Editing C'tan (section)

==Known C'tan==
===[[Aza'Gorod]], The Nightbringer===
[[File:The Nightbringer.jpg|300px|thumb|These [[Space Marines]] are [[Fist of the North Star|already dead]], they just don't know it yet.]]
Here to fuck your shit up. The first C'tan revealed to inhabit realspace. Scared the crap out of a race/culture that was a threat to the race/culture that created all the other races in WH40K. Likes killing, killing and, well, killing. In short: [[Night Lords|batshit insane]] though in a different way than the Outsider. When the Necrontyr gave him a necrodermis body, he got a taste for livings and started slaughtering the Necrontyr who summoned him, only stopping when they pledged themselves to his service and pointed out there were other races to consume. Ate most of the other C'tan along with the Outsider, though he was convinced into doing so by the Deceiver while the Outsider was convinced by Cegorach, and is therefore known among his brethren as a team killing fucktard. Pretty much a giant, mechanical, space Grim Reaper that shoots lightning. He once battled the [[Eldar]] war god Khaela Mensha Khaine and lost (though he managed to give Khaine a black eye on the way out), after which he was imprisoned for millennia.

He was freed by [[Uriel Ventris]] and the [[Ultramarines]] 4th Company. And yes, that does mean the Ultrasmurfs have fucked over the entire galaxy on a scale not seen since the Eldar murderfucked [[Slaanesh]] into existence, but lets not get into that. The (Intelligent) Necrons under his authority tend to be the "silent, kill-every-living-thing" type with all the subtlety of an [[Angry Marine]]. In fact, they hate life so much that even bacteria and archaea are purged from any active Tomb World they inhabit, so basically there like all necrons before the lore rework/retcon.

(On a sidenote, the [[Skub|edit squabbles]] between the Necron-affiliated [[Neckbeards]] and the Chaos-affiliated neckbeards over what basically amounted to a "who would win in a fight?" discussion about him and Khorne was ''hilarious'' for the unaffiliated to watch.)

===[[Mephet'ran]], The Deceiver===
[[File:Deceiver.jpg|300px|thumb|Mind-rapist extraordinaire. That is Trazyn by the way, screaming his vocal cords, the only instance the Troll paralyzed by fear]]
Mass dickery on a galactic scale that only [[Cegorach]] could rival and long before [[Tzeentch]] was even a sparkle in the Warp's eye(Or was he? Considering all current Chaos Gods defy time and causality, SO maybe Tzeentch was always the one and only ancient dick before Cegorach and The Deceiver were a spark in the Warp's eye). Got the bright idea of convincing the Necrontyr to turn themselves into the zombie-mummy-skeleton-robots known as <strike>[[Tomb Kings]]</strike> Necrons. Rumored to have implanted the Pariah Gene into humans to help combat the forces of the Warp. This has since been retconned, but that's [[Just as Planned|just what he wants you to think]]. Spends his days taking part in "Just as planned" contests with Tzeentch, The Emprah, [[Cegorach]] the Laughing God, and maybe/probably [[Alpharius]] (and/or Omegon), though no one really wins in the end as everything they do results in a paradox. The Eldar refer to the Deceiver as "The Jackal God", because they apparently had jackals or something like them in outer space millions of years ago. (And just happened to identify them with trickster gods, but this isn't actually surprising. You have a a dog - a loyal friend - which has taught itself to act like a cat - a pointy bastard: ''of course'' it's a trickster.) Or it's a purely "meaning"/metaphorical translation. The Necrontyr, however, called him Mephet'Ran, or "the messenger", making him the Necrontyr equivalent of Hermes or Thoth (or Nyarlathotep if we want to go Lovecraft) hence his golden six-pack. The (Intelligent) Necrons under his command tend to be sneaky and manipulative bastards with many of the [[Necron Lord]]s under his command occupying many important positions in the Imperium of man (who the fuck came up with this stupid idea?!) and are the type of Necrons most likely to stop and chat with you, the second most common type. These are probably more dangerous overall than the ones who just want to kill you. One of them infiltrated the [[Inquisition]] and set himself up as Inquisitor Raleigh of the [[Alienhunters|Ordos Xenos]] (YES because of all the parts of the Imperial govt for a xeno to "infiltrate" THIS would be the obvious choice!) [this is honestly the stupidest thing I have ever heard of, tell me this isn't canon?] in Xenology as part of a plot to learn humanity's greatest weakness, which turned out to be knowledge since humans are insatiably curious fucks which isn't actually that far from the truth. The Deceiver may have given [[Failbaddon]] his beloved daemon sword Drach'nyen in an almost Tzeentchian scheme <s>to reduce Abby's WS to 1 </s>. This would, as stated above, make Abaddon too powerful to be killed and replaced as Warmaster, and therefore ensure that only Abaddon <strike>and his massive degrees of incompetence</strike> would ever be at the head of the [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitor Legions]]. In the old fluff, it is confirmed that the Deceiver DID give the armless Despoiler two Blackstone Fortresses. These are gigantic ancient spaceships that can destroy stars and can kill a C'tan because it is essentially a massive Distort weapon floating in space, and as the C'Tan cannot exist within or interact with the warp, a Distort weapon will kill them instantly as anything caught in its radius is torn between the warp and realspace, potentially even sucking them in entirely. This more than anything is what has probably kept Abaddon in power. The Deceiver would also much rather they were owned by people that didn't know what they truly are rather than the Eldar or anyone affiliated with them who could reactivate and utilize the Distort weapon.

