix. Is that an eldar critter?

 axisofentropy wrote:
Seen on Warhammer TV just now:

https://www.twitch.tv/warhammer

Nice. So the real Cawl died and it will now be Trazyn all along!

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

 axisofentropy wrote:
Seen on Warhammer TV just now:

Spoiler:

https://www.twitch.tv/warhammer

Nice. So the real Cawl died and it will now be Trazyn all along!

I can't tell if you're joking or if I missed something while skimming this thread. I thought Cawl ended the book heading towards the light after the Eldar pep talk...

Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
Warhammer TV posted how to paint a Gyrnix. Is that an eldar critter?

Yeh its an old Eldar familiar for psykers. However some Inquisitors are known to have some as well, don't know if they still will or if they'll go pure Eldar with them.

 Crazyterran wrote:
Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

I ain't looking forward to working with the IoM as a Tau player either. You know it's going to happen with these grand "alliances". BruceCambel_Pulse. http://www.soundboard.com/sb/tausoundboard

 Crazyterran wrote:
Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

Chaos is coming! We need all the foes we can fight to prove our worth to the Chaos Gods!

 Crazyterran wrote:
Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

OK, now I have a vision of a big, stuffed, book-shaped pillow, with “Codex Astartes” embroidered on the front. Blue, with gold thread. With a " “ done up as a smiley face.

OK, I can go to sleep happy now. The Codex will keep the bad Chaos dreams away.

Ya still allies of convienance/desperate allies.
Taking xenos help when your gettting your arse handed to you and you have no real choice but die doesn't mean they are best buds.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I'm not going to shoot you today.

 Galef wrote:
Wait. All "cultures" of Eldar forming one cohesive force? That sounds suspiciously similar to the Elfs, I mean Aelfs, of the Old World during the End Times.

Yeah, I'm getting the vibe Magnus= Nagash as well. I have a very strong suspicion this will mirror the WHFB end times in many, many ways to come, especially (big/fancy) model releases.

That would be excellent, Warhounds, Thunderhawks and Fellblades in plastic!

Watch, the dude in red is just an Astartes that is along with the Eldar as a prisoner/bargaining chip to get the Imperium to fight alongside them against Chaos.

Hmm, red and blue...it's Captain Cortez!

But really, I would be happy if they gave Dark Eldar some cool stuff. I really doubt this red-garbed character is Vect or Yriel. Yriel wears yellow. He even has a color named after him. Vect is too much of a boss to show up for any of this stuff in person.

The Eldar cat they painted in the video definitely looks like it is supposed to have a regular-sized miniature on the base as well. And I call it an Eldar cat because the video was posted on the 40K FB site but not the AoS FB site, so it is definitely 40K.

Iracundus wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Malys - Dark Eldar? Why is that? She's marely a subordinate. What happened to the arch-troll Vect?

The Harlequins have influenced Malys. Codex Harlequins said it was the Veiled Path that set Lady Malys up for her webway encounter and arcane bond with Cegorach (i.e. that heart and golden figure was a manifestation of Cegorach). They have also influenced Yriel. They are the glue holding the various factions of the Eldar together. If Malys is their pawn, they could be aiding her in overthrowing Vect.

Thing is, the Harlequins also struck a deal with Vect when he rose to power and the implication was that they helped him do it, so... figuring out which horse they're backing in Commorragh, if they're backing one at all, is pretty much a lost cause right now.

 Robin5t wrote:

Iracundus wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Malys - Dark Eldar? Why is that? She's marely a subordinate. What happened to the arch-troll Vect?

The Harlequins have influenced Malys. Codex Harlequins said it was the Veiled Path that set Lady Malys up for her webway encounter and arcane bond with Cegorach (i.e. that heart and golden figure was a manifestation of Cegorach). They have also influenced Yriel. They are the glue holding the various factions of the Eldar together. If Malys is their pawn, they could be aiding her in overthrowing Vect.

Thing is, the Harlequins also struck a deal with Vect when he rose to power and the implication was that they helped him do it, so... figuring ut which horse they're backing in Commorragh, if they're backing one at all, is pretty much a lost cause right now.

Maybe Vect has served his purpose and the Harlequins now want Malys. Alternatively they could be using Malys as a patsy and then backing Vect. Or maybe they are backing both so that whoever wins will owe the Harlequins something.

GW has been writing the Veilwalker into a lot of things recently (and retconning them into being the ones that influenced Malys) so I suspect there is a story purpose behind it. Whether it will be a good story in the end is unknown.

 Crazyterran wrote:
Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

At this point, Chaos are the greater threat than the Eldar. We don't make peace with our friends, only our enemies. And even then, it can be for the briefest of moments.

 Crazyterran wrote:
Just got traitors hate and traitor Legions.

Complains about no new content.

Chaos players.

