Nick Newton thanks, Nick. High praise indeed. I think it’s one of my better ones. Some introductions are a bit more. Basic, but I hope still ok while people are painting. :).
@@sterasigma8734 Honestly to me it seems like the Eldar have the technological advantage, it's just that they don't have the quantity of weapons to bear that other races have. It's just that most of their tech requires the warp in order to use which is bad (cause Slaanesh) and why they locked most of it away and now have it guarded by psychotic clowns. ALL eldar are potential psykers in the lore, all of them, it's just they adapt to their aspect roles so if they aren't a Warlock or a Farseer they refuse to practice it (which is probably a good idea honestly). (ex. All members of Ulthwe have psychic foresight as an ability in the current book as a rule.) Honestly they are probably on or above the Necron's technological level but only "IF" they could use all that warp tech they used to have. Good luck with how the warp is now and having a lust obsessed god breathing down your neck waiting for you to do it. Oh, and before someone brings up Dark Eldar...it's explained that they were isolated for years and evolved into an almost different race (Romulans vs. Vulcans) and lost many of their psychic abilities. Which is why they don't use wraithbone weapons and armor anymore cause you can only grow it through psychic means. Add in the fact that they don't want to kill, they want to enslave. They also kill all psykers they find and it's easy to understand why because, well, Slaanesh... Think about the tech the Dark Eldar do have though, (there's a dude that turns people into rings and they survive the process as a form of torture o.o sure it’s not universe threatening but that’s pretty advanced tech on the level of magic), combine that with the tech we see with the Craftworld Eldar and then think about the tech they no longer use and it's easy to see why they were a powerhouse race...
The problem is the eldar aren't exactly friends with humanity. When humanity actually needed their "friendship", they completely abandoned them during the age of strife...Which was more than slightly caused BY the eldar. A lot of sh*t in the 40k galaxy is messed up because of three main races : Eldar, Old ones, Necrons. All three of them contributed more than any other race in the warp being what it is. Which in turn caused humanity to fall from enlighten to the age of strife, than the genocidal nature of the imperium. The eldar also view humans as literally monkeys, lesser beings and so are more than happy to sacrifice us. Like willingly leading to a human world's near complete destruction to save their own craftworld. It's this type of d*ckish behavior that has colored humanity's view of the eldar, and frankly most xenos. We learned the hard way you can't trust your "allies" if they are xenos. And this isn't inharently evil, but you also can't than blame the imperium for neither trusting, nor wanting to "work with" races that have literally sacrificed them to save themselves, abandoned them when they were needed, and a billion other transgressions. Like I feel there's a double standard here at play. The eldar are constantly a dick to the imperium, but anytime the imperium returns the favor, its always seen as worse. The eldar sacrifice millions to billions of humans, but if humans return that favor, they get viewed as worse for it. Both races are complete d*ck heads to the other, and have a history of bad blood going back some 10,000 years. There's almost no situation in which the damage to either side can just be forgotten, forgiven, or trust can be restored. Especially as BOTH groups view the other as "inferior", and will happily sacrifice the other for their own gain. Straight up. And a lot of the issues actually were caused by the elder, specifically their complete abandonment and praying on humans during the age of strife. And the way the elder looked down on humanity forever. When your form of diplomacy involves calling the other party 'monkies', and sniffing your own farts, and sacrificing their worlds....Of course they're not going to praise you. Of course they're going to roll up their sleeve and remind you that they may be monkey's but you sure the f*ck break fast when a legion or chapter gets on yo ass. So what I'm saying is its entirely their own fault humanity hates them. And they're not winning any favors by continuing to use humanity as literal sacrifices working for and against them all the time. That type of antisocial behavior is not looked highly upon by literally any sentient race. Nor is sniffing your own farts while being glorified space hobos the behavior that changes hearts or mind. The eldar would need to undergo a radical shift not just in action, but mindset. And stop seeing humans as inferiors. And the imperium would need to under go its own radical shifts. At which point neither would be the groups we know and kinda of love. Its unrealistic to expect either side can just patch things up after 10,000+ years of being antisocial pr*cks to one another. Neither side being innocent of it...Thought the eldar did definitely start it way back before the emperor even was the emperor. (Also the fact he probably saw just how good and trust worthy the eldar were is probably why he never tried to befriend them. He learned from the federation's failure on trusting xenos.)
