Eldar Worlds
The Eldar
Existing since before the time of the Space Lords a race known as the Eldar has roamed the universe in their unending quest to find perfection. This unattainable goal is perfect for such a long-lived race; having time on their side they could only create never-ending goals to keep themselves from going mad.
Then the Space Lords changed the Eldar, the Great War with them lasted nearly 300 years but eventually the Space Lords conquered the Eldar race and bent them to their will. Eventually the Space Lords told there new slaves the reason for there enslavement but the knowledge that they were beautiful and suited perfectly as retainers to the Space Lords only demoralized them even further.
The Great Eldar clans were fractured and formed clear sub-races over the 5000 years of enslavement to the Space Lords. These sub-races are all Eldar but their motivations and desires greatly differ with the other Eldar.
The high Eldar
The only sub-race with bloodlines that stretch back to the time before the Space Lords. These Eldar feel that they hold a greater position of power with in the clans because the Space Lords did not enslave them. There is great debate on whether the High Eldar hid in fear during the 5000 years of enslavement or valiantly held onto their heritage hiding it from corruption by the Space Lords.
The Star Eldar
During the time of subjugation the Eldar who were enslaved became known as the Star Eldar. The Space Lords found the Eldar beautiful and their knowledge of space navigation to be superior to any other race. The Star Eldar changed over the millennia and became there own sub-race, but they also outnumber all other eldar by a factor of 10 making the Star Eldar the “standard” and giving the Star Clans much of the power with in Eldar society.
Wood Eldar
The woodland Eldar are a unique sub-race, and have existed since before the Space Lord subjugation. The Wood Eldar is known for their skill with wood and ability to cultivate sentient trees known as Ent. The Ent is an elemental race that has coexisted with the Wood Eldar for 30,000 years. The Wood Eldar are the Ship Builders of the Eldar race, utilizing the psi properties of the Ent, an Eldar Star Ship is actually fashioned from “wood”. These magnificent craft are highly ornate and sought after by any avid Star Ship collector and captain. This was also one of the reasons the Space Lords chose to conquer the Eldar. The Wood Eldar is no different then they were before the time of subjugating because they performed the same function in both periods.
Eldar ships resemble Jurian star ships from the Tenchi Muyo series. All Eldar ships are alive, and use Psi ability to perform the function that engines and other equipment perform. The process of building an Ent Star Ship is a guarded secret and requires one to possess the kinship that the Wood Eldar have with the Ent.
The nightsiders
Before the time of the Space Lords a clan of Eldar was lost to the void of space and never found again.
When the Space Lords came, they brought with them the lost clan of the Eldar but there time in the void of space changed them. The Space Lords capitalized on this by making the Nightsiders into their chief assassins, capable of killing even a Space Lord. This reputation as the assassins to the Space Lords taints the Nightsiders even to this day, causing all races to distrust a Nightsider on principle. The Nightsiders have been accepted back into the Eldar society but have a lesser position on the council as punishment for helping the Space Lords to conquer the Eldar and so many other races. The Nightsiders feel that they have been “punished” long enough and agitate for full status among the clans.
Elendar The homeworld of the Eldar is a lush green world with giant trees and teeming with life. Eldar cities blend into the environment so that from out side you cannot tell when the cities begin or end. The eldar usually live by sub-race and will only co-mingle when for political reasons or if they are outside of Elendar.