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That ending was so bad.

Entire novel spent trying to recover Xelian who it turns out is possessed by a khorne demon. She is then killed as loose end at the very end by a harlequin and has her soul trapped because oh yeah, Harlequins have the power to restrain the forces of the warp like its nothing. So rather than do anything interesting the author decides that he wants to write fanwank about how good craftworld eldar are in a dark eldar book. I don't care if you are a harlequin, you cannot trivially put down somebody who is chosen as an avatar of a chaos god. That is bs. At the very least a bloodthrister would pop up or something. But oh no, hes a harlequin and we can't have them die like regular characters. They're immune to everything.

Vect, this supposed super genius simply cheats by using a dues ex machina weapon to literally blow the opposition to pieces. Yeah, real smart.

So yeah I absolutely hated novel, especially how it stops being about the Dark Eldar and beocmes about all eldar and the obnoxious harlequin character.



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No the first book was okay and there wasn't even any real fighting during the novel.

But they spent literally the entire novel trying to get Xelian, reveal she is possessed by a demon then at the very end have a harlequin stab her in the side with a H kiss. WTF? Plus I hated the silly logic that a harlequin was a much better fighter than a regular eldar. You would think he was messing with imperial guard rather than individuals shown to be able to kill mutliple plague marines. An archon is a much more powerful fighter and opponent than a harlequin and you could not simply get the drop on one of them like this.

You're forgetting the GOOD black library books.

Had just about enough of craftworld eldar this past month.

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Harlequins aren't craftworld Eldar... They're harlequins... They're a different thing entirely... Harlies are the protectors of the black library, of course they can whoop some Archons ass. Game wise maybe not, but that's game wise, you're supposed to take squads of harlies, not squads of archons, so an individual Archon will be better on the table top lol....

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Xelian was hinted at being tainted by Khorne from the very first book, Path of the Renegade. However it is not explicitly said that she is possessed, only that her soul was touched (i.e. influenced or tainted) by Khorne.

Also, the Harlequin character is not just any Harlequin but is actually a Solitaire (as revealed by the short story Masque of Vyle).
   
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Solitaire's are THE badarse of the Harlequins.
When they last had a profile in the game, they had a neat 12" charge where unused inches became extra attacks in the cc.
They tended to strike first and wound on ridiculously low numbers.


Their souls are forfeit to Slaanesh when they die (unless Cegorach can somehow swindle it out from under their nose). So as fearless daemon killers, they kind of make sense.

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I rather liked the Craftworld Eldar trilogy, though it also tailed off badly halfway through the third book.
Glad of the heads up to avoid this mess though.

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While i admit i was disappointed by the ending, it was only the Motley parts of the book which i truly enjoyed. Heck, he was the high point of the last book as well between him and Morr as well as the main character in Masque The Vyle. To me Vect's character made sense, we know he uses the biggest weapon he can find (Black Hole in a Box much?) but what didn't make sense was how much of a foothold Chaos Got almost instantly. I liked the Mandrake realm but it would of been so much more interesting if they didn't resort to 'chaos did it' and focussed on the Darker Powers. We know so little about the Mandrakes, but what we do know is that they have something to do with the forbidden realms of the Webway and what dwells there, i would of loved to here more about them.

Over all a disappointing book considering how much i liked Path of the Incubus, but the fight between Lady Malys and Motley was pure gold either way.

 
   
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Xelian was hinted at being tainted by Khorne from the very first book, Path of the Renegade. However it is not explicitly said that she is possessed, only that her soul was touched (i.e. influenced or tainted) by Khorne.

Also, the Harlequin character is not just any Harlequin but is actually a Solitaire (as revealed by the short story Masque of Vyle).


Your point?

That gives him the ability to soul trap individuals touched by the powers of the warp?

That gives him the ability to never be any danger because..hes a Harlequin and lord forbid the edgy joker character gets his arse handed to him.

Archons do NOTHING but fight and kill and are under perpetual threat of being attacked for millennia. Even before you consider that Xelian is meant to be touched/favoured by a god of chaos. its not reasonable to believe that he could get the drop on her and its just gakky writing to tie up a loose end even though THE ENTIRE novel was about getting Xelian back.

