{"id":715324,"date":"2026-07-28T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715324\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:19:09","slug":"lore-of-the-exodites-reject-decadence-and-ride-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715324\/","title":{"rendered":"Lore of the Exodites: Reject Decadence and Ride Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syph<\/p>\n

Syph is one such maiden world, beautiful and dangerous, covered in lush rainforests, deep seas, and wide grasslands as well as a variety of lethal flora and fauna. It is ruled by nomadic clans of Exodites, each with its own territory. They rarely gather in great numbers, and there are no cities. This lack of visible civilisation to draw attention, combined with its remoteness, are two of the planet’s main defences. For the most part, Syph has remained undisturbed \u2013 but recently, a ramshackle fleet has brought a force of Beast Snagga Orks<\/a> to the planet, guided by a Wurrboy\u2019s visions of a world full of hungry, dangerous predators.*<\/p>\n

Dragon Knights<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for such unwelcome visitors, Syph \u2013 like all Exodite worlds \u2013 is not without its defenders. The noble elite of the Exodites \u2013 Dragon Knights and Dragon Masters \u2013 ride to war atop lizard-like beasts known as saimneth or drakesteeds: one of several kinds of creatures collectively referred to by Exodites as dragons. Most Dragon Knights are armed with high-tech laser lances and solar carbines, while Dragon Masters include expert duellists, powerful psykers, and deadly snipers. And, of course, there\u2019s also the threat of the drakesteed itself.<\/p>\n

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World Spirits<\/p>\n

Like the Aeldari of the craftworlds, Exodites use waystones to protect their souls from She Who Thirsts. Unlike craftworlds, though, Exodite worlds do not have infinity circuits. Instead, they have a world spirit \u2013 a vast network of psychocrystalline steles, menhirs, and barrow nexuses, which hold the souls of the dead Exodites in a gestalt reservoir of energy that helps to hide and protect the world.<\/p>\n

Echoes of Ancient Kinship<\/p>\n

Although inherently isolationist, Exodites do have some contact with other elements of the Aeldari diaspora, and it is not unknown to see Dragon Knights fighting alongside forces of the Asuryani, Harlequins, or Ynnari. Craftworlds Biel-Tan and Saim-Hann in particular maintain close ties to the Exodites, and regularly deploy to help defend Exodite worlds.<\/p>\n

They were the first to leave the collapsing Aeldari empire, and now at last the Exodites have arrived on the tabletop. Whether it\u2019s against the Beast Snaggas on Syph or out in the wider galaxy, the Dragon Knights are sure to leave their mark. It\u2019s hard not to leave a mark when you ride someone down with a drakesteed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Syph Syph is one such maiden world, beautiful and dangerous, covered in lush rainforests, deep seas, and wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}