Little known fact is that The Man With No Name was the Deceiver. Seriously.

Also seeing how he gave the Silent King full control of both his mind and total control of the Necron Forces, it implies he knew the Silent King was going to turn on the C'tan, and seeing how most free Shards seem to be the Deceiver it would imply he's running around trolling others all over the place, like SG-1's Baal with all his clones. This guy gave up godhood so he could be more of a dick. That's dedication right there.

===[[Mag'ladroth]], The Void Dragon===
[[File:7fattpselu851.jpg|thumb|Doesn’t look like an actual dragon, surprisingly.]]

The Void Dragon can exert control over any machine, making him the most influential C'tan when at full power. It has been theorized that the [[Emperor]] battled the Void Dragon and successfully managed to put it to sleep under Mars. He didn't kill the Dragon, [[Just as planned|instead using its influence to give humanity mastery over machines]]. Extended from this theory, it is believed by some that the [[Omnissiah]] fervently worshiped by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] is [[Not as planned|actually the Void Dragon]], as he's supposedly the entity that causes the ramshackle excuse for technology the Imperium has to work properly. There's also an Eldar legend of their forge god Vaul failing to destroy the Dragon, only managing to force its hibernation in the so-called "Vaul Moon," although that could, in fact, be Mars itself. In case you're wondering how powerful he is, note that he was once shot at by <i>multiple</i> Blackstone Fortresses simultaneously (keeping in mind that even a single Blackstone Fortress can [[Exterminatus|destroy a planet]] Death Star-style); all this managed to do was make him sleepy. Vaul, meanwhile, allegedly attacked the Dragon with an army at his back and was never heard from again. This is probably the only reason the Emperor was able to defeat the Dragon; it was just tired from his previous scuffle. To top it all off, the Empruh's psychic power is apparently the only thing C'tan are vulnerable to. In short, powerful as FUCK. The Necrons under his command are probably massive technophiles with a raging hard-on for machines... then again, they're already machines, so that would be expected, but they're probably even <b>bigger</b> technophiles than their fellows and emphasize their mechanicalness over their undeadness. Could be argued that he's the only C'tan who's whole, given that he was shot by the Blackstone Fortresses and went to have a little sleepy, meaning he could have avoided the Silent King's master ball. If so, it'll be a bit of a problem to catch him now that's he's hanging out in the [[Terra|most heavily defended solar system]] in the entire galaxy.

If the Void Dragon were to ever wake up, its possible that the tenuous grip on technology the Mechanicus still had could be lost entirely. Those of the Mechanicus would be affected the worst- in an old 3rd Ed Necron codex tale, one such techpriest who discovered the truth of the Dragon tore every last implant from his body in a fearful insanity. Their incredibly strange relationship with technology sees them both venerating it, entrusting themselves to it blindly while also understanding little of it, shunning technology like that of AI in the wake of the Men of Iron. Wholly dependent and wholly ignorant of their tech, the Imperium's biggest threat lurks right under their noses- under their very skin, in some literal cases. In short, any human society that isn't still wearing loincloths and banging rocks together is going to have a really bad day. The Necrons themselves seem to be aware of this too. On one occasion, a Necron force took [[The World Engine]] for a joyride and divebombed Mars. It wasn't exactly successful (meaning it was completely destroyed by the Solar Garrison), but they got robo-boots on the ground, and the fact that they were able to do it at all shook things up for the [[High Lords of Terra|High Lords]]. The question is why exactly they did this, given the old and new fluff for the 'Crons gives them dramatically different relationships with the C'tan. Some Necrons probably still worship the C'tan, so they could have been trying to either free or destroy it. Or [[Mephet'ran|manipulating the Imperium]] into dedicating more forces to protect it so the nids or Chaos don't let it out by accident. Freeing it might arguably be even worse for the Necrons than the Imperium. Necron suicide cult anyone?

Given that models have since been made of its shards it turns out it WAS sharded. SO maybe whats in Mars is the largest chunk? Was he sharded with the rest? or was his throwdown with Emps what did the deed? how much danger does a shard possess given its fearsome powers? lotta questions presented but not a lot answered.