Also, a dark eldar book should be about the dark eldar. I had this exact same problem with "Fire Caste" and "Damocles" where they insist on mislabeling books and focusing on the more familiar human or craft world eldar characters. But it becomes increasingly clear that this is Motleys story and that just feels cheap. If I wanted the story of the harlequin who happens to wander into Commoragh then I would like them to actually write it like that rather than calling it a Dark Eldar book.


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You're awfully angry about the fluff for someone who doesn't know the background very well.

Harlequins aren't craftworld eldar they are recruited from all eldar factions. They are better fighter than most eldar, and are elite for all eldar even at their basic level.

Solitaires are among the best fighters in 40k and always have been so one going toe to toe with archon is appropriate.

Motley almost lost to Malys and spent the entire novel hiding so you're kinda exaggerating that he was never in danger.

That trilogy is pretty could for black library, they kind of dropped the ball at the end. Not for the reason stated here though.
   
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Archons spend most of their time scheming and plotting against each other. It's Machiavelli dialled up to 11. Solitaires are ASSASSINS - even Culexus assassins are afraid of them.

The Black Library contains items that the Inquisition couldn't handle. The Harlequins keep them there safe from ALL lesser races. They fight chaos better than ANY of their kin that they recruit from. That is their secondary purpose (their primary is to reunite the Eldar into one people. To make whole what was sundered).

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The Harlequin Codex from Citadel Journal 39 page 8, had GW Solitaire stats for 3rd edition. These are still somewhat applicable as they also have the base standard Harlequin statline which is virtually unchanged in their latest iteration in the Dark Eldar Codex.

The relevant Solitaire characteristics:
WS 8 I 8 A 4
12" charge distance and +1 A for every unused inch up to maximum of +6 bonus.

That is either on par or superior to a Succubus and Archon respectively, and then there is no equivalent to the bonus.

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Mötley was a great character, he probably could of go toe to toe with drazhar in the middle book, the end was rushed but not a bad series by any means.
   
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Its the fact that he just stabs Xelian in the side with a Harlequins kiss and then any potential fallout from daemonic possession by him having plot device magic stones that stop a demon manifesting.

Again, its bs because the WHOLE novel was spent with Ylithian trying to get Xelian back and oh yeah H Kiss insta-kill everything apparently.

Vect using two god weapons in a row just made him look like a tool. He has access to 2 dues ex machina devices. How is Yillithian ever going to have even the remotest chance and if he is favoured by the Lord of Change then how was Vect (who is a mere mortal and cannot match the changer of fates himself) able to prevail; which he does easily.


I was especially annoyed at this because I assumed the series would have an in depth look at the Wych Cults. However this is really threadbare and varely explored in all three of the books with no real main wych character. In contrast the novel very intensely explores the kabalite, Haemonculi and Incubi worlds respectively. The fact that Xelian was an archon of a kabal and not even a wych cult leader is very telling. Considering they are one of the three main configurations you can make for a Dark Eldar army and that the other "Paths" do a fairly rounded job of exploring each facet of the eldar they really gloss over the wych cults; with only two token supporting characters (Xelian n Asha)

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Do you know what a harlequin's kiss is? Yeah, its an insta-kill. It is filled with monofilament wire. Once the tip enters the target's body, the wire uncoils into the body and whips around basically liquefying all of the organs simultaneously.

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Do you know what a harlequin's kiss is? Yeah, its an insta-kill. It is filled with monofilament wire. Once the tip enters the target's body, the wire uncoils into the body and whips around basically liquefying all of the organs simultaneously.


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pre natural agility of a dark eldar archon who is supposed to be actually a master personal fighter better than your average archon. This is basically somebody on par with lelith. Are you seriously saying Motley could do the same trick to Lelith?[b] Him getting the drop on her like that is absolutely not a guarantee.

Has the favour of a daemonic god so, you know, could give her some sort of warning or..you know...cause a bloodthrister to manifest when she is killed.

