Asuryani Path - Asuryani Path: The Asuryani Path, also once called the Eldar Path or Ai'elethra in the Aeldari Lexicon, is a rigid code of behaviour that every Asuryani submits to in their day-to-day life to protect their souls from the predations of Slaanesh.These behaviour patterns act as a form of physical and psychic protection against the Aeldari's baser nature, and allows an Aeldari to experience their species' incredibly intense emotions without repeating the terrible excesses that led to the cataclysmic Fall of the Aeldari in the past.There are as many different Paths as there are roles in Aeldari society, but the core philosophy is common to all of the Paths.The Craftworld Aeldari developed strict controls over their own inner natures so that what remains of their ancient civilisation will never again fall victim to the thirst of Slaanesh.Every craftworld Asuryani chooses for themselves a discipline that they then make their purpose to master to the exclusion of all else in their life. Each discipline is called a "Path," and each Path may require further choices and specialisations as an Asuryani walks further upon it.Once an Asuryani has mastered one Path, they choose another and in this way creates a toolbox of abilities and skills during the course of their long lifespan over which they have complete control. An Asuryani may travel many different Paths in their life, and the skills they learn in each Path serve to greatly enrich all of their further accomplishments.In this way, the Asuryani avoid temptation and tame their naturally wanton and excessively turbulent natures. To the Asuryani all Paths are strewn with potential dangers, for the Aeldari mind is capable of a depth of emotion and understanding that cannot be described by the simple Human concept of "obsession." Such dangers are similar to psychic traps waiting to catch the unwary upon an Asuryani Path and hold them fast there forever.When an Aeldari's mind becomes so intently focused upon one thing that they are no longer capable of leaving one Path for another, they are said to have been "lost upon the Path." This is a terrible and frightening fate for all Asuryani, as it is an outcome that can befall any of them despite the intense discipline and training they have sought to maintain to keep their minds balanced.In the case of the Path of the Warrior, these individuals are known as Exarchs, and there are other examples of this fate such as the Crystal Seers and the doomed Bards of Twilight.There are a great number of Paths within Asuryani culture, and while some are as rarely trod upon as the Path of the Seer, others are as common as the Path of the Artisan. Each offers its followers a complete and all-encompassing way of life for the time they tread upon it.The Path of the Seer is the most treacherous and complex of them all, but Aeldari who have mastered the less consuming and esoteric Paths are no less respected than their more militant kin. The Artisans are those Asuryani who create and maintain the craftworlds and all the wonders that they contain, calling the masterpieces of aesthetically pleasing form and function into being with the care and skill that a musician might lavish upon their instrument or a warrior upon their blade.It is from the ranks of those Aeldari who walk these "civilian" Paths that the Asuryani Guardians are mustered to defend their craftworlds when needed.