I remember (from the "compendium" - red book) that originally they had 2
type of dreadnoughts one guided by a living eldar and another type
(completely indipendent) with the spirit stone inside, maybe the actual one
it's just a merge of the 2 :o)
Peter Ramos wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The way I remember it from the old fluff was that these units were
> activated by the souls of dead elder who living inside the infinity
> circuit in an elder craftworld.
>
> When Slanneesh was born of their folly it also did something more
> sinister, it prevented Eldar souls a peace rest in the warp. When an
> elder dies it, if nothing else is done, it goes to the warp and is
> sucked up by slanneesh-- a terrible fate!
>
> The elder invented the infinity circuit to house elder souls until that
> day they could defeat slanneesh and make it safe for the elder dead. The
> elder can tap into this repository of the dead via spirit stones. Each
> stone is a dead elder soul. Their consciousness is sort of a dream like
> state and they cannot act independently. Also their psyche, is changed,
> pretty much they don't fear because they are already dead. All they wish
> is to serve. SO in a real sense they are pretty similar to robotic
> brains, except that they were once alive.
>
> Peter
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