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Amongst my friends who play 40k I have one who is a Eldar player. My other friends and I like to tease him that the Avatar is really a daemon. In fact a Greater Daemon if you will.
All though it started as a joke if you look at the facts it might not be very far from the truth.
I'll list the facts as I see them below and then see where it goes from there.
1. a) According to Lexicanum an Avatar is an incarnation of the Eldar War God, Kaela Mensha Khaine. During the Fall of the Eldar, Khaine fought with Slaanesh shortly after his birth, following the destruction of the Eldar gods. During the battle, Khaine's essence was dismantled and scattered across the many galaxy, landing in the hearts of the remaining Eldar Craftworlds. Wherever his essence landed, a wraith artifact was created, allowing future Eldar to be able to summon him when needed.
b) According to Lexicanum a daemon is an entity of the warp, and servants of the Gods of Chaos. They are created at the whim of a Chaos god from a fraction of the god's own power and act as an extension of their will. A daemon's appearance and character reflect the god's own nature. These daemons may be reabsorbed into the god at whim.
So both Avatars and daemons are an essence or fraction of the respective god.
2. For both Avatar and daemon to inhabit real space they need to be summoned by inhabiting a living body.
3. When the body of the Avatar or Daemon is destroyed the essence returns from where it came.
So to start, there are 3 facts for the argument of the Avatar as a daemon.
Bring on the arguments against it.
Also sorry if this has already been a thread on the forums. I did a quick search but couldn't see anything in the first few pages, and most of them seemed to come from the army list forums.
GhostDog
All though it started as a joke if you look at the facts it might not be very far from the truth.
I'll list the facts as I see them below and then see where it goes from there.
1. a) According to Lexicanum an Avatar is an incarnation of the Eldar War God, Kaela Mensha Khaine. During the Fall of the Eldar, Khaine fought with Slaanesh shortly after his birth, following the destruction of the Eldar gods. During the battle, Khaine's essence was dismantled and scattered across the many galaxy, landing in the hearts of the remaining Eldar Craftworlds. Wherever his essence landed, a wraith artifact was created, allowing future Eldar to be able to summon him when needed.
b) According to Lexicanum a daemon is an entity of the warp, and servants of the Gods of Chaos. They are created at the whim of a Chaos god from a fraction of the god's own power and act as an extension of their will. A daemon's appearance and character reflect the god's own nature. These daemons may be reabsorbed into the god at whim.
So both Avatars and daemons are an essence or fraction of the respective god.
2. For both Avatar and daemon to inhabit real space they need to be summoned by inhabiting a living body.
3. When the body of the Avatar or Daemon is destroyed the essence returns from where it came.
So to start, there are 3 facts for the argument of the Avatar as a daemon.
Bring on the arguments against it.
Also sorry if this has already been a thread on the forums. I did a quick search but couldn't see anything in the first few pages, and most of them seemed to come from the army list forums.
GhostDog