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I get the feeling someone didn't read the book too closely. Xelian was never explicitly daemonically possessed. Motley held up a spirit stone to catch Xelian's soul, just like he did for another Dark Eldar that died in Masque of Vyle. Dark Eldar do not use spirit stones normally but given the choice between Slaanesh consuming them and being in a safe albeit small and boring stone, they would probably take the stone. It is also debatable whether a soul can resist being pulled into a spirit stone as they are described in the 2nd edition Eldar Codex as capturing the psychic energies released upon death. Think the Ghostbusters and their ghost trap device.

Really it sounds like these objections stem from a superficial reading and understanding of the Eldar/Dark Eldar/Harlequin background.

To re-summarize:

1. Motley is a Solitaire and Solitaires have for the entire history of GW been described as among the best Eldar fighters in existence, which is backed up every time they have been given rules. Therefore Motley's ability to survive or even outfight Dark Eldar is not that far fetched. In Valedor Lelith herself suspects a Harlequin King to be possibly capable of defeating her.

2. Xelian was not possessed. Being tainted by a god's power is not the same as being possessed by a daemon of that god. Not every Khorne follower is a daemonhost. Nor do the Chaos gods give warnings or help every last one of their followers. Khorne doesn't care from whence the blood flows. There is also an example in the original Realms of Chaos books of a Champion being hit by a Plague grenade and pleading for help from Khorne and he gets none.

3. Capturing Xelian's soul was done using a spirit stone, a device purposely meant for doing exactly that. Nothing strange or excessive there. It's been done in other stories, and is a fact of life for the Craftworld Eldar.

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An average solitaire is at least equivalent to an archon in combat proficiency, and by your standards a named one is probably even better than average.

Xelian didn't have a shadow field or ghost armor.

   
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 Orblivion wrote:
Do you know what a harlequin's kiss is? Yeah, its an insta-kill. It is filled with monofilament wire. Once the tip enters the target's body, the wire uncoils into the body and whips around basically liquefying all of the organs simultaneously.


Armour (which incorporates a personal energy field anyway in case of ghostplate)

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pre natural agility of a dark eldar archon who is supposed to be actually a master personal fighter better than your average archon. This is basically somebody on par with lelith. Are you seriously saying Motley could do the same trick to Lelith?[b] Him getting the drop on her like that is absolutely not a guarantee.

Has the favour of a daemonic god so, you know, could give her some sort of warning or..you know...cause a bloodthrister to manifest when she is killed.


-The Harlequin's Kiss is stated as being able to penetrate armour.
-Harlequins are all extremely capable warriors, the Solitaire is the deadliest of them all. Other people have already mentioned how beastly they are in combat and you just ignored them.
-No, Xelian is not comparable to Lelith. Just no
-Tons of characters have the favour of the chaos gods, doesn't stop them from dying either.
   
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I get the feeling someone didn't read the book too closely. Xelian was never explicitly daemonically possessed. Motley held up a spirit stone to catch Xelian's soul, just like he did for another Dark Eldar that died in Masque of Vyle. Dark Eldar do not use spirit stones normally but given the choice between Slaanesh consuming them and being in a safe albeit small and boring stone, they would probably take the stone. It is also debatable whether a soul can resist being pulled into a spirit stone as they are described in the 2nd edition Eldar Codex as capturing the psychic energies released upon death. Think the Ghostbusters and their ghost trap device.

Really it sounds like these objections stem from a superficial reading and understanding of the Eldar/Dark Eldar/Harlequin background.

To re-summarize:

1. Motley is a Solitaire and Solitaires have for the entire history of GW been described as among the best Eldar fighters in existence, which is backed up every time they have been given rules. Therefore Motley's ability to survive or even outfight Dark Eldar is not that far fetched.

2. Xelian was not possessed. Being tainted by a god's power is not the same as being possessed by a daemon of that god. Not every Khorne follower is a daemonhost. Nor do the Chaos gods give warnings or help every last one of their followers.

3. Capturing Xelian's soul was done using a spirit stone, a device purposely meant for doing exactly that. Nothing strange or excessive there. It's been done in other stories, and is a fact of life for the Craftworld Eldar.


