Their armies, as fielded in the tabletop and computer games, usually have the advantages of speed and technology, composed of highly specialised units that have turned specific, the Craftworld Eldar ( often simply called Eldar ), and the Dark Eldar.

Each faction has had several rule books or codexes released for them, culminating in the present 5th Edition of Warhammer 40K, which includes an individual rule book for both the Craftworld Eldar and Dark Eldar.

Other Eldar factions also exist within both the game narrative and, to some extent, its rule system, with Harlequins being reintroduced in 5th Edition with entries in both the Craftword and Dark Eldar codexes.

The majority of the normal infantry and vehicles as described in the Games Workshop Codex books for the Craftworld and Dark Eldar are available as plastic or " fine cast " resin kits via either the companies many high street stores or by their mail order service.

The Eldar in general consist of three distinct sides: the Craftworld Eldar ( often simply called Eldar ), who are similar to the High Elves ; the Dark Eldar, who are similar to the Dark Elves ; and the Exodites, who are similar to the Wood Elves.

For instance while the Dark Elves have long existed as the main antagonist to the High Elves in Warhammer Fantasy, Games Workshop originally incorporated both High and Dark Elves ' elements into the Craftworld Eldar for the Warhammer 40, 000 universe.

Only recently in 1998, did they create the Dark Eldar as a separate army, and there is little back-story on the Eldar-versus-Dark Eldar rivalry.

The bloody-handed God Khaine is a recurring entity for both the Elves ( High and Dark Elves ) and Craftworld Eldar.

The Brides of Khaine, commonly known as the Witch Elves, are one of the forces in the ranks of the Dark Elves ; while the Craftworld Eldar can summon the Avatar of Khaine.

In contrast, the Eldar Dark Reaper excels at long range fighting but will almost certainly be taken down in melee by even moderately skilled / equipped melee units.

With the exception of walkers, all Eldar vehicles are skimmers which allow them to move " freely " across the board and, with upgrades, at speeds only matched by the Dark Eldar and the Tau armies.

Just think of old Granther Stannard who pulled the teeth of Dark Younger ( her real name was Dorcas ), and because he bungled the job and left two protruding tusks she put such a hex on him that he thought his legs were made of glass.

`` Are you referring, sir '', asked Helva politely, `` to the Dark Age discussions of the number of angels who could stand on the head of a pin ''??

" People of the Dark " is a remembrance story of " past lives ", and in its first-person narrative the protagonist describes one of his previous incarnations: Conan, a black-haired barbarian hero who swears by a deity called Crom.

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

The rights to the Might and Magic name were purchased for USD 1. 3 million by Ubisoft, who " rebooted " the franchise with a new series with no apparent connection to the previous continuity, starting with the games Heroes of Might and Magic V and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

The Dark Lady is believed by some Oxfordians to be Anne Vavasour, Oxford's mistress who bore him a son out of wedlock.

Rachel Hawthorne's Dark Guardian novels examine a secret society of werewolves who live peacefully alongside normal humans, are able to initiate the change at will to protect their kind, and generally retain control of themselves when transformed.

Emond's Field is unexpectedly attacked by Dark forces — bestial Trollocs and a Myrddraal who seem to specifically target Rand, Mat and Perrin.

The Eye of the World was created by Aes Sedai who sacrificed themselves to create a pool of Saidin untouched by the Dark One's taint, and is hidden in the Blight.

There, defended by Cadsuane Melaidhrin's Aes Sedai and loyal Asha ' man against the Forsaken, Rand and Nynaeve link and use the Choedan Kal to cleanse saidin of the Dark One's taint so that men who channel will no longer go mad.

Despite the failure of Curse, Edwards attempted to revive the series a decade later with Son of the Pink Panther, in which it is revealed that Clouseau had illegitimate children by Maria Gambrelli ( a character who first appeared in A Shot in the Dark ).

The Dark Powers are a malevolent force who control the Demiplane of Dread.

Some tales of innocents who have escaped Ravenloft for happier environs are attributed to the Dark Powers, who have judged a being worthy of reward and release from their misty domain.

In the early 1990s, Masson had been engaged to University of Michigan feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon, who wrote the preface to his A Dark Science: Women, Sexuality, and Psychiatry in the Nineteenth Century.

As with the previous game in the series, the player controls Kyle Katarn, a former Jedi who cut his link with The Force after almost succumbing to the Dark Side.

* In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Jean Grey, who is a playable character, has some attacks related to the Phoenix Force, such as the ability to resurrect another character during game play, and the player can also select for her both the original and Dark Phoenix costumes.

Since Jean Grey does not die in the Infinity Vortex, she will return to Earth in the form of the Dark Phoenix to take vengeance upon those who did not save her.

