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Why aren't there any and if there are where are they?

Do Mandrakes count?

Anyway, if there aren't any, it's probably because being psychically attuned would increase the attention of Slaanesh, and would increase exponentially the amount of souls that have to be eaten.

I think they're just rare if they happen at all. The amount of Dark Eldar that likely die before adulthood in Commorragh likely weeds them out.

I remember reading somewhere that psykers are regarded as curiosities by the Dark Eldar... Curiosities to break and twist and torture, of course.

Yer they use them as play things.

The natural Eldar predisposition to psychic potential has simply atrophied in the Dark Eldar, and psykers are considered extremely dangerous to the continued existence of Commoragh

Hm...Makes sense.

MekanobSamael wrote:Why aren't there any and if there are where are they?

Counter question: Why aren't there people with flame throwers in an oil refinery?
The Dark Eldar Codex is explicit about the fact that it is not a good idea to attract daemons while living next to the warp.
So no Dark Eldar psykers, not even Bonesingers to manipulate wraithbone.

Honestly in the old fluff all it says with regards to psykers is that there souls are the most delicious and potent to the dark eldar. The more pwerful the soul the longer it will likely sustain a dark eldar so psykers are stongly sought after and devoured any time they spring up.

Kroothawk wrote:The Dark Eldar Codex is explicit about the fact that it is not a good idea to attract daemons while living next to the warp.

So your theory is that it's an evolutionary adaptation?

Either that or a societal one-- they just kill the psykers and eat their souls if they pop up.

Melissia wrote:Either that or a societal one-- they just kill the psykers and eat their souls if they pop up.

Then from what did they build their city(can't spell name properly),after all Eldar couldn't stop using Wraithbone after using it for so long (thng which is harder than adamantium).

I have no damn clue. Unobtanium I guess.

According to the new codex, the city existed pre-Fall. It was a major starport prior to the Fall, which is why it conveniently happens to have webway exits leading to pretty much everywhere in the galaxy.

Melissia wrote:Unobtanium

I personally use Wonderflonium for my warp-city construction needs.

MekanobSamael wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:The Dark Eldar Codex is explicit about the fact that it is not a good idea to attract daemons while living next to the warp.

So your theory is that it's an evolutionary adaptation?

According to the creators of the race (not "my theory"), it is a law protecting the survival of the city.

IvanTih wrote:

Melissia wrote:Either that or a societal one-- they just kill the psykers and eat their souls if they pop up.

Then from what did they build their city(can't spell name properly),after all Eldar couldn't stop using Wraithbone after using it for so long (thng which is harder than adamantium).

Commoragh already WAS a big city before the fall. I guess, Eldar knew even before the fall that attracting daemons to the webway isn't a smart idea. But they certainly do know that after the fall. Certainly no manipulation of wraithbone by Dark Eldar.