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This is rather embarassing. I'm painting my force Kabal of the black heart colors because I love having the most influential and powerful Kabal in Commoragh, I also love Vect. Though, reading someone elses' post today gave me an embarassing realization... What will my army be fighting for? It seems to me that having the strongest military force in commoragh, and the supreme ruler on your side, does the black heart Kabal really need to perform real space raids? Can't they just inflict pain and misery on the residents and other Kabals of commoragh? I'm just having a difficult time forging a narrative for my new force, and I must admit, a lot of it is probably largely due to ignorance on the front of fluff. So Can anyone here help me out?

De go on raids the collect souls. They are not protected by the stones like normal Eldar - Slanesh is constantly sucking their souls out. They have to raid to feed this to 'she who thirsts'

you can add in more background fluff and other buts but this is the core of why DE raid

I just figured with the influence that The black heart Kabal has, they don't necessarily need to raid real space, but can take the numerous souls that reside in commoragh

DE souls are not the best though to be honest, they are already under the pull of slanesh- there is nothing better than fresh souls ready to feed upon.

cammy wrote:
DE souls are not the best though to be honest, they are already under the pull of slanesh- there is nothing better than fresh souls ready to feed upon.

Doesn't commoragh have other races living there than DE?

Dark Eldar don't have soulstones. I've had my DarkEldar since I first began 40k.

The best way to come up with fiction for ''your'' army you have to start looking at your battles in more of a narrative. Come up with a reason why vect orsome other Black Heart Archon is fighting in ''this'' battle here and now before each game.

No one is ever fighting for NOTHING with there army. It's whatever you make of it.

Of course, being the largest Kabal in the Dark city, that they collect tithe off of every raid to and from Commoragh. But being the largest also means they have an appearance to keep up, they can't be seen as fat cats lounging off of others, they must be seen as a powerful military force who rule the Dark City through strength of arms. How can they have an effective fighting force when all the Kabalite strike forces do is collect payments from Kabals that don't pay up? Real Space raids are as much a chance show military prowess, to blood your newly risen Archons or even to kill of untrustworthy (well...overly untrustworthy) parts of the Kabal.

So for your force, maybe you forces Archon is newly risen or made a tactical blunder so Vect has sent him on realspace raids to teach him how to fight tactically. Maybe you command new Kabalites and Vect wanted to give them combat experience? Anything along those lines could work.

 ALEXisAWESOME wrote:
Of course, being the largest Kabal in the Dark city, that they collect tithe off of every raid to and from Commoragh. But being the largest also means they have an appearance to keep up, they can't be seen as fat cats lounging off of others, they must be seen as a powerful military force who rule the Dark City through strength of arms. How can they have an effective fighting force when all the Kabalite strike forces do is collect payments from Kabals that don't pay up? Real Space raids are as much a chance show military prowess, to blood your newly risen Archons or even to kill of untrustworthy (well...overly untrustworthy) parts of the Kabal.

So for your force, maybe you forces Archon is newly risen or made a tactical blunder so Vect has sent him on realspace raids to teach him how to fight tactically. Maybe you command new Kabalites and Vect wanted to give them combat experience? Anything along those lines could work.

Thanks for this, that makes a lot of sense.

I always assumed that most Dark Eldar actively enjoy realspace raids. I think of it as vampirism...in fiction you have some vampires that hate what they are and try to to feed only to survive, subsisting as much as possible on animals and the like...but then you have vampires that are real gourmands, that demand the real top quality stuff.

Seeing as Dark Eldar are all about unrepentant decadence, I assume most of them are like the latter type-- sure, you can subsist on torturing used-up captives, but I imagine that to get the really good stuff, you have to get out there and lay down some shock and awe. Making a sweeping advance on a squad of terrified guardsmen has got to taste sweet.

Dude its fething AWESOME, thats why they DOMINATE! Even the big fat CSM get stabbed to death by the sweeping strikes and slices of the super killers - the Dark Eldar. The Necrons may have "invented" death, but the DE are the pinnacle of bedlam - these are the guys that exist to dominate everything by force. Do not feth with them. Nobody feths with them, they feth with you! Watch as the simpletones squirm! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Violence is the rule. Fear is a wicked form of control.

Dalymiddleboro wrote:

cammy wrote:
DE souls are not the best though to be honest, they are already under the pull of slanesh- there is nothing better than fresh souls ready to feed upon.

Doesn't commoragh have other races living there than DE?

Yes, plenty, but it is simply more satisfying to go out and raid. Also, Commorragh's supply of slaves does need to be maintained. Raiding inside Commorragh itself would undoubtely cause a lot of trouble. It would weaken Commorragh as a whole and unneccesarily antagonize the other cabals against Vect.

Pain, like many experiences, is relative. If you're accustomed to slavery, misery, agony, and death, then live in Commoragh is no big deal. (Catachans would probably do all right there. Necromundans too.) The torment of someone who is truly naive to the horrors that exist in the universe is far greater than someone who contemplates them every day. That's why it's so much more gratifying (and thus nourishing) to the Dark Eldar to raid.