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Well, one "far stretched" interpretation based on various parts of this symbol and "warrior in red" picture might be that Saim-Hann finaly gets it's own named character. Based on aformentioned picture, it shouldn't be Nuadhu, but as the Eldar codex states, Sami-Hann folks are considered "uncivilised", so that will fit the "between craftworld and Dark Eldar" features of his armour and Wild Riders clans have chieftains, not Autarchs...

Arhra would be close second quess, but it doesn't really suit "warrior in red" depiction...

A reinvigorated War in Heaven has me intrigued. Combined and reanimated Eldar? Who can counter that? C'Tan?!?!

I posted this in the general thread, but relevant here:




(sorry for the quick crummy pics, just grabbed from a google search)

Looks like an autarch rune with an infinity circuit symbol above. Character warithlord?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 danjbrierton wrote:
the rune looks like a combination of the path of command (autarch) and the infinity symbol (wraith). this to me means either an eternal conflict/war, or command after death. thoughts?

The rune has elements of:
Striking Scorpion(the delta with the line and triple lines, along with the 'pincers' off the top)
Saim-Hann's "Cosmic Serpent" or the Wraithguard/Wraithlord's pseudo-infinity icon
The "tail" doesn't really match anything I've seen. Closest is Autarch.

Other than the infinity symbol and the lowest horizontal line, it's exactly like the rune for autarch. In Goodwin's old sketches he would insert an extra line at the bottom of a rune as a female variant. Don't think it was ever used beyond the sketches, but it might mean something.

Cosmic Schwung wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 danjbrierton wrote:
the rune looks like a combination of the path of command (autarch) and the infinity symbol (wraith). this to me means either an eternal conflict/war, or command after death. thoughts?

The rune has elements of:
Striking Scorpion(the delta with the line and triple lines, along with the 'pincers' off the top)
Saim-Hann's "Cosmic Serpent" or the Wraithguard/Wraithlord's pseudo-infinity icon
The "tail" doesn't really match anything I've seen. Closest is Autarch.

Other than the infinity symbol and the lowest horizontal line, it's exactly like the rune for autarch. In Goodwin's old sketches he would insert an extra line at the bottom of a rune as a female variant. Don't think it was ever used beyond the sketches, but it might mean something.

Autarch rune has two straight lines off the top of the delta, the rune in the video has those lines curved ala pincers. Warlock, Vyper, Fire Dragons, Wave Serpent, and Striking Scorpions all have that 'pincer'--but the mentioned ones do not match with the horizontal 'slashes'.

The horizontal 'slashes' are a bit difficult to work with. There is no single rune where the 'slashes' match what we got in the image(one long, one medium, one short).

Brace yourselves, the storm is gathering!

Damn was hoping to see a sneak peak at the models. Hopefully shouldn't have to wait too long for that.

 Nevelon wrote:
I posted this in the general thread, but relevant here:




(sorry for the quick crummy pics, just grabbed from a google search)

Looks like an autarch rune with an infinity circuit symbol above. Character warithlord?

If it's a character wraithlord somehow, that'd point back to Iyanna and Iyanden as she had a wraithlord bodyguard which has the spirit of an exarch.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The horizontal 'slashes' are a bit difficult to work with. There is no single rune where the 'slashes' match what we got in the image(one long, one medium, one short).

The runes can be heavily stylised and have little variations. Curved or straight can be exactly the same thing.

I guess it's also possible it's some kind of variation of Voidweaver's rune, or maybe it's a conglomeration of her and the rest of the triumvirate's runes.

 n0t_u wrote:
If it's a character wraithlord somehow, that'd point back to Iyanna and Iyanden as she had a wraithlord bodyguard which has the spirit of an exarch.

Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Cosmic Schwung wrote:
Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Maybe reforge the suit to fit on a Wraithlord somehow? Yeah, it's weird...

 Kanluwen wrote:
The horizontal 'slashes' are a bit difficult to work with. There is no single rune where the 'slashes' match what we got in the image(one long, one medium, one short).

The runes can be heavily stylised and have little variations. Curved or straight can be exactly the same thing.

 n0t_u wrote:
If it's a character wraithlord somehow, that'd point back to Iyanna and Iyanden as she had a wraithlord bodyguard which has the spirit of an exarch.

Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Cosmic Schwung wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
The horizontal 'slashes' are a bit difficult to work with. There is no single rune where the 'slashes' match what we got in the image(one long, one medium, one short).

The runes can be heavily stylised and have little variations. Curved or straight can be exactly the same thing.

Runes can be heavily stylised, but you won't see elements left off or altered that dramatically. Runes are part of the Eldar's language.

You and I couldn't understand each other if we started doing curves/straight as "exactly the same thing".

Cosmic Schwung wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:
If it's a character wraithlord somehow, that'd point back to Iyanna and Iyanden as she had a wraithlord bodyguard which has the spirit of an exarch.

Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

The same way everyone else does, via their Spirit Stone.