Well, its all a matter of perspective. I never claim to be right. I just have a certain point of view I hope is a little entertaining and different to some. Thanks for listing/watching. It is appreciated. :)
Eldrad: We have a dire warning for humans? Sure, that's a good start. Now rewrite it into weird proses and make it sound condescending...So just be ourselves until it tickles our senses of superiority.
I love this character so much, and was the first mini I bought back in 95. When he was given a new plastic mini I made that purchase straight away. So so so glad they retconned the lore and didn’t leave him to die on the black stone fortress on Cadia
LoftOfTheUniverse in the original Fall of Cadia campaign book it was Eldrad that tried to stop the black stone fortress. But Slannesh him/herself laid a trap for him and he disappeared. So when the gathering storm books came out the whole thing got Retconned and Eldrad is still going long into the 42nd millennium
When I was first introduced into WH 40k, I was given the choice. I chose the Eldar and bought their - at that time 4th edition - codex first. Then went on and chose again, went for an Ulthwe army and Eldrad‘s model was the the first model I bought after the starter set. Created a bit of my own lore for his personal bodyguard. Never thought he would get much more love, as he was stated dead/missing after his fight with the eternal damnation. Thank you for this video, and the appreciation of his character!
@@licensed_beheader well, humans throw thousands of innocent lives under the bus on a regular basis anyways due to clerical errors. What's a few more if it means your endangered race is gonna survive longer?
I never got why people hated Eldrad so much. Anything bad hes done I definitely forgive in light of him brutally killing off the cabal, my god that was one of the worst ideas on 40k fiction ever especially considering their stupid logic. I appreciate Eldrad for mercing them.
"Sometimes the greatest of heroes are often those who are either shunned or hated, their deeds misread and their legacy tarnished by those they try to protect, yet still, they fight on know the price to pay is worth the suffering," - Gargoyles, Father of Taldeer and Macha, vanquisher of Abbadon the Despoiler, saviour of Vulkan, greatest seer among his kind, RESPECT!
Eldrad seems to be the most unselfish person in this whole Galactic expanse. He defends his people they scorn him and humanity as always will cut off their nose to spite their face.
Eldrad does what needs to be done, whatever the cost to himself. He does not need approval or bother explaining himself, because there is far too much that demands his attention. A type of hero that naturally breeds suspicion because he is neither straightforward or above using any means necessary.
Thank you for fighting in Eldrad's corner! The vilification of the consensual loss of 3 Seers has always been odd to me. Maybe he Eldrad had thought to give them the posthumous title "The Heroes" , it would be more obvious that they, like Malcador, were willing and eager to give themselves entirely to a cause greater than themselves, for the thankless benefit of others
I love the way you do sections of these lore videos in character or from a sympathetic perspective. It really helps add some nuance that helps pull me into the lore over that of other content creators that generally have a bias towards specific armies. Your Eldar lore videos are the very best on youtube for this very reason. Looking forward to seeing more from you Baldermort!
Errant Bard thanks Errant. My general rule is ‘if you can’t make someone swell with pride in their miniatures, don’t open your mouth’. They’re all great. All of them.
Eldrad is my favorite charakter, would love to See him to have his own Stories as main Charakter by Black Library And the audiobooks narrated by you ;)
Would love to see Eldrad's end be in the midst of the Great Final Dance with She Who Thirsts, and his work be rewarded in the last great jest of Cegorach, however it is made true-- forcing Slaanesh to release his soul and resurrect his body in a bid to save itself, as the Harlequins forsee. It would be only a fraction of what he deserves to be reborn anew and granted a life of peace after all he's suffered.
Great video ....loved how you summed up genius only being appreciated when it is gone! ... I've always thought Eldrad is the greatest character in 40k. When you are peerless you are truly ALONE.
Old Average Brit Gaming I quote from the codex, signalled that was over with ‘end quote’. Then went into my ramble in his defence. I generally write about half of my videos. I do try to be clear when I am directly quoting but am only human. The ‘end bits’ and ‘start bits’ are always mine. But of course, it’s all GWs at the end of the day. No plot, no commentary. :).
Opinion changed. Granted it is different perspectives, but within the grim dark, there are GOOD characters. Just a matter of degrees considering the setting because what else can you do against a realm that wants to sweep up the material realm and gut it and glut on it.
BIG_DADDY_D 154 for me, the latter. If you are born ‘good’ then you don’t know what you may do when you are finally tempted or pressured into a moral quandary. If you know the evil side, yet resist it, you know. The choice proves character. Brilliant Parthanax quote. Thank you!