They mention very specifically that they cannot kill Ylitthian because of the dangers that releasing his soul to the warp could cause. IMO thats codeword for a demonic incursion. Also, if even a non psychic eldar like Kharbyr can feel the taint of blood demons around Xelian then its very obvious she has to be either possessed or heavily altered by chaos in some fashion.

That still does not explain how he got the drop on Xelian considering she is made out to be in the same league as Lelith. Note how she effortlessly beat Ylithian and Asha who were both capapble of themselves effortlessly taking apart plague marines.

Well a further objection would be that the books completely gloss over and ignore the wych cults. Considering they are one of the three main configurations you can have for any dark eldar army. Instead they explore, Archons, Haemonculi (especially these, the author obviously wanted to explore them to the fullest extent), Incubi and Mandrakes. All of these get major sections and main characters devoted to them. Xelian and Asha both have very minor roles and are constantly identified as Archons rather than as wych cult leaders. Theres really no attempt to seriously look at that aspect of the dark eldar at all and indeed both of those characters are absent for most of the series.





Call on the basic rules. Every wych has a 4+ inv save in CC to represent how fast they are at dodging attacks. So it stand to reason you can't just get the drop on them like that.


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 Totalwar1402 wrote:
 Orblivion wrote:
Do you know what a harlequin's kiss is? Yeah, its an insta-kill. It is filled with monofilament wire. Once the tip enters the target's body, the wire uncoils into the body and whips around basically liquefying all of the organs simultaneously.


Armour (which incorporates a personal energy field anyway in case of ghostplate)

Shadowfields

pre natural agility of a dark eldar archon who is supposed to be actually a master personal fighter better than your average archon. This is basically somebody on par with lelith. Are you seriously saying Motley could do the same trick to Lelith?[b] Him getting the drop on her like that is absolutely not a guarantee.

Has the favour of a daemonic god so, you know, could give her some sort of warning or..you know...cause a bloodthrister to manifest when she is killed.


-The Harlequin's Kiss is stated as being able to penetrate armour.
-Harlequins are all extremely capable warriors, the Solitaire is the deadliest of them all. Other people have already mentioned how beastly they are in combat and you just ignored them.
-No, Xelian is not comparable to Lelith. Just no
-Tons of characters have the favour of the chaos gods, doesn't stop them from dying either.


Not all the time as it only has rending

This was not a fight, it was him doing a back stab. Any idiot could stab somebody in the back and it requires no skill, challange or risk on the part of the attacker.

Um yes, she is. She beat two archons in single combat easily who had been shown wading through groups of chaos marines in a prior book. That is on par with Lelith.

Most chaos imbued characters are a THREAT and can only be beaten at great cost n sacrifice. Killing one like this trivialises the threat posed by chaos. Where the feth was Motley during the Horus Heresy? Why didn't he just stab Horus in the back and have his mono filament pulp his organs.

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-So it CAN penetrate armour, just like I said. Dark Eldar are hardly known for the strength of their armour btw.

-So you don't believe that Harlequins should be able to ambush people? Harlequins know the webway better than anyone, their clothing is designed to confuse you, and when activated in combat it makes them nearly impossible to keep track of. Solitaires are the best of the Harlequins, and somehow you are bothered by one of them being able to sneak up on an Archon?

-How does that automatically put her on par with Lelith? Lelith is exceptional even among the greatest Succubi and Wyches. Being depicted as a powerful combatant doesn't just make Xelian on par with Lelith, no matter how much you want it to.

-And yet Mephiston has defeated two daemon princes in single combat, one of them with his bare friggin hands. Being chaos imbued does not make you immune to getting your ass handed to you.

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They mention very specifically that they cannot kill Ylitthian because of the dangers that releasing his soul to the warp could cause. IMO thats codeword for a demonic incursion. Also, if even a non psychic eldar like Kharbyr can feel the taint of blood demons around Xelian then its very obvious

That still does not explain how he got the drop on Xelian considering she is made out to be in the same league as Lelith. Note how she effortlessly beat Ylithian and Asha who were both capapble of themselves effortlessly taking apart plague marines.


