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Path of the Dark Eldar #Novella
Midnight on the Street of Knives
Xagor is on an errand for his haemonculus master, the delivery of a thoroughly unimportant package and some tremendously important news. A Dysjunction is coming, and Commorragh will be shaken to its very foundations. As Xagor travels the dangerous streets of the dark city, he is sure he is being followed.
Kharbyr has been sent to capture a package. Hunting the servant of a twisted haemonculus through the warrens of Commorragh, he is eager to slip his knife between his prey’s ribs and watch the life flee from him. But the servant is behaving oddly, and Kharbyr suspects that there is more to the other eldar’s task than a simple delivery. Read it because
A game of cat and mouse can lead to anything. Especially at midnight on the Street of Knives.
Kharbyr has been sent to capture a package. Hunting the servant of a twisted haemonculus through the warrens of Commorragh, he is eager to slip his knife between his prey’s ribs and watch the life flee from him. But the servant is behaving oddly, and Kharbyr suspects that there is more to the other eldar’s task than a simple delivery. Read it because
A game of cat and mouse can lead to anything. Especially at midnight on the Street of Knives.
35 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2011
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March 8, 2024
I almost donated my Dark Eldar omnibus without having read Midnight on the Street of Knives. Damn, that woulda been unlucky!
One of the things I marvel at most having read the series is how these “servants” were well written and had much screen time. Then it dawned on me that they are the equivalent of certain well-placed guardsmen just on the deldar side. Ironically, their life expectancies aren’t all that different it’s just the cultural variety, y’know?
The story is a hunter-prey, chase/action sequence in short story fashion. I’m sure I missed plenty of references. Any fan or player of the dark eldar might delight themselves here.
“Come and join us…We couldn’t master our murder-lust either. Always room for one more.”
One of the things I marvel at most having read the series is how these “servants” were well written and had much screen time. Then it dawned on me that they are the equivalent of certain well-placed guardsmen just on the deldar side. Ironically, their life expectancies aren’t all that different it’s just the cultural variety, y’know?
The story is a hunter-prey, chase/action sequence in short story fashion. I’m sure I missed plenty of references. Any fan or player of the dark eldar might delight themselves here.
“Come and join us…We couldn’t master our murder-lust either. Always room for one more.”
November 12, 2020
Another great Drukhari short story. This time focusing on a haemonculi's servant. This story gives you an idea of what life is like on the streets of Commorragh, while Xagor's point of view gives an insight into the life of those around a haemonclus. I was super happy to see a talos in this story as they are one of my favourite Drukhari models.
The reason this looses a star is the rather abrupt ending. The story was running smoothly and seemed to be coming to a nice conclusion, until the final scene that just made things a little confusing.
The reason this looses a star is the rather abrupt ending. The story was running smoothly and seemed to be coming to a nice conclusion, until the final scene that just made things a little confusing.
April 7, 2023
Reading something about Xagor and Kharbyr is always a pleasure. Really like this short story.
November 13, 2017
This is one of the best stories about the Dark Eldar currently out there. Though short, Chambers manages to fit in all sorts of Dark Eldar goodness into this story. If you play the Dark Eldar this story will give you a nice amount of fluff for your army.
The story itself has wonderful pacing with a lot of interesting moments to keep things continually moving. The plot itself is simple yet manages to keep the reader engaged as it unfolds and even has a nice little twist at the end as a pay off.
All in all, I recommend this story if you can get your hands on it. It will give you a wonderful story that though perhaps not as dark as most view the D.E., still contains enough in it to give them a far different feel than their craft world living kin.
**Review from 2nd Read***
Reading this again, 5 years later, I don't find this story as amazing as I did the first time around. I still think it warrants the 4 star rating I gave it all those years ago, but that is because of more finite moments in the story, rather than its broadness as a whole.
There are some very nice moments in this story, such as the slave's meeting with a Talos. It is very Dark Eldar in its nature, and shows a glimpse into their minds. There are a couple others like that throughout this story, though all in all, this entire story is just one elongated chase/action scene and nothing more. There's very little character development, the characters are barely fleshed out to be more than two dimensional representations, and unless you plan on reading the Dark Eldar trilogy, the story itself is kind of pointless.