I'm surprised I never got around to watching this, with Eldrad being one of my favourite 40k characters. Incredible video as always, there's nothing more I need to add here really that you haven't already presented fantastically. I just want to say that Eldrad nearly murdering Abbadon is one of my favourite things ever. This is an old man, he's thousands of years old, he's tired and he's not even supposed up be good at melee, and he nearly killed a fully chaos juiced up Abbadon. And would've finished the deed too if the chaos gods didn't teleport the idiot away too. I REALLY hope we get eldar centric books with Eldrad being the central character and being a badass. He deserves it.
Nicely done, Gw paints him so badly, in the new lore. But he always lead my army, my army has been a eldrad faction that left the craftworld 10 years ago.
Hello RU-vid algorithm. An I would like to point out that Eldad does all of this knowing that in the last 10,000 years the Imperium of Man has wiped out more Craftworlds than Chaos has.
The thing is, does Eldrad care about humanity, let alone value anything close to an a Eldars, or is it just what he believes that the Eldar are safest with humanity in charge, instead of any of the other races?
The question is: Does it matter? You are in a burning building and someone pulls you out of it. Are you less alive, when it turnes out that the lady went back in to save her husband and found you by chance? Are you less alive, when it turns out, she was in the house to poison the dude that killed her dog? Compared to running back in to help you? Possible, that he does not care on an emotional "human" level, but after the little fieldday Fulgrim and his boys had, when Eldrad tryed to do a nice thing, I personaly would not have blamed him for saying "Well, let's not message the carcass, his replyes usualy are a bit on the rude side." during the war of the beast. Maybehe does not care for humanity in a loving, warm way and more in the way of a farmer caring for the cows, that will be his income of the year, but from what I have read, that would still make him more caring, than 2/3 of the higher-ups in the imperium.
Excellent story and work as always! In truth i have always loved Eldrad and am devastated by how GW has diminished him. In the Horus Heresy he was just some eldar rather than a known power and friend or at least acquaintance to the emperor. (Though How aliens are covered in general, is one of the worst parts of the Heresy book series) Then they brought him back from the dead. That was a slap in the face especially when there seem to be a much bigger story with what could have happened after his death. It was a dream I suppose that i had hoped that Eldrad had laid a 10 000 old trap for Slannesh. When during the 13 black crusade he was pulled in to the Talisman of Vaul he left behind Guide stones with the harlequins and his strike forces. I was sure that when these were brought together again at a special time or place they would rip the soul of Eldrad from she who thirsts and behind him would come the souls of his people. Leaving the god permanently hemorrhaging souls unable to heal until she take back the one who caused the wound. But Eldrad would have become the Seer Avatar of the God of the dead. Instead we got a lady with a cat and a thing that looks very suspiciously like a Slannesh demon. Also Im not sure if any humans actually know that Eldrad caused the war on Armageddon. Those that do if any probably know what happened during the first one so they would hardly be in a condition to complain ..............
Damn, I feel bad for the guy. Kinda like the actual Elf leaders in Fantasy who got shafted in their personal lives during the End Times, but more concentrated. Great points were made in this video!
Armageddon is a worthy stain to eldrad's career and will remain his greatest blunder. As he could not only have mitigated the loses on the planet, but ended gazhskull and delt a crippling blow to the orks. All he had to do was warn the imperium, if they choose not to head his warnings then blame is removed, if they heed it then he can join them, as he has done so many times before. Armageddon is out of character for him and is the one moment where he dosent try. It is a failure for him and mitigating it for any reason not only is a hearless injustice the grimdsrk universe can not afford to keep doing, but also attempts to throw away the possibility of even more good and even goes against the idea of utilitarianism, ends justifying the means, that this numbers defence uses as it could have been significantly reduced. No matter what it is a failure and a mark on his legacy for good reason. Eldrad still best boi thou.
@@baldermort This sad age lacking artistic sense full of children and children in men, unfortunately, can be probably found somewhere in Warhammer as well. I'm sad to hear this Sir, people like you are retiring and that is the reason for a very unfitting pop music put into games, movies, and art with very bad taste constantly coming out these years... I wish that you and many other talented people Sir would soon rejoin and give us proper art again. I wish you a lot of luck and health and inspiration good Sir.
So Eldrad is trying to postpone the rhana dandra? So the aeldari can win maybe? I need to read the lore on that again. Eldrad should ascend to godhood. Somehow.
I don't think that Abaddon killing the Horus-clone is as big of a deal as it's made out to be. He was just clone that wasn't fully aware. It might have been perfect physically but it was just a big child.
