WH40k lore

Hi Veeky Forums, I've just started getting into the lore of Warhammer 40k. Been reading bits and pieces of it in the lexicanum wiki and might get the books soon. I ran into something that confuses me though, and I was hoping the more knowledgeable among you can enlighten me: were the Eldar created by their gods, or the Old Ones? What are their gods anyway, and are they related to the Chaos gods? I know I'm probably missing something basic.

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Eldar created by old ones

Eldar gods like the avatar also created like the old ones.

Eldar made slaanesh by being degenerate on a galactic scale. Now they suffer in every way except rules.

I see. So the Eldar gods are like, (please pardon the term) "Super Eldars" or something which were created by the Old Ones to minister over the Eldar race? Were they created the same way and from the same stuff as the chaos gods and creatures of the warp, or from something totally different?

Thank you for taking the time to answer noob questions!

The Eldar got "adopted" by the Old Ones like the Necrons. The Eldar have their own gods, but most of them are dead by present-day 40k. Their gods come from the same basic psychic plane as the chaos gods (e.g. They work off of faith and psychic conduits), but they aren't chaos. They downright hate the stuff.

Wait, adopted meaning they were already existing, and not created by the Old Ones?

IIRC old ones like to make lesser beings they also made the Orks, They used them in the old war between them and the necrons/c'tan. Old ones creation is never covered I assumed natural happenstance like the necrons before they became robot skeletons.

Old ones were highly psychic unlike the necrons. Again from memory chaos is largely irrelevant in the old one era. Like the warp exists but chaos gods aren't the big bad back then.

Check out old necron fluff (maybe new stuff too) for stuff about the old ones and the war in heaven.

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Thanks, Necron fluff seem pretty interesting too. I can't stop reading up on everything!

Stop spewing your headcanon. The Old Ones created the Eldar. They did not adopt the Eldar nor did they adopt the fucking Necrons.

Read the Liber Chaotica Slaanesh section. This goes for everyone here.

The Eldar Gods were psychic constructs the Eldar created under the guidance of the Old Ones. They were meant as weapons in the War in Heaven. But as the war dragged on and the Old Ones started dying out the Eldar were losing the guidence of the Old Ones. They started worshiping their own constructs. These constructs ultimately evolved into Eldar Gods.

Thanks, that makes sense. Will definitely check the book out too!