===[[Tsara'noga]], The Outsider===
Ate at the same C'tan-cannibalism salad bar as the Nightbringer but did so due to the dickery of [[Cegorach]] the Laughing God instead of the dickery of the Deceiver, but feels bad about it; blames Eldar gods for his bad eating habits. Decided to say "screw you guys, I'm taking my ball and leaving," and currently lives in a Dyson (vacuum cleaner) Sphere outside the galaxy. A hive fleet of [[Tyranid|Tyranids]] decided to go AROUND this place, not just ignore it like Tyranids do with Necron tomb-worlds. Were the Tyranids scared? Dunno, it's safer to lick a bandsaw than stop to ask a Tyranid. Other beings prefer to blow their own brains out rather than look at the Outsider when he's in town. Grimdark. The (intelligent) Necrons under his command are probably batshit insane. Also to note, it is theorized HE IS THE HIVEMIND of the Tyranids, needless to say, if this is true the galaxy is screwed (But not the Blood Angels. [[Matt ward|They're good friends with the Soulless, spooky, sleepy tin skeletons that literally cannot feel any kind of emotion]], logic.)

You do not mess with The Outsider. Given that he went off to sulk about being a greedy little cannibal the Outsider might be fine and dandy and not in the Silent Kings battle box in case he ever has to face a Charizard.

===[[Nyadra'zatha]], The Burning One===
[[File:Burning One.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Sisters of Battle|FIRE FIRE FIRE]]]]
Gee, I bet you can't guess what his shtick is. Hint: it involves [[Webway]] gates. Wait, what? Yeah, apparently the Burning One was the C'tan that told the [[Necrons]] how to break into the [[Dolmen Gate|Dolmen Gates]] and troll the [[Old Ones (Warhammer)|Old Ones]] on their own turf. He was implemented to give more background to the "Lord of Fire" ability, but many [[neckbeards]] believe that [[Games Workshop]] added him specifically to make us argue about whether or not he's [[Khaine]]. Whether or not this is true, [[troll|you should absolutely use an Avatar of Khaine to represent a C'tan Shard with Lord of Fire and laugh when your opponent's Fire Dragon Exarch's meltagun blows up in his face.]]
*Oh, and in case you didn't get it: he's a pyromaniac asshole. The only reason he wanted to go into the Webway was to burn the fuck out of it.

Once had his own rules in both '''Champions of Fenris''' and '''Shield of Baal: Exterminatus'''. All his attacks have Soul Blaze and has a special power of S5 AP4 assault 2D6 ignores cover soul blaze and the special rule Wall of Fire which means all the attacks auto-hit including flyers and models blocked by line of sight.

These were for special missions however and not a special character that any army could take. Instead there is a formation in Exterminatus to represent the Burning One, which is '''squad''' consisting of a single shard and two Crypteks, where the whole unit uses the Toughness of the Shard and it also gets Feel No Pain. Despite its name, the formation could easily apply to any other C'Tan as well.

Finally has a model, since it's confirmed that a shard of the Burning One is trapped above the Silent King's throne. Oh, and he's wearing its flayed skin. Grimdark.

===Iash'uddra, The Endless Swarm===
Nothing is known about this guy but his name. Contrary to some fa/tg/uys belief, he is not a reference to [[Tau Quest]], but rather to the old fan theory in which the Tyranids were led by a C'tan. Again, GW is actively trying to make us argue and fanwank, the trollan fucks.

Of course if you don't want to subscribe to GW's fuckery it could be where the Scarabs come from, since they are, arguably, a huge swarm of mechanical undead bugs.

[https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/b6y62o/new_details_on_obscure_ctan_by_matt_ward/ If this post is to be believed,] he's the Scarab creator indeed! Also, apparently, his form is not as solid as those of other C'tan, looking more like gestalt being of Scarabs, barely holding together in humanoid form, instead. So a double reference to Apophas from Warhammer Fantasy.

===Og'driada, The Arisen===
Even less is known about him, than about Iash'uddra ([https://imgur.com/a/Vz8yS57 his only canonical appearance so far]), but, [https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/b6y62o/new_details_on_obscure_ctan_by_matt_ward/| if this post is to be believed], this C'tan is the oldest one of them all, roused from sleep by the consumption of the Necrontyr and shrouded in heavy robes.

===Kalugura, the Silent Cry===
This guy exists entirely because of [[FAIL]]. In ''Black Crusade - Hand of Corruption'', the [[Tomb World]] Kalugura has a single captive C'Tan Shard. Which C'Tan isn't named: it's just called "C'Tan Shard of Kalugura", i.e. "the C'Tan Shard that they have on Kalugura". Some dumb fuck at GW was looking for new C'Tan to add to the 9E Codex, apparently saw this entry and didn't read past the name, and assumed it meant "the Shard of the C'Tan Kalugura", and added it to the Codex as "Kalugura the Silent Cry". So we're stuck with that, I guess.

