The Saedath of the Harlequins are both scripted performances and battle plans, interwoven on a level requiring the depthless Aeldari psyche to truly comprehend. Some Saedath are extremely specialised: The Serpent’s Brood is one such. Woven from tales of the Cosmic Serpent of Aeldari myth, it focuses on troupes of Harlequins mounted aboard Starweaver transports and supported by squadrons of Skyweaver Jetbikes and more heavily armed Voidweavers. As each of these units is named for one of the Cosmic Serpent’s children, so they play their roles on the battlefield: the Starweavers loyal and dutiful as they ferry their passengers into the fight, the Skyweavers hurtling back and forth spreading carnage, and the Voidweavers imperious and murderous in equal measure. Meanwhile, the disembarking Harlequins employ a strange ritual step known as the skystride to leap from their transports and bound across the heads and shoulders of the foe, rapidly striking flurries of blows and raining salvoes of fire upon enemies too bewildered to fight back. By the time the foe recovers their wits, the Harlequins have already sprung away or even boarded their Starweavers again to strike elsewhere.