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nou wrote:
Harlequins are specifically anti-demonic Eldar faction, so...

Each Eldar faction is defined by *how* it fights Chaos. For all of them, fighting Chaos is a much more clear and present concern than it is for the Imperium.

Harlequins are probably the least directly-affected, though - Cegorath simply protects them.

Craftworlders need to carry stones to protect their soul, and to swallow their soul should they die. Without those stones, they get devoured by Chaos quickly. They also need to walk the Path system to carefully channel their obesessive natures to avoid falling to Chaos.

Dark Eldar need to feed *something* the pain and misery of living creatures to keep from getting devoured. Whether they're feeding themselves or Slanesh is debateable in the fluff, but all that effort spent on pain and torture isn't *just* for fun - it's also their only way to stave off Chaos.

Exodites are stuck on their Worlds with their World Spirits or whatever, much like Craftworlders with their soulstones/etc.

Most other factions have their own reasons:
-T'au were ostensibly uplifted *because* they're so resistant to Chaos. According to some fluff, they are the "Incorruptable Swarm".
-Orkz are a Chaos faction. Their strength comes from their Warp powers. It's just that they serve Gork and Mork instead of the Big Four.
-Necrons have been fighting Chaos literally longer than any other faction, except maybine Nids, have existed. But they were fighting Chaos when there were still Old Ones to wield it.
-The Nids are basically just competing with Chaos for food.


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 BaconCatBug wrote:

chimera0205 wrote:

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Pretty sure all 5 flavours of Eldar have their hands full with Chaos nowadays and forever.

I thought there were only 4? The Clowns, the Torture Porn enthusiasts, the Dino Saur riding ones (aka the only Cool ones) and the really uptight ones.

The 5th is Ynnari (as much as I would love to throw all of Gathering Storm into the Retconian).

However as other said there is also technically a sixth, the Corsairs, but I don't think they really care about Chaos outside of nicking Soulstone Tech.

When it comes to fighting Chaos, Corsairs are more of "I'm actually a Craftworlder, I'm just on vacation".

Regardless, you forgot [redacted], who predate Ynnari.

([redacted] is most likely Crone World Eldar. And Chaos is most certainly their problem.)