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	And, according to most recent fluff, their necrodermis makes them look like a cross between Eldar and humans. So what the hell did the Necrontyr look like?		And, according to most recent fluff, their necrodermis makes them look like a cross between Eldar and humans. So what the hell did the Necrontyr look like?

	== Transcendent C'Tan Shard==		==Transcendent C'Tan Shard==
	A '''Transcendent C'Tan Shard''', introduced in [[Apocalypse]], is a C'tan Shard that has eaten/merged with/subsumed a large number of other Shards (between twelve and several hundred), becoming scary powerful in the process. In fact, it's ''so'' powerful, it's an <s>Apocalypse-only Gargantuan creature as powerful as a [[Titan]]</s> a Monstrous Creature with a power equivalent to a 6th edition [[Wraithknight]] (he had that [[nerf]] coming), all in a package the size of a regular C'tan. Funny enough, the most damage it dealt back in the day was blowing up, and not shooting the surely-not-warp-mind-bullet-lightning.		A '''Transcendent C'Tan Shard''', introduced in [[Apocalypse]], is a C'tan Shard that has eaten/merged with/subsumed a large number of other Shards (between twelve and several hundred), becoming scary powerful in the process. In fact, it's ''so'' powerful, it's an <s>Apocalypse-only Gargantuan creature as powerful as a [[Titan]]</s> a Monstrous Creature with a power equivalent to a 6th edition [[Wraithknight]] (he had that [[nerf]] coming), all in a package the size of a regular C'tan. Funny enough, the most damage it dealt back in the day was blowing up, and not shooting the surely-not-warp-mind-bullet-lightning.

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	Very few [[Necron Dynasty\|Necron dynasties]] have one, because it's very hard to keep something that powerful in check. It requires a massive Tesseract Vault to keep it ''barely'' contained. Despite this, there have been reports of particularly powerful/desperate/fucking stupid dynasties using the Transcendent shards without a Vault when the need arises, but only if said Shard is not yet powerful enough (which is why they are "only" MC compared to the Vault, that is a [[Rape\|Super-heavy Flyer vehicle with upgraded C'Tan powers]]). In this state, the risk of the Shard going rogue increases a thousandfold, so even [[Assholetep]] thinks twice about releasing such power, because if the Transcendent Shard escapes and reunites with the other Shards of itself, the full-fledged C'tan will return. [[Rape\|Let's leave to the reader's imagination what would happen then...]] After all, the Silent King had to basically sucker-punch the C'tan with a reality breaking superweapon, while they were tired and distracted, to shatter them in the first place. Even if the Necrons still had that weapon, it probably wouldn't work again.		Very few [[Necron Dynasty\|Necron dynasties]] have one, because it's very hard to keep something that powerful in check. It requires a massive Tesseract Vault to keep it ''barely'' contained. Despite this, there have been reports of particularly powerful/desperate/fucking stupid dynasties using the Transcendent shards without a Vault when the need arises, but only if said Shard is not yet powerful enough (which is why they are "only" MC compared to the Vault, that is a [[Rape\|Super-heavy Flyer vehicle with upgraded C'Tan powers]]). In this state, the risk of the Shard going rogue increases a thousandfold, so even [[Assholetep]] thinks twice about releasing such power, because if the Transcendent Shard escapes and reunites with the other Shards of itself, the full-fledged C'tan will return. [[Rape\|Let's leave to the reader's imagination what would happen then...]] After all, the Silent King had to basically sucker-punch the C'tan with a reality breaking superweapon, while they were tired and distracted, to shatter them in the first place. Even if the Necrons still had that weapon, it probably wouldn't work again.

	== Known C'tan ==		==Known C'tan==
	===[[Aza'Gorod]], The Nightbringer===		===[[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.]]		[[File:The Nightbringer.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|These [[Space Marines]] are [[Fist of the North Star\|already dead]], they just don't know it yet.]]
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	===Zarhulash,The Potentate===		===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.		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".
	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.		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.
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	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.		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.

