Wraith Constructs (Ghost Warriors) EXPLAINED By An Australian | Warhammer 40k Lore

If anyone ever asks "What makes Warhammer so Grimdark?" Tell them that arguably the most morally good faction in the entire setting avidly uses Necromancy.
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[@majorkill]

The T-shirt is new, super comfy and I reckon looks quite good. Might pick up the rest of the collection, Wadda ya think? Oh yea and heres some Smentai : www.patreon.com/majorkill

[@akumaking1]

Have you reached out to Adeptus Ridiculous yet?

[@majorkill]

@@akumaking1 Yea gave it a shot, wanted to do a collab for their Alpha legion video cause I had just spent a good month deep diving into their lore and figuring them out. They never got back, I think they scared of Hentai

[@akumaking1]

@@majorkill eh, just try for a Slaanesh episode

[@wheresgolberg]

Get to Bed Major!

[@rielo9725]

@@majorkill their loss, Hentai is good. Warhammer Hentai is gooder

[@amazingcynic9709]

wraiths aren't even that bad morally considering being a wraith in a mech keeps their souls safe from the chaos gods

[@sirgaz8699]

I'd be much happier chilling at home than on a battlefield with the motor controls like I've had 15 whiskeys. Being in a soul stone/the infinity circuit keeps them safe, they could be safely back on the craft world on the other side of the galaxy. Being in a wraith construct puts your soul in the direct line of fire and to top it off I don't even get a choice in it, literally a conscript from the afterlife.

[@redknight5318]

@@sirgaz8699 “Conscript from the Afterlife” would be such an awesome name for a wraith-centered book

[@kaneslives]

And oddly environmentally friendly…. In a weird way.

[@amazingcynic9709]

@@sirgaz8699 truu its not the best thing but the eldar don't really have a choice considering they don't reproduce as fast as other races

[@fumarc4501]

“Afterlife Conscription.”

[@gunargundarson1626]

*"Why worship a machine god when you can become one?"* - Some Eldar probably

[@overlordinquisitor6565]

Well well well, looky who finally decided that we were right. -Necrons

[@cp1cupcake]

@@overlordinquisitor6565 I'm pretty sure that the Necrons think becoming machines was a terrible idea. There is a bit in the Infinite and the Divine where both Trazyn and Orikan (and possibly a lot of others) think they were wise enough to try and resist the necrodermis process and had to be transformed by force.

[@TallowTheQuoll]

*MajorKill:* "the Eldar are the good guys" *The necron race:* "bruh I'm standing right here"

[@Troupe_Master]

Lol

[@boukh_h]

Nah

[@WorldArchivist]

Farsight Enclaves: Am I a joke to you?

[@themotorcyclemasswhole]

Skelly bois are best bois

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

The Necrons; "Good, Evil - Why bother with such mortal constructs? Our Will is eternal. We were, we are and we shall be - Y'all not."

[@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver]

As someone who uses an eldar army entirely made of wraiths I see nothing wrong with necromancy.

[@rielo9725]

Yeah… necromancy is badass

[@samboyd1828]

I was playing with rimhammer40k or the equivalent, had a whole colony I turned into wraithbone constructs

[@cryptosporidium1375]

Eldar resurrection is straight from Tolkien's lore of elvish reincarnation, but we love that their second chance is literally a vacant, wraithbone robot. They become actual machine spirits.

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

"Such vile alien necromancy is despicable. It is right that we view with suspicion any who use these illicit methods. Even if we are forced to work with them, we are not to trust them." - Inquisitor Khromin

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

@@rielo9725 I read your comment at first as necrophilia is badass! 😆

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Wraith's genuinley have me considering making a Craftworld army. They're that cool to me

[@WingsaberE3]

Hopefully they get some new models too this year.

[@justwannabehappy6735]

I started one since last year. Didn't play them yet. Having a blast painting them.

[@brandonl7759]

Man so fun to paint. Making an Ulthwe kill team right now, wish I knew about this badass ghost craftworld

[@joedan5366]

If death was more permanent in 40k then necromancy would be horrible but this is the plight of the Eldar this is how it is they have no afterlife hence glimpses of family and playing what they would consider a video game in a mech they would probably not hate it

[@raylenn4444]

Until their spirit stone shatters & slaanesh yoinks yer soul that is...

