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Dire Avengers are one of the forms of Aspect Warrior, Eldar warriors who fight according to one of the aspects of Kaela Mensha Khaine, the Eldar God of War. The Dire Avengers follow Khaine in his aspect as a noble and merciless warrior. They are the most tactically flexible and accordingly the most numerous of all the Aspect Warriors. The Shrine of the Dire Avengers was the first of the Aspects Shrines founded.

Dire Avengers are equipped with Avenger shuriken catapults and Aspect Armour.³

Contents 1 Exarch 1.1 Exarch Wargear 1.2 Exarch Powers 2 Phoenix Lord 3 See also 4 Sources

Exarch

An Exarch is the leader of an Aspect Shrine. He is one that has traveled so far down the Path of the Warrior, that he can no longer turn from that path to follow another path. This gives them great skill and dedication.

Exarch Wargear

In addition to the wargear of the aspect, the Exarch can be armed with a number of special weapons:

• Avenger shuriken catapult.³
• Diresword.³
• Power Weapon.³
• Shuriken Pistols.³
• Shimmershield.³
• Exarch Armour.^1,3

Exarch Powers

The Exarch may study the secrets of the shrine to allow himself and any of his Aspect warriors to go beyond the normal Aspect training.

• Bladestorm.³ Under the guidance of the Exarch the Dire Avenger squad can fire more rapidly without loss of accuracy. However, this tactic usually depletes the squad's ammunition magazines and will require reloading.
• Defend.^1,3 The Exarch leads the squad through a series of defensive moves that denies attacks of opportunity to the opponent.

Phoenix Lord

The Phoenix Lord of the Dire Avengers is Asurmen, the Hand of Asur. He was the first of the Phoenix Lords and the greatest, who instructed all the other founding Phoenix Lords in the skills of combat.

See also

• Aspect Warrior

Sources

• ¹ Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)
• ² Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition)
• ³ Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)

Eldar Army List

HQ	Avatar • Autarch • Farseer • Warlock
Elites	Fire Dragon Squad • Howling Banshee Squad • Striking Scorpion Squad • Wraithguard Squad • Harlequins
Troops	Dire Avenger Squad • Ranger Squad • Guardian Squad • Guardian Jetbike Squadron
Fast Attack	Shining Spears Squadron • Swooping Hawks Squad • Warp Spider Squad • Vyper Squadron
Heavy Support	Support Weapons Battery • Dark Reapers Squad • Wraithlord • War Walker Squadron • Falcon • Fire Prism
Transport	Wave Serpent
Characters	Asurmen • Jain Zar • Karandras • Maugan Ra • Fuegan • Baharroth • Yriel • Eldrad Ulthran