Eldar background

Ok, so here it is, an very brief background debrief on my Eldar battleforce. Firstly I will begin by stating that I have broke the mould and re-wrote my eldar history as a side chapter to the "guide of warhammer 40 000."

In short, as the eldar micro-communities or factions disperced further into the universe, and as these factions began to engage in war, overcome death's torment of famine, disaster, and brutal torture, the universe became a place of wondering nomadic fragments. One such fragment was fortunate enough to blunder upon a planet not so dissimilar to that of our own. In fact the lush green plains, and sandy deserts held many ruins and artifacts which displayed the qualities of a race who bolstered success with seeminlgy impossible structures, beyond any logic as to how ancient folk could engineer such displays of superiority. Many say that our own ancient Egyptians must have had a line of comunication with this planet, and thus similarities prevailed. Could it be the intervention of a third party power or race? But I digress.

Our nomads soon settled on this fruitful planet, taking a nice island of land for their own. As time continued, thus more fragments of Eldar ruined craftworlds appeared. It wasn't long before communities formed, and then whole towns of Eldar, both new and native to this land. Immigrant skills brought in the pathstones for industry, commerce, power, and of course, WAR. Soon, each community held it's own army, and inter-community wars began to errupt over disputes of a neighbourly function.

It was only when an until then unknown force attacked the shores of this land, did the Eldar quickly realise it was all for 1 or nothing. A capital was established, a common hub for all communities to report to and from. A standard uniform of red, black and white was adopted across all communites, and this became the armour of the eldar. Ech community often adopted a symbol of their own to mark them out as the porud army of that region (for example at the coast of Jagge the helmets bore the symbol of a fish, the staple life support for that community). This was the founding of Engarbian society as it became known (no records show how or why).

The unknown force that attacjed the shores? it appears that the Eldar where not alone o nthis world. Passed their shoreline lay a whole other world. That, however is a different story.

Skip to today  -  The Engarbian race is going strong, has a good army, and still accepts nomadic Eldar from broken craftworlds. It also accepts those from other races, but is very careful of who to trust. Outlaws, bandits, those left behind after wars lost, all pass through at some time or another. But the Engarbian's know what they have is precious to their existance, and only those who show loyalty or offer some adavantage to their security are alowed in. All others are a threat (as is often the case) and are expelled. War is always on their doorstep, and sometimes, for preservation, is also on yours.

Commander Darbs