Eldar, man or woman?

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**ZacktheChaosChild**

Well, do they have a pair, or not? Or do they have both genders? I'm confused because of hearing lots of Eldar genital jokes and me knowing Eldar like I know George Washington, I was just wondering.

**Shadowbrand**

Their are boys and girls, their just a "girly" race. their elves!

**Kilkrazy**

There must be Eldar men because Librarian Tigurius is half Eldar and his mother was a human.

**Cheese Elemental**

There are Eldar in Dawn of War with breasts.

Does that answer your question?

**LunaHound**

Cheese Elemental wrote:There are Eldar in Dawn of War with breasts.

Does that answer your question?

No, because

**Emperors Faithful**

Ew.

But yes, there are two genders in the eldar race. It's just that it's very hard to tell becuase the males are regarded as very effeminate.

**Locclo**

If you RTFC (Read the Fething Codex) you'll note that there are actually 7 Eldar characters who are male - Eldrad Ulthran, Prince Yriel, Asurman, Baharroth, Karandras, Fuegan, and Maugan Ra. From the 40k video games, they definitely have female characters - all three Farseers that appeared in the five Dawn of War games (Macha, Taldeer and Caerys) were female.

So, yes: Eldar do indeed have two different genders. It's just not so obvious because their men are very, very pretty.

**IvanTih**

Kilkrazy wrote:There must be Eldar men because Librarian Tigurius is half Eldar and his mother was a human.

That's isn't cannon anymore and Illiyan Nastase not Tigurius was that hybrid.

**Manchu**

IvanTih wrote:That's isn't cannon anymore and Illiyan Nastase not Tigurius was that hybrid.

Ugh.

**IvanTih**

Manchu wrote:
IvanTih wrote:That's isn't cannon anymore and Illiyan Nastase not Tigurius was that hybrid.
Ugh.

I founded the information on this site http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=94943

**Manchu**

IvanTih wrote:I founded the information on this site http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=94943

You're not wrong. My link was to a thread in which K_K treated us to the contents of WD97, where this half-eldar UM nonsense originated. You know, so people could get t out of their system before the SmurfHater train pulled into the station once again.

**IvanTih**

Manchu wrote:
IvanTih wrote:I founded the information on this site http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=94943
You're not wrong. My link was to a thread in which K_K treated us to the contents of WD97, where this half-eldar UM nonsense originated. You know, so people could get t out of their system before the SmurfHater train pulled into the station once again.

I thought that I was wrong in your eyes when you posted ugh so I posted the link.

**Manchu**

Ha, no sorry. The "ugh" was directed at WD97.

**Eldar Own**

There are two genders. Eldar Howling Banshees are all women and a few others from different aspects are women.

**LunaHound**

Female Dire Avenger

**fallen_wolfborn**

Jain Zar is also a woman (its a mask)
and its true that the male eldar are slightly effeminate but they have three female godesses!
(lilaeth, morai-heg and isha)
and not all Howling banshees are women apparently RTC.

**BlueDagger**

Eldar Own wrote:There are two genders. Eldar Howling Banshees are all women and a few others from different aspects are women.

Not ALL banshees are infact women. PG 157 of the rulebook "Predominantly Female..." plus the Autarch model with Swooping Hawk wings is a male with a banshee mask on.

**Captain Solon**

they're humanoid.

that means they're human, including their genitals.

The argument is that both tau and orks are humanoid.

They're not humanoid, because they're not bred in the same way as humans

To all intent, eldar are M/F.

Orks are non-sexual, and are actually ferns.

Jks.

No. seriously they spread by bloodspores.

Tau... Just... ew.

**Manchu**

Pretty sure Tau are mammalian. As for proof, just give Shadowsun the old up and down. Also, they've hooves.

**Zio**

I (somehow) ended up with shadowsun's head. Just the head. Took forever to realize that it wasn't an eldar chick's head.

**StarGate**

Eldar are hermorphordites... best way to explain it they evolved to a Unisex species, having both sexual organs( hense there a dying race)

**Manchu**

StarGate wrote:Eldar are hermorphordites... best way to explain it they evolved to a Unisex species, having both sexual organs( hense there a dying race)

**IvanTih**

StarGate wrote:Eldar are hermorphordites... best way to explain it they evolved to a Unisex species, having both sexual organs( hense there a dying race)

**Ronin-Sage**

What's with the recent outbreak of stupid in the forums? Seriously, this and the subject-question of several other topics(but moreso this one) are either no-brainer or, to the benefit of the poster and the forum, better "I'm feeling lucky"'d on Google.

Seriously.

**Cheese Elemental**

StarGate wrote:Eldar are hermorphordites... best way to explain it they evolved to a Unisex species, having both sexual organs( hense there a dying race)

**Emperors Faithful**

**Morgrim**

There are two genders. There are sex organs that external approximate those of a human.

There are also difference to humans, since the Black Library book Xenology states that conception is not quite the same as a human; instead of being a single sperm from a male fertilising an egg which then grows into an offspring, eldar conception apparently requires further genetic material from both parents over the course of development. So obviously some of the internal constructs are different. And that also clearly indications that humans and eldar can't interbreed.

**sniperjolly**

Exept that they tottaly can and therefore are more closely related than neanderthals.

**chromedog**

LunaHound wrote:Female Dire Avenger

Actually, that's meh'lindi, HUMAN assassin, in eldar aspect armour. She could (using polymorphine) alter her physiology enough to fit into the armour enough to pass - at a distance - for eldar [Well, until they altered her so that the only other form she could take with polymorphine was genestealer-like.].

She is in fact referred to as wearing the armour in one chapter.

Not that anyone should consider it canon anymore - anymore than ANYTHING by the defiler CS Goto.

**Emperors Faithful**

Morgrim wrote:
There are also difference to humans, since the Black Library book Xenology states that conception is not quite the same as a human; instead of being a single sperm from a male fertilising an egg which then grows into an offspring, eldar conception apparently requires further genetic material from both parents over the course of development. So obviously some of the internal constructs are different. And that also clearly indications that humans and eldar can't interbreed.

They can't interbreed.
But it never said they can't copulate.

Of course, that's heretical.