Xelian's soul was not released to the warp. It was captured. Nor does daemonic possession happen in an instant. The dead character from Path of the Incubus died whilst in the process of becoming possessed, before the arrival of the daemon.

No one is in the same league as Lelith. She is the best of the Succubi. Xelian at best is either Archon or Succubus level. She is superior to her underling obviously because said underling was a new promotion merely to fill the vacancy and was not really qualified for it. She beats Yllithian because Succubi have also always been portrayed as superior in close combat. It still doesn't mean they are equal to Lelith. I have already given evidence from Citadel Journal, a Solitaire is on par or superior to that. An Archon has I 7, a Solitaire 8. A Succubus may have 8 but being on par does not equate to an immunity from being surprised.


Lelith is the undisputed champion of the gladiatorial arenas. Most deadly of all her kind...Lelith is far more agile than a mere Wych or Succubus.

Dark Eldar Codex, p. 49


Lelith is superior to any other Succubus. Xelian, whether she is Archon or Succubus, is not as good as Lelith. Textual evidence has been given. Not just relying on personal "interpretation" or fanboyism.

Your conclusions are in error because they rest on assumptions and interpretations from the text that are simply not true.

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Its still a crap way to kill off a character and it would have been better to just leave it as a ominous loose end.


Mephiston is a space mureen and killing them in CC with his bare hands is a heroic effort. Back stabbing is not heroic. You don't lose any of the threat posed by chaos if he is reduced to fighting with his bare hands and only just manages to win. Back stabbing trivializes the threat.

I just think the series getting rid of Xelian was really indicative of the series not bothering to look at the wych cults at all, which for a series premised on exploring all facets of the dark eldar is pretty stupid. They're certainly more prominent than the Incubi or Mandrakes in Dark Eldar society whilst the amount of time given over to exploring the Haemonculus is obscene. Especially since they added almost every Dark Eldar special character but not Lelith and shes one of the better known ones...


Lelith has been equaled in CC by a Shining Spear in one Black Library novel (Deathwatch). Shes not that peerless.

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Xelian had to die because she was associated and touched by the power of Khorne.

Has no one noticed the underlying theme?

Every one of the Dark Eldar that is touched, influenced, or associated with a Chaos god dies...except one. Motley, who is touched by both Slaanesh and the Laughing God. Slaanesh lays claim to all the Eldar and it is Slaanesh's representative that is left standing at the end. And Motley likely will do what he did in Masque of Vyle which is consume the spirit stone, mirroring how Slaanesh consumes Eldar.

A surprise attack is a perfectly legitimate way to take out a character, especially in a society like the Dark Eldar have. To complain that it is a "crap way" is frankly ridiculous when the very concept of a "fair fight" does not exist for them:


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Its still a crap way to kill off a character and it would have been better to just leave it as a ominous loose end.


Mephiston is a space mureen and killing them in CC with his bare hands is a heroic effort. Back stabbing is not heroic. You don't lose any of the threat posed by chaos if he is reduced to fighting with his bare hands and only just manages to win. Back stabbing trivializes the threat.

I just think the series getting rid of Xelian was really indicative of the series not bothering to look at the wych cults at all, which for a series premised on exploring all facets of the dark eldar is pretty stupid. They're certainly more prominent than the Incubi or Mandrakes in Dark Eldar society whilst the amount of time given over to exploring the Haemonculus is obscene. Especially since they added almost every Dark Eldar special character but not Lelith and shes one of the better known ones...


Lelith has been equaled in CC by a Shining Spear in one Black Library novel (Deathwatch). Shes not that peerless.


I specifically chose the Mephiston fights because one of them is a decent parallel to this situation. When Mephiston killed M'kar, it was not some glorious duel where Mephiston was able to slay the daemon prince only at great risk to himself. He pounced on M'kar and literally just choked him to death with his bare hands.

Trivializing Lelith's abilities only hurts your argument. If Lelith can be defeated by a Shining Spear, why can't a Harlequin get the jump on Xelian?
   
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I thought El Uriaq was Slannesh representative in the first book?


