{{stub}}The '''Rashan''' are an alien extinct [[Xenos|Racealien race]] that was were created by the [[Old Ones]] to fight the [[NecrontyrNecron]] s and the [[C'tan]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} ==History==The Rashan were speculated to have been created by the [[Old Ones]] during the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]]. At this point, the [[C'tan]] had allied themselves with the [[Necron]]s against the Old Ones, and had beseiged their last bastions. In desperation, the Old Ones manipulated life into new forms with an ever stronger link to the [[Warp]] as potential warrior races with the ability to channel [[psychic]] power to defend themselves. This is speculated to have included the Rashan, along with the [[Eldar]], the [[K'nib]], and many others.{{Fn|1}} The Rashan were annihilated by the aftermath of the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]], after which the [[Eldar]] penned the [[Chorale Lilcartha]], one of the oldest pieces of ancient Eldar literature known in [[M42]].{{Fn|2}}