[@joedan5366]

@@raylenn4444 it's just a high stakes video game

[@charlesc.9012]

@@raylenn4444 The risk is ever present. Even immediately after death or when their craftworld gets attacked, they could get their stones shattered. The only real way to escape is to become a harlequin.

[@spiderpsycho_8887]

When playing the Men of War 40K mod, the Wraithlords often say things like "we must protect the young ones." Seems like they consider it their duty to fight.

[@raylenn4444]

@@charlesc.9012 or a follower of ynead...

[@Ttran778]

.....when you think about it... ....the wraith is literally the coolest coffin we could possibly have imagined.

[@robertnelson9599]

What about a Telemon Heavy Dreadnaught?

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

Nah, the waystone is the coffin. The Wraith warrior is _the coolest hearse._ 😉

[@goransekulic3671]

But it's not the Necromancy you'd think of. These wraith constructs willingly defend the living. it's like an ultimate sacrifice. Not really grimdark. Because nobody's really forcing them to be like this. It's actually quite a noble act. Ofc, there are some naughty spiritseers and craftworlds, but it'd be like condemning an entire nation due to few individuals' actions.

[@alfredorivera5764]

I think thats the actual Grimdark part. They're in such a bad situation that they volunteer to become undead. Noble yes, but still rather depressing

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Actually, they get asked to volunteer. A craftworld wouldn't just agree to put a soul into a construct if it volunteered. It must go both way : it must be asked of them and they must accept. The Eldar only do this under the direst of circumstances. They are quite prude when it comes to the dead.

[@dominusbalial835]

I'd say it's pretty grimdark for a race to be forced to conscript the souls of their dead people and put them directly in harms way just so their dying race can survive for longer. But yeah it is a noble act on part of the wraiths, the circumstances surrounding it however i'd say are grimdark

[@omegon2540]

After hearing “getting wraiths to serve them” Now I can’t unsee an wraith guard serving at a restaurant

[@Jason-gq8fo]

yes! more eldar lore Major kill, maybe the aspects and phoenix lords next?

[@majorkill]

Already done the Phoenix lords my dude

[@Jason-gq8fo]

ah crap i had a feeling i had watched it lol, sorry!

[@stubbornspaceman7201]

@@majorkill Every aspect warrior then

[@cesarpallincourt9987]

Eldars need more love. They’re codex is super old, they haven’t had new models since forever apart from just an upcoming box set, and GW said that they’re just shelving all projects for eldar books. This was my army when i actually played and i never enjoyed something more than deleting an entire squad of marines with my dark reapers, charging a terminator squad with my banshees, annihilating a command squad with bright lances while rerolling all dices because of psychic powers.

[@Lorddavian0]

Ask and you shall receive. New Guardians previewed today on Warhammer Community.

[@Azoth86730]

Brand new Avatar of Khaine and Maugan Ra + Dark Reapers confirmed.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Looks like it’s turning out to be a great year for Eldar but I do wish they would continue with the books.

[@cesarpallincourt9987]

@@Lorddavian0 That's great! The new guardians look good but i'm hoping for new warlocks and perhaps new types of Aspect Warriors.

[@TheNarwhal85]

Would it be horrible to ask for a few exodite models

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

I'll be honest, I'm not really sure how being turned into a mecha bone anime titan is a "horrible thing to do" to someone, it seems like a 100x upgrade to sitting in a soulstone purgatory for eternity or being cock and ball torture vored for eternity.

[@raylenn4444]

They are in a sort of chill matrix when inside the infinity circuit ... And put in danger of soulstone shattering when put in said wraithbone mecja....soo...y'know....

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@raylenn4444 Is it really like the matrix? Everytime I've heard it been talked about it just sounds like a purgatory with a bunch of people in basically a void.