===Llandu'gor, The Flayer===
Llandu'Gor is responsible for the [[Flayed Ones]]. The Necrons sharded him so hard he completely died, but he managed to infect thousands of Necrons with his hunger as a final dick move, turning them into warped ghouls with a gore fetish and teleportation powers. Which basically means that he has millions of Necrons under his influence, and that this number is continuously growing, because the Flayer Curse is contagious.

The exact wording of the curse is as follows:

"To those who have turned their faces away. To those who are faithless and wretched in their jealousies. To those who have denied us. To those who have denied me. I will wreak vengeance. I will wrench your souls and break your bones. I will cast hunger through your accursed existence. Down the eons, you will not forget. I will grant you this gift from love turned aside and make you like me, break you in my image as you have broken me. I shall cast the fear of myself into you and all of your kind. I am Llandu’gor. I am the hunger. I am the flayer, and from this moment, you shall be too."

Should also note: this one is actually DEAD and we don’t know how it happened. The Maynarkh were in on it, but that means a single Dynasty once possessed the means to DESTROY GODS and have since lost it. Or have they…?

Apparently named after a Welsh village, must be a nice place. (NB: depends which Welsh villages, there are heaps of Llansomethings)[I knew it was Welsh! For other readers, do note the Welsh pronunciation: Thaan-dee-gorr.

===Yggra’nya, The Moulder of Worlds===
Yggra’nya was the C'tan responsible for the creation of the World Engine, known as [[Tomb World|Borsis]] to the Necrons. After getting sharded and imprisoned on Borsis, let's just say he wasn't all that fond of the folks who took over the place in his absence. When the Astral Knights came down for their suicide attack on the planet, he convinced them to free him, and promptly proceeded to [[Rape|fuck up the ruling Overlord and every power generator on the planet, opening up the World Engine for bombardment from the Imperial Fleet.]] After that, he hightailed it out of there and probably went off into another galaxy to fuck around with, like he said he would. Or not, considering he seemed to have Deceiver levels of dickery.

Another shard of the Worldmaker was present on Damnos when the Ultramarines returned to retake it for the Imperium after [[Fail|Cato Sicarius' first attempt.]] Contained within a Tesseract Vault, it was happily powering an entire floating Necron City when [[Marneus Calgar|Marneus Calgar]] decided to say fuck it and [[Wat|dual-wield a Gauss Pylon to blow the damn thing up and release the C'tan shard within]].Yggra'nya shouted with its newfound freedom, and the shout grew until it was cracking the earth beneath it, until Cato threw a Vortex grenade and sucked it into the Warp.

===N’phoran,The Spiral Flame===
Very little is known about this guy beside information found in Necron 8th ed codex page 100.
He is burning everything to dust in that little text they have wrote (poor Tyranids) in codex.
Sounds a tiny bit familiar like The Burning One, but who am i to judge?

===Zarhulash,The Potentate===
Introduced In Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work. He is first shown as one of eight C'tan shards(the others were consumed by him during their sleep) powering the Pharos on Sotha. He is then freed by Cawl who, in an effort to betray the C'tan, submitted to him and allowed Zarhulash to access the current state of the Galaxy. In that same scene it is implied that the actual Necrodermis cage-body is hard for the "human" mind to make sense of until it reduced it to a "sensible" human-esque form. During the Interactions with Cawl he claims that the C'tan are truly divine while the Machine God is a Lie, the Chaos Gods are mere conciousness as a result of warp disturbances, and the Emperor is "a weapon".

Shortly before Cawl's sudden and inevitable Hackerman betrayal and after bossing around both Cawl and Token "Brown" Captain Felix battling robo-bugs, he manages to gain control of the local Canoptek constructs which quickly peel him out of his skin revealing that the actual C'tan looks closer to a miniature sun. Of course right after realizing Cawl betrayed him he is then confronted with a choice: smack Cawl and risk getting swallowed by the black hole created by a collapsing Pharos device, or escaping through a portal made by Cawl leading to a tasty Sun to eat on the far side of the Galaxy. He of course goes for the latter swearing vengeance and the like on Cawl.

This all has some Implications: C'tan shards can't tussle with a singularity, though it is unknown if a full C'tan can, the appearance of a shard may be more eldritch/cosmic horror-ish than otherwise implied, it doesn't take much for a shard to get rid of his skin-cage, and this shard is well and truly free from the necrons. It remains to see if anything interesting gets done with him or if he's a one and done kinda deal.

===The Sufferer===
[[File:The Sufferer.jpg|thumb|In-game portrait of the Sufferer]]
First seen in the [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus|Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]] video game, a shard of the aforementioned C'tan serves as the final boss for the series of noosphere missions that Xenobiologist Tiresus' gives you.