Still doesn't change my disappointment that the novel series never looks at the Wych Cults or has any major wych cult characters. I get that the author was clearly more interested in the Haemonculi and Incubi but they are one of the absolute pillars of Dark Eldar society and any dark eldar army. I mean if Eldar ones can have the set structure of Aspect Warrior, Seer and Ranger then I don't see why Dark Eldar had to focus on Motley, Belthonis and Ylithian with the kabalite n Coven aspects getting thoroughly explored but not the wych cults. its very noticable that in a novel where Vect, Malys, Drazher, and Khredack make appearances that Lelith does not. The wych cults barely get any time during the novel and are presented as indistinguishable from archons or regular kabals.


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Technically Lelith also died in that book and she wasn't beaten. Only that the Shining Spear with the plot armor held her own ground for a time before being killed by something. An explosion I think.

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 Totalwar1402 wrote:
I thought El Uriaq was Slannesh representative in the first book?


Still doesn't change my disappointment that the novel series never looks at the Wych Cults or has any major wych cult characters. I get that the author was clearly more interested in the Haemonculi and Incubi but they are one of the absolute pillars of Dark Eldar society and any dark eldar army. I mean if Eldar ones can have the set structure of Aspect Warrior, Seer and Ranger then I don't see why Dark Eldar had to focus on Motley, Belthonis and Ylithian with the kabalite n Coven aspects getting thoroughly explored but not the wych cults. its very noticable that in a novel where Vect, Malys, Drazher, and Khredack make appearances that Lelith does not. The wych cults barely get any time during the novel and are presented as indistinguishable from archons or regular kabals.


Well the one book for the Aspect Warriors didn't really explore a whole lot either, so its not as if only the Dark Eldar got the shaft. The Aspect Warrior book was pretty much exclusively Striking Scorpions, it didn't go into any detail about Howling Banshees, Warp Spiders, Swooping Hawks, etc. Even the Dire Avengers were barely mentioned in that book.
   
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Yet again another assumption. El'uriaq was possessed by some form of warp creature or daemon. Nowhere is it said that it was Slaanesh related. There is more to the warp than just Slaanesh or the other major Chaos gods. If it doesn't say or show it being Slaanesh related, you cannot just jump and conclude it was.

Solitaires actually play the role of Slaanesh and are forfeit to Slaanesh upon death, and this is written explicitly in all their background. It doesn't get more clear. Motley thematically is the representative of Slaanesh while simultaneously also being touched by the Laughing God.
   
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 Orblivion wrote:
 Totalwar1402 wrote:
I thought El Uriaq was Slannesh representative in the first book?


Still doesn't change my disappointment that the novel series never looks at the Wych Cults or has any major wych cult characters. I get that the author was clearly more interested in the Haemonculi and Incubi but they are one of the absolute pillars of Dark Eldar society and any dark eldar army. I mean if Eldar ones can have the set structure of Aspect Warrior, Seer and Ranger then I don't see why Dark Eldar had to focus on Motley, Belthonis and Ylithian with the kabalite n Coven aspects getting thoroughly explored but not the wych cults. its very noticable that in a novel where Vect, Malys, Drazher, and Khredack make appearances that Lelith does not. The wych cults barely get any time during the novel and are presented as indistinguishable from archons or regular kabals.


Well the one book for the Aspect Warriors didn't really explore a whole lot either, so its not as if only the Dark Eldar got the shaft. The Aspect Warrior book was pretty much exclusively Striking Scorpions, it didn't go into any detail about Howling Banshees, Warp Spiders, Swooping Hawks, etc. Even the Dire Avengers were barely mentioned in that book.


Yes but the core elements of being and becoming an Aspect Warrior as you rise on the Path of the Warrior were explored in full with a book more or less devoted to it even if not every type of aspect was covered.

Not covering the wyches is almost the same as not covering aspect warriors at all as an element of the eldar. Especially since in the DE book they decide to focus on the Incubi and Mandrakes, forces whose role is very minor in the dark eldar lore and they put a lot of effort into the exploring the Haemonculi covens. You don't even get a main wych character. Honestly, when the series started I simply took it as a given that they would do a Path of the Wych novel and that they would focus more on them at that point in time; couldn't have been more wrong.

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