Yep. I utterly agree with most of me, then contradict myself in the next second. -He is a primarch, his natural abilities make him a phenomenal warrior straight out of the tube - no, he is raw talent only and Abaddon had centuries of experience at this point - nope, he is a warp-spawned hyper being, he should be able to fight immediately - nah- he is still mostly human and a 'child' so would never understand how to react to someone with a face very much like his own was trying to kill jhim straight off the bat and one second of indecision is enough for any astartes, let alone Abaddon, to end him - round and round I go. But it sounded glorious and worked well with the Eldar Centric approach I was taking. At the very end of the day -this is a warhammer entertainment channel. I cannot compare with the knowledge and following and ability of the big players. So I don;t even try in that regard. I am just a starter channel. Then people get into the real hard grist when they have their 'sea legs'. Does that make sense? I only see this channel as a kinda gateway to the higher end stuff from more experienced and more able tubers.; :)
michael howell dude, I certainly didn’t take it as a dig. This site is for us all to talk, trade ideas, relax! I thought this was a great conversation. I learn as much from the comments section as anyone learns from me. It’s a group site, not ‘Baldermort lectures’. I think there are better sites for tuition about raw facts. I only try to entertain and maybe- just maybe - give a few ideas or perspectives people may not have thought about. Keep on. Always. While we’re chatting we’re not stressing - is my perspective. :). Thanks for commenting and your very able and thought out ideas. Keep it up!!! :).
I can certainly see how the Emperor and Eldrad bonded in the past: Both of them are incredibly old among their kind, sworn protector of their race and will do anything and everything in their power for the perceived good of their people, firmly believing they know best. Sure he may be a hero to the Aeldari, but as far as I (a human) am concerned, this Eldrad is just as much of a stuck-up ass as any random Aeldar is. This Farseer dissed my man Rawbutt's Aeldari Lexicon accent, for crying out loud.
Who really hates him? Is it the people in universe, or are you talking about the community itself. I have seen a lot of negativity surrounding him, but very little in the way of why he is so bad. As far as the Imperium goes, what would you expect? They are xenophobic maniacs who worship a long dead pysker even though they hate pyskers lol. The Emperor really messed up by not starting some colleges and shit during the crusade. Eldrad seems interesting enough to me, not being chosen as an avatar could be taken as a compliment as well. It means you are so useful in your current role that taking over would be less effective.
Eldrad stole the most precious thing from every Craftworld, the crystalized seer. From a people who can see the future, and noone found out... except for some, god damned, deathwatch strike team. It's so stupid it can't have been written by a human. I refuse to think people are that dumb. And, in the latest codex they literally says that Eldrad have given up and is drifting through space without eny goal. He has been removed by GW so that he won't eclipse Yvraine. He was squatted.
im so glad i found this video. eldrad has always been my favorite and finally seeing something positive about him like this makes me so happy and even more excited to finish painting his model
Were his actions that saved countless billions of human lives out of compassion, or because he needed them for his own designs? Him and his dying tool race could have prevented ten millenia of unimaginable violence and death were it not for their petty arrogance. Actions speak louder than words. Except when it comes to diplomacy.
Smilomaniac hi Smilomaniac. I do all of my videos from the perspective of the race involved. This is an upbeat site, so I will be taking down your comment. I just wanted to explain. You can call ME a tool anytime. You can disagree with me or pint out my failings. But you’ve insulted the Eldar on their video. So it’s coming down soon. There is enough negativity in the world. We don’t need it in our recreation. Calling the Eldar Tools is simply not necessary on an Eldar video. Whatever is making you so stressed I hope it ends soon and you have a better time. Nobody who isn’t stressed would be able to take the time to insult widdle men of other players. :). There are plenty of forums you can vent on. Loads. Try not to do it here. Many thanks. :).
@@baldermort It's a good video and my response is not meant to be taken seriously. Think of it as roleplaying if it helps. The 'tool race' is a reference to them literally being created as a means to an end. There is no negativity or any 'stress behaviour', it's just banter, but if you find that offensive then by all means delete it - I'll live.
Smilomaniac ah! Thanks for the explanation. That is really cool of you. The medium isn’t the best for clarity a lot of the time. I’m happy that it is not as I feared. I am very new and still learning. Thanks for your comment! This can more than stand. Now that I ‘get it’. Lol. My bad! :).
Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer and Smiloaniac I just wanted to say it’s nice to see actual communication and understanding in a RU-vid video comment section.
