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Old 07-21-2009, 09:48 PM   #1
 
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The Necrons: Info

They were one of the earliest races seeded with the Old Ones, appearing only a few million years after the birth of the stars. Their world was scourged by the radiation of the massive, violent star it closely orbited, cursing them to experience drastically short lifespans. The Necrons spent eons expanding their technology in an attempt to extend their lives. Their technology developed Necrodermis, a "living metal", for constructing their ships with which they were able to leave their planet. These slow "tomb ships" full of cryonically frozen Necrontyr were sent to populate the stars over 60 million years ago. It was during their first difficult steps out into the wider galaxy that the Necrons first encountered the Old Ones. The differences between the two races were vast; where the Necrontyr had short painful lives, the Old Ones were blessed with incredible longevity, and where the Necrontyr were harsh, competitive, imperialistic and impatient, the Old Ones were infinitely understanding and patient beyond measure.

The Old Ones tried to help the Necrons in their attempts to expand into the galaxy, but these benevolent efforts were seen as patronizing manipulation and rejected. The Necrontyr eventually grew bitter and jealous towards the Old Ones, and it was not long before this jealousy led the Necrontyr into a futile war against the Old Ones' civilization. The Old Ones had an unmatched strategic advantage in the form of the webway portals which allowed them to outmaneuver the Necrontyr at every opportunity. This significant advantage won out over the Necrontyr's lack of mobility. Then, scientists studying the Necrontyr home star discovered a being of incredible power feeding off its massive energy output. The Necrontyr then bent their studies towards bringing this being into a form which they could interact with.

[edit] C'tan

Being a huge mass of energy, without form, the Necrontyr forged necrodermis bodies for the C'tan to inhabit and as a result they were able to coax the C'tan into the material universe using 'The Star Bridge'. As the awesome power of the C'tan became material, the Necrontyr began to see these new beings not as guests, but as gods. The Necrontyr began to worship the C'tan as such, wanting them to destroy their hated enemies, the Old Ones. The first C'tan to pass into such a body was the Nightbringer, an incredibly powerful being who found the sweet lifeforce of the Necrontyr far more to its liking than the tasteless energy of the star and massacred many to satiate its appetite. It was only after considerable persuasion and pledges of servitude that the Necrontyr were able to stop the Nightbringer long enough to bring to its attention the Old Ones and the other races in the galaxy.

Soon after, the Necrontyr made contact with several more Star Gods, including the Deceiver. The Deceiver, wasn't as strong as its fellow C'Tan and far more insidious being than its companions, was much more popular with the Necrontyr as it gained quick comprehension of the material universe and became relatively sophisticated, using guile and skill to achieve its aims. It had to send many worshippers to other C'tan as they began to grow jealous of his popularity. He offered the Necrontyr immortality and a way to win the war: they would assume mechanical bodies built for war, and live forever unbound by their deformities.

The Necrontyr agreed to the process and their consciousness were transferred into bodies made of necrodermis. However, the transformation dulled their minds and senses. As such they became the Necrons, warrior-slaves of the C'tan, harvesting life across the galaxy. With the assistance of the C'tan the Necrons won victory after victory against the Old Ones and had pushed the Old Ones to the brink of extinction. At this time the C'tan started to feed off each other under the the manipulation of the Deceiver. Before long there were only four of the C'tan in necrodermis bodies remaining (The Nightbringer, The Deceiver, The Dragon and The Outsider citation needed), the others having been devoured by their fellow gods.

The Old Ones, desperate to survive, cultured life forms with ever closer links to the warp. The Eldar were their proudest and most powerful creations during this period, and the first to create beings of power to fight the C'tan. This period came to be known as the "War in Heaven". During the war the Eldar war god Kaela Mensha Khaine, the most combative and powerful of the Eldar Gods, fought the Nightbringer and won a Pyrrhic victory. As the Nightbringer's necrodermis shattered, the Nightbringer exploded into shards of its deathly essence, which then shot into Khaine, permanently tainting him, while the Nightbringer simply transferred itself into another necrodermis body.

Curiously, the fear of death that all the species created by the Old Ones bear is attributed to the massive death toll inflicted by the feeding of the Nightbringer. Such is his appearance, that of a grim reaper, that he is deemed the source of the imagery used for death by many of the galactic races. Since the Nightbringer was defeated and subsequently hibernated while the Orks (referred to as the Krork in the reference materials) were still a young race, the Orks avoided much of his wrath and consequently have no fear of death.

There seems to be several almost contradictory explanations for the location of the Void Dragon. Though all sources point to the Dragon residing on Mars, there are two stories implying that the Dragon was banished and sealed there instead of hibernating voluntarily like the other C’tan.

In the Horus Heresy book Mechanicum, there is a story with questionable veracity about an alleged visit to Earth by the C'Tan known as the Dragon, in roughly the 1st millennium. The Emperor fought the C'tan and supposedly defeated it, binding it and banishing it to a vast chamber under the surface of Mars.

Other stories have postulated that the Old One Vaul (the Eldar forge god) created the Blackstone fortresses to destroy the Dragon and set off on a quest to this end. Though exactly what happened remains a mystery, this quest was meant to be generally considered to be a failure, but there is reference to the Dragon coming from the “Vaul Moon,” implying that Vaul may have at least succeeded in sealing the Dragon on Mars or forcing him into an early hibernation. This process began long before humanity was a race of any significance, rendering the proximity of his resting place to Terra coincidental.

These two explanations are not necessarily mutually exclusive, as the Dragon could have gone into hibernation voluntarily or been sealed away by Vaul initially, and then after escaping and fleeing to Terra the Emperor then defeated him again and resealed him in his existing prison. The only real evidence that the Dragon had just come out of hibernation before his battle with the Emperor is that he is described as being in a “weakened state” much like the Nightbringer when he initially awakes from his tomb.

Of the four remaining C'tan the Dragon has been officially confirmed to the strongest, having mastery of reality far beyond his brethren. The Outsider next to the Nightbringer took part in cannibalism of his race. This drove it to insanity and embedded within it a deep hatred towards the Eldar Laughing God. The Outsider attributed its actions to the deceptions of the Eldar's Laughing God, whom tricked the Outsider into killing its brethren in its mad attempts to kill the Eldar Godcitation needed. Upon the advent of the Enslavers, rather than opting to hibernate it chose to leave the galaxy. Coincidentally or otherwise, it is the only character in Warhammer 40k other than the Tyranids to operate outside of the known galaxy. Notably, all Tyranid hive fleets have avoided tomb-worlds, although this could be due to the absence of any psychic signal being generated from these worlds.

The C'tan in question is not referred to by name, but is described as being hooded in a dark cloak, which brings to mind the Nightbringer's attire. In this version of events, loose reference was given to this C'tan being contained in some form of blackened sphere. The location of this sphere is unknown and may well be outside of the known universe, tying in these two divergent storylines. Fan supposition is that this is the fabled 'Vaul Sphere'.citation needed
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