[@dexasmoru8333]

Whatever the infinity circuit is, I always figured it was at least two things. The souls in it can communicate with each other and those who interact with their soul stone. And that it was pleasant enough not to be horrid like purgatory... but not pleasant enough were suicide to 'live' in the circuit made sense.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@dexasmoru8333 Well, I think the Infinity circuit is similar to the ancient Greek's afterlife. -Its basically an infinite pale grey/black landscape where people just hang out as shades of their former selves, being bored or frustrated with their lives, not to be confused with the Elysian fields, which is the exact opposite and reserved only for heroes and great people, and is more like paradise in the Christian sense of the word.) But if you aren't ever put into an infinity circuit I imagine its more like purgatory; endless nothingness where your consciousness is barely there all by itself left alone with its thoughts for eternity until someone breaks your stone or puts you into an infinity circuit or wraith (both of which I suppose would be an upgrade.)

[@PuddingXXL]

Look at it this way: You'll only ever be called upon in really really horrible times. That means you have to fight stuff that has the potential of eradicating your race entirely, making it probable that you and your soul stone will be destroyed. A soul stone being destroyed for an eldar means that they get straight pulled into the realm of slaneesh being a sex slave and worse for all eternity. I'd be pissed if someone wakes me up to say: "Well you know, you already died once but how about we let you die once more only that this time it's very likely that you'll become a play thing of slaneesh. The worst possible fate even considering all the other Chaos gods. It's literally reviving your grandma, giving her a full auto mashine gun and tell her to fight that thousand man strong meth warrior group. As a reward she gets fiddled with and suffers for all eternity. Safe to say your grandmother wouldn't really appreciate that, even if she starts blasting.

[@jdurthu4304]

They are the least populated race in the galaxy- are they less Eldar than Tau? I was always thinking that they are the least numerous because of how tiny their empire is

[@jebsie861]

Eldars are the least populated main race, cause tau can't be considered a main race, as any main race could wipe them out if they actually wanted to and weren't too busy fighting other main races

[@Turnil321]

I think there are more Eldar than Tau. If I would guess I would but the amount of Tau as equal to the amount of dark eldar.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Well tau are space commies so prob densely populated asf

[@indrickboreale7381]

If we consider Commorath then there is more Eldars than Tau

[@Azoth86730]

It's worth noting that the Eldar are highly fragmented as a species, more so than the T'au (T'au Empire vs Farsight Enclaves). Whereas, each Craftworld is its own faction like Biel-Tan, Saim-Hann, Alaitoc, Ulthwe, Iyanden, Mymeara etc. and there are also the Harlequins and Eldar Corsairs with their own factions and different ideologies. The Masque of Midnight Sorrow, Dreaming Shadow, Soaring Spite, Frozen Stars, Veiled Path, Silent Shroud for the Harlequins, and the Sunblitz Brotherhood, Sky Raiders, Void Dragons etc. for the Eldar Corsairs. Not to mention the Exodites with their own Exodite worlds. And you also got the followers of Yvraine and the God of Death, Ynnead, aka the Ynnari. So, they might be more populous than the T'au overall, but they are too fragmented, and hence less in numbers on their own as individual factions. And then you got the Dark Eldar, but they've become their own race overtime with them losing their psychic capabilities and getting paler due to Commorragh being a pocket dimension. And even the Dark Eldar are too fragmented, in fact, more so than the Craftworlds. Each Kabal, Haemonculus Coven and Wych Cult is its own faction. The Kabal of Black Heart, Poisoned Tongue, Flayed Skull, Obsidian Rose. The Haemonculus Coven of the Prophets of Flesh, Coven of Twelve, Dark Creed. The Wych Cult of Strife, Red Grief, Cursed Blade...

[@vontheunknown7982]

I would love to hear new dawn of War with all the factions talking and insulting each other.

[@forgefartherloki6585]

Wraiths have so much design potential i really hope we see something new come for them

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Like scout wraiths ? I mean, we already have wraithseers, wraith guards, wraith blades, wraith lords, wraith knights and hemlock wraithfighters. The only thibg missing are a wraith tank and wraith scouts.

[@forgefartherloki6585]

@@justwannabehappy6735 I was thinking like wraith variants of the aspects like striking scorpion wraithguard or howling banshee ones but I love that idea too! Who knows maybe a long shlonged youtuber might design his owns

[@dexasmoru8333]

@@forgefartherloki6585 I would imagine banshee and scorpion soulstones would just be put into wraith blades. I'm sure they don't have to be enraged souls. While reapers and avengers are u. The guards. As for wraith scouts, their would be no point. Your not going to make a wraith construction more stealthy than an eldar scout already is.

