Warhammer 40,000: Eldar, Explained
Known as the Aeldari, or just the Eldar, these long-lived space Elves of Warhammer: 40K are a group that once had everything in the galaxy at their fingertips. That is until they almost destroyed themselves, fracturing the species into warring factions, damning the galaxy to an eternity of torment with the opening of the Eye of Terror and creating a new dark Chaos God, known as Slaanesh, that would feast on the souls of their descendants.
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They're basically the only race in Warhammer to party so hard they almost destroyed the galaxy, quite the reputation to have, which is mainly why the scattered survivors of this hyper-advanced species are zealously hunted whenever they're encountered. The Eldar are a deeply tragic species when you dig into the lore, especially by 40K standards, and you can start to sympathize with them to an extent. There's a lot to dig through, so here's the gist of what you need to know about the Eldar in Warhammer: 40,000.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the Eldar are basically "Space Elves". They're a tall, humanoid, hyper-advanced, and long-lived species that's been around for a very, very long time. They were once a galaxy-spanning Empire that was without equal, but it fell due to their pride and descent into excesses of hedonistic and amoral practices. Their grand and twisted frivolities created a cataclysm that wiped out all but a few who were shielded on gigantic ships, hidden in the Webway pocket dimension or safe on Maiden Worlds.
Fractured into separate sub-cultures, this once grand Empire is but a shadow of its former self. The drifting survivors of this species hang on as best they can, either in massive floating spaceships called
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