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Hello. I understand that some eldars wander off as they can't deal with botteling up theyr feelings. However, how do they deal with dying?

Harlequens, Exodites, Craftworld eldars all have some solution to this. The dark eldars are betting that they can outlive Slanesh, and some homunculy can resurect clones of them. However, how do the outcastes and pirates survive? Do they have spiritstones as well?

 Niiai wrote:
Hello. I understand that some eldars wander off as they can't deal with botteling up theyr feelings. However, how do they deal with dying?

Harlequens, Exodites, Craftworld eldars all have some solution to this. The dark eldars are betting that they can outlive Slanesh, and some homunculy can resurect clones of them. However, how do the outcastes and pirates survive? Do they have spiritstones as well?

Yes they do. They would end up in their spiritstone and either have to hope that somebody else will recover it and bring them home to their Craftworrd or hope to be implanted in one of their ships and bases so that they could be part of the mini-Infinity Circuit on those ships or bases.

Frankly I don't know how they can take comfort in the stones or Infinity Circuits being a refuge when they use these things as control systems for ships and tanks. That means when these things get destroyed there is a real chance the souls within will be released into the warp, consigning them to eternal torment by Slaanesh. A Craftworld's Infinity Circuit might hardly ever be at risk from direct combat and destruction but surely that of a warship or tank would be a high risk.

All Eldar, except the dark kin, are given a soul stone when they are born.

The exodites are linked to the world spirit they live on and the others are linked to their craftworld.

Harlequins have the laughing god to protect them as well so they are protected even if a daemon of slaanesh kills them (ref: path of the outcast).

Outcasts may become disillusioned with life on the craftworlds but they keep their soulstones. Many outcasts eventually return to the craftworld once they have got their wanderlust out of their system but some do not. They rely on their companions taking their spiritstones back home if they die.

Corsairs are a mixture of outcasts and dark eldar who have set up for themselves away from the craftworlds/homeworlds/maidenworlds/dark city. All except the dark eldar will have soulstones still.

Corsairs/Rangers/Harlequins etc. all use Soul Stones as well.

Though I've heard before that the Laughing God may snatch up Harlequin souls when they die instead of Slaanesh. But I think that's very old Rogue Trader-era stuff.

I got that info from reading Path of the Outcast, the most recent Eldar book from BlacK Library so it is as up to date as I can give you.

Harlequins do not carry Soulstones, AFAIK.

Thank you very mutch. This was enlightening.