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Finally got these designs done, and I must say I rather like them. Here are the Oathbreakers, Chaos Eldar of Nurgle and Isha. Alive and unliving, pure and tainted, sick with countless maladies and cured of all ailments – they are beings that should not be, and yet they are, as is the will of the twisted union between the Goddess of Fertility and the Plaguefather.

Oathbreakers get their name from the Fall, over ten thousand years ago. When the Eldar Empire collapsed and the Eye of Terror was formed, the foul powers of Chaos warred within wars, and the ancestors of the Oathbreaker Eldar, most likely dedicated worshippers of Isha, sold their souls to Nurgle, god of plagues, pestilence, and despair, in order to escape the inevitable torment of their souls once consumed by She Who Thirsts. It is unknown by now what actually transpired at the time, but some legends say the Oathbreakers were how Nurgle discovered Isha, and rescued her from Slaanesh's clutches, enslaving her in his daemonic garden ever since. Other legends tell that the Oathbreakers were protected by Isha from Slaanesh, and when Nurgle assailed the Prince of Pleasure, the Oathbreakers were the brokers of Isha's freedom from Slaanesh – regardless, and if they had anything to do with the event at all, the Oathbreakers have served Nurgle and Isha together ever since.

Slaanesh is credited with their name, calling them Oathbreakers as the first Eldar to find a way to escape the Thirst of the dark god, in this case by selling their souls to another in the form of Nurgle. Over time, other Eldar found their own escapes, and the Oathbreakers became an isolated people, serving Nurgle and his ever-growing cults for thousands of years since. They've changed a lot since then, and are among Nurgle's most unorthodox servants, being blessed by Isha's splendid gifts just as they are tainted by Nurgle's numberless poxes and corruptions. This duality makes them a bit screw-loose at times, but they remain some of the most intelligent, resourceful, and manipulative of Nurgle cultists.

Oathbreakers are also the heaviest and manliest of Eldar, wearing heavy armor enchanted by Warp sorcery. They have proven as capable as any Chaos Space Marine serving under the Plaguefather, and many have served as powerful Chaos champions and lords. They have a unique psyker situation, usually related to Tzeentch preying on and tempting them with sorcery. Oathbreakers are stunted from the Warp almost to the same extent as their Dark Eldar cousins, and a select few every so often are selected to be sacrificed to Nurgle and Isha, to be blessed as Chaos Psykers. The Headless are born from this ceremony, their heads cut off as part of a demented ritual to divide them between Materium and Immaterium, and grant them power over both. The Headless are powerful among psykers, but unstable and erratic. Their heads still function apart from their bodies, and their part-connection-part-disconnection from reality makes them almost like partial blanks or untouchables – anathema to even their fellow Oathbreakers, more alien and eldritch than even the strangest Eldar.

Pictured on the left is a standard male Oathbreaker, and on the right is a female Headless. Much of their design was ripped off from Pathfinder, and I don't apologize for it, because I think they look badass. Oathbreakers aren't very numerous, but they have a hand in many things across the entire galaxy. A small number of them work alongside the Outcaste Chosen in the Gilranth Sector, so expect to see more of them in the future.

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Finally got these designs done, and I must say I rather like them. Here are the Oathbreakers, Chaos Eldar of Nurgle and Isha. Alive and unliving, pure and tainted, sick with countless maladies and cured of all ailments – they are beings that should not be, and yet they are, as is the will of the twisted union between the Goddess of Fertility and the Plaguefather.

Oathbreakers get their name from the Fall, over ten thousand years ago. When the Eldar Empire collapsed and the Eye of Terror was formed, the foul powers of Chaos warred within wars, and the ancestors of the Oathbreaker Eldar, most likely dedicated worshippers of Isha, sold their souls to Nurgle, god of plagues, pestilence, and despair, in order to escape the inevitable torment of their souls once consumed by She Who Thirsts. It is unknown by now what actually transpired at the time, but some legends say the Oathbreakers were how Nurgle discovered Isha, and rescued her from Slaanesh's clutches, enslaving her in his daemonic garden ever since. Other legends tell that the Oathbreakers were protected by Isha from Slaanesh, and when Nurgle assailed the Prince of Pleasure, the Oathbreakers were the brokers of Isha's freedom from Slaanesh – regardless, and if they had anything to do with the event at all, the Oathbreakers have served Nurgle and Isha together ever since.

Slaanesh is credited with their name, calling them Oathbreakers as the first Eldar to find a way to escape the Thirst of the dark god, in this case by selling their souls to another in the form of Nurgle. Over time, other Eldar found their own escapes, and the Oathbreakers became an isolated people, serving Nurgle and his ever-growing cults for thousands of years since. They've changed a lot since then, and are among Nurgle's most unorthodox servants, being blessed by Isha's splendid gifts just as they are tainted by Nurgle's numberless poxes and corruptions. This duality makes them a bit screw-loose at times, but they remain some of the most intelligent, resourceful, and manipulative of Nurgle cultists.

Oathbreakers are also the heaviest and manliest of Eldar, wearing heavy armor enchanted by Warp sorcery. They have proven as capable as any Chaos Space Marine serving under the Plaguefather, and many have served as powerful Chaos champions and lords. They have a unique psyker situation, usually related to Tzeentch preying on and tempting them with sorcery. Oathbreakers are stunted from the Warp almost to the same extent as their Dark Eldar cousins, and a select few every so often are selected to be sacrificed to Nurgle and Isha, to be blessed as Chaos Psykers. The Headless are born from this ceremony, their heads cut off as part of a demented ritual to divide them between Materium and Immaterium, and grant them power over both. The Headless are powerful among psykers, but unstable and erratic. Their heads still function apart from their bodies, and their part-connection-part-disconnection from reality makes them almost like partial blanks or untouchables – anathema to even their fellow Oathbreakers, more alien and eldritch than even the strangest Eldar.

Pictured on the left is a standard male Oathbreaker, and on the right is a female Headless. Much of their design was ripped off from Pathfinder, and I don't apologize for it, because I think they look badass. Oathbreakers aren't very numerous, but they have a hand in many things across the entire galaxy. A small number of them work alongside the Outcaste Chosen in the Gilranth Sector, so expect to see more of them in the future.

Warhammer 40000 is owned by Games Workshop