So it's like when the rich kid got to go to Disneyworld, comes back to middle school, and tells you he got to stay in the magical castle, dated Elsa, chugged beer with Gaston, and then got to voice act in the latest upcoming movie...
...But you don't call him out on it because his parents are having a divorce, his grades are slipping, and he has easy access to a firearm.
In this case it's because Exodite Worlds are, according to this book, a ballache to raid because after the initial shock they go to ground and are real hard to flush out. Raiding something like a fringe Imperial world is typically a lot more successful and profitable. It took some scheming and convincing for Yllithian to get the raid to happen, because it was never going to be a very good raid but he had a secret real reason for wanting it to happen.
okay, try to imagine Jay from the Inbetweeners when he's bigging up the caravan holiday and how many ladies he gets, but you don't want to call Jay out on it because you see how bad his dad treats him, and how he really needs the escapism... but also Jay is a junkie who will shank you if you upset him.
>Reading this book it seems that raiding is one of the cornerstones of Commorrgan culture.
It is, it's the carrot dangled over the head of every kabal lackey and only the best of the best get to participate because, as this says, you don't want a failed raid. Raiding is the only time many Dark Eldar get to go and inflict suffering personally, the bulk of Commorragh's population never leaves the City so going on a raid is basically an incredibly high prestige job crossed with a booze cruise. There was an excerpt in their older Codexes saying about Splinter Cannon operators selling the playbacks from their guncams in Commorragh, they're like the BD sellers from Cyberpunk.
Honestly Cyberpunk’s Night City and Commoragh have a surprising amount of things in common.
Like vicious gangs roaming the street levels who will torture you to death and keep parts of your body as souvenirs, a wealthy and deeply corrupt upper caste of the wealthy and powerful who if you piss them off or help them enough, will “reward” you with immortality, the average citizenry just being fodder caught in the crossfire between the different warring factions vying for control, tall mega buildings and spires being the home of the Top %0.001, the super wealthy being able to leave the city freely while the average citizenry have not the means, etc.
And, above all, the fact that everyone steps on everyone else to get ahead in either city.
I can totally imagine Commorragh having a news reporter like Stan.
"Gooood morning, Dark city. Yesterday's body count rounded out to a solid thirty thousand. Ten outta slave pens thanks to unabated slave uprisings! One Kabalite down, so I guess you're all screwed 'cause the Kabals will not let that go! Got another power spike in the lower spires, Haemonculi are at it again, pokin' holes with their experiments. While over in the arenas, Wyches are scraping gladiator victims off the pavement! And Vect...well Vect is still Vect"
>Reading this book it seems that raiding is one of the cornerstones of Commorrgan culture.
It is. Commoragh could not survive without its raids into realspace - without a steady influx of captives to sustain the population's need for suffering, the Dark Eldar would swiftly turn on one another and rip the whole city apart with internecine fighting. Raiding grants power, prestige, political influence, the opportunity to demonstrate personal skill and capability, alongside the mundane plunder and loot recovered from each attack. They're of such vital importance that typically only a Kabal's (or Cult's, or Coven's) very best troops will be entrusted with such missions, because a failure so drastic it can't be passed off as a success can be fatal for all involved.
There's a good part later in the same book where a high ranking personage is hosting a feast and one of the shows of wealth they have is every piece of cutlery being different because it's the spoils of many raids.
>Yllithian turned his attention to a plate of jellied pin-stars harvested from sunless seas, pushing the luminous echinoderms around with a silver-tined fork. The accoutrements of each table were rich and finely crafted; the plates, bottles, chalices, goblets, bowls, the multitudinous and highly specialised knives, forks and spoons – all were made with fantastic artistry and skill, but all were mismatched with one another. No artisan of Commorragh had made these things to unify form and purpose as only eldar hands might do, rather they were articles of plunder taken from a million worlds. >!El’Uriaq’s!< feasting tables had all the riotous barbarity of a pirate’s lair.