	== Eldritch Star Crunch ==		==Eldritch Star Crunch==

	In their original forms the C'tan were Monstrous Creatures with fairly insane stat lines; toughness 8, 5 wounds and 4+/4++ as well as the ability to move through terrain freely and in general be very unpleasant to deal with. C'tan could not be assaulted without leadership checks, and if destroyed, detonated and caused damage to all units around them (this does not also take into account the slew of unique rules both kept). They were not cheap; the Nightbringer sat at 360pts, the Deceiver at 300.		In their original forms the C'tan were Monstrous Creatures with fairly insane stat lines; toughness 8, 5 wounds and 4+/4++ as well as the ability to move through terrain freely and in general be very unpleasant to deal with. C'tan could not be assaulted without leadership checks, and if destroyed, detonated and caused damage to all units around them (this does not also take into account the slew of unique rules both kept). They were not cheap; the Nightbringer sat at 360pts, the Deceiver at 300.

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	===9th Edition Zoomer Primer===		===9th Edition Zoomer Primer===

	Ninth edition boosted every shard in a major way, making them almost mandatory. It introduced the Void Dragon and gifted all shards with a stats buff as well as [[Awesome\|the '''Necrodermis''' rule, making it so they cannot lose more than 3 wounds per phase]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka\|(a.k.a Prophet of Gork and Mork but easier to say)]]. They still have the same ability to cast two (with one extra random one with a stratagem) powers at the end of the movement phase, [[Rape\|all of which cannot be denied and get off on low rolls, dealing a shitton of mortal wounds.]]		Ninth edition boosted every shard in a major way, making them almost mandatory. It introduced the Void Dragon and gifted all shards with a stats buff as well as [[Awesome\|the '''Necrodermis''' rule, making it so they cannot lose more than 3 wounds per phase]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka\|(a.k.a Prophet of Gork and Mork but easier to say)]]. They still have the same ability to cast two (with one extra random one with a stratagem) powers at the end of the movement phase, [[Rape\|all of which cannot be denied and get off on low rolls, dealing a shitton of mortal wounds.]]

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	And the absolute king of the group [[Aza'Gorod\|'''the Rapebringer''']]. [[Anal Circumference\|'''6 attacks at S14 AP-4, damage D6 - ignores invulnerable saves and Feel No Pain saves (and any other ability that negates damage. Dreadnoughts, Death Guard, Ghazghkull, other C'tan...all just meat for the Reaper).''' That's all.]] Did we mention his schtick is to roll 3d3, and for every 4+ the target unit (needs to be 9” away or less with TLoS) eats d3 mortal wounds? No?		And the absolute king of the group [[Aza'Gorod\|'''the Rapebringer''']]. [[Anal Circumference\|'''6 attacks at S14 AP-4, damage D6 - ignores invulnerable saves and Feel No Pain saves (and any other ability that negates damage. Dreadnoughts, Death Guard, Ghazghkull, other C'tan...all just meat for the Reaper).''' That's all.]] Did we mention his schtick is to roll 3d3, and for every 4+ the target unit (needs to be 9” away or less with TLoS) eats d3 mortal wounds? No?

	== Gallery ==		==Gallery==

	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Image:7fattpselu851.jpg\|The Void Dragon, in all his not really dragony-ness		Image:7fattpselu851.jpg\|The Void Dragon, in all his not really dragony-ness
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	They were given physical bodies by the ancient Necrontyr. They are often called Star Vampires due to the habitat and feeding habits they evolved with, as they are capable of 'nomming entire stars with ease, but soon they found living planets to taste better. Their vast power, however, is limited to the Materium; the Warp is anathema to them, as they cannot control or enter it, and being big babies decided if they can't play in Hyperspace-Hell nobody can <s>which probably makes them good guys in a sense though</s>{{BLAM}}which means they share one of their main goals with the [[Imperium of Man]]. Before the concept was retconned, the C'tan tampered with humanity to inject the anti-psyker [[Pariah]] gene and probably built the Cadian Pylons that created the Cadian gate by forming a bubble of normality that cuts into the [[Eye of Terror]]. In 4th edition they were responsible for massive amounts of [[just as planned]].		They were given physical bodies by the ancient Necrontyr. They are often called Star Vampires due to the habitat and feeding habits they evolved with, as they are capable of 'nomming entire stars with ease, but soon they found living planets to taste better. Their vast power, however, is limited to the Materium; the Warp is anathema to them, as they cannot control or enter it, and being big babies decided if they can't play in Hyperspace-Hell nobody can <s>which probably makes them good guys in a sense though</s>{{BLAM}}which means they share one of their main goals with the [[Imperium of Man]]. Before the concept was retconned, the C'tan tampered with humanity to inject the anti-psyker [[Pariah]] gene and probably built the Cadian Pylons that created the Cadian gate by forming a bubble of normality that cuts into the [[Eye of Terror]]. In 4th edition they were responsible for massive amounts of [[just as planned]].
	[[File:Download.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|C'tan in a Tesseract. Your only way of surviving this is to run and order Exterminatus.]]		[[File:Download.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|C'tan in a Tesseract. Your only way of surviving this is to run and order Exterminatus.]]