In Queen of the Empire by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, she is kidnapped by the " Prophets of the Dark Side ", who try to brainwash her into pledging her loyalty to the Empire and marry their leader, Trioculus.

His first major film as director, Dark Star ( 1974 ), was a science fiction black comedy that he cowrote with Dan O ' Bannon ( who later went on to write Alien, borrowing freely from much of Dark Star ).

The world is threatened by a " Dark Lord " who conquers for Mana to rule supreme over the land.

Aragorn and Gandalf then led the final campaign against Sauron's forces at the Black Gate, in an effort to distract the Dark Lord's attention from Frodo and Samwise Gamgee, who were at the same moment scaling Mount Doom to destroy the Ring.

The existence of such early protogalaxies suggests that they must have grown in the so-called " Dark Ages ".

Dark must place a piece with the dark side up on the board, in such a position that there exists at least one straight ( horizontal, vertical, or diagonal ) occupied line between the new piece and another dark piece, with one or more contiguous light pieces between them.

McCoy repeats the line when he must perform some task beyond his medical skills, such as the " classic moment " when he is confronted with the unusual silicon-based Horta alien in " Devil in the Dark " ( 1967 ), saying, " I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer.

The prehistory of the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the Dark Age ( the Early Iron Age ) at this moment must be treated apart from the stream of Dorian Spartan history.

Over the course of the game, a lone Aes Sedai must track down a robber following an assault on the White Tower, and prevent the Dark One from being released prematurely.

This once we must run the risk of being called a softy: we won't dismiss Dark Victory with a self-defensive sneer.

In 1973 he published Shakespeare the Man, in which he claimed to have solved the final problem-the identity of the ' Dark Lady ': from a close reading of the sonnets and the diaries of Simon Forman, he asserted that she must have been Emilia Lanier, whose poems he would later collect.

Optimus discovers that he is too late to save Cybertron from the Dark Energon corruption, and the core must shut down for about one million years to survive.

Mentioned in A Whistle in the Dark ( Act 1, p31 ) by Tom Murphy: ' in the words of the great Gene Tunney, a man must fight back.

Robert Jordan is very clear that the world before the Breaking was much different geographically, and thus physical descriptions must first differentiate between the planet ’ s appearance in the Age of Legends or “ The World Since the Breaking ” ( after insane male Aes Sedai and the Dark One's minions shattered the world, drastically altering it geographically ).

Additional characters include familiar characters from previous games, but they must be unlocked in the original Dreamcast version: Amy and Metal Sonic complement Sonic and Shadow, Chao and Dark Chao complement Tails and Eggman, and Tikal and Chaos 0 complement Knuckles and Rouge.

In the first novel, Initial Vector, which is set six months after Perfect Dark Zero, Joanna finds herself living in the Carrington Institute grounds and must learn to trust Daniel Carrington, as well as uncovering a conspiracy that may influence on dataDyne's new CEO election.

Samus must travel to three temples to ensure the destruction of the Ing, while battling Space Pirates and her mysterious doppelgänger called Dark Samus.

The series ' primary antagonist, Dark Force, the embodiment of evil, returns in Phantasy Star II as one of the enemies Rolf and his friends must defeat.

In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a new Link must intercept the wizard Agahnim before he breaks the seal on the Dark World and unleash Ganon's fury upon Hyrule.

Before their nuptials they must do battle with Mio Kuroki who has been resurrected and claims to be the new queen of the Dark Kingdom.

In Boustani ’ s case he looked to the scientific revolution in the Golden Age of Islam under the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad ( 8th to 13th century A. D .) He argued that at that time, Europe was in the decline of the Dark Ages and that Arabs must once again reclaim that heritage.

In Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow must choose to do Neutral ( self-work ), Dark ( evil work ) or Hero ( Heroic Work ) in a stage ( i. e. choosing whether to kill all the humans in Dark, kill all the black aliens in Hero or to grab the Chaos Emerald for himself in Neutral ), and depending on what Shadow does, this will affect the next stage played and the storyline.

He is knocked into the mirror, which is then cut into eight fragments by Dark Meta Knight ( which are then scattered across the Mirror World ), so Kirby must save Meta Knight and the Mirror World.

To obtain the Horned Reaper, a Dark Mistress, Bile Demon and Troll must be sacrificed in the Temple Room.

In this lord city of the Dark Queen, Raistlin discovers that Takhisis means to take control of all magic, and must stop her from doing so.

Batman must contend with the brilliant, but deranged, psychiatrist, Hugo Strange, who foments a massive smear campaign against the Dark Knight and attempts to uncover his secret identity.

Dark GDK is free for personal use, however you must purchase a license if you plan on selling a game made with Dark GDK.