The Exodites exist mainly in Warhammer 40, 000 background material and never had any specific models or army books for use in the tabletop game, however the Saim-Hann Craftworld Eldar is closely linked with the Exodites.

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 ).

The Eldar are a race of elf like beings who inhabit the fictional universe of the game Warhammer 40, 000, a 1987 tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science-fantasy universe.

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.

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.

For example, the Eldar Howling Banshees are melee specialists and, with their power weapons and other special rules, excel at killing heavily armored infantry units in melee combat, while using them for ranged attacks often leads to failure.

The Eldar naming-schemes are typically derived from Gaelic ( Irish ).

The essay finishes with the departure of the Keepers of the Rings from the Grey Havens ( at the end of The Lord of the Rings ) and then the sailing of the Last Ship of the Eldar ever to leave Middle-earth.

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

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

Their weaponry and fighting style is pulled largely from Japanese Samurai and Bushido, in that any non-conscript Eldar Warrior attends Aspect Shrines ( similar to Dojos dedicated to specific fighting styles / strategies ) in order to learn war / fighting as an art.

* Eldar Djangirov, jazz piano player from Kyrgyzstan, of Russian descent, now living in the USA.

" 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.

Aside from winning duet Eldar and Nigar, national heroes in Azerbaijan, as soloists and in their duet, better known as Ell and Nikki, Westernised Azerbaijani pop includes Emin Agalarov, the son in law of president Ilham Aliyev.

The inscription in Book X reads: " In this book are given many of the later writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the history of the Elder Days from the Music of the Ainur to the Hiding of Valinor ; here much is told of Sun and the Moon ; of the immortal Eldar and the death of the Atani ; of the beginning of the Orcs and of the evil power of Melkor, the Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World.

The Eldar sought ever to remind the men of Númenor that death was a gift from Ilúvatar to all Men, and that to lose faith in Ilúvatar would be heretical.

The " King's Men ", the larger party, " grew proud and were estranged from the Valar and the Eldar.

Silvan Elves are described as being less wise than other Eldar, and some of them almost are indistinguishable from the Avari, those who never joined the Great Journey.

* The explicit statements found in books of grammar near the 10th and 11th Centuries C. E., such as: The Sefer haQoloth of Moshe ben Asher ( published by N. Allony ), Diqduqé hata ' amim of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher ; the anonymous works entitled Horayath haQoré ( G. Khan and Ilan Eldar attribute it to the Karaite Abu Alfaraj Harun ), the Treatise on the Schwa ( published by Kurt Levy from a Genizah fragment in 1936 ), and Ma ' amar haschewa ( published from Genizah material by Allony ); the works of medieval Sephardi grammarians, such as Abraham Ibn Ezra, Judah ben David Hayyuj.

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 Squats pleaded for assistance from their Eldar trading partners, but were rebuffed.

; 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.

" In the course of ages the tongues and dialects of Beleriand became altogether estranged from those of other Eldar in Valinor, through the learned in such lore may perceive that they were anciently sprung from Telerin.

Another interpretation is that Lúthien is released from the bonds of the Eldar to the physical world ( the world that is, Arda ).

The Eldar pine-tree emits a lot of oxygen, therefore, it is good for those suffering from asthma.

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.

In the earliest versions of Tolkien's mythology ( see: The History of Middle-earth ), the First Kindred of the Eldar were called the Teleri, while the Third Kindred, the elves known as Teleri in the published version of The Silmarillion, were called Solosimpi (' shoreland pipers ').

* The Eldar, a coalition of elves, half-elves and humans.

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 science fiction role-playing game Fading Suns features the fictional extraterrestrial races of the Ur-Obun and the Ur-Ukar, which are essentially science fiction renditions of elves and dark elves ( somewhat akin to the Eldar and the Dark Eldar in the setting of Warhammer 40000 mentioned above ).

He loves both Eldar and Edain ( Elves and Men, respectively ), and never abandons them, even when the other Valar must ( or choose to ) look away.

Its various factions and races include the Imperium of Man, a decentralized yet totalitarian interstellar empire that has ruled the vast majority of humanity for millennia, the Orks ( similar to Warhammer Fantasy Orcs ), the Eldar ( similar to Elves in Warhammer Fantasy Battle ), and Daemons ( very similar in both universes, although the precise natures of their creation and existence vary slightly ), among others.

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.

To date Games Workshop have produced no Eldar scenery kits, although brief descriptions have been given on how to build Eldar architecture and objectives in both the main Warhammer 40, 000 rules books and in GW's monthly magazine White Dwarf.

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.

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

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.

Slaanesh is said to be both the youngest and weakest of the four Chaos gods, though early in its existence it was far stronger, and murdered and consumed nearly the entire pantheon of Eldar gods.