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Revision as of 13:11, 9 December 2011
Deathmarks are Necron snipers and assassins. Even when they existed as the Necrontyr in flesh bodies, Deathmarks had a reputation of precision and patience. Like most Necrons their technology lies far beyond the realm of mortal comprehension and they can effectively slip in and out of dimensions at will. Their victims will assume that they have been ambushed, that the Deathmarks teleported onto the battlefield. The reality is that they were already there, waiting for just the right moment to lay their trap and catch their prey with their Synaptic Disintegrator rifles.1
Due to their nature as agents of assassination and ambush, The ancient codes dictate that Deathmarks cannot be deployed against nobility or other 'honourable' races. This matters little however, as Necrons consider most alien foes to be not worthy, lest they prove otherwise on the battlefield. Since more or less noone lives to tell the tale of a Deathmark attack however, this gives all save the more traditional nemesors free reigns in deploying them against any alien he so wishes.2
When fighting, Deathmarks reside in a pocket dimension; a hyperspace between now and then, and can from here observe the battlefield, and even tap into enemy transmissions, only to materialize and strike when they deem the oppurtunity to be right, or from orders of their commander. When a target has appeared, they exit their dimension and place a mark in the shape of a green halo over the head of their target, which allows them to track it no matter where it runs, hence their name.3
Quotes
- "Once you are marked, there is no escape." - Illic Nightspear, Master of Pathfinders4
Sources
- 1: Necron Deathmark
- 2: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition) pg. 36
- 3: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition) pg. 36
- 4: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition) pg. 36
| Leadership | Necron Overlord • Necron Lord • Cryptek • Destroyer Lord • Skorpekh Lord |
|---|---|
| Elites | Pariahs • Deathmarks • Lychguards • Triarch Praetorians • C'tan Shard • Flayed One Pack • Triarch Stalkers |
| Troops | Necron Warriors • Necron Immortals |
| Fast Attack | Canoptek Wraiths • Canoptek Scarabs • Tomb Blades • Necron Destroyers • Tomb Stalker • Acanthrites |
| Heavy Support | Doomsday Arks • Annihilation Barges • Monoliths • Doom Scythes • Night Shrouds • Canoptek Spyders • Tomb Sentinel • Serapteks • Tesseract Vault • Obelisk • Pylon • Sentry Pylon • Megalith • Abattoir • Æonic Orb |
| Transports | Catacomb Command Barge • Ghost Ark • Night Scythe • Tesseract Ark |
| Special Characters | Imotekh the Stormlord • Nemesor Zahndrekh • Vargard Obyron • Illuminor Szeras • Orikan the Diviner • Anrakyr the Traveler • Trazyn the Infinite |
