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Tarellians, Chaos & Xenos, Barghesi and some nostalgia

I am glad to finally see a Tarellian Dog Soldier miniature.

I would love to see them added as auxilla for the T'au, seeing as many of them canonically do serve in the T'au Empire, but I would also be equally happy if we just had any of the other T'au auxilla beefed up (barring Kroot who are in a good place now). Expanding the Vespids to have more forces, a hover tank using big crystal guns for example, or perhaps Nicassar units though those might struggle to translate as well.

I must admit the Baghesi, though very obviously drawing on the Barghest - Dog myth is a bit funny to me because in lore they've been consistently hyped up as terrifying foes who rip Marines to shreds and who the Imperium thinks would be an existential threat if the Tyranid ever absorbed them. So, to have them just be kinda red dogs is surprising. I would have expected them to be bigger, at the very least.

I am personally always a fan of more Xenos with Chaos armies. Chaos has no reason to sick to a policy of xenophobia and it has just always been dumb that within the setting aliens somehow barely ever have any connection to Chaos at all, we do not even know of a single Daemon Prince ever who is not human (except maybe Be'lakor) in a timeless Warp, implying that throughout all space and time no non-humans have EVER become Daemon Princes.

Seeing so many Corsair minis make me nostalgic. One of the earliest things I remember doing was trying to make up rules and stats for a fictional Corsair army list.

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Felarch of the Marcachi Dubh, vulgarly known as The Black Riders. These piratical Eldar are unusually disciplined and militaristic for ones of their ilk, holding to a martial code of honor and fighting savagely. Led by the Prince Ra’Tar, they have menaced the Eastern Fringe and the galactic halo for a long span. On occasion, however, they have hired themselves out to unscrupulous Imperials as mercenaries or privateers.

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I'm super exited with the Corsair reveals this week. I adore the old bug-eyed Farseer helmets, and am overjoyed to see them return. Plus, Karseth is an intriguing new character. A win for GW at last.

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Aeldari corsair by Rotten Mo on twitter

Corsairs vs Chaos Marine

by Lewis Jones

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I know consistent and explained Elf Lore is a big ask for James but seriously I need more information about Corsair Way Seekers.

From this write up (emphasis mine):

Although driven by the allure of an adventurous life, few Corsairs stoop to the hedonistic excesses of their Drukhari kin. A life shackled to depravity is just as confining as the rigid Paths of the craftworlds. And yet the Dark Prince hungers for Corsair souls as much as any other Aeldari. It’s the duty of psychically gifted Way Seekers to guide fallen Corsairs into waystones, where their souls can rest in safety.

Like, okay! That's really cool and makes sense with the fact that not everyone on a Corsair's crew will necessarily have Spirit Stones attuned to them from infancy, nor will they have a Haemonculus on hand to bring them back immediately. But then from what I understand about Way/Spirit Stones, one of the reasons its hard to attune to them as a (living) adult is because there's only so much "pressure" a soul can put on a stone without it breaking/failing. Babies don't have the weight of 1000 atrocities on their souls from birth so they're easier to attune to, just raise them in a way that keeps that "pressure" on the stone low. But the fact that corsairs can get up to their bullshit stone-intact and still reintegrate into Asuryani or Exodite society proves there's quite a bit of flexibility to what a stone can handle. A regular Corsair who dies without a stone for whatever reason can maybe be popped into an empty one and preserved with some concerted effort.

But then what about crews mixed in with former Drukhari? Would a Way Seeker be able to help them? Inheritance of Embers hones in on just how compulsory Commorragh's cruelty is, such that quite a few ex-Drukhari become corsairs because they're tired of the rat race. It seems like a younger Drukhari can sort of appease the thirst through raids and maybe devote their time to other things when they're not? So, theoretically, a Drukhari who lives a life like that might bring themselves up to "it'll hurt like shit, but okay" levels of waystone acceptability in the event of their death? On the one hand, if you're low enough on the Drukhari totem pole that Mad Science isn't going to save you, the Corsair life isn't bad at all and a waystone is good insurance in the case of an unfortunate accident. But on the other hand waystones are precious and if there's even a small chance Drukhari Dave hasn't done enough therapy to not break one....he might just have to be Slaanesh chow.

Idk. I just wish the requirements and process of soul-storage was a little more elaborated on.

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