Shadowseer

Eldar Portal Harlequins

Female Shadowseer in the heat of battle with Orks^[5b]

Shadowseers are significant characters in Harlequin Troupes.^[1]

Overview

Shadowseers are specialist psykers that belong to the Eldar race and are seen within the ranks of the Harlequins, with their abilities focusing particularly on skills relating to confusion as well as fear. Their presence adds to the potency of any performances by their kin as they release programmed hallucinations by way of their creidann grenade launcher backpacks. During masques, a Shadowseer serves the role of a storyteller, forming scintillating phantoms that dance and duel in the air. However, when called to battle, they are able to force visions of unholy terror on their foes or even remove the presence of the Harlequins from their minds completely.^[1]

These Seers play the role of fate and fortune within their performances with it being said that they know the doom of all their companions - even for the Great Harlequins themselves. These powerful psykers are known for the potency of their psychic abilities, which are as great as those of a Farseer of the Craftworlds. Shadowseers, in terms of appearance, tend to wear masks like all Harlequins, though theirs are uniquely blank and smooth. As such, it is claimed that those who see into their faces often see a different visage reflecting back at them which can either be their own face in a future or alternate time.^[2]

Shadowseers are famously the only psykers permitted to openly travel within Commorragh, where, while distrusted, many of them have been found in the war councils of Archons, Succubi, and Haemonculi.^[3]

Every Shadowseer carries a Miststave — a weapon that directs their mental forces to crush the enemy's armour, flesh, and bones. They are also frequently equipped with a Creidann Pack Grenade Launcher.^[5a]

Pivotal roles for Shadowseers include Agent of Pandemonium, the Gloom Spider and the Mirror Architect^[9]

Notable Shadowseers

• Ailill Nuada
• Sylandri Veilwalker
• Lhaerial Rey
• Lord of Thorns
• Sh'kira of the Shattered Mirage^[6]
• Ylraith
• Morillia^[8]

Images

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  Shadowseer (2nd Edition)

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  Shadowseer (4th Edition)^[4]

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  Shadowseer (8th edition)

See also

• Farseer
• Spiritseer

Sources

• 1: Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition), pg. 42
• 2: Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 26
• 3: Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition), pg. 41
• 4: Games-Workshop Shadowseer (last accessed 21 March 2015)
• 5: Codex: Harlequins (7th Edition), (E-book):
  • 5a: "Weapons of the Lethal Art"
  • 5b: "Shadowseers"
• 6: White Dwarf 72 (2015) — Parade Ground
• 7: The Complete Games Workshop Catalog and Hobby reference - The 2004-05 Edition, pg. 148
• 8: Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition), pg. 25
• 9: Codex: Aeldari (9th Edition), pg. 111

Uncited

• Codex: Eldar (4th Edition), pg. 49