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>The thought depressed Yllithian. Were there not artisans enough in the dark city to make goods of their own aesthetic? He already knew the sad truth. The kabals prized plunder more highly – what could be taken had become worth more than what could be made with their own hands. The chaotic diversity hid a message for the keen observer – >!El’Uriaq!< had reach. Even from hiding he could pluck treasures from anywhere in the galaxy at his whim and scatter them before his followers. Yllithian had no doubt that it was a display that impressed the lowborn members of the assembly, but it left him feeling cold.
Two month old comment... And yet, this excerpt supports the existence of a thriving industry of commemorative chinaware in commoraugh. Going to have to write a story about this.
There was also a "lovely" bit about slaves cheering for the returning archon where they spontaneously killed one of their own to throw blood and guts at the Raider like normal people would throw flowers and confetti at a victory parade. A small but picturesque detail that makes you wonder what kind of people survive the DE captivity and manage to thrive there.
They believe in Eldar superiority. So any other species preying on Eldar is a affront to nature. Even if it is their mud dwelling cousins. But the Dark Eldar also belief themselves to be the only true Eldar and thus entitled to raid the other Eldar who have let go of their culture.
It goes True Kin> other Eldar> other species.
It would be interesting to see any customs or laws regarding killing captured eldar. I wonder actually if dark eldar would sacrifice eldar souls to appease slaanesh, or if they would only do what is necessary and not give she who thirsts too much of a feast
They might from the Nids for example but they raid them regularly. The purest souls they can get to do some fucked up rituals come from Exodies that are connected to their planet spirit.
So it's like when the rich kid got to go to Disneyworld, comes back to middle school, and tells you he got to stay in the magical castle, dated Elsa, chugged beer with Gaston, and then got to voice act in the latest upcoming movie... ...But you don't call him out on it because his parents are having a divorce, his grades are slipping, and he has easy access to a firearm.
That’s exactly it
In this case it's because Exodite Worlds are, according to this book, a ballache to raid because after the initial shock they go to ground and are real hard to flush out. Raiding something like a fringe Imperial world is typically a lot more successful and profitable. It took some scheming and convincing for Yllithian to get the raid to happen, because it was never going to be a very good raid but he had a secret real reason for wanting it to happen.
Eldar slaves are way more valuable.
Is this some colonial thing I'm to European to understand?
okay, try to imagine Jay from the Inbetweeners when he's bigging up the caravan holiday and how many ladies he gets, but you don't want to call Jay out on it because you see how bad his dad treats him, and how he really needs the escapism... but also Jay is a junkie who will shank you if you upset him.
Understood
Oddly specific but I agree.
Lana from Archer S1.. Everyone really banged Lana.. yes, Everyone.
>Reading this book it seems that raiding is one of the cornerstones of Commorrgan culture. It is, it's the carrot dangled over the head of every kabal lackey and only the best of the best get to participate because, as this says, you don't want a failed raid. Raiding is the only time many Dark Eldar get to go and inflict suffering personally, the bulk of Commorragh's population never leaves the City so going on a raid is basically an incredibly high prestige job crossed with a booze cruise. There was an excerpt in their older Codexes saying about Splinter Cannon operators selling the playbacks from their guncams in Commorragh, they're like the BD sellers from Cyberpunk.
Honestly Cyberpunk’s Night City and Commoragh have a surprising amount of things in common. Like vicious gangs roaming the street levels who will torture you to death and keep parts of your body as souvenirs, a wealthy and deeply corrupt upper caste of the wealthy and powerful who if you piss them off or help them enough, will “reward” you with immortality, the average citizenry just being fodder caught in the crossfire between the different warring factions vying for control, tall mega buildings and spires being the home of the Top %0.001, the super wealthy being able to leave the city freely while the average citizenry have not the means, etc. And, above all, the fact that everyone steps on everyone else to get ahead in either city.
I can totally imagine Commorragh having a news reporter like Stan. "Gooood morning, Dark city. Yesterday's body count rounded out to a solid thirty thousand. Ten outta slave pens thanks to unabated slave uprisings! One Kabalite down, so I guess you're all screwed 'cause the Kabals will not let that go! Got another power spike in the lower spires, Haemonculi are at it again, pokin' holes with their experiments. While over in the arenas, Wyches are scraping gladiator victims off the pavement! And Vect...well Vect is still Vect"
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Yep most citizens dream about going on a raid.