Path of the Eldar actually covers this quite well, Eldar bodies dont last forever and if an Exarch's been around for a long time the body can where out and die, if this happens the Exarch goes into a sort of hibernaton waiting for the next person to get trapped on that particular path and who will put on the armour. Whilst in hibernation, their Spirit Stones can be used to animate Wraith Lords.


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 unmercifulconker wrote:
Brace yourselves, the storm is gathering!

Damn was hoping to see a sneak peak at the models. Hopefully shouldn't have to wait too long for that.

Yeah, the fact we're seeing anything at all suggest it's going to be a much shorter wait for the second part of this campaign than it was for Warzone Fenris.

As far as I can tell the rune is made up if the Striking Scorpion Rune, the Autarch Rune and the Infinity Circuit Symbol.

Because it incorporates the Striking Scorpion Rune I reckon it might be Arhra.

This also fits the description of the guy in red in that picture in Fall of Cadia.

Cawl describes an Eldar warrior who's armour is made up of both Eldar and Dark Eldar components of a variant never before seen in any archived records.

Arhra left the Eldar and went over to the dark Eldar and is now an Incubi - which kinda fits that pic of the guy in red?

 Nostromodamus wrote:

Cosmic Schwung wrote:
Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Maybe reforge the suit to fit on a Wraithlord somehow? Yeah, it's weird...

The exarch souls are in the stones not the armour.

Lord Kragan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
It could merely be an archaic word for the rats and not a rebrand.

It could be also a more generic term to encompase a society, not race. Just how many people say they are from the human race instead of saying their country??

like "orruks"

 n0t_u wrote:

 Nostromodamus wrote:

Cosmic Schwung wrote:
Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Maybe reforge the suit to fit on a Wraithlord somehow? Yeah, it's weird...

The exarch souls are in the stones not the armour.

I thought the suits themselves became mini infinity circuits?

Not that it would stop them getting into a wraithlord - they manage to get from the big version into them alright

I can't wait to see what Eldar models they bring out, I'm a big fan of Eldar of all stripes.

Any chance this throws IG some stuff? If not, I'm going to be a little chuffed at Guard getting stuffed (again).

Oooh, I already imagine, "Aeldari Corsyrs"

 jreilly89 wrote:
Any chance this throws IG some stuff? If not, I'm going to be a little chuffed at Guard getting stuffed (again).

We might get a new Creed, but I don't think we're going to see anything crazy specific...at least not yet.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 jreilly89 wrote:
Any chance this throws IG some stuff? If not, I'm going to be a little chuffed at Guard getting stuffed (again).

We might get a new Creed, but I don't think we're going to see anything crazy specific...at least not yet.

When we get something it might involve creed, but that would also require the involvement of Necrons and specifically Trazyn again. Maybe he will return for the battle for Terra with Necron modifications to his damaged frame.

What people want is a new plastic regiment with greatcoats, gasmasks, fur hats, totally not fascist looking marching boots, feather boas, grimdark looking armour, overly archaic lasguns, arms with rolled up sleeves and every special / heavy weapon option found in the codex entry.

 BrookM wrote:
What people want is a new plastic regiment with greatcoats, gasmasks, fur hats, totally not fascist looking marching boots, feather boas, grimdark looking armour, overly archaic lasguns, arms with rolled up sleeves and every special / heavy weapon option found in the codex entry.

In triplicate, for Veterans!

 Kanluwen wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
What people want is a new plastic regiment with greatcoats, gasmasks, fur hats, totally not fascist looking marching boots, feather boas, grimdark looking armour, overly archaic lasguns, arms with rolled up sleeves and every special / heavy weapon option found in the codex entry.

In triplicate, for Veterans!

Right, we'll need heads with cigars, sunglasses and pigtails as well then, to make them stand out even more.

 BrookM wrote:
What people want is a new plastic regiment with greatcoats, gasmasks, fur hats, totally not fascist looking marching boots, feather boas, grimdark looking armour, overly archaic lasguns, arms with rolled up sleeves and every special / heavy weapon option found in the codex entry.

I got everything except the feather boas. Is there some reference I don't know about?

Vorian wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:

 Nostromodamus wrote:

Cosmic Schwung wrote:
Gah, always hated that bit of fluff. How does one transfer an exarch soul into a wraithlord?

Maybe reforge the suit to fit on a Wraithlord somehow? Yeah, it's weird...

The exarch souls are in the stones not the armour.

I thought the suits themselves became mini infinity circuits?

Not that it would stop them getting into a wraithlord - they manage to get from the big version into them alright

You'll get an exarch strapped to the front of a wraithlord like the imperium gets a terminator strapped to a dreadknight

They (some rumour people) said the loyal primarch would be coming before the next part, so that should be soon, I guess?

In before the guy in red isn't actually an Eldar, but a disguised Jaghatai Khan.

That's what I said as well!

I think that this symbol will not be related to the red eldar, I would bet on a new avatar or Ynnead.

 jreilly89 wrote:
Any chance this throws IG some stuff? If not, I'm going to be a little chuffed at Guard getting stuffed (again).

Why would you be pleased that the Guard don't get anything?