[@BigDaddyGAO]

With so much technology, you’d figure eldar would either clone or have artificial gestation systems to pump up those numbers.

[@Turnil321]

That is what the dark Eldar do.

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

@@Turnil321 Isn;t suspecious if you think the Eldar doesn't use it when the Dark Eldar do? Even then we would never know of what the minds of GW of the 'Whole Dying Race" trope to the Eldar if they posses such tech yet doesn't even use it

[@Turnil321]

@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 there is a lot of technology that the dark eldar have but the other eldar do not.

[@cratoss.4772]

@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 They can't just pump out vat growns because the number of children a craftworld can have is hard capped by the amount of soul stones they recover that year. No craftworld would allow their children to go without soulstones because of the inherent risk where as dark eldar don't give two shits if the half-borns get nommed on by slannesh.

[@rexlumontad5644]

0:09 Death Knights of the Ebon Blade: "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

[@rexlumontad5644]

7:55 Mace Windu approves of the Purple Lightsaber.

[@Its-Just-Zip]

"Wraithbone is incredibly versatile, you can make the most lifelike constructs out of it or the best and brightest can make an entire craftworld" That's it. Head Cannon officially is now Wraithbone is actually cocaine

[@Its-Just-Zip]

@GABRIEL ABNER I can see your horribly formatted post the first time, you don't need to spam it. Also it reads like a really bad bot

[@Azoth86730]

Iyanden Spirit Host 💛💙 I just hope Iyanna Arienal returns as a named HQ with a glorious miniature on TT one day. I miss the times the Spiritseers used to be Iyanden unique datasheets.

[@sethleoric2598]

Yknow what would be cool, a video about non Chaos based warp magic and entities

[@rexlumontad5644]

No wonder the Ynnari wanted to wake up Ynnead the Eldar God of Death so that they won't have to rely on Eldar Necromancy anymore.

[@mxviii]

And I ronically the Ynnari are the biggest necromancers of the whole bunch

[@michasalamon8315]

You forgot Castigators. Dark Eldar version of Wraithlords with a bunch of extra weapons duct-taped onto them and extra soul-stones slapped onto them with some programing making them think they are on an epic battliefield, killind enemies like heroes of old, while they are commiting genocides. Vet used them in the Path of the Archon when bunch of Dark Eldra rebelled against him, and everyone started to say that Vect uses the undead as his footsoldiers to fight the living.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

That’s incredibly sad

[@michasalamon8315]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu ehh. Is it tho? I mean, usual wrath constructs are pretty sad and depressed since they, well, died, and cannot reincarnate, or they are afraid they will be destroyed and eaten by slaanesh, or see what slaanesh will do to them, etc etc. These guys on the other hand, seem to be happy, they are unaware of what happened to them, or where they are, but other than that, they are happy and that counts. Beside that, its Vect we are talking about. I am suprised he did not made them have some scary or terryfing visions instead.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@michasalamon8315 the fact that they are unaware makes it sadder, they believe themselves to be fighting in glorious battles to defend their peoples but in reality are slaughtering the innocent and causing the survivors to live through a fate worse than death. It’s a mockery of everything they have fought for, it’s the cruelest of jokes.

[@michasalamon8315]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu The said "innocents" were Dark Eldar. But I see your point, especially if Vect ever sends them outside Cammoragh.

[@armoroftruth3166]

I suggest next to be about Tau's battlesuits

[@rickmass8304]

glad to see the eldar getting some love from schmames smirkshop after such a long time. besides, im sure Mjorkill would agree that it's hard to go past them pointy ears and shapely rears

[@drakerezendes3999]

Very happy to see a wraith video! Wraiths are units that have always fascinated me and although wasn’t my main draw into the Craftworld Eldar, was a big part of it. Thanks for the video Majorkill!

[@eldenwarden9673]

I just ordered another 5 wraithblades this morning, cheers lads!

[@DHWOW]

Ive always thought those big ass eldar robots are mecha. Didnt know its actually a possess dolls.

[@jbark678]

It's Ironic that the Imperium, a death cult that uses flesh constructs and has an lich-god king, sees Wraith constructs as evil.