Having Legion traits is just repair for a cruel injustice commited a decade ago, it should not be considered new material, only an overly late addition that should have been there since the start.

Its like Marines only getting their chapter tacs back after ten years.

Cadia's Fall should have been the "New" thing.

And yes its the first of a series, but will we have to wait a year like with Fenris II?, or will it be quicker?

I have that dreadfull feeling that the second part of 13th BC will not be before we get a dozen small faction codexes before, you know the kind of thing that 12guys are playing in the world like Gene cults or Harlequins or maybe some stupid thing like Demiurgs or Exodites...


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 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
Eldar on team Imperium? I'm so lost.

Xenos are supposed to be purged, but these are now good Xenos? But Papa Smurf taught me there are no good Xenos! Well, there are one or two exceptions, but...

I need to sit down. Someone bring me the Codex! I need comfort.

At this point, Chaos are the greater threat than the Eldar. We don't make peace with our friends, only our enemies. And even then, it can be for the briefest of moments.

Halas its nothing new, Eldars as a tendecy to put their nose where it doesn't belong, so that in the long run, it saves their arses.

Like rerouting a Hive fleet towards an imperial world so that it doesn't attack a craftworld, or aiding imperials at the last minute so that they can buy time for their own to get off the course of an ork Waagh or Chaos invasion, since the conflict with the Imperial will drag on longer.

I'd love to gloat about calling it on the lynx the day that tail pic came out, but it'be somewhat less appropriate with me being a new-ish user and all that.
Anyway, glad to see Eldar super friends getting some new model love (take away all our OP rules and give us heaps of new, crisp models, I say). Also, the Malys/Yriel morphin' time rumors seem to coincide with some earlier ones mentioning various starter sets for the 8th edition, one of which containing a Harlequin Yriel with friends and another a gentleman called "Vect's blade" or some such.

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
Warhammer TV posted how to paint a Gyrnix. Is that an eldar critter?

Sanguinius on Reddit wrote:Vect is involved with the new 'Eldar Triumvirate'
Iyanna Arienal is HIGHLY LIKELY to be the Eldar model with the Gyrinx offsider, aka an Iyanden Spiritseer.
Roboute still is on track to 'waking up first'...noting below, I would posit that Lion'el will be awoken soon after.
A later book (aka sooner rather than later) will be called 'The Hunt', focusing on the Dark Angels chasing Cypher on a spiral towards Terra. I have been told that Cypher WILL reach Terra with the Lion Sword. PERSONAL SPECUALTION: I think Cypher will 'kill' the Emperor in order to instigate his Perpetual Powers and bring in a new age.
Additional: I have heard loose rumours that 'a loyalist Primarch will turn, and a Chaos Primarch will turn Loyalist.' I have heard nothing more in this regard....but please be Alpha Legion....please be Alpha Legion.

Ugh. That "Hunt" rumor again.

Wasn't that debunked, with someone claiming they made the whole thing up?

Someone uploaded a clip, in which the uploader reviewed the contents of triumvirate box : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE_Siw80P1s

And I noticed that the rules for the triumvirate are far from complete. The assembly manual does list points cost and wargears, but is missing specific explanations on special rules and Force Organisation. I suppose that means I also need to buy Fall of Cadia too.

 Thud wrote:

Sanguinius on Reddit wrote:Vect is involved with the new 'Eldar Triumvirate'
Iyanna Arienal is HIGHLY LIKELY to be the Eldar model with the Gyrinx offsider, aka an Iyanden Spiritseer.
Roboute still is on track to 'waking up first'...noting below, I would posit that Lion'el will be awoken soon after.
A later book (aka sooner rather than later) will be called 'The Hunt', focusing on the Dark Angels chasing Cypher on a spiral towards Terra. I have been told that Cypher WILL reach Terra with the Lion Sword. PERSONAL SPECUALTION: I think Cypher will 'kill' the Emperor in order to instigate his Perpetual Powers and bring in a new age.
Additional: I have heard loose rumours that 'a loyalist Primarch will turn, and a Chaos Primarch will turn Loyalist.' I have heard nothing more in this regard....but please be Alpha Legion....please be Alpha Legion.

I'll take imperial rumors with alot of salt but it would be cool to see the emperor "reborn" but I a weakened state due to the unique nature of the anathema that he still couldn't leave the GT but still give orders or project him self psychically as a almost ghost emperor until which time he fully recovers.
Nah man, it gonna be Perturabo, finally over himself and bringing the masters of siege warfare back to the Imperium! Just kiddin, that would be a nifty way to even out the numbers between the loyalist and traitor primarchs.

Still waiting for the second half of January for these plastic SoB and digging how they were the only imperials to really push back the black legion, they some bad ladies. Hope this is the start of a trend of them getting more love in he future both kit and fluff wise