History Literature / ThePathOfTheEldar

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Imperial Governer De'vaque sought satisfaction for the death of his son at Aradryan's hands, and when he discovered Aradryan's craftworld of origin, he manipulated the sector Imperial authorities to blame Alaitoc for the recent pirate raids, claiming it was a source of them and weakening the Imperial hold there. The Imperial invasion of Alaitoc is the result of this.]]

* [[What Measure is a Non-Eldar? WhatMeasureIsANonHuman]]: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. Thirianna struggles with this during her Farseer training; see TheAtoner and MyGodWhatHaveIDone above. [[spoiler:She later tries to save a human child during a strike meant to destroy a Chaos artifact, but the child becomes a daemonhost. During the Imperial invasion, she is disgusted by the invaders and has no qualms about killing them.]]

* MentalFusion: This happens when [[spoiler:Korlandril becomes an Exarch, as his mind and personality become a gestalt with those of all the previous Striking Scorpion Exarchs, with the first as the most dominant]].

* ProudWarriorRace: Not the ''whole'' race, but as detailed in ''The Path of the Warrior''. Once the war goes on, this is what Aspect Warriors become.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. Thirianna struggles with this during her Farseer training; see TheAtoner and MyGodWhatHaveIDone above. [[spoiler:She later tries to save a human child during a strike meant to destroy a Chaos artifact, but the child becomes a daemonhost. During the Imperial invasion, she is disgusted by the invaders and has no qualms about killing them.]]

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Aradryan leaves Alaitoc and the Path because he is afraid of it trapping him, realizing that the universe is so much bigger than he is. From his first cautious steps as a ranger, he slowly grows in confidence, eventually joining up with a pirate crew, and working his way up in authority until he becomes a leader figure in an entire pirate fleet, leaning to love the freedom of the lifestyle and developing a craving for excitement and danger. However, with his growing confidence is growing pride and arrogance, becoming increasingly conceited and developing [[NothingCanStopUsNow feelings of invincibility]]. [[spoiler: This pride eventually [[BreakTheHaughty leads to his downfall]] as he [[KickTheDog Kicks the Dog]] in a spectacular way, and [[AlwaysABiggerFish Even Bigger]] [[TheDogBitesBack Dog Bites Back]] on his entire home ''craftworld''.]]

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Aradryan leaves Alaitoc and the Path because he is afraid of it trapping him, realizing that the universe is so much bigger than he is. From his first cautious steps as a ranger, he slowly grows in confidence, eventually joining up with a pirate crew, and working his way up in authority until he becomes a leader figure in an entire pirate fleet, leaning to love the freedom of the lifestyle and developing a craving for excitement and danger. However, with his growing confidence is growing pride and arrogance, becoming increasingly conceited and developing [[NothingCanStopUsNow feelings of invincibility]]. [[spoiler: This pride eventually [[BreakTheHaughty leads to his downfall]] as he [[KickTheDog Kicks the Dog]] in a spectacular way, and [[AlwaysABiggerFish Even Bigger]] [[TheDogBitesBack Dog Bites Back]] on his entire home ''craftworld''.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:The Imperial invasion of Alaitoc is prompted due to Eldar privateer raids on Imperial shipping.]] Such acts by unaligned Eldar vessels so rarely inspires this kind of response, particularly to this degree, that the Council of Seers consider it almost not worth investigating. ''Path of the Outcast'' eventually reveals that [[spoiler:the attack is prompted by a corrupt Imperial governor who was in league with Dark Eldar raiders, whose son was killed by Aradryan. When the Space Marines learn of the governor's illegal actions and deceit, they promptly kill him and call off the attack]].

* GunshipRescue: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}; several Eldar warships from other craftworlds arrive to take on the Imperials in the nick of time, but it's ultimately unnecessary.]]

* LoveHurts: One of the minor plot points in the Craftworld trilogy is the sundering of the friendship/sort-of love triangle between Korlandril, Aradryan, and Thirianna as each takes his/her own Path.

** Thirianna experiences this during her Farseer training when she has to break the mask which she used to keep the memories of her time as a warrior at bay and sees her bloodlust and ruthlessness fully.

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Imperial Governer De'vaque sought satisfaction for the death of his son at Aradryan's hands, and when he discovered Aradryan's craftworld of origin, he manipulated the sector Imperial authorities to blame Alaitoc for the recent pirate raids, claiming it was a source of them and weakening the Imperial hold there. The Imperial invasion of Alaitoc is the result of this.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: In the end, Thirianna realizes that the prophecy of Alaitoc's invasion she had was this. She realized that Aradryan's actions precipitated it, but her attempts to warn him of it are what drew him back to Alaitoc at the time he did, allowing the Dark Eldar to follow, and thus the humans to know where he hid. Speaking the CassandraTruth caused itself to come about.]]

* RashomonStyle: Each novel in the Craftworld series, while focused on the lives of the individual Eldar and how their Paths change them, revolves around the same series of events, culminating in [[spoiler:an invasion of the Craftworld by the Imperium]].

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Korlandril]; see MentalFusion below.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Korlandril; see MentalFusion below.

The first is a trilogy written by Gav Thorpe revolving around three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Path Of The Seer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

** For Seers who abuse their power and/or influence sufficiently, it's having the parts of their brains that tie them to the Warp lobotomized. Thirianna's mentor warns her of this when [[spoiler: she pulls strings to have her vision of the Imperial attack on Alaitoc taken more seriously, although it's more of a lesson than anything.]]