[@benjaminhansen1357]

Major kill, A while ago, during your custodes video, you mentioned "The Lucifer Blacks." Can you explain more about these guardians of the imperial palace?

[@trentoskivich4211]

Wraith knights are one of my favourite models from GW

[@retrovalkyrie2211]

Thanks for putting out some solid Eldar content. Love my space elves!

[@fumarc4501]

I really like the idea of Noble Undead. Like Ancestor Spirits. These “Ghost Warriors” are very cool.

[@Troupe_Master]

I can't wait to buy the new Eldar box set first models I'll ever buy and paint

[@lunatic-k5209]

Dark eldar: we do have rape mech Eldar: you mean Wraith Mech right? Dark eldar: :) Eldar: you mean wraith mech right!?

[@v94j]

Hahahahhah, my friend sent me this. Didn't expect to see my art here. For reference it's the neon purple one in the thumbnail. I tried to do some like day of the dead neon style for a friend as a concept piece. I have no idea how you found it

[@fop3146]

Wanna know a potenital fun fact potenital fact definetly fun... jk Ive seen that the whole wraith bone asthetic is very similar to the works of the polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński specially when he depicts buildings. You can see it very well in the Dawn of War 3 annoncement trailer in the minute 1:25 even the building resembles one of his works id name it but its Untiteled like most of his its a big blue building very similar to the one in the trailer. Makes you wonder maybe GW got inspiration from him since his paintings are very grim dark and from the epoc. Glad you stayed till the end.

[@rexlumontad5644]

0:55 Either that or let those Eldar souls be sent to Slaanesh or remain at the Craftworld's Infinity Circuit.

[@lexlex44]

0:05 Xardas from Gothic franchise is a decent necromancer who helps you, same with the one from diablo

[@Dk-ex4uf]

Your videos are awesome! Keep up the bad ass content MajorKill.

[@BanditUshanka]

Evil alien necromancy! Proceeds to make dreadnaught.

[@yamahadrag69]

I dig the black and pink Wraithknight. My first exposure to them was Dawn of War 3 with Taldeer and her brother.

[@armouredarchives8867]

just finished the infinate and the divine books. amazing novel, but could u do a vid on the flayer and destroyer curses a bit? cheers

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you talked about these things my dude

[@spiderpsycho_8887]

GET IN THE WRAITH-KNIGHT SHINJRAD

[@tometeles7192]

Happy new year!

[@RecoveringLoLAddict]

9:40 why does that Wraithlord have the Inquisition insignia and purity seals This is so fucking heresy

[@ryancunard559]

He's a little confused be he has the spirit

[@MrMacavity]

keep up the good work my good man 👍

[@efc0s864]

Love ya keep it up man!

[@Crossbow-xy4xg]

yes. eldar lore at last. More love for eldar!

[@alpharius7222]

This was great 👌, u should do more eldar videos.

[@taenaran]

The Imperium: *survives Games Workshop: “Not like that!”

[@blitzkrieg3873]

nice to see you major

[@juanrojas6063]

I’m not huge on the tabletop game but this video dropping with all these new eldar models is tempting me ngl

[@karan_hiremath]

God this channel is the greatest thing ever

[@Fuzzycat16]

More like Warforged in D&D than your typical necromancy.

[@TheFinalPenance]

More Eldar Lore this is awesome!

[@KrasseOdaVonBayern]

“The Imperium considers the use of wraiths alien necromancy.” They say as they strap a drugged up, barely living pile of organs into an iron coffin in a dreadnought.

[@danielrockstrom707]

Nice video!!!!

[@danielwells1734]

Nice t-shirt 😉 While the Aeldari are cool in their own right, I'm still keen on the Necrons. They defied their so-called "gods" and beat them down. I find such defiance fascinating 😁

[@PuddingXXL]

Well and they got put into eternal purgatory swim suits lol.

[@nighthawk72j80]

Another nice video Majorkill, and some nice xeno lore. Do you think you could do the aspect warriors soon?

[@tuffmike7487]

Dude those are sick weapons

[@bradenbrooks2594]

Another banger

[@larrymad2244]

wraith guard sound like my old gaming-toaster that barely handled my heavily modded oblivion and always took his sweet time in loadingscreens

[@richardallen6067]

Wraiths were my first model kit. Ive built a 5000+ pts wraith army. Knights , lords , blades , guards anf a seer. Love em!

