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| The Necrons' story is one of ancient betrayal. Eons ago, the [[Necrontyr]] race clung to their short lives in fear of oblivion at the hands of their massive and ravaging star. They pushed the limits of science in an effort to lengthen their lives, but to no avail. In their desperation, they looked into space and discovered ethereal beings feeding on the energies of whole stars. They named these beings "the Star Gods," or [[C'tan]]. The C'tan offered the Necrontyr people immortality, but only at a terrible price. It is uncertain if the Necrontyr knew this price, but their race was completely purged and transferred into new metal bodies, stripped of thought and self.<sup>1</sup> | | The Necrons were originally a [[humanoid]] organic species that existed about 60 million years ago known as the '''Necrontyr'''. They were a militaristic and expansionist species that came into conflict with another ancient race known as the [[Old Ones]]. During this conflict, the Necrontyr discovered the C'tan and constructed physical bodies of necrodermis so they could communicate with them. This allowed the C'tan to develop a taste for the energies of [[sapience|sapient]] beings over the tasteless energies of stars, while the Necrons turned to worshiping the C'tan. The new hunger brought the C'tan into conflict with the Old ones, and the C'tan offered the Necrontyr the means to win the war by transferring their minds into necrodermis bodies, converting them into the Necrons. After the defeat of the Old Ones, the galaxy was ravaged by the Enslavers, and the C'tan and the Necrons went dormant. While a few of them did go about covertly doing minor tasks, only recently have the Necrons begun to awake in significant numbers. |
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| The C'tan are enormous energy beings who were given physical embodiments by the Necrontyr. They encased the C'tan inside vast lumps of their living metal, the same material they used in their spacefaring ships. The metal mutated into the shape desired by the personality of the being inside. The Night Bringer was forged into a dark figure with a large cloak, adding to the fear it already inspires, and the Deceiver was formed into a wily shape. Originally there were a large number of C'tan, but due to the machinations of the Deceiver, this number reduced to four, The [[Night Bringer]], The [[Deceiver]], The [[Void Dragon]], and The [[Outsider]]. An ancient [[Eldar]] poem refers to a C'tan who sleeps on a Vaul-Moon (an Eldar term for factory world) and is known as the Dragon. This is widely believed to refer to the [[Noctis Labyrinth]] on [[Mars]]. The locations of the other remaining C'tan are unknown.
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| Once the Necrontyr accepted the C'tan's offer and their life-essence was encased in [[living metal]] bodies, their minds and senses became dulled until they became slaves of the C'tan. The C'tan used these warrior-slaves to harvest the lifeforms of the galaxy so the Star Gods could feast on souls and the newly christened Necrons served this purpose very well.<sup>1</sup>
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| Now focusing on gathering souls, the C'tan assaulted the dominant species at the time, the Old Ones, and began an unstoppable march upon their domain. The Necrons burst into the Old Ones strongest fortresses, overcoming their magicks and technology and forced the Old Ones to seed planets with life to help fight the C'tan, including the Eldar and [[Krork]]. These races had the ability to use the Warp to defend themselves, as the C'tan seemed harmed only by psychic energy. Gradually, the Old Ones were forced back by the relentless push of the C'tan and billions of souls were harvested for the Star Gods, increasing their power to incredible proportions.
