The Eldar also use their particular version of titans, which are often more agile and compact than their Imperial counterparts, as well as the smaller Wraithlords ( although the latter does not have a pilot as such, they are controlled by the spirit of a dead Eldar contained in a ' soulstone ').

Now the Third theme and the Children ( Eldar and Edain ) are discussed.

They are the smallest of the three clans of the Eldar, and were the first to arrive in Aman.

The Sindar are " grey " perhaps because they were not Elves of the Light, never having actually set foot in Valinor, but neither were they Avari, since they did accept the invitation and set out on the journey ( and therefore were technically counted among the Eldar ).

Like their original inspiration, the Eldar are portrayed as a insular race who may even be on the brink of extinction.

Further unofficial lists for groups such as the Harlequins, a faction of Eldar who used to have their own army list in earlier editions of the Warhammer 40K game, are also available online.

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.

Some limited edition models have been produced for the Craftworld Eldar, although as of February 2012, these are only available as the old style ' lead ' casts on the open market.

Models and rules for Super Heavy units and Eldar Titans are only available via Forge World.

Because the Eldar are one of the original races featured in the 40K universe they have an extensive back catalogue of classic lead and plastic miniatures including many variants of squads, squad leaders and infantry models which can still be found on sale both in store and online for those with the patience to search.

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.

* the Eldar, an ancient dying race whose psykers can predict the future.

Based around the general roleplaying and fantasy-game concept of Elves as conceived in Lord of the Rings, the Eldar concept has been heavily adapted to create a futuristic space-faring race complete with their own unique history, mythology and culture.

In the sense that Warhammer 40, 000 races parallel the earlier ( and still extant ) Warhammer Fantasy Battle game, the Eldar race mirrors the Elven people.

* Eldar ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), ancient race of elf-like aliens in the Warhammer 40, 000 fictional universe

Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II currently includes Tyranids as a playable race along with the Imperial Guard, Chaos Space Marines, Eldar, Orks, and Space Marines.

* In the Warhammer 40, 000 fictional universe, the Eldar race live and travel aboard interstellar arks, Craftworlds

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000, the Dark Eldar are a Kindred of the Eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elf-like humanoids.

The Dark Eldar are depicted by Games Workshop as a race that is sadistic in the extreme, revelling in piracy, enslavement and torture.

Like all factions of the Eldar race, the Dark Eldar have access to technology that is extremely advanced by human standards.

Dark Eldar are mainly depicted as a piratical race with no loyalty to anyone except themselves, though they are reportedly sometimes employed by various races as mercenaries.

In the back story released in the most recent Dark Eldar Codex, it is revealed that the Dark Eldar gradually lost their natural psychic ability during the millennia following the Fall of the Eldar race, and that they are sustained only through the absorption of the psychic power released by pain, torture and anguish of other sentient beings.

* Sslyth-The Sslyth are a race not previously mentioned in Warhammer 40, 000 literature until the introduction of the Dark Eldar Codex in 2010.

The Imperium is in a state of constant war with the Orks, Eldar, and the human servants of Chaos, desperately fighting to preserve the human race from extinction.

The Eldar are a sophisticated psychic race, ancient and technologically advanced, that have fought the fell powers of Chaos for millions of years before mankind's birth.

; Dark Eldar: A cruel and technologically advanced race from the Warhammer 40K universe.

The Slann are reputed to have created some of the major races in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe, the most notable of which are the Orks ( who are hinted to be referring to them as the Brainboyz, though the most recent publication of the Ork codex has implied that the snotling fulfilled this role ) and Eldar ( who are the only race that keeps records from the age ) who were created with their psychic abilities to take part in the war between the Necrons and the Old Ones in which they were all but wiped out by the C ' tan and the Enslaver plague.

The publishing company took their name from Warhammer 40, 000, where the Black Library stored knowledge of Eldar race, the sinister Chaos, and the haunting Necron.

Warhammer is also unique in the aspect that Warhammer 40, 000, the science fantasy version of the game, features space faring elves under the name of Eldar ( a term borrowed from Tolkien ) -- an ancient race that once served the Old Ones and in the aftermath of a great catastrophe have split into four distinct groups, the Craftworld Eldar, the rustic Eldar Exodites ( dinosaur riding eldar in self-imposed exile ) the mysterious and acrobatic Harlequins and the fallen kindred, the Dark Eldar.

The Eldar, like other races in Warhammer 40, 000, take their current state from various cultures.

:" Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour.

* Medusae-Depicted as Dark Eldar slaves possessed by extra-planar creatures whose bodies store emotions and sensations, Medusae are used by Archons to record the sensations of a battle, but in-game they have a special attack that uses a template to fire, much like a flamer.

Zoanthropes, creatures supposedly evolved by combining tyranid DNA with DNA from other psychically active races like the Eldar, are extremely powerful psykers to the point that, with the passing of the years, their bodies have devolved into little more than a overly bloated head attached to an atrophied, fetus-like body incapable of even moving on its own power, therefore requiring the creature to use its psychic abilities to levitate across the battlefield.

They were joined after the War of Wrath by those of the Edain who did not wish to travel to Númenor ( similar to how, at the end of the First Age, various Eldar remained and went east, becoming lords of the Silvan Elves ).

Ulmo had always loved both the Eldar and the Edain, and during the Exile kept the elves ever in his thoughts for though the Valar waited for the appointed time to assail Morgoth Ulmo who had not been fooled by Morgoth during his freedom in Valinor still brought council to those east of Aman.

* the Dark Eldar, who must consume the souls of others to prevent themselves from dying.

Unlike Space Marines or Necron, who boast heavy armor, high toughness and some form of wound-resistance ; the Eldar do not.

Eldar is both a Hebrew first / last name meaning " god resides " and a rare Norse first name meaning " Warrior who fights with fire "( Eld + ar ( ar = Harjar )) Eld = fire.

In Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, however, Imrazôr's wife in one account is given as Mithrellas, handmaiden of Nimrodel, a Silvan Elf who resisted the encroachment of the Eldar in her homeland, Lothlórien.

The Eldar are those who accepted the summons.

" To the unfriendly who, not knowing them well, declared that Morgoth must have bred the Orcs from such a stock the Eldar answered: ' Doubtless Morgoth, since he can make no living thing, bred Orcs from various kinds of Men, but the Drúedain must have escaped his shadow ; for their laughter and the laughter of Orcs are as different as the light of Aman from the darkness of Angband.

The first mayor was Baruch Venger, followed by Adi Eldar, who has remained in this position until today.

His successor was Adi Eldar, who was re-elected several times, most recently in November 2008.