[@friedweiner9877]

Majorkill. Can you do a vid explaining saints? I know you did one about loyalist demons but like. Saints

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

What? The Eldar forgot how to make certain Wraith constructs? What are they? The Imperium of Man? They might as well ally with the Imperium, just as forgetful as the cogboys, just as arrogant as the monkeighs, and just as fucked when Chaos, the Necrons, the Orcs or the Nids take over. Also the Imperium seems to have a better deal when it comes to Dreadies. Hey, you may be a bit of a Timmah! right now, but if you still want to kick arse for the Emprah we got this big giant walking robot for you? As opposed to you're kinda dead and stuck in this soulstone on the account of Slaanesh wanting to feast on your soul, but we can stick you in a giant walker, and if it gets destroyed, instant Slaanesh! Of, and extra super crispy fun if you are a twin. Only Chaos offers a worse deal.

[@rommdan2716]

Becasue reasons

[@cratoss.4772]

That is fookin stupid. Can't they like ask some super old eldar boomer stuck in the infinity circuit how they did it back in the day?

[@An_Ian]

Have you tried throwing wraith guards at it? That usually works. -TTS Vect

[@erikvale3194]

I'm mentally replacing every 'organic' with Psychoactive. Wraithbone is material made from warpstuff, it's not exactly living. But Eldar find it useful because as natural psykers, a substance like Adamantium that you can manipulate with your mind is pretty dope, even if you need to specialize in it before it starts becoming 'putty' instead of 'barely warm enough metal.'

[@flipnutdodad8841]

You know it's a good day when I get to hear BOW TO ME.

[@elijahnajera5425]

*Hemlock Wraith Fighter flies right over me* Begins to see a swarm of fuck-off huge bees swarming right towards me and screaming my head off.

[@barendbonda3010]

Resurrection is just loving without giving up

[@generalnawaki]

"the dead must join our ranks, lest we be forced to join theirs. "

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

Hemlock D-scythes are my personal favourite slice of cheese in the entire setting. My Dark Heresy GM had a tween Eldar get abducted by a docked Hemlock that he had curiously broken into, which led to a rather interesting dual-part NPC; 1/2 of which knew what it was doing but couldn't speak, & the other 1/2 who was completely out of his depth but could at least communicate with the PCs. Who in their turn essentially saw a toddler holding a heavy bolter, & understandably freaked out.😂

[@TheMrt666]

Hey Majorkill, off topic to this video, but I had a somewhat wacky ass idea on how they could bring in the great Autismo Perturabo into the 40k setting. More specifically, what he would "Be" - Take the idea that his Great Crusade/Horus Heresy design makes him basically a compact imperial knight in forepower and boi didn't the Iron Warriors love their siege weapons and vehicles. Why not for his demon primarch form we kick that up to both combine and push it to the levels of insanity? Perturabo in lore would fill in this crazy niche that the other Demon Primarchs could not and how he could go about this would even get Papa Smurf caught off guard, now this would not be that much of a good idea for miniatures because of this BUT for lore would be bat shit insane. What if, we have Perturabo essentially become a "Transformer" in the almost literal sense, given the Obliterator Virus and demon engines that can typically be seen by the Iron Warriors, what if the concept could be applied to Perty whilst retaining his overall firepower and "Siege" appeal. Where he can warp his body to transform into various vehicles, even taking on excess scraps of metal to add more mass and even make different weapons on the fly. Imagine it, he appears as a typical humanoid Demon Primarch, guns blazing like an A-10 warthog, then when the enemy tries to retreat he just changes into something like a shunked down Baneblade/Chaos Landraider and gives chase? Food for thought, and I only had this wacky idea hours ago, but put your additions/hot takes to it in the replies.

[@fabricatorgeneralchadius1114]

Based major bro keep liftin

[@BlastedRodent]

Get in the wraithknight, Shinji

[@BaphoMettbroetchen]

GET IN THE ROBOT, SHINJI!!

[@saintmikeyg3417]

I think I found the next army I want to collect! Get the new Eldar and some wraith seers and warriors as back up!