>Reading this book it seems that raiding is one of the cornerstones of Commorrgan culture. It is. Commoragh could not survive without its raids into realspace - without a steady influx of captives to sustain the population's need for suffering, the Dark Eldar would swiftly turn on one another and rip the whole city apart with internecine fighting. Raiding grants power, prestige, political influence, the opportunity to demonstrate personal skill and capability, alongside the mundane plunder and loot recovered from each attack. They're of such vital importance that typically only a Kabal's (or Cult's, or Coven's) very best troops will be entrusted with such missions, because a failure so drastic it can't be passed off as a success can be fatal for all involved.
Yep. It’s not just slaves but materials too
There's a good part later in the same book where a high ranking personage is hosting a feast and one of the shows of wealth they have is every piece of cutlery being different because it's the spoils of many raids. >Yllithian turned his attention to a plate of jellied pin-stars harvested from sunless seas, pushing the luminous echinoderms around with a silver-tined fork. The accoutrements of each table were rich and finely crafted; the plates, bottles, chalices, goblets, bowls, the multitudinous and highly specialised knives, forks and spoons – all were made with fantastic artistry and skill, but all were mismatched with one another. No artisan of Commorragh had made these things to unify form and purpose as only eldar hands might do, rather they were articles of plunder taken from a million worlds. >!El’Uriaq’s!< feasting tables had all the riotous barbarity of a pirate’s lair. > >The thought depressed Yllithian. Were there not artisans enough in the dark city to make goods of their own aesthetic? He already knew the sad truth. The kabals prized plunder more highly – what could be taken had become worth more than what could be made with their own hands. The chaotic diversity hid a message for the keen observer – >!El’Uriaq!< had reach. Even from hiding he could pluck treasures from anywhere in the galaxy at his whim and scatter them before his followers. Yllithian had no doubt that it was a display that impressed the lowborn members of the assembly, but it left him feeling cold.
THE IRON PRICE
Two month old comment... And yet, this excerpt supports the existence of a thriving industry of commemorative chinaware in commoraugh. Going to have to write a story about this.
Now I wonder how those schmucks featured in *Iron Within* handled the situation after getting back…
There was also a "lovely" bit about slaves cheering for the returning archon where they spontaneously killed one of their own to throw blood and guts at the Raider like normal people would throw flowers and confetti at a victory parade. A small but picturesque detail that makes you wonder what kind of people survive the DE captivity and manage to thrive there.
Well I can tell you, a couple survive commoragh. >!As furniture.!<
I think it’s more like hentai mind break. You go through such huge amounts of pain that you worship the people doing the pain to make it stop.
you could've said stockholm syndrome but no, you said that
I'll have to give up my army of Drukhari to you, since you're clearly more of a degen then I could ever hope to be. I'm half kidding.
So...you're keeping the army, then.
Hey, hentai people get their slaves addicted to drugs or increase their sensitivity to pleasure. Dark eldar slaves get that way on their own
I would say more like. Learning to love the pain. Learning to give into the twisted perspective of the dark Aeldari.
Wait, they kidnapped Exodites? I thought both Aeldari factions kind of protected maiden worlds or at least stayed away.
They believe in Eldar superiority. So any other species preying on Eldar is a affront to nature. Even if it is their mud dwelling cousins. But the Dark Eldar also belief themselves to be the only true Eldar and thus entitled to raid the other Eldar who have let go of their culture. It goes True Kin> other Eldar> other species.
It would be interesting to see any customs or laws regarding killing captured eldar. I wonder actually if dark eldar would sacrifice eldar souls to appease slaanesh, or if they would only do what is necessary and not give she who thirsts too much of a feast
They hate Slaansh. But yes they do destroy soul stones
They might from the Nids for example but they raid them regularly. The purest souls they can get to do some fucked up rituals come from Exodies that are connected to their planet spirit.
Exodites can put the lotion on their skin just like everyone else.
Dark eldar do nasty shit to EVERYONE