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| The C'tan had been working on a plan to cripple the Old Ones, and eventually it came to fruition. They burst into and destroyed the Webways discovered by the Old Ones. Without these portals, the Old Ones were unable to move troops throughout the galaxy. With the new races using so much Warp power for the purposes of killing, the benign creatures in the Warp mutated into the evil creatures they are today. At the precipice of victory, the [[Enslavers]] emerged from the now-tumultuous [[Warp]] and forced the C'tan and their slaves back with their psychic powers, the weakness of the Star Gods. The Enslavers killed many of the C'tan, leaving the Necrons in disarray and without figureheads to lead them and forcing the C'tan away from the forefront. As the Enslaver plague expanded sections of the galaxy, the four remaining C'tan went into stasis to avoid the onslaught and allow the galaxy to repopulate without the psychic swarm so they could emerge and reconquer their empire. However, this kindled a single-minded determination in the C'tan to eliminate the only threat to their conquest, the Warp. Thus began the [[Great Work]], the severing of the [[Materium]] and [[Immaterium]] so that the C'tan would go unchallenged once again.<sup>1</sup>
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| For countless years the Necrons remained in their deathless slumber in their tombs on many worlds as the Enslavers were defeated by the races the Old Ones created, this however, would not last. In 783.M41, the Eldar [[Farseer]] [[Eldrad Ulthran]] of [[Craftworld]] [[Ulthwé]] witnessed a vision where on the dead world of [[Maedrex]], an Imperial [[Explorator]] team would arrive and unwittingly awaken the Necrons on that planet. To prevent this, the Eldar struck quickly and destroyed the Imperial ships before descending onto the planet where they purged it of the Necron presence.<sup>3</sup> Later came the first reported contact between the Necrons and the [[Imperium]] of Man came in [[897.M41]] during the raid on [[Sanctuary 101]] which was garrisoned by the [[Adepta Sororitas]]. At the time, the invaders were identified as an unknown form of xenos species but later reported as being the first encounter with the awakening Necrons. Its also later reported that the invaders did not attack the colony but instead emerged from the ground itself.<sup>3</sup>
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| In 936.M41, a tomb complex awoke on the planet Malbrede due to fighting between the [[Ultramarine]]s and a [[Tau]] expeditionary force. With this new threat emerging, the two enemies joined forces to defeat the emerging Necrons. After the battle, [[Marneus Calgar]] committed [[Exterminatus]] on Malbrede, but allowed the Tau to evacuate their forces before destroying the world.<sup>3</sup>
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| A big fan of the Necrons and their masters on SD.net is [[Necronlord]]. | | A big fan of the Necrons and their masters on SD.net is [[Necronlord]]. |
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| *<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)|''Codex: Necrons'' (3rd Edition)]]
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| *<sup>2</sup>:''[[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]]'', pg 126, 128, 179
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Some Necron Warriors and Scarabs
The Necrons are the robotic servants of the C'tan from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
They're basically the "space undead".
Attributes
Most Necrons are Humanoid robots with a largely skeletal appearance. They are made of a special material known as necrodermis, which is a type of living metal capable of repairing itself. These are controlled by the consciousness of a former organic being bound inside that has been rendered devoid of emotion in it's mechanical form.
The Necron race includes various other designs beyond the basic humanoid form, including insectoid Tomb Spiders and Scarabs and Pariahs, which are cyborgs made from genetically modified humans with an inverted Warp Soul. The effect of which is the ability to strike crippling terror into the most hardly disciplined soldiers.
History
The Necrons were originally a humanoid organic species that existed about 60 million years ago known as the Necrontyr. They were a militaristic and expansionist species that came into conflict with another ancient race known as the Old Ones. During this conflict, the Necrontyr discovered the C'tan and constructed physical bodies of necrodermis so they could communicate with them. This allowed the C'tan to develop a taste for the energies of sapient beings over the tasteless energies of stars, while the Necrons turned to worshiping the C'tan. The new hunger brought the C'tan into conflict with the Old ones, and the C'tan offered the Necrontyr the means to win the war by transferring their minds into necrodermis bodies, converting them into the Necrons. After the defeat of the Old Ones, the galaxy was ravaged by the Enslavers, and the C'tan and the Necrons went dormant. While a few of them did go about covertly doing minor tasks, only recently have the Necrons begun to awake in significant numbers.
Organization
Besides their subservience to the C'tan, individual forces of Necrons are led by figures known as Necron Lords, which display considerably more autonomy then the rank and file of the Necrons.
Threat Assessment
Only comparatively recently have the Necrons begun to reactivate, and large numbers of them still remain dormant on various tomb worlds. Never the less, the Necrons are definitely a force to recon with; their technology is likely the most advanced in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and they have the best FTL of any WH40K species, with their warships being able to cross the Milky Way galaxy instantly. Necron Gauss weaponry is extremely powerful, ripping apart a target at an atomic level and teleporting said destroyed matter into the weapon, a standard Necron Gauss flayer can fairly easily destroy a Space Marine. Even when a force is victorious over the Necrons, they simply teleport themselves and any disabled units back to a secure location, where they are capable of salvaging even severely damaged Necrons due to the self-repairing nature of their Necrodermis construction.
The Necron warships are the fastest outside of FTL and most powerful in WH40k, having only be beaten by superior numbers.
The long-term goal of the C'tan is to isolate the physical world from the Warp via a megaproject known as The Great Warding.
Trivia
A big fan of the Necrons and their masters on SD.net is Necronlord.