	And now they are <s>[[Pokemon]].</s> Shards.		And now they are <s>[[Pokemon]].</s> Shards.
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	In their original incarnation in the 3rd Edition Necron Codex, the C’tan (Necrontyr for ‘Star God’) were born during the Big Bang. At this stage, they were immaterial energy entities born from suns, which they in turn fed upon. They were completely apart from material reality and spent most of their time consuming the energy of stars.		In their original incarnation in the 3rd Edition Necron Codex, the C’tan (Necrontyr for ‘Star God’) were born during the Big Bang. At this stage, they were immaterial energy entities born from suns, which they in turn fed upon. They were completely apart from material reality and spent most of their time consuming the energy of stars.

	Eventually they were discovered by the Masters of Technology and ever bitter Necrontyr. The Necrontyr were obsessed with studying suns, since their own evolution had been so badly impacted by their home world's star, while their war against the Old Ones (another exceptionally advanced race who the Necrontyr had sought to exterminate out of spite) was going poorly and they were desperate to find a way to turn the tides. At this point the C’tan were barely sentient and effectively just semi-conscious clouds of energy but the Necrontyr found a way to transfer them into living metal bodies.		Eventually they were discovered by the Masters of Technology and ever bitter Necrontyr. The Necrontyr were obsessed with studying suns, since their own evolution had been so badly impacted by their home world's star, while their war against the Old Ones (another exceptionally advanced race who the Necrontyr had sought to exterminate out of spite) was going poorly and they were desperate to find a way to turn the tides. At this point the C’tan were barely sentient and effectively just semi-conscious clouds of energy but the Necrontyr found a way to transfer them into living metal bodies.

	The first C'tan was found "sucking" the energies of the Necrontyr planet's sun, the same sun that gave off enough hard radiation to make the proto-Necrontyr’s lives nasty, brutish, and short.		The first C'tan was found "sucking" the energies of the Necrontyr planet's sun, the same sun that gave off enough hard radiation to make the proto-Necrontyr’s lives nasty, brutish, and short.
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	A '''Transcendent C'Tan Shard''', introduced in [[Apocalypse]], is a C'tan Shard that has eaten/merged with/subsumed a large number of other Shards (between twelve and several hundred), becoming scary powerful in the process. In fact, it's ''so'' powerful, it's an <s>Apocalypse-only Gargantuan creature as powerful as a [[Titan]]</s> a Monstrous Creature with a power equivalent to a 6th edition [[Wraithknight]] (he had that [[nerf]] coming), all in a package the size of a regular C'tan. Funny enough, the most damage it dealt back in the day was blowing up, and not shooting the surely-not-warp-mind-bullet-lightning.		A '''Transcendent C'Tan Shard''', introduced in [[Apocalypse]], is a C'tan Shard that has eaten/merged with/subsumed a large number of other Shards (between twelve and several hundred), becoming scary powerful in the process. In fact, it's ''so'' powerful, it's an <s>Apocalypse-only Gargantuan creature as powerful as a [[Titan]]</s> a Monstrous Creature with a power equivalent to a 6th edition [[Wraithknight]] (he had that [[nerf]] coming), all in a package the size of a regular C'tan. Funny enough, the most damage it dealt back in the day was blowing up, and not shooting the surely-not-warp-mind-bullet-lightning.

