Death Jesters send volleys of fire to cut down key targets, always with an eye for what cruel humour they can find in the kill. This rule opens up a whole barrel of laughs (and options) for your army, as on top of the mandatory Troops and HQ choices, a Patrol Detachment has two slots each for Elite, Fast Attack, and Heavy Support units. Impossibly outnumbered, the Harlequins use the planet's many Webway portals to run circles around their Ork foes.

Deaf to the mockery of their perverted kin, they eschewed the trappings of power that they might save their very souls. To fight the Shattered Mirage is to fight a foe with no fear of death, intent only on the destruction of their enemies no matter the cost. Troupes of Harlequins sprint across the battlefield, surging from hidden Webway portals to strike without warning. In response, the Frozen Stars deploy swarms of Voidweavers in the saedath known as the Giants' Lament.

The organisation of a Harlequin masque is almost as old as time, a deeply-engrained aspect of Aeldari culture that, while subject to small differences from one masque to the next, has otherwise remained fundamentally unchanged for thousands of Terran years. M41) - The Veiled Path make a surprising offer of aid to defend the Imperial naval base at Roth against pirates. Few mortals indeed have seen the inside of this sinister realm, and none would be foolish enough to speak of it; once someone has witnessed the true nature of the Black Library's sentinels, the fear of their vengeance lingers. Theirs was the power to create, and also to destroy, for they held the secrets of the universe in their hands. The organisation of a Harlequin masque is unusual by the standards of the most of the forces fighting in the Dark Millennium -- after all, it is formed from multiple bands of dancers, mimes and other dramatic performers.

So well-versed are they in the Webway's secret routes that many other Aeldari have credited the servants of the Laughing God with supernatural powers.It is said that Cegorach is the only being in existence who knows every single path through the webway. However, a massive force of Harlequins and Aeldari warriors were able to drive the Chaos Sorcerer back. The oncoming Harlequins sprint, leap and weave, the blades and blasts of their terrified enemy whistling around them to little effect.

In this way, whole masques of Harlequins can position themselves in ambush, guaranteeing themselves the element of surprise. Whether the Laughing Circus was destroyed during the battle or managed to escape back into the Webway is unknown.

Their artistic works portray the Fall, the legendary decline that destroyed the Aeldari Empire, the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh, and many other tales from the long history and ancient mythology of the Aeldari people.