Still, I enjoyed it. It's shows off a bunch of things wonderfully and did come about at a time when there was very little in the way of Dark Eldar fiction. Worth a read if you are going to read the entire trilogy.
The story itself has wonderful pacing with a lot of interesting moments to keep things continually moving. The plot itself is simple yet manages to keep the reader engaged as it unfolds and even has a nice little twist at the end as a pay off.
All in all, I recommend this story if you can get your hands on it. It will give you a wonderful story that though perhaps not as dark as most view the D.E., still contains enough in it to give them a far different feel than their craft world living kin.
**Review from 2nd Read***
Reading this again, 5 years later, I don't find this story as amazing as I did the first time around. I still think it warrants the 4 star rating I gave it all those years ago, but that is because of more finite moments in the story, rather than its broadness as a whole.
There are some very nice moments in this story, such as the slave's meeting with a Talos. It is very Dark Eldar in its nature, and shows a glimpse into their minds. There are a couple others like that throughout this story, though all in all, this entire story is just one elongated chase/action scene and nothing more. There's very little character development, the characters are barely fleshed out to be more than two dimensional representations, and unless you plan on reading the Dark Eldar trilogy, the story itself is kind of pointless.
Still, I enjoyed it. It's shows off a bunch of things wonderfully and did come about at a time when there was very little in the way of Dark Eldar fiction. Worth a read if you are going to read the entire trilogy.
March 18, 2014
The beginning of a longer work I am sure. They remind me of Drow.
March 10, 2023
You'll read this short story and find the twist fun.
Then you'll read the dark eldar trilogy and see how almost every aspect of this short story has literally like 3 laters to it and plans upon plans upon plans being put into it.
A brilliant little tale that really understands the dark eldar, and that sets up the trilogy in the best way.
Then you'll read the dark eldar trilogy and see how almost every aspect of this short story has literally like 3 laters to it and plans upon plans upon plans being put into it.
A brilliant little tale that really understands the dark eldar, and that sets up the trilogy in the best way.
February 18, 2019
paints a very good picture of the drukhari way of thinking and way of life
June 21, 2025
Intriguing and highly engaging, Street of Knives paints a bleak but compelling story of the Dark Eldar. Well worth reading!
June 15, 2026
Quite boring.
November 29, 2011
Dark eldar are the sick, twisted, sadistic, nut jobs of the forty first millennium. Any 40K fan knows this. It takes the grand overfiend to really bring out just how sick and twisted they are.
If they sent you out to the corner shop for milk, it'd be poisoned, by your sister to kill your dear old aunties.but that wouldn't matter because you would booby trap the back door of the shop to kill your sister after she poisons the milk and your aunties would only drink it in their tea when they celebrate getting the shop keeper to poison the change he gave you.
Yes.
You think like that after this story
If they sent you out to the corner shop for milk, it'd be poisoned, by your sister to kill your dear old aunties.but that wouldn't matter because you would booby trap the back door of the shop to kill your sister after she poisons the milk and your aunties would only drink it in their tea when they celebrate getting the shop keeper to poison the change he gave you.
Yes.
You think like that after this story
December 15, 2015
A short story which ties in wonderfully with Path of the renegade. A lone courier is sent on an important errand through Commorragh. Something, I believe, could be translated as suicide...
The pace's quite fast and we get to follow not just the lone courier, but also another Eldar hunting him. There's humour of the dark kin(d) as well as a fair bit of action.
The pace's quite fast and we get to follow not just the lone courier, but also another Eldar hunting him. There's humour of the dark kin(d) as well as a fair bit of action.
February 18, 2015
On the first read through, something felt 'off' about this story. As it was one of the earliest 40K outings I had, I couldn't put my finger on it. After reading "Path of the Renegade" I realized what it was. "Midnight on the Street of Knives" feels like an excised scene from 'Renegade'. Something written for the book but removed for pacing issues. It's not badly done, but the misplaced chapter feel does drag it a bit.
June 2, 2013
Great little Dark Eldar short-story that appropiately includes various elements of that decadent race
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