** [[spoiler:Sindiel]] comes to regret [[spoiler:betraying his fellow Exodites and eventually rescues the kidnapped worldsinger.]]
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Korlandril eventually becomes lost in his role as the Striking Scorpion Exarch.]]

** [[spoiler:''Warrior'' and ''Seer'''s endings; ''Path of the Outcast'' will wrap up this trilogy.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:The Imperial invasion of Alaitoc is prompted due to Eldar privateer raids on Imperial shipping.]] Such acts by unaligned Eldar vessels so rarely inspires this kind of response, particularly to this degree, that the Council of Seers consider it almost not worth investigating.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Thirianna experiences this during her Farseer training when she has to break the mask which she used to keep the memories of her time as a warrior at bay and sees her bloodlust and ruthlessness fully.

The second is about the Dark Eldar. The first, ''Path of the Renegade,'' revolves around a plot to overthrow Asdrubael Vect by summoning a former ruler that Vect defeated long ago. The second, ''Path of the Incubus'', has not been released yet.

The second is about the Dark Eldar. The first, ''Path of the Renegade'' revolves around a plot to overthrow Asdrubael Vect by summoning a former ruler that Vect defeated long ago. The second, ''Path of the Incubus'', has not been released yet.

A new series of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels by Gav Thorpe focusing on the Eldar, specifically three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Path Of The Seer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

A Dark Eldar-based SpinOff, ''Path of the Renegade'', was released in 2012.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: For Seers who abuse their power and/or influence sufficiently, it's having the parts of their brains that tie them to the Warp lobotomized. [[spoiler: Thirianna's mentor warns her of this when she pulls strings to have her vision of the Imperial attack on Alaitoc taken more seriously, although it's more of a lesson than anything.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Thiriana becomes this as she tries to come to terms with the horrible things she did as a warrior.]]

* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The first two novels' endings; ''Path of the Outcast'' will wrap things up.]]

* LoveHurts: One of the minor plot points is the sundering of the friendship/sort-of love triangle between Korlandril, Aradryan, and Thirianna as each takes his/her own Path.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Thiriana experiences this during her Farseer training when she has to break the mask which she used to keep the memories of her time as a warrior at bay and sees her bloodlust and ruthlessness fully.]]

* RashomonStyle: Each novel in the series, while focused on the lives of the individual Eldar and how their Paths change them, revolves around the same series of events, culminating in [[spoiler:an invasion of the Craftworld by the Imperium]].
* SpockSpeak: Typical Eldar dialogue.
* TakenForGranite: Thirianna's mentor's body is starting the crystallization process that is the inevitable fate of Farseers.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Thirianna struggles with this during her Farseer training; see TheAtoner and MyGodWhatHaveIDone above. She later tries to save a human child during a strike meant to destroy a Chaos artifact, but the child becomes a daemonhost. During the Imperial invasion, she is disgusted by the invaders and has no qualms about killing them.]]

A new series of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels by Gav Thorpe focusing on the Eldar, specifically three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Literature/PathOfTheSeer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:{{ZigZagged|Trope}}.]] Thirianna struggles with this during her Farseer training; she is horrified by her previous bloodlust as a warrior, especially one instance where [[spoiler:she slaughters a defenseless human family]], and wonders if she could have done things differently. [[spoiler:She later tries to save a human child during a strike meant to destroy a Chaos artifact, but the child becomes a daemonhost. During the Imperial invasion, she is disgusted by the invaders and has no qualms about killing them, although she's impressed by their ships' void shields, a technology she'd assumed humans were incapable of producing.]]

A new series of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels by Gav Thorpe focusing on the Eldar, specifically three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Literature/PathOfTheSeer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

* RashomonStyle: Each novel in the series, while focused on the lives of the individual Eldar and how their Paths change them, revolves around the same series of events, culminating in [[spoiler:an invasion of the Craftworld by the Imperium]].

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A Dark Eldar-based SpinOff, ''Literature/PathOfTheRenegade'', was released in 2012.

A new series of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels by Gav Thorpe focusing on the Eldar, specifically three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Path of the Seer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

Books in this series are:

Literature/PathOfTheWarrior

Literature/PathOfTheSeer

Literature/PathOfTheOutcast


Dark Eldar SpinOff:

Literature/PathOfTheRenegade

PathOfTheWarrior

Literature/{{PathOfTheSeer}}

Literature/{{PathOfTheOutcast}}

Literature/{{PathOfTheRenegade}}

Book/{{PathOfTheSeer}}

Book/{{PathOfTheOutcast}}

Book/{{PathOfTheRenegade}}

A new series of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels focusing on the Eldar, specifically three individuals from the craftworld Alaitoc. Each book tells the same story, but from the perspective of one of these three. The first, ''Path of the Warrior'', is from the perspective of Korlandril, a dissatisfied artist who takes the Path of the Warrior. The second, ''Path of the Seer'', is from the perspective of Thirianna, a former warrior who finds herself drawn to a new Path. The third, ''Path of the Outcast'', has not been released but will likely revolve around Aradryan, a loose cannon whose actions precipitate the later events of the previous two books.

PathOfTheSeer

PathOfTheOutcast

PathOfTheRenegade

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Korlandril eventually becomes lost in his role as the Shining Scorpion Exarch.]]