Phoenix Lord

The Phoenix Lords are the founders of the Eldar's Aspect Warrior shrines, and are the authorities on what it means to practice their respective Aspects. They embody their Aspects so completely that their students often get trapped in that Aspect and become Exarchs.

As of the 41st Millennium, the Phoenix Lords are not properly alive any more; their spirits have integrated themselves with their armor, so if they do fall in battle, they can be resurrected by having someone new don the suit, and they're back in action, though the unfortunate Eldar who dons the suit gets overwritten by the original Phoenix Lord's personality and memories.

On the battlefield, they wield upgraded versions of their Aspect's weapons and have both of the powers available to their Aspect's Exarchs (unsuprising, considering that they taught their Aspect everything).

Supposedly, these Lords will be heavily involved in the final battle against Chaos; given that Phoenix King is one of Asuryan's titles, there may be something to this rumor.

Asurmen

Asurmen, the Hand of Asuryan was the first Phoenix Lord and founded the Dire Avenger Aspect, and he founded more of his shrines than any of the later Phoenix Lords. Many of his students went on to found Aspects of their own.

Jain Zar

Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence was one of Asurmen's first students and later founded the Howling Banshees Aspect. She still visits all of the shrines to her Aspect every century or so.

Baharroth

Baharroth, the Cry of the Wind founded the jump pack-toting Swooping Hawks aspect. He was the youngest (and most energetic) of Asurmen's first class of students.

Arhra

Arhra, the Father of Scorpions (also called the Fallen Phoenix) founded the Striking Scorpions Aspect. Somewhere along the way, he fell to Chaos, and left the Craftworlds. He is suspected of joining the Dark Eldar as Drazhar, Master of Blades and Hierarch of the Incubi (which he got by killing the previous Hierarch and his bodyguards).

Karandaras

Karandaras, the Shadow Hunter is the current Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions. Arhra's greatest pupil, he took on his master's role after his master fell to Chaos (exactly how he did this is unknown). While he is more loyal to the Craftworlds, he is no less mysterious than his predecessor.

Fuegan

Fuegan, the Burning Lance founded the Fire Dragons Aspect. He was thought lost when Arhra tried to destroy Asurmen's shrine, but he turned up later to fight Chaos on an Exodite world. He is supposed to be the one to call the other Phoenix Lords to the final battle against Chaos, and will be the last of them to die.

Maugan Ra

Maugan Ra, the Harvester of Souls founded the Dark Reapers Aspect. He was the first Phoenix Lord to include ranged weapons as part of his Aspect; his personal weapon is the Maugetar (which is a great name for a musical instrument), which is a beefed-up shuriken cannon with a scythe-like built-in power blade, thus achieving the ultimate fusion of dakka and choppy. His Craftworld, Altansar, got sucked into the Eye of Terror, but during Abaddon's thirteenth Black Crusade, he managed to drag it back out.

Irillyth

Irillyth, the Shade of Twilight founded the Shadow Spectres Aspect. He had a vision that his craftworld, Mymeara, would be destroyed unless he took action to end the threat preemptively. He gathered up a bunch of warriors from Mymeara and went to find them, and they were victorious, but they also never returned, so everyone figured that that was the end of the Shadow Spectres. Later, they found the world that he and his army had invaded, an ice planet colonized by the Imperium of Man in the meantime, and so they raided it and got his armor back, thus reviving him and his Aspect (and explaining why neither he nor his Aspect were represented in the Eldar codices to date).

Irillyth (along with the Shadow Spectres) was created and sculpted by Forge World for Imperial Armour Volume Eleven: The Doom of Mymeara.

Drastanta

Tempest of Starlight, lord of the Shining Spears. Drastanta was really full of himself and like to go on needless solo battles. This backfired horribly during the Fall were because of this it got Arhra killed for the first time. After blowing up the Keeper of Secrets who did it. Drastanta went out to found the Shining Spears and then went into self-exiled leaving his weapon behind. His lance is currently with Craftworld Iyanden.

Living proof that Matt Ward can add a character without canon rape.