Daughters of Khaine

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"She could never take an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. The weak and flaccid parity would make her nearly puke. She wants an eye for a tooth, and a life for an eye."

– Helen Zahavi

The Daughters of Khaine are a nation of elves who combine the Khainite religion with shadow magic. They are an army, with a few exceptions, of armed elven women and monstergirls in bikinis. In contrast to the other aelf faction, the Idoneth Deepkin, many Daughters of Khaine have lived far beyond the average elf lifespan, which is already longer than that of other races (except maybe the males - see below).

Origins

The faction was founded by Morathi. After she escaped from Slaanesh, Morathi wandered the realms, looking for elves. During this time she found the heart of Khaine, the god she had pretended to worship in the past. However it was guarded by Kharybtar, the father of Kharibdysses. Morathi tried to charm the sea monster, but he attacked while she tried to grab the heart. Eventually she poisoned Kharybtar and escaped with the heart.

After Tyrion, Teclis, Malerion and Morathi captured Slaanesh (Morathi was the bait), they sequestered the Chaos God between the realms of Hysh and Ulgu. As per their agreement, Morathi was given some of the elf souls drawn from Slaanesh. However Morathi was greedy, and took more than her allotted share.

Religion

Establishing temples across the Mortal Realms, the Daughters of Khaine scour the Mortal Realms for blood sacrifice – essential for creating more of their number – and the shards of their god, scattered across the Realms. They do this for the glory of Khaine, or to see their god reborn. But many of them are deceived.

Morathi claims to speak for Khaine, wielding his unbreakable iron heart, but none know that Morathi’s power is a lie, and Khaine is dead; while the devotions to Khaine could lead to his rebirth, Morathi is deliberately preventing that and is siphoning the power to reach godhood herself. The prayers that her daughters scream and the ritual offerings they make only serve to enhance her own power, not Khaine’s. Some among the Daughters of Khaine, such as the Bloodwrack Medusae, are aware of this deception, but are bound with the most binding oaths and magic to serve Morathi and keep this secret. A few Daughters of Khaine have grown suspicious, but they tend to be quickly silenced. A long as Morathi holds control over Khaine's heart, there is little hope for his revival.

Society

Their society is brutal, especially given that it's leader is Morathi and they worship Khaine. While the Daughters of Khaine crave bloodshed and murder, they serve alongside the forces of Order – albeit tenuously. Given their tendency towards collateral damage (and rumors of kidnapping innocents and gruesome rituals), they are less respected allies and more tolerated because they're useful. As builders of cities and civilizations, the Daughters of Khaine are at odds with the forces of Destruction. Officially, it is said that they have an aversion to Death because they nearly went extinct, but it's more likely that this is due to Morathi's grudge against Nagash. But the one faction they truly hate is Chaos. They could give the Stormcast Eternals a run for their money in hating Chaos, and prosecute their crusades with particular violence against the servants of Slaanesh.

The female aelves tend to dye their hair with blood. Temples are found only in some realms; confirmed realms are Ulgu, Azyr and Ghyran.

It's also quite misandric, as the cities and temples of the Daughters of Khaine are ruled by the female elves while the male elves are slaves. While the women outnumber the men, this is not the paradise some think it would be. Morathi deliberately made only a few male elves, and then only from the weakest and most broken of souls retrieved from Slaanesh ensuring they would be weak. Even male elves a Daughter of Khaine gives birth to are cursed with this same weakness as Morathi siphons part of their souls to power the Cauldrons of Blood. Some male elves take up shadow magic to make up for their weakened souls, becoming Doomfire Warlocks, but Morathi has them branded with mind-control runes (while deceiving them into thinking they're protection against Slaanesh). Though they worship a male deity, as stated before, his power is secretly being siphoned by Morathi for herself. So they're pretty much an ultimate feminist power fantasy.