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Another warhammer reaction image, free to use

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favourite my little pony character?

Rainbow Dash, obviously

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Made a typo. Typed Imperial Fish instead of Imperial Fists. This happened afterwards.

The Cod Emperor

Rogal Dory and Perchturabo

Magnus the Red Snapper

Tuna Wolves Horus

Tuna Wolves Emblem

Jaghatai Carp. Primarch of White Carps.

Robait Gilliman. Primarch of Ultramarlins

Primarch Vulkan of the Salaflounders

Primarch Lionfish el Jonson of Dark Angelfish

Primarch Codrad Curze of Night Cods

Primarch Perchturabo

Primarch Angleron of Whale Eaters

Primarch Lorgar of Worm Bearers 

Primarch Fulbream of Emperor’s Cichlid 

Primarch Eelman Russ of Space Wolffish   

Cowfish Corax of Sea Raven Guard

Rogal Dory of the Imperial Fish

Primarch Sardinius of Blood Angelfish

Primarch Moraytarion of Depth Guard 

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Ya girl just got prescribed antidepressants thank god it’s been a rough two weeks

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And yet, our girl is described as a Bringer of Hope despite the alleged Nihilism and extremism

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Bat baby bat baby bat baby bat baby bat baby bat baby!

Gave Konrad a lil warp baby because why not (inspired by that necklace of baby bat memes)

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Finished the meme. Use freely

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hey cis people! now more than ever gender-nonconforming behavior is an act of resistance! and it's one anyone can engage in!

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WR

What would your url be without these letters?

I'd be rawayarl

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I was struggling with the legs something awful until I remembered that wait, I‘m a 3D artist…

Praise Blender

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Magneto was Right, X-Men: The Last Stand

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Asuryani

(Eldar Codex by Paul Dainton)

Who are the Asuryani?

The setting of Warhammer 40k is in many ways a scifi adaptation of Games Workshop's fantasy setting, and the Asuryani, or Craftworld Aeldari, are this setting's version of high elves. They are isolationist, magically attuned, long-lived, and devoted to crafts like gardening, painting, and making war all with the same elegance and monastic focus. They also are well adapted to a grim, dark future wherein there is only war; the only surviving god they pay fealty to is their war god Kaela Mensha Khaine, and they trap the souls of their dead in spirit stones to protect them from the certain damnation of the setting.

The Asuryani in 40k

In Warhammer, this is not the original state of the aeldari race; eldar once had a great empire the likes of which Humanity now has in the setting. They were naturally hedonistic, fickle, and sadistic, and this great debauchery created a Chaos God, Slaanesh, that devoured the souls of most of the eldar as well as most of their Pantheon, ate their empire, and cut a big hole in reality into Hell.

The Asuryani are those who had rejected the hedonism of their people, living on artificial Craftworlds that were spared the worst of Slaanesh's devastation. Much as I love the characterization of elves as naturally sadistic, it does play into the way Warhammer tends to reify the fascist narrative of conservative and restrictive cultures as being actually able to survive some nebulous Chaos and Evil inherent in pleasure.

The Asuryani are one of the less bad factions in the setting; they primarily keep to themselves and are the most common faction in the setting to ally with the protagonists of the Imperium against chaos and the tyranids, but they are also defined by valuing the lives of their own kind far beyond that of other thinking peoples of the galaxy. Additionally, they are stated to have certain planets, known as Maiden Worlds, which the previous Aeldari Empire had terraformed and left to be colonized, that they feel entitled to, and are willing to genocide any people who have since settled there.

(Exploring the Maiden World by Lars Rune Jørgensen)

The Asuryani on Golarion

Fortunately for me Pathfinder has set some groundwork for me already; elves in this setting are already extraterrestrial (or extragolarian, as the case may be), being native to the neighboring venusian world of Castrovel. To fit the Asuryani, I simply passed the buck back further; Castrovel was settled by some ancient elven empire which, upon its destruction, left its people to slowly lose knowledge and technology until they reached the place they are now.

The Asuryani, then, are also descendants of this ancient empire, enemies of the Dominion of Black and Phyrexia, and dedicated to the protection of Elvenkind. They are aware of Golarion and Castrovel, and in particular know Castrovel as having been terraformed by their ancestors and feeling entitled to the world. To this end, they send light cruisers to commune with the elven people there and on Golarion, in particular establishing aspect shrines (which I will be elaborating on later) as a way to spread elven military sentiment. In this way, they are a greater-scope villain, supporting a racialized military movement and supplying weapons to an unprepared Castrovel and Golarion. In 40k, they are among the most reasonable of factions, but on a setting with a smaller scale and real good, they are unquestionably villains. Like in 40k, however, they may be necessary allies against a greater evil, like those that exist in Golarion's Dark Tapestry.

The Asuryani as a breed are all damned to The Abyss, a fate they do not share with the elven culture of Golarion and Castrovel. This is a well-kept secret; the reason for and mechanics of this damnation is unknown to the few who are aware of it. What is known is that the Asuryani train some of the greatest soul-binders in the Dark Tapestry, sequestering the souls of their dead until such a time as they can undo this secret mark.

There is the question of why they haven't launched a full-scale invasion with their massive spaceships, if they're aware of and invested in these planets. To this end I look to the wider stellar system, in particular, Eox.

In this setting, the bone sages of Eox have achieved spaceflight much earlier. Drawing on the lore of Starfinder, they are invested in the protection of their stellar system and perfectly fine playing secret benefactor and protector to the living creatures of their system. The Asuryani may be able to defeat these mages in a direct conflict, but at an unacceptable loss to elven life. To this end, they prefer subterfuge to direct conquest. The Asuryani are also well aware of Golarion's status as The Cage, too, and are quite invested in making sure that this can stays sealed- something that the reality-bending weapons of their ship may not be conductive to.

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Honestly same

Old forge world books are so cool.

Here what inspired me to create my Tyranid army