The Dark Eldar are a sinister elvish race in the game Warhammer 40,000. They represent the corruption of elvish beauty, deviating from the search for beauty and peace, rather revelling in piracy and torture.
"Spawned in the darkest pits of the universe, the piratical Eldar are a curse upon all races of the galaxy.
Piratical raiders who launch devastating attacks throughout the galaxy, the DarkEldar are a race to be feared, forever seeking new victims to satisfy their depraved pleasures.
Trapped deep within the catacombes of the DarkEldar world of Commorragh, Gideon suffers endless pain in a nightmareish existence, a plaything to his captor.
In fictional universe of Warhammer40,000, the DarkEldar are a Kindred of the Eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elf-like humanoids.
DarkEldar drink souls to stave off this leeching - perhaps by sating the thirst of Slaanesh, or perhaps by replenishing the essence of their own souls with that of the consumed one.
DarkEldar are long-lived but not immortal; drinking souls has a rejuvinating effect that reverses aging, thus DarkEldar need not fear falling into the clutches of Slaanesh due to death from old age, if they have a constant supply of souls.