Cryptek

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Crypteks are the Necrons' equivalent of wizards, although their powers come from an extremely advanced understanding of science, rather than magic (their name comes from "crypt" + "tech").

Like wizards, they tended to isolate themselves from the affairs of their fellow Necrontyr, and this has remained the case after being upgraded into Necrons (and the feeling is mutual -- most nobles aren't very interested in how their technology works, so they leave the Crypteks in peace). Those that do associate with others generally do so for patronage -- they join the royal court of an Overlord or Phaeron and lend their powers and advice in exchange for a first pick of the spoils of war, rare technology, or other favors. Of course, while Crypteks usually don't bother with the political affairs of the noble courts, they are always busy with their own inter-academic rivalries.

Disciplines

Crypteks specialize in one of several disciplines to focus their studies and gain more powerful tools.

• Harbingers of Despair or "psychomancers" are all about manipulating minds, mostly causing fear.
• Harbingers of Destruction or "plasmancers" shoot fire and light to wreck things.
• Harbingers of Eternity or "chronomancers" play tricks with time -- speeding it up, slowing it down, shifting people into or out of phase with it, or even (in the case of Orikan the Diviner) running it backwards.
• Harbingers of the Storm or "ethermancers" control the air and weather, and in battle, they call down the lightning.
• Harbingers of Transmogrification or "geomancers" are rather like alchemists -- they can transmute matter from one form into another, or animate it temporarily (which is good for causing earthquakes).
• "Astromancers" read the patterns and movement of the stars to predict the future.

There are other disciplines, but the first five are the only ones who go to battle on a regular basis.

Famous Crypteks

• Orikan the Diviner, an astromancer with some expertise in chronomancy.
• Illuminor Szeras, a spider-bodied plasmancer who has taken up vivisection as a hobby.