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** You said it yourself, she's the most Eldar Eldar to ever Eldar across these games. And like any good Eldar, she's so arrogant that she doesn't feel the need to explain herself to some monkeigh that she ultimately only views as screening troops.
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*** "Shouldn't he either be dead or a Daemon Prince by now?" No, not really. There are ''tons'' of Chaos Marines who've been kicking around since the Horus Heresy without dying or ascending to daemonhood. Heretic Astartes are very hard to kill permanently, and daemonhood is hardly a predictable thing, given that it is a rare gift that is distributed based on the crazed whims of mad gods.
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** I guess she thinks it's a NiceHat too.

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** I guess she thinks it's a NiceHat nice hat too.
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** High-ranking Bloodthirsters on the tabletop actually ''do'' have the ability to breathe fire.
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*** Not for me, in Retribution, where the Big Mek is, for whatever reason, demoted to a Mekboy.
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* What is the point of Araghast in ''Chaos Rising''? He adds nothing to the story, and apparently has no purpose in life other than spamming the Literature/BloodRavens with lame insults. First he yells his name over their vox channel, just to prove that he can. Then he remains quiet for some time, until he decides that he is not getting enough attention, at which point he challenges the Blood Ravens to some sort of schoolyard fight, which he [[EpicFail loses spectacularly]]. The Black Legion suffers no setback from this, and the Blood Ravens gain nothing from killing him, except from no longer having to listen to his yelling. The campaign would have worked perfectly well without him.

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* What is the point of Araghast in ''Chaos Rising''? He adds nothing to the story, and apparently has no purpose in life other than spamming the Literature/BloodRavens Blood Ravens with lame insults. First he yells his name over their vox channel, just to prove that he can. Then he remains quiet for some time, until he decides that he is not getting enough attention, at which point he challenges the Blood Ravens to some sort of schoolyard fight, which he [[EpicFail loses spectacularly]]. The Black Legion suffers no setback from this, and the Blood Ravens gain nothing from killing him, except from no longer having to listen to his yelling. The campaign would have worked perfectly well without him.
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** That hat is official Ordo Hereticus wargear. She would rather die than bargain with it..
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** The canonical reason for the title, per the fittingly named short story ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Inheritor]]'', is that Eliphas gained his position via KlingonPromotion during the purge of Loyalist Word Bearers and Lorgar refused to formally elevate him, specifically saying that Eliphas had 'inherited' command rather than earning it. The other Word Bearers then gave him the epithet to constantly remind him of Lorgar's snub.

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** First, Eliphaas in Chaos Rising killed off a much more beloved character, Araghast, and seemed like a grovelling servant rather than the badass from Dark Crusade. By Retribution, the majority of these issues were alleviated.

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** First, Eliphaas Eliphas in Chaos Rising killed off a much more beloved character, Araghast, and seemed like a grovelling servant rather than the badass from Dark Crusade. By Retribution, the majority of these issues were alleviated.


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** Using fire isn't really anathema to Khorne (the ''other'' Khornate warcry is "Kill! Maim! Burn!") especially at relatively short range, using magic to snipe enemies from far away is. A bigger violation is Kyras using magic to make himself invulnerable.
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** Daemons are literally made of magic, so using it is second nature to them. Saying he can't use that ability would be like saying "it's not fair you have more arms than me" to a tyranid.
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** This is a meme. Basically? Yes, the Blood Ravens are INSANELY notorious magpies, who have pissed off quite a few others. The wargear makes it abundently clear.

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** Because the third soldier from the left was going to be possessed by a daemon in 400 years. Also? Sturn was plotting to betray HER too...
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* A fairly minor one but during the boss fight with Kyras (who has ascended to a demon of Khorne) he [[BreathWeapon breathes fire]], aren't Khornate deamons supposed to hate and not be able to use combat magic of any kind?
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** As for the Eldar. It should be noted that, in fluff, Guardians are really only used when desperately needed. And Eldar coming into a direct engagement tends to be pretty last resort anyway. So Guardian morale is higher because they are aware of their need to be there.
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** If it helps, the Emperors Children in II are barely recognizable with their color scheme.
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* Okay. She was acting the most Eldar than in any of the other games here. But why does she betray Sturnn in the penultimate mission? In the finale she again gains his help against the Necrons stating she really doesn't even want the Titan and they can keep the damn thing once it's over. So...why not just help him the whole way and explain what's going on? "We're expecting the Titan site to be where the Necrons are gonna hit first. So we are, likewise bringing a superweapon there. We'll give you a hand with your crew since, hey, two superweapons are better than one! Then we'll just be on our way." It seriously would have saved a lot of lives on both sides.
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