	One of the most terrifying things is that a Transcendent Shard "calls" other shards of the same C'tan, hoping to absorb them and increase its own power in the process. Eventually, a loose Transcendent C'tan will reunite all loose Shards, becoming the original, nigh-on unkillable, godlike C'tan, which will no doubt be very angry at the Necrons for double-crossing them. [[Grimdark\|Grimdark enough for you?]] No? Well, what if we told you [[Not as planned\|there are ALREADY C'tan Shards on the loose]]? Some of them can even think for themselves. Remember the [[Uriel Ventris\|Nightbringer of Pavonis]] or the "golden-skinned" being who guided [[Abaddon]] to Drach'Nyen? Or maybe a [[Void_Dragon\|Dragon]] sleeping on [[Mars]]?		One of the most terrifying things is that a Transcendent Shard "calls" other shards of the same C'tan, hoping to absorb them and increase its own power in the process. Eventually, a loose Transcendent C'tan will reunite all loose Shards, becoming the original, nigh-on unkillable, godlike C'tan, which will no doubt be very angry at the Necrons for double-crossing them. [[Grimdark\|Grimdark enough for you?]] No? Well, what if we told you [[Not as planned\|there are ALREADY C'tan Shards on the loose]]? Some of them can even think for themselves. Remember the [[Uriel Ventris\|Nightbringer of Pavonis]] or the "golden-skinned" being who guided [[Abaddon]] to Drach'Nyen? Or maybe a [[Void_Dragon\|Dragon]] sleeping on [[Mars]]?

	Very few [[Necron Dynasty\|Necron dynasties]] have one, because it's very hard to keep something that powerful in check. It requires a massive Tesseract Vault to keep it ''barely'' contained. Despite this, there have been reports of particularly powerful/desperate/fucking stupid dynasties using the Transcendent shards without a Vault when the need arises, but only if said Shard is not yet powerful enough (which is why they are "only" MC compared to the Vault, that is a [[Rape\|Super-heavy Flyer vehicle with upgraded C'Tan powers]]). In this state, the risk of the Shard going rogue increases a thousandfold, so even [[Assholetep]] thinks twice about releasing such power, because if the Transcendent Shard escapes and reunites with the other Shards of itself, the full-fledged C'tan will return. [[Rape\|Let's leave to the reader's imagination what would happen then...]] After all, the Silent King had to basically sucker-punch the C'tan with a reality breaking superweapon, while they were tired and distracted, to shatter them in the first place. Even if the Necrons still had that weapon, it probably wouldn't work again.		Very few [[Necron Dynasty\|Necron dynasties]] have one, because it's very hard to keep something that powerful in check. It requires a massive Tesseract Vault to keep it ''barely'' contained. Despite this, there have been reports of particularly powerful/desperate/fucking stupid dynasties using the Transcendent shards without a Vault when the need arises, but only if said Shard is not yet powerful enough (which is why they are "only" MC compared to the Vault, that is a [[Rape\|Super-heavy Flyer vehicle with upgraded C'Tan powers]]). In this state, the risk of the Shard going rogue increases a thousandfold, so even [[Assholetep]] thinks twice about releasing such power, because if the Transcendent Shard escapes and reunites with the other Shards of itself, the full-fledged C'tan will return. [[Rape\|Let's leave to the reader's imagination what would happen then...]] After all, the Silent King had to basically sucker-punch the C'tan with a reality breaking superweapon, while they were tired and distracted, to shatter them in the first place. Even if the Necrons still had that weapon, it probably wouldn't work again.

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	===The Sufferer===		===The Sufferer===
	[[File:The Sufferer.jpg\|thumb\|In-game portrait of the ~~aforementioned C'tan~~]]		[[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.		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.

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	===The Sufferer===		===The Sufferer===
	[[File:The Sufferer.jpg\|thumb\|In-game portrait of the aforementioned C'tan]]		[[File:The Sufferer.jpg\|thumb\|In-game portrait of the aforementioned C'tan]]
	First seen in [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus\|Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], a shard of the aforementioned C'tan serves as a boss for the ~~seventh and final Noosphere mission~~		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.

	== Eldritch Star Crunch ==		== Eldritch Star Crunch ==

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	[[File:The Sufferer.jpg\|thumb\|]]		[[File:The Sufferer.jpg\|thumb\|In-game portrait of the aforementioned C'tan]]
	First seen in [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus\|Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], a shard of the aforementioned C'tan serves as a boss for the seventh and final Noosphere mission		First seen in [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus\|Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], a shard of the aforementioned C'tan serves as a boss for the seventh and final Noosphere mission

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	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.		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\|]]
			First seen in [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus\|Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], a shard of the aforementioned C'tan serves as a boss for the seventh and final Noosphere mission

	== Eldritch Star Crunch ==		== Eldritch Star Crunch ==