[@fcomolineiro7596]

I was thinking, what does the imperium does Whit eldar soul stone ? I doubt that they would break them, considering that would feed slanesh

[@etlttc353]

Ultra-Expensive jewelry probably

[@governorofwesttaiwan4865]

They don't do anything with it. If ignorant nobles don't use them as jewelry, the Imperium straight up just lets the Eldar take their stones back.

[@rexlumontad5644]

@@governorofwesttaiwan4865 I am surprised the Imperium let the Eldar take back their soul stones

[@governorofwesttaiwan4865]

@@rexlumontad5644 The Imperium knows that smashing the stones would simply empower Chaos, and it's not like the Eldar are an expansionist force like the Tau.

[@williammontag4388]

I half-remember something from the old Inquisitor specialist game. An inquisitor made a cool helmet using an Eldar spirit stone to let him see peoples souls and know if they are lying. Pretty sure it was driving him insane though.

[@xavier84623]

Lol the imperium calling people necromancers when they worship a practical “god of death”.

[@Charlie.G506]

It's either necromancy or having your soul devoured by slanesh, they don't have much of a choice.

[@michael3088]

Dark Eldar do have wraith-bone they just don't have the capability to make it, they raid from other Eldar. But to use it they have to corrupt it. Bigboi Vect himself even has a whole bunch of corrupted Wraith constructs guarding his palace called Castigators as detailed in the Path of The Dark Eldar books

[@jc7997aj]

What's stopping a top tier librarian from using soul stones or straight up "exorcising" one or alot of these "spirit walkers"

[@governorofwesttaiwan4865]

Funnily enough, the Grey Knights just returned the Spirit Stones of Idharae to Iyanden, because smashing those would just empower Slaanesh. Exorcising a Wraith Construct is probably counterproductive in the same way, as expelling the soul from the stone would send it to Slaanesh.

[@momqabt]

Smole...slammer...that's a new one lol I like it

[@charlesxavier4409]

9:39 was already there before you even started the sentence.

[@rexlumontad5644]

2:05 Bad idea to build AI robots as it would end up becoming the *"Men of Iron Rebellion: Eldar Edition."*

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Men of iron 2: electric boogaloo

[@rommdan2716]

If you don't want your AI to rebel you treat them like people, because it's what they are.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@rommdan2716 That's a weird stance to take on fictional AI's that have been shown to be nothing but geocidal. Also we have AI today and they most certainly don't have the function to be considered people.

[@rommdan2716]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu Yeah, but almost all AI's who has rebel in fiction have a good reason

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@rommdan2716 Most? Nah, evil robot trope has been around for a long time

[@cp1cupcake]

I remember reading in the Gathering Storm? that the Ynnari (or at least Yvrainne) were able to return the consciousnesses of wraith warriors so they stop having the whole 'is it just a dream' conflict and can talk and such.

[@RoninAM]

GW: The imperium is xenophobic. Me: Well...have you seen the xenos?

[@kaedynbingham6829]

“Overly aggressive cockless mushrooms” killed me and that sense of humor is why I subscribed in the first place

[@AlphaLegionXX]

Noice! Thanks!

[@lavenderfudge6360]

"Get into the fucking wraith knight Shinji"

[@McGrewer]

9:15 Ah yes, a "GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHIJI!" moment.

[@colorado4815162342]

You should use Akira the Don's instrumentals as background music sometimes. They work really well with Dune, and I think you know where I'm going with this.

[@dom_mob2668]

I had no idea that the Hemlock Wraithfighter was the ultimate savage 😂

[@ballisticfish1212]

Video idea: could a single space Marine legion conquer the real life world of earth in 2022

[@antodiyo7523]

Ofc they can

[@ballisticfish1212]

@@antodiyo7523 would still be interesting 😢

[@Ginrikuzuma]

you have no idea how huge a legion is do you? they would roll over earth thats not even a 1 minute video lol

[@rommdan2716]

@@Ginrikuzuma Yeah, but lots of people play warhammer 40k in the army, they could pull out an strategy.

[@aguspuig6615]

any time the imperium is compared to nazis a bit of my soul cringes and dies

[@TheDONing1]

Get in the Wraith Knight, Shinji!

[@mightyphantom2176]

A really cool idea I feel you should look into is could the void from league of legends/runeterra defeat the imperium or some kind of similar scenario