Editing Illuminor Szeras (section)

==History==

Both hated and envied by the other Necrontyr, the Necron Cryptek (<s>a plasmancer to be precise</s> he's a technomancer according to the newest codex, though he's dabbling in biomancy) known as Illuminor Szeras is one of the most reviled beings in the whole galaxy. The C'tan might have provided the required knowledge to the Necrontyr for the biotransference of their consciousness into their new bodies of living metal, but it was Szeras who made it a reality. Even then, he saw it as the first of several steps on the path to ultimate evolution, a journey that would end as a creature not of flesh or metal, but as a god of pure energy. Until that day, Szeras is driven to take full advantage of his android form. After all, no longer must he sleep nor deal with the thousand frailties and distractions to which flesh is heir. Essentially he's the Necron equivalent of a transhumanist, one who sees technology as the means to that end (with a god complex thrown in). Of course part of this may be due to the fact that he stumbled upon some...very sensitive data regarding his “patrons” namely that [[Doom|a human was apparently given the divinity he craves.]]

Szeras [[Dark Eldar|vivisects creatures without sedation or anesthetics]] to find out how they work, all so that he can know what he's doing when he reaches godhood. He has been on the brink of reaching the desired understanding for many Terran centuries, yet somehow final comprehension - understanding the nature of the soul - always escapes him. He's considered the possibility he will never fully understand either because it's beyond logic or that one has to be among the living to fully understand, but he refuses to accept this. Given his role in roboticizing the Necrontyr, he's an expert at modifying and enhancing their bodies. On occasion, Szeras' talents are in such demand amongst the Necron dynasties that he can name his own price -- invariably a harvesting raid targeted against a world of his choosing. Since he considers battles a waste of time and resources at best, the only reason Szeras ever goes into battle is to make sure his employer doesn't renege on the bargain.

Since he goes through a lot of captives, when he's not in his laboratories he's accompanying Necron armies, exchanging his ability to augment the Necron troops for captives to experiment on. He especially likes to use [[Eldar]] in his experiments, because they give more interesting results to him. The subjects are kept in stasis so they don't die as they're cut to pieces. He watches each one to make sure he doesn't miss anything and take notes. If the screaming gets too loud for his liking, he just turns his hearing down (not to avoid feeling empathy - [[Grimdark|he considers them inferior beings unworthy of consideration, and to him this is a sort of mercy]] - but because he personally doesn't like the noise).

Also, it turns out that he is the cause of the Pariah Nexus formation during the [[Psychic Awakening]] and he is working for a [[Silent King|mysterious new Patron]] by augmenting their troops. At the same time he's still trying to become a godlike being of pure energy [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/27/pre-order-today-the-conclusion-of-psychic-awakening/ much like a C’tan ] and is closer to his goal than ever before.

He is arguably the most evil of Necrons, as he just doesn't give a fuck about anything except his own personal ambition and research. Whereas [[Imotekh the Stormlord|Imotekh]] wants to conquer the galaxy because he thinks he's the best person to lead it, and [[Trazyn the Infinite|Trazyn]] is a lovable kleptomaniac rivalling the [[Blood Ravens]], Szeras is essentially Josef Mengele in a robot body, or maybe space [[Nagash]] because he is an evil skeleton with a penchant for deadly unethical experiments that tried to achieve godhood, but not aiming at chaos and has not succeed yet. In 40k he could simply be like [[Fabius Bile|Fabulous Billy]], or a robot version of the Dark Eldar [[Haemonculi]], given his penchant for modifying his own robot body and those of his people.

[[File:TurningPointSzeras.jpeg|thumb|You claim you do not wish to be deconstructed, yet I’m going to do it anyway. Curious.]]